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Vice versa that the public just wouldn't be aware of? >> well, i'm not inside the trump administration. you know, they don't talk to me. >> right. >> i suspect there are at the state department, mid-level with the u.n. representatives, the north koreans have, that did successfully at least we got him back home to his parents, but i think this is a role that the chinese can play. i saw the european union, maybe they could be mediators. we need new mediation there, michael, and, i mean, right now, i don't think there's any direct high level contact, for sure, maybe lower level, but this is an ar...

Their air strikes in syria took him out. they are using qualified language. so are we. >> we should tell you, we had many reports in the past about al bagdadi's death that have not turned out to be true. we are approaching this with caution. his whereabouts have not been known for some time. if this is true, it is a major blow to the terror group. let's start with clarissa ward. she is live for us in london. she has reported extensively from the war zone in syria. what are your thoughts with this news, clarissa? >> reporter: gewe are getting me information from the russian defense ministry as ...

Forward and asked for him to step down, that's when he's going to start to face real heat. to >> eric: before go, something about you just said, lisa. i want to bring this up. this is important. assistant deputy secretary to russian affairs and the state department. she told the obama white house, she left in 2015, when president trump was president-elect trump, she told the obama white house to put away information they were gathering on the trump transition team. how does a mid-level, a mid-level assistant deputy secretary, how does she have access to this information. why should she be advi...

Saying to me in my reporting, look, we are doing what we can do within the law, which sometimes makes you say part of the debate whether to change the law if they feel restrict the. privacy implications are higher for people who might be going through the screening inside the u.s. who are american. the policy question, they try to create a uniform stand order that affects everyone. lowest common denominator, remember that from math class, are we doing the lowest thing right for security to err on the side of the americans' protections or should they find a mid level, another way to at least ve...

War ii. but russian officials say kim backed out for internal reasons. >> the internal political situation in north korea is not settled. and internal security for kim jong-un is absolutely necessary before he ventures off, before he ventures off to a foreign trip abroad. >> reporter: analyst michael madden says kim is still dealing with the fallout with the enemies he made inside north korea when he executed his powerful uncle at the end of 2013. >> i strongly suspect that he has not attained complete loyalty, maybe not from senior elites, but at the mid-level. kim jong-un is still dealing wi...