john bolton himself. well, we have heard from john bolton. he issued a statement and he has been issuing comments of 2 national television stations. what he has been saying is, not only is he grateful to the u. s. justice department for stopping this plot, but also that he believes that underscores the threat that the united states and the wider sort of middle east faces as a result of the instability and destabilizing activity that iran is causing. in fact, he says that he believes that he is not the only one that the i a toll is in tehran are trying to assassinate. so this is the kind of government that we have in iran, that is a quote from john bolton. i can tell you that that quote is consistent with some of the testimony that was put forward by the current secretary of state antony blinking back in april before the u. s. congress. he said that he had knowledge of threats by iran, against us officials both past and present. so this is significant. we should also tell you that the white house has reacted to this latest as charges that have

where john bolton's office is located. he's also sending things such as images of cash. now, we have heard from the justice department there is now this criminal complaint out, and they are saying they believe that the motivation for this was retaliation for the u.s. 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 th

bolton and said he wanted a hit on john bolton and offered $300,000, at the same time offering up photos of john bolton's residence and saying that he wants this assassination to take place in the parking garage underneath the residence where john bolton apparently lives. so it seems to be in the fairly late stages of planning. however the person he was talking to was an informant to u.s. authorities. so he offered up this $300,000 for john bolton and said apparently that there was another job for $1 million the u.s. understands to be former secretary of state mike pompeo. we understand that the u.s. does have very tight security both on former and current government officials who in any way could be the target of iranians. one of the things that iran has said in the past, that they want retaliation for the 2020 assassination of their general qassem soleimani and that that retaliation 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 nuc

john bolton described it in an interesting way. let me play what he said. >> i think the nature of the times we're in, forget joe biden and the white house, that is not the issue here, the issue is former judge merrick garland and the integrity it i of the men,s women, fbi agents, everybody who works at the department is being called in to question and i think the questions that are being raised have no bearing on reality. but somebody in the department has got to take up the qud you'lls. >> what is the debate within the department? >> i think john bolton crystallizes the debate that is happening. everyone recognizes that nobody wants to do a repeat of what happened when jim comey talked about it with hillary clinton. what you hear internally is that we have to say something because this search which is trump is calling a raid was done in the most polite way so to speak, right? they went in without raid jackets, no faooin fbi markings them, they came in close to 10:00 a.m. not the mark of what they usually do. and secondly it is ac

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 talk about how america sees nothing wrong with assassinating foreign officials whenever they look but acts surprise when other countries want revenge. you should have turned the other cheek! we don't have the time because when iran is trying to get rid of people, japan is trying to figure out how to had people to the population, the only problem is who they put in charge of that. >> japan put in place the female charged with reversing the dropping birth rated with a man who gained an understanding by wearing a simulated pregnancy belly for 24 hours, telling the reporters weiring the 16-pound prosthetic left him with sympathy for women and back pain. ( laughter ) ( applause ) this is the dumbest shit i'v

person number one, john bolton. you have a regime in iran that wants to prevent the americans from interfering in iran. this is fascinating. >> reading through this, i was reading this with kylie and evan when he was writing about the breaking news and there was a lot of detail about how far along they attempted to pay individuals in the united states $300,000 to carry out the murder in washington, d.c. or maryland. based on what the justice department has, how far do you think this assassination plot was? >> not far. i would suggest that anybody who skimmed through this, read it again and let me give you a fundamentally different optic to understand. if you look at this as the americans and in this case, the fbi following the iranians, change the mindset. it looks to me from my first read of this that the fbi was running the iranians that they managed this case. in other words, they were on the case so early and you will see a reference in the document of something called the chs, a confidential human source. an in

