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Im the guy you should hire, im closest to the president. Im miss personal lawyer. Joining me, dana bash and bob bauer, former white house couns counsel. I want to talk to you about the president and when it comes to the special counsel. You actually spoke to Rudy Giuliani, right . What did he tell you about potential prep for this . What he says is that they are not doing any lengthy prep yet. They havent done it at least since giuliani has been on board. Cnn was the first report they had started it back with the previous legal team. At least in recent weeks it hasnt happened. What giuliani told me is that its not hes not discussing it because necessarily theyre going to agree to an interview, because i reminded him much, i dont think he needed reminding that the president has said he wants to do an interview but most people around the president who are lawyers think that would be a terrible idea. What giuliani said to me, it would not be a terrible exercise to go over things with him when the president is done with the north korean summit, when theyve gotten through some of the sticky situation that theyre in dealing with how to unravel and then put back together any kind of iran deal. But giuliani said, look, you never know, it sharpens up all our answers, then were not guessing in what the president knows. We know whether to say things or not. So thats why theyll go over things, he said, but right now theyre not doing it and at least the really intense conversations with the mueller team about scheduling an interview and if it happens, what it would be is on ice for now for that reason, for the reason that they dont want to do it right away and giuliani says the mueller team is tied up with the manafort case in virginia, though i should say theres no evidence that that is keeping the mueller team busy. Giulianis inside voice is so much his outside voice now. Thats what i was thinking as you heard you describe your great reporting there. Bob, what do you think about that now that theyre not doing prep right now . I imagine one of the reasons theyre pausing on this, saying theyre not goisure theyre goi to make him available for an interview. And all the hard work hes doing on north korea and iran, and theyre going to argue that the special counsel is intruding on executive authority, interfering with the operation of the executive branch in a way thats impermissible and he is not amenable to judicial process, hes a very busy man. You spoke with Rudy Giuliani. He said the president didnt know that Michael Cohen, as cnns reporting has now taught us, pitching himself so aggressively as this conduit to the president. Thats right. Giuliani said he spoke to the president one time about this the first day it came out that cohen was aggressively pitching himself, and according to giuliani, the president was not aware of what cohen was doing and giuliani also said that although its clearly a potential sort of he didnt say this, these are my words its a potential political issue for Michael Cohen and the president , from giulianis perspective, he says im not going to worry about it until somebody says the president was involved and so far that hasnt happened. Bob, could be he facing legal jeopardy for this . The focus has been on domestic side engagements. Lets not forget the half a Million Dollars that company affiliated with a Russian Oligarch put into the llc. Its not at all clear what that oligarch wanted, what that company wanted. Its not clear what mr. Cohen offered them. Take us through that. What should Michael Cohen have done in that case if he is dealing with foreign entities. There are a range of things. Lets assume they wanted his reputation on Public Policy matters. Michael cohen would have had to comply with the foreign nationals act. Theres foreign nationals and then theres just the basic registering as a lobbyist, right, which he didnt do. If he was contacting elected officials, if he was talking, for example, to donald trump, that raises the question of whether he should have been registered under the lobbying laws. Mr. Giuliani made a whole host of representations of what mr. Trump knew about the llc payments to Stormy Daniels. What mr. Trump did or did not know about mr. Cohens Business Activities it to be still determined. And we know mr. Mueller spoke to at least one company that was paying, novartis. As far as we understand, we cooperated, nothing to see here anymore. What does it mean that the special counsel spoke to this country . This goes to the point that so many of us who read the press on this and think about what we know might mean are far behind robert mueller, that hes collecting facts and developing information leagues beyond what has shown up on the public record. Clearly theres something about Michael Cohen and the activities hes been engaged in. Essential consultants may not have bnt oneen the only llc he for these purposes. The likelihood mueller asked these questions for a reason, not just out of curiosity. Thank you so much to both of you. Next, israels Prime Minister says iran has crossed a red line after an unprecedented exchange of fire between the two countries. Well break down what it means just days after President Trump pulled out of the iran deal. Plus senator john mccain urges his colleagues to vote no on a controversial nominee for cia chief. And later, Monica Lewinsky publicly scolding town and country magazine for uninviting her to an event. The reason president bill Clinton Rsvpd yes. With new creations like savory crabtopped shrimp, and parmesan truffle shrimp scampi you better hurry in before shrimp trios is gone. But prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient and parmesan truffle shrimp scampi originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. Pah thano, no, no, nah. K. A bulb of light . . Aha ha ha a flying machine . Impossible a personal computer . ha smart neighborhoods running on a microgrid. A stadium powered with solar. A hospital that doesnt lose power. Amazing. I