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Recklessness. Saturday morning tweets beginning just after 6 30 a. M. The president accused barack obama of tapping his phones at trump tower. He said this is a new low. It is nixon watergate. He called obama a bad or ck guy. The source of his wiretapping claim appears to be a concerted radio hes. Host. We have a Prior Administration barack obama and his Sur Grats Who were supporting Hillary Clinton and their party using the Instrew Mentalities of the federal government shlgs intelligence activi...

Here stateside but you think about some of the republicans on this committee, jim jordan, louie gohmert, andy biggs, matt gaetz, doug collins. they throw fire. it almost appears as if the president is allowing them to take the stage and do his work while he flies back home. >> we dont know the decision making process. it could have had to do with the on camera gaggle by trudeau talking to other world leaders making fun of the president being late in how long he answers questions. maybe that had ...

Pretty extraordinary times to be covering an extraordinary white house. >> well, i do believe that the congressional deadline is a powerful force here. the president could have cleared this up instantly in the day after he made the first tweeted assertion. they chose not to do that for whatever reason. and because of that deadline, let me just say that initially the plan for the off camera gaggle which is a shortened form of a briefing, a gaggle is a journalism term of art -- >> its supposed to ...

On various topics coming out. this is before we learn that comey was in trouble. the staffers were huddling in whats called the lower press office, just off the briefing room doors. give us a minute. we knew something was up. small group of reporters gathered near the briefing room, which you often see next to the podium in the live shots everyday. sean spicer came out, said something is hitting the e-mail inboxes. it hadnt at the moment. thats when spicer confirmed that come y was fired. the le...

That was when the noise was heard. again, you know, she mentioned it again that her father was supportive of american families in her off camera gaggle as well. its not something shes backing down from. certainly people here in germany did have -- thaieyre up on the politics. they followed the campaign and theyre interested in what she has to say and they werent shy about pressing that. >> she spoke about her fathers decision to launch those tomahawk cruise missiles at the syrian air base. what ...

Kind of mark the president is going to receive from the media from commentators and people in both parties regarding his record in achieving those things that he put on that contract with the american voter, which by the way i have right here. wolf, its a pretty mixed record. we know that he was able to do things like withdraw very quickly from the trans pacific partnership, the trade deal he had railed against on the campaign. we also know one of the things he mentioned doing in the 100 day act...

He said in that off camera gaggle. it was talking about the idea of potential interference, not wanting to be seen as any type to have d.o.j. or fbi activities. there were several others that dominated the discussion today about allegations that, as you note, are not proven or substantiated and the backing a and neither is the president. >> they dt even nak a nod to the need for evidence. they just make an assertion like this. barack obama hired plumbers and committed felony after felony on the ...

And the feud with the press. on friday, maybe you missed this. people excluded from an off camera gaggle. will there be a truce? >> steve bannon at his word it will get worse. he wants the battle. on friday, it was bbc and cnn and politico out of the briefing. this is when reporters file in the office and ask questions off camera. this was a premeditated choice not to have the outlets in the room partly because cnn and times have been tough with investigative reporting on trump. >> it wont hurt ...

My panel. here with a wide range of views to break this down. white house kcorrespondent for politico and will. hes the author of the burn identity. you were there on friday. you were trying to attend the off camera briefing. tell us what happened. >> it started a little before that because we thought we were having an on camera gaggle with sean spicer in the briefing room but then we received an e-mail around 11:30 saying it would be an off camera gaggle and in his office. sort of the rumor mil...

Accused chief of staff reince priebus of urging top fbi officials to speak out, to clear the white house in the russia connections story. the white house denies that mr. priebus did anything improper. then hours later he had another blow-up pushing those headlines right off the front page after press secretary sean spicer invited 20 media outlets to his office for whats called off camera gaggle. mr. spicer said the room couldnt fit every member of the media. that did not sit well with those who ...