and lindsey graham said, hey, this is what we have going. several different investigations that are going on. he said i just met with jamgs compa james company kocomey oig yeste there is no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. and then this morning those tweets that you were talking about with touchdown. we caught lindsey graham on his way out here of this event in his car. and he responded to that. here is a bite. >> three explanations. it's all a misunderstanding, the obama administration went way out of line, or some judge somewhere said there is something to the idea of the trump/russia ties. either way, either of those two is pretty incredible. >> reporter: he compared to the watergate scandal. if either of those situations were true, which donald trump this morning in that tweet suggested that the obama administration tapped into the campaign before last november, the other part of this was health care because lindsey graham came in and he is one of those senators who said he had still not seen a plan and he was

now please welcome john mccain and lindsey graham. [ applause ] >> thank you, sir. and we're off. >> is this court-ordered community service? how did you get some of these people here? >> good to be on the most-hated channel on television. >> we just hope that you can keep that going. senators, thank you so much for doing this. i want to start with you, senator mccain, about the address -- >> we're doing it by age, right? >> age. he said we're doing it by age. >> i translate senator graham's remarks into english. >> senator mccain, in all seriousness, president trump went to congress. >> mm-hm. yep. >> and he laid out a really ambitious agenda that he'll need you and other republicans to pass. what did you make of what he said? >> well, i think he laid out a positive agenda. frankly, i think it was different from his inaugural address, and i think it was well-received by the american people. i think that obviously his comments about our fallen hero were very moving to all of us. i would have liked to have heard about afghanistan. we have 8400 american troops in afgh

we're going to take a listen. >> reporters tried to ask lindsey graham for that hearing. they were unsesful getting answers but we'll monitor this and bring any developments to you live naveed, let's get back to what we were talking about. on wiretapping, the attorney general, jeff sessions, was asked about whether or not there was any evidence. he said he has not seen any. the house intel chairman says there's no evidence. that is also, by the way, a republican. does the fbi have a responsibility to come out, though, and clear the air and make sure -- >> yes. >> -- the american public knows what is going on right now? >> absolutely. because what the -- look, ether there's an investigation of trump or whether an investigation of his associates, that is a separate question. but the core question of did the fbi illegally for partisan or political reasons wiretap donald trump without a warrant is something that they have a duty to answer. the answer, absolutely, unequivocally will be no. i'm sure of that. that is separate from the investigation. i don't think we should be ne

whether it did or not, ryan is a hero. >> finally adding to what lindsey said. there is a thing called fog of war. those who serve and sacrifice, that doesn't affect their courage and what they have done for our nation by putting themselves in harm's way. somehow to equate a success or failure of a mission to the individuals who were involved in it, it's not a connection. it's not a connection. >>> you saying the president made the connection? >> i'm saying that i do not make that connection. i can't speak for the president. i do not make that connection. let me give you a best example i know. i was in a prison camp in north vietnam and there was an attempted raid on a camp in north vietnam. unfortunately that camp had been evacuated a couple of days before. it was an incredible act. when we heard about it, what do you think it did for our morale? the mission failed, but what the green berets were willing to risk for us was one of the most wonderful things that happened. you can't ever deny the fact that we have these incredible men and women who were serving th

i think lindsey graham stated clearly he wants to get to the bottom of this. on the judiciary committee, for example, if they're not getting the answers they want, they can hold up the nomination of the deputy attorney general. they can take to their own bully pulpit every day and demand answers and don't forget you have another big issue for the white house that is front and center right now and that is health care. and this is a white house that is trying to pass a bill that is hobbled, to get it out of the house and into the senate and they don't know if they can do that. this whole wiretap issue is taking over events here because congress wants answers after the president's tweets, and they do want to get to the bottom of it. you have a white house that should be going full steam ahead on a substantive issue to try to negotiate a deal and instead they're dealing with congress on this other issue and they have to figure out a way to kind of put it to rest at a certain point and the only way to do that, wolf, the only way to do that is to get the answers tha

