i'm poppy harlow. jim has the day off. 90 minutes from now, an ugly showdown fight is likely getting uglier. congressional leaders are set to meet with the president in the situation room again this morning. this meeting has a new dynamic. nancy pelosi is now officially the house speaker and democrats are in charge of the house of representatives. according to aides talking to cnn, zero. you heard that right, zero progress is expected today. let me remind you, lawmakers are still being paid. all of them, getting their paychecks in the middle of the shutdown, while hundreds of thousands of federal workers are not. in the middle of all this, signs republicans could be breaking from the president on his own strategy. two key republican senators signaling they want to fund the government first and work on border security after. let's go to the white house. jessica dean is there. so we have learned in the last hour from these aides telling cnn, really today, not expected to accomplish much. >> right. really

. >> well, poppy, they're not saying a great deal. they just made this very sort of stiff announcement by the fsb, which is the main espionage agency in russia. they're saying they arrested a u.s. citizen on the 28th who was caught spying, but no other detail was given about what exactly he was said to have been doing when he was detained. >> the russian foreign ministry also said they formally notified u.s. authorities of the detention confirmed by the state department as well. but in terms of detail, very, very sparse information coming out about what this individual may have been concerned with. it comes weeks after a pro gun lobbyist guilt a conspiracy there and faces six months in prison after u.s. prosecutors say she tried to infiltrate groups to influence americans. and there is some speculation that, you know, in the future there could be some sort of trade-off between these two individuals. but beyond that, there is no relationship between these two cases as far as we're aware. poppy. >> okay. matthew chance, i know you are a

interview. >> all right john, poppy, harry, thank you very much.heck out poppy's podcast. >> it's an interesting interview. >>> venezuela maduro says he's willing to negotiate with the opposition. new details on how he's trying to block that leader. next. check out poppy's podcast. >>> more protests against mick las maduro's regime are expected today in venezuela has the embattled president says he's willing to negotiate with the opposition. white house sources are down-playing the forces sent to columbia after the words 5,000 troops to columbia were spotted on john bolton's note pads. cnn's nick peyton walsh is live in bogota neighboring columbia with the very latest. nick. >> reporter: an absolutely key day for the opposition inside of venezuela. they've been called out ton the streets with the man who has declared himself as interim president and been recognized by many other countries, juan guaido. how many will be out there and will it be peaceful? it's been peaceful so far and frankly after a few hours people have gone home after expressing t

i'm poppy harlow. no deal, no progress toward a deal. and as the workweek begins in washington, it's not even clear when talks will resume for those 800,000 federal workers who want to get back to work, that are not being paid, and many of them who are working for free. now 17 days into the shutdown and president trump is considering declaring a national emergency to fund his border wall, which, by the way, he now envisioned as a steel barrier rather than concrete. >> as for the alleged emergency it might draeraddress, the whit house is putting out bogus claims of terrorists slipping in from mexico. we begin with manu raju on capitol hill where the house and senate return to work tomorrow. some republicans, some in the senate differing with the prlt n president now on the shutdown. is this enough to get the two sides back to the negotiating table? >> we'll have to see at the moment, things at a complete standstill after the meeting with mike pence and leadership staff of the republicans and democrats on capitol hill. they met saturday an

i'm poppy harlow in new york.im sciutto has a well deserved holiday week off. we have breaking news. we're hearing for the first time from the family of an american detained in russia, accused of being a spy. this man, paul whelan, arrested in moscow on friday. the russian federation says he's a u.s. spy. his twin brother david joined me moments ago, and here is what he told me. there is no, no world in which you suspect that your brother in any way worked as a spy for the u.s. government. is that correct? >> that's correct. i think there's really just one goal, to get paul back home from russia. and i'm not sure if it's at a level where leaders of both countries to have work out a deal or whether it's a congressional action that can leverage him loose. but that is our goal. that is our one goal, to get paul back home. >> all right, let's go to my colleague, martin savidge, from michigan, in his hometown. what are you learning about paul, about what people there are saying, et cetera? >> first and foremost, as muc

