BLITZER: A whopping $80 million currently sitting around unused by the U.S. State Department. This, according to a new report in "Politico." Congress allocated the money to go toward fighting ISIS propaganda and Russian disinformation but Secretary of State Rex Tillerson refuses to touch it. The reason? He reportedly doesn't want to upset Moscow. Let's bring in our global affairs correspondent, Elise Labott, who's joining us. You've been reporting on this. What are you hearing?</s>ELISE LABOTT, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, what I'm hearing is that, you know, State Department officials telling me this was slightly mischaracterized. It's true that this sum, $80 million, is sitting both in the Pentagon -- $60 million in the Pentagon, $20 million at the State Department -- for use to counter Russian and anti-ISIS propaganda. What state officials are telling me is that they're not happy with the proposals that have been sent to them from this office, the Global Engagement Center, which is, you know, has been created to combat some of these propaganda efforts by ISIS and other groups around the world, so they are trying to work through proposals. And what they say is secretary -- one of Secretary Tillerson's aides told me that they don't want to throw good money after bad. And when I spoke to Congress staffers on the Hill, they say, look, we don't want to throw good money after bad, but Congress appropriated this money, we want to see that it's spent.</s>BLITZER: See if it is spent. All right, thanks very much, Elise, for that update. Up next, an explosive new lawsuit that accuses FOX News, a Republican donor, and the White House of working together to push a false story to the masses. We're going to speak with one of the lawyers at the center of the case. That's next.
Tillerson Rejects Money to Fight Russia Propaganda