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 secret service involved. i'm certainly aware of the general outlines for a long time. i had not seen the charging document that was unsealed tuesday and many of the details in it were new to me. >> when you left as national security advisor, up until that time, in the fall of 2020, as i remember -- >> 2019. >> 2019,

that's mott the view of john bolton. he's dead set against it and says this is just another reason to be against it. we'll be talking about this tomorrow with him on our report at noon. >> i also saw your interview with david petraeus today. i found that to be very interesting regarding our withdrawal from afghanistan. andrea mitchell, appreciate it as always. >> katy, always good to be with you. thank you. >>> coming up next, the issue that is most important to latino voters for the first time ever. we've got that poll. we'll tell you what it says. >>> why wisconsin is now in line to be the 2022 version of florida, florida, florida. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tech: cracked windshield? don't wait. go to safelite.com ♪ ♪ you can schedule service in just a few clicks. it's so easy. and more customers today are relying on their cars advanced safety features, like automatic emergency breaking and lane departure warning. that's why our recalibration service is state of the art. we recalibrate your vehicle's camera, so you

s. foreman, national security advisor, john bolton. what exactly is alleged have happened? well, the justice department has outlined an elaborate and lengthy murder for hire plot which began some 18 months ago when sharon per se allegedly contacted somebody within the united states and persuaded him to act as essentially a murder for hire. promising some $300000.00. should he kill john bolton now unknown to put sophie was the fact that this individual was an f b i, informant. so he informed the authorities. the authorities were abreast of the plot as it developed. now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department that the sophie also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike pompei of former direct up the sea of the cia and the former a foreign secretary is saying that it was my campaign who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promised. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that sophie is still at large to you still being hunted down though these c

you spoke with john bolton. he told you, for example, he didn't have secret service detail until some of the threats became concrete. what did he tell you? >> well some people out there may remember that john bolton departed from the white house not on the best terms with president trump, but president trump would blast him and accuse him of taking some stances that were problematic, so ambassador bolton was telling me he was essentially secret service detail was lifted and some officials typically get secret service continued for another three or four months after they depart especially if they are figures that might draw some sort of attempts like the one we're talking about now, controversial national security decision about you his was lifted immediately when he resigned in 2019. flash forward to january of 2020 when this assassination happened, shortly afterwards ambassador bolton received word from the fbi there was a plot against his life and he was working with the fbi pretty closely. at one point as the

so in the parking garage of the place where john bolton lives. sent some photos of the address where john bolton was also asked the source who was actually then feeding all that information about more information about what john bolton usually does and apparently also said that there could be a follow-on plot, offered $1 million for that. and the u.s. now understands that that was the former secretary of state mike pompeo who was apparently the target of that plot. what we have now though is we also have reactions coming from the iranians, the iranian side. this is the spokesman for ran's foreign ministry calling all of this a fairytale, saying that the united states is dreaming all this up. and also warning against any actions being taken against iranian citizens, obviously speaking about poursafi but also against the iranian state. we have to point out that the iranians have never made a secret out of the fact that they want continued retaliation for the qassem soleimani. and they said that their retaliation would be long term. now, we of cours

and so who exactly is john bolton? well, the 73 year old served as national security advisor, the former us president donald trump. bolton back trump's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. the deal would have ease sanctions against iran if it curve its nuclear program. he pushed the campaign of maximum pressure against cassandra honeys, government, but he eventually fell out with the white house report suggested he was fired off the trunk. consider lifting some sanctions against iran for glen. carl is a former intelligence officer at the c i. he explained what may have motivated the alleged plot. this would be, was going to be the iranian, or one of the iranian responses to the american killing of the revolutionary guards chief, so romani, general. so the money. i think the iranians were pretty clear at the time that the americans killed the money that they were. as i recall, they're working retaliate or responded at a time in place of the method of their own choosing. so to kill the president would be or t

and so you see them very much standing by john bolton. it's important to note that this plot was begun to be kind of come together in october of 2021. we know that john bolton, according to a source familiar was made aware of threats against him in 2020, but it wasn't until late 2021 that he got secret service protection, and now, of course, we are learning why he would have had that secret service protection. victor. >> kylie atwood for us, thank you. >>> be sure to watch "the situation room" wolf will speak with him about that plot to kill him. >>> economically we still have some work. the bureau of labor statistics reported that inflation finally cooled in july. consumer prices increased 8.5% year-over-year, slower than the 9.1 increase in june. >> when you couple that with last week's booming jobs report of 528,000 jobs created last month and 3.5% unemployment, it underscores the kind of economy we've been building. we're seeing a stronger labor market where jobs are booming and americans are working, and we're seeing some signs that

