obama administration abused the executive powers during the 2016 election. day after president trump accused president obama on twitter of wire tap ping trump tower in the lead-up to the vote. the obama administration james clapperhappened, he would have known about it. >> there was no such wire tap activity mounted against the president elect at the time or as a candidate or against his campaign. >> reporter: the white house is throwing the ball to congress, since two congressional intelligence committees are already investigating russian interference in the election. >> let's find out, have an investigation, if they're going to investigate russia tie, let's include this as part of it and so that's what we're asking. if this happened because if it did, again, this is the largest abuse of power that i think we've ever seen >> we're still in the relative early stages of our inquiry and it will be thorough and wide ranging and follow the facts. >> reporter: the president was awake and tweeting again early sunday morning with more allegations against the dnc and obama administration as well as thanking his supporters at rallies this week. sean spicer jumped on twitter sunday saying neither the white house nor the p

what we are seeing right now is the senior, the most senior intelligence officials in the obama administration. clapperre, we saw no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and the russians. unfortunately, the media, not the station, but many other stations are pushing out nonstop stories of potential collusion, the need to impeach the president, stating he's a fascist and saying insane things out there. if i was the president i would be upset seeing all this because this is willful on the part of media outlets across the united states. it is horrifying. jeanine: when clapper spoke he spoke on behalf of the cia, the nsa and the fbi, and he was clear as well as morel that there was no collusion and yet you've got this guy adam schiff from california and every left-leaning outlet saying there's something there when the people are saying there's nothing there. >> i saw the former acting director, deputy director of the cia on charlie rose and he said no fire there. there's smoke but we don't know what there is. i thought i married an italian. my lineage was the vecchios and zuccolis. through ance

everyone who has been briefed on the subject, from republican to democrat to cia, former obama administration's clappernnan, you name it, all of the people come back with the same conclusion. i think that is important that there's been no evidence of the president's campaign and russian officials. in fact, as you heard me state before, it was hillary clinton of the last administration's failed reset policy. she told russian state tv that it was designed to strengthen russia. that was their goal, to strengthen russia. she used her office to make concession after concession, selling off one-fifth of our country's uranium. paid speeches, paid deals, getting personal calls from vladimir putin. i think if there is really one to talk about a russian connection and the substance, that's where we should be looking. that, not there. >> i wasn't expecting to tap quite such a deep well with that question. >> it's friday. >> intelligence officials also tell us that chairman nunes knew about the documents that he viewed at the white house back in january but ended up looking at them at the nsc skiff only because he

everyone who has been briefed on this subject, from republican to democrat to cia, former obama administration clapperll of those people come back with the same conclusion. there's been no evidence of the president's campaign and russian officials. it was hillary clinton who was the architect of the last administration's failed reset policy. she told russian state tv it was designed to strengthen russia. that was their goal, to strengthen russia. she made concession after concession, selling off one-fifth of our country's uranium, paid speeches, paid deals, getting personal calls from vladimir putin. if you really want to talk about a russian connection and the substance, that's where we should be looking. that. not there. >> i wasn't expecting to tap quite such a deep well with that question. intelligence officials also tell us that chairman nunes knew about the documents that he viewed at the white house back in january but ended up looking at that at the nsc only because he could not get access through some of the other intelligence agencies. basically, it was a last resort to come here to the whit

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today, the director of national intelligence for the last six years of the obama administration, james clapper, said on nbc if there had been a court-approved wiretap of trump tower phones, he would have known about it. >> i will say that, for the part of the national security apparatus that i oversaw as dni, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-- the president-elect, at the time or as a candidate or against his campaign. >> sreenivasan: the white house today pointed to "reports" theorizing about phone wiretaps and email server monitoring. deputy white house press intrer view on fox news did touch on will tov-- topic. sara huckabee sanders addressed it on abc. >> i think he's going off of information that he's saying that has lead him to believe that this is a very real potential. that has led him to believe that this is a very real potential, and if it is, this is the greatest overreach and the greatest abuse of power that i think we've ever seen in a huge attack on democracy itself, and the american people have a right to know if this took place. >> sreenivasan: f

