>> anderson, i am told by sheldon white house of rhode island that he was told in a private meeting that fbi director james comey would assure him and his fellow senator whether or not there is an investigation ongoing into the drum campaign. during the presidential election. they have not confirmed the existence of the investigation and not confirmed that with senators. in a private meeting on march 2nd, james comey would not tell the two senators whether or not there was an investigation ongoing. even though they sit on a subcommittee which is investigating the issue of russia. comey according to sheldon white house said he would confirm one way or another whether or not that investigation is occurring by this hearing tomorrow in this senate judiciary subcommittee where they explore the medaling in the elections. this comes as shelled oun white house and lindsey graham asked for evidence to wire tapping, the claims that president obama ordered wire taps and surveilled him during the election. if he does not get a response by tomorrow before that hearing, he told them they would make it

senator sheldon white house and graham have also been pressing director comey for evidence into mr. trump's wiretapping claims against the obama administration. a bipartisan hearing is also being held in the senate into hewhetssr ruia meddled in last november's election. >>> the justice department just announced formal charges massive yahoo data breach. the cyber attack exposed passwords and other information of about one billion yahoo users. the indictments target two members of the russian intelligence agency fsb and two hackers hired by the russians. the indictments are part of the largest hacking case brought by the united states. >>> the man accused of opening fire inside the comet ping-pong restaurant is accepting a plea deal. there was a hearing for 28-year- old edgar welsh of north carolina this morning. welsh has said he went to the restaurant on connecticut avenue afraiding online that -- after reading online that a child sex ring was operating out of the basement. there are no details though about the plea deal. that will be discussed in another hearing next week. >>> the

. >> also today, two senators, democrat sheldon white house, rhode island, and republican lindsey graham, south carolina, formerly asked the doj to provide quote kieps of any warrant applications or court orders related to wiretaps of president trump. the trump campaign, or trump tower. our own kasie hunt talked more about this today with senator graham. >> the president trump claims that president obama administration tarkted his campaign, trump tower, and the tweet. i have no knowledge of that. but he's challenge ld the congress to help him, so let's help. there's no reason for them not to give it to us. all we're asking for was a warrant issue. and if they don't give it to us, yeah, i'll subpoena it. this is a major deal for the country. i want to get to the bottom of it and the doj and fbi director, that's the reasonable request. and i hope they comply. >> meanwhile the head of the fbi, james comey, who has been requested to appear on the house intelligence committee did make a public appearance today while declining to comment on any of this. and remember, we learned yesterday from

that was the result of conversation that senator sheldon white house had with james comey in private ing according to white house. de deadline earlier today. didn't answer the questions but did say would respond to him and senator lindsey graham as early as next week in classified letter addressing their questions which includes there f there's any evidence and what it is to support the wiretapping claims. tonight the senators are concerned it's in classified setting which means the public may not know the answers to the questions raised to the fbi. >> thank you manu. some of the sharpest political observers these days are late night comedians, making us laugh in spite of ourselves. whoa, this thing is crazy. i just had to push one button to join. it's like i'm in the office with you, even though i'm here. it's almost like the virtual reality of business communications. no, it's reality. introducing intuitive, one touch video calling from vonage. call now and get amazon chime at no additional cost. actually making your body feel better. i'm heather thomson, and that's exactly what tom

the trump administration most likely and i think not just mark warner but the lindsey graham sheldon -- white house is sort of calling president trump's bluff and giving an opening here for -- >> reiterate for our viewer what is that request was. >> it was the fbi an department of justice to provide the warrants that were requested in court for the wiretaps, right? it's not entirely clear, does a court have to sign off to release that because it's done in a secret court as you know, but nonetheless there's now this invitation that democrats sheldon whitehouse, republican lindsey graham, oversight in this scenario says send us what you have on that, the court ruling authorizing the warrant and now an opportunity for jim comey to say well, there is none, he doesn't want to necessarily talk about it but they have now provided an opening to say there was no wiretapping because they're requesting the proof that there was president trump will have to answer to that. >> what will he say if this comes back and say there one a wiretapping, they were standing by president trump's tweets saying it's up