bolton john bolton, a long-time harsh critic of iran this man, hahram poursafi was the man to kill him. he is facing murder for hire charges. as of now, he is overseas and not in u.s. custody with little chance he will be caught he an allegedly reached out to someone he met over social media. he asked that person to take photos of john bolton for a book he was writing that person put him in touch to take the photos that person turned out to be the informant. he offered the informant $300,000 to eliminate john bolton 50 k for the informant and 250 k for whom they hired. poursafi said the money was for the next job he had lined up for him. cnbc senior washington correspondent eamon javers we just heard from john bolton >> that's right. john bolton on cnn in the last hour he joked he is embarrassed how low the price was for his head he is concerned that the iranians are targeting additional u.s. officials. >> i think there are substantial number of people who are vulnerable to these iranian efforts and unfortunately, we may learn more >> according to the affidavit, the iranians were willi

bolton, _ the next person in line maybe john bolton, former us national security advisen _ bolton, former us national security adviser. these are the people who carried _ adviser. these are the people who carried on— adviser. these are the people who carried on this policy of maximum pressure — carried on this policy of maximum pressure against iran. you may know that the _ pressure against iran. you may know that the fbi — pressure against iran. you may know that the fbi last week announced a plot to— that the fbi last week announced a plot to assassinate john bolton, so it is against this background, although— it is against this background, although we haven't had an official reaction. _ although we haven't had an official reaction, there was one adviser to the irahiah— reaction, there was one adviser to the iranian nuclear negotiating team who tweeted "i am not going to shed any tears _ who tweeted "i am not going to shed any tears for someone who spewed hatred _ any tears for someone who spewed hatred against islam," referring to salmon— hatred against islam," referring

should he kill john bolton now unknown to put sophie was the fact that this individual was an f. b i, informant. so he. busy informed the authorities, the authorities were abreast of the plot as it developed. now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department that profess the also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike on page 4, my direct b, c. i a and a former foreign secretary is saying that it was my palm pale. who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promise. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that sophie is still at large. he's still being hunted down though these charges have been laid against and former us president donald trump has refused to answer questions under oath. in new york, you appeared at the attorney general's office as part of a long running investigation looking into his real estate business dealings. gabriel alexander has moved from new york after nearly 6 hours of questioning. trump is now leaving the attorney general's offic

and kimberly have we had any reaction from john bolton to this new not only had reaction from john bolton, but we've also had reaction from the white house. in fact, the white house issued a statement, the national security advisor, the current national security advisor jake sullivan saying that the bible ministration will not waiver to protect and defend all americans against threats of violence of terrorism. should iran attack any of our citizens? iran will face severe consequences. this is from jake sullivan, the current national security advisor. as for the former national security adviser, john bolton, the target of these threats and plot, he has thanked the justice department for this, but outline that he believes as he did when he was a member of the trumpet ministration that iran is a growing threat. something he underscored in thinking the justice department for thwarting this current plot. we should also point out that this comes at a particularly precarious time because just a days ago the european union had really finalized the sort of effort to revive the 2015 agreement to li

should he kill john bolton now unknown to put off? he was the fact that this individual was an f b i, informant. so he. busy informed the authorities, the authorities were abreast of the plot as it developed. now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department that the also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike on page 4, my direct b, c. i a and a former foreign secretary is saying that it was my palm pale. who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promise. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that post office is still at large. he's still being hunted down though these charges have been laid against him. well, glenn county is a former intelligence officer or the cia, he explained what may have motivated the alleged plot. this would be was going to be the iranian, or one of the iranian responses to the american killing of the revolutionary guards chief. so the money general, so the money, i think the iranian

