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President takes questions on reporters in the room, he will be faced on an important choice. is he going to call conservative news outlets who may not ask him about these wiretap claims who are falling apart, as you saw in the briefing today or will he call on reporters asking those questions. many people around washington and around the world will be watching for tomorrow. >> jim acosta, well have live coverage. jim acosta are reporting to us over at the white house. lets get some more on all o...

Fbi director james comey summoned to capitol hill. lawmakers demanding answers about president trumps explosive claim that president obama had trump tower wiretapped. director comey, have you seen any evidence that president obama wiretapped trump tower? but asked that same question today, the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee had this extraordinary admission. >> we dont have any evidence that that took place. in fact, i dont believe just in the last week of time. the peopl...

Predecessor as a bad, or sick, guy. >> i think the president of the united states has stated categorically that trump tower was wiretapped. he should be -- should come forward with the information that led him to that conclusion. >> reporter: less than 24 hours ago, two senators sent a letter to the justice department demanding the fbi produce any evidence that might exist. late today on capitol hill, leaders seen rushing into the classified briefing. when reporters asked, democratic senator mar...

Some could phase criminal charges. james mattis finds the reports troubling, but trust in the marines to do that thorough investigation. updating foxs top story. president trumps call for congress to investigate his claim that president obama had trump tower wiretapped. ahead, ill speak with the republican senator that speaks with the intelligence committee. his take on the presidents allegations next. hows the new project going?

>> shepard: historians are comparing the tweet with president nixon that recorded people in the white house. now the top democrat on the house intelligence committee is responding to the presidents tweet. the committee is conducting its own investigation to russian meddling and potential collusion with the trump campaign. adam schiff said if the president has tapes of his conversations of director comey, its because the president himself made them. for a president that base lessly accuses of wir...

Organizations. often in stories lacking context of how investigations are concluded. march 3rd, there is a report on june 2016, an advisor were requested to monitor and communications of donald trump in several other campaign officials then they got turned down and in october, they renewed it and do a start up wiretap at trump tower with some computers of russian banks. a judge says -- hold on, jonathan, you can ask and follow up. a judge says go monitoring the tower. this is wiretap going on at...

Indication of trump tower of the subject of surveillance of the united states of the government before or after the election day of 2016." lets get to our jim costa. >> reporter: thats right, we stand in abaptiyss at the white house here and we did not try to find much and we tried to suppress on sean spicer on the statement that you just read. they essentially are not seeing any information on this point that led any to the presidents claim that he was wiretapped. the press secretary on this po...

The station remains closed, scenes sealed. >> alex marquardt, thank you. in the meantime, there is a developing headline here at home tonight. a late-day visit to capitol hill by the director of the fbi who is under mounting pressure from key lawmakers who want to know, is there any evidence at all that president obama wiretapped trump tower before the election as president trump has claimed? director james comey meeting with lawmakers behind closed doors. sources telling abc news tonight that...

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Their primary battle was brutal. >> lyin ted. holds that bible high, puts it down and then he lies. >> reporter: at one point, trump retweeting an unflattering picture of the senators wife heidi compared to melania trump. at the convention, ted cruz bood by trumps supporters. as highly cruz was hustled out of the hostile crowd. but tonight, trump, cruz and their wives together for dinner at the white house. >> to be a fly on the wall at that dinner. mary bruce joins us live from capitol hill, an...