mr. trump tweeted earlier this morning, terrible, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthyism. former obama aide ben rhodes saying no president could order surveillance without a warrant and obviously that leaves open a lot of questions. there have been a wave of u.s. air strikes in yemen, manned drones at al-qaeda, one of the most dangerous in the world. more than 30 air strikes taking out facility and heavy weapons. more on mr. trump's tweets at the top of the hour with elizabeth prann. i'm leland vittert. >> have you ever thought that different the popularity that you have we haven't broken the glass ceiling yet for women that you could actually run for president and be elected. >> i thought oh, gee, i don't have the experience, i don't know enough. now i'm thinking, oh. >> all right. >> oprah winfrey suggesting she could win if she ran for president and fellow billionaire celebrity, my friend, mark cuban on record, saying he might be able to pull it off, too. the political class-- is this what we've come to,

mr. trump tweeted that president obama was a, quote, bad or sick guy for allegedly tapping phones in trump tower. >>> and coming up next week, fbi director james comey will testify publicly at a hearing on russian hacking during last year's election. comey was on capitol hill yesterday for a closed briefing with members of the senate judiciary committee. >>> pennsylvania senator bob casey says he plans to fight against what he calls the negative effects of the obamacare replacement plan. >> this is an attempt by republicans, i believe to mislead people into believing that they're really improving our health care system making it better for seniors and kids and people with disabilities. particularly vulnerable americans. >> senator casey has been critical of the health care bill with a series of feets saying the plan would increase the number of uninsured by 14 million people next year alone. the white house disagrees with that estimate. >>> new this morning, police have a man in custody after two officers were injured in a shooting. officials say the 60-year-old suspect fired at both offic

so did this official express concern about learning of this tweet rant by the president after the fact? >> this is not new. of course, mr. trump has been tweeting throughout the course of this campaign and his presidency, so this is something that officials have just gotten accustomed to. >> but on wiretapping accusations though? that's an extremely curious matter. >> of course, but this is similar to the vaeins of voter fraud, not backed up by fact but talking about this. but the reality is his administration has a lot of actual work on their plate. they're still working on crafting a second travel ban, the executive order in which they expect next week, they're still working on crafting legislation to repeal and replace the affordable care act also known as obamacare, et cetera. this is something they will also have to contend with. i can tell you, frederica, on monday, when there is a press briefing and ask specifically for what evidence that there is to support this. this is something the president appears to be tweeting and the staff will have to respond to after the fact as opposed to tweeting actual facts. >> huthank yo

mr. trump tweeted democrats are smiling in dc at the freedom caucus with the help of heritage has saved planned parenthood. house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows says if they are plotting, they shouldn't.>> conversations over the last 48 hours are really about how we come to gather in the republican conference. >> reporter: the freedom caucus refused to back the republican plan arguing it did not go far enough to dismantle obamacare.>> i think the president is disappointed in the number of people that he thought were loyal to him that word. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders card for president donald trump to work with democrats. >> obamacare has severe problems. deductibles are too high. the cost of healthcare is going up at a much faster rate than it should. >> reporter: senate minority chuck schumer shared similar sentiments.>> stop him -- undermining aca. >> reporter: republican leaders are looking for a way forward. >> perhaps it is time for us to start talking to some moderate democrats. >> the president is moving on to reform a tax code that has gone untouched for 30 years. j mucus

mr. trump tweeted terrible, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory, nothing found. this is mccarthyism. he added in part, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the sacred election process. this is nixon watergate, or sick guy. and ben rhodes saying no one could order surveillance without a warrant. and eric bolling, on cashin' this with dick mulvaney, everything from budget spending to repealing and replacing obamacare. i am leland vittert. now back to forbes on fox. david: president trump giving americans a clims glimpse of what he wants to replace obamacare with this week take a listen. >> we should help americans purchase their insurance through tax credits and expanded savings accounts. now some members of his parties say those tax credits could turn into entitlements for those who don't pay taxes. when i first heard the president i was happy i could deduct my own health expenses from my own paycheck, that made me happy, didn't it make you happy? >> absolutely, david. i think that the key to remember here, we want to ke