>> absolutely, poppy.eal danger because when there are these personal changes in this way and there is this attempt by the white house to change the narrative, to change the story on what exactly happened with secretary mattis, that has a corrosive effect, not only on morale, but also on the way other leaders treat their subordinates. and they look to the top basically for guidance. it might be subliminal guidance, but it is still guidance nonetheless. you look at the military as a culture that has a certain way of doing things, and this can corrode that. >> on top of the president claiming that he fired mattis, which is just not factual, he also had this to say yesterday. >> what's he done for me? how he has done in afghanistan? not too good. not too good. i'm not happy with what he's done in afghanistan. i think i would have been a good general, but who knows. >> i would note that the president did not serve this nation in the vietnam war. got a number of exemptions from doing so. any reaction inside the

jim and poppy? >> they have to figure out how to pay back the unemployment money they got as if they don't have enough to worry about. wow. thank you, vanessa, for the reporting. jim? >>> president trump is considering declaring a national emergency to bypass congress. in fact he's being encouraged by some republican lawmakers in congress now. according to one u.s. official he's eyeing disaster relief funds to pay for the border wall. that's money for things like storm relief in puerto rico and texas. let's go live to the white house with cnn white house correspondent abby philip. so taking money that was intended for elsewhere including the defense department and funneling it to the wall. how close are we to the president making this declaration? >> reporter: that's just the latest option that the president has at his disposal according to our sources. it's not clear today whether we are much closer to the president actually making a final decision on this. in part because there is still some disag

you know me, poppy.now that couldn't possibly be true and i myself am dealing with the difficult problem of me not getting a check, my staff not getting a check. i have a person on my staff that's driving an uber because that's the only way she can pay the bills and feed her family so this idea that i'm a cold parted person who doesn't care at all like scrooge is the kind of -- it's the kind of example of what's wrong with the media that when people talk about how you guys are setting us up. you know me, i care about those people and to present a coat out of context that makes me look like simon hey from, it's irresponsible. >> appreciate you voicing. >> thank you for giving me chance. >> kevin, appreciate it. >> we can see zero growth. >> the second quarter off bounceback. >> maybe a credit downgrade. >> from the president's top economic adviser. remarkable. >>> any minute paul manafort's lawyers are expected to respond to allegation he is lied and breached his plea deal with robert mueller and we are m

i'm poppy harlow. i'll see you back here tomorrow morning.at this hour" starts right now. >>> hello, i'm ana cabrera in for kate bolduan. great to have you with us on this thursday. at this hour, the sound you hear is the political glass ceiling being shattered in our nation's capital, and a seismic shift for donald trump's presidency. the new 116th congress preparing to be sworn in just moments from now, making history with a record number of women becoming the most racially and ethnically diverse ever. this new congress also ushering in a new era of divided government in washington. democrats taking control of the house of representatives, ending republican majority rule. that's protected president trump. nancy pelosi expected to make history again, reclaiming her powerful role as speaker of the house. and saying this morning that she won't rule out the possibility of an indictment or an impeachment of president trump. all of this happening on day 13 of the government shutdown with no end in sight. cnn congressional correspondent

poppy? >> jeff, do we add one more name to that list, not a new name, but you're reporting on former candidate and secretary of state hillary clinton not closing the door on a third try? >> poppy, we were hearing that over the weekend. i was talking to some confidantes and friends of the clintons, of secretary clinton. they said particularly after the indictment on friday of roger stone, she was telling some friends and confidantes that she is not closing the door to the possibility of running in 2020. she has been saying this repeatedly, and her argument would be, given all what we know now, she won the popular vote, of course. should she have another try at this? these confidantes and friends warn there's no campaign plan in waiting. most believe she will not do this, but it is certainly significant that she has not closed the door to this. we should also say, a lot of former and losing and failed presidential candidates don't always close the door perfectly tight on a run. so she's leavin

i'm poppy harlow in new york. cnn has obtained an extraordinary look behind the scenes of an explosive fbi investigation. transcripts from fbi officials, closed door testimony to congress. it showed the decision making process behind a counterintelligence probe of the president of the united states. a formal inquiry into the possibility that the president, president trump was, and i quote, acting at the behest of and somehow forwarding directions of russia. >> now the fbi certainly has not approved this. it's not publicly shown that to be the case. this is one extreme they were looking at here. but given the chance saturday to put this to rest to deny it, the president did not. he call the question insulting. the president is denying a report in "the washington post" that he took perhaps unprecedented measures to keep his private discussions with vladimir putin private. all of this unfolding on the 24th day of the partial government shutdown with no breakthroughs in sight. and one day before confirmation hearings

