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It doesnt sound like anyone, anyone at all, is actually backing it. kellyanne conway said he has information no one else has. theres no sign he reached out to james comey or jeff sessions or spoken to anyone. >> seems like they are invested in contributing to the fog in the political conversation about this and hoping that the investigative part fizzles out and doesnt become a problem. its interesting to talk about microwave, tv sets and special recording devices right before this deadline. it s...

Politico? president trump talked about the potential conspiracy about wiretapping in president obama. but were looking at voter fraud. remember, that was another one of the conspiracies he called for an investigation into. the white house said that vice president mike pence is conducting an investigation. but there is very little evidence that is taking place in a state so far. they are the ones who know how to count the votes. heritage, for example, this raises the question on whether or not ...

Out. one way for them to deal with this was to try and say we want congress to investigate it. and its a way to get it off their plate so they could start talking about health care, which they also have to deal with, and to kind of move it to one side. and so now congress is saying, okay, you put it on our plate, were going to investigate it. yes, we are. and so, you know, i think theyre kind of calling his bluff on that saying we want to see records, we want to know more. even though as we all ...

Is you broaden out the circles and then you narrow them, right? and so what they do is theyre casting the net right now, and they want to talk to people to see if indeed there were any communications between people who were in the orbit of donald trump and russians who wanted to influence the election on his behalf. its a very logical way to proceed. >> what about moving on to the wiretapping, you know, these allegations of -- without evidence of president trumps, trump tower, with regard to pre...

The white house still not providing any proof, but tonight, two senators on both sides are now demanding that the justice department turn over any evidence that might exist. for that, we turn to jonathan karl, and one of those senators said hell get a subpoena if he has to? >> reporter: these senators are republican lindsey graham, and democrat sheldon whitehouse, and they are basically calling the white houses bluff on this. the white house has refused to provide evidence, saying it is up to co...

That is something he could declassify if he wants. congress is also struggling with this. the white house has now kicked the can over to them and said our intelligence committee should investigate. that is a bit of calling their bluff. if the intelligence community and committees are frustrated enough, they can come out and say this absolutely didnt happen. the white house now has to wait and see how the lawmakers choose to handle this allegation. >> tal, on the other subject of immigration refo...

Denied warrants were issued as did fbi director james comey. and now two senators are calling the presidents bluff, republican lindsey graham, democrat sheldon whitehouse wrote a letter to the fbi and justice department demanding copies of court orders related to possible wiretapping of the president. >> first things first, i want to find out was a warrant issued against the trump campaign for illegal activity. thats not too much to ask. the answer is either yes or no. if the answer is no, i thi...

And now two senators are calling the presidents bluff, republican lindsey graham, democrat sheldon whitehouse wrote a letter to the fbi and justice department demanding copies of court orders related to possible wiretapping of the president. >> first things first, i want to find out was a warrant issued against the trump campaign for illegal activity. thats not too much to ask. the answer is either yes or no. if the answer is no, i think we can move on. graham said hes issue subpoenas if there...

I dont think there was a way to come up with a bill that was going to satisfy everybody no matter how long they took. now the test for republicans is, can they govern? this is the first time theyve been with a republican president in years. there are no more excuses. and its also a test of the president. he says hes a deal maker. he says hes the king negotiator. well, now that hes put to the test, because thats what its going to take to get this done. >> one of his quotes post election, when he ...

Trump that were on the phone with different russian officials and they could have been surveilled and wire tapped. theres something somewhere out there. they seek to confuse the two issues. thats not the same as saying that president obama ordered a wire tap on his personal phone calls in trump tower. its a way to muddy the message. they sent it over to congress. congress is calling their bluff. if theres nothing, and, obviously, director comey who maybe no one trusts anymore but has gone out of...