like it. Never gonna happen. Vice president mike pence is the target of a merciless new oped. Conservative columnist george will has been steadfast in his never trump stance but today he writes, trump is what he is, a floundering inarticulate jumbling of gnawing insecurities and notatall kpcompensating vanities, which is pathetic. Spence what he has chosen to be, which is horrifying. Because his is the authentic voice of todays lickspittle Republican Party, he clarifies this years elections, vote republican. Youre delivering on the middleclass miracle. He has broad shoulders and a big heart. Hes my friend. Hes my got broad shoulders and a big heart. What about broad shoulders . Find yourself a man who will talk about you the way mike pence talks about the president. Im about to really flatter you, your book the Hellfire Club is for the second week on the best seller stands. Wow. I think george will speaks for a lot of people who doesnt like President Trump in that they are really surprised at how Vice President pence has been reacting. Look, its a tough line to walk, right, if youre one of these individuals who has had concerns about President Trump but you want to serve him, you want to serve his agenda, you want to serve the american people. Theres a line to walk. You want to be supportive but you dont want to lose yourself. You dont want to become on seek obsequious. There are those who have been able to achieve it. Vice president pence is serving the traditional Vice President ial role by being complementary of the president and his physique. There are things that seem to go over the line for a lot of republicans who had belief in him, i think today, when he said it was time for the Mueller Investigation to wrap up. Lets listen to that so we get a real sense of it. In the interest of the country, i think its time to wrap it up. And i would very respectfully encourage the special counsel and his team to bring their work to completion. What do you make of him saying that today and the timing of this . Well, when james comey announced he was reopening the investigation to Hillary Clintons emails in october 2016, Vice President pence, then governor pence, said that he welcomed it and applauded it because nobody is above the law. Thats not the same message that hes delivering right now. I mean, if you think nobody is above the law, then you think an investigation should be able to continue until its finished, and this investigation has not been going on as long as, for instance, the benghazi investigations went on. So this is not just pence running on his own towards President Trump and abandoning his personal views on investigations. I think this probably signals a departure from just the president being critical to a point where now well have the entire administration being critical. Senator john mccain, who is battling brain cancer, he spent more than five years as a p. O. W. In vietnam. Our capitol Hill Reporter just caught one his longtime friend Lindsey Graham, who is going to vote for haspel. Lets listen. I respect his decision very much. Weve been fighting this fight. I think john mccain won the argument. She said torture doesnt work, that the programs of the past did more harm than good and Going Forward shes not going down that road. Thats all i wanted to hear. We had a great visit. Hes stronger than i thought he would be. We talk about our time together, we talked about committees, we talked about the future. We watched the man who shot liberty bell his favorite western and mine. But hastert would not say torture is immoral. How much influence is he going to have if hes not swaying Lindsey Graham . I think the days of senator mccain being a moral leader on this issue, tortorture, which h knows firsthand have sadly come to an end, not bass ecause of h not because of his illness but because the Republican Party is now the trump Republican Party. President trump is pro torture and his nominee would not say tore clture is immoral. I think five years ago, john mccain saying that would have had an impact but were now in a different era. As President Trump has said, he thinks torture works, which there are a lot of experts who say, no, it does not. Including his defense secretary. Secretary mattis, yes. Thanks very. Well see you at the top of the hour. And israelis Prime Minister have said that iran has crossed a red line. And after three men are released from north korea, well explain why the summit location is significant. Whoooo. Looking for a hotel that fits. Your budget . Tripadvisor now searches over. 200 sites to find you the. Hotel you want at the lowest price. Grazi, gino find a price that fits. Tripadvisor. Parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what . You could apply for a Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan whenever you want. No enrollment window. No waiting to apply. That means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Medicare doesnt cover everything. And like all standardized Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. So dont wait. Call now to request your free decision guide. It could help you find the aarp Medicare Supplement plan that works for you. These types of plans have no networks, so you get to choose any doctor who accepts medicare patients. Rates are competitive, and theyre the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. Remember these plans let you apply all year round. So call today. Because nows the perfect time to learn more. Go long. A barrage of rockets and missiles and pictures showing them streaking across the sky here has just marked the most direct confrontation to date between israel and iran. It comes less than two days after the deal to curb Irans Nuclear program. Israel released this map, claiming theyve destroyed almost all of irans missile capability in syria. We have Oren Lieberman and frederick pleitgen. Oren, tell us whats happening right now. Seems like things may be pretty quiet. What are you learning . Reporter brie anit is almos deceptively quiet. Weve seen people picking apples. Its