i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. for the first time since 800,000 federal workers were either furloughed or forced to work for free, the senate will vote on bills, plural, two bills to fully re-open the closed departments and agencies and both bills will almost certainly fail. that's the reality this morning. few if any democrats will vote for any money for the president's border wall and few republicans will vote for a bill that re-opens the government without that money. >> this happens just hours after a separate but related war of wills in the house. having insisted on delivering his state of the union address to a joint session of congress and being rebuffed by house speaker nancy pelosi president trump backed down, declaring he'll give a great address but when the shutdown is over. two-thirds of americans want the president to re-open the government without his wall, barrier, whatever he or others call it. our own poll, a compilation of five polls, shows the president's approval number is now just 37% down four

. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. the deep scandals, investigations and impropriety surrounding the 45th president. today one tree stands above the rest. buzzfeed is reporting this morning that president trump personally directed michael cohen to lie to congress under oath to commit perjury. again, they are reporting it was a directive. we should note cnn has not independently confirmed buzzfeed's reporting nor for that matter has anyone perjury. it is the very offense containd trump's current lawyer rudy giuliani says, quote, if you believe cohen, i can get only c the special counsel already knew from other means that robert mueller has more than just michael cohen's word on this reportedly. however, if this is confirmed we should note that the subject of michael cohen's dishonest testimony was the trump organization's attempt to build a trump tower in moscow, attempts that carried on throughout the campaign for president and an issue that's central to the russia investigation. this morning the democratic chairman of

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto.rump campaign adviser who was rousted out of bed will show himself at the federal courthouse in washington. roger stone due to be arraigned on seven counts arising from his dishonest testimony from congress about the outreach to wiki leaks in 2016. there are strong indications that the latest target of the special counsel indictment may be one of the last. >> that's right. we are watching this hearing. these are live pictures from capitol hill. it is a worldwide threat assessment hearing. it happens every year. the

i'm poppy harlow. jim sciutto has a well deserved day off. trump is firing back this morning after mitt romney writes a scathing op-ed. the incoming senator slammed the president's character saying he has not risen to the mantle of the office. more of this clash in a moment. it is day 12, morning 12 of the government shutdown and the president is just hours away from two key meetings, one with his cabinet official

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto in washington. no reaction this morning from president trump to report the that ties him directly to the offense for which house of representatives moved to impeach richard nixon. two federal law enforcement officials saying president trump personally directed his then lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about efforts to build a trump tower in moscow, the key offense at issue is what is known as encouraging perjury, witness tampering, obstruction of justice. >> it is important for us to know that neither cnn nor any other major news outlet has so far confirmed buzz feed's reporting and president trump's current lawyer says if you believe cohen i can get you a great deal on the brooklyn bridge. that's not an outright denial. it is important to know that buzz feed's report isn't just based on michael cohen. michael cohen didn't talk to buzz feed for this. it says the special counsel is not taking cohen's words for anything. reportedly cohen only confirmed what the mueller team already knew from ot

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto.the special counsel's probe, a probe that president trump has consistently attacked as a hoax, witch hunt and called it politically biassed. now he says i have chosen to stay out of it. ipan eye opening interview the president says the justice department, not the white house, will decide what to do with robert mueller's final report. i could have taken a much different stance the president says. i could have terminated everything. i could have said that is enough. many people thought that is what i should do. >> on the other hand, the president says he will quote think about getting involved in how the fbi makes arrests after the predawn tactical take down of roger stone, a scene the president calls very sad. let's go to sarah westwood at the white house. a lot of news was made in this report. is the president really pledging to hand off position on the mueller report and on mueller's report of the d.o.j. fully

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. if there is a line president trump repeated more often than "build the wall" it is "no collusion." both brought the presidency to crisis points and both are in doubt more than ever before. last night on cnn with chris cuomo the president's lawyer acknowledged that the trump campaign may have colluded with russians in 2016. he falsely claimed he had never said otherwise. here is the fiery rudy giuliani speaking to an incredulous cuomo. >> i never said there was no collusion between the campaign or between people in the campaign. >> yes, you have. >> i have no idea. i have not. i said the president of the united states. there is not a single bit of evidence the president of the united states committed the only crime you can commit here, conspired with the russians to hack the dnc. >> to be clear, giuliani has publicly denied collusion. many times. >> many. many, many times. as he put it he denied collusion with the top four or live people in the campaign which would include the one-time

