. >> you do agree with kevin mccarthy, with jason chaffetz that he should probably recuse himself? >> sure. if there's a legal investigation, absolutely, no question about that. although at this point i have to say i don't see much ground for an investigation, particularly if it's something that involves criminal intent. >> that's not the on brely brea news related to russia, the new york city reporting that the obama white house spent its final time in office scrambling to preserve intelligence of russian election hacking, that they were worried that it could be covered up or destroyed by the incoming trump administration. we have the lead writer of that "new york times" story. let's begin with peter alexander at the white house. peter, i'm just getting this in to us. representative elliott engel, the ranking member of the house committee on foreign affairs says that jeff sessions should step down as attorney general. the president's been notably quiet so far. what are white house officials telling you? >> reporter: chris, you're exactly right. you can only imagine how bothered pr

after months of getting no satisfying response from their congressman jason chaffetz, dr.ryn allen has decided she will unseat him from congress. and look at how that's working out. she started by putting up a donation page, asking people to send money her way if they thought that she would be a good contender for that congressional race next year against jason chaffetz. she is telling people. this listen, i'm a doctor, i'm putting my 30 years of medical experience front and center. health care is indeed a right. should i run against jason chaffetz? she got a little pickup on the liberal blog daily coast. but then yesterday congressman jason chaffetz himself gave her a big helping of help. >> but access for lower income americans doesn't equal coverage. >> well, we're getting rid of the individual mandate. we're getting rid of those things that people said that they don't want. and you know what? americans have choices. and they've got to make a choice so maybe rather than getting that new iphone that they just love and they want to spend hundreds of dollars in, that maybe

there you have a brief conversation with jason chaffetz. i can hear you. >> we didn't hear the beginning of that. what did he say? that was a different tone? >> reporter: i wouldn't say it was -- well, it is a different tone from when i talked to him a couple weeks ago. he said as the mike flynn story was unfolding, that story was taking care of itself. what we have seen him say on twitter, jeff sessions should recuse himself into the investigation of russia. i pressed him on why he thought it was necessary. he said, essentially, it's because of the testimony he gave to members of congress that doesn't line up with what actually is being reported happened. so, that is, it seems, his concern about it, as opposed to the meeting itself taking place. it isn't necessarily out of the realm of appropriate behavior for a senator to have a meeting with an ambassador from a foreign country. it may be unusual for them to be from russia and clearly the context is different from this meeting. i think, it sounds like from talking to congressman chaffetz,

jason chaffetz got over that whole thing pretty quickly and reendorsed trump. we invited him back on this program to tell us how he explained that to his daughter, and we're still waiting. tonight there is news that president trump will nominate jon huntsman as ambassador to the most important country in the world. well, i should say the most important country in trump world. the most important country in the world by most measures is of course the united states. the most important country in trump world is russia. and jon huntsman, if he is confirmeby theenate, will therefore have the strangest j in the world. communicating often directly with vladimir putin on behalf of a government that unbeknownst to jon huntsman, vladimir putin may very well to some extent control. that is the question. how much of the trump government does vladimir putin control, if any? by all appearance, vladimir putin is in complete control of what donald trump actually says about him. >> putin is a nicer person than i am. >> well, he certainly has better manners than donald trump. but

the house oversight committee chairman, jason chaffetz tweeted moments ago, attorney general sessionsd clarify his testimony and recuse himself. so what is next for attorney general jeff sessions? let's get to "the bottom line" with cnn political director david chalian. good morning, david. >> good morning, alisyn. >> another day, another russian intrigue. maybe there is nothing there as attorney general sessions just said to nbc news when they caught up with him this morning. let me play this for you. >> well, i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaign, and those remarks are unbelievable to me and are false and i don't have anything else to say about that. so thank you. >> what about the calls to recuse yourself from your agency's probe of -- >> i've said that whenever it's appropriate, i will recuse myself. there's no doubt about that. >> david, what does that mean, whenever it's appropriate? >> i imagine that's not going to be operative for very long. when you have jason chaffetz and al franken on the same page saying you need to clarify and recu

