this assassination plot was taken in apparent retaliation to the january 2020 killing of qassem soleimani. we face a rising threat from authoritarian regimes who seek to reach beyond their own borders to commit acts of repression, including inside the united states. this is an especially appalling example is the government of iran with egregious acts of transnational violence. amy: this comes amid efforts to revive the iran nuclear deal. after headlines, we will speak with trita parasi who has been following the negotiations closely. in sierra leone, protests over the rising cost of living have turned violent and deadly, leading to the deaths of at least six police officers and an unknown number of protesters in freetown. demonstrators -- an official wide nationwide curfew and sierra leone is now under a near-total internet shutdown. in kenya, citizens are still waiting for the results of a close presidential race two days after national elections. so far tallies show a razor thin contest between the veteran opposition leader and the deputy president. media outlets have tallied up conflic

air strike that took out soleimani, the commander of the irgc, back in 2020. so obviously, we continue to watch this, but the former national security adviser, john bolton, did get secret service in the end of 2021. that is around the time that this plot to assassinate him was coming to the fore. >> kylie, how much do we know right now about this plot against former secretary of state pompeo? >> we are learning that just last week, the former secretary of state was informed directly by the department of justice that he was also a target of an iranian assassination plot. in these documents today from the department of justice, we learned that this iranian also had a second job for which he was willing to pay $1 million. and according to a source close to pompeo, it was the former secretary of state who was the target of that other job that this iranian was looking to carry out. we don't know the details of what he was planning on that one. >> i'm sure we'll be getting more details soon. this isn't the first time iran has attempted an assassination plot here on

qassem soleimani. hope this is the first step to regime change in tehran. and after today's news, bolton thanked the justice department, the fbi, and the secret service and said that iran's rulers are liars, terrorists and enemies of the united states. the suspect has not been arrested but is wanted by the fbi after seeking to carry out this plot. >> this was not an idle threat, and this is not the first time we uncovered brazen acts by iran to exact revenge against individuals on u.s. soils. >> reporter: the plot against bolton is just the latest allegation of iran planning attacks on u.s. soil. in 2011, u.s. authorities said iran was planning to bomb a d.c. restaurant to kill then saudi ambassador to the united states and current saudi minister of state for foreign affairs. >> this is happening in america. >> reporter: and just last week, iran beyond journalist and activist massi, a u.s. citizen who lives in new york blamed the iranian regime after a man carrying an assault rifle was arrested in her

airstrike in 2020 that killed qassem soleimani, commander of the revolutionary guard. prosecutors say poursafi tried to pay $300,000 for someone to kill bolton and $1 million for a, quote, second job. sources say former secretary of state mike pompeo was the second target. bolton said that he had been aware of the threat from iran. >> as the fbi warnings to me grew more severs as time went on, and the fbi was doing this pursuant to their process called duty to warn when they learn of a foreign threat against an american, eventually by the late fall of 2021, i asked if it is this serious, perhaps the secret service should be involved. and ultimately president biden made that decision and i appreciate it obviously. >> fred lightpleitgen is join um moscow. we're just learning about the details, but what more do we understand about the plot? >> reporter: apparently according to the justice department it was a fairly elaborate plot and something that was not in the stages of just being thought of, that it was already actioned essentially trying to be taken. they said that s

only killed soleimani we were able to verify we've got him.e sure we verify that ava actually got this guy. to ensure the american people it was a good strike. president trump was right. president biden was right. we have said you can attack these guys from a distance. when you have guys like the predator and global hawk with great loiter time, ability to strike from a distance, we said you don't need troops on the ground. president trump said that. president biden said that. he got out of afghanistan in a very messy way but i think the fact is true. i almost want to look look to the military and say we have been telling you this. we told you the last four or five years. why didn't you listen. 33 you mentioned being able to confirm the strike and the identity of the terrorist. i believe they say they have confirmed it. are you suspicious that they haven't confirmed it yet? how would they go about doing that? matching dna samples customer how would they have gotten a sample of a guy like that? >> the president said that they have known where he

after the soleimani assassination, bolton tweeted, congratulations to all involved in eliminating soleimanipe this is a first step to regime change in tehran. >> you have a regime in iran that wants to prevent americans from interfering in iran. >> and though not citing iran specifically, bolton even recently made comments about planning coups while working in government. >> somebody who has helped plan coup d'etat, not here, but you know, otherpl places, it takes lot of work. >> a source familiar with the matter explains bolton was made aware of threats against him in 2020. and he has had secret service protection since late 2021. now, the white house national security adviser jake sullivan said this afternoon that the biden administration won't waver in protecting all americans and said if iran carried out any actions against any u.s. citizens there would be severe consequences. >> kylie, thank you so much for that report. >> and this note, be sure to tune in to "the situation room." john bolton will be wolf blitzer's guest. that begins at 5:00 eastern here on cnn. be sure to watch that.