the obama administration sucked up tens of millions of phone calls under its program. clapper had to apologize for his false statements in a letter to diane feinstein. he said his response was completely erroneous for which i completely apologize. we can't believe anything in this story because it's so hard to trust anybody anymore in washington d.c. the press, the politicians and bureaucrats. here to clear this all up, former prosecutor in the manhattan da office, elliott. i want to do this very methodically and ask to start at the beginning. we are hearing reports in the summer of last year the obama fbi started looking into trump and trump associate spread what do we know about that initial investigation? >> multiple sources report that in june 2016 the obama justice department with the fbi started looking at potential contacts between senior officials in the trump campaign or others associated and russian banks or russian financial institutions. that apparently didn't yield any evidence of criminality. somehow this got transformed into a matter of national security which w

everyo who has been briefed onr, this subject from republican to democrat to cia, former obama administration's clapperpeople come back with the same conclusion. i think that is important that there has been no evidence of the president's campaign and russian officials. in fact, as you heard me state before, it was hillary clinton who was the architects of the lasted a administration's failed reset policy. she told russian state tv that it was designed to strengthen russia. that was their goal, to strengthen russia. she used her office to make concession after concession, selling off 1/5 of our country's uranium, paid speeches, paid deals, getting personal calls from vladmir putin. i think if there is really want to talk about a russian connection, the substance, that is where we should be looking. that not there. >> i wasn't expecting to tap quite such a deep well with that question. >> it is friday. >> intelligence officials also tell us that chairman nunes knew about the documents that he viewed at the white house back in january but ended up looking at them at the nsc scif only because he could not

intelligence officials and including the director of national intelligence under the obama administration james clapper who said this didn't happen. and what's interesting to note here ana, is that the house intelligence committee sent a letter to the department of justice asking the department of justice to release these documents, the fbi being under the purview of the -- the department of justice hasn't done so, but it is noteworthy that that is the agency that is being tasked with providing this evidence that many officials say simply doesn't exist. >> if the doj or the white house were to choose to respond, do we have an indication of what that response would look like, would it be a tweet, a formal statement, a press briefing? >> reporter: there are several officials that say that this evidence doesn't exist, so it wouldn't come in any format if it doesn't exist. as for that retraction that general clapper asked for is probably not going to happen tomorrow. >>> i want to get to a. scott bolden, he's a democratic strategist and political commentator mike shields, former chief of staff to reince pr

james clapper speaking out against donald trump saying there wasn't a wiretap of donald trump or his campaign aids put in there by the obama administrationresident obama. however, my next guest says clapper cannot be trusted bause he admitt to not telling the truth about the nsa's massive collectio of american phone data and more. he should know about that because he won the lawsuit against the nsa. look who's here. freedom watch and judicial watch founder larry claman. he joins me next. don't go away. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >> we did not include any evidence in our report that had any reflection of collusion between members of the trump campaign and the russians. >> it doesn't exist? >> not to my knowledge. liz: that's former director national intelligence james clapper denying that the obama administration wiretapped donald trump or his campaign before the election. back in 2014, clapper actually misled congress about swaling m

everyone who has been briefed on this subject from republican to democrat to cia, former obama administration, james clappernan all come back for the same conclusion. i think that's important that there has been no evidence of the president and russian officials. as you had me state before, it was hillary clinton he was the architect of the last of ministrations failed reset policy. she told russian state tv it was designed to strengthen russia. that was their goal, to strengthen russia. she used her office to make concession after concession, selling off one fifth of our countries uranium, paid speeches, paid deals, getting personal calls from vladimir putin. i think if you really want to talk about a russian connection or substance, that is where we should be looking. that, not there. >> reporter: i was not expecting to tap such a deep well with that question. intelligence officials also tell us that chairman nunes new about documents that he viewed at the white house back in january, but ended up looking at them at the saif because he cannot get the same access through some of the other intelligence agen