mr. trump tweeted, that the freedom caucus, with the help of club for growth and heritage, have saved plannedarenthood and ocare. >> the president disappointed in the number of people that he thought were loyal to him that weren't. >> reporter: but republicans blame the plan. >> the problem is really not with a specific faction in the house. i think it's with the bill. >> reporter: with the president's 100-day deadline to replace obamacare now apparently dead, the white house says it's moving on to tax reform and passing the budget, but congress' investigation into whether the trump campaign was involved with russian hacking into the election isn't going away. >> this is the most important thing that i've ever done in my public life. and what i know now as i get more and more into this, i'm going to double down on that statement because it's extraordinary. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee chair has canceled a tuesday hearing with former director of national intelligence james clapper and others, drawing fire from the panel's top democrat. >> i think the chairman has to make a dec

mr. trump's tweets at the top of the hour with elizabeth prann.ou ever thought that different the popularity that you have we haven't broken the glass ceiling yet for women that you could actually run for president and be elected. >> i thought oh, gee, i don't have the experience, i don't know enough. now i'm thinking, oh. >> all right. >> oprah winfrey suggesting she could win if she ran for president and fellow billionaire celebrity, my friend, mark cuban on record, saying he might be able to pull it off, too. the political class-- is this what we've come to, the celebrities are the new political class. >> sure, why not? listen my husband doesn't have the billions, but he was the reality tv caucus of one until trump joined his caucus after this election. i think that, you know, television brings a lot of skills and communication is so important in politics, we see how important it is for donald trump. i think that oprah winfrey would be formidable in that department and don't forget, donald trump brings other skills along with tv skills, negotia

mr. trump's tweet that, this is mccarthyism by the president and presumably the fbi -- >> were you engaged in mccarthyism, director comey? >> i try very hard not to engage in any isms of any kind, including mccarthyism. >> our british allies have called the president's suggestion they wiretapped him for obama nonsense and utterly ridiculous. would you agree? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: the fbi revealing they're investigating possible coordination between the president's campaign and russia's hacking of democrats. a lengthy probe that could lead all the way to the white house. russia's motive? >> putin hated secretary clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was, he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much. >> reporter: comey's appearance, along with nsa director admiral mike rogers, a tale of two hearings. for democrats it was all about russia and the possible trump campaign connection. >> this was in part an inside job. from u.s. persons. willing american accomplices, or terribly naive ones, or probably both, who helped the russians attack our

mr. trump tweeted, "f.b.i.ector comey refuses to deny it." >> reporter: at the white house, sean spicer tried to deny the investigation into flynn and paul manafort. >> general flynn was a volunteer of the campaign. there has obviously been discussion of paul manafort, who played a limited role for a limited amount of time. >> reporter: spicer asserted that no evidence has been presented to suggest cooperation between trump associates and russian operatives. >> when the people who have been briefed by the f.b.i. about collusion between individuals, the answer continues to be no, and at some point take no for an answer. >> reporter: the white house still stubbornly clings to the president's wiretap allegations. scott, it does so without evidence and in the face now of on-the-record denials from key figures in the law enforcement and intelligence community. >> pelley: major garrett traveling with the president in louisville, kentucky tonight. major, thank you. well, the intelligence committee chairman devin nunes

mr. trump tweeted this morning, terrible. st found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory, nothing found, this is mccarthyism. former obama aid ben rhodes saying no president could order surveillance without a warrant. more on this as it develops. and next time you're the a the airport, get ready for a more thorough patdown. passengers will reportedly face more comprehensive screenings after an audit and apparently showed the tsa was not doing its job well. and airline pilots and flight attendants as well. we'll see if it works. i'm leland vittert. now back to cavuto on business. >> switching away from this current system of lower skilled immigration and instead adopting a merit-based system we will have so many more benefits, it will save countless dollars, raise workers wages and help struggling families, including immigrant families, enter the middle class. neil: all right, it's a pretty simple idea. in fact, this country was founded on it when it came to immigrants coming to our shores. y

mr. trump ends the tweet by calling mr. obama a "bad or sick guy!" kevin lewis, a spokesman for former president obama, said in a statement: "a cardinal rule of the obama administration was that no white house official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the department of justice. as part of that practice, neither president obama nor any white house official ever ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. any suggestion otherwise is simply false." ben rhodes, a former top national security advisor to president obama, flatly denied mr. trump's charges, tweeting:" no president can order a wiretap. those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you." house democratic leader nancy pelosi, also in a tweet, said in part: "the deflector-in-chief is at it again." small groups of supporters of president donald trump held rallies across the nation today from palm beach, florida, near president trump's estate, to a state park near philadelphia. more than a hundred people gathered to show support at the washington