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 target of the second plot we're told was the former secretary of state. it is really interesting that we are learning a lot of details in these doj documents. this iranian had a place, where he wanted to carry out this murder, that is the office garage of john bolton here in washington, d.c. he allegedly had money that he was willing to actually give to this fbi informant, $300,000. he sent images of bags of that money to the informant. now, we should note this eiranin is still at large, still in iran and we're hearing fons rrespons the eiranians. the islamic public of iran strongly warns against any action against iranian citizens, under the pretext of these ridiculous accusations. and emphasizes that it reserves the right to take any action within the framework of international law to defend the rights of the government and the citizens of the islamic republic of iran. now, we should note that we also heard yesterday from the current national se

to kill the former national security adviser john bolton. as part of retaliation for the air strike that the u.s. carried out that killed a commander of the irg in 2020. it's pretty remarkable the details that are in the information that doj has released saying that this iranian did things like sending pictures of how much money he was willing to give the individual in the u.s., also a screen shot of a map that showed john bolton's office and on that map it said that it was about 10,000 kilometers away the approximate distance from iran to washington, d.c. i want to read a line from a statement he put out today. quote. we should also note that doj said that there was also another plot that this iranian was willing to carry out to murder someone else for up to $1 million. we don't know who that plot was directed at, but, of course, this is huge news today. it gives some description as to why there was secret service with the national security adviser over the last year or so. >> it is remarkable. we appreciate the breaking news reporting ther

should he kill john bolton? now unknown to put sophie was the fact that this individual was an f b. i, informant, so he informed the authorities. the authorities were abreast of the plot as it developed. now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department at that per se. also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike pompei of former direct up the cia and the former a foreign secretary is saying that it was mike pompeo who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promised. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that sophie is still at large. he's still being hunted down though these charges have been laid against him. will still ahead on al jazeera, we take a look at the impact of inflation in the united states on family's trying to make ins, mates, and people in cancer are picking up the pieces of bomb doubt. apartment blocks after 3 days of his riley attacks ah, the journey has begun. the fee for world copies on its way to castle group your travel package to day.

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 threat is very much active today. judy: all this happens as the administration is trying to reenter nuclear talks with iran on its nuclear program. how will this affect those discussions? nick: u.s. officials say it will not affect those talks. a white house spokesman tells me tha

national security adviser john bolton. allegedly a member of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps. the fbi says in 2021, he tried to get an informant to hire someone for $200,000 in order to eliminate someone. that number grew to $300,000. the man even sent screen shots of bolton's home address and photographs of stacks of money to the inform want. he allegedly said the killing should happen in bolton's office garage, with the informant noting it was a high traffic area. >> this was not an idle threat and this is not the first time we have uncovered brazen acts by iran to exact revenge against individuals on u.s. soil. >> the fbi alleges that iran wanted to kill bolton in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of soleimani, a top iranian general the trump administration said was planning attacks on americans. though bolton was no longer in the administration when the air strike was carried out, he's long advocated for a more hawkish u.s. policy towards iran. after the soleimani assassination, bolton tweeted, congratula

and kimberly, how is john bolton reacted to the news? well, he has reacted in a statement saying that he is grateful to us authorities for supporting this plot for a laying these charges, but also highlighting that in his view this underscores what he believes the is an ongoing. and he says growing threat to the united states and the larger region of, or ron. and so this is something that the, the, the former national security advisory, well, he was serving in the us ration of donald trump continually pointed to we should also point out that when it comes to us officials who have been targeted by iran. this is not the only threat, in fact, in congressional testimony, going back to april, the current secretary of state entity, blake, and testify that he is aware that there are threats by iran to us officials, both past and present. we should also point out that this comes at a very interesting time because just earlier in the week, in fact, on monday it was as we are know that this administration, the, by the ministration, is seeking to r

should he kill john bolton now unknown to put off? he was the fact that this individual was an f b i, informant. so he informed the authorities. the authorities were abreast of the plot as a developer. now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department that professor also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike on page 4, my direct b. c. i. a and former foreign secretary is saying that it was my palm pale. who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promised? so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear, though that per se is still at large. he's still being hunted down though these charges have been laid against and are still ahead on al jazeera, the basement dwellers of south korea's capital, trying to salvage what they can after devastating floods. and we take a look at the impact of inflation in the us on families trying to make ends meet. ah however, still no sign of any use for rainfall for those drought stricken parts

