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Listened in on and merkel to be listened in on, but somehow you think the intelligence community stops there and doesnt listen in on anyone else? that doesnt pass the smell test. >> no, it passes the smell test, mr. martin. it passes the smell test is if youre going to surveil an american, you go to a fisa court and you get a warrant. >> i think they found out -- >> its -- check your facts, sir. it has been permissible is for intelligence community to listen to foreign officials. if theyre talki...

Of national intelligence, general clapper, a couple of weeks ago saying he hasnt seen any evidence to suggest there was collaboration between the trump campaign and russia as far as the hacking operations on the democratic party. have you seen any evidence at all? hard evidence, congressman, and you are a member of the intelligence committee, to make that assertion? >> i have not. which goes more deeply into why im concerned about president trumps acertion. i think its unfortunate. i think it wr...

Agencies have an obligation to run out these people that betray their oaths. committing felonies. why does not the fbi investigate that? suppose somebody in trumps t campaign got on the phone after a night of drinking and called the russian ambassador and look, thats not a crime. james clapper says no crime has been committed but crimes are being committed regularly. >> sean: violation of the espionage act. >> the fourth state collaborators. first amendment protection working with these deep sta...

But the american people with evidence that his predecessor, was guilty of breaking the law because our director of national intelligence general clapper testified that there was absolutely no truth to that allegation. so i think the president has one of two choices. either retract or provide the information that the american people deserve. >> sean: here with reaction, monica crowley, geraldo rivera. geraldo, lets start with you. everyone has free speech. we make are living with free speech. her...

>> do you have any real evidence of this because james clapper says -- he runs the whole intelligence agency and he does not see it. >> sean: how critical is it for president trump, i talk about deep state and a purge, i think it is critical. obama holdovers, state, intelligent, they have to go. whoever the leakers are, in the intelligence community, all these agencies -- they areth giving the profession a bad name. im certain it is a small few. a >> there only a few people that have this inform...

What the senate does, i think its 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. its the best thing for the president and the best thing for the country so we need to be relentless in looking at anything thats 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 r...

The girls death sadly has been ruled accidental. >> and arnold schwarzenegger putting rumors to rest, saying he will not be running for the senate from california. but he is not giving up on politics, he said he is now focusing on redistricting reform. arthel: two republican senator calling for continuing investigation into russias interference into last years election, as rodger stone, a long time adviser to president trump, admits to messaging the dnc hackers on twitter. >> general clapper has...

On monday you said if president trump has any indication that his predecessor wiretapped trump tower he should come forward with information. the american people deserve it. thats your quote. the white house is supposed to hand over any evidence it has to back this charge to the house intelligence committee by tomorrow but a white house official suggesting they might not turn anything over. if theres no proof for what the president said, and we know the fbi director said its not true and the for...

That does not mean that the russians were not involved with our elections, because we know they were. >> that requires further scrutiny, so far i dont think that american people have all of the answers. arthel: to help break it down for us, terra meller. lets go here first, former director of national intelligence, general james clapper said he has found no evidence of collusion, do you think that investigation which seep going? -- should keep going. >> i believe there is enough to have app an i...

Present to lawmakers tomorrow proof of president donald trumps claim that president barack obama wiretapped his phones before the election. the house intel committee wants all relevant documents about alleged wiretaps turned over by monday. president trump leveled the explosive accusation eight days ago in a series of tweets and has yet to provide any evidence. and this morning on "state of the union" republican senator john mccain told cnns jake tapper the president needs to back up his wiretap...