mr. trump's tweets that this is mccarthyism and presumably the fbi. >> were you engaged in mccarthyism. >> try very hard not to engage in any isms including mccarthyism. they wiretapped him for obama ridiculous? would you agree? revealing they're investigating possible coordination between the president's campaign and russia's hacking of democrats. a lengthy probe that could lead all the way to the white house. russia's motives? >> putin hated secretary clinton so much that the flip side of that was that he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated. >> reporter: admiral mike rodgers, the tale of two hearings. for democrats it was all about russia and the possible trump campaign connection. >> this was in part an inside job from u.s. persons, willing american accomplices or terribly naive ones or probably both who helped the russians attack our country and our democracy. >> reporter: republicans avoiding the topic of russia instead going after the leaks of classified information allegedly from current and former intelligence officials, specifically about fir

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mr trump's tweets follow allegations made by a conservative radio host that the obama administration eventually obtained, authorisation to eavesdrop" on the trump campaign last year. the republican president has supplied no details to back up his claim and a spokesman for mr obama said he had never ordered surveillance on any us citizen. we are hearing now that the white house has asked congress to examine whether the executive branch investigative powers were abused during that election campaign last year. so the white house is asking congress to examine whether the executive branch investigative powers we re executive branch investigative powers were abused. in other words, asking congress whether it can look into those claims that iraq obama may have been behind attempts to tap the phones in trump tower. senior french conservative politicians are said to be planning to propose an alternative to presidential candidate francois fillion. the news comes as supporters of mr fillon gather for a rally in central paris. the event is being seen as a crucial test of his popularity following

mr. trump's tweets this morning.e i am leland and welcome to the second hour of america's new headquarters. former president obama responding to the bombshell accusation that his predecessor wiretapped. we will have more fallout from the top story today. >> meanwhile president trump's attorney is still under fire for omitting the russian officials report for congress. reaction for about what this means from both sides of the aisle. >> elizabeth: more republican lawmakers feeling the heat over healthcare town halls this weekend. we'll talk to the chairman of the house ways and means committee, just ahead. >> leland: starting now, top story. president obama denying president trumps claim that he ordered wiretapping of the trump tower right before the election. the president, president trump trump that is, spending the weekend in mar-a-lago, florida where he made the accusation on twitter early this morning. that got christian fisher out of bed very early to cover the story. she is in west palm beach on the winter white

mr. trump's tweet this morning could be seen as a signal to a key witness. flynn was fired for lying to the vice president about contacts he'd had with the russian ambassador to the united states, and previously, mr. trump's campaign manager, paul manafort, was fired for his pro-russian contacts. we'll start our coverage tonight with major garrett. >> i will tell you that the president's view is he should go up there. he should testify. >> reporter: white house spokesman sean spicer said michael flynn fired as national security adviser in february for lying to the vice president, should testify before congress and the f.b.i. as part of their investigations into russian interference in the presidential election. this morning, president trump tweeted, "mike flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch-hunt." were you trying to tell the justice department to grant immunity to michael flynn? were you trying to do that, mr. president? was that your intention, mr. president, sir? mr. president, was that your intention, mr. president? what does he mean by

mr. trump tweeted: fbi director comey refuses to deny he briefed president obama on calls made by michaelsecretary sean spicer tried to down play the role of flynn and paul manafort. >> even general flynn was a volunteer of the campaign. there has obviously been discussion of paul manafort, who played a limited role for a limited amount of time. >> reporter: spicer asserted that no evidence has been presented to suggest cooperation between trump associates and russian operatives. >> when the people who have been briefed by the fbi about collusion between individuals, the anwer continues to be no, and at some point take no for an answer. >> reporter: the white house ng president's wiretap allegations. scott, it does so without evidence and in the face now of on-the-record denials from key figures in the law enforcement and intelligence community. >> major garrett traveling with the president in louisville, kentucky tonight. major, thank you. >>> a passenger plane crash landed in south sudan today and burst into flames. there were 44 passengers and five crew aboard. more than a dozen were h