you just heard our conversation with jason chaffetz. does the rub between the white house and conservatives now affect what you need to get done over the next month? >> we should be the adults in the room. every one of us and push it aside. when we focus on personality we lose. when we focus on policy, we and the american people will win. >> bill: marsha blackburn from tennessee. thank you. twenty minutes now past the hour. back to shannon. >> shannon: the house freedom caucus is not backing down can the party mend fences to get working on president trump's agenda. we'll get more from newt gingrich in our next hour. >> bill: and a swarm of bees invading spring training and beware they will sting again. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. ( ♪ ) it just feels like anything is possible here in upstate new york. ( ♪ ) at corning, i test smart glass that goes al

jason chaffetz got over it pretty quickly. we invited him back on the program to explain how he talked on his daughter about it. we are still waiting. tonight, president trump will nominate jon huntsmanner as ambassador to the most important country in the world, well, i should say the most important country in trump world. the most country by most measures is the united states of america. the most important country in trump world is russia. and jon huntsman, if he is confirmed by the senate, will therefore have the strangest job in the world. communicating, often directly with vladimir putin on behalf of a government that, unbeknownst to jon huntsman, vladimir putin may to some extent control. that's the question. how much of the trump the gov does vladimir putin control if any? by all appearances, vladimir putin is in complete control of what donald trump actually says about him. >> putin is a nicer person than i am. >> well, he certainly has better manners than donald trump. who doesn't? donald trump, whose most the reason

you mentioned jason chaffetz, he said he should recuse himself. i asked him if that means there should be an independent prosecutor, he says he's not there quite yet. i said, your committee, will it investigate it itself, he left that option over, didn't say whether his house oversight committee would look into the issue. but you are hearing concerns from republicans about sessions staying in that position overseeing this investigation, believing it's time to step aside to avoid -- to push back on this political pressure that is growing including house majority leader kevin mccarthy suggesting as much earlier this morning. here is what the democrats have to say, chuck schumer going as far as calling on jeff sessions to resign. at the very least there are calls from both sides of the aisle for sessions to recuse himself. >> stay with us, manu. >> we'll bring in sunlen serfaty for the latest on exactly what senator sessions is said to have done and the conversations he is said to have had, with whom and when, sunlen. >> reporter: reaction to those v

>> reporter: indeed, elijah cummings and jason chaffetz met with the secret service. they say the first family's security is top priority. >> that was a very sobering meeting. >> reporter: jason chaffetz and elijah cummings tell us about their meeting with the u.s. secret service and homeland security secretary john kelly. they're concerned about the breaches in security at the white house grounds. >> the people and first family have got to be on guard 24 hours. >> some of the things we heard today very alarming. >> reporter: they admit that on march 10, jonathan tran got inside the white house while president trump was inside. he was undetected for nearly 20 minutes before officers took him into custody. >> it is simply unbelievable. >> reporter: shawn keyen drove his car to a security check point, claimed to have a bomb in the car and was detained by the secret service. he reportedly told the officer the threat was a test and that the president speaks with him telepathically. he was arrested and charged with making a false bomb threat. earlier that day, 58-year-old

listen to what jason chaffetz said. >> we are getting rid of the individual mandate. we are getting rid of those things that people said they don't want. and, you know, americans have choices. they have to make a choice. rather than getting that new iphone they just love and want to spend hundreds of dollars on, maybe they should invest in health care. >> is health care for lower income americans the choice between an iphone and healthy kids? >> the point of obamacare, it was not supposed to be a luxury, it was supposed to be a right as an american citizen in the biggest economy of the world that you will have to choose between a telecom bill and health care. if you have the roll back of the federal expansion, what kind of sacrifices will they make? the argument among some who are promoting a new plan, you want to be able to have a lower cost coverage, you know, that somebody could afford, and there are things in there that they don't need. that, i think, that statement cryst crystallizes what many liberals devises. >> he was not talking about the cadillac plans, and