two of the committee's highest profile members, lindsey graham and sheldon white house have written a letter to director comey asking if there's any ed that the feds obtained a warrant against trump campaign. senator graham told cnn the senate may take legal action if the senate doesn't clarify the matter. >> i want to get to the bottom of it. the fbi would know if there was a warrant issued or applied for. i want to answer that question. if they do not provide the answer to that letter that we write in a bipartisan fashion, there will be a bipartisan subpoena following the fbi. >> a bipartisan subpoena. senate er graham says he has no idea if they would clarify the matter today. again, there's no evidence of any kind that former president obama wiretapped trump tower or anyone else. there never has been evidence. if the president was wrong, will or should he apologize? tell the public why he made such an outrageous claim? catherine herridge is life in washington. what are we learning about the investigation into this claim of wiretapping? >> shep, the republican chairman of the house

sheldon white house was one of the senators asking the questions.the judiciary committee and leading a congressional subcommittee investigation into russia's allegationed interference into the election. good morning. >> good morning. how are you allison? >> i'm doing well. it sounded like he would not commit to naming a special prosecutor. were you satisfied with the answer? >> yeah i'm satisfied with that. this is a guy that's now the u.s. attorney for maryland. he's not even in the main justice building and until he's confirmed he's not going to be into whatever is going on. i think he's entitled to find out what is going on before he's forced to make a decision about whether there's a special council or not. he'll see that a special council is probably a good idea but he s i think, entitled to take a look around before he's asking to make that decision. >> you were peppering him with questions about whether or not communications, intercepted communications would be relevant to the investigation and for awhile there it sounded like he was dodging

. >> republican senator lindsey graham and sheldon white house penning a letter to the justice department and the fbi asking for evidence. writing we would take any abuse of wiretapping authorities for political purposes very seriously. we would be equally alarmed to learn that a court found enough evidence of criminal activity or contact to authorize a wiretap. >> the president asked congress to look into whether or not his campaign was wiretapped by the obama administration. ly take up that challenge. >> meanwhile the investigation into russian meddling in the election continues. four sen tors taking their search to the cia to review raw intelligence. >> you have more questions now and more information to get access to. >> as the trump administration continues to forcefully deny any collusion between russian officials and their campaign. >> the president made clear he has no interest in russia and yet a lot of the stories that come out with respect to that are frankly fake. >> now sources tell cnn that president trump's chief of staff had a conversation with president obama's former chi

senator sheldon white house says fbi director james comey promised to tell him wednesday if the fbi istigating those ties. the announcement comes as lawmakers continue to press comey to answer a letter requesting that he hand over evidence the fbi has to support president trump's wiretapping claims. >> they are about to screw up big time. if they keep running to the intel committee and not answer that letter. >> the white house has not offered any proof of trump's claim that former president obama ordered a wiretap of trump tower prior to the election. an administration now says trump doesn't believe obama personally tapped his phone despite his tweets to the contrary. >>> speaker paul ryan plans to keep pushing forward with the new gop healthcare bill with little to no changes. the backlash was swift and fierce after the nonpartisan cbo estimated the number of uninsured americans would climb by 24 million by 2026. that caused some moderate house republicans to reconsider their positions. the white house says president trump is proud of the plan. the cbo projects the bill would reduce

republican senator lindsey graham and sheldon white house have asked top law enforcement officials for evidence writing to the deputy attorney general and deputy of fbi to ask that the department of justice supply any warrants of president trump, his campaign or headquarters writing that they would take spying for political services seriously. we would be equally alarmed that a court found enough evidence to legally authorize a wire tap of president trump, trump campaign or the trump tower. president graham said he would assist the president's effort to get answers. >> president trump says he claims that president obama's administration targeted him in the election. i have no knowledge but he's challenged the congress to help. if they don't give it to us, yeah, i'll subpoena it. i'm not trying to compromise classified information, not trying to compromise the investigation. the question is has there ever been a warrant issued. this is a major deal. i want to get to the bottom of it. >> speaking in boston, fbi director stamped out any claim that he might retire. >>> michael flynn took p

this is according to one of the senators at that meeting, senator sheldon white house, a ranking member of the judiciary subcommittee. in that meeting comey would not confirm whether or not the fbi is indeed investigating trump campaign ties to russia, but what he told white house and gram was that by tomorrow when their subcommittee is going to have its own hearing on russia that he would confirm the existence of this investigation. now, we don't know for sure what comey will do tomorrow because i've asked the fbi for comment and right now, anderson, they're not commenting. >> lindsey graham clearly also wants any evidence of whether president obama wiretapped donald trump's phones or trump tower as president trump has alleged. will koem ocomey talk about tha tomorrow, do we know? >> we don't know yet. that's the hope from those two senators. those two senators sent a letter to comey, to the fbi asking for any details about wiretapping to be providing to their committee and senator graham told me he's prepared to get, quote, tough on the d.o.j. tomorrow if the justice department does n

