Demilitarized zone. Whatever the location, the president says hes optimistic about the meeting. A lot of things can happen. A lot of good things can happen. A lot of good things can happen. I believe that we have both sides want to negotiate a deal. I think its going to be a very successful deal. I think we have a really good shot at making it successful, but lots of things can happen. The president was also asked what happen it is iran restarts its Nuclear Program now that the u. S. Has pulled out of the agreement with tehran. Heres what the president said. Iran will find out. Theyre going to find out. I dont think they should do that. I would advise iran not to start their Nuclear Program. I would advise them very strongly. If they do, there will be very severe consequences. Chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is joining us from the white house. Jim, strong words from the president. But does he have a plan b when it comes to iran after withdrawing from the nuclear deal . Reporter it doesnt sound like it, wolf. Weve heard from our senior diplomatic sources overseas that theyre concerned the president , the white house does not have a plan b when it comes to dealing with iran, and what would happen, for example, if tehran restarted their Nuclear Program. You heard the president say they would be met with severe consequences. The president also talked about fire and fury in the context of the north korean Nuclear Program last year. And now the president is heading towards it appears an upcoming summit with kim jongun and these prisoners that were being held by north korea, these american detainees on their way back to the u. S. The president tweeting this morning that hes going to be there at joint base andrews in the middle of the night to greet them. So he is obviously delivering some mixed messages in all of this. But this is somewhat a lot of critics were talking about as the president was unravel thing iran nuclear agreement, which is that while at the same time hes trying to enter into discussions with kim jongun, he is scrapping the Iran Nuclear Deal. The critics, Chuck Schumer being one of the first among them, the Senate Minority leader, saying this may weaken the president s hand going into north korea, in the North Koreans cant count on these commitments from the u. S. Lasting from one administration to the next. Another subject today, jim, the president admitted that his idea of socalled fake news is any news that doesnt reflect positively on him. He tweeted this, and let me read it. The fake news is working overtime. Just reported that despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy and all things else, 91 of the network news about me is negative, fake. Why do we work so hard and working with the media when its corrupt . Take away credentials . Thats a quote from the president. So to him, fake news means negative news. Whats been the reaction . Reporter thats right, wolf. Weve known that all along that he conflates fake news with stories he doesnt like. And by the way, i still have my credentials with me. I just swiped them at the white house just a few moments ago, they worked fine. Some of these are empty threats. We heard these from the president and the Trump Campaign manager in recent weeks. We can tell you that the White House Correspondents Association Just put out a statement saying that a president preventing a free and independent fres frpress from c the workings of our public would be an unconscionable assault on our First Amendment. But keep in mind, we know this from covering the white house for years now, when the president takes the oath of office on inauguration day, he is taking an oath to uphold the constitution of the United States, the First Amendment is in the constitution of the United States. When the president threatens to go after the media and revoke credentials and calling us names, he really is jumd miunde an oath he took in front of the american people. Jim acosta, thank you very much. Glad you still have your credentials over there. Public interrogation today for the woman picked by President Trump to lead the cia. Gina haspel grilled today about her thoughts on torture and the cias past use of advanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding. I think we did extraordinary work. To me the tragedy is that the controversy surrounding the Interrogation Program, which as i already indicated to senator warner, i fully understand that. But it has cast a shadow over what has been a major contribution to protecting this country. Should the cia even be in the business of interrogating detainees . Having direct access to a terrorist is extremely valuable for intelligence collection, and we do that. But cia does not today conduct enter dpainterrogation interrogations, we never did historically and are not getting back in that business. What would you do if the president ordered you to get back in that business . The president has selected me to give him advice. I would not restart under any circumstances an Interrogation Program at cia, under any circumstances. Thank you. Lets go to our correspondent m manu raju. Gina haspel was also asked several times if she would refuse an order by the president based on moral grounds, what was the key focus of todays public hearing . Reporter that was one of them, because as we know President Trump has said that waterboarding works. He expressed support for torture. This is something that she suggested she would not necessarily go along with, if the president were to make such a declaration now. However, her answer did not satisfy democrats and the committee wanted to hear whether or not she viewed the past waterboarding techniques that the cia undertook, whether those were immoral, and she would not get pinned down on that, just saying she would follow the law. Theres a big focus also on the 2005 controversy that occurred when there was a destruction by the cia of interrogation tapes at that time, that prompted a special prosecute tore investigate the matter. She said she was not the one who ordered this. Her superior sent a cable that she wrote to field officers to carry out the destruction of the tape without getting the signoff from the cia director at the time, essentially washing her hands of it saying it was a superiors decision. Wolf, there is a classified report that was written by the special prosecutor at the time about that episode of the destruction of the tape known as the durham report. That report goes into more detail. Theres a push to declassify that report to give the senate broader access to this. I asked senator mark warner whether her comments were in line with what he has seen behind closed doors. Did she give an accurate assessment in her role of the destruction of the videotapes in 2005 based on what you have seen, is it consistent with what you have seen . Thats one of the reasons i asked clarifying questions that i hope to get answered this afternoon. Shes served our nation for years, which is a very different role than others have been. But she has to make the case not only to me, but i think to other members and for that matter, to earn the publics trust. Reporter now, warner would not say that he would support this nominee, but one democratic senator, joe manchin, who is in a tough reelection race, said she had a great hearing. Republicans right now feel confident that ultimately she will get confirmed as the next cia director. Well see if other democrats do the same thing. Thank you very much. Joining us now, Illinois Republican congressman adam kinsinger. Congressman, thanks