we heard many times in today's hearing, james clapper, the former director of national intelligence who earlier this month denied that the obama administration wiretapped trump tower. now, former dni clapper said there was also no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> we obviously have the statements of mr. clapper that there's no evidence of collusion with russia. he just left the intelligence community. and as you were aware, we now sit because as you said admiral rogers, the russians wanted to put a cloud over our system. and mr. comey by your announcement today, there is now a cloud that undermines our system. >> and then today nbc news received a new statement from clapper which read as follows. quote, former director of national intelligence james clapper has been clear that while he was not aware of any conclusive evidence related to collusion between trump campaign officials and russians prior to leaving government he could not account for intelligence or evidence that may have been gathered since inauguration on january 20th. and paul manafort the former chairperson was also mentioned repeatedly at today's

defending trump when it comes to these wiretap allegations against the obama administration, are also quick to point out that james clapperas a bit of a credibility problem. namely, his false statements to congress concerning surveillance matters back in 2013. watch. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently, perhaps, collect. but not wittingly. >> classified information later leaked by edward snowden showed at the the nsa did in fact collect data on u.s. citizens. james clapper himself ended up acknowledging his answers to congress were incorrect. conservative radio host laura and graham tweeted "clapper was on "meet the press" for the entire segment and choctaw didn't ask him one question about his own lying to congress. "even liberal writer glenn greenwald the tribe did with "shouldn't democrats get someone more credible than james clapper to make these denials, like andy randomly chosen person? "it is not just james clapper. ben shapiro points out how the left has now re-

are in a position to know, including former obama director of national intelligence james clapper, the former acting cia director under the obama administrationlligence committees essentially saying other ones, the other heads saying that there is no evidence of collusion. but you put this out there, you put it in the public mind, you cloud this up, and you continue what has so far been a storyline that is just a whole lot of nothing. paul: but just, kim, to follow up, james comey said -- basically indicated when he appeared before the committee x this is a counterintelligence probe and those kinds of things aren't necessarily aimed at criminal indictments. they're just -- and they can go on for years. >> they can go on for year,s which is why what we should be hoping for is that the house and senate intelligence committees which are conducting their own investigation -- paul: right. >> -- do so in a timely fashion and then get some conclusions and information out to the public. even if that means declassifying some materials so that people can see what's really going on. paul: dan, let's shift to these devin nuÑes remarks because if, in fact

member to get a chance last week to go through the documents that the obama administration had and, you know, when general clappermer head of the defense, the national intelligence agency last week was asked about that, he said, we see -- have seen no evidence of collusion but we ought to be sure that that's the case. this has become a big enough issue that at the end of what the house does and at the end of what the senate does, i think it's very important that everybody can walk away thinking that everybody that should have been talked to was talked to and everything that should have been looked at, was looked at. it's the best thing for the president and the best thing for the country so we need to be relentless in looking at anything that's there but, you know, general clapper has made the most public statement on that so far and there was no evidence of any collusion between the campaign and the russians. that doesn't mean the russians weren't involved in our election because we know that they were. maria: as part of investigation, are you also investigating these claims of wiretapping of trump tower during

the obama administration is not as pure as driven snow when it came to surveillance. james clapperused of lying to congress about one of the largest surveillance programs in the history of this country. president obama's administration put journalists under surveillance, like rosen at foxx. -- fox, so i think it's a mistake to overplay this issue. >> i also point out, and i wrote this down in the greenroom watching it. that james clapper's denial was kind of a non-die nilenial. he said donald trump wasn't wiretapped and the trump campaign was not wiretapped. but that is not the same as saying there were no intercepts of any kind that involved people around donald trump, and that seems to be the -- >> it left out the trump organization. >> left out, yeah, you know, people who, other people in the building of trump tower as well. exactly. >> but, if, for example, someone in the trump tower called the russian embassy, the russian embassy's lines are tapped as a matter of course. how does that turn into some scandal involving barack obama? >> if, nobody's saying it's a scandal involvin