lindsey graham just yapp wrappe. and before any questions even came, he addressed the tweets right off the top. wooel we have the sound. >> if the former president of the united states was able to obtainawfully to monitor trump's campaign for violating the law, that would be the biggest scandal since watergate. i'm very worried that our president is suggesting that the former president has done something illegally. i would be very worried if in fact the obama administration was able to obtain a warrant lawfully about trump campaign activity with foreign governments. >> reporter: as you saw, this crowd was overwhelmingly democrat or i should say anti-trump. lindsey graham said there is a lot of liberals here in the crowd for south carolina. but this was a done serconserva direct. it went 3:1 for donald trump. but what they did, people came in and any put their questions into a box and then they were randomly pulled out. five different questions asked about trump's tax returns. here is one off of those responses. >> we

cnn is hosting a town hall with john mccain and lindsey graham. range of issues. dana bash is monitoring the town hall. she joins me now. either of these senators is afraid to say what they think even if it angers members of their own party. what do you expect to hear tonight. >> you're exactly right. he was according to john mccain and the people around him he was the original maverick back in the day and that is certainly still the case. i would say es essentially with donald trump in the white house. the fact of the matter is as you've been talking about all night, the president laid out a very specific agenda last night but one that really does de verge from the conservative ideals that we've heard for so many years particularly to what john mccain and lindsey graham see. when you're talking about the world and the global perspective and policies, they could not be more different. so when president trump talks about nationalism, talks about turning inward, not spending so much time, money, and american blood overseas, that is not something nec

at least lindsey graham is holding a town hall.these communities they haven't had the chance to express questions, expression concerns. one of the things constantly i hear, they weren't even sure what this bill was or where it was going or what the impacts were and they had concerns. >> i grew up in wichita kansas we definitely hear what they have to say. thank you for your reporting today. >>> still ahead president trump is ready to move on. republicans are recovering and regrouping after pulling a healthcare bill before it went to a house vote. in his remarks yesterday, the president said a bipartisan bill w will come out of the defeat. >> i'll tell you what going to come out of it. i believe a better bill. there were things in this bill i didn't particularly love. and i think it's a better bill. we could have things i would have liked more. if we had bipartisan i think we could have a healthcare bill that would be the ultimate. and i think the democrats know that, also. and someday in the not too distant future that will happen.

and lindsey graham might turn out to be the one republican senator who does the most damage to donald trump. >> reported details released by wikileaks of how 2 cia is able to turn and home devices into potent eavesdropping tools. >> is the cia listening to me through my microwave oven? >> no. >> if they were, would you say yes? >> yes. >> the president has accused the u.s. government under his predecessor of tapping his phones. well. >> trump said it was particularly upsetting becse he is a private man who likes to keep his thoughts to himself. >> it would be great if there was a -- if there was any evidence presented. >> you can't fact check crazy. >> is the president the target of a counterintelligence investigation? >> i think that's what we need to find out. >> the president said he was tapped. he is stating that as fact. >> i understand that. >> at real donald trump. >> russia attacked the united states of america. >> russia is a ruse. >> they interfered with our internal affairs. they tried to influence our election. >> i love wikileaks. >> we got a chance to look at some of the

>> john mccain and lindsey graham are last on their list.now why he would want to talk to me. i believe his country is run by dictator, thug and killer. he's not come into my office. the fact that jeff met with him at the cleveland convention, ambassadors attend the convention. just look at it this way. if he had something to hide, would you invite the guy to come to your office? i believe jeff sessions. i believe that in his own mind, he was being truthful. the contact he had with the russian ambassador was as senate sessions. i agree that jeff, because of his campaign relationship with the trump campaign should not be advising the fbi if there is an investigation. >> shepard: how can jeff sessions separate the two? he was the first senator to endorse donald trump. he is as close if not closer than anyone else on the cabinet to donald trump. at the time of this, he was actively a trump serrogate. he was also on the armed services committee. he was actively a trump surrogate. he was meeting with a top russian spy and recruiter. >> i don't kn

you hear these people in front of senator lindsey graham.e can't continue this way on either side where everybody is screaming, no one's listening, we're not getting anything done. >> so i want you to know, democrats have put bills forward to fix the affordable healthcare act. it was shut down because it was from the democratic side. i hope -- i went to congress understanding that this country was built on a two party system. our constitution is not republican or democrat, it was both parties coming together. i hope that happens. >> before i lose your this afternoon, i want to talk you about the president's relationship with the african-american america community. is it fair to say there's a rocky relationship there what were you impressions of that meeting? we weren't there, what happened? >> we went with the intent with saying mr. president, you asked the question what do we have to lose. we wanted to educate you. we went into that meeting saying for whatever reason, the president has the wrong perception of african-americans. we're broke,

