mr. lindsey is that a code compliant project. >> yes.ommissioner. >> does the package it is thin given the commissions submittal requirement the 3-d elevation and penetration are an important part to understand the project it is a description on the typical window section and the reality no information either more are they really other than google things that go makes us more appreciative of the street and the street from which the dr requester is complaining about the question we need to ask ourselves in a smaller scale neighborhood tries to double from - to 3000 square feet what does that do it creates issues that is reflective of the issued and what we consider reasonable densification in an urban environment we're rh-1 the houses are smaller and sensitive on all sides the first one i'll ask mr. lindsey i'm surprised the rdt didn't push the third story 15 feet away from the front as we last week sat here with great emphasis on that a decision for the one thing the house is large enough the third floor didn't need an extra family room

mr. lindsey with the zoning administrator do we have the authority to ask for project poles we have many projects that are a code compliant for that apples to apples and many other issues in the neighborhood not a common project but into our authority as to whether or not we can ask for story poles. >> commissioner moore david lindsey. >> suspend mr. winslow there is no irate under other planning code to provide story poles as part of review process. >> so someone can volunteer but we i don't think can ask for something not within our set of tools to ask for a i used the words neighborly gesture not required so basically get the project approved spent a little bit of money so the neighbors can agree with you sorry. >> as i push the button i might as well take a couple of comments that is difficult we have limited tools to properly push back from a single story house in an rh-2 to a more fitting larger home in this particular location so it is almost impossible to do i think that there is something which feels to us and it is not 2, 3, 4 disrespect to the history of the family what they'r

mr. trump's wiretap claim. >> senator lindsey graham says he's ready to subpoena intelligence agencies fornformation. he wants the fbi and attorney general's office to hand over anything they have to prove the president's claim. joining us heres in los angeles, mary kelly and republican consultant yawn thomas to talk more about this. let's talk about the wiretapping allegations. for democrats they believe this is a pretty easy road ahead. they can prove it quite simply. here's senator adam schiff. >> this is among the very easiest allegations to investigate because it's a matter of putting those questions to people under oath who would have been in position to know and we should have all those persons present on march 20th. >> so essentially, you have a situation with the fbi director james comey saying publicly what he's been saying privately. john, will the president take the fbi director's word at that hearing? >> i mean i believe he has to because at some point, if the president doesn't have evidence in his hands and the fbi director is saying he didn't do it, you can't keep marching d

mr. obama flatly denied it. senators lindsey graham of south carolina and sheldon whitehouse of rhode island are leading an inquiry into russia's efforts to sway the election. today they asked the justice department for any warrants or court orders that point to a wiretap. >>> the fb criminal investigation into wikileaks which this week posted what appear to be thousands of cia documents. they appear to detail cia hacking methods that include sneaking into smartphones and tvs to spy on. people. the cia will not confirm whether that information is genuine. wikileaks indicated it got the documents from a former government employee or contractor. >>> senator tim kaine's youngest son was arrested last weekend in minnesota. the 24-year-old was one of six people arrested at a pro trump rally. he was in a group of counterprotesters that disrupted the rally with fireworks, a smoke bomb and horns. he was held on suspicion of rioting but was released. police say that case is still under investigation. >>> former prince george's county sta

mr. secretary, listen to republican senator lindsey graham weigh in today on the house intelligence committee nunez and his actions. listen. >> the problem that he's create said that he went off on a lark by himself, inspector clue sew, unmasking some incidental in a trump campaign with russia. i this can only be repair fed he tells his colleagues whoe met with and what he saw and let them look at same information. >> you agree with this inspector clue sew reference? >> lindsey graham has a great way of framing those kinds of issues. it's pretty simple, wolf. you cannot have a credible investigation by a committee at a congress without a close working relationship between the chairman and the ranking member. that's absolutely essential to an objective and fair hearing. what he did was wandered off, went to the white house, got secret information there. went to the president and then briefed the press without telling his ranking member what he was doing. that's major beach in the ability of both of them to trust one another. whether it can be repaired or not, i don't know. but it cannot work.

. >> senator lindsey graham says he is prepared to subpoena u.s. sergea agencies to review any claim that mr. obama ordered a wiretap on trump tower. cnn has learned the advisers have spoken since mr. donald trump leveled the allegation. >>> and a criminal investigation to find out how wikileaks obtained and leaked dock tuumen over the cia operations. the cia releasing a statement saying the american public should be troubled by wikileaks disclosure designed to damage the intelligence ability to protect america. it jeopardizes operations, but tools and information. >>> fbi director james comey speaking at a cyber security conference in boston college warning americans to never expect to have absolute privacy. it was james comey's first public appearance since he was accused of wiretapping trump tower. >>> a secret online group of marines is still sharing nude photos of unsuspecting service women after discovered by the military. members redirected to new links where the group is operating, but taunting federal and military investigators suggesting their wives could turn up on the next site.