don't forget you also have information from clapper from the past administration. president obamahe investigation into whether there was russian involvement in our election. he wanted the results to be delivered before the january 20th inauguration and former director of national intelligence clapper did clidelr those results and gsaid there ws no involvement they had found. i would be just as curious about their testimony now as former members of the intelligence team of what did they in fact discover to repeat that claim. if that was true in january, is it still their belief today that nothing was found and that it was no involvement? that's a very important element that it's almost as if they didn't say it. >> and then nick, you know, former nfa michael flynn paid over $30,000 by russian tv according to top democrats on the house oversight committee, so if there is that, in your view, how much does that help corroborate or indicate that russia did play great influence in any -- in those who were in the circle of a donald trump? there's even that photograph showing michael flynn

. >> a new pushback on president trumps claimed that the obama administration bug to trump tower. the former director james clapper who served under president obama said and never happened. >> i cannot speak officially anymore but i can say for the part of the national security apparatus that i oversaw as dni, there is no such wiretap activity mounted against the president, the president-elect at the time as a candidate or against his campaign. >> joining me now is mike baker president of global intelligence and security form. on top of hearing from doctor clapper, we are hearing moments ago from matt dean, our doj and federal law enforcement producer here at fox news, the senior most federal law officials had no idea what resident trump is talking about in his wiretap treats and they were caught completely off guard. the same officials could not yet confirmed the new york times report that director, he has asked to publicly reject claims made by president trump. director coming as you me as you know we reported today according to the new york times, he is rebuking the president's claim of wiretapping by president

russian intelligence and we have two very high ranking obama administration intelligence officers who have disputed that claim, first, jim clapperctor of national intelligence under barack obama a couple weeks ago said he had seen no evidence of such collusion and then just this past week, michael morel, the acting director of the cia and endorsed hillary clinton said there's no fire here, not a camp fire, not a candle, not even a little spark of any kind of collusion. i think ultimately that matters more to most americans given the nature of the allegations made in the past several months about donald trump and his campaign and some of his associates. >> well, i don't know exactly to whom you're referring in terms of accusations of collusion but certainly if anybody who got that wrong should correct the record if there's no evidence at end of the investigation to suggest it, but what i was asking you about is the evidence-free allegation made by president trump, specifically that president obama had him wiretapped at trump tower. just as a matter of record, you're on the senate intelligence committee, do you know of any evidenc

stay with me, but sean spicer said over and over that several, whether it was james clapper under the obama administrationwhether it was chairwoman nuÑes who has said, quote-unquote, all of these have seen the briefings, the intel -- >> there's no collusion. cheryl: every single one of them keeps saying there's no collusion. it's an investigation. >> and it's something that the fbi should be doing, looking into it, going through all these steps. and at the end of the day, again, i'll say it again, there is no there there, there is no collusion, but this has been the narrative from the democrats and the left that somehow there was this nefarious plot for the russians to help throw this election towards trump, and now we're finding out there was no actual tampering with the election. i think that was one of the things that i hope will be highlighted. the other thing that came out, trey gowdy, let's talk about these illegal leaks. cheryl: right. and we are going to talk about that. we are going to talk about that. he was very firm in saying where are the leaks coming from, and sean spicer mentioned that both

administration, with no end in sight at this point, brian. so, remember, we'll have more hearings. we'll have dni clapper and brennan from the obama administration coming up next week, testifying before this committee. we expect the senate intelligence committee to have the fbi director back again to testify on these matters. you know, this is just something that i think is going to continue to be an open wound and i think give some of these members of congress power over an administration they may have felt powerless from front of otherwise, from a political perspective. >> go further into the argument you're making. the central point is, words have impact. and words matter. and we've seen that today. >> i think that's absolutely right. this president clearly learned the question, and katy tur can speak to this as well, through the campaign he could say whatever he wanted without consequences. even if there were consequence, they were positive. he has found himself as the occupant of the oval office. and the reality is, what he said himself, at this point self-inflicted may be the right description for it on a saturday morning, i