message to jason chaffetz? >> i think he needs to talk to the white house and everyone needs to get on the same page. >> is that the right response? shouldn't jason chaffetz say, i'm on the oversight committee -- >> he absolutely has the authority to express his opinion and that's what he's done. >> do you agree with his opinion? >> i don't know enough about the facts of the recusal distinction to know whether that's the right thing to do at this point. >> nancy pelosi is walking up to the podium now. you can see her set to address reporters. >> what a week, huh? last night we learned that jeff sessions, the attorney general of the united states, lied under oath to his colleagues in the senate and to the american people about his communications with the russians. there are standard of professional conduct for attorneys, especially the top law enforcement officer in our country. what is the message that that sends to the country, to the lawyers in the state department, to the american bar association, which has

minutes later, a tweet from house oversight and government reform committee chair jason chaffetz, that attorney general sessions could clarify his testimony and recuse himself. congressman chaffetz is the chair of this house oversight hearing we're bringing you on transparency is he tsa. when it resumes we'll are live coverage here on c-span3, focusing in on an inspector general's report concluding that the tsa is abusing stewardship of sensitivity security information with interest consistent decisions, including redacting information reports already public. this is the third house oversight committee hearing on the tsa and we'll have live coverage when it resumes here on c-span3. a segment in this morning's "washington journal." we want to welcome back the congressman and house national resources committee. >> thanks. >> some of the news regarding the affordable care act, we're getting word there could be a markup as early as next week. what's happening? >> we share common ground in regards to we have a failing system already that aca is on its death bed and we're trying to rescue th

back over to capitol hill, you have two top republicans in the house, jason chaffetz has called for jeff sessions to recuse himself, republicans in the senate are also calling for him to recuse himself from investigations into the trump campaign's ties to russia. >> for any investigation going forward, you want to make sure everybody trusts the investigation, that there's no doubt within the investigation, it's -- >> does that require his recusal, congressman? >> i think it would be easier from that standpoint, yes. >> i think the attorney general should further clarify his testimony. and i do think he should recuse himself. i'm going to leave it at that. let's let him clarify his statements and i do think he should recuse himself. >> so a quick note on congressman mccarthy, an aide later came out and talked to reporters and kind of tried to walk those comments back, saying that sessions should only recuse himself if there is a conflict. so let's continue the discussion right now, though, with another republican, republican congressman from north carolina mark walker. he sits on the hous

we recently spoke to the current republican chairman of the committee, jason chaffetz, the oversight who's watchdogging presidency. there's no better way to understand the business of the house oversight committee than to see it in action. rep. chaffetz: who at the department of homeland security office is holding you back? huban gowadia: so i have to work with the office of general counsel. rep. chaffetz: give me some names. i want to know who to call up here. sharyl: republican jason chaffetz is in the chairman's seat and can usually be found taking names or at least trying. today, he's grilling a tsa official about why the agency is stonewalling investigations into retaliation against whistleblowers. rep. chaffetz: tell me the attorneys that are telling you not to provide this information to congress, tell me the names of the attorneys that are telling you not to provide this to the osc. i want names. huban gowadia: i will follow up with you. rep. chaffetz: no. i want you, right now -- you've had notice of this hearing. i need specific names. you got staff sitting there how many st

we saw congressman jason chaffetz saying he should recuse himself, i don't think they should necessarily take the bait here from the democrats, who i think are obviously having very bad intentions here. republicans tend to eat their own a lot, and i think they should hold the line until there is evidence. they shouldn't move this story any further. >> guy: isn't it fair to say no resignation, that's preposterous? i don't think -- >> rachel: he said i will if it's necessary. >> harris: if there are questions, by the way, you had mentioned jason chaffetz, rob portman of ohio, representative, for some, -- these are the list of people who would be in favor of sessions recusing himself. you've got labrador from indiana and then -- an additional note, kevin mccarthy is a saying that it would be easier for an investigation into ties between the russian government and a campaign of president donald trump would continue. the list gets longer. >> meghan: i think this will be the type of story they had to take minute by minute. some blunt advice for a publican's and obamacare from trump, as we are