there is hope tonight for lindsey graham's soul. because he is one of the very few republicans in washington who has not yet sold his soul in its entirety to donald trump. >> president trump claims president obama's administration targeted his campaign, trump to you, in the tweet. i have no knowledge of that but he challenged congress to help him. so let's help. >> he wants to use congressional power to get to the bottom of a tweet. he wants congress to investigate a donald trump tweet. because donald trump's staff challenged him to do that. donald trump's white house staff, which is is the worst staff in washington history, and i don't just 19 worst white house staff. the worst staff in washington history including all congressional staff in history, all department staff, all agency staff in the history of washington staffs. we've never seen a more breath takingly incompetent clubhouse than the trump staff. they actually asked for a congressional investigation of the president. there are many more things i could say to prove this i

you're seeing lindsey graham partner with democrats. also chuck grassley. these are not kind of moderate republicans. they want trump to succeed. they want his justice department to succeed but they want to know what's happening here and i don't think they feel like the white house is taking their concerns seriously. th is the one bit of power they he. >> you guys are hanging out and staying with us. >>> the argument from some democrats has been, listen, do not get distracted by, for example, tax return or other issues. focus on health care. we'll be doing that later on in the show. looking at some of the ways that the president, members of congress are looking to sell this plan. we're also going to be talking about how lindsey graham is not the only senator threatening to leave as we talk about the deputy ag's nomination hanging in the balance. we're doing a deeper dive into the many moving parts in this russia, trump, fbi senate showdown. stay with us. kevin, meet your father. kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for

we heard lindsey graham on "new day" this morning. he said it would be a big screw-up if the fbi doesn't provide what it knows to the various committees in congress. >> that's right. chuck grassley saying he may hold up confirmation of some of the mid and lower level employees of the justice department if he doesn't get any answers. congress has been put in a difficult position. they're supposed to provide oversight. the question is asking them to look into questions swirling around about intelligence, wiretapping and what's going on at trump tower during the creation of the administration. yet, they're not providing the information either to congress or to the public. >> look, we are days away from either evidence or a subpoena. i think that's clear. either will there be evidence today and david nunez says there will be a answer. on the issue of health care right now, the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare, illiana ross layton, republican from miami, who tends to vote with leadership. last night she says this is not a pl

>> yes. >> okay, with friends like lindsey graham, john, does he want to prove the president's claim as being accurate or is he wanting to get james comey in front of the fbi to refute. >> we do public records request, and you can write them narrowly or broadly. lindsey graham has power if he says narrowly, did barack obama ask for records from the fbi, if he did it differently, i don't know if senator graham wants to tell that story. >> and how much political coverage has the president used up here as you look at the lack of evidence that has been provided so far and the republicans kind of backing off. >> it is a function of who are his friends right now on capitol hill. i'm not so sure lindsey graham to your point is acting as a friend to donald trump or more of the republican party. he hedged his bet, and can be called as a friend to the party. but at the same time i'm not so sure if he is looking to have the president vindicated on this. >> okay, the white house is really struggling to explain just exactly what is going on. look at sean spicer in the white house briefing when he

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lindsey graham has been one of the come face-to-face with constituents.y caught lindsey graham on his way out driving out of the white house, and he said, listen, this was the chance to listen to people's kearns. people are frustrated and fearful, particularly on the affordable care act, and what a potential replacement plan, and he was even the one that said he has not seen a replacement plan. he understands people's concerns, and he said this was the chance to listen p to what they were saying. >> we're watching some of the video here, different colors. >> sure. sure. you've got the green sign, and you have the red sign. they were handing these out at the door before. there was multiple groups that are involved in this, and they kind of come together beforehand talking with people, and they say if approximate you agree with something that the senator has said, raise up your green sign and cheer. if you don't agree with what was said, raise up your red sign, and you can guess the amount of boos and jeers that come with that. >> more greens or reds? >>. >