second hearing is on the calendar pencilled in with former obama administration officials, the director of national intelligence, james clapper who oversees the agencies, john brennan and the former acting attorney general sally yates who was fired by president trump over the travel ban. this group also has first hand knowledge of the investigation and they can also explain how the last white house dealt with these issues and lawmakers we expect will test whether their actions were appropriate or perhaps politically driven in this case, shep. >> shepard: walk us through this incidental collection and why that may be crucial today. >> we talked a lot about it on your show and very early into this, which was totally the right move. but it's really worth sort of decoding it. when the u.s. government is tracking a foreign target like a russian ambassador, they don't actually need to go to a fisa court because they're not an american citizen. they is surveil or trap their communications. so phone calls, text messages, e-mails. but in the process, they pick up who is on the other end of the phone or on the other end of the e-mail e

as we've seen with clapper under obama's administration under dni he lied to congress and said this waso metadata on americans when he knew it was a lie. we to be sure congress is doing their job every day and not relying on third parties. >> shannon: one person doing the job is congressman devin nunes and where they're going. >> is it possible president obama knew about general flynn in we don't know the answer to that question. is it possible president obama was directing his people, his department of justice to go into the court to seek a warrant? i don't know. >> shannon: david, do you support an investigation that covers all those questions whether there's collusion between trump and this russians and the campaign and russian actors. whether the president or somebody within the administration had a fisa court order? those things should be discoverable. >> when i call for an independent investigation that's it. it should be independent of the republican-led congressional committee and independent of politics and pointed by the attorney general and we have to go back to what you said

. >> james clapper who were members of the obama administration, we're supposed to come testify on tuesdayat was just postponed, jeffrey. >> yeah, i mean, i don't know what the reason is, but i do believe we should get to the bottom and get all of these people out there and let's hear what they have to say. >> i have an idea. i have an idea. >> real quick. >> listen, here's the thing. this is a dangerous, this is dangerous for donald trump because when you voluntarily testify under oath, we know these individuals have communications with accusations of russians helping donald trump. this is a real problem. it needs an independent prosecutor. and look for the change in leadership of that intelligence committee. >> we'll see. a. scott bolden and jeffrey lord, thank you so much. we'll be right back. life desera modern way to pay. and we'll end up in venice. oh..venice... let's get the check. nope! i got it. you can use it online and what's with this one? and on your phone. taking care of the check. it's all masterpassed. first impressions. priceless thank you so where to now? well we're think

they cited the statement of former obama administration officials, the director of national intelligence james clapperalso just as recently as last week, the former acting director of the cia, mike morell, martha. >> martha: thank you very much. catherine herridge reporting. pete hoekstra's former chairman of the house intelligence committee and a former trump campaign national security advisor. paris harper's former cia officer and spokesperson and a fox news contributor. welcome to both of you today. the president tweeted quite a bit throughout the course of this about what he made of it. pete, taking a look at your thoughts on this, you think that this is much ado about nothing. why? >> we didn't learn much new today. the trump campaign under investigation, that has been out there, that has been talked about for a long time. james clapper we thought put that to rest a few weeks ago. obviously, that did not happen. yet, we knew all about the leaks. there were some questions raised today. i think that what was leaked, who leaked it, is not criminal, is there investigation, those types of things. in t

point out in an interview a few weeks ago on one of the sunday shows, james clapper, at the time during obama administration, the director of national intelligence, and he said that there was no evidence of collusion. devin nunes, no evidence of collusion. by now you have comey saying that this is under active investigation, specifically the collusion. and he was asked about how soon he was going to wrap it up coming and he said well, this began in july. for a counterintelligence active investigation, that is a short time. that would indicate that that is going to go on for a long time. you can talk about him saying that he wanted to get out in front of it. you cannot get out in front. it will continue for some time. and we saw how it had damaged hillary clinton. the idea that there is a continuing fbi investigation despite the conclusions from the director of national intelligence, the head of the house intelligence, the means -- there is a cloud that will remain. >> i do want to point out that while he could say, because the director said that it was continuing, he cannot talk about the leak investigation

