mike pettine. hey, steve, it was the most pleasant, pleasurable commentary i've ever delivered at cnn. so, thank you for watching. see you next week. >>> and you are live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm pamela brown in washington on this saturday. and this just into cnn. we are hearing now, finally, some details from the trump white house, after an entire day of silence. details that might shed some light on a bizarre set of statements from the president that are making even the most seasoned political operatives scratch their heads. outright accusations, not hints or innuendo, but pointed charges from the president that his predecessor, barack obama, ordered the telephones at trump tower tapped in the weeks leading up to election day. it's a shocking and very serious charge that the president failed to support with any sourcing, any evidence, or anything to back up those claims. with me now, senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, what can you tell me? >> yes, pamela, that's right. we can te