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. 17 lawmakers, 16 days, one mayor question that gets more pressing by the hour. can a bipartisan group of house members and senators make a deal on border security in time to avert another shutdown? we may not know until moments before the current spending deal runs out february 15, but the work begins today. >> it does. what some are calling the gang of 17, that's a lot of people who can figure this thing out. they're meeting for first time this afternoon and while president trump is not involved in this point he is warning that they will be wasting their time if they're not discussing or contemplating a wall or physical barrier. this morning he is putting his own spin again on national security threats outlined yesterday in sobering terms. quote, tremendous progress, the president writes, on syria, isis, north korea and peace talks proceeding well in afghanistan, he says. much more on that in a moment including a push back on'r iran. he's calling the intel leaders passive, naive and wrong. man manu raju is on capitol hill. the gang of 17 is coming

. >> reporter: and poppy, the other thing about whether this should be a concrete wall or steel barrier, i just have to remind you it was just a few weeks ago that the president tweeted out a picture of a steel fence. so that is not really new either. >> okay. joe johns, thanks very much. >>> let's go to capitol hill. so the president said he has options sundland, but democrats considering their own options to get the government running again. how would this work? >> that is right, jim. we'll see an effort by some democrats to take steps to essentially ratchet up the political pressure as this shutdown now enters the third week. over here in the house, nancy pelosi announced over the weekend that the house will intend to move on individual appropriations bills giving that spending the funding for those agencies and departments that were affected by this shutdown, that is largely a symbolic gesture, a symbolic move that will go nowhere in the house. mitch mcconnell has previously said he does not intend to move on those and certainly wouldn't move on anything without president trump's su

i'm poppy harlow. jim sciutto has a well deserved day off. president trump is firing back this morning after mitt romney writes a scathing op-ed. the incoming senator slammed the president's character saying he has not risen to the mantle of the office. more of this clash in a moment. it is day 12, morning 12 of the government shutdown and the president is just hours away from two key meetings, one with his cabinet officials, the other a high stakes meeting with congressional leaders, both parties will take place in the situation room. can they hash out any sort of a deal. let's go to the white house. the meeting with congressional leaders in the situation room. why? >> reporter: that's right. we just learned a time for this meeting is set for 3 p.m. the white house confirming that. it is notable that this meeting is taking place in the situation room, an area of the white house that istyp typically reserved f monitoring international crisis and military operations overseas and sort of under scores how the administration feels about the issue

i'm poppy harlow. >> we're following sad news out of syria this hour.k on a u.s. patrolled area of manbij. the u.s.

. >> i'm poppy harlow. we begin this hour with a breathtaking rebuke of us intelligence leaders by the president whose leaders openly and repeatedly contradicted in their testimony to congress yesterday on iran. quote, intelligence people are extremely passive and they'vnai. then he says perhaps they should go back to school. the intel leaders see ongoing threats and unfulfilled promises. >> the president is weighing in on the talks this afternoon heading off another government shutdown if you could believe it. he says a group of bipartisan senators are wasting their time if they are not discussing or contemplating a wall or physical barrier. what sort of compromise might he accept is really not clear. the president's latest public attack on the intelligence community. cnn's barbara starr at the pentagon. those earlier tweets walked back some of his own claims about north korea no longer being a nuclear threat, saying now it's an open question. but then he seemed to firm up and say, you know what, don't lis

. >> and i'm poppy harlow. in a few minutes president trump is going to set out on a meeting he sees as pointless about a crisis many say doesn't exist. this after a meeting he set up as a total waste of time with democrats. it is day 20 of the partial government shutdown which yesterday's white house shutdown not only didn't -- showdown rather didn't solve, but it may have pushed a compromise further out of sight. >> doesn't look like a lot of progress coming. the president's day trip to mcallen, texas, may turn out to be more than the photo op he reportedly called it this week. if he decides to fund the border barrier by taking the rare step of declaring a national emergency. that's not at all clear, but for what it's worth the white house counsel is due to travel with the president today. that is certainly unusual. in congress, a number of republican senators aren't yet willing to give up on a deal. that brings us to manu raju. i know you have been following this and talking to the players here. they want to