for joining us. Let me get right to gina haspel, the cia director nominee, faced lots of questions on interrogation techniques during the confirmation hearing today. She led what was described as a cia black site in thailand that used some of those techniques like waterboarding. She says she was following the law at the time, and this is in the immediate aftermath of 9 11. But doesnt think the cia should be in that business any more. Do you think she allayed any fears that may exist about her nomination . What was your reaction and you served in iraq and afghanistan. I hope she allayed some hopes and fears. Right after 9 11, we didnt know what was coming next. The unthinkable had just happened and we needed information. So we turned at the time what we thought was the right thing in extreme circumstances. So theres a lot of people that were not sinless, if you call that a sin. I still happen it should be a tool in our arsenal in extreme circumstances. But she made it clear to the senators she doesnt believe the cia should be in the business of interrogation. If you take her at her word, and i do, because i trust her, hopefully those fears were alied today. During the 2016 president ial cam pin, then candidate donald trump said this about the use of torture. Listen to this. Torture works, okay, folks . Torture doesnt work. Believe me, it works, okay . And waterboarding is your minor form. Some people say its not actually torture. Lets assume it is. Waterboarding, absolutely fine. We should go much stronger. Thats the way i feel. Gina haspel said today that she doesnt think torture really works. But you say it should be a tool, am i right about that . I dont think its something we need to use. But basically to have it in the arsenal in extreme circumstances. I agree with what the president later said, where he said he talked to general mattis and he convinced him that its a cigarette and a beer that more often breaks them. We have a lot of things that we have to do to protect our country. The potential cia director said she would not institute any kind of interrogation in the cia. Thats great. I think people need to take her at her word and give the president some deference in terms of who youre going to appoint as, as we should always do. You support the president s decision to get out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, but you are calling on the Trump Administration to deliver a comprehensive plan to replace it. Why wasnt that plan in place already when the president made his announcement yesterday . I think there is. You know, if you look at the memo that came out from state department that the president signed, theres a plan in you to extract ourselves from this agreement that takes in some cases up to 180 days. Were going to work with our allies to make sure they understand both corporations in the United States and out of the United States what they have to do, what would violate these sanctions and the agreement. And the ultimate goal here is, we gave up a lot of tools just for a nuclear agreement. The problem is, those tools also need to be used to moderate the broader behavior of iran around the world. Theres 500,000 dead syrians that are partially where they are in the ground because frankly they were enabled by the russians and iran thats behavior we have to push back against. And basically bringing these tools back out and saying lets renegotiate but do it on broader behavior will hopefully work. Diplomacy is an art, not a science. You dont blame Bashar Al Assad for those deaths . Absolutely. I blame him, the russians and the iranians. They were all working together to destabilize an entire region. And iran are repairing to attack israel. So theres no sinless in that tree yad of terrible people and regimes. Congressman, thanks for joining us. You bet. Thanks, wolf. The special counsel investigating the russia probe wants answers as to why Michael Cohen, the president s longtime personal lawyer, was paid by hundreds of thousands linked back to a russian oligarch. We have new details next. Or make me feel like im not really there. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442342424. Your company is and the decisions you make have far reaching implications. The right relationship with a Corporate Bank who understands your industry and your world can help you make well informed choices and stay ahead of opportunities. Pnc brings you the resources of one of the nations largest banks, and a local approach with a focus on customized insights. So you and your company are ready for today. You wouldnt accept from any one else. Why accept it from your allergy pills . 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Explain the connection between this russian businessman, this oligarch, and these payments to cohen. Thats right. First, its best to start with viktor veklesberg, a russian dplas oligarch, sanctioned by the u. S. Governme government. His company, Columbus Nova, which is based in new york, gave money, some 500,000 in a deal with Michael Cohen, as a business deal, they gave money to Michael Cohen. This was first revealed by michael avenatti, Stormy Daniels attorney, and has since been confirmed by Columbus Nova. They said they had a business dealing with him, and that was the extent of it. And now the next thing is, really to understand why this matters, wolf, thats because viktor is a russian oligarch, who has close ties to putin. Hes the chairman of an Asset Management group called renova group that has a link to Columbus Nova that wound up paying Michael Cohen. Now, he was sanctioned in april for election interference. He also attended the 2015 moscow dinner, when michael flynn, where putin was, and he attended trumps inauguration. And now all of this obviously has been something that the special counsel, Robert Mueller and his team have been looking at. What are these three other companies that paid cohen and what did they say . Korea aerospace said they paid Michael Cohen 150,000 for legal work. At t said they also paid Michael Cohen for what they called policy. They said it was basically to provide insight into understanding the new administration. This is what they paid him, the 200,000 for. Navartis issued a statement, they paid close to 400,000. They said that they had been contacted in november 2017 by lawyers from the special counsels office regarding the companys agreement with essential consultants. They say they cooperated with the special counsels office, and provided all the information requested. Wolf, this is the First Company that we have received a statement from, that confirmed that the special counsel has been looking at some of these payments. Any reaction from cohen . No. Theres been no reaction from Michael Cohen to this point, wolf. Well see what he says. Thank you very much. I want to bring in two experts in this area, Daniel Goldman and kara kara. So kara, talk more about these companies, why they were giving cohen all this money. Remember, Michael Cohen was, you know, a new york lawyer. He made his money by investing in real estate. And otherwise was an attorney for the Trump Organization for decades. After the election, he didnt have a position in the administration, so he was looking for other work and looking to do consulting deals. Weve seen in some of the Court Filings that he had seven clients. So this information that we learned now shed some light on who some of those clients were. What we dont know is what kind of work he was doing for them. Weve done a scan of the lobbying database. We havent seen cohen was re