i'll talk about all the news with senator lindsey graham. our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's go to manu raju, he's covering a stunning new cur curveball and the very angry reactions from the top democrats. manu, walk us through the breaking story. >> tonight, devin nunes, the chairman of the committee, creating an uproar by going public with what he learned from a secret source that some of trump's communications with officials were picked up incidentally in communications that were surveilled by the united states intelligence community. tonight democrats are concerned that mr. nunes went public without briefing them first and briefed the white house just as the house intelligence committee is conducting its own investigation, into russia, russia meddling and any improper contacts that may exist between the trump campaign and the russian officials. the question is who exactly was picked up by the incidental collections by the intelligence committee. when i asked to ask mr. nunes committee was the president of

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take a listen to what lindsey graham just told me. you made news with the white house, why are you requesting this information? >> the president has asked congress to look into whether or not his campaign was wire tapped by the obama administration. i will take up that challenge. and we sent a letter to the department of justice and the fbi. asking them for any information that they may have used to obtain a warrant. the whole purpose of this is to find out if a warrant was issued directed at the trump campaign. >> reporter: and if they don't provide the information? >> then i'll have done my job. either they're lying to me or there is no information. i don't believe they would lie to me about this. i expect them to come forward as to whether or not a warrant was obtained or sought. >> reporter: will you subpoena this information if they don't comply? >> yes. >> reporter: you will? and could they avoid it? if they don't comply with the subpoena then what? >> the current president has accused the former president of basically wire tapp

republican senator lindsey graham of school.nouncement today? >> yes. i hope. well, there is a little bit of confusion here. senator whitehouse and myself wet met with comey two weeks ago and said we are going to have a hearing on russia and i need to know if there is a criminal investigation regarding the trump campaign or anything about russia because i don't want to interfere with it so i don't want to go blindly down the congressional path if there is a criminal investigation, you need to inform congress we are going to look into all things russia. i gave him until today to let me know and i haven't heard yet. >> so -- >> senator whitehouse's statement, i think, was a bit misconstrued. he did not promise us. we said we want to know. >> i'm curious. if you have questions about this, because the fbi director seems quite demanding about senator clinton and statement after statement came out. don't we deserve some claims about the president? >> the congress needs to know what it's doing, number one. if you have multiple congress

two top senators, senator lindsey graham of south carolina, senator sheldon whitehouse, a democrat of rhode island who head a key subcommittee, are asking for information from the justice department and the fbi for any warrants or any applications to suggest that the obama administration was at that time trying to spy on president, now president trump as the president is suggesting. i talked to lindsey graham about that and here's what he said. >> the president has asked congress to look into whether or not his campaign was wiretapped by the obama administration. i will take up that challenge and we sent a letter to the department of justice and the fbi asking them for any information that they may have used to obtain a warrant. the whole purpose of this is to find out if a warrant was issued, directed at the trump campaign. >> reporter: and if they don't provide this information? >> then i'll have done my job. either they are lying to me or there is no information, and i don't believe they would lie to me about this. i expect them to come forward as to whether or not a warrant was ob

>> really there was impeachment and lindsey was the star. presenting the case that the senate should decide guilty or not guilty. and he was reciting a passage where there were numerous phone calls made from the white house at 2:00 a.m. to try to get a hold of monica lewinski because the word was out maybe going public the next day. and congressman graham with the most solid occasion said where i come from, any man calling a woman at 2:00 a.m. was up to no good. i knew right then lindsey graham was a man i wanted to spend time with. he's entertaining, dedicated. and his beginnings humble. as many of you don't know. clg fact he raised his sister after his parents died. quite a great american success story. so it's common interest, common values. >> and sense of humor? >> sense of humor. wish our beloved friend joe lieberman were here, called us the three amigos. another wonderful person that we've enjoyed pleasure of his company for 25 years. >> senator graham, what do we not know about senator john mccain? >> that you can say on tv? >> say a

lindsey graham said this can't pass congress as it is.hington is big government no matter the proposal and mr. trump will have to find a way to cut a deal. elizabeth: how does he do that? >> grow everything, but perhaps by a lesser magnitude. say, maybe a dollar for defense, one dollar increase to defense. 30 cent increase equivalent for nondefense programs. elizabeth: if you're a member of the military. how do you react to this? if you're not sure what the funding is going to look like? how do you react for that? >> it's a huge problem for the pentagon. it's the largest agency. half trillion annually they do long-term, five to 30 year planning. it's disruptive to a department that buys good and services and can't move forward with all of their plans. elizabeth: i think that the president is in a little bit of a conundrum here because this is what he ran on. i mean, this is why he is put into office, i mean, he's here for a reason. so, i'm-- i guess i'm perplexed as to why folks are so surprised that the news that he's making these cuts a