number one, we know james clapper who worked under the obama administration before he left office said there is no evidence there was any collusion or cooperation between the trump campaign and russia. but i think there was some thing else interesting. he confirmed there was an investigation going back to july so we're multiple months into the investigation. he told us in his opening statement, this is comey, he had briefed the intelligence leadership which would include devin nunes. yesterday on "fox news sunday" devin nunes told us there's no effort it and see has heard of that there is evidence of collusion or cooperation between russia and trump. using devin nunes and that brief he got from comey that there is no evidence thus far. >> quickly, the president is tweeting, of course, and the last 2 minutes, it is on-topic which is why i want to bring it up, only on my phone otherwise we would put on the screen for you. here it is just in the last couple minutes. "the nsa and fbi tell congress that russia did not influence electoral process" tree that was one of the things they covered

officially scheduled, but sally yates was supposed to testify along with clapper and brennan come off from the obama administration. that one is not happening. fbi director comey, they will bring him back as well as the director of the nsa. a lot being made that this hearing what the yates was canceled or postponed or something. is it a big deal? >> i don't think that's a big deal. what we have to go back to, the substance. what we have our three narratives narratives about the russians. one narrative is the democratic narrative, that trump people colluded with the russians to influence the election. at the ranking member on the intelligence committee, adam schiff, has made that claim, saying there is more than circumstantial evidence, without giving evidence. yet, there is no attacks on him for doing it. there is the president trump claim, which he put in the famous tweet, saying that his predecessor had ordered wiretaps on trump tower. chairman nunes says that is not true. then, the third claim, much more modest, which devin nunes says, he has read documents, discussing the intelligence, and which these names ar

coats will replace james clapper who retired at the end of the obama administration. okay. we are standing by for president trump, who is set to speak in michigan. he is checking out american made cars today. he is expected to make an announcement that could mean a shake-up for the auto industry. plus, after last night's drama surrounding a report on president trump's taxes, what do these people have in common? sounded like this. >> i'll find out how to tell you this. we saw another wall in there. all right. we'll be right back after these commercial messages. >> geraldo hasn't aged a day, as he joins me now to talk about this. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy ...what you love. ensure. always be you. >> melissa: we are waiting comments from president trump. we are expecting some news on the auto industry. we'll bring you that as soon as it happens. a bombshell about president trump's taxes proving to be a dud. rachel maddow getting all wound up hyping the

all the, you know, high-minded denials by former obama administration officials this weekend, a lot of them also kept the door open. you had mr. clapper saying anything in his purview would not have included that. he can say that. but he couldn't speak for other pieces of the obama administration or local and state authorities. if director comey has something to say, we're willing to hear it. he's just directing the department of justice to bat this down. >> let's bring in matt miller, former spokesman for eric holder and former director of the office of public affairs, as well as john dean, former white house counsel to president nixon. i'm sure you all know him at home. matt, first off to you, is there any circumstance where there could be a f sichisa wiretap wi james comey knowing, without the fbi director knowing and without the president knowing? >> of course not. the fbi director is the person who oversees those type of investigations. he wou absolutely know in this type of case, the director of national intelligence would know, too. here's what we have to consider when you when you see what the president said, kellyanne conway

russian intelligence, and we have two very high-ranking obama administration intelligence officers who have disputed that claim. first, jim clappertor of national intelligence under barack obama, a couple weeks ago said that he had seen no evidence of such collusion. and then this past week, michael mora morrell, acting director of the cia and who endorsed hillary clinton, said there is no fire here at all, not a campfire, not a candle, not even a spark of any collusion. i think ultimately that matters more to most americans, given the nature of the allegations that have been made in the past several months about donald trump and his campaign and some of his associates. >> for more on this, joining me now, msnbc's intel and national security correspondent ken delainan. good to see you. what do you suspect will come out in tomorrow's hearing? will there be a spar ca campfi campfire, a fire, any of the options tom cotton put out there? >> probably all of the above. this has the potential to be one of the more dramatic moments of the obama presidency, but the question isn't whether comey or mike rogers will refute trump's unfounded

