We start with the u. S. President s personal attorney. For years Michael Cohen said he would take a bullet for mr. Trump, but by the end of the month new pressure from prosecutors could in fact put him on the spot. Yeah, federal prosecutors are reportedly preparing criminal charges against cohen and could charge him by months end. That is according to cnn sources who add prosecutors are being mindful of the upcoming midterm elections. Cohen is also under investigation for paying hush money to stormy daniels. Stormy daniels, the adult star, the porn star who allegedly had an affair with donald trump. That payment may have broken tax, bank, and Campaign Finance laws. Cohen has hinted hes ready to cooperate with prosecutors. President trump and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani are working to manage potential fallout after a New York Times report about white house attorney don mcgahn being interviewed in the mueller investigation. Our ryan nobles reports what they dont know could mean trouble for the u. S. President. Reporter the president and his legal team spent a lot of time over the weekend trying to convince the American People that this conversation or these series of conversations don mcgahn had with the special counsel was actually good for their Legal Defense as it relates to the russia probe. Listen to the president s chief legal spokesman Rudy Giuliani discuss this particular topic. We have a good sense obviously of what mr. Mcgahn testified to. I can figure it out from how do you say that good sense . Have you debriefed him . No. But mr. Dowd has a good sense of it. He talked to him at the time. So you dont know what mr. Mcgahn you dont know 100 of what he testified to to mr. Mueller . I think that through john dowd we have a pretty good sense of it and john dowd yesterday said, ill use his words rather than mine, that mcgahn was a strong witness for the president. So i dont need to know much more about that. Now, even though mayor giuliani contends that they have a good handle on exactly what don mcgahn said to the special counsel, theres another New York Times report that says exactly the opposite, that the white house and the president s legal team was not prepared for the voluminous amount of information that don mcgahn could have potentially given to the special counsel and hes not been debriefed outside of a short list of notes that was provided by don mcgahns personal attorney to the effect of exactly what he talked about. And that could be the problem for the white house. Mcgahn and his legal team have said repeatedly that theyve been honest, and there are few people who know as much about exactly what the president s been up to over the past year and a half as it relates to the russia probe than don mcgahn. So the big question is what did the special counsel learn and how could that impact their investigation . Thats an answer we may not have for several weeks to come. Ryan nobles, cnn, berkeley heights, new jersey. To talk more about this lets bring in steven erlanger. Steven the chief Diplomatic Correspondent in europe for the New York Times live in brussels, belgium this hour. Steven, always a pleasure you have to here on the show. Look, we know that mcgahn spent three days, some 30 hours speaking with the special counsel. The president appearing to get out ahead of the story, saying he told him to do so. But heres the thing. A source telling cnn the white house doesnt know exactly what mcgahn discussed. Is this a problem for the president . Well, its always a problem for the president because this investigation really goes to the heart of his of his election victory, first of all. Which hes very sensitive about. And its a question of whether he obstructed justice or whether anyone in the white house tried to obstruct justice. And thats what mr. Mcgahn is likely to be able to testify about. I dont know what he said any more than trump did but lawyers are very careful when theyre talking under oath to other lawyers, particularly prosecutors. They have in mind not just the integrity of the white house or their particular boss, which actually is the white house, not necessarily the president , but their own professional reputation. Mr. Mcgahn is going to be very careful not to commit perjury. And it depends on what he was asked and what he answered. But 30 hours is a really, really long time. Mr. Trump has got himself stuck here because on the one hand he says go ahead, testify, ive got nothing to hide, and on the other hand he complains about his lawyer doing just what he told him to do. It does also show that difference in strategy in the beginning to be more cooperative with the special counsel. But later and with mr. Giuliani it seems to raise more questions about the overall investigation. It all comes down to one central question, steven, will the president agree to an interview with the special counsels team . Mr. Trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani suggested doing so could be a perjury trap and in making the case about that on nbcs meet the press giuliani gave life to a headscratching term that is akin to saying the sun is the moon and the sky is the ground. Listen for it. Im not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped into perjury. And when you tell me that you know, he should testify because hes going to tell the truth and he shouldnt worry, well, thats so silly because its somebodys version of the truth, not the truth. He didnt have a conversation about truth is truth. I dont mean to go no, it isnt truth. Truth isnt truth. The president of the United States says i didnt truth isnt truth . Mr. Mayor, do you realize what no. No, no. This is going to become a bad meme. Dont do this to me. Chuck todd. And giuliani. Thinking about that headslapping emoji. Truth is truth. He says truth isnt truth. The last time, steven, we heard