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here's what lindsey graham had to say at a south carolina town hall just today, watch. >> i don't thinkty is going to be able to fix this by themselves. so here's what i think should happen next. i think the president should reach out to democrats. i should reach out the democrats and we should say, let's take a

in addition to that, as chris just spoke a short time ago with lindsey graham, lindsey graham says weector comey whether there's any investigation -- >> if not, what did he say he's going to do? >> use subpoena power. >> subpoena information. >> which is a very big term for our viewers out there, very big term specifically when you're talking about the legislative branch going to the executive branch -- >> sub company, punishment. it's saying you have to come in. >> company the political play on these taxes. seems like you gave it to trump two ways. one is this is a good reckoning for him. he didn't pay as much in taxes as some might like. who pays more taxes than they have to. and this buffoonry saying he put them out. now you're giving an opening for him to say fake news. no evidence he put them out. >> we've seen in the past that, in fact, if i was one of his advisers, i wish i would have come up with diversion nair tactic. >> there's no proof it came to him. it says client copy. >> there never will be any specific proof, i don't think we'll ever find that out. it has steered the c

and where as lindsey graham is saying maybe we get subpoena for this. >> lindsey graham has been new long time ally or friend. he likes to make mischief. he likes to get to the bottom of things. >> it's a great match up now. >> he is saying i want to take it on. he has serious subpoena power. >> what is the relevance of obama former chief of staff, what does that mean? what can it yield? >> first of all it had to be an uncomfortable conversation between these two men. i think the bridge is burned and i have no desire now. >> called him bad or sick. >> i would have no -- by the way, let's just go back to he was never born in the united states. >> so they made amends during the transfer of power and, in fact, donald trump saidly call upon him and president obama said i hope he will call upon me and they have not spoken as they understand. >> so remember obama saying all is forgiven. >> no but they made nice. >> we probably make too much of this whole thing. i don't think donald trump snuck in and planted a wiretap. >> good because you don't want to suggest it. >> barrack obama does see

there's a little shade thrown at lindsey because of this video.ee those people behind her, some people say they were not playing their instruments. so she has the video to tell you exactly what was going on. >> i'm going to post a version just so you can see, just so everybody can see what it really sounds like. >> they were really playing their instruments. >> funny, she was trying to keep a straight face on how they are playing. >> this kid is so talented, man. she really is. and she's so engaging with her music, too. >>> all these people made up to look like their pets. >> there's face art, there are costumes. >> see the final results next "right this minute." >>> and still to come, a few brave people see this unique arch and think -- >> incredible climbing to be had. >> see the heart-pounding journey around the curb. >> whoa. >>> plus, some household pranks that couldn't be easier to pull. >> guess what your kids are going to think when you come home. >> that you're a terrible person. >> exactly. >> why these tricks get them every time. >> dud

lindsey graham said i will tell you this much. will not back a piece of legislation that i have not seen myself and haven't been able to combat on behalf of south carolinaans. the vice president in the white house may be looking to push this in the house of representatives, but if they don't have the support of members over in the senate, its future may be stalled. >> still so many questions on that, vaughn. vaughn hilliard, thank you very much. >>> let me return now to the fall-out from the russia controversy for the trump administration. joining me now, we have hunter walker, white house correspondent for yahoo news, and national political reporter for the boston globe. thank you both for joining me today. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> hunter, there will be updated testimony by sessions on monday. >> well, it seems like by choosing to recuse himself from any investigations into russia's ties to the trump campaign, he staked out the middle ground. democrats are vying for him to resign. donald trump is furious that he