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. we are ready for the first confirmation hearing of the new congress. keep this in mind. president trump fired his previous attorney general jeff sessions for failing to reign in the mueller probe and is likely replacing him with someone who called that investigation fatally misconceived. william barr is up for his second stint as attorney general. he spent two years as ag under the first president bush. this time he'll take the helm of a justice department in fact investigating the man who nominated him. he has attacked the probe as recently as last summer. >> about six months ago. in his opening statement to the senate judiciary committee this morning, you will hear it at the bottom of the hour, barr will pledge, bob mueller will be allowed to complete his work. moreover, it is very important that the public and congress be informed of the results of the special counsel's work. you can bet he'll be hammered on word choice there. what does he mean? is the public going to see the repor

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. >> schultz clarified his un-american comment to our poppy harlow. >> it's not that it's not americanit's unaffordable. >> senator harris is now backtracking a bit on her call to eliminate private health insureds. a spokesman tells us she is open to more moderate plans to presearch the health care industry. as for the rest of the field, former vice president biden tells cnn the race is starting off awfully early and he won't be rushed. >> i don't think there's any hurry to have to announce. i don't think there's any hurry to decide. >> one person who won't enter the democratic field, los angeles mayor eric garcetti has announced he's against it. >>> cnn says talks are under way for a long-term budget deal. it's not clear whether the meeting was greed to. or will it will include democrats and governors. it could go on for a long time. >> former joshua tree superintendent said what happened to the park is irrepair only for the next 200 or 300 years. that's because vandals cut down industries in the park. in nevada, a man was forced to leave their home after the shutdown. >> i'm going to

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. >> the state of the shutdown, the state of congressional efforts to end the shutdown, the state of the union, we expect to hear about all three minutes from now when democratic leaders from the house and republican house leaders step before cameras, separately of course, on the hill. >> to be clear, real negotiations among people that actually make a deal don't exist so far as we know, but it is hoped that could resume after votes tomorrow on the senate bill that stands almost zero chance of passing. what is certain the that another payday will come and go this week without pay. the co >> you as members of the armed forces should not be expected to shoulder this burden. i find it unacceptable that coast guard men and women have to rely on food pantries and donations to get through day to day life as service members. >> phil mattingly is on the hill. phil, you hear this idea, that by putting this republican proposal forward and it not passing, that that messages the president that the deal he wants does not have the votes. does that move the ball fo

i'm poppy harlow. jim and i will see you back here next week. "at this hour" starts now. >>> happy friday. i'm ana cabrera in for kate bolduan. another very busy day on our nation's capital with two big event happening this hour. first, at any moment, house democrats will hold a news conference on a major piece of legislation they're now introducing after taking control of the chamber. it's a sweeping combination of election and ethics reforms, including a requirement that presidential candidates release ten years of tax returns. obviously aimed at president trump. and moment from now, in the situation room, the shutdown showdown takes center stage again. president trump holding a meeting with leaders of the new congress, including nancy pelosi, now the speaker of the house. it comes on day 14 of the government shutdown. and neither side willing to budge. >> the president's made it clear, we're here to make a deal, but it's a deal that's going to result in achieving real gains on border security, and you have no border security without a wall. w

. >> and i'm poppy harlow in new york. the partial government shutdown ties the record for the longest shutdown ever now at 21 days. trust me, that is not the number that is giving those 800,000 federal plemployees headaches. that number is 0.00 showing up on paychecks at dozens of federal agencies whose staffs might have been furloughed or required to keep showing up for work unpaid. >> we will talk to one of those effected. president trump seems more likely to declare a national emergency. that would do nothing to get the fbi, fda, tsa and many other agencies and offices back to full force. rosa flores is at miami international airport where the effects of the shutdown are being felt by travelers. rosa, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: you are absolutely right. take this as a preview of coming attractions under the shutdown. we have learned from airport management that they took a look at the number of tsa agents that are coming to work every day. and they decided to close partially one of 11 check points at this

