An informal Trump Campaign adviser as he landed in bostons Logan Airport after arriving from an international flight. They greeted ted, who was once a candidate for u. S. Ambassador to the eu. Now, hes scheduled to appear before muellers grand jury. Kevin perez is on this breaking story. Evan, who is this man and what does mueller want from him . This is pretty aggressive tactics used by Robert Muellers investigators. Ted was stopped as he entered the United States in boston airport coming in from a flight from london. According to him, he says the fbi took his phone, took his Electronic Devices and did a search then sat him down for an hour and talked to an mpi agent who tried to get information out of him. They asked him about his connections to roger stone who recollects is a supporter of the president , vocal supporter of the president as well as wikileaks and asked if he had been to where the founder of wikileaks has been living. We dont know exactly what they believe he has, what information they believe ted mallach has. Now, he has as date with the grand jury, the mueller grand jury april 13th, here in the United States. Again, he says theres not much he knows. Well see when he shows up here in washington to meet the grand jury. We have a statement from ted mallach and he says what could they want from me. A philosophical defender of trump, i have done nothing wrong. Again, hes going to get to talk to the grand jury on april 13th here in washington. What does this tell us, evan, about the mueller investigation, where it might be headed . Well, you know, it tells us that this appears to be ramping up. A lot of people, especially people close to the president like to say this is an investigation that is winding down, its almost over. Certainly, i think some of the president s legal team like to assure him that this is almost over. This doesnt tell us that. It also sort of gives us, perhaps, a peek at the way the mueller investigators are trying to get out of the central question of whether or not there was any middleman, people in the middle trying to connect the Trump Campaign and russians. Of course we know wikileaks, according to the u. S. Intelligence community was sort of a stand in for the russian intelligence agencies in disseminating some of the stolen emails that were taken from the dnc and Clinton Campaign folks. Again, this appears to be the central focus of the mueller investigators. They have not given up on the collusion questions. This goes right to the middle of that. Evan perez, thank you so much. Turning to the other top story, trump going rogue. National Security Officials are struggling to understand what the president meant when he declared the u. S. Is pulling out of syria and very soon. We are knocking the hell out of isis. We are coming out of syria very soon. Let the other people take care of it now. Very soon. Very soon, we are coming out. Like, very soon. A remark that caught white house aides, the defense department, the state department and most likely u. S. Allies off guard. The pentagon, telling cnn they havent heard Additional Details about the plan and the wall street journal reporting President Trump directed the state department to freeze 200 million in recovery funds for syria. White house correspondent Boris Sanchez out front in west palm beach, florida for us. The president is at maralago and there are concerns growing about these comments in the war against isis. Reporter thats right, brianna. We are working to confirm whether the president s comments were part of his prepared remarks. Keep in mind, this is a speech to a union in ohio about infrastructure. The president went off the cuff to talk about Roseanne Barrs sitcom, the second amendment, et cetera. We are not sure if this was part of the plan. These comments were the most surprising part of the president s speech in richfield, particularly because of the reaction we got from a number of administration officials. One senior official telling cnn, they are trying to figure out what the president meant by that remark. One official at the pentagon telling us they were caught off guard specifically because the United States doesnt have a determined policy, yet, for the future of syria. The president s words speak for themselves. Read into that what you will. Of course, this is noteworthy because the president , often, is criticized other leaders for telegraphing their moves, in ord words, telling opponents what they are planning to do. The president clearly did that yesterday. Beyond that, it leads to a question of what happens next. The president has been critical of previous administrations for the role of the United States playing in iraq and leaving that country after war there. Now, hes okay with the idea of the United States creating a vacuum in syria and leaving russia to handle the future. Boris sanchez, thank you. Outfront, we have mark preston, cnn senior political analyst, april with the urban Radio Networks and retired u. S. Army spider marks with us. General marks, i want to start with you. I wonder what you make of this announcement from the president. Is this a real plan . Is it not really a plan . Is it, if it is a real plan, it seems to be one no one in his