i lost respect for lindsey graham for not keeping his word. >> i think you really laid it out.nk the problem is, there is not enough of a personal relationship between these gentlemen and the president of the united states. you talk about our friendship, our deep on dividing friendship. i would never go behind your back on a issue. this is not the relationship that the president of the united states has. the more he isolates himself behind his closed circle, the less he is going to be able to work with them. >> sean: he has invited everybody in. let's bring monica into this. he is inviting everybody in. now that they have laid out a health care bill, they did not have consensus, now it he has to clean up their mess. >> exactly right. to geraldo's point, i wish it were that easy read the president could invite senators mccain and graham and all would be well but we know what their track record is -- that's likely not to be the case. i have enormous respect for these senators but they have made careers of being contrarians. they are notorious for breaking ranks with conservatives

talking about lindsey graham.ining up for a town hall meeting this morning in clemson, south carolina. we'll take you there coming up next. >>> nationwide, members of congress have been hit with questions from their constituents at town hall meetings. those that have been brave enough to take them. on issues related to the new president including repeal of obamacare. senator lindsey graham, a critic of the new administration, is going to be holding his own town hall today in clemson, south carolina. so what should he expect? nbc's von hilliard is in clemson with more for us. i see people have started to line up. what has senator graham promised as the focus of the meeting? >> reporter: thomas, lindsey graham is just the fifth republican senator since inauguration date to hold a town hall. we are here in clemson, south carolina. mary ann, if you could step in here for a moment. how far did you drive morning? where are you from? have you been involved in politics before? >>> i drove 2 1/2 hours to get here. i'm from

>> this question is from james and lindsey.was heart ended to hear you speak about trump's russia ties and -- but your voting record fails to reflect that. when can we count on you to start putting these words into action? [ cheers and applause ] >> i've introduced legislation. i am the chief author of legislation to punish the russians for interfering in our election. my chief co-sponsor from the state of maryland, that bill needs to be voted on this year. i just got back from france and germany and russia's all over their elections. what are they trying to do? they're trying to break the backbone of democracy. vladimir putin is a thug and people who object to him, people object to him, they don't come to town halls because they'll get shot. the people who disagree with him wind up getting plutonium poisoning. i've never had a friend of mine die from poisoning. their equivalent to congress is a complete joke. he's destroyed the independent media. and he has broken the back of the independent judiciary. i was in the baltics abo

he had deadline of yesterday from a judiciary subcommittee to respond to lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse. >> apparently, the fbi has contacted my staff that they will be at some date in the future providing us an answer to this in a classified manner. we gave the director until today to answer that question and all i can say is i still don't have the answers to those questions. we are going to get an answer to whether or not the trump campaign was surveilled. was warrant requested or one issued? i hope to be able to answer the question is there an active investigation on the criminal side of the trump campaign regarding ties to russia. >> we need an answer to that question. as chairman gray mentioned today, they have offered us a classified answer to that question in a week or so and i guess we should hear them out. but for the life of me, i can't

senator lindsey graham faced tough questions as he was grilled by voters in south carolina today as he addressed that investigation along with health care. >> we begin this hour with a defiant white house 24 hours after a stunning -- the president and vice president today renewed their pledge to get rid of obama care. president trump tweeting this morning he is going to watch obama care "explode." vice president pence a short time ago in west virginia defended the president's efforts to repeal it. >> every day obama care survives is another day that america suffers. that's why the president worked tirelessly over the last several weeks to get congress to repeal and replace obama care. you saw his resolve to work with whoever he needed to work with, to call whoever he needed to call to get our plan across the finish line. yesterday wasn't a victory for the american people. it was a victory for the status quo in washington d.c. it was a victory for the disaster of obama care. i promise thank you that victory won't last very long. >> and according to the "wall street journal", the white h

lindsey graham occasionally does. i like lindsey personally, but i could tell you he occasionally shoots from the hip. i put my confidence in deven nunes. i know him well. i understand his integrity and his pay trytism. i want him to stay on. >> you are referring to what the president tweeted about this morning. do you think that president trump ever shoots from the hip. >> occasionally he does, but some of these we have to let them pay out and see how accurate that was. >> okay. jared kushner. why would jared kushner be meeting with a russian banker with ties to vladimir putin a couple of weeks before the president assumes his role in the white house. >> i am not familiar with any business ties that jared kushner might have through russian banks. but we shouldn't be surprised that those ties do exist. i understand he's volunteered to speak to a senate committee. let them dig into this. if it gets to be the foundation of evidence they would like to go into it further and ask him to come forward under oath, i think tha