a far cry from what weve seen from the exact same spot last night, when we heard surfacetosurface missiles, saw syrian antiaircraft fire as well as what appeared to be syrian antiaircraft missiles or rockets of some form in a volatile, violent few hours here overnight, that all played out, the first direct confrontation between israel and iran playing out overnight here. Israel blames iran for firing some 20 rockets shortly after midnight last night. Israels response as i just described played out over the course of the evening. Israel said it hit dozens of iranian targets, including intelligence compounds, command and control headquarters, as well as rocket launchers in syria. Today a different story as the International Community has stepped in to make sure this deescalates. The white house has sided firmly with israel. The white house saying israel absolutely has the right to defend itself and condemning iranian aggression. Russia, hemeanwhile, taking a mh more measured approach speaking with both israel and iran and urging restraint. Its the russians that have the influence and power to deescalate this. Thats what theyre urging, a step back, a breather so this dissipates and doesnt continue. Its still very early here. This all happened less than 24 hours ago. Though it is deceptively quiet here, that can change as tensions are sky high across the region. This came just after President Trumps decision to pull out of the iran deal. Did in play in to tehrans actions . Well, im not sure whether it plays in. So far the interesting thing is the iranians havent even acknowledged that they were involved in any of this. Weve been trying to reach iranian officials and monitoring Iranian State media. They said there was something going on in the Golan Heights and israelis conducted strikes in the area but they toportraye it as if it was between syria and the israelis. There has not been an official statement. The only thing that could be seen as coming even close to speaking about the situation was a phone call between german chancellor Angela Merkel and the president of iran where rouhani said iran does not want any further escalation in that region, its unclear whether he was talking about the Nuclear Agreement or what happened around the golan lights. The israeli has sent several sortis over the past couple of weeks and the iranians have promised retaliation. There have been iranian generals of the revolutionary guard who had public speaking engagements today who spoke about the Nuclear Agreements d, did not s anything about any kind of skirmish going on in the Golan Heights. It seems as though the iranians have not come up with any sort of statement to talk about that area that oren is standing in right now. Fred pleitgen and Oren Lieberman, thank you. Colonel, explain why these targets were significant in this exchange. Sure. The basic issue here for the targets depends on what we see here. Weve got the Golan Heights, which the israelis have occupied since the 1967 war. This is high ground. High ground is very important for controlling all the valleys around this part of syria, also this part of northern israel. So the reason this part becomes important, theres a Political Part of it and theres also a military part. If you have dont control the Golan Heights, you dont control anything. Thats why thee tase targets ar critically important. What types of targets would they be hitting . Whats the level of destruction . The level of deductioni depends on who you ask. The israelis say they got rid of commander control modes and the area and damascus, theres a logistics area that is right there that is critical to the iranian supply effort for their fight to preserve the assad regime. Other things they did in relation to the logistics and command and control areas are intelligence sites. The kuds force are particularly clean on occupying ground close to israel. This map in particular is interesting because since its from the idf, it shows this area as being part of israel. The International Community does not recognize that the Golan Heights is part of israel at this point. I do want to switch gears and talk about north korea. The president has announced the time and place of the meeting with kim jong un, june 12th in singapore. What do you make of the location . Its very interesting. Singapore is at the cross routes of anything in asia when it comes to all the areas that are important not only to trade but from a Rudy Giuliani<\/a>, right . What did he tell you about potential prep for this . What he says is that they are not doing any lengthy prep yet. They havent done it at least since giuliani has been on board. Cnn was the first report they had started it back with the previous legal team. At least in recent weeks it hasnt happened. What giuliani told me is that its not hes not discussing it because necessarily theyre going to agree to an interview, because i reminded him much, i dont think he needed reminding that the president has said he wants to do an interview but most people around the president who are lawyers think that would be a terrible idea. What giuliani said to me, it would not be a terrible exercise to go over things with him when the president is done with the north korean summit, when theyve gotten through some of the sticky situation that theyre in dealing with how to unravel and then put back together any kind of iran deal. But giuliani said, look, you never know, it sharpens up all our answers, then were not guessing in what the president knows. We know whether to say things or not. So thats why theyll go over things, he said, but right now theyre not doing it and at least the really intense conversations with the mueller team about scheduling an interview and if it happens, what it would be is on ice for now for that reason, for the reason that they dont want to do it right away and giuliani says the mueller team is tied up with the manafort case in virginia, though i should say theres no evidence that that is keeping the mueller team busy. Giulianis inside voice is so much