mr. trump tweeted -- >> reporter: at the white house, press secretary sean spicer tried to downplay the roled of three trump campaign managers. >> general flynn was a volunteer of the campaign. there has obviously been discussion of paul manafort, who played a limited role for a limited amount of time. >> reporter: spicer asserted that no evidence has been presented to suggest cooperation between trump associates and russian operatives. >> when the people who have been briefed by the fbi about collusion between individuals, the answer continues to be no, and at some point take no for an answer. >>> congress cast votes thursday on president trump's federal budget. one of the most controversial parts would cut funding for the meals on wheels program. since the white house unveiled the proposed cuts, private donations has surged. the organization's national office took in more than $100,000 in contributions since thursday. on a normal day, they would expect just $1,000 in donations. michelle miller reports on the program. >> reporter: it's almost lunchtime and meals on wheels volunteer sandra b

mr. trump tweeted that democrats are smiling in d.c. that the freedom caucus stopped the repeal of obamacare. republicans blame the plan. >> the problem is not with a specific faction in the house but with the bill. >> reporter: with the president's 100-day deadline to replace obamacare now apparently dead, the white house is moving on to tax reform and passing the budget. but congress's investigation into whether the trump campaign was involved with hacking in the election isn't going away. >> this is the most important thing i have ever done in my public life and i'm going to double down on that statement. it's extraordinary. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee chair has cancelled a tuesday hearing with former director of national intelligence james clapper and others drawing fire from the top democrat. >> i think the chairman has to make a decision whether to act as a surrogate of the white house, as he did during the campaign and the transition or to lead an independent and credible investigation. >> reporter: the senate i

mr. trump took to twitter on saturday morning a day after what had all appearances of being an awkward meeting at angela merkel. mr. trump tweeteddespite what you hear about the meeting, i had a very good meeting with angela merkel. for the first time, james comey will reveal what his agency has learned about possible russian meddling in the last year's election. >> how revealing will it be? we will soon find out. in particular, the house intelligence committee will hear whether contacts between the trump campaign and russian officials were incidental or something more serious. our nick payton walsh is in moscow with more. >> reporter: the official kremlin line is that they won't even be watching as testimony gets underway on monday. they are too busy doing other things. they are not expecting to see new details and he goes on to suggest that this repeat of allegations that the u.s. electoral campaign was interfered with is like a broken record with a futuristic song. they don't see anything responding to their present day reality in the repeated claims from u.s. officials. i'm sure somebody in the kremlin will be glued to their

mr. trump tweeted "that the freedom caucus with the help of club for growth and heritage have saved plannedd and o-care." >> i think the president is disappointed in the number of people he thought were loyal to him that weren't. >> reporter: but republicans blame the plan. >> the problem is not with a specific faction in the house, it's with the bill. >> reporter: with the president's 100 day deadline to replace okay apparently dead, the white house says it's moving on to tax reform and passing the budget, but congress's investigation into whether the trump campaign was involved with russian hacking into the election isn't going away. >> this is the most important thing i've ever done in my public life and what i know now as i get more and more into this, i'm going to double down on that statement because it's extraordinary. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee chair canceled a tuesday hearing with former director of national intelligence james clapper and others drawing fire from the pnl's top democrat. >> the chairman has to make a decision whether to act as a surrogate of the w

mr. trump tweeting that president obama spied on him during the election after the first reports surfaced thursday in conservative blogs. >> there's been enough reporting that strongly suggests that something occurred. >> mr. trump wants congress to investiga investigate. some say all he needs to do is ask his own intelligence officials if anything happened. now late today republican senator john mccain speaking up saying if the administration has evidence, the american people need to see it. our political analyst larry gerston is with us. where do you want to start? >> start with the facts. we can only go by the facts, raj. fact, a president can't order a wiretap. only the department of justice can request permission through the courts. fact, assuming there was a wiretap, president trump could easily settle the entire issue by declassifying this event. he has not. and fact, president trump has offered no evidence to the wiretap claim yet. the intelligence officials are denied it ever happened. >> larry, mr. trump has made bold and accusations in the past several years. does that fall int

