>> we will continue our coverage this afternoon. former president obama refuting claims by president trump that he ordered a wire tap in the weeks hadn't up to the election. the obama white house never ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizens. i am eric and this is a brand-new hour of americans news headquarters and i marcel. were making allegations in an early morning tweets storm they face of growing scrutiny over --

were following this in palm beach outsider mar-a-lago. the president will be having a meeting with the attorney general jeff sessions, this probably, this probably topic one of the conversation later during that meeting. >> i would imagine so. things are explosive allegations. if true it could lead to serious trouble for a former president of the united states and his staff. if false, critics who accuse the president a plane loose with the truth just got an entire arsenal of ammunition to use against him. let's take a look at the tweet has started it all. it was start out this morning. he said "terrible, just found out obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the in trump tower just before the victory. nothing. this is mccarthyism. " he then said "is it legal for a sitting president to be wiretapping a potential president, a new low" the court

he is referring to is the foreign intelligence court. usually used in terrorism and espionage cases. is so secret that even its location is not widely publicized. according to a report in breitbart, this is really the report that seems to have started it all, report that fox news cannot individually verify, that report rejected a request by the obama administration to tap the phones inside trump tower. rejected in june but according to this report, approved in approved in october right before the election. right when the allegations about the trump campaign in russia were heating up. that is the claim. the white house has yet to offer any proof to back that up. ever since president trump sent out these tweets, former members of the obama administration have been tweeting in response. former senior aide, ben rhodes

said this "no president can order a wiretap. those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens for people like you. he you. he was referring to president trump there. an hour after that tweet came out a spokesman for president barack obama issued a full denial. here's part of that. neither president obama nor any white house official ever ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. any suggestion otherwise is simply false. you'll note the statement is not mentioned the department of justice or the fbi. that denial is not really as ironclad as perhaps it could have been. right now, president trump should be in the middle of a briefing with his national security council. then he will be having meetings

with two members attorney general jeff sessions in about one hour. tonight there'll be a big dinner at mar-a-lago, a lot of import people are going to be there. attorney general, jeff sessions, the secretary of homeland security, the newly confirmed commerce secretary into of his senior commerce secretary into of his senior advisers, stephen miller and stephen bannon. allow for all of them to be talking about at dinner tonight at mar-a-lago. >> eric: thank you. we'll cover this over the next two hours. >> arthel: democrats are calling on jeff sessions to appear in front of the judiciary committee. that after failing to disclose meetings with a russia ambassador during the presidential campaign. the justice department says mr. sessions will answer all questions in writing. lauren is live in washington with more. >> a democrats have been denied the chance to publicly question attorney general sessions about his ties to russia and pass conversations with their ambassador by the judiciary committee chairman, chuck grassley. instead, sessions will summit's written answers his written answers to their questions on monday. something republican say

sessions does not even need to do, but but will to help the credibility of the justice department. >> i don't think he had to do this but i think he did what he thought was in the best interest of the justice department which i think is fine. he he was a surrogate for the campaign. he wanted to err on the side of the caution. >> although sessions has recused himself from the investigation into a russian hacking, democrats didn't miss a beat thing it does not clear him of what they say is a lie in his confirmation hearing. sessions did not disclose speaking with a russian ambassador during the campaign and that hearing, and top democrats say that is perjury in a number are calling for him to resign. >> i think attorney general sessions should step down. i can tell you what i know, the way i grew up when you tell something that is not true you did not say your perjure, you perjure, you say you are a liar. i think you light. >> allegations of to cause your relationship with russia have already brought down one of the

president's cabinet members. former national security adviser, michael flynn. flynn. sessions recusing himself does not solve the problem. republican say what sessions did by meeting with the russian ambassador while still a senator is not illegal nor did he perjure himself in the confirmation hearing. >> arthel: thank you so much. spee-02 the the russian investigation capitol hill onto another action. the house republicans setting steps to repeal obama care. two committees voting as soon as next wednesday. there's differences within there's differences within the party and some lawmakers disagreeing on how to replace the healthcare law. riches in our our washington bureau with more details. >> it's a weekend, so much of congress have returned home to their districts and states. that means constituents are confronting lawmakers about plans to replace the affordable care act, or obama care.

lindsey graham is in south carolina, he he supports it repealing obama care, though proposes opposes how republicans are doing a. he's joining joining ram pollen democrats in criticizing leaders for doing what democrats did to republicans in 2009. writing a healthcare bill privately among a smaller group of lawmakers. >> i don't even even know what the gop plan is. let me tell you. did chelsea ran pollen to be? rant and i don't agree don't agree much but he's right about this. what was our big knock on obama care? they did it without any of us. >> joining house speaker, mike pence expects a very brisk brisk pace of a legislative activity. leaders say they've have relevant committees to write the replacement bill and they will soon release an initial draft publicly. democrats and and

republicans will have a chance to defend or change. they're proposing to give tax credits to buy plans that are less regulated. democrats claim those ideas will leave millions without sufficient health coverage. and is democrats oppose it even republicans are at odds on how to rewrite the healthcare system, again. >> eric: thank you. >> arthel: supporters of president trump holding rallies across the country. today's events are called march for trumpet rallies. happening at places like the washington monument and d.c., as well as trump tower in in manhattan. we have the latest. >> these rallies are a result of a massive grassroots effort across the country to show support for president trump, his agenda, and for all that he has

accomplished. more than 100 events are scheduled to take place across the country today, in 40 states and the district of columbia. some marches are a few dozen people while others, like the one in new york city outside trump tower, had several hundred people show up. in washington, d.c. 100 or so supporters met near the washington monument and marched to the white house. in palm beach, florida crowds lined the streets outside the presidents mar-a-lago club today with signs and banners praising the president's work. this afternoon they're treated with a surprise when the president stop the motorcade on his way back to mar-a-lago and got out to thank his supporters. with all of the protest taking place over the last month they wanted to come out and send a strong message to the president that he is not alone and he still has strong support for those who voted for him. anti- trump protesters are also meeting across the country like in berkeley, california california where police are on high alert. >> arthel: thank you very much.