fascinating senator lindsey graham. he doesn't take prisoners. and before then, follow me on twitter @greta. be sure to check out my facebook page. "hardball" with chris matthews. starts right now. see you tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> the president's man. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris math use. in washington, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, devin nunes says he's not going anywhere. in spite of growing calls for him to step aside, he'll remain at the helm of the investigation into russia's interference in our election. >> are you going to stay as chairman and run this investigation? >> why would i not? you guys need to go ask them why these things are being said. >> can this investigation continue with you as chairman? >> why would it not? aren't i briefing you guys continuously and keeping you up to speed? >> they're saying it cannot run -- >> you got to talk to them. that sounds like their problem. >> well, nunes has to answer for that secret visit to the white house. later h

another hearing on russia today, senator lindsey graham says he is still waiting for answers from the fbi on the president's claims. >> apparently, the fbi has contacted by staff that they will be at some date in the future providing us an answer to this in a classified manner. we gave the director until today to answer that question, and all i can say is i still don't have the answers to those questions. we're going to get an answer to whether or not the trump campaign was surveilled, was and i hope to be able to answer the question, is there an active investigation on the criminal side of the trump campaign regarding ties to russia? >> with me, senator lindsey graham, republican from the great state of south carolina, and chairman of the senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism which held a hearing today on russia. nice to see you, sir. >> thank you very much, greta. >> i want to start with the question that's dogged us all for the last ten days, president trump, his tweet where he said he was wiretapped by president obama. do you believe that happened? >> i have no evid

i love senator lindsey graham about that next.oking ahead on "sunday morning futures" next. .. >> after careful deliberation i concluded i cannot support neil gorsuch's nomination to the supreme court. his confirmation will have a cloture vote. he will have to earn 60 votes. maria: senator chuck schumer is vowing a no vote on neil gorsuch. joining me to talk about that is senator lindsey graham. it's a head scratcher. neil gorsuch has done so well in those confirmation hearings. and we know he had 1. >> 0% a -- he had 100% approval when he was trying to get a lower seat and the democrats loved him. what's behind his? >> politics. the left is going insane after trump won the election. this has nothing to do with neil, it has everything to do with the democratic base and the hard left taking over the democratic party. chuck schumer has been a destructive force in my opinion when it comes to the senate. 97% of neil gorsuch's have been in the majority. a 900-page report on who he was as a judge and a person. 500 lawyers from the left,

lindsey ruben: that's absolutely almost unfathomable.ge amount of animals bigad: lindsey ruben and other critics of the university's primate program stage silent protests on campus each month to raise awareness. lindsey: we feel that the science that they're doing can't be trusted if they can't keep their primates safe, alive, and keep them from escaping. bigad: the uc davis primate center has been cited 13 times in the past 3 years, and is under federal investigation for repeated violations following serious injuries and deaths of research monkeys. the center is largely funded with your taxpayer dollars. but officials there wouldn't talk to us or allow us inside to show you the facility. in a statement, they said, "incidents are rare," and added, "the welfare of our animals is extremely important to us, and we take each incident very seriously." the center also points to its own medical breakthroughs, including a possible hiv vaccine that's now in human trials. darren tindell hopes scientists scale back their use of primates, and focus

lindsey graham / -r- south carolina: "does it sound familiar that people were being threatened to votees, some people being bribed to vote yes? sounds a lot like obamacare to me, so that's what i didn't like about it." i'm andrew spencer, reporting ( marty ) still ahead.. san francisco's pro men's soccer team makes their debut on the field. we'll show you how the san francisco deltas did. coming up. live look outside... san mateo bridge. ♪ when i got into my accident i broke almost every bone in both my legs. when i came home from the hospital i needed to be able to recover. tempur-pedic allowed me to do just that. because i don't have the average body type anymore i feel like my tempur-pedic really conforms to my body shape. power is not giving up, it's choosing to thrive. tempur-pedic. this sleep is power. live look outside...sutro tower. dave spahr is here with your weather forecast. (dave spahr) a weak weather system will spread light rain across the north bay this afternoon and across most of the remainder of the forecast area this evening and overnight. showers will mostly end by

