the other top choice, stephen biegun, the u.s. special representative for north korea, but like stephen biegun was potentially going to get tapped to be the new u.s. ambassador to russia but he said he didn't want that job. he wants to remain on north korea. he was at odds with john bolton over the approach to kim jong un. stephen biegun thought using a program of carrots could help bring them towards denuclearization and john bolton wanted to use the stick. >> john roberts, thank you. back to the president's comments and apparent action pending on vaping, let's turn to tony, executive director of the vapor technology association. tony, thanks. >> thank you. >> shepard: is vaping safe? >> vaping, we know from scientists, is that vaping is safer than smoking cigarettes. >> shepard: no, it isn't. actually that's not true. because i have a google machine and access to the research, which is worse, smoking or vaping? e-cigarette vapor may not result in an obvious mall or the traditional smoke cigarettes, hasn't negative impact on air

brian hook, currently the senior policy advisor to secretary of state mike pompeo as well as stephen biegun, the point person on north korea, with whom bolton seriously disagree. will serve as acting until a new person is chosen. bret. >> bret: john roberts live on the north lawn, thank you. we will have an extended interview with senator lindsey graham, who spoke with the president today, a little later in the program. the cia says a report on cnn has potential to put lives in danger and is just wrong. it involves the extraction of a spy in russia and whether president trump was the reason. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us what she learned tonight. if >> former e cia director, now secretary of state mike pompeo unloaded on media reports claiming cia asset was pulled in part because of the president's actions. >> the reporting is materially inaccurate and as the former cia director i don't talk about things like this very often, it is only the occasions when there is something i think what's people at risk or the reporting is so egregious as to create enormous ri

the other leading candidate is stephen biegun.korea, chief curve negotiator with the kim regime. he was appointed by pompeo after the singapore meeting in 2018 and laid all of the ground work for the hanoi summit. he recently turned down the job of basinger to russia so that he could keep focusing on north korea. he perforce more of a carrot and stick approach to north korea to bring them down the road of denuclearization and found himself because of that frequently at odd with bolton. both of these men are very close with secretary of state mike pompeo and as a payout really counts is the president's most trusted advisor on foreign security. you can bet that pompeo is going to have a big saint who comes next. also on the radar screen today here at the white house, the growing problem of homelessness in america. it white house confirmed that it does have a team on the ground in california, which is looking into the problem to try to come up with policy proposals for how to deal with it. the office of l.a. mayor confirmed that his

the other person that the front runner we are told is stephen biegun can he's the u.s.pecial representative for north korea. he's the chief negotiator with a cam to redeem and was appointed by pompeo after the singapore meeting in august of 2019. he laid the groundwork for the hanoi summit, recently turned down the job at the ambassador to russia to keep focusing on the north korean situation. he prefers a carrot approach as opposed to a stick approach. he believes that you can cajole north korea into giving up its nuclear program, which really put him at odds with john bolton, who had a much tougher line on north korea and during the hanoi summit, dana, it was bolton's position that one out. when it comes to the president and pompeo. >> dana: it's on like they have a couple of good candidates, may be even more, i'm sure you will keep us informed. john roberts, thank you. joining is now our season fox news contributor and former speechwriter to president george w. bush, if i can start with john bolton and inspiring, you know bolton very well and i actually thought we bu