>> eric: the president has about to take federal action and there seems to be no stopping the carnage in chicago. in some neighborhoods it remains a city under siege. gang violence violence feeling street shootings, murders and cold-blooded killings. the president promises a way to address that. the chicago mayor has been trying to deal with it. now, one group of made up of former criminals and gang members themselves say, they can make a difference. senior correspondent mike has the story of this novel approach >> is your dad around? >> no. >> done as a chicago gangster and was planning a robbery but red leak the information. >> i was going to go take care of them. it is what it is. i'm i'm not, let him get me for anything. >> so he's got a gun. is coming after you. >> so for my perspective kill or be killed. >> in chicago was separate one more gunbattle.

the violence in a raptors heard about it and interject in themselves and talk both guys down. >> we ended up cool, but not tight. we have trust issues, i don't trust him and he probably don't trust me. >> everyone from the president and the plea superintendent are talking about chicago violence, hardeman claims his interrupters have talked guys out of 15 murder plots. >> if you interview someone and they cannot tell you the last time they stopped to killing or stopped a potential shooting, they need to shut up. >> that's a unique approach in chicago. >> arthel: the fbi arrested a new york man saying his travels to the middle east were because he wanted to commit terrorism here. he is about to get his day in court. details of the. >> eric: president trumps

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>> arthel: time for a check of the headlines. mandatory evacuations are underway in oklahoma as a wildfire threatens homes. no structures have been damaged or destroyed. strong winds are making it harder for firefighters to get a handle on the situation. a new york man appeared in federal court today after being arrested by the fbi for having ties with isis. prosecutors say the 26-year-old is a u.s. citizen and repeated the travel to the middle east and have plans to try to join the islamic state. also, deadly fire ripped through an apartment building in union city new jersey killing a 2-year-old his father was seriously injured this morning. the fire started around 1:00 a.m. and spread to a second. ambers the amber zig knighted a nearby church.

>> the trump administration facing new scrutiny over russia this afternoon. in the growing list the presidents associates known to have communicated with current or former russian officials during or after the presidential campaign. there's a widespread investigation and a possible connections with communication with the russian officials as part of the alleged operation to influence the presidential operation. president has to name denied any wrongdoing but trump lashed out in his tweets that the president was pinning the blame on obama who said it was his predecessor who did it who called mr. obama bad or sick guy. >> first it's no secret, there's an investigation into the russian influence and if the trump campaign was an honor. for any surveillance any surveillance as the president alleges you need in order, can

you explain that and what you think the president is getting at? >> not only do you have to get a court order, but according to reports and none of these reports have been knocked down, the fbi tried to get one of these clearances earlier in the summer and failed. they narrowed the search and went back and got authorization to set up some sort of surveillance operational trump tower. nothing came of it but it was unclear whether they shut that down right away. the real controversy what has gotten people worked up today is the fact that even though all of this was reported some months ago, trump treats out this morning off the top of his head and says i'm just learning about this now. the other aspect that's interesting is learning about this a couple of months ago

before the election was mildly interesting becomes more interesting today as we see the intelligence community and the efforts of the obama administration went to go after mike flynn and as the new york times reported last week sort of lead this trailer breadcrumbs and hope that the subsequent investigators would be able to implicate the trump administration. >> when you use the term go after their some controversy what if there is a legitimate. >> may be it is connected to two russian banks. we know he has dealt with russian influences in the past. as you mentioned, who has to potentially give that order over to the court and that would be the attorney general of the

united states, who at the time was loretta lynch. you have a lot of stuff here. what what if there is a complete investigation behind this? >> that's great point. i what if there is as of yet nobody has been able to produce a single shred of evidence that suggest this investigation has turned everything up. you make a good point. obviously trump by accusing obama himself personally going after him, requires a dollop of cynicism to believe that. honestly i don't know that citizen is a bad thing to have. you're talking about the obama administration which is gone to great lengths as i said to go after. the situation with mike flynn recording his conversations albeit with a russian ambassador, but to do that is

extraordinary stuff. and i get your point that these are very tall allegations, but the bottom line is that you still have an administration using investigative tools to go after a political opponent or political opponents. >> you're talking about the obama administration. >> you and that scary business. i would like to believe that our fights a courtesan plates in our intelligence community is scrupulous enough to not like something like that happen. but over the past eight or ten years, i have grown more skeptical about everybody's actions and motives. >> what if they had something that was legitimate. they would say it's not political. >> absolutely in time will tell. so i weather fits with mike flynn are a lot of people have been supported of trump and

stopped and said what's there. the same thing with jeff sessions. in your intro you noted that jeff sessions had contacts with russian authorities. well, one of them was that he runs into a after a speech at the rnc. i don't know that is really a connection. the more important thing is that i would make the argument that this suggestion that it somehow sessions lied under orth is preposterous. he was asked by al franken if he knew or of oh was aware of this ongoing continuous exchange of information with russian officials. to that sessions responded under oath, no i'm not aware of that. i have not had those contacts. >> he had two meetings not just in cleveland he said oh i was senator. their call for special

prosecutors or special investigations. this is all reminiscent of the kind of cover-up that the nixon administration engaged in after the watergate. they raise the question of what the right houses trying to hide. it could be quite a lot, crumbling gate or it may a not amount to very little. we just don't know. but give the business ties in history, the associates having business in moscow and the sort of thing. there's a lot of smoke care. but where's the fire and how does the nation a we as americans have the full confidence in that? >> love will be investigations continue? >> that editorials interesting. i haven't read read that entire editorial, just what you read. honestly at first i thought your

talking about the obama administration. it cuts both ways. the actions of the obama administration to thwart the current administration before they took power in terms of literally going after an investigating, these are serious questions. and you're right. if there some russian involvement thing that comes up and they turn up something that has of yet not turned up a single thing. but that would be significant. if they don't and it turns out the past administration just investigating political opponents as they come in to undo everything that president obama did, that's also a very terrifying thing. i for one am prepared to find out that either one of those scenarios is true. but if the latter is true,

there'll be no condemnation harsh enough for president obama and the people that carried out this witchhunt. >> as you point out there are many questions on both sides of this matter. we are far from getting those answers. charlie is good to see you. >> in the fight against terror, the united nations blasting isis, accusing it of suspected war crimes and most old. we are tell you what they are accused of. in yemen, a u.s. military force wrapping up against al qaeda. more than 30 air rates there since thursday. what is the big picture plan? just by looking in my eyes. but what they didn't know was that i had dry, itchy eyes. i used artificial tears from the moment i woke up... ...to the moment i went to bed. so i finally decided to show my eyes some love,... ...some eyelove.