mr. trump tweeted that the freedom caucus have saved planned parenthood and ocare. but republicans blamed the plan. >> the problem was not really with the specific faction in the house. i think it's with the bill. >> reporter: with the president's 100-day deadline to replace obamacare now apparently dead, the white house says it's moving on to tax reform and passing the budget but congress' investigation into whether the trump campaign was involved with russian hacking into the election isn't going away. >> this is the most important thing that i've ever done in my public life. what i know now as i get more and more into this, i'm going to double down on that statement because it's extraordinary. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee declare has cancelled tuesday's hearing with former director of intel intense james clapper and others drawing fire from the the top democrat. >> i think the chairman has to make a decision whether to act as a surrogate of the white house. >> reporter: the senate intelligence committee is still planning on holding its hearing ma

mr. trump's tweet because we're told comey knows the allegation is not true. but comey apparently hasn't shared that with the president. white house press secretary sean spicer says he's almost 100% certain that mr. trump has not spoken to comey about this nor has he spoken to president obama. even key republican lawmakers are casting doubt on mr. trump's wiretap claim saying they've seen no evidence to back it up. but tonight the homeland security secretary john kelly tells me the president must have some convincing evidence for him to make such a powerful allegation. also this hour, top law enforcement officers in multiple states say they're reviewing the president's new travel ban weighing possible legal challenges before it takes effect ten days from now. mr. trump refusing to allow reporters in the room as he signed this new executive order. after the first ban faced global outrage and court roadblocks this one is more limited in scope. iraq was removed from the list of mostly muslim countries affected. valid visa and green card holders are exempt. and the

mr. trump's tweet down a rabbit hole because meanwhile he is dismantling many of the programs in the federal are critical to peoples' lives. >> we will get to that in moment and get to your take on the cbo score of the health care replacement plan. i am just wondering what the long-term play s. and let's say you subpoena that and you don't get anything, and where do you go from there? this is a president that has presented things without factual basis and it has not hurt him, and for instance, his claim of voter fraud, millions voted fraudulently and no evidence presented. what is the long-term play? what are your teeth in this? >> the long-term play is we will call upon the president to recant and apologize to former president obama. you do not make those kinds of allegations, criminal allegations, against a former president as he did so recklessly. it's that reckless behavior that the american people are going to start to wonder whether or not he is capable of doing the job. >> you think you will get president trump to do that? >> i think the congress, at least some of the members of congr

mr. trump tweeted about snoop dogg's video. bow wow, he is a dog. make a bigger name for himself by tweeting this. "shut your punk up." he just threatened the first lady. it given the career of bow wow, it would be a step up. it's got to be hard 20 years on to change nothing but your name. don't hold your breath for any feminist or media outrage. it's not like he threatened michelle obama. different rules apply. feminist looking for any excuse to smear the woman. what cowards they are. they washed up rapper has since deleted the tweet. i guess that makes bow wow. >> eric: could take. >> greg: will be right back. >> kimberly: you just destroyed whatever little bit we had. i like the nepad thing. >> eric: melania is the victim and no one is looking at it. they frame it only in the respect of trump has said some stuff. >> greg: they would find something else. >> eric: how about barron? >> dana: i think the feminists pick and choose who they decide to defend and you don't see the outcry. i think melania trump is one of the most interesting people of the

mr. trump tweeted democrats are smiling in dc. the freedom caucus with the help of club for growth and heritage have saved planned parenthood spokecare. the freedom caucus made up of the most conservative members of the house strongly opposed that legislation saying they did not do enough to bring down premiums. today some republican leaders said the bill failed because it wasn't good legislation. >> it wasn't just conservatives in the house. in fact i think more non- conservatives than conservatives opposed it. when you lose the chairman of the house appropriation committee one of the most powerful positions, the power is not with the specific faction in the house, but with the bill. >> democrats say they are willing to work with republicans to fix the problems of the affordable care act, but it is unclear just which areas of obamacare will be considered for changes. >>> now efforts to end obamacare appear to be over at least for the time being, tax cuts are next on mr. trump's to do list. white house chief of staff ryan previs s

mr. trump's tweet. and my world started going crazy. i thought, oh, he's confirmed the story. terrific. and then everyone said where is this wire tap? i said what wire tap? i didn't report a wire tap. what surveillance? i didn't report it. i think the white house's desperation to find some reporter who said this is because if it's real, he committed obstruction of justice. let me perfectly plain to your viewers. >> i want to go back to the fisa warrant based on your reporting. since your initial november filing here, was that fisa warrant executed? >> i have no knowledge other than i have reported and given the way the white house has attempted to put words in reporters' mouths i think it's really important to stick to what i know to be true. i know that the granting of the warrant happened at exactly the way that reported. i also know as i did report that director comey went once in the summer in june to the fisa court, naming donald trump and three of his campaign and he was turned down. so i reported this was a second attempt. now the bbc went a bit further two months later and repor