senators lindsay graham and sheldon white house sending a letter to the justice department and the fbi requesting copies of any warrant applications relating to president trump's wire tapping accusations. let's bring in ben carton. he is the ranking democrat on the foreign relations committee. lawmakers are seeking this wire tap paper trail senator. how do you see this going? >> well, i think it's appropriate for the congressional committees to get as much information as possible. this is the judiciary committee. they are entitled to get justice regarding the president's allegations. it sort of doesn't answer the broader question what was happening with russia, what was happening with all the contacts with americans. we need an independent commission similar to what was developed after our attack on 9/11 that has brought jurisdiction to look at all these issue. you've been talking about them today on this show. all of that should be reviewed with a report to congress and the american people. >> sandra: i also want to get to the latest on the obama care replacement battle that we are se

republican senator lynn say graham and democrat sheldon whitehouse white degree house have formally requestedormation from the department of justice and the fbi. they want to know of any action taken to listen in on calls at trump tower. first lady melania trump marked international women's day by hosting a luncheon at the white house welcoming about 50 women, including her step daughter ivanka. mrs. trump spoke back kindness, equality, tolerance and the responsibility of women to help each other achieve success and how much she values freedom and equal opportunity as an immigrant. >>> millions of women across the country observed international women's day by marching, boycotting work and wearing red. the protests were called the day without a woman organized to highlight women's economic clout. hillary clinton appeared in washington last night at the vital voices global leadership awards, an organization she found during her type lady. she says women's voices have never been as important as they are right now. >> these are uncertain even trying times but as we all stop to look fear in the fa

justify a wir to f>> rorter: near the end of s lindsey graham and rhode island democratic senator sheldon whitentere whitehouse asked for court order frs of trump campaign or trump tower. >> if there is no warrant, that's something we need to know f. there was a warrant, i need to understand why one was issued. president trump has alleged something very serious. i'm willing to get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: amid questions about trump campaign contacts with russian operatives, bs confirmed he offered the u.s. ambassador to russia to john huntsman, he was unanimously confirmed of president obama's ambassador to china in 2012. nor he tweeted criticism saying china. >> and nstraon. major garrett, thank you investigation into the theft of posting on wikileaks. theyday. they apparently tools and the wemoing. >> reporter: good morning, an official tellss activity in the weeks befe sensitive cia tions,da. whether someone working for the oversecrecyformatn on tuesday. the last eightth coincide with . disclosures were designed t america against terror personnel and operations. highlight another se

sheldon white house of rhode island.ould lose their health coverage under the new gop plan. first, the latest on the massive winter storm that is bringing much of the northeast to a standstill. the storm is working up the east coast impacting roughly 70 million people. eight states in the northeast are facing blizzard warnings with more than a foot of snow and strong winds up to 50 miles per hour or higher. some areas of new york state may approach three feet of snow. federal agencies in d.c. are on a three-hour delay because of the snowstorm. new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, connecticut and virginia declared states of emergency. a statewide travel ban is in effect in connecticut. in new york, aboveground portions of the subway system are shut down. metro north announced they are operating on a sunday schedule. last hour, on "morning joe," new york governor, andrew cuomo said the service is going to be suspended later in the day due to heavier snow. amtrak will operate on a modified schedule. express will shut down se

democratic senator sheldon white house says james comey has indicated privately to senators he may provide a clearer explanation of a existence of a russian fbi investigation ahead of today's judiciary subcommittee hearing on meddling in the 2016 election. white house said the fbi director made the suggestion during a private sit-down between the two men and senator lindsey graham on march 2nd. the same day attorney general jeff sessions recused him from any potential investigations involving russia. on our show yesterday, whitehouse told us it's important for comey to answer the question publicly because they can't have an fbi director steer clear of an investigation while not confirming there is a criminal investigation. senator whitehouse told us he expects comey to expose any warrant that might have been made of trump tower or trump associates in response to a letter that whitehouse and republican lindy graham sent last week. and lindsey graham is now forcing the issue. >> you need to come to that because i'm going to make an announcement about the letter and let the fbi know they are