congressman jason chaffetz. >>> with less than a week before the house votes on the measure, more than 2 dozen republican representatives still aren't backing the bill. will last minute changes to it get them on board. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> the breaking news tonight. new turmoil sparked by president trump's claim that he was wiretapped by president obama. mr. trump stood by his unfounded allegation during a news conference with the german chanceler angela merkel, herself a target of the u.s. surveillance with the president saying, i'm quoting her now, at least we have something in common. the justice department handed over documents pertaining to the president's claims to congressional investigators. president trump refused to apologize for sean spicer's suggestion that british spies were behind the surveillance, a notion that uk officials dismissed as utterly ridiculous. they were livid at the accusation and spicer apologized. the p

of course, kevin mccarthy and jason chaffetz calling for recusal. unlikely that would happen if it wasn't already in the works. stay tuned. that could happen any minute. meanwhile, russia says when it comes to all this controversy, this is not their headache. keep this in mind. according to former u.s. officials, u.s. intelligence considers the russian ambassador kislyak one of rush's top spies and spy recruiters. we'll bring in international diplomatic editor nic robertson who is in moscow. what is russia saying about all this. >> reporter: they're pushing back hard, saying this is misinformation by the media. calling it media vandalism, coming from the spokeswoman for the ministry. she says how low can the media go? she said we used to talk about propaganda and then hype. they says this is a situation, and she's aiming this directly at cnn, where she is saying this is the media, the western media is becoming big brother, as in george orwell's 1982 -- i say '82, because that's what she said. we believe she cement his book 1984. she's also pointed o

. >> representative jason state -- jason chaffetz at the tsa. >> you are relying on guidance from the department, you will withhold -- withhold information from congress question mark >> the guidance does not in writing. thee are working to get practice -- >> you just made this up? it is not in writing? >> it is a standard practice. >> know it is not. ms. lerner, is a standard practice question mark >> know it is not. there is no attorney-client privilege when one government agency is investigating another. >> senator bernie sanders on the trunk administration. >> we have struggled from the inception of this country. racism,t against sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia. we are telling mr. trump and his , wends loudly and clearly are not going backwards, we are going forwards. rubio at amarco hearing on financial fraud targeting senior citizens. >> if you look at the list of the top most wanted medicare people in america, they are entirely from south florida and almost entirely recent arrivals from the island of cuba. when we are about to arrest them, they leave to cuba with millions of

hopefully, these announcements that were just made by jason chaffetz and congressman brady will signalhat we now need a ship and republicans on capitol hill are looking out not for donald trump, not for the republican party, but for our country so that we can get to the issue of, to paraphrase richard nixon again, people have got to know their president is not a traitor. if he is, they have got to remove him yesterday. amy: we will leave it there. house majority leader kevin mccarthy and house oversight and government reform committee chair jason chaffetz both calling on attorney general jeff sessions to recuse himself. david cay johnston, we will link to your piece, author of "the making of donald trump." jamesyou so much to henry, economist, lawyer, senior adviser with the tax justice network. we will link to your pieces in the american interest and easy report -- dcreport.org. when we come back, and immigrant fleeing from violence in el salvador comes to the united states. she is in the hospital with a brain tumor. backakes her in handcuffs to jail. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy

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hohouse majority leader kevin mccarthy and house oversight reform committee chair jason chaffetz, butepublican, are calling on attorney general jeff sessions to recuse himself from a justice department probe into alleged ties between trump campaign officials and russia's government. elected officials are calling on him to recuse himself and others are calling for his resignation. if you can summarize what james henry has said and where you think this is all headed. headedink all of this is to serious trouble for donald trump. i said during the campaign i do not believe trump could get through one year as president of the united states. the question we need to ask is, why do the republicans come up until now, not want to know and what do they not want to know? there is so much smoke coming out of the basement of this building that if the fire to permit said, oh, there is no fire, just moke come and did not burned after the fire onto we would talk about what a scandal. i think you're seeing really experienced professional politicians among the politicians are becoming to realize their i