offered $300,000 to assassinate bolton, in retaliation for the killing of iranian general qassem soleimani in 2020. >> we face a rising threat from authoritarian regimes who seek to reach beyond their own borders, to commit acts of repression, including inside the united states. >> reporter: poursafi is wanted b the fbi. officials believe he was acting on behalf of the revolutionary guard, releasing this photo of him in fatigues, with posters of iran and soleimani in the background. court documents detailed the scheme. in november 2021, poursafi sent encrypted messages over social media to an fbi informant calling for bolton to be eliminated. today, bolton says the plot underscores the threat of iran. >> this is a murderous, lying regime. it's an enemy of the united states, and we need to treat it that way. >> reporter: poursafi remains at large abroad. he faces up to 25 years in prison. and just moments ago, iran responded to these allegations, calling them baseless, david. >> rachel scott with us from washington. rachel, thank you. >>> tonight, a major victory for so many veterans in thi

killing of qassem soleimani in 2020.owed iran's revolutionary guard during his time at the fbi. phil mudd joins me now. thanks for being here. >> sure. >> all right. bolton was notified of this potential threat in 2020. then the secret service -- he no longer had them protecting him. and he wasn't granted secret service protection until 2021 and these charging documents came in 2022. why did the fbi go about it that way? >> i'm not inside the investigation, but i'm looking at it saying you've touched on one of the most fascinating things, and that is timeline. if you have threats to two senior u.s. officials, and more important, two u.s. citizens, you have to control the operation to make sure there is no risk to the citizens. you would sacrifice the intelligence if you thought there was an imminent threat to bolton or pompeo. so, what does that tell you? the fact this case has been running for a couple of years tells me that the fbi owned the case from the start. that is, they had the confidential human source, the info

said in the past, that they want retaliation for the 2020 assassination of their general qassem soleimanietaliation would be ongoing. the u.s. believes that this might be related to that as well. but of course at the same time, it also comes in the final stages as the biden administration is trying to revive the iran nuclear agreement. the iranians by the way have also come out, they call the accusations baseless, they call all of this a fairytale. but they also make no secret of the fact that their retaliation for the assassination of sole m qassem soleimani will be ongoing. >> fred, thank you so much. john bolton speaking out about that plot as we said ahead on "new day." >>> plus how the inflation reduction act is expected to lower your prescription drugug costs. you can stay on top of the market from wherever youou are. power e*trade's easy-to-use e tools make complex trading less complicated. custom scans help you find new trading opportunities. while an earnings tool helps you plan your trades and stay on top of the market. ♪ meta portal go. look professional. ♪ even if you don't fe

john bolton was out of the government at the time of the soleimani assassination by the u.s.addition to bolton, the iranians have plotted to kill four other former top trump officials who dealt with iran. secretary of state mike pompeo, secretary of defense mark esper, former u.s. iran negotiator brian hook and bolton's successor robert o'brien, a person familiar telling nbc news. john bolton joins me now. ambassador bolton, former national security advisor, we're glad you are here. >> so am i. >> safely here. let's talk about this plot. when were you first aware? >> i was told by the fbi in the spring roughly 2020, through the fbi's duty to warn procedure, which is for americans threatened by foreign governments or foreign sources. i received a series of these duty to warn notices going through 2020 into 2021, until close to thanksgiving in 2021 at a meeting at the fbi headquarters, a large meeting, i might say, where they told me how serious it was. that's when i suggested that perhaps since it stemmed from my days in the government, they might want to consider getting the

air strike that killed ed soleimani.eaders of the terrorist organization had vowed revenge for soleimani's death. they publicly lashed out against then president trump and other high ranking officials. prosecutors in the bolton plot say a man, a 45-year-old iranian national and irgc member, had attempted to pay $300,000 to an individual in the united states who ended up being an fbi confidential source. now that suspect has not been arrested. he remains at large. in the charging documents, prosecutors had made mention to a second, quote, additional job. a federal law enforcement source telling me that other target was mike pompeo. victor. >> josh campbell, thank you very much. >> a scary moment at a summer little league game turns into the sportsmanship moment of the year. up next, the story behind this hug. and her museum of perersonal computers. and you can find her, and millions of other talented pros, right now on upwork.com alright, limu, give me a socket wrench, pliers, and a phone open to libertymutual.com they cu