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republican senator lindy graham and democratic senator sheldon white house asked top for evidence andthe deputy of the attorney general and the director of the fbi requesting the department of justice provide copies of any warrant application and court order related to wiretaps of president trump, his campaign, or headquarters. they have said they take spying for political purposes seriously and added we would be equally alarm to learn that a court found evidence or criminal activity on or contact with a foreign power to authorize a wiretap of president trump, the trump campaign or trump tower. here is senator lindsey graham speaking yesterday to nbc news. but there is a difference -- they claim he targeted tump tower but he has challenged the congress to help him. let's help. if they don't give it to us, yes, subpoena. i'm not trying to compromise classified information. i'm not trying to compromise the investigation. the question is has it ever been a warrant issue? this is a major deal for the can you not and i want to get to the bottom of it. >> curious. let's just say the tweets

white house. two officers, lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse have asked the white house for proof that donald trump was tapped. they say they will use a subpoena if they need to. >> looking at tweets, policies, executive orders and speeches throughout the first 100 days on today in the bay. we would like to hear from you. share your thoughts on twitt twitter @scottmcgrew. >> all right. have you heard this? "ill ton" opening up in san francisco tomorrow. get this. you could snag tickets for less than the cost of a pizza. the producer of "hamilton" announced a digital lottery where there is a select number of tickets for the san francisco show will be sold for just $10. 44 lucky fans will get to see it for the very low price. the locations will vary. you have to enter the lottery online. we posted the link on n nbcbayarea.c nbcbayarea.com. i'll tweet it out. $10 for hamilton." can you imagine? >> just to get into the building. locations could vary. that's a caveat. there are sight line issues. you're there. get to be part of the experience. >> exactly. it has quite the run here in the bay area.

white house. two officers, lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse have asked the white house for proof that donald was tapped. either the was not being truthful or he was tapped and that's because trump was suspected of wrongdoing. here's sean spicer. >> there is no reason to believe he is the target of any investigation. i think that's very important point to make. the one question dealt with wiretap. the other is an investigation there. they are two separate issues. there is no reason to believe there is any type of investigation with the department of justice. >> there are two realistic expectations, tap and he was under criminal investigation or no tap. spicer was saying the president is not a crook. >>> thank you, scott. >> all right. scott looking at president trump's tweets, executive orders and speeches throughout the first 100 days on today in the bay. we're almost halfway there, day 49. you can share your thoughts on twitter. they are easy to remember. @scottmcgrew. >>> stop the boat! imagine walking out on your back deck to this. that is new video shot last friday by a florida couple. r

> reporter: these senators are republican lindsey graham, and democrat sheldon whitehouse, and they are basically calling the white house's bluff on this. the white house has refused to provide evidence, saying it is up to congress to investigate, and they are saying they will investigate, and because it is the fbi that would have done wiretapping, their first step is to ask the fbi if they did it. they want to get the fbi on record either admitting it happened, or much more likely, saying definitively that it didn't. as for fbi director james comey, he was in boston today giving a speech, and although he did not address this issue, he suggested that he intends to fill out the rest of his 6 1/2 years left on his term, putting to rest speculation, david, that he would resign. >> all right. to be continued. jon karl live at the white house tonight. thanks, jon. >>> next tonight, the leaders of 140 jewish community centers speaking out about the wave of anti-semitic threats, and asking federal law enforcement to do more to stop them. four more anonymous bomb threats against jewish community centers today. at least 13

oh, sheldon invoked rosa parks to make somebody who cut the line feel bad, but only the white people felt bad. ugh, i should've never bought him that coloring book that explains black history month. how'd it go with my mother? uh, you know, it started a little rocky, but i think we got to a good place. wow. well done. (chuckles) yeah, and when i dropped her off at the hotel, she even gave me a hug. did she think you were choking or... i'm sorry, that's great. thank you for spending time with her. no problem. um, so listen, i don't know if you have any plans next weekend, but i kind of promised your mom we'd have another wedding ceremony so she could attend this time. wait, we're gonna get married again? yeah, kind of, but now we can invite our friends and family. seems like a lot of trouble for a hug. come on, it'll be fun, and, you know, your mom was genuinely hurt we didn't invite her to the first one. look, in our defense,

white house correspondent for politico. navid, to the point of lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse letter, they're asking directly to the people who would know, was there ever an authorization of any kind resembling what some people would call wiretapping in relation to donald trump or trump tower? what do you expect is the next move in that exchange? >> look, i don't know how many more times we can go through this, lawrence. it's very clear. either there was a wiretap because there was evidence of a crime, or this is just fiction that has been created from the nethers of the president's mind. and i don't know where we go from this. it doesn't seem like this there is a doctor there is a very clear-cut answer. the answer is going to be either there is a crime and someone is investigating or this is just vapor wear. and this needs to be a clear answer. and i think we'll get it. that's the short of it. >> it seems everyone involved, if they have to bet, betting everything they have on this is just a figment of donald trump's imagination. but to go with lindsey graham's construction in the letter, which is how shocked they would b