. >> that's right, poppy. there were certain times when we were not sure exactly what the future held for the deputy technology rod rosenstein but i'm told that someone familiar with his thinking that he is expected to leave once bill barr the president's permanent nominee for attorney general is confirmed, some sometime soon thereaft thereafter. the timing hasn't been nailed down and i'm told he's not being forced out but he's informed the white house of his thinking and he wants to ensure a smooth transition for barr assuming he is confirmed. the reason rosenstein is a household name is because he appointed mueller the oversee the russia investigation in may 2017. so the big question is does this new news signal that the russia investigation is finally coming to a conclusion? a source tell miscolleague evan perez that rosenstein has signalled to other officials he has wanted to stay on until mueller was completed or at least nearly completed that he felt the probe would be protected. but another big question

. >> schultz clarified his un-american comment to our very own poppy harlow. >> it's not that it's not american. it's unaffordable. >> senator harris now backtracking a bit on her call to eliminate private insureds. she is open to more plans. as for the rest of the industry, former vice president joe biden telling cnn that the 2020 race is starting off early and he won't be rushed. >> i don't think there's any hurry to have to announce. i don't have any particular timetable. i don't think there's any hurry but there's a bigger hurry to decide just personally. >> one person who won't enter the field, los angeles mayor eric garcetti decided not to run. >>> stacey abrams has been tapped to give the democratic response to the state of the union. she's seen as a rising star to the party. she narrowly lost her bid for governor in ruby red, georgia. abrams will be the first black senator to give her response. this programming, an early "early start" will be on at 3:00 a.m. after. all kinds of analysis. >> such a difficult spot giving that response, you know? >> yeah. >> it's never gone that w

thank you, poppy, over to you -- >> that is not a title they're not going to like. it is.ght. you are right. yes, so i asked howard schultz about michael bloomberg because he offered it up to me. he said, you know, i think if mike bloomberg would have run two years ago i think he could have run. mike bloomberg doesn't even think he could have run. here's what he said and he disagrees with that. he also told me -- all right. so if mike bloomberg who is more centrist agrees with you that america can't afford medicare for all, they say, would you run as an independent if mike bloomberg jumps in as a democrat and he said mike bloomberg running would not effect my decision? >> bloomberg wouldn't effect, biden, tbd. >> i pushed. i didn't get an answer. i pushed. >> do not miss her few interview with howard schultz. there's a bit more tonight at 7:00 but a lot more tomorrow morning. poppy, thank you very much. >>> still ahead, the author of a new book on president trump. see his fast response in realtime coming up. your mornings were made for than psoriatic arthritis. as you and

jim and poppy, the courts are warning that funding could run out. they say the trials will still be going but they have already had to cut back on payments to jurors. that could impact the grand jurors seated for the robert mueller probe. a lot affected at the courts. really friday is a big day where even more funding could run out. >> i hadn't thought about that. this is uncharted territory. >> courts with ongoing investigations against folks who have broken the law, the fbi, tsa agents, coast guard sailors. >> we have never been here before, 32 days into a shutdown. joining us now, thank you both for being here. let me go to you on the democrats, tola. you have an interesting read on we don't think there -- certainly not enough democratic support. we'll see if any vote for this. how long can the democratic party and lawmakers be the party of "no"? even if you don't like the proposal it is the white house and republicans putting something on the table. >> democrats have realized that even though they have a strong position in the shutdown because p

i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow.,000 federal workers were either furloughed or forced to work for free, the senate will vote on bills, plural, two bills to fully re-open the closed departments and agencies and both bills will almost certainly fail. that's the reality this morning. few if any democrats will vote for any money for the president's border wall and few

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. "at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. it appears someone touch add nerve with president trump this morning. that someone being every single leader of the u.s. intelligence community. today the president is lashing out again at the intel chiefs for their assessment of the threats currently facing the united states. assessments that directly contradict how the president sees things. >> we have won against isis. we've beaten them and beaten them badly. >> isis is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> chairman kim and i have a great chemistry. we're well on our way. we signed the agreement that says we will begin the immediate denuclearization. >> north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up nuclear weapons and production capabilities. >> i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be.