likely in retaliation the doj says for the january 2020 killing of iranian irgc commander qassem soleimani. this morning john bolton said the plot spotlights how iran is approaching its foreign policy. take a listen. >> this is a real window into what that government in tehran is like. and it is not just a window into how they behave with their terrorist activities, and sponsorship of terrorist groups, but how they conduct their foreign policy altogether. >> prosecutors are saying that the iranian shahram poursafi had a second job for $1 million. sources are telling cnn that was a reference to a plan to kill former secretary of state mike pompeo, who, of course, also worked in the trump administration. so for more, let's bring in former cia counterterrorism official phil mudd. thank you for being with us this morning. we have now also learned from sources that numerous current and former officials have protective details because of the iranian threats. the doj has now named somebody, but how significant do you think this threat is still in this country? >> i would say pretty significant. i

ground strike that killed iran's late out codes force, custom soleimani. stay tuned for inside story. ♪ >> rising living costs trigger violent otests isierra leone. demonstrators want the president to resign. how soon should the government respond? could record high fuel and food prices spark unrest elsewhere in the region? this is inside story. ♪ >> hello and welcome to the program. calm has returned to sierra leone following a rare violent protest. at least 21 demonstrators and six police officers have been killed. the government has imposed a nationwide curfew. hundreds angry at the rising cost of living rallied in the capital and to the north of the country. demonstrations turned violent, with some calling for the president to resign. police have been accused of using excessive force. the president says the unrest is terrorism instigated by sierra leoneans living abroad. the government says it is monitoring social media for information that could destabilize the state. >> we do not have freedom of speech, and there is no respect for women, and the econ

discussed qasem soleimani, the former head of the quds force, who was killed in a u.s.ne strike on january 3, 2020. iran has been very clear it wanted revenge for soleimani's death by killing individual americans, something bolton told me when i spoke to him earlier today. >> it was very serious. and i don't think it was john bolton alone that was the target here. i think there were many former administration officials, but also private american citizens. and it really tells you the real nature of the regime in tehran that they are threatening american citizens on america soil. nick: former senior official tells me iran identified five specific former officials to assassinate. former president trump, former secretary of state mike pompeo, bolton, the former top commander in the middle east general frank mckenzie, who was in charge of all military in the -- in the middle east, and brian hope, the former special envoy for iran. and in fact, poursafi said there was a second target, which he was willing to pay $1 million to assassinate, and that "his time would come." the t

that it has nobody as respected as soleimani was in iran.ot assassinated in america half the country would be like, hell, yeah, thank you, iran! $300,000 for bolton but a million for pompeo? ( laughter ) that's a big difference in price. i almost feel bad for john bolton. because i don't know what's worse, being on an assassin's hit list or having the assassin find you and the assassin jumping out like, john bolton! i'm looking for a more important person to kill! do you know where i could find him? yes, yes? point me in the direction. ( laughter ) if iran was willing to pay a million dollars to kill iran's secretary of state they should ask trump to do it. he was going to have his vice president killed for free. think about it. i feel bad for john bolton. yes he's trying to bomb other countries and brags about trying to overthrow government but being hunted by the iranians can't be fun. explains why he's wearing the stupid fake mustache the whole time. ( laughter ) it's real? sorry. my bad. ( laughter ) now if we had more time, we could tal

but trying to kill americans on american soil. >> since the killing of soleimani in a drone strike ince department announced the charges yesterday. >> this is not an idle threat and not the first time we have uncovered brazen acts by iran to exact revenge against individuals on u.s. soil. >> in 2011 soleimani tried to kill saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states at a restaurant in the capitol. >> dana: lucas tomlinson, thank you. >> the i.r.s. is seeking agents willing to carry a firearm and use deadly force if necessary. let's bring in dan henninger to talk about this. welcome back here. here is a couple of things online. key requirement for the applicants is that they have to be legally allowed to carry a firearm. major duties include carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force and participate in arrests, search warrants and other dangerous assignment. part of the law enforcement branch of the i.r.s. when the time they could be super sized very soon. did you know of this? >> well, the part i didn't know about was the idea that you have to be willing to use quote deadly

murder-for-hire plot took shape after this drone strike in iraq assassinated top iranian general qassem soleimaniional security adviser john bolton quickly tweeted "congratulations to all involved." iran promised to retaliate. today the department of justice charged shahram poursafi, a member of iran's revolutionary guard, offering $300,000 to kill bolton. what did the fbi say about the serious nature of the threat? >> they were able to confirm that it was potentially an effort either to kidnap me or assassinate me. >> reporter: the fbi says poursafi, working from iran, hired operatives to track and then eliminate bolton, even texting pictures of cash, promising payment for the hit. but one of poursafi's contacts was an fbi informant. sources tell cbs news another target of the iranian plot was former secretary of state mike pompeo. bill evanina ran counterintelligence operations. during the trump administration. >> they will wait one year, five years or 20 years to enact revenge. >> reporter: with the u.s. now resuming talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with iran, bolton has a warning. >> the