richard painter, former white house ethics lawyer that served under president george w. bush. always great to have you with us. sheldon whitejoses he thinks at least he will know by 2:30 from the fbi director whether there is a criminal investigation into these alleged ties into trump associates and russia. what would that mean? functionally speaking, what would that mean if the fbi director says there is this criminal investigation? >> well, it depends on who is being investigated and for what. we just don't know what's happened right now, other than there has been criminal activity by the russians inside the united states probably with the cooperation of some people inside the united states, some collaboration with someone, we don't know who. what is crucial is that the trump administration not try to cover everything up, not try to make the mistake that president nixon did with watergate. get the information out, anybody suspected of being involved should be out of the government. people should be prosecuted if necessary and we should go along with the business of government. absolutely no coverups. it's time to ge

democratic sheldon whitehouse, sent a letter to the fbi and justice department yesterday requesting information on a possible wiretap of president trump, the trump campaign or trump tower. and white house press secretary sean spicer said again today in the press briefing that the administration is not aware of any intelligence probe into president trump. but as we said at the top of the hour, the cloud of russia has not lifted from the white house and with the newest wikileaks dump, some democrats are again pointing to the kremlin skeptical of the timing and still blaming leaked e-mails, at least in part, for hillary clinton's loss. >>> joining meow democratic senator chris coons of delaware, he hits on the judiciary and foreign relations committees. senator, thank you for joining us. i am sure you saw james clapper on "meet the press" the other day saying he hasn't seen evidence of collusion up until january 20th. you say you haven't seen hard evidence. without anyone having seen hard evidence, should there still be an investigation? >> i think this is a critical investigation for the defense of our democracy. i am encouraged that the senate intelligence committee members this w

sheldon whitehouse who was in today's subcommittee hearing. heather conley, director of the europe program at csis. and was a witness in that hearing today. glenn thrush, of course, white house correspondent for "the new york times." senator, i was impressed, i thought i was watching a classic real senate hearing today. you and lindsey graham i thought gave credit to the institution of the senate. grown-up behavior there. any evidence whatever have you seen that president obama wiretapped trump as a candidate? any evidence? anybody have any evidence? >> zero, but the way you settle that question is by asking for the warrant applications that would have been filed in order to get permission for the wiretap. and it's a little hard to understand why the department of justice is not disclosing those. we've allowed them to redact them as they wish. it may be nothing but paper with lots of black lines, but -- >> yeah. >> -- it would provide the actual factual answer to that question because you don't go with the wiretap unless you've applied for it and that's something that gets done in writing. >> within our constitutional system, could the president of the united states, t

sheldon whitehouse, asking in a letter for copies of any relevant evidence. graham also saying that he's ready to subpoena intelligence agency ifs necessa agencies if necessary. it's a big step and it comes as the white house says it has no reason to believe that trump himself is the subject of any investigation. sara murray is "outfront." >> reporter: it's been four days since president trump's shocking claim that president obama spied on him. and while there's still no evidence from the white house, today senators say they want proof. >> the president has asked congress to look into whether or not his campaign was wiretapped by the obama administration. i will take up that challenge. >> reporter: in a saturday morning tweet storm, trump alleged that obama ordered a wiretap on trump tower, the home of then-candidate trump, and the location of his campaign headquarters. today, republican senator lindsey graham and democratic senator sheldon whitehouse, penned a letter to the justice department and the fbi, asking for copies of warrant applications or court orders related to wiretaps. they wrote, we would take any use of wiretapping for political purposes very seriously. we would be equally alarmed to

white house is certain about. it wants the republican-led congress to investigate. south carolina republican senator lindsey graham and rhode island democratic senator sheldon whitehouserote comey on wednesday asking for copies of court orders related to wiretaps of president trump, the trump campaign. >> if there was a warrant, i need to understand why one was issued. president trump has alleged something very serious. i'm willing to get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: new questions about trump campaign contacts with russian operatives. cbs news offered the job of u.s. ambassador to russia to jon huntsman, he was unanimously confirmed as president obama's ambassador to china. back in 2012 trump tweeted a criticism saying he gave our country away to china. >> and now he'll be part of the administration. >>> the fbi launched an investigation into the theft of alleged cia documents and they're posting on wikileaks. the site published more than 8,000 pages on tuesday, apparently detailed some of the cia's cyber tools and how the agency can access smart phones, tvs and even cars. jeff pegues is in washington with the cia response. good morning. >> good morning. an offic