jason chaffetz comes out. he was on cnn this morning talking about trying to push the plan in the house. let's listen to what he said, the sacrifices that americans need to make on this. let's listen. >> we're getting rid of the individual mandate. we're getting rid of those things that people said that they don't want. and americans have choices. and they've got to make a choice. so maybe rather than getting that new iphone they just love and want to go spend hundreds of dollars, maybe they should invest it in their own health care. they have to make those decisions themselves. >> this gets the classic republican argument between access and coverage. they may have access, but it is sort of on them. was that the right analogy to make? those are the headlines. you can have your iphone or health care. >> i don't think it's to that extreme. the plan that we've seen, i think having it more of a marketplace where there's more individual choices i think is important, as well as the pre-existing conditions. look, we

i'll talk to gop chairman jason chaffetz. and another problem, a new demand for president trump's tax returns. we learned today that issue is far from over and democrats say those tax returns could shed light on the russia controversy. i'll talk to that lawmaker and a new report tonight on former trump campaign manager, paul manafort. we went to cyprus to get a look at the secret finances of the former trump campaign chairman. let me talk to you about retirement. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. -sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. would you trust me as your financial advisor? -i would. -i would indeed. well, let's be clear, here. i'm actually a deejay. ♪ [ laughing ] no way! i have no financial experience at all. that really is you? if they're not a cfp pro, you just don't know. find a certified financial planner professional who's thoroughly vetted at letsmakeaplan.org. cfp. work with the highest standard. find fast relief behind the counter allergies with nasal congestion? with cla

is taking the advice of jason chaffetz, -- jason who tweeted earlier today that this is what he would happen. president trump saying that he had total confidence in jeff sessions, despite these reports that he communicated with the russian ambassador, despite think he had no medication with russian officials during his senate confirmation testimony. the president supporting him. it looks like we are moments away. here he is, right now. scarlet: let's go straight to him. a.g. sessions: jody, thank you for being with me. let me share a few thoughts. first, about the comment that i that hashe committee been said to be incorrect and false, let me be clear, i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign. "continuingt i was exchange of information during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government" is totally false. that is the question that senator franken askedthat is tht senator franken asked me at the hearing. that is what got my attention. as he noted, it was breaking news. that is the question tha

now congressman jason chaffetz has sent a letter to the secret service.s to know just how bad this was, and he wants more information on this by march 20th. they have been 143 security breaches at the white house over the past decade, and as congressman jack jason chaffetz says, this keeps happening over and over again. we have not had one and a wild but they want to get to the bottom of it. >> heather: i was wondering what is causing the discrepancy. i look this up, sean spicer was asked about how the secret service handles this situation right after it had occurred, and he said secret service did a phenomenal job and that they continue to provide phenomenal protection to the president and the first family. but if he was on the ground for 15 minutes, does that sound like a phenomenal job? >> even the president of the united states said that today, he said it was a "fantastic" job and said the suspect was troubled, and very bad, that is why you look for a pattern. there were problems under julia pearson when she was the head of the secret service, even th

jason chaffetz said "attorney general sessions should clarify his testimony and recuse himself."et's take you back to that exchange he had january 10th that he had with al franken during his confirmation hearings when he was asked about contacts between the trump campaign and the russians. >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activitie activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two, and i did not have communication with the russians. i'm unable to comment. >> jon: byron, if attorney general sessions is to be believed, he says that he did have contact, but it was in his role as united states senator, and not as a campaign representative or surrogate for the trump campaign. those that pass muster? >> that's what he says and he can say more. it wasn't a secret meeting that he had in his office. on these calls for recusal, that may, indeed, happen. there is a principal but you can't investigate

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just search white house tours. >>> house oversight chairman jason chaffetz is taking a bit of heat tonightsocial media for comnt new health care bill. chaffetz suggested people should invest in health care rather than spend hundreds of dollars on the latest iphone. reaction on twitter has been fairly snarky today. most people have suggested they'd love to see health care that costs just $600 every couple of years. with the new plan, there are some parts of obamacare that will stay. here with a look at what stays and goes is susan hogan. >> bottom line, consumers are still worried about their ability to afford health insurance. according to a recent survey, 55% of respondents had that concern. tonight we're breaking it all down for you. consumer reports spells it out, four important changes in the house plan and how it would affect you. now, there would be less help for low income people. under aca plan, tax credits are based on your income. the less you make, the bigger your credit. the gop credit tied to your age ranging from 2,000 for people 30 and under to 4,000 for those over 60. there