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republican lindsey graham announced that if he doesn't get information from the fbi about mr.'s wiretapping claims and a soon, he will subpoena to get it. senator graham joins us in moments. first, the chief intelligence correspondent, catherine herridge, takes us through the latest on these efforts to get to the bottom of this whole thing. >> like today, fox news confirmed at least two senior cemeteries, dianne feinstein and republican chuck grassley, whose committee has direct oversight for the fbi met with director comey in a closed meeting. afterward, offered nothing to reporters. >> this was all on sensitive matters. highly classified. it is really not anything that we can answer any questions about. >> this comes as the house intelligence committee leadership says they have seen nothing that backs up the president's allegations. >> to date, i have seen no evidence that supports the claim that president trump made that his predecessor had wiretapped he and his associates at trump tower. that evidence still remains the same, we don't have any evidence that that took place.

reporter: today senators lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse sent a letter to the justice department requesting copies of any warrant applicationsnd related to wiretaps of mrcampaign. adding, "we would be equally alarmed to learn that a court found enough evidence of criminal activity or contact with a foreign power to legally authorize a wiretap." now, former president obama has denied president trump's allegations, which have seemingly ended their otherwise cordial relationship. aides to president obama say he found the accusation upsetting but now he's pretty relaxed about it. >>> scott pelley discussed mr. trump's twitter allegations with former cia director leon panetta. >> in the last few weeks the president has told his military that there are terrorist attacks no one knows about because the press covers them up. he's described the news media as the enemy of the american people. he has likened his own intelligence agencies to nazis. and now we have the wiretapping charge against president obama. is it appropriate to ask whether the president isin difficulty with rationality? >> scott, the coin of the realm for any president is trust, trust of the am

lindsey graham and others say they have not seen proof to support the president's claims he was wiretapped by former president obama. now, mr. trump is speaking out for the first time since making those unprecedented claims. he says there is more to come. we have the report. >> reporter: a new suggestion from the president that it wasn't simply a wiretap president obama had installed in trump tower like originally claimed, but more surveillance, hinting atmore to come. >> wiretap hints at a lot of things. you will see interesting things coming to the forefront. >> reporter: it's another interpretation of the explosive tweet 11 days ago, providing no proof. >> you have to decide, are you going to take the tweet's literally? >> reporter: that was the top republican revealing he's seen no evidence of the president's claim. he wants congress to keep investigating. what is the president basing his accusation on? it's not clear. his attorney general says it didn't come from him. >> did you give him reason to believe he was wiretapped by the previous administration? >> um, look, no. >> reporter: time is running out for the fbi dir

mr. trump says he feels, quote, somewhat vindicate. 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 presi

republican senator lindsey graham delivering the president a prespeech message. don't value expediency over history. >> mr. president, stick to your guns. we're going to be judged by what we do, not how quickly we do it. >> reporter: others are questioning how he plans to pay for his proposals, particularly the replacement for obamacare. >> coming in as a republican president with a net tax increase and federal entitlement program, that's your first big move and then we've got to do tax reform after that in a republican conference? good luck. >> reporter: president trump expected to ask congress to make major cuts to things like foreign aid and the environmental protection agency. those funds are being redirected to military spending, boosting it by 10%. but on top of that, the president has called for a trillion dollar investment in infrastructure and a massive border wall. congress has not yet been presented with details on how that will be funded. those issues are a likely focus of the democrats' response. asstrid silva with join steve beshear giving the response. the presidencies this as an opportunit

today senators lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse sent a letter to the justice department requesting copies of any warrant applications and court orders related to the wiretapping of mr. trump and his campaign, adding, "we would be equally alarmed to learn this a court found enough evidence of criminal activity or contacts with a foreign power to legally authorize a wiretap." now, former president obama has denied president trump's allegations, which have seemingly ended their otherwise cordial relationship. aides to president obama say he found the accusation upsetting but now he's pretty relaxed about it. scott? >> pelley: margaret brennan at the white house. today we wanted to get some insight into all of this from leon panetta. first let us remind you why washington listens when he speaks. panetta was chairman of the house budget committee, director of the office of management and budget, white house chief of staff under president clint, director of the c.i.a. when osama bin laden was killed, secretary of defense under president obama, and is co-founder of the panetta institute for public policy. in the last few weeks the president has told his military that ther