prosecutors say the plan was likely in retaliation to the killing of iranian commander soleimani.nians are rebuilding their lives once again following israel's three-day attack on gaza. it's caused further destruction to the gaza strip even as the damage still remains from last year's 11-day conflict. natasha reports on the challenges residents are facing. >> the phones rang in this gaza neighborhood saturday morning. with warnings from israeli intelligence to evacuate. in what people say felt like only moments, six apartment buildings were destroyed or damaged. >> my 4-year-old son wakes up when he hears any sound thinking it's a air strike and he clings to me. it makes me frustrated because my children are scared. my life has become miserable and there's nothing left in our hands. >> umalik says she can't even dig out a shirt from the rubble for her who young sons. the family is homeless. but will have to find money to pay the mortgage on the apartment and find a new place to live. since 2008, there have been five wars or attacks in the gaza strip. the longest was in 2014 and la

it's believed to be in retaliation for the killing of iranian commander qassem soleimani in 2020. in a statement, bolton thanked u.s. authorities for tracking the threat and bringing criminal charges. >>> stanford university is asking for the public's health after a rape was reported on campus. the victim told the university she was in a parking lot around 5:00 p.m. last night when a man grabbed her, pulled her into a bathroom and raped her. it happened near the willboro hall dorm. the victim does not want the speak with police. safety officers have beefed up patrols in the area and anyone with information is urged to come forward. >>> a 75-year-old man accused of killing a palo alto teenager in 1982 appeared before a judge today. his name is gary ramirez. he appeared virtually in a hawaii courtroom for an extradition hearing. he was arrested last week. once he returns here to california, he'll face murder, kidnapping and sexual assault charges. detectives say he stabbed 15-year-old karen stitt to death in sunnyvale in 1982. she was waiting for a bus on el camino real and wolfe ro

a lone actor authorities say an iranian flag was found at his home along with pictures of qassem soleimanithe iranian military leader the u.s. killed in 2020 on his computer 33 years after iran issued a death threat against rushdie for writing a novel "satanic verses. infuriating fundamentalists today iran's government denied any involvement in the attack. do you have any reaction for iranian government blaming the victim here salman rushdie for this attack >> i do. it's despicable. it's disgusting. we condemn it. >> reporter: some experts find it unlikely matar acted alone. >> it's very unlikely the 24-year-old young man, lebanese american born and raised in the united states who was born after the 1989 khomeini fatwa against rushdie is going to radicalize on his own without any connection to the iranian government >> reporter: and now concerns about a possible copycat threat after noted author j.k. rowling tweeting about rushdie, horrifying news, let him be okay. a user replying, don't worry, you are next. rowling saying police are involved. the u.s. just charged iran with trying to kill

you know what happened here with the assassination of quassem soleimani who has as much blood on american it was absolutely the right thing. when that took place in january of 2020, iran was back on its heels with the maximum sanctions coupled by this. the strength of the "abraham accords" and just a year later the biden administration came in and began not to enforce the maximum sanctions against iran and immediately opened the door for renewed negotiations over the nuclear deal that president trump walked away from in 2018. they walked away completely from what president trump was able to achieve in that time and just disregarded it. i think likely because it had something to do with trump as opposed to seeing the value in terms of what had happened and that was really sad and we're in a worst position today, because under this administration went to double-digit ukraine yum enrichment, up to 60% which is -- uranium enrichment up to 60% which is where we're pretty close now. months to whether we have a deal or not. we know what the iranians are doing. they're continuing to develop their

murder-for-hire plot took shape after this drone strike in iraq assass napted top iranian general qasem soleimani two years ago. former national security adviser john bolton quickly tweeted, "congratulations to all involved." iran promised to retaliate. today, the department of justice charged shahram poursafi, a member of iran's revolutionary guard with with offering $300,000to kill bolton. what about the f.b.i. say about the serious natre of the threat? >> they were able to confirm that it was potentially an effort either to kidnap me or assassinate me. >> reporter: the f.b.i. says poursafi, hired operatives to track and even eliminate bolton, even texting pictures of cash pertaining to the hit. one of the contacts was an f.b.i. informant. sources tell cbs news another target was mike pompeo. bill evanina ran counter terrorist operations during the trump administration. with the u.s. now resuming talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with iran, bolton has a warning. >> the fact that the government of iran is trying to kill americans on american soil should be the end of any further discussion w