. >> even some republicans are now expressing their concern, like jason chaffetz, the charity house oversight committee said sessionsmum, jeff needs to clarify his testimony and recuse himself into any investigation into russian interference in the election. back to you. , ben carsonjust in confirmed as secretary of housing and urban development, the senate giving the approval for dr. carson yesterday and the final vote was this morning. he received support for republicans and democrats. president obama has been named as the 2017 winner of the john ward, the foundation says he is duringonored for his and commitment to democratic ideas and elevating the standard of political courage in a new andury, kennedy's daughter son are scheduled to present president obama with the award in may in boston. the search on for a body and fairfax county, it started yesterday after police received a tip about human remains at a public park. john gonzalez shows us that police are worried it could be gang-related. john: a beautiful park in fairfax county that has been , anted with ms13 graffiti neighbor pointed

jason chaffetz is the chairman.f you want to subpoena the tax returns, he could clearly set the stage. >> yeah. but i'm also about to a month on that committee and the idea of going to my chairman in the first month and saying, why don't you step into this different role, i don't think is wise as a new member. i think i need to become a working member of that committee, for than a four-week member of that committee and i'll have a number of different requests for the chairman. >> i spoke with the chairman jason chaffetz about a month or so ago. he didn't think it would be wise in his words to go on a fishing expedition. that was his explanation. your reaction. >> i don't think tax returns represent a fishing expedition. i think that they represent a 50-year tradition that has served our country very well and giving each voter out there another data point in making their own determination and their own conclusions in deciding who they want to represent them as president of the united states. and i think that more inf

senator, thanks for joining us. >> sure. >> your republican colleague congressman jason chaffetz saidse himself from this investigation. do you agree? >> certainly jason has absolute right to express himself in that. i don't really consider it my place to advice jeff on that. jeff has said he would recuse himself if necessary. i take him at his word. he's a smart guy, been around a long guy, very ethical and i have every confidence he will handle it properly. >> how upset are you that on two occasions process before the senate he was not completely forth wright when he was asked about communications with the russians and he said no, but now thanks to the "washington post" report he did. is that not perjury? >> no, i would ask you to go back and put the dialogue up on your screen and let the viewers decide that. they were in dialogue about between trump people and ranking officials, and he categorically denied he knew anything about that and there are no facts other than what has been published in the newspaper and he was not part of any of that, so i would really disagree with your ch

and to look at this, #oneluckyguy, the chairman of the house jason chaffetz. the news is breaking, we are glad he is here. he has outnumbered though, hello! speaking thank you for having me pretty fired up, let's go. >> does it ever slow down in washington anymore? >> no, are you kidding. the president is at about 3:45 in the morning. you always have to pay attention. >> let's get to it. we will start with the key members of congress saying that they will honor the investigating the claim that president obama had phones in trump tower tapped during the presidential campaign. this is after mr. trump leveled the accusations in a series of tweets beginning on saturday morning. culminating, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process? this is nixon watergate, bad or sick guy. kellyanne conway says that the president believes that the people have the right to know. >> let's get to the bottom of it. that is the entire point. you have a number of, various incredible new sources showing that there was politically motivated

have the right card or the right insurance and it is just ridiculous that the republicans with jason chaffetz saying it is about an iphone and then this other guy, he was talking about in 2009, we had the best health care in the world until obamacare came a while. back in 2009, people were saying , you can always go to the emergency room and i've heard people say that now. the problem is the emergency room is not health care. health care is cradle-to-grave health. and promoting preventative health. guest: actually, there is a lot of agreement here. the word entitlement is used based on how the care is delivered. in senting good behavior and that are subsidizing it on the nackground, it is not a entitlement. health care is also about preventative health care. ultimately, what we are looking insofar asa farce what obamacare does. we talk about the affordable care. the paradigm should be coverage. we see deductibles skyrocket, premiums skyrocket, if you need care and you can't pay your deductible, you have coverage, but you don't have care, so if we don't bend the cost curve down, you will have