administration is in on. Its certainly not a plan. When the president says this is what i intend to do, this is what i would like to try to achieve, it suddenly becomes a plan. There are a lot of folks that, right now, are trying to put the pieces together to come back to the white house and say, look, if this is what you meant, this is what we can achieve. Here are options and here are the risks associated with this proclamation or at least this intention that you have stated. The key thing is, the United States stands to lose tremendously if we were to very, very quickly leave syria. We have to take a much longer view of the conflict that is taking place there and the competition that is there and the two factors, really, we need to consider. One is russia and our role relative to russia, an opportunity either to cooperate or compete with russia and determine what instate that looks like and, also, Turkish Forces are in syria right now and we stand the very likelihood of seeing turkey leaving nato this year. It could happen this year and that would be a longterm disaster for the United States and play directly into russias objectives. April, as boris pointed out, its ironic coming from a president who is repeatedly said this. We no longer tell our enemies our plans. Americas enemies must never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. I dont want to tell everybody what im doing or thinking. Im not like other administrations where they say, we are going to do this in four weeks and doesnt work that way. My administration will not telegraph exact military plans and what they are. April, hes clearly not meeting his own standard there. Right. Do as i say, not as i do. He basically chastised the george w. Bush administration and the barack obama administration, prior administrations when it came to iraq. But, this president has made this pronouncement. He needs victories. Th thats one of the reasons he came out of the box to say, look, we are doing this. I talked to an intelligence official who worked in various administrations on intelligence. The president basically has as win here. He is doing the right thing, winning and leaving. The mission is unclear at this point because, already, the Islamic State has been defeated and there is attempt to keep the kurds and tur ks away from each other. After this, theres a win. What do you do . The president is actually right here. What hes trying to do is show theres a win instead of faking a win or trying to embellish a win, hes got a win and trying to make it clear and put in that win column. He doesnt have that many clear wins, as of yet. Mark, how does this affect officials executing the National Security agenda or trying to . Thats a great question and one of the most concerning. First off, we dont know if the folks in positions will be in two or three weeks. We are going to see a new National Security adviser. We expect bolton to go in and clean house and that, in itself, will determine kind of how President Trump moves forward in making Foreign Policy decisions. Up to this point, there is an acknowledgement in the diplomatic core as well as the military that they have to go out and clean up for what the president said and has done. We have seen it on big issues such as nato, general mattis had to go over to calm the fears of nato allies and we are seeing it with the Vice President and seeing it with lower level aides and dont necessarily see in the headlines every day. General marks, how does this affect military leaders, including those in the field who think, perhaps he actually does have some design drawn out here when you consider hes surprised them with other announcements. Earlier this month, the president popped into the Briefing Room to announce a development and pentagon officials told cnn they didnt have knowledge the president agreed to meet with kim jongun. How does this affect them . Certainly, there are plans on the shelf, as a matter of routine. This is what Large Organizations do. They are routinely in the process of trying to design plans around contingencies. For the president to make a proclamation like this, there are a few options on the shelf right now. So, at the operational level, i would say its business as usual. At the strategic level, the challenge is, each one of those Combatant Commanders, you have the Central Command that owns that piece of turf in syria. You have the special operations command, which is doing a lot of precise, heavy lifting in that part of the world and nato. You have the supreme ally commander. Those three american commanders have an array of networks and array of alliances and partnerships and they have to communicate very, very clearly. This proclamation by the president makes it difficult because theres little predictability in what the president is saying and what exists in terms of what those Combatant Commanders are saying to partners. April, on another note, the president who stands accused of Sexual Assault or misconduct by 15 women issued a customary proclamation that makes april national Sexual Assault awareness month. This was done on a friday. Fridays are big in this white house. This president is moving head on with this. For them to move head on is