his outside voice now. Thats what i was thinking as you heard you describe your great reporting there. Bob, what do you think about that now that theyre not doing prep right now . I imagine one of the reasons theyre pausing on this, saying theyre not goisure theyre goi to make him available for an interview. And all the hard work hes doing on north korea and iran, and theyre going to argue that the special counsel is intruding on executive authority, interfering with the operation of the executive branch in a way thats impermissible and he is not amenable to judicial process, hes a very busy man. You spoke with Rudy Giuliani<\/a>. He said the president didnt know that Michael Cohen<\/a>, as cnns reporting has now taught us, pitching himself so aggressively as this conduit to the president. Thats right. Giuliani said he spoke to the president one time about this the first day it came out that cohen was aggressively pitching himself, and according to giuliani, the president was not aware of what cohen was doing and giuliani also said that although its clearly a potential sort of he didnt say this, these are my words its a potential political issue for Michael Cohen<\/a> and the president , from giulianis perspective, he says im not going to worry about it until somebody says the president was involved and so far that hasnt happened. Bob, could be he facing legal jeopardy for this . The focus has been on domestic side engagements. Lets not forget the half a Million Dollars<\/a> that company affiliated with a Russian Oligarch<\/a> put into the llc. Its not at all clear what that oligarch wanted, what that company wanted. Its not clear what mr. Cohen offered them. Take us through that. What should Michael Cohen<\/a> have done in that case if he is dealing with foreign entities. There are a range of things. Lets assume they wanted his reputation on Public Policy<\/a> matters. Michael cohen would have had to comply with the foreign nationals act. Theres foreign nationals and then theres just the basic registering as a lobbyist, right, which he didnt do. If he was contacting elected officials, if he was talking, for example, to donald trump, that raises the question of whether he should have been registered under the lobbying laws. Mr. Giuliani made a whole host of representations of what mr. Trump knew about the llc payments to Stormy Daniels<\/a>. What mr. Trump did or did not know about mr. Cohens Business Activities<\/a> it to be still determined. And we know mr. Mueller spoke to at least one company that was paying, novartis. As far as we understand, we cooperated, nothing to see here anymore. What does it mean that the special counsel spoke to this country . This goes to the point that so many of us who read the press on this and think about what we know might mean are far behind robert mueller, that hes collecting facts and developing information leagues beyond what has shown up on the public record. Clearly theres something about Michael Cohen<\/a> and the activities hes been engaged in. Essential consultants may not have bnt oneen the only llc he for these purposes. The likelihood mueller asked these questions for a reason, not just out of curiosity. Thank you so much to both of you. Next, israels Prime Minister<\/a> says iran has crossed a red line after an unprecedented exchange of fire between the two countries. Well break down what it means just days after President Trump<\/a> pulled out of the iran deal. Plus senator john mccain urges his colleagues to vote no on a controversial nominee for cia chief. And later, Monica Lewinsky<\/a> publicly scolding town and country magazine for uninviting her to an event. The reason president bill Clinton Rsvpd<\/a> yes. With new creations like savory crabtopped shrimp, and parmesan truffle shrimp scampi you better hurry in before shrimp trios is gone. But prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient and parmesan truffle shrimp scampi originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. Pah thano, no, no, nah. K. A bulb of light . . Aha ha ha a flying machine . Impossible a personal computer . ha smart neighborhoods running on a microgrid. A stadium powered with solar. A hospital that doesnt lose power. Amazing. I like it. Never gonna happen. Vice president mike pence is the target of a merciless new oped. Conservative columnist george will has been steadfast in his never trump stance but today he writes, trump is what he is, a floundering inarticulate jumbling of gnawing insecurities and notatall kpcompensating vanities, which is pathetic. Spence what he has chosen to be, which is horrifying. Because his is the authentic voice of todays lickspittle Republican Party<\/a>, he clarifies this years elections, vote republican. Youre delivering on the middleclass miracle. He has broad shoulders and a big heart. Hes my friend. Hes my got broad shoulders and a big heart. What about broad shoulders . Find yourself a man who will talk about you the way mike pence talks about the president. Im about to really flatter you, your book the Hellfire Club<\/a> is for the second week on the best seller stands. Wow. I think george will speaks for a lot of people who doesnt like President Trump<\/a> in that they are really surprised at how Vice President<\/a> pence has been reacting. Look, its a tough line to walk, right, if youre one of these individuals who has had concerns about President Trump<\/a> but you want to serve him, you want to serve his agenda, you want to serve the american people. Theres a line to walk. You want to be supportive but you dont want to lose yourself. You dont want to become on seek obsequious. There are those who have been able to achieve it. Vice president pence is serving the traditional Vice President<\/a> ial role by being complementary of the president and his physique. There are things that seem to go over the line for a lot of republicans who had belief in him, i think today, when he said it was time for the Mueller Investigation<\/a> to wrap up. Lets listen to that so we get a real sense of it. In the interest of