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>> arthel: is the bottom of the hour. malaysia excels north expels

north korean ambassador to the country. this after tensions between malaysia and north korea continues to rise after the the murder of the half-brother. he was killed by nerve agents at the malaysia's s-uppercase-letter month. >> eric: backlash came two hours before the annual fireworks fair there. it's the second deadly explosion in just three months. a massive blast killed 42 people and no december. >> arthel: i read test fires a russian error test system. it targeted various flying objects including missiles. russia delivered the air defense system to iran last year. >> eric: now the fight against isis. the united states issuing a worried after the terrorist group use chemical weapons last

week in iraq. the un un calling that attack in eastern mozilla war crime at in that a suspicion of using a chemical warfare would be a violation of international law. >> this is not the first time that isis has been accused of using chemical weapons. not only on iraqi troops but also innocent men women and children and i'm talking about children as young as two years old, easy even babies. this latest attack in eastern mosul would constitute in war crime. also a serious violation of serious violent international law. a dozen people including children were hospitalized with burns, respiratory problems and other conditions consistent with chemical weapons exposure. this video in some parts were too graphic to show. this woman says her daughter's legs were burned along with her own hands and feet. >> iraq has landed in our house

and exploded emitting material. >> thousands a minute people have escaped or are trying to escape as iraq's military continues its major offensive. iraq e troops liberated eastern mosul in january. isis isis have been using mortar, rocket fire, suicide attack to try to repel the iraqi forces. and they execute civilians as they try to escape. >> this man said his family fled at night and describe how families caught fleeing are beaten while the men are executed. >> in january, january, iraqi special forces found isis clinical weapon labs and an arsenal of chemical weapons, as some loaded with chlorine and mustard gas in eastern mosul.

doctor say that those hospitalized in this attacker are expected to recover from their injuries. that is is that we some good news in this. there is serious concern among iraqi officials and military commanders that is isis loses ground in the fight for mozilla and becomes more desperate, the militants will use any and all means possible, including including chemical weapons to try to kill iraqi troops and innocent civilians. >> eric: thank you. another friend this reminder of their barbarity. >> arthel: there's efforts to defeat terror in yemen. the u.s. carrying out airstrikes on the groups al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the pentagon says more than 30 air raids were conducted over a two day span. joining me is retired four-star

general, checking. he's former vice chief of staff of the army, chairman of the institute at war and a fox news military analysts. it a fox news military analysts. it is good to see you. >> it is you. >> arthel: what prompted the increased airstrikes? is it recent information obtained? as it president trump implementing his promise to get more aggressive against terrorist or both? >> it is a growing menace of al qaeda. with all all the preoccupations rounding isis and understandably so, al qaeda has been thriving organization. thriving in syria. it is the most significant opposition force that exist in syria today. here in yemen, remember yemen is the place where the iranian back with these overthrew the u.s. backed government a few years ago and forced the evacuation of u.s. special operation base in the u.s. embassy. as a result we we've never had the same fidelity on the ground as it we had when we are base there. whereafter whereafter al qaeda because this is the same organization that twice try to

attack the united states from yemen. it's the same organization that attacked paris a couple of years ago. this is a menacing organization. it has been growing in scale. i think likely, i do not know for fact, but that raid we conducted last month probably did as reported give us some information upon which to conduct more accurate attacks. the strikes that were conducting our mandan on man. not just drone attacks. these are strike attacks done against hard targets on the ground. we are trying to bring that organization down before trying to bring that organization down before it gets any larger. >> so from a point of military

strategy, what determines success here? are there sit potentially grave, unintended consequences? >> what you want to do something like this is you want to get them out of their ability to plan and prepare and conduct operations. any kind of disruption will do that. if you put them on. if you put them on the defensive when they're fighting for their survivability and their going from one hiding place to another because of the outreach of u.s. strike aircraft, that is mission accomplished. that means they are so disrupted that they are not able to plan future operations. that's what this is about. we cannot destroyed that organization from the air, but we clearly can disrupt that operationally so it is not going to be an effective organization which it would be if we are not conducting those attacks. >> they are bit more clustered there as opposed to say isis, correct? >> isis owns much territory in syria. losing that in iraq and expanded to 30 other countries it's a fermentable organization. al qaeda is a threatening organization because it has always been an organization that

takes on the united states as its number one strategic target. that's why we are preoccupied with it. >> and if i make i want to talk to you about iran claiming it's successfully tested a russian air defense system. is there anything to the timing of this? can we trust those claims? does this call this call for reaction from the u.s.? >> these air defense missiles, the iranians had done a deal with with the russians almost ten years ago to get these. because of embargoes the russians expected those and requested the united states not to give them the weapons. once the nuclear deal was signed in july 2015, and the russians mind freed up the opportunity for them to sell these air defense missiles to the iranians, which they did. why do they want this?

there was one of these air defense missiles as a defense against the israeli strike aircraft coming after them for the development of nuclear weapon. they know full well that the united states if we are going to conduct a strike we have stealth bombers that can penetrate iranian airspace and we have cruise missiles that are unmanned and they can also penetrate quite successfully. israel is to not have that capability. this has always been of a defensive mechanism i merrily guess the israelis. it also tells you i believe that the iranians call yearly have never given up on having nuclear weapons that a nuclear deal as we all know convince them to have a nuclear threshold capability and what happens capability in years. that's according to the deal. they're moving in that direction and these missiles will help defend against it. >> we know that candidate trump and president trump was very outspoken about how he thought that deal was a bad deal. meanwhile iran is following american politics. how does the distracted white

house factor into iran's moves? >> i don't think they get involved whatsoever. the iranians are fixated on their strategic objectives. every year they are so consistent. they talk about their desire to dominate the middle east at the expense of u.s. interests. and they have been moving in that direction. nuclear weapons has been about preserving the receipt. this strategic objective this strategic objective is a domination of the middle east. they've done it in lebanon and syria. they've overthrown the government in yemen and there clearly about that past and focused on that task. they don't let anything the united states is doing it away from their main objective. >> arthel: we will leave it there. it's nice to talk to. >> eric: have you noticed turn up the volume on your tv lately?