mr. trump tweeted the allegations the presidentnd go. >> the president has been clear wiretapping. he had it in quotes. >> let's seen't ihoose to do it >> the claims are strng republi just at the time he needs a pus through congress. presidency, that agenda looks stuck in the mud. the president's travel ban, blocked again. this time by federryland. >> we ought to go back to the first one and go what i wanted the first place. the rocks with a house vote scheduled for thursday. the presitting republicans to y. >> every singling person sitting in this room is now a yes. >> the changes recommended by the house budget committee -- givi require able-bodied medicaid recipients to work ideedal care. and further lding. freedom caucusseatives say they need further changes before they support the bill. >> i have been fullyngy problem about two weeks. i don't know that thosavs changed to placate conservatives they risk losing another moderate in the senate. >> we want to be there for constituents who received the benefit of medicaid expansion. >> in addition to health care there is president t

mr. trump tweeted this morning, quote, can you imagine what the outcry would be if snoop dogg, failing careerd aimed and fired the gun at president obama? jail time! here's the clip. the video is for a remixed version of the song "lavender" originally done by a canadian group called bad bad not good. >>> no charges will be filed against a florida man who came to the aid of a sheriff's deputy being attacked last november. this video here shows the man in the blue shirt walking toward the deputy who was pinned to the ground by a man. this happened on interstate 75 in lee county. russell appears to order the man to get off the deputy and when he doesn't, russell shoots and kills him as cars full of people looked on. >> he's about [ bleep ] to fire, dude. oh, my god. don't, bro. oh, my god. >> the florida state attorney's office determined the shooting was justified because the deputy's life was in danger. russell had a concealed weapons permit. >>> the former sheriff of los angeles county is now facing a possible sentence in federal prison. a jury today found 74-year-old lee baca guilty of helpi

trump continues the health care debate tweeting today urging republicans to oppose the conservative house freedom caucus. there the group of republican lawmakers opposed to the gop health care bill mrtrump tweeted "we must fight them and the dems in 2018. threat is not sitting well with members of the caucus. >> it may allow a child to get his way but that's not how our government works. >> we better get it right now figure out how we'll work together to do what we told the american people we were going to do and not just pass a bill that no one supports. >> the bill may not be completely dead. paul ryan wants to get enough votes together to bring the bill back to the floor but that's without consulting democrats as the president had suggested. >>> north carolina's governor has sign add law repealing the state's controversial bathroom bill. the law was passed last year and among other things for bids transgender people from using the bathroom they identify with. backlash against the law cost north carolina millions of dollars as businesses entertainers and sports leagues boycotted the state. >>> soon to be graduates alumni of lasalle university are hopeful they may have landed a ne

trump's wiretapping tweet. >> we're told that he began to look for this intelligence or -- found it after mr. trump tweeted about being surveilled by the obama administration. there's some disagreement among our officials. one who is saying this is part of an effort to find a post-fac tow justification for the tweets. another saying they were doing a review of how tejsz is shared in the white house and they came across this information. >> today confidentially sean spicer told reporters a letter was sent to the heads of the intelligence committees inviting them to look at new information. >> a letter was transmitted just recently to the ranking member and chairman of the house and senate intelligence committees that said, in the ordinary course of business, national security staff discovered documents that we believe are in response to your march 15th, 2017 letter to intelligence community seeking, quote, documents necessary to determine whether information collected on u.s. persons was mishandled and leaked, end quote. >> well, spicer declined to answer questions about "the new york times" re

mr. trump's tweet that this is mccarthyism by the president and presumably the fbi. >> were you engaged inctor comey? >> i try not to be included innis innisin isms of any kind, including mccarthyism. >> reporter: the fbi is investigating possible coordination between the president's campaign and the russian hacking of democrats. a lengthy probe that could lead all the way to the white house. russia's motive? >> putin hated secretary clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was, he had a clear preference to the person running against the person he hated so much. >> reporter: comey's appearance along with mike rogers a tale of two hearings. for democrats it was all about russia and the possible trump campaign connection. >> this was, in part, an inside job from u.s. persons. willing american accomplices were terribly naive ones or probably both who helped the russians attack our country and our democracy. >> reporter: while republicans avoiding the topic of russia, instead going after the leaks of classified information, allegedly from current and former intelligence officials. speci