mr. chairman, i have a statement or a summary of the story of lindsey healthman, who was my guest at the gathering monday and i ask it be entered into the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> let's spend a few minutes all together talking about the tanning tax. sure, there are jobs involved. but the basic issue is health. the evidence is clear that tanning can be a source of cancer. i just want to read a statement from the president of the american academy of dermatology. the u.s. department of health and human services recognizes that even a single indoor tanning session can increase a patient's risk of developing squmas cell cancer by 35%. and increase a patient's risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer by 59%. so, to simply raise the issue of jobs without reference to the health results, i think sells all of us short if i might say so. you know, we had the same battle over cigarette smoke. and some of the arguments that you have raised were raised t n then. a number of jobs have been lost because of the cigarette smoking is probably in the hundreds of th

mr. trump referred to his style as innocent form of exaggeration and a very effective form of promotion," but that style may not be effective in the white house. republican senator lindsey graham. >> you have the highest official in the land, the president of the united states, accusing his predecessor of illegal activity with no evidence, that hurts our democracy. >> reporter: scott, in an interview with "time" magazine, president trump dismissed concerns about his truthfulness, telling the reporter, "i can't be doing so badly, because i'm president and you're not." >> pelley: margaret brennan at the white house for us. also in that interview with "time" magazine today, mr. trump said, "i tend to be right. i'm an instinctual person. i happen to be a person that knows how life works." and the truth is, a lot of voters agree. dean reynolds is listening to the people. >> reporter: it would be hard to find more federal reserve nt trump supporters than corky haynes >> reporter: well, how do you think the president is doing 60 days into his presidency many. >> fabulous. >> reporter: the tweets... >> they don't want to get a nasty tweet. >> reporter: the bragging. >> the this

mr. president, if you have the evidence, prove it right now. if not, retract. namely, lindsey graham.inocencio, thank you for the u.k. named the day and the brexit process will formally begin next week. questions over whether britain can regain powers over immigration and lawmaking without derailing trait with its largest market. matt miller reports from brussels. matt: in brussels at the euro group meeting of finance ministers, the u.k. announcement the theresa may's government will trickle -- trigger article 50 next week in order to from thebritain's exit european union. earlier it was concerned that britain may have to pay dues before negotiationfor brexit begins, the wolfgang schaeuble put those concerns to rest. >> no, the negotiations will begin as soon as the petition to trigger article 50 is filed. requirements will continue as long as the rules of the agreement are set out. great britain is a dependable partner in all international that he meant --agreements, so i have no doubts. matt: another focus for the minister has been the greek debt crisis. a positive note was struck b

mr. trump for did they get a fisa order. clapper said there was no court order to monitor any phones at trump tower. here's what lindseysaid at a town hall over the weekend. >> if the former president of the united states was able to obtain a warrant lawfully 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. >> the senator said it is his job as a senator to get to the bottom of this, and he promised he would. with us, michael mukasey. over the weekend, i thought it was on msnbc, you said you thought there was probably surveillance at the behest of the attorney through the fisa court but that president obama himself would not have ordered it. that's not the way it works. >> that's not the way it works. >> so what do you make of the president of the united states tweeting that, accusing the former president of doin

mr. trump and his friends, loudly and clearly we are not going backwards, we are going forward. : senator lindsey graham chairs the senate appropriation committeappropriationscommittee. it's two hours. >> [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee will come to order. i want to thank senator leahy for being such a good partner in this endeavor. the hearing today is on russia's policies towards specific european nations. one thing we have in common with all these countries is young struggling democracies and their friends in the united states i won't announce any of your names. i will try to get your country right and you have an opportunity when we speak to tell us who you are. we have the foreign ministers of ukraine, the ambassador from lafayettbosnia and estonia. i miss most of you on my travels and can't thank you for coming out today to share with the committee and the american people what's going on in your backyard because you live in a very difficult neighborhood. i would like to welcome to the committee senator rubio and van hollen who is going to be hopefully to do things together in