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>> eric: disturbing details on a murder case in texas. two men from el salvador who are also ms 13 gang members accused of the killing of a 15-year-old teen and kidnapping to others. they believe to be illegal immigrants, even smiled and waved at the tv camera. by the

way those people we just showed you were not the suspects. they are in jail. will joins. will joins us now in los angeles. >> authorities say the gang members executed one teenage girl and bird really assaulted two others in court. they seemed to not really take the charges seriously. police say they are miguel and diego, both ms 13 ms 13 gang members from el salvador. there accused of kidnapping three teenager girls, feeding them drugs and alcohol and raping them for weeks. one surviving victim said her friend knocked over a satanic shrine and disappeared later she had later been found shot in the head in the chest.

the gang members have been charged with aggravated kidnapping and murder. >> the majority of the gang members we come into contact with are in the country unlawfully. in specific terms, we have given the identity of these two individuals over to homeland security who are actively investing in their immigration status. >> it is a brutally violent gang that has become a organization in the united states. it comes at the same time that president trump push to get rid of illegal criminals. take a look at what he said to congress on tuesday night. >> we must support the victims of crime. i have ordered the department of homeland security to create an officer to serve american victims. the offices called office is called voice. victims of immigration crime engagement. we are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by and silenced by special interest. >> trump has ordered the border wall to be trumped and he said recently that may happen sooner than you might think. >> thank you.

>> arthel: hearing loss is affecting more and more of us this days. it's happening at a younger younger age. so many millions of us suffer from a that the ma is calling it a major health concern. are you at risk it? what can you do about it? were here with answer so listen up. ostriches don't really stick vitheir heads in the sand.ve horns on their helmets. and a real john deere is actually real affordable. you learn something new everyday. the surprisingly affordable john deere e series tractors.

>> eric: listen to this. an alarming study found that tens of millions of us are suffering from hearing loss. some as young as 20 years old. more than two thirds of seniors 70 and older already have hearing problems. they're they're calling it a major public health issue. what is causing this and how can we prevent it and keep her hearing? doctor manny is worth us. also a member of the fox news medical a team. is it listening to all that rock 'n roll music and going to concert? is it putting things in your ears? >> it's everything. we live in a noisy world. it's not politics. for less 15 or 20 years the whole planet so loud that you

can even hear yourself think. when you look at the statistics, 40 million americans have hearing problems. you mention people as young as 20 or younger than that. if we project the numbers out and you talking about 75,000,000 people. why is it a health crisis is because when you start losing your hearing other things can happen to you. not only do you have learning disabilities and young people, you have levels of anxiety that prop up, you have have depression. it's a combination of things. the epidemic of noises destroying many americans. >> eric: how can we protect ourselves? >> it's a combination of things. if you look at the average young person they use their phone, they put the earplugs, if you look at the earplugs they have most on average are at 100 decibels of sound. that is basically you banging your head every five minutes against the table. what we have found his hearing

loss, you go to a rock concert may come back with ear damage. it builds up over time.'s assigned thing the same thing with concussions. when you start damaging your inner ears you're basically creating a chronic, and that is unfixable. that's why the rate of tinnitus, that is like a major sign that a lot of things have gone wrong. so basically have to pay attention into the noise you bring into your body. >> eric: you can be in the mall and the kids walk by and they have the things in your ears on it so loud you can hear the words to the song you know the music is. should they turn it down? >> for people like me who have hearing damage, i'm done for. what people need to pay attention to his young kids. parents need to realize that they can't use electronic devices as a way a way to make

the kids entertained themselves. think about that. the sound quality quality that's coming out of the devices different than an fm radio these to have in the house. it's a different sound. you need to make sure that if you have a five, six or or seven -year-olds that if they're using headphones they have to take them out every hour on the hour at least to give your ear a break. also also you have to train them it's almost agassi belt. a teenager doesn't get into a car without without the seatbelt it's embedded in their brain. you have to teach young kids that the sound should be at 60 decibels, don't don't crank it up. they can create a lot of sound. >> eric: what you do if-year-olds are? i'm thinking of -- and she's 99 years 99 years old, she can hear you. scott the tv uppsala what you do?

>> people of our generation rise can have a gradual decrease in hearing is get older. everything goes down the two. hearing will go down the tubes, too. this is different. it's the epidemic of middle-age people, young adults that i've never been seen bere. that's why the ama and the government is saying wake up and hear the call. >> does a hearing aid always help? >> i didn't plan that. yes, it does. >> it if you have an issue doctor manny just said it. everything goes down when we get older. but were happy, that's the key. key. >> eric: we will be right back it's looking up not down. it's feeling up thinking up living up. it's being in motion... in body in spirit in the now. boost. it's not just nutrition. it's intelligent nutrition. with 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. all in 3 delicious flavors.

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with russian officials during the campaign. >> arthel: were following this from outside mar-a-lago. >> were still waiting for some kind of official response from the white house, but a few hours ago dance giving all, who is the white house director social media posted a link on his twitter account to the breitbart story that seem to start this tweet storm from president trump this morning. here is one. president trump president trump said that how low has president obama go to tap my phones during the sacred election process. this is nixon, watergate bad and sick. adam said that if there something bad or sick going on is the willingness of the nation's chief executive to make the most outlandish and destructive claim without providing evidence to support them. >> at the the sour were still waiting for the white house to

provide some evidence to back up the shocking claim that president trump made this morning on twitter. as for former president barack obama, a spokesman for him put out a statement refuting into nine all of these charges. it said that that neither president nor obama or white house official ever orders savanna any suggestion otherwise is simply false. it's important to point out that statement does not mention the fbi or department of justice. perhaps leaving some wiggle room there and not making that statement as ironclad as it could've been. this all stems from and it all goes back to the allegations of russian interference in the u.s. elections. if the fbi or department of justice was able to obtain a warrant to wiretap trump tower it would've been due to concerns

that members of the trump campaign may have broken their law in their communication with russia. president trump is now accusing former president obama for raking the law for wiretapping the very building his campaign was headquartered. added up, and in the words of senator lindsey graham he said, if any of these allegations are true, it would it would be the biggest political scandal since watergate. >> thank you so much. >> eric: attorney general jeff sessions with a half hours set to meet with the president and mar-a-lago. the president has expressed full confidence and faith in his attorney general through all of this even as he recused himself through the russian investigation. the attorney general will answer questions about his contact with the russian ambassador but it will not be in front of lawmakers to capitol hill. it turns out the senate chairman of the judiciary committee is rejecting the efforts of having