the country, i think its time to wrap it up. And i would very respectfully encourage the special counsel and his team to bring their work to completion. What do you make of him saying that today and the timing of this . Well, when james comey announced he was reopening the investigation to Hillary Clintons<\/a> emails in october 2016, Vice President<\/a> pence, then governor pence, said that he welcomed it and applauded it because nobody is above the law. Thats not the same message that hes delivering right now. I mean, if you think nobody is above the law, then you think an investigation should be able to continue until its finished, and this investigation has not been going on as long as, for instance, the benghazi investigations went on. So this is not just pence running on his own towards President Trump<\/a> and abandoning his personal views on investigations. I think this probably signals a departure from just the president being critical to a point where now well have the entire administration being critical. Senator john mccain, who is battling brain cancer, he spent more than five years as a p. O. W. In vietnam. Our capitol Hill Reporter<\/a> just caught one his longtime friend Lindsey Graham<\/a>, who is going to vote for haspel. Lets listen. I respect his decision very much. Weve been fighting this fight. I think john mccain won the argument. She said torture doesnt work, that the programs of the past did more harm than good and Going Forward<\/a> shes not going down that road. Thats all i wanted to hear. We had a great visit. Hes stronger than i thought he would be. We talk about our time together, we talked about committees, we talked about the future. We watched the man who shot liberty bell his favorite western and mine. But hastert would not say torture is immoral. How much influence is he going to have if hes not swaying Lindsey Graham<\/a> . I think the days of senator mccain being a moral leader on this issue, tortorture, which h knows firsthand have sadly come to an end, not bass ecause of h not because of his illness but because the Republican Party<\/a> is now the trump Republican Party<\/a>. President trump is pro torture and his nominee would not say tore clture is immoral. I think five years ago, john mccain saying that would have had an impact but were now in a different era. As President Trump<\/a> has said, he thinks torture works, which there are a lot of experts who say, no, it does not. Including his defense secretary. Secretary mattis, yes. Thanks very. Well see you at the top of the hour. And israelis Prime Minister<\/a> have said that iran has crossed a red line. And after three men are released from north korea, well explain why the summit location is significant. Whoooo. Looking for a hotel that fits. Your budget . Tripadvisor now searches over. 200 sites to find you the. Hotel you want at the lowest price. Grazi, gino find a price that fits. Tripadvisor. Parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what . You could apply for a Medicare Supplement<\/a> Insurance Plan<\/a> whenever you want. No enrollment window. No waiting to apply. That means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp Medicare Supplement<\/a> Insurance Plan<\/a>, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Medicare doesnt cover everything. And like all standardized Medicare Supplement<\/a> Insurance Plan<\/a>s, these help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. So dont wait. Call now to request your free decision guide. It could help you find the aarp Medicare Supplement<\/a> plan that works for you. These types of plans have no networks, so you get to choose any doctor who accepts medicare patients. Rates are competitive, and theyre the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. Remember these plans let you apply all year round. So call today. Because nows the perfect time to learn more. Go long. A barrage of rockets and missiles and pictures showing them streaking across the sky here has just marked the most direct confrontation to date between israel and iran. It comes less than two days after the deal to curb Irans Nuclear<\/a> program. Israel released this map, claiming theyve destroyed almost all of irans missile capability in syria. We have Oren Lieberman<\/a> and frederick pleitgen. Oren, tell us whats happening right now. Seems like things may be pretty quiet. What are you learning . Reporter brie anit is almos deceptively quiet. Weve seen people picking apples. Its a far cry from what weve seen from the exact same spot last night, when we heard surfacetosurface missiles, saw syrian antiaircraft fire as well as what appeared to be syrian antiaircraft missiles or rockets of some form in a volatile, violent few hours here overnight, that all played out, the first direct confrontation between israel and iran playing out overnight here. Israel blames iran for firing some 20 rockets shortly after midnight last night. Israels response as i just described played out over the course of the evening. Israel said it hit dozens of iranian targets, including intelligence compounds, command and control headquarters, as well as rocket launchers in syria. Today a different story as the International Community<\/a> has stepped in to make sure this deescalates. The white house has sided firmly with israel. The white house saying israel absolutely has the right to defend itself and condemning iranian aggression. Russia, hemeanwhile, taking a mh more measured approach speaking with both israel and iran and urging restraint. Its the russians that have the influence and power to deescalate this. Thats what theyre urging, a step back, a breather so this dissipates and doesnt continue. Its still very early here. This all happened less than 24 hours ago. Though it is deceptively quiet here, that can change as tensions are sky high across the region. This came just after President Trump<\/a>s decision to pull out of the iran deal. Did in play in to tehrans actions . Well, im not sure whether it plays in. So far the interesting thing is the iranians havent even