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Msnbc political analyst. and bob, let me start with this. i was following your coverage rapt over the weekend because you seemed to have a sort of inside line what was going on there. one of the things you talked about was that breitbart article which itself isnt really an article, to write-up mark levin. that really does seem to be the source of all this. i think thats important to establish here. >> its very important to establish. this starts about thursday night. the president comes back fro...

In this case it was general flynn. >> sean: this is just the tip of the iceberg. fox news has not been able to confirm this but the day before the election, the web site heat street published a report, it had the following headline. exclusive fbi granted, buys a warrant. according to heat street, the obama administration went to the fisa court, which heat street described as u.s. persons in donald trumps campaign with ties to russia. that was part of a larger probe into russian banks. other outl...

Federal government, intelligence activities to surveil members of the trump campaign. >> okay there is no evidence thats the case. levins allegation got picked up by breitbart and the rest i suppose is history. the presidents claim has since been shot down by a spokesperson for president obama as well as james clapper, who is obamas former director of national intelligence. according to "the new york times," fbi director himself james comey asked the department of justice to put out a statement ...

Evidence to back up those charges. in fact, as president he could have called up the department of justice and found out if a fisa warrant for surveillance at trump tower had been requested. he could have also decided the declassify any such request and made it public. theres no evidence hes done any of that. as for any evidence the president had before tweeting, keeping him honest tonight, we have yet to see it. his information appears to come from conservative radio hosts and websites and the ...

Kissinger in the white house with nixon in the middle of the night, nixon drunk staring at portraits of former presidents and talking to them. kissinger communicating to the outside world, communicating to the major media, i got everything under control, in effect. and to a great extent, "the new york times," "washington post," outlets like that, believe in that, accepting that. theres no one -- is there anyone, i should say, in the trump white house who could possibly play that kissingerian rol...

The fbi directors denial? >> you know, i dont think he does, george. i think he firmly believes that this is a story line that has been reported pretty widely by quite a few outlets. >> im joined now by robert costa, national political report for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst. and bob, let me start with this. i was following your coverage rapt over the weekend because you seemed to have a sort of inside line what was going on there. one of the things you talked about was that...

What i wonder an, how about the people he brought into the cabinet? some of them pretty capable. remember rex tillerson? where the hell is he? what is he doing? his state department is a complete shambles and hes virtually disappeared. mattis, we think hes a good general and good secretary of defense. is this a cabinet that can withstand the lunacy of this president? i dont think so. and are they the deep state? he appointed them. >> josh, in the last completely unhinged presidency, the end of t...

For the president. obviously today they unveiled a new version of their travel ban. theyre also hoping to unveil their plans to repeal and replace later on this week. but its moments like this that really can irk republican allies on the hill who say these cause distraction during the big-ticket items. the big question, where did the president get this latest conspiracy theory from? white house officials say the presidents sources were various conservative outlets. radio host mark levin who se...

Thats back to the intelligence part of it. a number of republicans are seize says on this. he believed there was a warrant. you just heard jim clapper say there was a warrant. there might have been during the investigation. conservative outlets are saying former bush ag said trump is right. what the conservative outlets are passing on is this part. >> it means there was some basis to believe that somebody in trump tower may have been acting as an agent of the russians for whatever purpose. not n...

View. >> its not about the truth for the president. >> its about telling a story. its about telling a story to his supporters that they can hold on to. they can say what about obama. >> 45%, that what about is a big deal now. >> i spoke with him over the weekend. he said the public record is bad for the obama administration. we need to get to the bottom of this. this is effective among trump loyalists you were saying theyre propaganda. i would say good reporting can come from anywhere. i am sayi...