the attorney general testified hearings. lauren is live in washington, d.c. with the latest on that development. >> democrats had hoped to be able to publicly question jeff sessions about what he did and more portly, do not say in his confirmation hearings. instead. instead, they'll have to settle for written answers on monday. this after nine democrats sent a letter to chuck grassley asking for sessions to be called for a public hearing to explain why he did not disclose in his confirmation hearing recently discovered conversations that took place during the campaign with the russian ambassador. senator grassley has denied the request send their no plans to ask sessions to come before the committee before the customary over annual oversight committee. they believe believe sessions deliberately by during his confirmation hearing. >> he can say anything he wants but that doesn't mean we have to accept what is really not a rational explanation. i don't buy it frankly.

>> meanwhile, republicans are trying to save face as another key official has charges of russian ties leveled against them. sessions recusing himself from the russian hacking of the 2016 russian election investigation is not necessary but may help the credibility. >> i think there's an interest to make sure we can find out what rushes up to and all that they have been doing. but if this is more of a fishing expedition were not interested in continuing a fishing expedition. congress is always doing oversight, this is our job. >> russian allegations have brought down one of president trump's cabinet members. michael flynn, now democrats are calling for sessions resignation but republicans are saying what sessions did was still a senator was not illegal nor did he perjure himself and confirmation hearings. >> eric: thank you.

>> arthel: after years of loudly opposing obama care, republicans in in congress appear ready to start voting on measures to change it with two committees voting as soon as next wednesday. the difference within the party remain as some lawmakers disagree with how to replace the law. >> it's a weekend so much of congress has returned home to their districts and states. that means constituents are confronting lawmakers about plans to replace the affordable care act or obama care. lindsey graham is in south carolina, he says he says he supports repealing obama care though poses how they're doing it. they're criticizing congressional leaders for his graham says, doing what democrats did to republicans in 2009. writing a health care bill privately among a smaller group of lawmakers. >> i don't even know what that gop planets.

did you see rand paul on tv? ran and i don't agree on much but he's right, what was our big knock on obama care? they did it without any of us. >> mike pence expects in a matter of days a very brisk pace of legislative activity, congressional leaders say they have relevant committees to replace the bill. those those lawmakers will release an initial draft publicly. republicans are generally proposing to give tax credits to buy insurance plans that are less regulated. democrats claim the ideas will leave millions without sufficient health coverage. and even republicans are at odds on how to rewrite the healthcare system, again. >> thank you.

>> eric: as people woke up the saturday morning learning about the controversy over twitter. some of president trump supporters took to the streets and held rallies for him across the country. today's events are called march for tron. their happening places like washington, d.c., d.c. monument and trump tower in manhattan. demonstrators were chanting usa and holding signs reading, you are our president. here's the wrapup of the event. >> as organizers were planning rallies across the country to show their support, protesters were planning their counter demonstrations to shutdown the trump agenda. this our things got ugly in berkeley, california where march for trump out rally was getting underway.

somewhat right into the trump supporters. the shouting escalated to the shoving of this being thrown. some of the other folks tried to step in and break the groups up, police are in hand and organizers are planning on carrying on with the march. was a very different scene across the country today were more than 100 pro trump rallies were scheduled in response to the protests against the president. they lined the streets with banners outside the white house presented cheering on the president as he returned to his club. it was a welcome sight for the president who stopped his motorcade to get out and waved to the crowd and thank them for the support. several hundred people people gathered outside trump tower chanting usa in toting sign such as he is my president. we'll be keeping a close eye for any other dustup. >> you see >> car was by and then he got out. >> arthel: new details about a

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>> eric: time now for headlines. the faa says the two dozen aircraft have violated the restrictions near trumps the mar-a-lago estate. there have been 27 violations reported since last month alone. the fe aa is investigating each case. a fire erupted in dallas. more than 100 firefighters battled the flame. one person was sent to the hospital with minor injuries. they're trying to find out what caused the blaze. in a ceremonial iditarod race in

all alaska, about 2000 dogs belonging to 72 measures are hitting the trail. the competitive portion of the iditarod begins on monday. >> getting back to politics, president trump grappling with three new questions russia. this after the revelation that attorney general jeff sessions met with the russian investor twice during the campaign. the former senator added to the growing list of trump associates known to have contact with current or former russian officials. president trump dismissing the controversy calling the whole thing a political witch hunt. also accusing president obama of wiretapping trump tower in the weeks before the election. president obama denied that accusation. let's bring in brad winthrop from the armed services

committee an iraq war veteran. >> i would like to get your reaction to president trump accusing president obama of wiretapping trump tower, do you believe this is a witchhunt? >> these are serious allegations. whether it's an witchhunt or not i don't know. i don't know if i am more bothered by the notion that there may be bad behavior going round our weather is political or not. i think either situation is disturbing for me. there's a lot going on and a lot to talk about tonight. the idea of of the russians engaging in our elections is nothing new. that goes back to the soviet union. we should be aware of that and in the intelligence community we've been talking about that for some time. long before we got to this

election. and i want the american people to know that we are investigating on the intelligence committee on a bipartisan fashion. we've come forward with what the scope of the investigation should look like. we want to know the extent to which russia engaged in our election. we want to know if individuals or campaigns were involved. we want to know who is putting out leaks and if there even real or where they're coming from. also. also were interested in the governments reaction to the russians during that time. there's a lot on our plate but were moving forward with an investigation. i hope the american people know that. >> arthel: regarding a list of questions you just listed or answers you'd like to find out, is it a good idea to have a special prosecutor assigned to this? do you think that a slick committee, intel committee would be more effective? >> i think what were doing right now a source post source post to be doing. i think paul ryan alluded to that. as members of congress unrepresented of the people we have oversight jurisdiction in this area.