acknowledged that they were involved in any of this. Weve been trying to reach iranian officials and monitoring Iranian State<\/a> media. They said there was something going on in the Golan Heights<\/a> and israelis conducted strikes in the area but they toportraye it as if it was between syria and the israelis. There has not been an official statement. The only thing that could be seen as coming even close to speaking about the situation was a phone call between german chancellor Angela Merkel<\/a> and the president of iran where rouhani said iran does not want any further escalation in that region, its unclear whether he was talking about the Nuclear Agreement<\/a> or what happened around the golan lights. The israeli has sent several sortis over the past couple of weeks and the iranians have promised retaliation. There have been iranian generals of the revolutionary guard who had public speaking engagements today who spoke about the Nuclear Agreement<\/a>s d, did not s anything about any kind of skirmish going on in the Golan Heights<\/a>. It seems as though the iranians have not come up with any sort of statement to talk about that area that oren is standing in right now. Fred pleitgen and Oren Lieberman<\/a>, thank you. Colonel, explain why these targets were significant in this exchange. Sure. The basic issue here for the targets depends on what we see here. Weve got the Golan Heights<\/a>, which the israelis have occupied since the 1967 war. This is high ground. High ground is very important for controlling all the valleys around this part of syria, also this part of northern israel. So the reason this part becomes important, theres a Political Part<\/a> of it and theres also a military part. If you have dont control the Golan Heights<\/a>, you dont control anything. Thats why thee tase targets ar critically important. What types of targets would they be hitting . Whats the level of destruction . The level of deductioni depends on who you ask. The israelis say they got rid of commander control modes and the area and damascus, theres a logistics area that is right there that is critical to the iranian supply effort for their fight to preserve the assad regime. Other things they did in relation to the logistics and command and control areas are intelligence sites. The kuds force are particularly clean on occupying ground close to israel. This map in particular is interesting because since its from the idf, it shows this area as being part of israel. The International Community<\/a> does not recognize that the Golan Heights<\/a> is part of israel at this point. I do want to switch gears and talk about north korea. The president has announced the time and place of the meeting with kim jong un, june 12th in singapore. What do you make of the location . Its very interesting. Singapore is at the cross routes of anything in asia when it comes to all the areas that are important not only to trade but from a Natural Resources<\/a> standpoint. It sits aside the straits of malaka. A huge amount of shoopiipping g through here. If north korea is going to become part of the nations, theyre going to have become a trading nation. Singapore maintains good relations not only with washington but fair relations with pyeongchang. So they are seen as a neutral or fairly neutral area where both sides can feel comfortable doing this first breaking of the ice since the war. Thank you for that. And Monica Lewinsky<\/a> public live scolding a magazine after they disinvited her from a clarity event. The reason . President clinton decided to attend. Well discuss. Introducing the worlds first sthe new ego string trimmer. With powerload\u2122 technology. Feed the line. Push the button. And get back to work. With an industry first, carbonfiber shaft. Lawn care has never been this easy. Or this powerful. The new ego power string trimmer with powerload\u2122 technology. Exclusively at the home depot and ego authorized dealers. Almost 800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. With liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. Hey oh, thats my robe. Is it . When you switch to liberty mutual, you could save 782 on auto and home insurance. And still get great coverage for you and your family. Call for a free quote today. You could save 782 when liberty stands with you. Liberty mutual insurance. This just in to cnn, the law firm that Rudy Giuliani<\/a> just resigned from is distancing itself from one of his statements referring to Michael Cohen<\/a>. Giuliani has suggested it was common for lawyers to make secret fiempayments to individuo keep them quiet as Michael Cohen<\/a> paid off Stormy Daniels<\/a> with her alleged affair with President Trump<\/a>. I take care of things like this for my clients. I dont burden them with every single thing that comes along. These are busy people. Well, moments ago a spokeswoman from giulianis former firm said this, quote, we cannot speak for mr. Giuliani for what was intended for his remarks. Speaking for ourselves, we would not condone payments of the nature alleged to have been made without the knowledge and direction of the client. Giuliani Just Announced<\/a> he is leaving his law firm to concentrate on the russia investigation. In the middle, former president bill clinton. First let me thank town country. Clintons press secretary said he did not know once he rsvpd to the philanthropy summit that Monica Lewinsky<\/a> would be disinvited. She tweeted, dear world, please dont invite me to an invent and then after ive accepted uninvite me because bill clinton was invited decided to attend. Dont try to ameliorate me with an offer of an article in your mag. Joining me, the author whose story revealed it was town country involved in this. Great report. Since your story, the magazine tweeted. They said we apologize to miss lewinsky and regret the way the situation was handled. I mean town country clearly mishandled this. What should they have done . They shouldnt have uninvited ms. Lewinsky. Its a matter of etiquette. If you really look at that apology, its very