basically saying, this is in your face. They are trying to send a signal, we are doing this and we are not guilty of anything. They are saying, yeah, i may have said something to billy bush, but we are moving forward and trying to use it as a statement saying we are not guilty. We are doing this to show your hands are clean. We are hearing from other people, we are hearing from lawyers. We are hearing from former porn stars or playmates, what have you. This is an attempt by this white house to say we have not done anything wrong and we are moving forward. The issue, will this president hold events as it relates to this proclamation . Thats a whole nother story. You get into a situation where the president talks to people, town halls. He may have to q a answer questions. I dont think this white house wants to do that. Again, they are trying to move forward and say, hey, we are innocent and we are doing this and standing with the women. Thats what they are trying to say. April ryan, thank you so much. General marks and mark preston, appreciate all of you. Out front next, not happy with scott pruitt with controversial living arrangement and security detail. Is the e. P. A. Chief the next to go . S plus, unarmed and shot in the back. The startling private autopsy on Stephon Clark, sparking outrage. Stormy daniels says no amount of money will make her go away. How long can the president avoid stormy . Se me, are you aware of whats happening right now . Were facing 20 billion security events every day. Ddos campaigns, ransomware, malware attacks. Actually, we just handled all the priority threats. You did that . We did that. Really. We analyzed millions of articles and reports. We can identify threats 50 faster. You can do that . We can do that. Then do that. Can we do that . We can do that. 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Breaking news, the white house exasperated with the epa administrator, scott pruitt after scathing reports on multiple fronts. Among them, cnn is learning his unprecedented 14 7 security detail has gone with him on personal trips including to the rose bowl, a Family Vacation to disney land and according to democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse, that is why we learned this. Pruitt, also, is under scrutiny for renting a house by a d. C. Lobbiest. He got a good deal, 50 dlar 50. Pruitts goose is cooked. Just yesterday, cnn asked the white house if shake ups were done and the answer was, ill have to get back with you. Reporter two days after firing one cabinet secretary, the white house is growing increasingly frustrated with another cabinet member, sources tell cnn. The focus, now, on epa administrator, scott pruitt, following two damming stories in less than a day. First, cnn reporting pruitt went to the rose bowl, a College Football semifinal featuring his home team, the oklahoma sooners. The best game in College Football all yearlong. Reporter then took his family to disneyland, both personal trips with epa security detail in tow. Pruitt used that security for trips home to tulsa, oklahoma. All that according to senator Sheldon Whitehouse after he viewed document that is back up the claim. Whitehouse has been a critic. This god awful nominee, clearly, this is an epic ram job. Reporter senator whitehouse recently sent a letter to the e. P. A. s Inspector General laying out details about the round the clock security detail. The letter, which cnn reviewed, raise zs questions about the unprecedented epa funded security. Let him go to disney land. Put on a baseball cap and sunglasses. Nobody knows who he is. Hes not that famous. Reporter because of the threats, administrator pruitt follows the same protocol, whether he is in personal or professional capacity. He is facing criticism for the condo he lived in. Hes been renting a condo at this capitol hill property owned by the wife of a prominent energy lobbyist, whose firm regulates the e. P. A. His arrangement allowed him to pay 50 for the nights he actually slept there for a total of 6100 over six months, well below market value. It appears to be a gift. Here is why it matters. Because the owner of this condo is married to a lobbyist who seemingly has business through his firm, the lobbying firm, important client interests at the epa. Reporter i should point out the epa does have an ethics counsel to consult to situations like this. I spoke with an epa official with direct knowledge of the situation who says this was not an ethics issue. The condo was not considered a gift because pruitt paid the value for it in the form of rent. The source added that the landlord was a friend of pruitt and that the law does not ban federal employees from receiving a gift. We spoke with several ethics experts who disagree with that line of thinking, considering pruitt paid below market value. We reached out to the epa for an explanation about pruitts living arrangement. They did not respond. Thank you chlgt. Outfront, don buyer, one of the first members of congress to officially call for pruitts resignation is the Ranking Member of the science based technology. Thanks for being with us. Thank you, brianna. I want to play devils advocate. The epa says pruitt has been threatened and need