i think that's where we begin and certainly end there. that remains to be seen. were looking for answers. if people out there have information or something we should know about, i want them to come forward. it's confusing at this time because were reacting to a lot of things that have been in publications like the new york times, that are not verified. we do not know who is putting these things out. i do not know what the fbi's right leg is post to be. are to be. are they supposed to react to everything? or a leak that ends up in the new york times or not? you can go back to 2012, think about this. >> arthel: year saying important information and we have a bit of time. i want to get to some of the things that you are laying out for me here. without rushing into judgment or compromise in the investigation,

is there anything about what your committee is currently privy to, were not talking about newspaper reports a report of the media, the intel that your gathering. anything that you're finding at this juncture to be alarming? >> actually there is not at this juncture. a lot remains to be seen. one of the articles before talked about we see no sign of cooperation with the russian. that was in a cnn report for political. there's. there's no signs of any cooperation. it is not uncommon for people to engage with ambassadors, the case was made -- we found out that claire mccaskill has twice. this is what politicians do and ambassadors do when their overseas. >> arthel: i don't want to get into it here but there are people who will say it's about when those interactions and conversations happen. and what exactly was it discussed and what was the intent behind those discussions. what is your reaction 12 of

this. #i think all of this happening in the news can be quite disturbing and concerning to people watching. how do you feel about this as a member of the republican party first, and also what is your reaction as an american citizen? >> i think you hit it with the last part. it was my reaction as an american citizen. i ran for congress to be able to do some things and accomplish things and drive america forward and hopefully lead us to some greatness in many ways. and to work across both sides of the aisle to get things done. this is very disturbing. at the end of the day may not be anything. it may just be political and that's disturbing. we have so many things we need to work on right now, i think we have quite a distraction. if there something wrong i want to know, i think every american wants to know. i was proud of republican stirring watergate, i'm old enough to remember that. we just wanted to get to the

truth. i think that's the same case here. i hope were not just wasting our time going down paths that don't make a difference. that's our job to find out. >> arthel: and just asking questions, do you find the president himself is behind many of these distractions? starting out out this twitter storm this morning? >> i don't know what comes first, the chicken or the egg and many of these cases. we certainly now have our job to do it to clear these things up on behalf of the american people. that's our job on the committee. that's our job day today and we need to do that so that we can also go in and engage in other aspects of our government. >> arthel: thank you very much. we hope you can get to the bottom of the questions, whatever they may provide. we thank you for your service. >> thank you.

>> eric: there's a shocking murder case in houston, texas. two less illegal immigrants who are suspected ms 13 gang members. authorities say it's a deadly satanic ritual. their charge with the murder of a 15-year-old girl in the kidnapping of two other teens. they were held captive for. they were held captive for weeks and when the suspects appeared in court even smiled and waved at the tv camera covering their first hearing. were joined live in los angeles with the details. >> the details are horrific. the suspects are not shy much remorse. they executed one teenage girl and assaulted two others. in court they are seen smiling and waving for the media. police say they are miguel and diego, both ms 13 gang members from el salvador. they're accused of kidnapping three teenage girls and feeding them drugs and alcohol and then raping them for

weeks inside houston apartment. one survivor set her 15 oprah knocked over a satanic shrine and as a result she disappeared a short time later. authorities found her body on the side of the road. she had been shot in the head and chest. >> these are very impressionable young women and you're talking about 14, 15 years old. there with guys that are adults who are hard and gang members. >> those those gang members have been charged with aggravated kidnapping and murder. this comes at the same time president trump has pledged to crackdown on illegal criminals while helping victims families. >> we must support the victims of crime. i have ordered the department of homeland security to create an office to serve american victims. the offices called, is called, voice. victims of immigration crime engagement. we are providing a voice to those have been ignored by and

silenced by special interests. >> president trump has said that he plans to get the bad guys out. >> eric: the very shocking. >> arthel: ice is isis wounding 12 people in a chemical attack. >> eric: is it really possible as president trump tweeted this morning, for president obama to have wires tapped in the trump tower? what investigators can find a way to the investigation could go. we'll talk to to former assistant director of the fbi.

♪ ♪ eric: time for the top of the news. turkey officials say an aircraft believed to belong to the syrian military crashed near the border.

an islamist group fighting the syrian government claims it shot that airplane down. arthel: a spanish be organization has rescued over 250 african migrants whose vessel was in danger of capsizing near the libyan coast. this area has become a dangerous crossing point for asylum seekers searching for a better with life in europe. eric: and thousands of people rallying today demanding the resignation of south korea's president. a constitutional court is set to decide on the fate later this month. arthel: and now to iraq. isis militants apparently carrying out a heinous attack in mosul. the united nations now calling the terror group's alleged use of chemical weapons a war crime and says if those suspicions are true, it would violate international law. john huddys has more now from our mideast newsroom in the middle east. >> reporter: well, arthel, this isn't the first time that isis has been accused of using chemical weapons not only on

iraqi troops, but also innocent civilians. now, if this latest attack was indeed a chemical weapons a aipac, the u.n. warns -- attack, the u.n. warns it would tuesday a war crime and also a serious violation of international law. a dozen people including several children were hospitalized with burns, respiratory robs and other conditions -- problems and other conditions consistent with chemical weapons exposure. in fact, this video was just too graphic to show. this woman says her daughter's legs were burned along with her own hands and feet. >> translator: a rocket landed at our house emitting oily material and spraying us. >> reporter: thousands of civilians have escaped from western mosul or are trying to escape as iraq's military continues its major offensive there. iraqi troops liberated eastern mosul in january. isis has been using mortar and rocket fire, snipers, car bombs,

suicide attacks to try to repel advancing iraqi troops while using people as human shields and executing civilians as they try to escape. this man said his family fled at night and then described how families which are caught fleeing are beaten while the men are are executed. [gunfire] >> reporter: in january iraqi special forces found isis chemical weapons labs and an arsenal of chemical weapons, hour tars and rockets -- mortars and rockets, some loaded with chlorine and mustard gas. doctors say those hospitalized in this latest attack are expected to recover from their injuries, so that's at least some good news. but there is serious concern among iraqi officials and military commanders that as isis loses ground in the fight for mosul and the militants become more spreapt, they'll use think and all means possible including chemical weapons to try to kill not only iraqi troops, but innocent civilians as well. arthel? arthel: yeah. very concerning.