passive. They dont actually take ownership. They say we regret how this was handled, as though they werent the ones that handled it. The press secretary for bill clinton says he didnt know about this. What are your sources telling you about bill clintons reaction to this . Im not hearing much about his reaction. I think its true that he didnt know about this. The magazine was trying to avoid the potential scene of having, you know, Monica Lewinsky<\/a> and bill clinton in a room together. But, you know, there are other ways they could have handled it. He was speaking very early, he didnt stay for the whole event. He could have been finished and she could have came. I have a feeling at 2018 in this moment it wouldnt have been a story. They made it into a story. Its stunning when you think about now it is 2018. Its just so stunning how this popular view of Monica Lewinsky<\/a> has shifted. She was so demonized through the 90s and into the 2000s. Now shes seen as someone who is bullied and having come out on the other side. I think its really incredible the way weve radically think about Monica Lewinsky<\/a> from the way she was really treated as a pariah in the 90s and shes really able to come back now and reclaim her story. Its remarkable to watch. Youre seeing with this moment, she didnt go away, head hung low, she took to twitter and she spoke up for herself. I heard from women who attended the event and they felt they wanted her there. You know, this is a different time and i think this is in many ways shes part of this bigger moment were seeing for women all over the country, refusing to be silenced. Thats what this metoo moment really is about. And she really does come out on top certainly in this one. Emily peck, thank you so. Great report. Still ahead, the pentagon revealing what happened to four american soldiers during that ambush in niger, including why Sergeant La David Johnson<\/a> was found so far from the other bodies, the other three. And now lawmakers are criticizing President Trump<\/a>s praise of the three men released. Prevagen. The name to remember. Its just a burst pipe, i could fix laugh no. With claim rateguard your rates wont go up just beacuase of a claim. I totally couldve. wife nope switching to allstate is worth it. Allow you to take advantage of growth opportunities. With a level of protection in down markets. So you can be less concerned about your retirement savings. Talk with your advisor about shield annuities from Brighthouse Financial<\/a> established by metlife. Breaking news on what happened to four u. S. Troops ambushed and killed by isis fighters last year in niger. The pentagons longawaited findings were released today. They cite multiple failures but theres no direct blame here. Investigators say two Junior Officers<\/a> falsified documents to get approval for that unsuccessful mission. Staff Sergeant Dustin<\/a> write, staff sergest ar eses eses esee jeremiah johnson, Staff Sergeant<\/a> bryan black and Sergeant La David Johnson<\/a>. He was found away from the other soldiers. He was never in enemy hands alive. He did have access to his remains and took his equipment. That First Mission<\/a> was characterized as a Civil Military<\/a> reconnaissance when it was focused on the isis g. S. Subcommander. There were a series of contributing factor to what happened in tongo, tongo. The direct cause of the enemy attack in tongo tongo is the enemy achieved tactical surprise there. Congressman denny hecht is a democrat. You have been awaiting the findings of this. You were at the funeral at arlington cemetery, you spoke at the Memorial Service<\/a> of bryan black. When you saw the results today, what did you think . The first result would lead you to the conclusion if it could go wrong, it did go wrong. When you further examine it, the heart of this thing is the confusion of what the mission was. If there was a uniform, clearly understood mission that had a higher level of support and intelligence support, then i think we might have had a different outcome. After that reading and that evaluation,bu brianna, i think honor of the devotion these four special soldiers gave to their country is that the Lessons Learned<\/a> be fully implemented. That is the greatest way now to honor them is to assure whatever it is we learn from this is applied Going Forward<\/a> so it can be avoided. Its not a case where we will ever say on this day there were no casualties because of the lesson learned. It will just be the case. And thats what we hope for. I want to ask you about some of the specifics in the report. It shows that this Green Beret Team<\/a> wasnt trained to the degree that they should have been for this kind of mission, and that the actual Mission Objective<\/a> wasnt approved by the commander in charge of approving such missions, a Lieutenant Colonel<\/a> stationed in chad. What did you think specifically of that . Well, i think it is this Mission Confusion<\/a> that was the main contributing factor to the tragic outcome, but the fact is that there were a whole series of things from a lack of intelligence support from overhead services, a lack of training in the exact way in which this team was comprised and we could go on and on and on because its a long list. But again, at its heart was the Mission Confusion<\/a>, which i thin factor. Senator mccain said they were misled, that there was supposed to or there was this expectation that it was training and advising local troops when its clear that u. S. Forces there in niger also were going after terrorist targets, that this is part of the greater mission, theyre man hunting. Do you agree with senator cain . I didnt hear directly what he said, brianna. In the wake of the issuance of this report, im a whole lot more focused on bryans widow, michelle, and his two young sons, zek and isaac and the sacrifices theyll make for the rest of their lives and what i can do to make sure this isnt replicated into the future. There are lots of lots, if not dozens, of things that went wrong. We need to correct for them and remedy for them. Thats