mr. trump tweeted the allegations, the president and his aides just can't let it go. >> the president has already been very clear that he didn't mean specifically wiretapping. he had it in quotes. >> president trump's wiretapping claims are straining his credibility with republicans just at the time he needs a united party to push his agenda through congress, and two months into the trump presidency, that agenda looked stuck in the mud. the president's revised travel ban, blocked again, this time by federal judges in hawaii and maryland. >> i think we ought to go back to the first one and go all of the way which is what i wanted to do in the first place. >> health care legislation on the rocks with the house vote scheduled for thursday, the president promises he is getting republicans to yes. >> every single person sitting in this room is now a yes, and we made certain changes. >> those changes recommended by the house budget committee giving states the option to require able-bodied medicaid recipients to work in order to get medical care and further limiting medicaid spending and freedom

mr. trump's tweets. joining me now as howard kurtz, the host of media buzz. what do you about that? a dumb idea for the media. anderson cooper said he mutes the president on twitter. >> melissa: we've got breaking news. sorry to interrupt you. it will go to speaker ryan right now. >> how important it is to repeal and plays obamacare, not just because a lot is collapsing, but because the law is going to get even worse if we do nothing. let me show you what our problem is and what we are trying to do. we are going to repeal in a place obamacare and were going to do it with a three-pronged approach. number one, is what we're talking about now. this is what the committee marked up this morning, what the congress committee is doing right now. that's reconciliation. there are only so many things you can do in that bill because of the senate floor rules reconciliation. you can put everything you want and that legislation because of you dead, it would be filibustered and he couldn't even bring up for a boat in the senate. number two, administered of action. this law, obamacare, has 1,442 in

mr. trump tweeted today, mike flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt, excuse for big election loss by media and dems of historic proportion. flynn is talking with the house and senate intelligence committees about obtaining immunity from prosecution if he testifies. but a top democrat with the house committee said today it's too early to consider an immunity deal for the former nsc adviser. sources tell nbc news the senate panel has already turned down flynn's request. this afternoon, the white house press secretary was clear when asked about concerns over potentially damaging information flynn may have. >> is the white house concerned that general flynn has damaging information about the president, his aides and associates, about what occurred during the campaign with respect to russia? >> nope. >> general flynn's ties to russia have been scrutinized by the fbi and are under investigation by both committees. >>> president donald trump is touting his efforts to boost american manufacturing. he met with the national association of manufacturers today at the white house

mr. trump tweeted late friday that, quote, "vladimir putin said today about hillary and dems, in my opinion is humiliating. one must be able to lose with dignity. so true." >> donald trump tweeted, praising putin, "great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart." >> seth: yeah, just so you know, you don't need the "v." [ light laughter ] we know which putin. no one is thinking "dave putin? from putin chevrolet?" [ laughter ] in fact, rather than criticize russia for allegedly stealing private data and waging a disinformation campaign to interfere with the election, trump and his team have attacked the democrats for getting hacked in the first place. on friday, trump tweeted, "gross negligence by the democratic national committee allowed hacking to take place." so i guess it was gross negligence when trump himself announced in 2013, "my twitter has been seriously hacked. we are looking for the perpetrators." incidentally the best part about that 2013 hack was that all the hackers did was use trump's twitter account to post lil wayne lyrics. [ light laughter ] like this hack

mr. trump tweeted about being surveiled by the obama administration. we have one saying this was part of an effort to find the justification of the tweets. and how intelligence was shared in the white house and they came across this information. either way, they did come across it and we're told that it was mr. ellis, his name is michael ellis. he is a lawyer in the council's office of the white house. he was a general counsel for the house intelligence committee, the committee led by mr. nunes. we're told it was mr. ellis who allowed mr. nunes to view the information. >> while msnbc cannot confirm this, we can confirm from multisources, web confirm that ezra cohen watnik. the new national security adviser at one point did try to push hill out saying that he was in over his head. but that ezra cohen watnik complained to steve bannon and donald trump ended up securing his role there above the head of h.r. mcmaster. that's nbc news reporting. we haven't confirmed "the new york times." talk to me about the defense sean spicer was making. he is talking abo