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Than anyone else in the country, affordably and on-time. (ringing) ( ♪ ) the future only happens with people who really know how to deliver it. breaking news. house speaker nancy pelosi blasting the treasury secretary steve mnuchin for a classified briefing he held today on why the administration is easing sanctions on russian oligarchs. you heard that. easing sanctions on russian glass. they wanted to know why. they brought him to testify. here is what she said about it moments ago. >> with stiff competition, mind you, one of the worst classified briefings we've received from the trump ad...

Security reporter for the daily beast. she broke this story and david corn. erin, what does this mean, your reporting and the latest from the daily beast? >> thanks for having me. i think one thing we know now based off our three sources in our reporting around the sa sanctions issue is robert mueller is zeroing in on other trump world associate who is have had conversations about the possibility of easing sanctions. we know mueller is looking at two different time periods. he's looking at before the election and those conversations that happened during the transition. he's trying to tie the t...

And that means he could really reveal what the administration's dealings with russia were, the campaign's dealings with russia as well, especially since it was michael flynn who was in regular contact with then russia ambassador and that's exactly why michael flynn was charged. he was charged with lying about his contacts and the fact that he discussed the possibility of easing sanctions. so really, jim and poppy, a lot could be revealed today. we haven't heard anything about michael flynn for the past year. >> right. >> so we'll know by midnight what is in there and what the special counsel i...

Days, with then russian ambassador sergei kislyak, and that's why he was charged, for lying about his contacts with kislyak and the fact he discussed the possibility of easing sanctions. so jim and poppy, a lot expected to be revealed today. the filing is due by midnight, but it really could come at any time. >> did he keep the president informed? of course, a question looming over this. jessica, thanks very much. joining us, cnn legal analyst, page pate, and investigative correspondent for yahoo news, michael isikoff. if i could begin with you, michael. you have been following the russia inve...

The white house is offering to send secretary of state mike pompeo back to pyongyang for a meeting with kim jong-un in a response to a letter sent by the north korean leader to president trump. national security adviser john bolton not ruling out a second summit between the two men, but first, he wants to see less rhetoric and more action on denuclearization from the kim regime. let's go live to hong kong and bring in cnn's will ripley. will, you've been all over this from the beginning. what's your sense of where things actually stand right now? >> reporter: it seems as if there is gridlock a...