Probably up front. Friday, march 1, 5 00 a. M. In the east. We start with major news from the New York Times. And the New York Times reports that President Trump personally ordered a top secret security clearance for Jared Kushner. The times says the president s command to then chief of staff john kelly came the day after the White House Counsels Office urged him not to grant kushner the clearance. So too did the cia. Here is the president just a few months before that. So that will be up to general kelly. General kelly respects jared a lot and general kelly will make that call. I wont make that call. I will let the general who is right here make that call. The times says that the directive prompted two internal memos, one from kelly on being ordered to grant the clearance. Here is the president about a month ago. Did you tell general kelly or anyone else in the white house to overrule no, i dont think i have the authority to do that. Im not sure i do. But i wouldnt do it. Jared is a good i was never involved with his security. I know that he just from reading i know that there was issues back and forth about security for numerous people actually. But i dont want to get involved in that stuff. The Washington Post reports the president s daughter kushners wife pressured the president personally about kushners clearance. She was asked about that clearance controversy on abc just last month. The president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husbands clearance. There are literally close to a Million People in the federal government who are in the pipeline to get their permanent clearance and are on temporary status. So no special treatment. A spokesman for kushners lawyer says in 2018 white house and security clearance officials affirmed that mr. Kushners security clearance was handled in the regular process with no pressure from anyone. That was conveyed to the media at the time and new stories if accurate do not change what was affirmed at the time. Meanwhile President Trump and the north korean government now disagree about what caused that abrupt end to the hanoi summit. According to kim junguns foreign minister, north korea was willing to permanently dismantle its uranium and plutonium production facilities at the Yongbyon Nuclear site if the u. S. Was willing to partially lift sanctions. Apparently that is not what the president heard. Basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldnt do that. Lets go live to hanoi and bring in will ripley. Good morning to you. So it is interesting to see that north korea held a rare moment actually to have this News Conference just to dispute the reason for the breakdown in negotiations. Reporter it is very unusual for north korea to hold a News Conference with the foreign press. But that just goes to show hows misrepresented they felt their position was when President Trump took the podium. North korea saying they didnt want all the sanctions lifted, just maybe five out of the 11 which could have probably been negotiated down frankly. They were expecting xwoenegotias but the president walked away and particularly the fact that he snubbed the lunch. The dignity of the Supreme Leader is everything and to snub him like that, it is one of the biggest insults that you can imagine which may explain why we heard such sharp words from the North Koreans here in the late night hours saying this is a missed opportunity. And saying that kim jungun might have lost his will to negotiate. But then this morning north korean state media put out a news article with a are more positive spin. Obviously kim jungun wants to make it looks like a win for his own people even though it has to be incredibly disappointing to walk all the way emptyhanded. He is on an official state visit now before departing in his train. And im looking at these pictures and for propaganda purposes for kim jungun, it is priceless, isnt it. Reporter absolutely. They can still spin it as a win by showing that the meeting with the u. S. President , article in the newspapers saying great 3r0g was made and that the two leader have committed to a third summit even though President Trump said that he is not sure if he will have a third meeting with kim jungun. Okay. Will ripley, thanks so much. Sticking with the summit, the president once again under fire from democrats and republicans for taking the word of a brutal dictator over his own intel agencies. The president says when he met with kim jungun in hanoi, he discussed the injuries suffered by Otto Warmbier while in north korean custody. Injuries that proved fatal. Here is the president. I dont believe that he would have allowed that to happen. Just wasnt to his advantage to allow that to happen. He felt very badly. He knew the case very well, but he knew it later. He tells me that he didnt know about it and i will take him at his word. Nikki haley however former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Says that americans know the cruelty that was placed on Otto Warmbier by the north korean regime. Our hearts are with the warmbier family for their strength and courage. We will never forget otto. And this from mitt romney i think there is no question but that the government of north korea has been responsible for a whole host of human rights abuses and atrocities. Ive never heard somebody who did something wrong jump up and say yeah, i did it, i did it. They typically blame somebody else. Here is the reaction from ben shapiro who tweeted fing pathetic. Michael cohen returning to capitol hill on march 6 to finish closed door testimony to the house intelligence committee. Intel chairman adam schiff announcing cohen will come back next wednesday after trumps former lawyer and fixer finished part one of his testimony yesterday. He was able to shed light on a lot of issues that are core to our investigation and we were able to drill down in great detail. None of the questions that we had for him went unanswered. We dont though exactly what was said, but cohens attorney lanny davis appeared last night on tv and he offered this explanation. Today new information was developed that really could be game changing. And chairman schiff