john huddy reporting from jerusalem. john, thanks. eric: well, south carolina senator lindsey graham saying he would be with worried if the obama administration got a warrant to wiretap president trump's campaign in the middle of the election. but the senator says he does believe the russians did try to influence the presidential race, and he strongly supports the investigations. the senator says authorities should be allowed the follow the allegations without any political pressure be. >> i believe with all hi heart and soul that the -- my heart and soul that the russians did interfere in our elections. [applause] it wasn't a 400-pound man sitting on a bed somewhere, it was russian intelligence services hacked into podesta's e-mail, the dnc. as to trump's russia campaign ties, i have no evidence personally that there are any, but i will insist that the fbi

be given full opportunity to look into this without political interference. eric: that was the senator in this morning appearing at a clemson town hall in south carolina. as you though, the president and white house officials deny any wrongdoing when it comes to russia, this as the list of campaign associates known to have spoken with russian officials before or after the election, as you can see, has now grown to at least six. so how can the fbi get to the bottom of all this? bill gavin could know be, former assistant director of the fbi in new york, former chief executive for the fbi in new york, miami and denver, and we're having some technical robs with mr. gavin, so we will try to get him back. we'll get to arthel. arthel: yeah, because when we come back, we have a great story after we get that satellite feed back up. it's going to be inspiring more all of us. we're going to talk to a 99-year-old runner who just won another amazing race in a long career of them. also we'll tell you about this, an opioid crisis growing in many

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♪ ♪ eric: so here's the tweet controversy of the day kicked off in a series from president trump from mar-a-lago this morning. one saying, quote: how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process? this is nixon watergate, that or a sick guy. let's bring in bill gavin, former assistant director of fbi in new york. bill, always good to see you. first of all, what is your reaction to one president of the united states accusing his predecessor of wiretapping his phones? >> it's most confusing to me, eric, as it is, i imagine, to everybody in the united states of america. first of all, the president doesn't have the authority to tap the phone, there's a very definite procedure for doing something like that.

what confuses me right now, everything, is i don't -- eric, is i don't understand exactly who applied for the order to intercept the communication if one was applied for, and where it went. the indication is that the first time out of the box it was denied and the second time it was approved. who did it? what agency had the responsibility to do something like that? was it a law enforcement agency? was it somebody in the intelligencing agencies? -- intelligence agencies? and it has to go before a fisa judge if, in fact, it was on that side of the house or a criminal judge to get that kind of authority to intercept the communication. so it's most confusing. having the betweens come out -- the tweets come out, i support the president, but when i was on range, i always learned in the fire arms sequences ready, aim, fire, some of those tweets have to have it this reverse. eric: you mentioned fisa, let's talk about that for a second, the foreign intelligence surveillance act. you shield to go to a judge --

you need to go to a judge. so here theoretically, there's a server in trump tower that may be connected or have information about two russian banks x this is all type of some sort of surveillance. so a federal judge, though, has to approve any fisa warrant or order to, you know, wiretap or surveil anything. so what is the process for that? wouldn't one say, well, that's a legal process and not, you know, a political one? >> first of all, eric, there has to be probable cause. what is the probable cause that any agency, whether it be intelligence or law enforcement agency, uses to go to the judge? was it an overhear that somebody else in the intelligence community heard? that's a possibility. was it something on a hard product that somebody had access to? i don't know. and unless you have that probable cause, you're not going to go to a judge. now, if it's true -- go ahead. eric: i'm sorry. i mean, with meetings, with them knowing, you know, carter page

going to moscow, with them knowing michael flynn, the general sitting with, you know, vladimir putin at that rt dinner and this type of thing, are conversations enough? are visits enough? or do they need, as you say, hard evidence and e-mails of, let's say, financial transactions from russian banks if that indeed happened? mix all that in with maybe contracts or paul hanna fort, how do you get from that to like a criminal or intelligence investigation? >> there has to be a lot more information, eric, to substantiate probable cause. just to have two people talking to each other without knowing what the contents of the conversation was doesn't make -- no judge is going to approve something like that. if you come up with something that's on a server and you can read it and it said this is probable cause, there seems to be some indicia of a crime being committed or having been committed, then, fine. maybe the judge will go with that. i don't know who would have brought this. is it the fbi brought it?

was it nsa that brought this to a judge? it's most confusing at this particular time. and throwing out all these innuendos and things that aren't confirmed just further complicates the issue for not only the investigative authorities, but for the american public, and that's ooh an important thing right now. eric: how about the attorney general at the time, loretta lynch. does she have to sign off on this? that's one of the processes where a fisa application goes. >> she's going to be aware of what's going on, particularly in a tice saw application, and i would -- fisa application, and i would particularly think, now, if it's some other criminal conduct, eric, maybe it could go to another federal judge sitting on the bench. that's a possibility too. but certainly something of this consequence involving a candidate for the presidency, she is absolutely going to know about it. there'd be no doubt about it. eric: and, of course, people would accuse her of a political motivation, but how does this get sorted out versus a

legitimate law enforcement investigation? >> it's just going to have to -- the tbi or whoever is responsible for this investigation, whether it be a senate committee or the fbi -- and that's what's confusing now. nobody knows who's on first base. this is an ab ott and costello thing. they've got to start peeling the on onlayer by layer. -- onion layer by layer. it's most confusing. eric: and you raised an interesting issue that we haven't heard about a lot, a criminal issue. you've got a lot of, apparently, in the past business connections among some of the top trump associates and his consultants with russia, we've hone the that, eric trump has quoted by the financial times said this in 2008 saying, quote: russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets, saying dubai is certainly with our project in soho. that's donald trump jr., excuse me, told e turbo news in 2008 we see a lot of money pouring in from russia. so that's donald jr. in 2008

saying they have a lot of money pouring in from russia. so if you have a server in trump tower that the reports say somehow was connected to or communicating with banks, could this have nothing to do with politics? >> it certainly could, eric. it's all conjecture at this point. you don't know. and a lot more information has to be available before, you know, somebody such as myself who has a little bit of experience in this, before we could make a judgment as to where this is coming from. but, yes, if it's a criminal case, it doesn't necessarily have to go to a fisa court, it can go to a federal judge who would let the order stand to intercept communications on some device whether it be phone or some other device. so this is -- i think it's all conjecture at this point because there's no hard evidence of anything. it's just kind of rash, some cases irrational words that have popped out, and it's not doing anybody any good at all.