for-hire plot took shape after this drone strike in iraq assassinated top iranian general qasem soleimani two years ago. former national security adviser john bolton quickly tweeted, "congratulations to all involved." iran promised to retaliate. today, the department of justice charged shahram poursafi, a member of iran's revolutionary guard, with offering $300,000 to kill bolton. what did the f.b.i. say about the serious nature of the threat? >> they were able to confirm that it was potentially an effort either to kidnap me or assassinate me. >> reporter: the f.b.i. says poursafi, working from iran, hired operatives to track and then eliminate bolton, even texting pictures of cash promising payment for the hit. but one of poursafi's contacts was an f.b.i. informant. sources tell cbs news, another target of the iranian plot was former secretary of state mike pompeo. bill evanina ran counterintelligence operations during the trump administration. >> they will wait one year, five years, or 20 years, to enact their revenge. >> reporter: with the u.s. now resuming talks to revive the 2015 nuc

and photos on his phone of iranian general qasem soleimani, who was killed in a u.s. drone strike in 2020. iran has sought revenge for his death. the state department weighing in today. >> it's despicable. it's disgusting. we condemn it. >> reporter: rushdie has nerve and liver damage and is likely to lose an eye. he's been a target for muslim extremists. he's spent nearly 30 years looking over his shoulder, longer than the suspect's been alive. rushdie is awake and recovering according to his son who wrote, though his life changing injuries are severe -- >> mola, thank you again tonight. >>> we turn to the youth football coach turning himself in, accuse of shooting and killing another coach in texas. the suspect the brother of a former nfl star. marcus moore from dallas now. >> reporter: tonight, in lancaster, texas, just outside dallas, the manhunt is over for the suspect in a fatal shooting at a children's football game. 39-year-old yaqub talib turning himself in. police looking for him since saturday, when a youth football game descended into chaos. police arrivin

say among the images investigators found on matar's phone, a photo of iranian major general qassem soleimani, who was killed in a u.s. drone strike. the incident occurring friday morning at the chautauqua institution just after rushdie got on stage to speak. matar allegedly stabbing rushdie multiple times. >> once he got mr. rushdie on the stage floor, he just continued to go at him. >> reporter: first responders airlifting rushdie to this erie, pennsylvania, hospital where he underwent surgery and is now being treated. rushdie's agent telling abc news friday evening that he is on a ventilator and cannot speak, and that salman will likely lose one eye. the nerves in his arm were severed, and his liver was stabbed and damaged. matar charged with attempted second degree murder and second degree assault. his attorney pleading not guilty on his behalf. president biden calling the attack vicious and that rushdie stands for essential, universal ideals. iran's grand ayatollah khomeini had called for rushdie's death more than 30 years ago. rushdie's 1988 book "the satanic verses" considered by some

barry: i think cineworld took soleimani for its u.k.loyees, at the same time, its management paid itself millions of dollars. which is not a company you should feel sorry for in anyway. the problem is, the cinema industry was always instructional decline through streaming services on tv, to the end of the exclusivity window and the poor quality of hollywood films produced, compared to those produced by previous generations. francine: there's talk about some of the gaming world being live-streamed, and it would be streaming in theaters live, would've brought a new kind of consumer and a new kind of audience to the cinema. what can you transpose into the industry? barry: the cinema industry is clearly a low return, poor industry instructional decline. it is not prudent to use so much debt to finance the business. the reason why cineworld has gone bust and other cinema chains haven't, they're all pretty average businesses. cineworld had too much leverage, for acquisition strategy. tom: how much of it step do you think will be recoverable a

pompeo among others for their role in ordering the assassination of iranian general cass assume kasm soleimanibeen removed from the latest version of the text that we have seen and that's part of the reason why a deal is closer now than it was two weeks ago. >> national security adviser jake sullivan will meet with his israeli counterpart in washington tuesday the white house has pushed back on the idea it is making concessions to tee tehran. officials say a deal is closer than it was two weeks ago but gaps remain. bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. a body found in a northern california reservoir is believed to that be of 16-year-old kiely rodni who went missing weeks ago after attending a large party at the sierra nevada campground. volunteer divers with the sonar equipped group called adventures with purpose believe they found rodni on sunday inside her car under water about 55 feet offshore. the nevada county sheriff's captain sam brown says law enforcement needs to determine how and why the divers found the body despite searches in the area by the task force coming