b but, boy, was poppy persistent in all those interviews. >> yeah. a dogged reporter. an independent, though, if he makes this run in does that set off any potential alarm bells for democrats who would be looking to defeat trump? >> good question. it's a big issue for him. independent is an interesting choice for howard. he definitely has a progressive streak if you look at the way he has run his company. he also has said things in the past that more align with republicans. he has talked about runaway government spending. he has talked about changes to entitlements. the reason that independent might be appealing to him is because his strategists are probably suggesting that that's a path to victory, that both sides have been so polarized and that there's a swath of people in the middle of america that doesn't want to vote republican or democrat because they're sick of partisan politics. the problem is, no one knows how big that pool of people is right now. and the democrats rightly fear that an independent candidate can drain votes from them and hand the election victo

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i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. good monday morning.s monday on the russia investigation. on the shutdown ending. federal workers finally going back to work. >> three weeks. >> the big question is when that backpay comes. it's not like it just shows up in their bank account on the day of. >> no. now a new deadline for the shutdown, february 15th. can they reach a deal? a deal that the president will agree to? >> the president told "the wall street journal" that he's not certain that will happen. for 800,000 federal employees and their families, and untold contract workers. manu raju has been following this. we got through one impasse on friday, but now already talk of the next deadline. >> yeah, that's right. and there's a lot of pessimism as we head into that deadline in mid-february because, in no small part because the president's own positioning on this making it very clear in that "wall street journal" interview that he would not go for anything less than $5.7 billion saying that that's what

i'm poppy harlow. >> it is a busy news friday morning. i'm jim sciutto in washington.our the former

i'm poppy harlow. >> it is a busy news friday morning. i'm jim sciutto in washington. in just about an hour the former trump campaign adviser who opened his door to gun wielding fbi agents will be due in court. roger stone found out he has been named in a seven count indictment. agents who are not getting paid because the federal government shutdown executed an arrest. cnn was there. listen to this exclusive video. >> fbi, open the door. >> so roger stone has been charged with seven counts including obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering all related to his alleged ties to wiki leaks in the heat of the presidential election. wiki leaks was dumping democratic e-mails that were stolen. ahead of his court appearance which is in less than an hour now in fort lauderdale. his lawyer saying they found no russian collusion or they would have charged him with it. sarah sanders says the indictment is his problem and not the president's. i want to play you this exchange this morning. >> this has nothing to do with the president and certainly nothing to do with

men like bill gates are the tall poppies and they earned it.red why billionaires, people who earned all this money, become public enemy number one. they have created these tremendous values and there's that well, they leave it to the worthless heirs. you know what, that's their decision. what they want to do, like bill gates or jeff bezos can blast it off in a spaceship or give it to heirs, that's their decision. there's this hatred for wealth, for successful individuals. it's tremendously european. it's never really before been seen in american history. david: but i don't think that -- i wouldn't say it's a dead sure thing that americans are going to fall for the snake oil because in fact, there was a poll out in 2016 and liz, we were talking about one in 2017 saying that most americans want to eliminate the death tax or inheritance tax. so maybe americans aren't buying into this rhetoric. maybe democrats are just talking amongst themselves. they think it's going to sell but it won't. >> i tell you who's come out very intelligently against thi

i'm poppy harlow in new york.dinary look behind the scenes of an explosive fbi investigation. transcripts from fbi officials, closed door testimony to congress. it showed the decision making process behind a counterintelligence probe of the president of the united states. a formal inquiry into the possibility that the president, president trump was, and i quote, acting at the behest of and somehow forwarding directions of russia. >> now the fbi certainly has not approved this. it's not publicly shown that to be the case. this is one extreme they were

harris molina jubilee erin rocky grip and poppy his sweetheart.ris wakes them up in the morning feeds them and puts them to bed at night they want for nothing after all they're here to protect the crown legend has it that if the tower of london ravens are lost or fly away the crown will fall and britain with it on the back of my mind where one on duty or off to through a wife and that's our boys in the back of my mind or are they safe is a kingdom. are my colleagues looking after them ok so yes i know there is a lot of them but wait where they are now. it's like we've only found five ravens there need to be at least six for the kingdom to be safe. fortunately it doesn't take us long to track down she blew. at the martin tower he's resting on his usual perch posing for the tourists britain is safe. since chris was appointed raven master the bird's wings are clipped less frequently than they used to be even though he knows that makes them more likely to take off. several years ago we had moon in who escaped from the tower of london for seven days ye