my objective now. It is a good objective certainly as we think of them along with you, congressman. While i have you here are, i do want to ask you about the russia probe. Congressman devon nunes had a classified d. O. J. Briefing today on documents thats hes seeking. Youve crossed swords with him in the past. What do you think his end game is here with these documents . To undermine director muellers investigation. Thats what i think his objective is. His objective in hindsight from the day he went down to the white house for the midnight rendezvous to the famous nunes memo that russian bots propagated and accelerated throughout the internet to the stunt today pretty clearly indicates the absence of seriousness on his part about actually conducting an investigation to get at the truth of russian interference in the 2016 election. Rod rosenstein has said this last week the doj wont be extorted. Do you see that happening here . In an attempt at extortion or do i see the extortion occurring . Clearly, you believe it is an attempt . Well, in the past when they have been pressured in the end they frankly capitulated to him. He obviously occupies a seat of pretty considerable power but when you translate it all out and you net it all out im going to put my confidence in the department of justice to do the right thing here. All right. Congressman, we really appreciate it. Congressman heck, thank you for your time today. Youre welcome. Next, a republican candidate for georgia governor is raising eyebrows with his gun toting ads. Well break down the strategy behind them. Two things, if you date one of my daughters respect and healthy appreciation for the second amendment, sir. Were going to get along just fine. Im only in my 60s. Ive got a nice long life ahead. Big plans. So when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. Then i got a Medicare Supplement<\/a> Insurance Plan<\/a>. [ male announcer ] if youre eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. Call now and find out about an aarp Medicare Supplement<\/a> Insurance Plan<\/a>, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement<\/a> Insurance Plan<\/a>s, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesnt pay. 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Im so conservative i blow up government spending. I own guns. But no ones taking away. My chain saws ready to rip up some regulation. I got a big truck. Just in case i need to round up criminal illegals and take them home myself. Yep. I just said that. Obviously priding himself on being politically incorrect and here is lauren fox, cnn congressional reporter. What is the strategy here in considering that this is playing in georgia . What are the chances that this is a successful for him . We should note that he thinks this is obviously fairly successful because this is the second ad thats similar to this. He had another ad where he was talking to a young man about dating one of his daughters and he at one point sort of points a firearm at the young man so clearly he thinks this is a Winning Strategy<\/a> and i think this sort of speaks to the fact that republicans in congressional races, in senatorial races and now this race is taking a page from the donald trump playbook to stand out, a way to say, you know, we are not part of the political establishment. We are willing to stand up fur your rights and willing to go toe to toe with washington. That seems to be successful. Both of those themes this is why this reminded me a little bit of joe manchins ad back when he was coming in congress in West Virginia<\/a>. Facing reelection obviously. Lets take a look at this. I sued epa and ill take dead aim at the cap in trade bill. Because its bad for West Virginia<\/a>. So he shoots the cap in trail bill and never saw the light of day anyways and got so much attention and perms not a wonder that the candidates are doing this. It always gets them notoriety when they do. For someone like joe manchin running in a very red state, that trump won overwhelmingly, this is a good strategy for him. He looks that the way as a way to show i know how to shoot a gun and when its time for me to stand up for you, im not afraid to do it and what we saw from joe manchin. We should note that the strategy doesnt always work to be so bold. I mean, look at what we saw earlier in West Virginia<\/a> with Don Blankenship<\/a> this week. You know . He didnt win so talk about this sign in maryland thats getting a lot of attention telling liberals to get the gun if they try to impeach President Trump<\/a>. I think this sign short of shows where our body politic is at the moment. You hear members on capitol hill, especially some republican moderates retiring saying we have gotten too far in terms of rhetoric. Republicans and democrats cant sort of sit down at the table anymore and have a normal conversation about where the Common Ground<\/a> is that we might agree on. I think thats sort of what that sign displays to me. Sounds like a private property, a lot of people in the area who were complaining about it. Some saying they like it, some saying they dont and i think it just reveals how divided the country is right now. The signs not going anywhere. No. It appear that is its in private property. So thats why the cops are like, we cant do anything about this. But theyre getting a lot of blow back and also supporters of it. Interesting. Thank you so much. Thank you. Explaining these stories and the lead with jake tapper starts right now. Thanks. Interesting decision, copying nixon almost word for word. The lead starts right now. Wrap it up. Vice president pence now pressuring the special counsel to end the russia investigation. As cnn gets new details on Michael Cohen<\/a>s aggressive pitch to sell access to President Trump<\/a>, where does all this money lead . Well, that escalated quickly. Hours after President Trump<\/a> pulled out of the iran deal, the world scrambling to prevent a war with iran and israel trading rockets and missiles. 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