and everybody in the room who wasnt a partisan republican praised him for his honesty and fort t forth rightness. Davis saying the new information was not about russia collusion but about lying and obstruction. This after cohens blockbuster appearance on wednesday. Under pointed questioning from alexandria ocasiocortez, cohen claimed President Trump inflated and deflated his assets to suit his business needs, something that could amount to financial fraud. To your knowledge did the president ever provide inflated assets to an Insurance Company . Yes. Who else knows that the president did this . Allen weisselberg, ron lieberman, matthew calamari. And where would the committee find more information on this, do you think we need to review his Financial Statements and tax returns in order to compare them . Yes, and youd find it at the trump org. We period weisselbergs name more than a dozen times. Weisselberg is the Trump Organization cfo, among the associates the Committee Plans to question. Cohen may also be facing a perjury problem. Into of the president into of the president s clothes allies have referred him for possible criminal prosecution. They claim to have evidence cohen knowingly made false statements to lawmakers. Among the areas of cohens public testimony they want the Justice Department to investigate, this claim i was extremely proud to be personal attorney to the president of the United States of america. I did not want to go to the white house. Cnn has repeatedly reported to the contrary that cohen eagerly pursued and expected to get a job in the white house. Congressman jim jordan and mark meadows point to Court Filings from federal prosecutors in manhattan, the documents state that cohen privately told friends and colleagues including in seized Text Messages that he expected to be given a prominent role and title in the new administration. Cohen will soon start serving a prison sentence for previously lying to congress. President trumps economic adviser larry kudlow has thoughts on how the Green New Deal would affect the economy. Listen to what he said yesterday. The Green New Deal would literally destroy the economy. Literally. It would knock out energy, transportation, airlines, jobs, businesses. Wed probably lose 10 to 15 of our gdp. Kudlow slammed the proposal recently introduced by alexandria ocasiocortez and senator ed markey. The legislation is aimed at addressing Climate Change and economic inequality. The Green New Deal proposes providing all people with high Quality Health care, affordable safe and adequate housing, Economic Security and access to clean water, clean air, healthy and affordable food and nature. The Green New Deal has been heavily criticized by many on the right. Kudlow called universal health care and ending private insurance crazy ideas citing high costs. Senator markey tweeted Climate Change is literally destroying the planet. According to the trump Administrations National climate assessment, with no action Climate Change will result in 10 gdp loss by 2090. A Green New Deal addresses this climate reality, not right wing misinformation. 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Netanyahu says the impending charges are political while his main challenger is calling on him to resign. Oren liebermann is joining us live from jerusalem. We are seeing net running for a fifth term in office. Here is a question for you and what has been plaguing me, if he is reelected, can a sitting Prime Minister be indicted . There is nothing barring the attorney general in israel from infightingdicting a sitting pr minister but it would be a momentous occasion because it has never happened before. The best analogy is ten years ago, that Prime Minister was going to be indicted but he saw the writing on the wall and resigned. However netanyahu is not going to do that, he has vowed to fight these charges. He has called them political persecution saying it is an attempt by the media and left to pressure the attorney general for issue the indictments against him. So certainly no indication that he has any intention of stepping down. 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Demo in an xfinity store, call, or go online today. The wait is over. This years free agency prize, bryce harper, agreeing to a record deal with the philadelphia phillies. Andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. I know batting average doesnt matter that much today, but he hit. 249 this year. He is a. 269 career hitter. The phillies said that they would spend stupid money and here we are. Bryce harper agreeing to the richest contract in u. S. Sports history. According to reports, he is heading to philly on a 13 year deal worth 330 million. He spent the first seven seasons of his career with the washington nationals. Harper is only 26 years old, but 13 years is a long time. The contract reportedly also has no opt outs as well. And think about this, when harper reaches the end of his deal, the players that he will be playing with are 12 years old right now. And here is a look at how harpers deal stacked up against the rich nesest in baseball. Stantons is the second richest. Three out of four of these deals were signed this offseason. And phillies fans super excited about harper as is jake arrieta. He posted this video saying getting the house ready for bry bryce harper. And after it just one season, jason witten is returning to play for the cowboys. Witten retired from the nfl after the 2017 season but in a release yesterday said the fire inside of me to compete and play this game is just burning too strong. Witten turns 37 years old in may. Espn says they will determine next seasons plans for monday night football in the coming weeks. And you know, witten didnt really get rave reviews as a commentator in the booth. So good for him deciding i still want to play the game of football. Twitter sarcastically remarked this is great news for fans of monday night football. Andy scholes, good to see you. The New York Times reports President Trump personally ordered a top secret security clearance for his soninlaw Jared Kushner. Even though he was urged not to do it. Details ahead on early