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mr. comey. he needs to know this. he's a smart guy and he is walking in and he was u.s. attorney, attorney general of the state. he knows the questions to ask. >> lindsey graham said on the record he will be tough if they don't come and respond to the questions he already asked about any alleged allegations of wire tapping by obama. >> in a way this is a return to normalcy. we had so much happening in the media and leaks and what not. now you have adults who are serious about how to be prosecutors coming into a room and maybe having closure. it would be awesome if that closure were to clear the president, but i think it's possible that there is a scenario where donald trump didn't know anything. his campaign didn't know anything, but one of his associates might have been communicating and that will be muddy. >> that doesn't -- that might mean more than the investigation. there is no end result. >> the ongoing investigation. it would confirm what would be reported. if on the other hand he said there is no investigation and never has been, a lot of us in the media will have to be -- >> how could you not investigate. it has been reported that there is an

mccain and lindsey graham and others take more leadership roles in terms of questioning the conduct of the white house as it pertains to russia. we have seen less of that and quite frankly, mres was more interesting in investigating the leaks, which is a legitimate issue, more so than the link between russia, the administration and the campaign to putin and to the kremlin. so what i have always been concerned about, it wasn't about the, you know, sessions and he recusing himself or resigning or in this case nunes recusing himself or resigning from the committee. it is really more about how deep are the taa tallons of the krem into the white house. listen, i said before, i think they have been working fairly well up to this point and i think mr. nunes has compromised himself. >> all right. congressman from new york, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you both. >> still to come for us, wall street's losing streak has investors on edge. we are there for the opening bell. s of drivers. she's a world-class swimmer who's stared down the best in her sport. but for both of them, the most challenging opponent was... pe blood clots in my lung. it was really scary. a dvt in my

mrs. ted cruz. that will cap off the day at the white house. neil: wow. he did with lindsey graham.n't know what comes of these pow-wows. all of these business titan luncheons get together meetings. president holding these at a record pace. i heard someone describe it at the white house as a collective reach-out to the corporate world that people will see every day on tv. he is serious. whatever noise you're hearing for and against him, they want that to stick. that they want that impression that he is serious about jobs be jobs be, jobs. improving about improving manufacturing options and jobs and these meeting will reinforce it. reporter: along those lines, during these meetings, before, during, after, they usher media in to take video. the president will talk about. say who is here. sometimes after they make the ceos available to talk to us what was discussed in that session. it is a very public format here. sometimes it is done private behind the cameras. neil: right. reporter: many cases as it should be, but for the most part, yes, this is a very public push to say, hey, this i

mr. comey. >> did he confirm that there is an investigation ongoing into russian -- >> i'm not going to answer any questions on it. >> before this little briefing, senator grassley was peeved and at the same time, lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse want comey to them them about the wiretapping accusations. they heard back from the fbi today that they will get briefed but it won't be in public. something graham is not happy about. >> from my point of view, i don't think the answer is a classified answer. there is a warrant or there is not a warrant. i don't know how divulging. once you get that base information it allows you to move on to other areas like is there a criminal investigation or not. >> and we learned that comey will testify on monday. we'll see if he answers questions in front of cameras. the democratic leaders say they haven't seen any evidence of any sort of wiretap related to trump tower. joining me is the former chief of staff at the cia and department of defense. welcome back to the show. >> hi, chuck. >> why -- can you explain the -- answer lindsey graham's question. why is this a national security secret? >> fisa warrants are an investigative tool of the fbi that is usually kept

mr. president. we wanted to educate him. he listened. he was not rude. he was respectful. we'll see what happens from this point. >> thank you for your time on this saturday. we'll continue to follow senator lindseyraham in that town hall meeting in south carolina. we'll be right back after the break. that. who's that? the internet loves what you're doing. so build a site in under an hour. start for free at godaddy. ♪...run around and desert you but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how. >>> a town hall there with senator lindsey graham. it has quieted in a bit. we'll break in when it warrants. secretary of state rex tillerson will attend a meeting in brussels next friday. joining me now is pj crowley former assistant secretary of state for public affairs under secretary clinton. and the author of red line, american foreign policy in a time of fractured politics and failing states. good afternoon to you. >> hello, how are you? >> i'm good. what do you think really happened here? was

like lindsey graham depend answers on his allegations of wear tapping by president obama and his campaign ties to russia. all of this after a night of high drama revolving around msnbc's report on mr. trump's taxes which he has refused to make public. rachel maddow revealing two pages showing mr. trump paying $38 million in taxes. let's go to our chief intelligence correspondent john roberts. i hope everyone was taking notes. >> good morning heather. you have to take copious notes to keep up. the president left to board marine one professing outrage over the fact that a couple of pages of his 2005 tax returns were released. quoting, does anybody really believe that a reporter who nobody ever heard of went it his mail box and found my tax returns? fake news. no question this plays well for the president about how much money he made and how much taxes he paid. it shows that he made about $38 million in income taxes and other taxes on an income of just over $153 million. he made about $5 million in regular income tax. $32 million in the alternative minimum tax, which a lot of people including the president want to get rid of. and $2 million in self-employment taxes. that makes an eff