everything, and i want to point out quickly that other reports say there has been so far no evidence, no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and think russian officials, so quickly, bill, how do you think this'll play out? what's the next step? how does it end? >> i think the next step is to back up just a little bit and start doing the process the way it is traditionally done, the way it's always done. if nobody has -- if there's no indicia other than, you know, a political motivation to smear even's name involved, that's -- everybody's name involved, that's one thing. but in order to get somebody into a courtroom and before the bar of justice, you have to have probable cause and good information, and they're going to have to work like that in order to obtain whatever might be there or to confirm what isn't there. eric: bill gavin, words of wisdom from many words of service to our nation in the fbi. bill, good to see you, thank you. >> thanks, eric. my pleasure. eric: of course. arthel: good analysis.

maryland governor harry ho-ho began battling the opioid. peter doocy with the details. >> reporter: when adam mcpherson started pawning off his parents' possession to pay for heroin, his mom thought her son hay need a different kind of help. >> once i pressed charges, the theft was so much that i was able to get him locked up. >> reporter: adam is out of jail and trying to stay clean, but so many maryland families like the mcphersons have been dealing with heroin that the state's governor, larry hogan, has declared a state of emergency to combat heroin and opioid overdose deaths that doubled here last year. and he's putting $50 million over five years toward the effort. >> in maryland we dealt with riots 90 days after i became governor. i declared a state of emergency. we sent 4,000 members of the national guard, and we stopped

the rioting, but we didn't lose a single person. no deaths. here we're losing people every single day. >> reporter: the problem isn't just in maryland, it's everywhere. part of the issue is fentanyl. the dea's lab saw almost 1400 times of that opioid in 2015 than they did this 2013, and many users don't realize their heroin is laced with this inexpensive drug that's 50 times more powerful than heroin. on tuesday president trump used his joint address to congress to explain where the drugs are coming from. >> we've defended the borders of other nations while leaving our own borders wide open for anyone to cross and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate. >> reporter: the next day the fbi director elaborated. >> mexican drug traffickers have gotten into the heroin business. >> reporter: because mexico is so close, it doesn't cost cartels much to the get heroin and other opioids across the southern border, so they've cornered the market by selling drugs cheaply. >> we cannot arrest our way out

of this problem. our job is to try to crack down on the supply. >> reporter: the mcphersons in maryland just hope all the state and national attention on heroin helps parents realize what's out there. >> years ago they would never do an iv use in high school. that was like, what? that was very strange. now it's happening. >> reporter: governor hogan told me the opioid epidemic did come up during governors' meetings at the white house a few days ago, but the republican governor still has not yet spoken to president trump about the state of emergency now in effect here. in annapolis, maryland, peter doocy, fox news. arthel: okay. thanks so much, peter. and coming up, he finished the 100-meter dash in 18 seconds. sounds impressive, right? how about if i told you he's 99 years old? that was just one of orville rogers' victories at the masters indoor track championship. he's going to tell us his secret

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arthel: and here's the story to inspire all of us to stay in shape. 99-year-old orville rogers winning the 60-meter dash in the masters indoor track championships and beating out his only competitor, a 92-year-old by .05 seconds. mr. rogers has been running for 50 years, and if you're wondering his secret to good with health, we have the answer. let's bring in now mr. orville roger, a world champion runner and be author of "the running man: flying high for the glory of god." joining us now, it is my honor to have you here, mr. rogers. first of all, if i may ask how you're feeling today? be do you run every day, and what keeps you going? >> i'm very blessed. i run three times a week usually, either monday, wednesday and friday or tuesday, thursday and saturday. i work out at the cooper clinic here in dallas. arthel: and when you run those three times a week, how far do

you run? >> usually about three miles. arthel: three miles. and how do you warm up for that? >> i stretch thoroughly and do a little work on the elliptical, and then i run very slowly three miles, and i cap it off with two wind sprints of 100 meters each. i usually run them in about 32 seconds. arthel: wow. i mean, stretching is very key. i heard you say that. there's one of the secrets, for sure. we'll get a little bit more, i suspect, in the next few minutes. what drove you to start running at 50 years old? 51 years old? either one is something else. >> yes. i read dr. kenneth cooper's book, "aerobics," and it was highly motivational for me. i started running the next day, and i logged a little over 42,000 miles in the last 50 years. arthel: yeah, but, i mean, what was it in that book that made you think i'm going to go out

tomorrow and start running? you weren't in your 20s when you started. >> no, i was 50. arthel: and so, you know, you attended your first national meet when you were 90. you broke two world records. where do you find the physical strength? where do you find your spiritual strength? >> well, i'm a believer in god, and that helps me all along the way. i try to eat well, i try to exercise well, and it keeps me going. arthel: what do you eat? >> oh, i concentrate on poultry and fish for my meats with red meat maybe once a week. i eat lots of colorful fruits and vegetables, and i take cooper complete vitamins, and i get a complete physical from dr. kenneth cooper every december. arthel: now, do you have any challenges -- and i'm not

pointing that out because you happen to be 99 years young, clearly -- you know what? i have to go, but tell me quickly your plan for your 100th birthday, sir. it's coming up november 28th. >> i'm dependent on my children and grandchildren to help me celebrate that, and i don't know their plans yet. but my immediate plans for july are to enter the national outdoor championship races in baton rouge, louisiana, and i hope to do well there. i may meet my 92-year-old competitor in the 100 meters there. we'll see. arthel: mr. orville rogers, 99 years old, 100 november 28th, this year. thank you very much, sir. bye-bye. thank you so much. good luck. happy birthday. >> bye-bye. thank you. eric: that's wonderful. thank you, mr. rogers. just fantastic. 42,000 miles means he's crossed the country like, what, 20 times already? well, practice makes perfect.

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in action has now made the 12 and 10-year-olds national stars. we're talking about 17 million hits. love that. eric: try that? i don't know. we'll see you tomorrow. [laughter] 12 noon and 4 eastern. take care. julie: president trump accusing former president obama of wiretapping trump tower. just before the election. in a string of stunning tweets on a saturday morning, i'm julie banderas, and this is the fox report. or -- president trump not offering any proof of the alleged wiretapping which would have involved an order there from a judge who had probable cause. now, among the president's tweets this morning this one, and i'm quoting: how long has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election president? president obama's spokesperson, meantime, saying theert the president, n w