john bolton, a longtime harsh critic of iran. justice department officials say that this man was behind an attempt to kill him. they say that he is a member of the iran revolutionary guard quds force. he is not in u.s. custody and there is very little chance he could ever be caught. here is how feds say the plot was hatched. he reached out to somebody he met over social media. he asked that person to take photos of john bolton for a book he was writing. that person put him in touch with somebody else who said he could take the photos, but that person turned out to be an fbi informant. eventually poursafi offered money to the informant to do the job. he even sent a photo of the money and told the informant that the money was for an upcoming job he had for him. we just heard from john bolton. >> yes, that's right. he said that in all seriousness he is concerned that iranians are targeting additional u.s. officials. here is what he said. >> i think there are additional people who are vulnerable to these iranian efforts, and unfortun

so, we're going to hear from john bolton in just a second. but let's point out that this statement appears to admit that the documents were taken. right? what am i misunderstanding. >> well, again, here is bolton, that we just want to -- we just wanted to tease john bolton because a lot of you are like, i know you're sticking around to see former national security adviser, see how that mustache is looking right now. so you'll see that in just a second. but the first lie was i didn't take any documents. >> right. >> and so the statement undercuts that. his next lie was if i took the documents, they weren't classified. that was also undercut by this. the next one was, i didn't take classified documents, they were planted on me. remember that? that is what trumpers were saying. they planted the documents. >> now he's not saying that. >> i was just standing there, man and they planted it on me dude. set up and knocked down like a bowling pin. that, again, that lie also undercut. and then the whole lie about well if i did actually have classified

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. >>> and first, right here on cnn, former national security director john bolton joins us live this hour with his reaction to new criminal charges against an iranian accused of trying to assassinate him. i'll also ask him about our new reporting that former secretary of state mark bomb pay owe was also targeted as well. welcome to our viewers right here and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." just days after criminal investigators landed on his doorstep, former president trump spent hours at a deposition in new york today refusing to answer questions in a civil case against this company. tonight a spokesperson confirms that new york attorney general letitia james took part in the deposition. cnn political reporter sara murray has more on all these developments. she's got new details on the fbi search of trump's florida home as well. >> reporter: donald trump wrapping up his appearance after nearly six hours at a new york deposition where he pleaded the fifth. which the former president once said was a move for mobsters. >> the mob takes the fifth. if

should he kill john bolton? now unknown to put sophie was the fact that this individual was an f b. i informant, so he. busy informed the authorities, the authorities were abreast of the plot as it developed. now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department at that per se also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike pompei of former director of the cia and the former a foreign secretary is saying that it was mike pompeo who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promised. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that sophie is still at large. he's still being hunted down, though these charges have been laid against him. will still ahead on al jazeera, the basement flags that became dis, traps, and south korean floods. just want as the government planning to do about them, it was considered latin america's safest country until just a few months back by chiles. now seeing and alarming rise and crime ah spells of showers for se, australia. hi, they're good to see

john bolton. ah, my money inside this is out there, live from dough. also coming up. russia is accused of stealing electricity from ukraine by connecting the zap region nuclear plant to crimea earlier and imposes a nationwide curfew alternative government protests that left several killed, including security, and not an easy task. homeless families in gaza stopped their journey to rebuild their lives. alt, another round, devastating israeli s ah the u. s. justice department says it's charged a man. it describes as a member of iran's revolutionary god. it accuses him of involvement in a plan to murder, a senior advisor to the trump administration. the target of the alleged assassination plot was the former national security adviser, john bolton, sharon per sofie, is now wanted by the fbi i in connection with the case barsky to say the scheme was probably in retaliation for the american strike in january of 2020. that kill the head of iran, a leak could force, cast them cilla money. we face a rising threat from authoritarian regimes who seek to reach bey

bolton that according to justice department officials today john bolton, a long-time harsh critic of iran justice department officials say this man, shahram was behind an attempt to kill him. they say he's behind iran's revolutionary force. he's facing murder charges as of now he's overseas not in u.s. custody with very little chance he'll ever be caught. he allegedly reached out to someone he met over social media. he asked that person to take photos of john bolton for a book he was writing that person put him in touch with somebody else who they said could take the photos, but that person turned out to be an fbi informant. eventually he allegedly offered the informant $300,000 to help him eliminate john bolton, $50,000 for the ininformant and $250,000 for anybody they hired to actually do the job officials say he event sent a photo of what appeared to be stacks of cash and told the inform want the money was for the next job he had lined up for him. cnbc washington correspondent eamon javers now >> he joked he's embarrassed how low the price for his head wus was, but in all seriousn