assassination of soleimani in 2020.t, iran says, america is reentering the failed 2015 nuclear deal will be a seven inflicted wound to ourselves and our closest middle east allies. i remain committed to make sure it does not happen. the biden administration has been trying to restore a nuclear agreement with iran saying it's the most effective way of preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon. the middle east adviser brett mcgurk that a deal would be struck soon. >> martha: thanks. with that, we bring in ambassador robert o'brien, former national security adviser to president trump. always good to see you, ambassador. thanks nor being here. it feel these threats are taking on a new intensity lately. what is your reaction to this story? >> well, they are -- the first reaction is i'm glad the fbi was able to get around this, get their arms around this threat. the white house has been taking it seriously. jake sullivan made a public statement on this issue last year. so i think the white house and the fbi and the secret

fabrication, but they make no secret of the fact they want retaliation for the killing of qassem soleimani that update. joining me is bill richard son, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. ambassador, good to see you again. what do you think of this? what is your level of concern now for other current and former u.s. officials? >> well, i think that there is a vulnerability and i believe our law enforcement people, the justice department, is acting appropriately, taking action, investigating. it happened to me incorrectly before. i was doing a speech i believe john bolton was with me and a bunch of other u.s. officials in paris for an opposition group of the iranian government. and allegedly there was an effort to bomb the place but lucky some european officials found it. so this is pretty serious. and it shows the vulnerability of not just officials but former officials. and i'm glad the justice department is following up on this. >> john bolton was on cnn today and he said that this plot against him is an example of why the u.s. cannot negotiate in good faith with iran now. i me

assassination of quds force general kassem soleimani in early 2020. the u.s. former officials. >> it's a big stress. it's a lot of cost. the last thing we should be doing is negotiating with a regime that's planning to do that. >> the biden administration has tried to resurrect a nuclear agreement with iran arguing it's the most effective way of preventing iran from producing a nuclear weapon. in march, a top state department official denied the administration was resisting indictments for these types of threats to sooth negotiations with iran. >> but nothing is being held back? >> nothing is being held back. we are going to protect americans wherever they are, however we can. >> two weeks ago, white house middle east adviser bret mcguirk said it was highly unlikely the u.s. and iran would revive a nuclear agreement any time soon. >> in a statement, bolton thanked the justice department, fbi, and the secret service for protecting him long will liars and terrorists global threat is growing and restoring the 2015 nuclear deal would be, quote, unparalleled self-i

the alleged plot was likely in retaliation for the 2020 air strike that killed qassem soleimani, thecorps. a warning that other americans may be at risk. >> it tells you what the regime is. it tells you about its character. it wouldn't surprise me. i think there are a substantial number of people who are vulnerable to these iranian efforts, and unfortunately i'm afraid we may learn of more. >> the suspect has not yet been arrested. he is currently wanted by the fbi. >>> thanks so much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. >>> good evening. tonight new reporting justice department officials pushing the department to do the one thing it tries never to do and caused disaster the last time it did, namely going public about an active investigation of a political figure close to an election, in this case, a former president, who ironically benefited the last time the department strayed from that policy back in 2016 with its very public reopening of the fbi's hillary clinton email investigation. now, this latest development, which we'll bring you details on

just uh, months ago, to exact uh, about uh two years ago, the united states assassinated general soleimani the iranian revolutionary guard paramilitary organization, and he was killed by an american missile. moreover, he was not even killed in iran, with which the united states does not have diplomatic relations, but was killed in iraq in a country friendly to the united states and the iraqi leadership did not know about it. here you go, let's imagine that the united states won't even do anything about russia, because it seems to me in the white house they are not crazy and the difference between iran and russia is a nuclear power. they understand well. but you dmitry that would be sure. so that someone, for example, in kiev, would not have thought to take advantage of this situation in order to organize some kind of provocation operation in this way. them with a false flag, and if in the united states such methods in relation to russia would be adopted on official level. think e reaction in moscow a. well, you know, uh, and in moscow and washington everyone is talking about the fact that

afghans were forced to flee, many of them relocating here to the united states, including muhammad soleimaniived to start a new life. take a listen. >> reporter: as afghan families arrived in washington, d.c., this past week, carrying the few things they could as they fled the taliban, josh rodriguez was waiting eagerly for a glimpse of an old friend. >> we're waiting for the family. he has his wife and kids. >> reporter: rodriguez worked with muhammad icbal soleini where he was an interpreter. >> say hi to my family. >> hi, everybody. >> reporter: ichbal worked alongside american troops for seven years before becoming a commando in an elite unit. as the taliban swept across ask, ichbal was in the fight as a commander in kandahar. they had to retreat and he and his men weighed their way to kabul airport onto an evacuation flight with their families to qatar where we fiscal responsibility -- where we fiscal res first spoke with him. >> we have no idea what's happening next. joining me now, former interpreter for the u.s. military and a lieutenant colonel in the afghan special forces, muhammad