lindsey watts caught up withwith some members of the moon were of on board that pla tne.he plane.'s live tonight at theat t verizon center with their reactions. reacti lindsey. >> reporter: first i have to say that it's getting ar:ir litt rowdy out here because these t university of maryland gamelande just wrapped up trying torying navigate around the crowds out here. unfortunately maryland lost.st. >> evacuate that's when theate panic set in and theveryoneeveoe started freaking out. >> reporter: some feared the e plane might explode after it saided off the runway and an crashed. just one day before universityor of michigan was set to play inla the big 10 tournament.urnament after making it off safely safl is, the basketball teametbalteam cheerleaders and marching bandad were faced with a choice.hoice. miss the game or board anotherar flight the next day. d. >> we all were given option to not get back on theac merge. the plane. >> reporter: the players and their supportersr: t knew they to be here.here they got back on a plane.ane. >> i kept my eyes closed.es >> reporter: making i

lindsey watts is live in northwest tonight looking great. lindsay this is a wonderful event. >> reporter: matt, lauren, this ball is expected to raise more than $3 million for blood cancer research an a sound stounding number. we want to give you a look inside. right now comedian jim gavegan is on stage and andy grammar is expected to perform tonight. we wrapped up where people are urged to doe naixt you can see a large crowd here 2,000 people and among them extreme generosity. listen to general "fox5" talking about an anon us in dope are he got a call from. >> i received a call if a volunteer and she announced a gift tonight in honor of the 30th anniversary of the ball. she is donating $30,000. [ applause ]. >> you heard right, $0,000 from anonymous donor. there was another $30,000 donation tonight as well. somebody else gave $15,000 and "fox5" anchors jm jim and holly morris were out and around talking to crowd. getting stories from people who were willing to be so generous. "fox5" is involved with leukemia and lymphoma society on a lot of

the blistering health care bill and revelation about the wiretap claims, also republican senator lindsey graham said to push the fbi to reveal president trump's possible ties to russia. first, let's go to christina alexi on the federal reserve, what do you have? >> as expected the federal reserve did raise interest rates a quarter of one percentage point pretty much in line with what all analysts have been expecting an there's good reason for this, brooke. if you look at economic data across the board what the fed is looking at, its looking at relatively unemployment. good job growth numbers and rising consumer prices so you take that all together the fed is raising rates because it doesn't want to see the economy overheat. what does that mean for the average person? they're going to earn more in their savings, account, pay more in mortgage rates, credit cards and home loans and a lot are wondering what kind of impact will this have on the stock market, on their 401 ks and the reality is let's put this into context. this is the third rate hike in ten years, brooke, so the fed is going sl

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republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina is hosting the event and will take questions from home state. cnn's polo sandoval is there. polo, a few weeks ago when graham held one of these town halls, it was quite the raucous meeting. what's the expectation today? >> reporter: fred, you and i remember what took place in the first few minutes of lindsey graham's last town hall in his home state. things got very tense, very quickly. that could potentially happen today, especially after the senator's comments moments after yesterday's news broke where lindsey graham essentially said that they should allow the aca to not only collapse but then of course replace that. so many people who we've spoken to in south carolina don't feel like that is the option, that they should necessarily abandon the needs of so many people here in south carolina. the event here not expected to start for another hour and a half. we hit the streets of downtown columbia to see what people are talking about this morning. >> i didn't like the bill that was proposed. so i was glad. on the other hand, you know

you know, the person to watch is lindsey graham.is playing chess while the president is playing checkers. he has subpoenaed the information and he is asking the justice department to put up or shut up. we'll see what happens. >> jonathan, or democrats, they want this to stay in the news, i presume. this is -- the more we talk about russia, the less we are talking about other things. >> right, well, there are two things going on here. surely politically democrats would love to have this stay in the news because it puts the president on the defensive and raises questions about how he became president. on the oth hand -- and you have to listen carefully to what democrats are saying. i would say it's a 51/49 proposition, the 49% being politics. 51% of it, including republicans like senator lindsey graham, they are really concerned about russia's impact on the last presidential election and what that says about our democracy and what it means to have a president of the united states to level such an incredibly incendiary accusation again