Something Like this, that ridiculous term alternative facts. But heres the serious question. Do you taking . From giulianis questions there, from what you heard . Well, i do. Its not just George Orwells war is peace, truth is falsehood. There is anxiety. I mean, Rudy Giuliani was a very good prosecutor in the city of new york. He knows what a prosecution is and he knows how it works, and he feels the pressure building on the white house. And hes obviously trying to defend trump as best he can. And i think hes probably right. I mean, weve heard trump talk. Trump likes to talk about whatever crosses his mind. He has a kind of loose grip on what actually happens sometimes. He has ideas he keeps coming up with over and over again, no matter what the truths these are just his ideas. So to put him face to face with a wellprepared prosecutor is probably not a very good thing. I think Rudy Giulianis right about that. Steven erlanger live in brussels, belgium. Thank you, steven, for your time. Thanks, george. Well, right now emotional reunions are taking place in north korea. Dozens of families separated by the korean war are meeting with relatives they havent seen in decades. Keep in mind these are very brief reunions. They last only three days. But with each precious hour it could be the last chance for these koreans, many of them over 80 and 90 years old, to see their loved ones. So lets get the latest in seoul, south korea. Our Paula Hancocks is following this story. So paula, happening this hour, emotionally charged meetings because for most of these elderly family members it is the last time theyll ever see their loved ones. Talk to us about what is happening right now and how this whole process of reuniting these relatives, how it works. Reporter well, rosemary, according to the reunification ministery, the reunion started at 3 00 p. M. So thats an hour ago local time. So these families, 89 south korean families, have been meeting with their family members from north korea that they havent seen for decades, since the korean war. In fact, many of them say that for so many years they never even knew if their loved ones were still alive. But they are the lucky ones. They are part of these fearly rare reunions that happen when north and south korea are cooperating, when relations between the two koreas are strong. And certainly they are the lucky ones because it is a fraction of those who want to meet family members in north korea that actually have the chance to do that. 57,000 people were eligible to be picked this time around. Just 89 were able to go. And the tragic example of just how this is a race against time. There should have been four more families involved, but four individuals had to pull out in the last couple of days because of health reasons. As you say, many of them in their 80s and 90s, knowing this really is a last chance for them. Now, one lady we spoke to was very excited that she was going into north korea to see family, but she said it was bittersweet. So there are just certain hours of the day overt next three days that these families will be able to sit down with each other, to talk to each other, to catch up on almost 70 years of life. They have two hours this afternoon where they are able to sit down. There will be a dinner for two hours this evening, and then they will meet again tomorrow. But it is very choreographed. It is very controlled, the amount of time they can spend together. It was about 11 hours in all over these three days. And then of course they have to get on the bus and come back to south korea knowing that that is likely the last time that they will see their loved ones. Weve just heard comments from the south korean president moon jaein, who himself was part of these family reunions a few years ago with his mother to go meet his auntie hes never seen. Hes the son of north korean jooefz zpr refugees and he said the fact there are so many people that still want to be reunited with family is a matter of shame for both the north korean and the south korean governments. Also saying that as a member of a divided family myself i sympathize deeply with the sadness and pain. There really is no time. Talking there about the many thousands that are still waiting to be part of these reunions. It is exactly as you say, bittersweet. Our Paula Hancocks bringing us the latest on those family reunions from her advantage point there in seoul, south korea. Many thanks to you, paula. Still ahead, Government Forces are closing in and millions of syrians are trapped. Coming up, the feeling of hopelessness that people feel in Idlib Province. Plus, irans top diplomat says his country might be able to make a deal with President Trump but there are conditions attached. His exclusive interview with cnn when we come back. My name is jeff sheldon, and im the founder of ugmonk. Before shipstation it was crazy. Its great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize ive got a hundred orders i have to ship out. Shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everythings pretty much done. Its so much easier so now, were ready, bring on t. Shipstation. The number one ch of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get two months free. Air strikes have hit that area very hard in recent days and dozen of people have been killed. Many of the survivors have nowhere else to go. Cnns arwa damon has been following this story, joining us live in istanbul, turkey this hour. Arwaw governme arwa, with Government Forces youve spoken to people there. What are they saying . Reporter you know, george, theyre absolutely terrified because what were seeing is these airstrikes hitting into the heart of Idlib Province and closer to the Turkish Border. There used to be an ice cream shop on the corner, kids playing in the street, a sense that the violence would not strike here. At least not like this. Its