lindsey graham is hinting he still thinks there may be some surveillance of something or someone. >> i think the issue was about trump tower. that's what donald trump raised himself. >> correct. >> i think mr clapper, was being very careful. he was addressing only what was put out there. and you know if you're in any kind of enforcement, intelligence agency, you don't go beyond what you have to deal with in that moment. i think he was very very careful. as for the point about whether there's so much smoke, you already know fire, i think that's baloney. we are at the tip of the iceberg of something unprecedented whether it's true or not here. there are enough things out there this will take time, it will take an investigation, someone with subpoena power to get to the bottom. >> you know, charlie, there was a republican operative quoted if the axios mike allen, i think last week, i love this quote, he says you don't know the smoke is the fire, the way they're handling it, they actually created a fire with all the smoke. >> none of it makes sense if there's nothing there. why did they lie about their contacts? why has nobody come forward and say, yes, we did meet with the russians, told them

mr. comey. he needs to know, he's walking into that hearing tomorrow, before that, he was attorney general of the state. he knows the justice department well. knows the questions to ask. by the way, lindsey graham is a pretty good attorney as well. >> he's said on the record he'll be tough if they don't come and respond to the questions he's already asked about any alleged allegations of wiretapping by obama. >> in a way it's return to normalcy. we've had so much happening in the media and leaks and what not, and now you have some adults who are serious on how to be prosecutors coming into a room and maybe actually having some closure. and it would be awesome if that closure were to clear the president. i think it's entirely possible there's a scenario where donald trump didn't know anything, his campaign didn't know anything, but one of his associates might have been communicating with somebody and that is going to be have muddy and -- >> eve an confirmation of an investigation, that doesn't -- that might mean nothing more than a confirmation of investigation. there's no actual end result to it. >> absolutely. he could say, yes, there's an ongoing investigation, i can't talk more about

lindsey graham said this can't pass congress as it is. what you see is washington is big government no matter the proposal and mr.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 and putting the money elsewhere because this is why he was elected. >> that's

lindsey graham says president trump should reach out to democrats. >> i don't think one party's going to be able to fix this by themselves. >> reporter: looking to regroup, mrtrump and his team are eyeing another presidential priority tax cuts. after a tumultuous first ten weeks. the obamacare replacement pulled two blocked, and a wiretap claim rebuked. his aides don't accept it. >> i don't accept it. president trump is going to be proven correct. >> reporter: and expanded role for one of president trump's most trusted advisers. the president tapping ingping jared kushner to lead the washington innovation. it will help the government run more smoothly and efficiently. also this week the mystery over moscow's meddling grows. the senate intelligence committee holding its first hearing for any connection between russia and the trump campaign. its top democrat telling nbc news he would be quote, open to an independent commission to investigate possible collusion. matt and savannah back to you. >> peter alexander. >>> josh earnest served as white house press secretary under president obama. he's joined as a political analyst. >> i'm happy to be here. analyst hat

lindsey graham says president trump should reach out to democrats. >> i don't think one party's going to be able to fix this by themselves. >> reporter: looking to regroup, mr. trump and his team are now eyeing another presidential priority -- tax cuts. after a tumultuous first ten weeks, the obamacare replacement bill pulled, a wiretapping claim rebuked even though his top aides rebuke that. >> he doesn't accept that? >> no, he doesn't. ultimately president trump is going to be proven correct. >> reporter: an expanded role for his son-in-law. the president tapping jared kushner to lead the new white house office of american innovation, described as a swat team of strategic consultants. the white house says it will empower former business executives to help the government run more smoothly and efficiently. also this week, the mystery over moscow's meddling grows. the senate intelligence committee holding the first public the trump campaign. the top democrat telling nbc news he would be "open" to an independent commission to investigate possible collusion. matt and savannah, back to you. >> peter alexander, thank you very much. >>> josh earnest served as whi

lindsey graham said president trump should reach out to democrats. >> i don't think one party is going to be able to fix this by themselves. >> looking to regroup, mr. trump and his team are now eyeing another presidential priority, tax cuts. after a tumultuous first ten weeks the obamacare replacement bill pulled, two travel bans blocked, even though he disputes that. >> he doesn't accept it. >> president trump is going to be proved correct. >> reporter: new expanded role for trusted advisers his son-in-l son-in-law. the president tapping jared kushner to lead the new white house office described as s.w.a.t. team of consultants. it will empower business executives to help the government run more smoothly and efficiently. also new this morning a congressional aide tells me senate intelligence committee plans to interview jared kushner as part of its broad inquiry into any russian connection. one of the top aides said kushner volunteered to be interviewed adding he has nothing to hide. matt and savannah back to you. >> all right. peter alexander, thank you very much. >>> serving as white house secretary under president obama, we're pleased to announ