and around the globe. my name is mike embley. barack obama put donald trump under surveillance, but confirms and any possible ties to the trump campaign. and that includes investigating with a promise to help, easier! segth “mean fireside"; ~ — — —— park geun—hye faces prosecutors over as major companies cancel contracts, google‘s european chief apologises the head of the fbi has confirmed for the first time that his agency

last year's election. the announcement, to a congressional hearij ill ru of criminal charges right to the door of the white house. james comey also told the hearing that intelligence agencies could find no information to support mr trump's claim he was wiretapped by the obama administration. the kremlinrhasflcast along ”fig“ — what is more or less accepted by all sides is that russian??? fl ,, intelligence hacked computers belonging to the democratic party but from that. one'questifin—we was there cellusien - between the trump campaign and moscow?

in trump tower before the election, perhaps using british agents from gchq. big questions, for a big man. at six foot eightyjames esmeyl= stands head—and—shoulders answer — yes. in the 2016 presidential election. between individuals associated with the trump campaign on the detail ef the ieeeetieatieet .. — — — james comey would not be drawn. but what about the president's claims that his predecessor, barack obama, had wiretapped trump tower? with respect to the president's

tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior administration, i have no information that supports those tweets, and we have looked carefully inside the fbi. 50 president obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone? no president could. the president accused mr obama, and presumably the fbi, of engaging in mccarthyism. were youeggaggd qi i try very hard not to engage in'any-= isms of any kind, including mccarthyism. then congressman schiff turned to the director of the national security agency to answer questions about british involvement. again, the responses were unequivocal. did you ever request that your counterparts in gchq should wiretap mrtrump on behalf of president obama? no sir, norwould i. that would be expressly against the construct of the five eyes agreement, that's been in place for decades. british allies have called

the president's suggestion that they wiretapped him for obama nonsense, and utterly ridiculous. would you agree? yes, sir. does it do damage to our relationship with one of our closest intelligence partners for the president to make a baseless claim that the british participated in a conspiracy against him? ithink it clearly frustrates . . a key ally of ours. i believe that the relationship is strong enough, this is something we'll be able to deal with. donald trump didn't wake of the committee to start before tweeting his verdict. and, at the white house briefing, were they getting ready to hoist the white flag? and apologise?

no. we're. we're —, , it's still ongoing. and as for collusion with the russians? what collusion? there is no evidence according to the people that have been briefed of any collusion or activity that leads them to believe that that exists. the president's one public meeting today was with the iraqi prime minister, and even haider al—abadi got in on the act, grabbing etee. geee'eeee'e ee% ee etee. ewe—"z! and saying, "we had nothing to do with the wiretapping". our correspondent tulip mazumdar says it has been another extraordinary day in washington. the fbi is investigating whether members of the trump campaign met with, colluded with, russian officials to interfere in the election. that is a criminal investigation. that the directorof thethe fblggs! another very rare move, and said that has been under way sincejuly.

;,:::!e!'"” contradicted the president, saying thatrhis claims.: . ago, saying that his phones were tapped at trump tower he also referred back to an investigation by the intelligence community injanuary, which came out he said vladimir putin hated hitlary— and he would therefore president trump win. that was the other side of that coin. president trdmp, we've heard today,— but this is persisting

will persist for many months, and possibly years to come. sean spicer speaking for the president says investigating possible collusion and having proof of it are two different things. the presidenthimselitdmjs