five days after multiple air strikes hit this once quiet neighborhood in Idlib Province, killing dozens of people, shattering whatever illusion of safety that may have existed. For seven years now syrias unraveling has been documented. Whats the point in all your filming, ibrahim naif wants to know. For there is no humanity in this, in the worlds muted response to syrias heartless destruction. Only one of ibrahims five children survived. Its just memories now. The family next door displaced from elsewhere were all killed, seven of them. Also killed was a media activist, ahmad. Ahmad was just 20 years old, a nurse and First Responder by training, a role he played in his native aleppo before the family was forcibly displaced to idlib as the regime took over. When he saw that the responders werent there, he threw his camera aside and went to save a little girl, ahmads father mahmoud tells us. But another strike came in, killing them both. Allahu akbar. Reporter his parents seem stoic together, proud but in pain. But later as his mother shows us ahmads clothes she breaks down. In the room next door his father shows us his photos. Tears he cant cry in front of his wife. They did everything together. A fatherson team documenting their nations pain. Now directly a part of it. The sluggish summer pace of life as we drive through Idlib Province seems to belie the looming violence. Its the last remaining main rebel stronghold. Turkey, russia, and iran have been negotiating to ostensibly come to some sort of agreement, to prevent a total massacre here by the Syrian Regime and its russian backers. Turkey has military observation posts in the province and has called an assault on idlib a red line. Its border has been closed and instead a senior turkish official says his government is pouring millions of dollars into swirling refugee camps. He was just saying he remembers when there were just a few tents here and the rest of it was just the olive groves, and now you take a look and it just has such an aura of permanence to it all. The Rolling Hills a stones throw from the Turkish Border is have been transformed into a sea of lost souls from aleppo, homs, derra derraia, and elsewhere. Idlibs population has doubled as more syrians arrived. As other areas of the country fell back into government control the regime relocated residents and rebel fighters. For those here normal and home have been irreversibly redefined. We cant go back, ever, mustapha al haddadi says. He doesnt trust the assad regime. And with nowhere left to go many feel theyre just waiting for their death sentence to be carried out. You know, george, in the past when wed go to syria wed really feel a lot of rage. And while people are still incensed by whats happening, by what they perceive as being International Inaction or a lack of a will to actually try to stop the violence, now you really get the sense that theyre just resigned to their fate, that they know that no one is going to come to save them or even try to stop the bloodshed. Arwa, i think you covered it all. Not much more to ask here. Thank you for the report. The u. S. Has refused to forgive billions of dollars in fines to secure the release of a u. S. Pastor in turkey. That is according to the wall street journal. Citing a senior white house official. It says that turkey offered to free andrew brunson. If the u. S. Forgave huge fines on a turkish bank. Brunson has been held by turkish authorities since 2016 over his alleged role in a failed coup. The Trump Administration has threatened more sanctions if he is not freed. Well, neighboring iran also knows a thing or two about u. S. Sanctions. In fact, its foreign minister says the u. S. Is addicted to them. He spoke to cnns nick patonwalsh in this exclusive interview. Would you possibly see any merit in president rouhani and President Trump having a oneonone meeting and seeing what progress they could possibly make . Not when the previous huge progress that we made is simply thrown out. Do you come back to that deal again . Because theyve torn it up. Youve got two or six years its the litmus test. The litmus test of whether we can trust the United States or not. It was not an easy political decision for the iranian government and for me personally and for president rouhani to sit down with the secretary of state. You took a bit of a personal hit then, didnt you . Well, thats what diplomats are for. Part of our salary is to get personal hits. I believe there is a disease in the United States, and that is the addiction to sanctions. If you felt the u. S. Was addicted to sanctions why did you go ahead with the deal . That may have been one of the mistakes. But the problem was that we felt that the United States had learned that at least as far as iran is concerned sanctions do produce Economic Hardship but do not produce the political outcomes that they intended them to produce. And i thought that the americans had learned that lesson. Unfortunately, i was wrong. So here we go in the opposite direction. You talk about trying to revisit that nuclear deal but its pretty clear donald trump has no interest we do not want to revisit that nuclear deal. We want the United States to implement that nuclear deal. Today the closest u. S. Allies are resisting those sanctions. The u. S. Basically arm twisting its attempt to put pressure. I dont want to use the term bullying. You dont want to use the term bullying. But thats but thats what it amounts to. Are they succumbing to it, do you think, the european allies . I think everybody looks at it that way. Is november going to hurt . Just for clarity here, youre going to have another wave of u. S. Sanctions against the oil industry. Is that going to take a toll . The u. S. Sanctions have always hurt. What is hurting, though, is people who want to buy medicine. People who want to buy food. The economic upheaval that y