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>> no. i have not. but that is exactly what has to be looked at. what we do know is there is very hard evidence that russia played a very significant role in our election process, and that is absolutely unacceptable. that is an outrage. and russia has done that previously to other countries and probably has a mind to do it again. that is completely unacceptable. i think the evidence is overwhelming that russia wanted trump to become the president of the united states. that we do know. do we know...

Following through when most politicians dont. >> i feel probably the republicans in congress arent happy they have to do something. they have a president from their own party thats, pretty driven to get his agenda. and you know they have been making excuses for years that they couldnt do it. couldnt do it. i think theyre going to have to put up now. >> this weekend, saturday, donald trump tweeted how low is president obama going to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. this is n...

Sacred election process. this is nixon watergate. here is former white house counsel to president nixon john dean. its great to have you back. >> thank you. >> so you have, of course, as we have said before, well documented history with a president and wiretaps. what did you think, john, when you saw this explosive allegation coming from president trump against president obama? >> my first reaction was how low will president trump go rather than him saying how low will obama go? i know as a fact...

To hundreds of thousands of african-americans and latinos, but it was intended to have that effect, and theres voluminous evidence in the record that establishes this. the department of justice has in the past made eloquent and forcement arguments in support of an intent finding and we were before the judge revisiting this issue on tuesday when the day before we got notice from the department of justice that it sought to withdraw its claim. now this is an enormous about-face. it is a 180-degree ...

Intelligence agents and members of the trump campaign. members of the trump transition, and questions are raised as to whether there are contacts between those in his administration today. those questions we have to answer for the sake of the health of our election process and our democracy. it is no acceptable in america to have a foreign hosti powe interfering with our election process. >> i take your point, but just on this question, again, were seeing the numbers move here, especially among ...

If it is true, illegally, it would be the biggest political scandal since watergate. >> this reminds me actually of watergate, of what happened in watergate. >> if this happened, weve crossed a very dangerous line in america. it makes watergate look like a joke. >> this is completely insidious. this is an order of magnitude worse than watergate. >> so many on the right are invoking the watergate scandal in the wake of president trumps unsubstantiated claim that former president obama, quote, had...

Seemed to double down on the unfounded assertions in an off camera briefing. >> theres no question that something happened. the question is, is it surveillance, is it a wiretap or whatever? >> reporter: but the presidents tweets from the private palm beach club he calls the winter white house, were unequivocal, stated as a fact, not a question. "terrible! just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthyism." that was followed b...

Wiretapping, white house leaks, all of this may sound a bit familiar to my next guest, john dean. also joining us is douglas brinkley, author of franklin d. roosevelt. im sure this sounds familiar to you. john, to you first, president trumps unfounded claim that he was wiretapped by president obama rocked the political world. really rocked the world, people were wondering, whats going on. how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. this is nixon wat...

Former president obama, quote, had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. president trump himself tweeting how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. this is nixon/watergate. bad or sick guy. its become so routine for folks to invoke nixon and watergate that its easy to forget what watergate was about and how generally nixonian president trump has beenver thcour of his first 45 ysn office. re is nixon talking to reporters in 1973. ...

The president for tweeting. i dont want him to be complete lid lawyered up, but at the same time, i want him to be clear an what hes asking and the assertions that hes making. you know, names appear in press reports. they involved supposedly russia hacking, russian involvement in our election process. serious questions that this investigation will try to get to the bottom of. let me switch here. >> [question inaudible] >> yes. so weve had initial inquiries to the i.c. these appear to be very, ve...