congressman trey goudie suggested that obama administration official may have been sources of leaked classified information. >> do you know whether director clapper knew the name of u.s. citizen this appeared in washington post. >> i can not say. i do not want to confirm that there was classified information. >> would he have access? >> in some circumstances sure. i am not talking about that particular. >> would director brennan have access to an unmasked u.s. citizen's name. >> in some circumstances yes. >> susan rice? >> i think any -- yes, in general, and into other national security adviser would, i think, as a matter of ordinary course of their business. lou: our first guest said that there is a deep state of entrenched federal employees who set up deliberate leaks to attack president trump and his dang. joining m administration. joining me tonight, newt gingrich, let's start with, james comey and his peculiar if you will, discreet judgment about what he can talk about and what he cannot amongst seemed to be a number of investigationses ongoing. well, comey whole behavior starting last summer about hillary clinton has been bizarre. what you

actions of the fbi and the intelligence agencies during the obama administration people lost trust in anything they say. it's all very well for clapper for example to say i can absolutely tell you that this is false and there was no wire taps, he's the person that went to congress and lied directly about surveillance about the whole of the american people. and then comey, the way he behaves, people just don't believe what they're being told. that's not because people have become neurotic and conspiracy theory, it's because of the behavior of those people in power themselves. when people say those cliches we have to get to the bottom of this, got to clear it up, i think we'll never do that until we get a real grip, until the president gets a real grip of these intelligence agencies and the government and actually puts them on a much less oh lit at this sized footing. . >> elizabeth: the president could call the fbi and say give me the information. but there is a report out there that there was surveillance of the russian computers talking to trump tower computers, worrying about the rush shaz helping with money. but now we have senato

obama administration officials. former cia director john brennan, former director of national intelligence james clapper and former deputy attorney sally yates. yates was briefly held over and fired by the white house, the trump administration, for refusing to enforce the president's original travel ban. and she was expected to testify about former national security adviser michael flynn, who was forced out last month after being revealed to have lied about his contacts with the russian ambassador. weeks earlier, it was yates who had warned the white house that flynn was lying and might be vulnerable to russian black mail. according to washington post, yates had made clear to government officials that her testimony to the committee probably would contradict some statements that white house officials had made. but yates was not ultimately called to testify today. and according to documents obtained be i the "post," the trump administration may not have wanted her to. in a letter dated last friday, march 24th, a justice department official notified yates' testimony. her testimony would be likely covered by executive privil

he replaces james clapper who retired at the end of the obama administration. >> a bombshell announcementdepartment. it is bringing criminal hacking charges against twos russian officials and two hackers. russian intelligence officers are accused of a massive breach of yahoo! that affected at least half a billion user accounts. it's unlikely they'll ever set foot in a u.s. courtroom. >> we do not have an extradition treaty with russia. we would hope that they would respect our criminal justice system and respect that these charges and what they need to do. >> as for the other two hackers one is in custody in canada, the other is on the fbi's list of most wanted cyber criminals. >> a syrian diplomat is condemning what he calls a terrorist attack in damascus. six years to the day the nation's civil war began, at least 30 people were killed in the suicide bottoming inside a historic judicial building. it was the second major attack within a week in damascus. the u.n. special envoy to syria says the blast was designed to hurt attempts at political talks. the u.n.-led negotiations are set to b