it's really entertaining, like take for instance jason chaffetz, the house oversight committee chairmant his nose to. ( laughter ) now, chaffetz is the guy who should be formally investigating the scandal. should be. >> should there be a broader bipartisan, independent investigation into the administration's ties to russia? >> i think that situation has taken care of itself. >> trevor: oh, the situation has taken care of itself? what kind of an investigator are you? chaffetz is like an exterminator who comes in the kitchen, turns the lights on, roaches run and he's, like, well, problem solved! easier than i thought. nothing to do here. ( laughter ) another interesting reaction from new york congressman chris collins. i've never heard of this guy before today, bu but i will nevr forget him now. >> you have no curiosity about this even though it deals with the heart of national security? >> well, to be honest, i just live in a world where i always move forward. in a busy world, you don't dwell on the last at this point in time general flynn decided to resign -- >> come on, congressman. it

. >> reporter: but congressman jason chaffetz says his staff has information that the man may have actually tried to open the door. >> this one scares me. the length of time that this intruder was able to be on the white house, hiding behind a pillar and actually even going up to the door, that scares me. >> reporter: 2 1/2 years ago a fence jumper managed to get inside the white house. the homeland security review blamed that lapse partly on understaffing leading to low morale and attrition. among changes coming, making the white house fence five feet taller. but some former agents have suggested the secret service is now stretched thin, protecting trump tower in new york, the president's weekend retreat in florida, and the extended trump family. adding to the bad news, the secret service says an agent's laptop computer was stolen yesterday from her parked car in this brooklyn neighborhood. she sometimes had duty at trump tower, but officials say her computer was encrypted. the latest fence jumper is a 26-year-old from california, who claimed to be a friend of the president's. the secret s

there's no investigation that i'm aware of. >> so you take issue with jason chaffetz? >> i'll let him speak for himself. i believe chairman nunes would look at this information and probably a much better position to explain. i'm going to go to he had barred marshal from wbbm in chicago. >> actually, it's derek from wbbm in chicago. i want to follow up as well. chicago receives about $12 million by the fred dederal government. would donald trump cut that assistance off for being a sanctuary city? >> we cut off the funding for sanctuary cities. i this i it would be interesting to spend more money to a city that is allowing people to come into the country breaking the law and in many cases committing crimes, a number of gangs. so you can't be a sanctuary city and at the same time seem to pretend are oh express concern about law enforcement or ask for more money when probably a number of funds you're using in the first place are going to law enforcement, to handle the situation that you've created for yourself. i think the president's belief on sanctuary cities is shared b

but a lot of what he's going to be hearing today, i think is going to be comments like jason chaffetz. he's been watching "f "fox & friends" and tweet back at the screen talking about expa expanding state -- so you can buy coverage across the states which, guess what, is already offered. this idea that somehow that's going to be the quick fix to obamacare and quick fix to the health care industry and insurance industry is sort of ludicrous because a lot of states have tried that and it doesn't work. if you're in new york, you don't -- you're not going to want to buy health insurance in mississippi because a health insurance plan isn't going to want to have the cost and sort of expense of putting together a network in new york. so it's -- the devil is in the details. we'll fig are those out going forward. >> with health care, the details of messy. you have got kevin brady laying out this is a little over 100 pages versus 1,000 pages when it came to obamacare. dmocrats will acknowledge that obamacare needed fixing but you also -- but this is where the rubber meets the road. is this wher

>> reporter: this morning, jason chaffetz took issue with the president's tweet. he said he does not believe that the russian investigation that's being conducted by the fbi, by the senate intelligence committee, by the house intelligence committee is a witch-hunt. why does the president believe it's a witch-hunt? he also said -- i get the answer to that. he also doesn't think it is proper for the president to sort of tweet out or comment on ongoing investigations. you can also touch on that as well? >> i think part of this sometimes comes down to who has access to information and what they're looking at. i don't know what he's seen or not seen or whether it's appropriate. i think the reason we asked the house and senate intelligence committees to look into this is to make sure we get to the bottom of it and appropriate, proper manner. >> reporter: and commenting on an ongoing investigation, is that proper by the president? >> what ongoing? >> reporter: there is an investigation ongoing by the fbi and senate intelligence committee. >> okay, which comment are you r