should he kill john bolton now unknown to put off? he was the fact that this individual was an f b i, informant. so he informed the authorities, the authorities were abreast of the plot as it developed now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department that tuffy also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike on page 4, my direct b. c. i a and a former foreign secretary is saying that it was my palm pale. who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promise. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that the sofie is still at large. he's still being hunted down though these charges have been laid against him. i spring in now my job is away. he's a professor of contemporary politics and history of the middle east at the university of carter and director of the golf study center, joins us now on skype from da. good to have you with us. so iran says the us hasn't shown any evidence how much evidence has been made public a

d they're accusing him of attempting to pay a confidential source $300,000 t kill john bolton. as you alluded to, there's been a sense that threats have been swirling for ahile around the iranian governmentround several key trump officialsn the wake to kill the head of the quds force. bolton has resigned as national security adviser but was a key architect on iran. this harkens back to the 2011 cafe milano plot to kl the governor. and saying this is an iranian plot, blaming the government of iran here, andrea. >> and the fact that they're blaming the government of iran in days before there's a possible breakthrough in the iran nuclear deal. the proposed deal with iran and united states for ayatollah khomeini to make a decision, yes or no. we're told take it or leave it. and any day we could hear that one of the demands from iran is that iran be taken off the terror list which is something that the trump administration did. it's clear now why they absolutely refuse to take iran off the terrorism list. this could blow up that agreement. there's some internal disagreement between

the former national security adviser, john bolton, iran says the accusations of baseless and politically motivated. my cana has more oh, the justice department has outlined an elaborate and lengthy murder for high a plot which began some 18 months ago. when sharon put sophie allegedly contacted somebody within the united states and persuaded him to act as essentially a murder for hire promising some $300000.00, should he kill john bolton? now unknown to put sophie was the fact that this individual was an f b. i, informant, so he informed the authorities. the authorities were abreast of the plot as a develop for my u. s. president donald trump has refused to answer questions. on the oath in new york, he appeared at the attorney general's office as part of a long running investigation looking into his real estate business dealings. the case involves allegations that the trump organization missile bank, some tax authorities about the valley of its buildings and golf courses. ukraine is warning. russia is preparing to connect power from the zappa region nuclear plant t crimea, which moscow a

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 they conduct their foreign policy altogether, including most specifically with respect to the nuclear weapons program. this is not a regime that can be trusted to meet its commitments or obligations. it is a regime that sees the united states as an enemy. and

bolton. that suspect still at large. the u.s. tonight sending a blistering warning to iran. >>> the war in ukraine tonight. and g7 leaders now demanding russia turn the largest nuclear power plant in europe back over to the ukrainians. and tonight, ukraine claiming it destroyed nine russian war planes in that crimea pblast. >>> authorities releasing new surveillance of that missing 16-year-old girl. the image thought to be the lest known image of her before she disappeared. >>> also, the deadly house explosion. at least three people killed. what authorities are now saying. >>> the major victory for veterans tonight. many gathered along with jon stewart at the white house today. >>> and america strong. last night, it was the hug on the field. tonight, it's the grandfather and the ball field. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we begin tonight with former president trump under oath. six hours of questioning from the new york attorney general and h

it's been reveal the former trump administration official, john bolton was the target of a murder for hire plots. and a member of iran's revolution regard. is wanted my, the f, b i on charges relating to that alleged plan. also kit has said the schemes likely in retaliation to the january 2020 strike that killed the head of iran's elite, our kids force cassandra solomon a while around has described the accusations as baseless our white house correspondent, kimberly how can has more well, what we know is that the person that has been charged with these alleged crimes is still at large. in fact, he was charged in of said she is 45 year old iranian national by the name of she rom, poor sofie. he is also known by the alias of massey rate zion. now what we do know is that he allegedly tried to pay some $300000.00 to assassinate the former national security adviser and the trumpet ministration, john bolton. and that this plot was allegedly to take place either in washington dc where we are standing or in the us state of maryland, which is just north of here. now, this obviously was thwarted

