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Used the presidents word even though he said he doesnt like that word. >> was the fbi spying on trumps company? >> no, they were not. they were spying on -- a term i dont particularly like -- on what the russians were doing. trying to understand were the russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, leverage and influence. >> and because james clapper used the word spying, donald trump tweeted the lie clapper admitted there was spying in my campaign. and now some trump supporters will believe th...

See secretary mattis being put in a role of a diplomat, not necessarily a warrior. you see strong diplomatic language coming from the generals. it does show you the sense they are -- many of them are -- >> it also shows its difficult for them, seeing they dont know what the presidents next move is going to be. hans, carol, thank you. michael allen, a special assistant to president george w. bush, a former member of the national security council. jason jackson, roots.com. and rick tyler, republic...

On the president that, listen, at best, we were going to get a piece of paper about, you know, getting rid of nuclear weapons years down the road. i think that would have eroded our position on sanctions, vis-a-vis the chinese, who we need -- we need them to apply maximum pressure. so i think they realized this was getting out of hand. lets try and get some leverage and back out of this and maybe put it on for later. >> lets share what lindsey graham said earlier today. it was lindsey graham in ...

Yesterday. but i hope its not true. it looks like it is. >> reporter: trump referring to comments from former director of national intelligence james clapper. what clapper actually said wasnt that trumps campaign was spied on. but that the fbi was watching ia. >> was the fbi spying on the campaign? >> no they were not. they were spying on a term i dont like. but on what the russians were doing. trying to understand where the russians infiltrating trying to gain access and leverage and influence....

Doing to infiltrate and gain access and leverage. the institutions and values and standards i spent 50 plus years of defending are under assault. im so bothered by this, i felt a duty to speak up. >> the presidents claims about the existence of the deep state directly contradicted by his secretary of state. here is mike pompeo testifying before the house foreign affairs committee. >> do you believe there is a criminal deep state at the state department? >> i have not seen the comments from the p...

Dana bash this. >> to penetrate the political campaign. not to spy on the campaign per se, but what the russians were doing to infiltrate and gain access and leverage. the institutions and values and standards i spent 50 plus years of defending are under assault. im so bothered by this, i felt a duty to speak up. >> the presidents claims about the existence of the deep state directly contradicted by his secretary of state. here is mike pompeo testifying before the house foreign affairs committee...

Nothing from it. >> if they ran a spy ring, that is an absolute red line. >> that is surrogate messages to the core. james clapper fighting back after the president misquoted him about fbi spying. here is what the president claims the former director of national intelligence said followed by clappers actual words on wednesday. >> if you look at clapper, he admitted they had spies in the campaign yesterday inadvertently. >> was the fbi spying on trumps campaign? >> no, they were not. they were ...

The russians. >> we know the president knew the word spy would resonate with his media. it did. james clapper fighting back after the president misquoted him about fbi spying. here is what the president claims the former director of national intelligence said followed by clappers actual words on wednesday. >> if you look at clapper, he admitted they had spies in the campaign yesterday inadvertently. >> was the fbi spying on trumps campaign? >> no, they were not. they were spying on a term i do...

Here is what the president claims the former director of national intelligence said followed by clappers actual words on wednesday. >> if you look at clapper, he sort of admitted they had spies in the campaign yesterday. inadvertently. >> was the fbi spying on trumps campaign? >> no, they were not. they were spying on a term i dont particularly like, on what the russians were doing. trying to understand were the russians infiltrating. trying to gain access and leverage and influence. thats what ...

>> so, i ask you, was the fbi spying on trumps campaign? >> no, i -- no, they were not. they were spying on -- a term i dont particularly like -- but on what the russians were doing. trying to understand, were the russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, trying to gain leverage and influence, which is what they do. >> more now with james clapper, whose new book is titled "fact and fears: hard truths from a life in intelligence." you just heard what the president said about your comments. do...