threat of iranian attempts to assassinate former senior officials for the assassination of qasem soleimanit threat ongoing, and do you fear it will last for a while? >> i'm not going to comment on the work the department of justice has done. i think it speaks for itself. i would repeat what the secretary of state and national security advisor have said, which is that this president will be relentless in protecting americans, if they are in or out of uniform, if they are current or former officials, and i think iran has gotten the message that if it threatens our citizens, we will respond decisively. >> thank you. >> thank you. ♪ judy: the press, politicians, and the public are struggling to untangle a knot of questions new and old, following the unprecedented search of a former president's home earlier this week. hello to both of you. it is friday night. good to have you with us again. there's one story that is dominating the news today. jonathan, i'm going to start with you. i hardly know where to begin, but what do you make of this? the fbi carted off 11 boxes, we are learning, of variou

effort was likely retaliation for the january 2020 air strike that killed iranian commander qassem soleimanight on exactly how iran operates. >> i think what is important to understand is just how detailed the work was to send me off to the great beyond, and really the extent to which the government of iran had thought this through, was engaged in planning. >> so let's go to the state department, we find our national security correspondent kylie atwood. this wasn't the only hit that this operative had in mind. it wasn't apparently just john bolton. >> no, it was also, according to what we're learning, the former secretary of state mike pompeo. that is according to a source familiar with the investigation and a source close to pompeo. in these doj documents that came out yesterday, announcing these criminal charges against this iranian who was a member of the irgc, they referenced a second job that this iranian was looking to carry out for $1 million. as you said there were about $300,000 that this willing to pay for the john bolton assassination. $1 million he was willing to pay and the targ

the whole point was to kill him before the anniversary of soleimani's death according to this affidavitt a lot of evidence here in this charging document. getting him and finding him in tehran is another whole question, of course. he's now a wanted man. they now have the predicate for going after him. >> jake sullivan, the national security adviser issued a statement after this. he said, we have said this before and we will say it again, the biden administration will not waiver in protecting and defending all americans against threats of violence and terrorism. should iran attack any of our citizens, to include those who continue to serve the united states or those who formerly served, iran will face severe consequences. the united states, though, is still trying to resurrect the iran deal. i wonder, does this complicate things? >> yes, absolutely. there was some back-channel difficulties, shall we say, friction between the prosecutors, the department of justice and the state department which has been trying to resurrect that deal as to the timing of this announcement, of unsealing it.

believed the hit was in retaliation for the january 2020 strike that killed irgc commander qasem soleimani. the doj says they believe for safi was trying to organize the murder from tehran. this is an especially appalling example. the government of iran perpetrating egregious acts of transnational violence. the murder for hire plot revealed does negotiators are in talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal. the us left the agreement during the trump administration , bolton said he would do all he could to stop the us from reentering the deal writing iran's rulers are liars, terrorists and enemies of the united states. they're radical anti american objectives are unchanged. their commitments are worthless and their global threat is growing. fox has confirmed a second target in the murder for hire plot plan to offer $1 million for former secretary of state mike pompeo. in washington. lauren blanchard , fox news afghanistan war veterans are urging congress to pass legislation which would create a pathway to permanent residency in the u. s. for afghan nationals. the legislation was introduced

retaliation for a january 2020 air strike that killed the revolutionary guard's commander qassem soleimani prosecutors also say the suspect had a second job for $1 million. sources telling cnn that was a reference to former secretary of state mike pompeo. joining us now is former national secured adviser and former ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. thank you so much for being with us this morning. you only learned details of this threat when you were reading the justice department indictment. a day later, what are your thoughts? >> well, i was certainly aware of the nature of the threat. i did not see the charging document before it was unsealed. so having gone through it, i think what is important to understand is just how detailed the work was to send me off to the great beyond. and really the extent to which the government of iran had thought this through was engaged in planning, this is a real window into what that government in tehran is like. and it is not just a window into how they behave with their terrorist activities, and sponsorship of terrorist groups, but how the