the president's defense in the last three days with the exception of house oversight chairman jason chaffetz in part. >> it's a very serious allegation. the president has at his fingertips tens of billions of dollars in intelligence apparatus. i got to believe, i think he might have something there, but if not, we're going to find out. >> how do you feel about the president of the united states making this accusation on twitter on a saturday morning without any backing evidence? >> well, i think it's pretty mature to say there's no backing evidence. >> adam schiff the top democrat on the house intelligence committee and joins me now. as a member of the house intelligence committee you would be read in aek chuck schumer, the top congressional leaders in each party would be read in and they have not come forward with any evidence this took place. do you have any evidence there was eavesdropping by president obama on president-elect trump or trump the candidate? >> no, and i think it's p preposterous claim. if it were true a federal judge had found probable cause to believe trump or his associa

there's no investigation that i am aware of it. >> so you take issue with jason chaffetz -- >> i'll lethim speak for himself but my point is about there is obviously i believe chairman nunes and others have looked into distancing information are probably in a much better position to discuss the situation at hand and understand what happening. i'm going to go to edward marshall in chicago. >> caller: actually it's derek blakely in chicago. thank you. i've a question, a follow-up as well. chicago -- [inaudible] in la law enforcement assistance from the federal government. would president donald trump cut off those funds due to century city status even though it would hamper chicago police fight against street violence? >> yeah, i think that it's interesting to talk about street violence and then we cut out the fund for century city is. i think it will be interesting to once you send more money to city that is allowing people to come into the country who are breaking the law, who are in many cases committing crimes, member of the gangs, and shall he sanctuary city and at the same time -- a

. >> and now even republicans like representative jason chaffetz are saying that sessions at a minimum must clarify his testimony and recuse himself from any investigation into russian interference in the election. lorna zack, abc news, washington. >>> and the revelation that he met with russian officials prior to the election brought swift action from bay area democrats. >> if they were innocuous why didn't he admit it. so this couldn't be more strark contrast to the campaign and who the attorney general was speaking to. >> and that was nancy pelosi. barbara lee of oakland issued a statement reading, by purgering himful to his colleagues and the american people that jeff sessions could not lead the department of justice, he must resign immediately. >>> the parent company of snap chat is trading sharply higher in the wall street debut. [ bell ] >> snap opened at $17 a share and quickly jumped to $24 a share. that is more than a 40% hike and that makes these two former stanford university students multi-billionaires. this morning co-founders rang the opening bell on the new york stock e

jason chaffetz andidarit issan and tom cole and paul labrador. democrats calling for session's resignation. >> he's proved he's unqualified and unfit to serve in the position of trust. >> for the good of the country attorney general sessions should resign. >> i will reserve judgment until i look at what he said. if if he did this wilfully he is step down. >> lou: our guest said the dems have no credibility and the this is one of the most honorable men. joining us a forme trump campaign and deputy manager and citizen's united. david, good to have you with us. this is something quite to witness. people have a awful low view of washington d.c. and to watch this attempt to exploit politically a man of immense character and integrity and stature is gut wrenching. >> it is troubling, lou. i disagree with with his staff that told him that he is recuse himself. he's done nothing to put himself in a position of of not overseeing the investigation. it is a dire contrast to what happened in the last administration. this man is saying that the appearance, ju

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. >> jason chaffetz accused protesters of being paid and shipped in from out of stayed. >> i thoughtt was over the top and intended to bully and intimidate. >> most of these protests as we've checked into it are very well organized and financed. these protesters are being bussed in from out of state. >> they've turned protesting into what seems like a full-time profession. >> there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. >> trevor: damn! i never thought of that. yeah, it all makes sense -- the democrats paid tons of people to go disrupt town halls across the country. i wish i could have been in the meeting when they were planning it. all right, guys, here's the plan -- we're gonna pay thousands of people to come out and support us. is that for the election? no, no, that would be too easy. first, we're going to lose. then we're going to complain. yeah! ( cheers and applause ) the question eremains, people, are these protesters real? after the break, we send our very own desi lydic to one of the town hall's to find out. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause