we heard john mckaine ask for that information. what do you think the hold-up is >> hard to say. it would be speculative. in theory, the president is the head of executive branch. if the executive branch six months ago was doing as senator mckaine put it, he can call the cia director and get the evidence. the odd thing here is, it wasn't that long ago that trump team, president trump's team didn't want anybody investigating russia and he talked about investigating russia's activities in the election, political and trying to delegitimize his victory. i think some trump critic are are delighted he said this now he's add this issue to his investigation with the russia scandal, for whatever it is. and that sort of, you know, opens the ball to now look into this more holy and see if there were, you know, talk more about connections to trump associates and/or former associates and i think from trump's critics perspective, they see an opening here. >> thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate the information and we will be following along to see what happens >> thank you. >>> preside

reporter: it's not just democrats who have been critical of the president, republican senator john mckaine said there's no need for congress to investigate >> i have no reason to believe that the charge is true but i also believe that the president of the united states of america could clear this up in a minute. all he has to is pick up the phone call the director of the cia, national intelligence and say, ok, what happened? >> reporter: james comey reportedly asked the department of justice to publicly refute the president's claims. so far he hasn't done that. congressman adam, a distraught on the house intelligence committee plans to ask comey that question directly when he testifies before the meat later this month. at the white house, christian fisher, fox news. >>> looked like a horrific crime scene, blood and gore everywhere. looks can be deceiving. >>> who can forget this guy? what the former vp was doing the at an incredibly popular festival >>> ski trips usually have a few thrills, nothing like this. that, of course, is a moose. >>> irish eyes are smiling as a centuries old tradit