made of trump tower or trump associates in response to a letter that whitehouse and republican lindy graham sent last week. and lindsey graham is now forcing the issue. >> you need to come to that because i'm going to make an announcement about the letter and let the fbi know they are about to screw up big-time if they keep running to the intel committee and not answer that letter and sort of the theme of what i'm going to say is that i believe in regular order let each committee do its thing. we have risdicon over the fbi. i like director comey a lot, but we wrote him a letter. if they don't honor this question and give us an answer, then i would say that we need a joint select committee because their regular order is not working. >> more news coming on "morning joe" today. lindsey graham will be our guest. michael steele, what is he doing? >> he is throwing down. he is throwing a very bright line here and saying, look, you either put up or shut up, because they recognize for the republicans, this is going to be a particularly sticky situation so they want to get it behind them as quickly

. >> reporter: senator lindy graham questions his ability to lead an investigation if the house intelligence chairman doesn't share information with committee democrats. >> the problem that he's created is he's gone off on a lark by himself sort of an inspector kluso investigation here trying to find some unmasking information about colex, incidental with the trump campaign and some on agent outside of russia. >> meanwhile, today's new investigation casts a shot oh, overtoday's investigation? did they try to block sally yates to testifying before the panel? the white house flatly denied seeking to block her testimony, but when pressed nunes would not discuss the administration's role. >> did the trump administration seek to have sally yates not testify before your committee? >> look, you guys are just speculating. i'm sorry, wherever there's time we'll do a presser. >> did they ask you to cancel the hearing today? >> come on, guys. i mean, why did you cancel the hearinging? >> nothing has been cancelled. >> now, on the senate side, mark warner, the top democrat wants to hear from sally yates

lindy graham and sheldon asked top law enforcement officials for evidence writing to the deputy attorney general and the director of the fbi, requesting the department of justice provide copies of any warrant applications and court orders related to wiretaps of president trump, his campaign, or headquarters. joe, they add that it takes spying for political purposes seriously and would be equally alarmed to learn a court found enough evidence of criminal activity or with a foreign power. so here is senator lindsey graham speaking yesterday to nbc news be. >> president trump claims that president obama administration targeted his campaign, trump tower. i have no knowledge of that. but he has challenged the congress to help him, so let's help. if they don't give it to us, yeah, subpoena. i'm not trying to compromise classified information. i'm not trying to compromise the investigation. the question has there ever been a warrant issued? this is a major deal for the country and i want to get to the bottom of it. >> joe, some senators, as you can see, are in the letting this go. i've heard fr

kasie hunt, we had lindy graham on the show yesterday and sitting on the set with mika in washington. he was frustrated then and he was frustrated after you heard from him in that meeting room. you can find out whether or not trump tower was wiretapped with a phone call and for some reason they are not getting an answer if it it was. >> if not a phone call in one of the secure briefing rooms in the capitol. comey was held this close to the vest and i think a growing sense on capitol hill there is more suspicion when there is no information. so the fact that they are, i think, for some -- for anybody that wants to defend the president, i think they want some public answers because they want to be able to have something to say. they feel like this looks like you're covering something up. i think democrats think, okay, if we get an answer to this that is, obviously, evidence in our favor, evidence that the trump campaign did have contacts with russia. i think look. you played earlier in the block devin nunez, the chairman of the house intelligence committee. i think the way he has change

. >> tom cotton, a senator from arkansas, lindy graham, a senator from south carolina, have both said's slow down. why go so fast? >> that is really puzzling to me. why go so fast? let me see. we ran for repeal and replace in 2010. we ran on reappeal and replace on 2012 and 2014 and 2016. this is a long process and deliberative process. suggesting this is going fast and going through committees and regular order and say we are doing this on order and on the cusp we are keeping our word? i think that is hardly rushing things. >> the president has said there will be a blood bath in 2018 if this isn't passed through the house and senate. >> i do believe that if we don't keep our word to the people who sent us here, yeah. look. the most important thing for a person like myself who runs for office and tells the people we are asking to hire us, this is what i'll do if i get elected and then if you don't do that, you're breaking your word. >> mike barnicle? >> mark halpern, you just heard the speaker of the house saying seven years running and rereplace and can't tell us what it costs today