whitt started texting with a go-between. a person holding dual u.s.ranian citizenship who was assessing her potential as a spy. in a text she told the go-between she might be like snowden, apparent reference to edward snowden the contractor who are for the national security agency who leaked trophies of documents then she deeffected to iran. >> she appearance to have switched her allegiance to thinking the united states where she was born and raised and worked was, you know, not where her allegiance was anymore. >> whitt helped the iranian create target packages on the american intelligence officer who had run secret programs along with several others she knew. >> a target package in the parlance of the intelligence community is a plan to neutralize one of our intelligence agents. >> iran attempted to hack into the officer's computers and plant malware allowing them to record every key stroke on their keyboards. none the american intelligence officers the iranians are known to have been harmed. as for whitt, she is believed to still nb iran, and beyon

monica whitt including names of u.s.efected to iran in 2013 and was once thought to be missing. instead the justice department says she was recruited by iran's islamic revolutionary guard corp. >> it was with identities of the u.s. intelligence communities operating covertly. >> they worked with iran to target at least eight u.s. government agent computer accounts in order to to provide to networks used by the u.s. intelligence community. the u.s. alleged whitt created target packages for iran to identify and track down u.s. government agents. the rhetoric from the trump administration is getting hotter. >> i don't think you'll have many more anniversaries to enjoy. >> the language from john bolton is at odds with the pentagon according to a senior military official. the official said the military is seeking to avoid open conflict and rely instead on economic and diplomatic pressure. they believe bolton is more striden and has action in the gulf. in an exclusive television interview the top navy commander says the threat

a contrast to the doj silence about the end game which is what we mostly saw under rosenstein and whitt kerr. it comes at top exacts from six congressional committee demanding that bill barr release the report whenever he gets it. bob mueller must also file the manafort sentencing memo tonight. if thaeks during the program i promise we will cover it live and everything in it. it must detail by manafort's confessed crimes in the have yous of the special counsel so bad he should face ten more years. as mentioned he faces the prospect of extra separate jail time. because now new york prosecutors are reportedly preparing the separate charges for tax and banking crimes. some referred to it as an insurance policy if donald trump pardons manafort. those charges could actually come within weeks according to a new story in "the new york times" today. also tonight, as if that wasn't enough, reporting michael cohen gave federal prosecutors in new york new incriminating material about how donald trump's family business runs, that he did that as recently as last month. and that story just breaking t

monica whitt from el paso, texas is accused of defecting to iran and working with iranian intelligence to identify and target her former colleagues in the u.s. intelligence community. charges were also made public against four iranian intelligence operatives that are accused of supporting her in operations for hacking u.s. intelligence officers, steal their identities as well as online harassment. >> the treasury confirmed new sanctions called new horizons that was recruiting. the nation's top spy, the director of national intelligence, dan coats, emphasized how iran, china and russia run their espionage operations and increasingly rely on these cyber capabilities. >> as the world becomes increasingly interconnected, we expect these actors and others to rely more and more on cyber capabilities when seeking to gain political economic advantages over the united states and allies and partners. >> officials believe witt is in iran. they say this is sending a strong message to iran even though the likelihood for her to come back to the united states is relatively slim, dana. >> dana: thanks

air force officer monica whitt for aiding iran.ng it as a cyber spying operation, targeting u.s. intelligence officers the u.s. sanctioning two iran-based firms and several other individuals associated with the two companies >>> under pressure from his own party, president trump appears to be leaning towards signing an agreement that would avoid a second government shutdown but sarah sanders telling reporters the president has not yet made a final decision. >> again, we want to see what the final piece of legislation looks like it's hard to say definitively whether or not the president is going to sign it until we know everything that's in it. unlike nancy pelosi, we actually like to read legislation before we agree to it >>> severe winter weather in chicago leading to some hazardous situations ice helping to bring down power lines and heavy winds have power company officials concerned the problem could get much worse and in addition to that, sheets of ice have been falling off of buildings and on to the sidewalks, creating quite a

the boeing 757 cargo jet left miami yesterday afternoon and was headed to houston whitt took a thoseinutes away from landing in houston when it crashed. >> the investigation will be to recover the black boxes. that will be a very high priority for us. >> reporter: boeing says it is prepared to provide technical assistance as it investigates the crash. >>> we will know later today whether oakland teachers will return to their classrooms or continue their strike on monday. the teacher's union and the school district are meeting this morning at an undisclosed location. they took a break yesterday and are returning to the bargaining table today. teachers are asking for a 12% raise over three years and smaller class sizes. district is countering with an 8.5% raise over four years. the oakland education association will make an announcement at 6:00 on the progress of the talks, and coming up in the next hour, a spokesman for the school district will be in studio to talk about what is next. >>> now, to help parents get the latest information on the strike, we have created a hotline. (510)87

it's monica whitt. accused of assisting ranian intelligence and targeting former federal agents.rged as co-conspirators. her primary motive is ideological. when she defected to tehran she said she was going home, end quote. that news just breaking now. >> sandra: senate majority leader saying he wants the senate to vote on the green new deal putting democrats who support it on the record. 2020 presidential candidate amy klobuchar telling bret baier last night she would vote yes. >> the green new deal. i see it as aspirational, as a jump start. i would vote yes. i view this as a framework for discussion but nothing that we aren't going to reduce air travel right nou. we are not going to get rid of all of these industries right now. we just need to start as a country seeing it as an aspiration to do better than we're doing now. >> sandra: karl rove is former deputy chief of staff to george w. bush. good morning to you. aspirational. she would vote yes, she says. >> we won't take away your right to get on an airplane now or your right to have a gas-powered automobile now. we aren't

monica whitt is charged with providing classified documents after defecting to the middle eastern nationhe air force from 1997 until 2008. her current location is unknown. today the senate is expected to confirm william barr as the next u.s. attorney general. house majority leader mitch mcconnell says lawmakers spent hours debating barr's nomination and nearing a final vote. nominated barr last year. if confirmed he will permanently replace math whitaker who took over after jeff sessions was fired philadelphia 76ers star activist. trying to save a federal going out of bounds when he leepsd into the crowd. turns out he missed actress king by just inches. the oscar nominated star and relieved when it was all done. thanking god and him in a tweet. he has been known for some interesting things. a little wild child. steve: did the ball go out of bounds? jillian: i don't know. steve: thank you very much. brian: kris kobach says democrats may have buried poison pills in a massive border bill. he will join us live. ainsley: professional athlete to movie producer. newly engaged tim tebow has news