should he kill john bolton now unknown to put off? he was the fact that this individual was an f b i, informant. so he informed the authorities, the authorities were abreast of the plot as it developed now this another twist in it as well. it's been revealed to by the justice department that tuffy also offered a $1000000.00 for a 2nd target. now sources close to mike upon payoff for my direct, the cia and former foreign secretary is saying that it was my palm pale. who was the 2nd target for which $1000000.00 was promise. so there's a lot of details that the justice department has provided. one must make clear though that per se still at large. he's still being hunted down though these charges have been laid against, and ukraine is warning that russia is preparing to connect power from the zappa region nuclear plant to crime in which moscow annexed in 2014 the plans come under attack several times of the past week and some european countries are setting power consumption camps as they cut back on russian energy sources. you countries

now, for background, the alleged plot against john bolton was likely in retaliation for the january 2020 u.s. air strike that killed ed soleimani. after the strike, leaders 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

john bolton, thank you for being with us today. you've said in a bunch of places that you think it's obvious it's not just a lie but a desperate lie. i guess the first -- the place i want to start with you is on the question of, how you witnessed donald trump deal with classified materials, broadly, within the white house, and whether he was, as many now say, sort of a walking, talking national security threat at all times? >> well, i don't think he was a threat at all times, because the volume of highly sensitive information that he heard in four years is not reflected in what he divulged, i think, inappropriately. so, a lot of this was just reflective of the way things happened in the trump white house, living inside a pinball machine, depended on what he did at any given moment, but i don't think he cared about the classification system. i don't think he appreciated the sensitivity of this information, and he didn't appreciate the sensitivity of how it was often acquired, the so-called sources and methods. so, this had been brie

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. it looks like the fbi had that plot you're talking about early on, as earl as 2020, that suggest

amy: i went to go to the response of john bolton to this news. he was speaking on cbs news. >> the government of iran is trying to kill americans on american soil should be the end of any further discussion with iran and the nuclear program. amy: i should say former secretary of state mike pompeo was also apparently targeted in this. a source close to pompeo told yahoo! news pompeo was the unnamed second target. trita parasi, if you can respond? >> whatever happens, bolton always comes down to the line we should not negotiate and we should essentially go to war with iran. i think that meant is doing the right thing and pursue negotiations. while any attempt by the iranians to assassinate any american on u.s. soil is to be stopped and punished, but it does not mean the united states is not in need of a nuclear agreement that will prevent an iranian nuclear weapon in a broader war. these two things cannot be seen as competition with each other. the u.s. interest in having this nuclear deal is there regardless of what hapns with these attempts for b

the target, the alleged assassination plot was the former national security adviser, john bolton, sher, i'm poor sophie is wanted by the f. b i in connection with the case seeking to say the scheme was probably in retaliation for the american strike. in january of 2020 the kill, the head of iran's elite could force chasm ceremony. 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 of the government of iran, perpetrating a grievous acts of transnational violence in violation of us laws and our national sovereignty. iranian foreign ministry says the charges are baseless and politically motivated. the keys, the u. s. of making allegations without providing evidence, my cannon has more well with justice department has outlined an elaborate and lengthy murder for hire plot which began some 18 months ago. when sharon for sophie allegedly contacted somebody within the united states and persuaded him to act as essentially a murder for hire promis

justice department department has charged a former iranian member with trying to murder john bolton. he offered to pay individuals a few hundred thousand dollars to carry out the killing in the u.s.. the iranian foreign ministery called the accusations baseless. the annual inflation rate, the pace at which prices rise finally dropped a bit. it was eight point 5%, down from 9.1%. everyday cos are rising still, we are joined by our business correspondent michelle. inflation is down but it is running play hot -- pretty hot? >> you have to go back in time and remember where we were full of months ago when there was a sign of inflation. you saw this sharp ramping up of prices to the highest level in 40 years. what we are seeing with these numbers that have given economists such tune that perhaps inflation has peaked and it might start to climb down from such elevated levels. that was how investors on wall street responded and you saw stocks rise sharply. not only because they hope there is a possibility that prices can come down without the worst case scenario, the central bank which has