national intelligence james clapper has denied donald trump's calim that the obama administration orderedping on trump tower during the election campaign. his comments contradict explosive allegations by the president by twitter. a person familiar with the situation told bloomberg that trump relied on reports in conservative data, including breitbartn news. japan has move to the highest possible alert level after north korea fired four listed missiles. three of the missiles fell within the economic zone. the prime minister abe says he will launch a firm protest with north korea and south korea's acting president called this a serious provocation. u.s. president donald trump's protectionist stance might propel latin american, asian, and middle eastern nations into alliances. that is according to the european commission's vice president, who told bloomberg exclusively that trump's rejection of multilateral commercial deals are giving way to the eu's push for free trade and investment pacts. somethingere has been else to raise protectionism, especially from the u.s. side, the rest of the wor

obama administration, who requested it? it's not that difficult to get a fisa granted that would encompass the area within where trump tower was and pick up the intercepts. you are right that clapperre not doing domestic gathering and they were. we found out from snowden that they had lied about it. eric holder, from obama's administration, has the unique distinction of being the only attorney general to ever be held in criminal contempt for refusing to answer questions about fast and furious. benghazi, more lies. just so you know, bob, these folks weren't exactly hanging out at disneyland. >> greg: expecting precise language from donald trump on a tweet is like expecting, you know, frosty cones on mars. please. >> dana: what is president obama's team supposed to say? >> greg: we have had four days on a tweet. everyone has gotten lighten up. >> dana: he could fix this by saying "i didn't mean it." >> greg: i didn't say it was right. i started off saying it was a mistake but what i am saying is you are arguing over the precise nature of a tweet he did at 5:00 a.m. >> bob: can i say one thing? producers are yelling and saying we've got to get out. this tie. anyone who could give me

. >> the plan was to get testimony from john clapper and john brennan and sally yates, the most senior obama administrationhe refused toismman the travel ban. we were going to have public testimony and clearly this was not going to be a good day for the president because any public testimony talking about this investigation is not. is that what devin nunes did, i'm going to cancel this to protect the president? >> the reality is i can't recall a pack and for the with democrat and republican on the intel committee. intel committee is supposed to be slightly above that. it's not and it's in the mud hand may have given the president a short-term lifeline but a long-term one i'm not sure because they basically have added more sort of weight to the argument there should be an independent investigation. republicans probably won't call for one, but the credibility of this committee now is in serious question because of chairman nunes. >> and three trump associate, not all are very close to the president but three have agreed to come in and give testimony, i don't know if they will officially take oates, but paul

national intelligence james clapper has denied donald trump's claim that the obama administration ordered wiretapping on trump tower during the election campaign. explosivet contradict allegations by the president via twitter. a person familiar with the situation told bloomberg that donald trump relied on reports and conservative media, including breitbart news. japan has moved to the highest possible alert level after north korea fired four ballistic missiles simultaneously into nearby waters. tokyo said three of the missiles fell into japan's exclusive economic zone, with one dropping 350 kilometers west of the nation's prefecture. shinzo abe says he will launch a firm protest with north korea, and south korea's acting president called this a serious provocation. u.s. president trump's protectionist stance my propel asian, middle eastern, and latin american nations into alliances. this is according to the european commission's vice president, who told bloomberg that trump's rejection of border tax threats are giving of this t -- are giving emphasis to the push for free trade. >> when th

hearing with three former obama administration officials who just happen to be critical of president trump, the hearing was set to include former cia director john brennan, james clapper and former acting attorney sally yates. adam schiff is voicing concerns. >> 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 a independent and credible investigation. i hope he chooses the latter. i implore our chairman and speaker to dedicate themselves to a serious and bipartisan investigation! the house intel committee expect today bring james comey and mike rogers back for another hearing this one behind closed doors to offer classified information. >>> hundreds of peaceful protesters arrested in russia including a noted critic of president vladimir putin. live in moscow next. . >>> the state department is condemning the kremlin for the arrest of hundreds of russian protesters including a key opposition figure to vladimir putin, thousands of people hit the streets in moscow sunday and nearly 100 cities and towns, ale alexey navalny detained. you yourself got caught up in this ov