believed the hit was in retaliation for the january 2020 strike that killed irgc commander qasem soleimani. the doj says they believe for safi was trying to organize the murder from tehran. this is an especially appalling example of the government of iran perpetrating agree gis acts of transnational violence, murder for hire plot revealed as negotiators are in talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal. the us left the agreement during the trump administration , bolton said he would do all he could to stop the us from reentering the deal writing iran's rulers are liars, terrorists and enemies of the united states. they're radical anti american objectives are unchanged. their commitments are worthless and their global threat is growing. fox has confirmed a second target in the murder for hire plot plan to offer $1 million for former secretary of state mike pompeo. in washington. lauren blanchard , fox news, orange county prosecutors are trying to decide if they'll charge an irvine dermatologist for allegedly poisoning her husband. he claims that on three separate occasions he caught her on

office, we didn't have a war, and i think he made three peace treaties caught osama bin laden and soleimani-baghdadi and this president is weak and i'll tell you, weakness breeds aggression. we need strength >> seth: yeah, we need strength. the kind of strength it takes to find and kill an elusive terrorist while simultaneously hosting a game show with your wet, asymmetrical sons was finding bin laden one of the tasks on "the apprentice"? "jose canseco, you need to create a 60-second commercial for the new onstar mirror. and lisa rinna, you're off to abbottabad, pakistan to look for clues. you can do it, lisa. seriously, these people should have to take the same kind of test to stay in congress that you give a boxer to make sure they can stay in the fight "how many fingers am i holding up?" "16. "what year is it?" "3069. "who killed osama bin laden? "donald trump. "okay, we're calling it. do you seriously not remember that famous photo where barack obama, hillary clinton, and joe biden were in the situation room, watching the raid as it happened? is there some photoshop version floating aro

assassination of qassem soleimani in early 2020. the u.s.ty for the official spec speak with a big stress because a lot of cost in the last thing we should be doing is negotiating with a regime that is planning to do that because the biden administration has tried to resurrect a nuclear agreement with iran, giving it the most effective way of preventing iran from producing a nuclear weapon. in march, a top state department official denied the administration was visiting indictments for these types of threats to sue the negotiations with iran. >> nothing is being held back because nothing is being held back there, we're going to protect americans wherever they are, however we can take us >> two weeks ago, white house middle east advisor pat mcgirt said it was highly unlikely the u.s. and iran would revive a nuclear agreement anytime soon. in a statement, bolton thank the justice department, fbi and secret service for protecting a pack of bolton added that the leaders are liars and terrors, the demand global threat is grod that restoring the n

believed the hit was in retaliation for the january 2020 strike that killed irgc commander qasem soleimanihey believe for safi was trying to organize the murder from tehran. this is an especially appalling example of the government of iran perpetrating agree gis acts of transnational violence, murder for hire plot revealed as negotiators are in talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal. the us left the agreement during the trump administration, bolton said he would do all he could to stop the us from reentering the deal writing iran's rulers are liars, terrorists and enemies of the united states. they're radical anti american objectives are unchanged. their commitments are worthless and their global threat is growing. fox has confirmed a second target in the murder for hire plot for solving plan to offer $1 million for former secretary of state mike pompeo. in washington. lauren blanchard, fox news and poor safi remains at large and is believed to be abroad. president biden today signed veterans health care legislation that ends a long battle to expand benefits for troops who served near

before the 25th amendment, when it was soleimani about what happened with an incapacitated president,he was in danger of being seen as taking power that he was not titled to. so, he made it clear from the very beginning that he -- and let me know if you will see as that death stormed one need to take over the presidency, please keep me in the loop, and they were great about that because the thought he was a clown. it is not like thomas marshall was stepping up and saying give me the responsibility, i will take it. >> yes, just to buttress that point, remember theodore roosevelt who was chomping at the bit to be president for my fairly young age, when mckinley was assassinated. he was scarce, he did not appear in buffalo until the president was at that store. the vice president and wilson's administration high tough road ahead that way. >> and, i always say if i could write about these three man not fdr, teddy roosevelt, woodrow wilson, and henry gavel lodge. i know it is very dramatic in the twilight of the gods, this was a colossal battle in american history. i hope now, with the suf

trump, now, developed that your therapeutics and vaccines in record time as well as taking out al soleimani. i don't like to be the whiney woman, oh, this he don't have this, oh, they're ignoring this great work stream that somebody put together, not me, somebody else has put together over a series of months you should really look at, i think it was a lot of gamesmanship that way. >> and i know, kellyanne, in the time we've had, we could not really talk about the media, some of the controversies and you and i both know that if out here in the public you're going to make news and you have been a news maker. you're a troublemaker, too. but we're not going to talk about the personalities in the white house, thank you for confirming what i thought, you know, was the truth about certain of your colleagues and i'll leave them nameless. and also, you know, as you begin to put the end of this book, which was really remarkable, because of your journey, the moments, the final moments with your dad in the hospital talking about sports, the eagles, and talking about your upbringing and the final months