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Kim jong-nam became an informant for the cia. on the day he was killed, security footage showed him at an elevator with an american intelligence agent. at that news the president appeared to side with north korea over something that is a staple of our intelligence business. >> i saw the information about the cia with respect to his brother or half brother. and i would tell him that would not happen under my auspices, that's for sure. i wouldn't let that happen under my auspices. >> so here's how hour former cia director john brennan responded to the president's comments earlier tonight on this...

South korea's intelligence agency blamed kim jong-un for the assassination. cnn's paula hancocks is live for us in seoul, south korea and paula, what do we know about how the cia is said to have cultivated king jong-nam? >> well, jake, what we're learning is from one of the defense lawyers of those -- one of the two women who smeared that nerve agent on king jong-nam's face in that international airport, and what he has told cnn is based on his knowledge, he does believe that doi kim yong-nam met with an american intelligence agent at the resort island in malaysia. we understand he is privy to...

What have you learned, paula? >> reporter: "the wall street journal" reports saying they don't know the exact details but the fact they believe king jong man was an informant for the cia. back in january when the court case went on, the two people accused of his murder, accused of smeerg it on his face, within that court case police did admit that he met an american on the holiday island just five days before he was murdered, although they say they don't know what his identity is or whether or not he was a spy. within the same court case we understand the defense lawyer for those women did say...

First, let's get to laura jarrett for more on what barr is saying. is there any other way to interpret this talk about how well the prosecutor has to make a decision on obstruction as a shot directly at the special counsel robert mueller? >> no, i think that shot is pretty clear. he took it actually weeks ago during his congressional testimony, making it clear that you really, prosecutors are supposed to make a binary choice, thumbs up or thumbs down, and robert mueller failed in that regard. the new news is the sort of questions barr is raising once again about the genesis of the russia inves...

Political standpoint, is this a win for trump? >> unclear. there is going to be a second sentencing hearing which is next week. that could involve a sentence up to ten years. just one fact that i would point out about that particular hearing. there was a filing that was made in january inadvertedly revealed mr. manafort had met with a business associate who was connected to the russian intelligence, he actually passed private polling data from the trump campaign to this russian intelligence agent essentially, and apparently that agent in return asked for release on sanctions on russia. that's ...