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Short time ago. >> did the intelligence community spy on president trump and his campaign. >> no, we did not. and that is a distortion of what i said. >> martha: this has fired fbi director james comey says president trumps actions are doing, quote: lasting damage to our country. in moments, democratic congressman eric swalwell joins me and brit hume with all the political fallout tonight but, first, chief news correspondent ed henry at the white house with the very latest. hi, ed. >> good to se...

Trump. >> yu dont have to ask me. i have my own opinions. you can have your own opinions. i want to know your opinion. >> thats enough. thank you. >> theres no evidence to support the presidents wiretapping claims. and its not me saying it. is pretty much everyone. >> we dont have evidence that that took place. and in fact, i dont believe just in the last week of time, the people we talk to, i dont think theres an actual tap of trump tower. >> no such wiretapping existed. >> its been clear that ...

Win since ronald reagan. >> everybody who is here illegally is subject to remove al. >> people here illegally. it is a military operation. >> raid in yemen. >> the mission was successful. >> everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. >> we will never forget ryan. [ applause ] >> he became president of the united states in that moment. [ applause ] >> i never had meetings with russian operatives. >> now accusing his predecessor of wiretapping him at trump tower. this is one of six twe...

Win since ronald reagan. >> everybody who is here illegally can subject to removal. >> people who are illegally. a military operation. >> the mission was successful. >> everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. we will never forget ryan. >> he became president of the united states in that moment. >> i never had meetings with rush hand op tiffs. >> now accusing his predecessor of wiretapping him at trump tower. this is one of six tweets that president trump fired off. >> there was no...

Russia is fake news. >> the fbi is investigating whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. >> the answer continues to be. no. >> he is now accusing president barack obama of wiretapping his phones during the campaign. >> there was no such wiretap activity. >> there is no one that he is willing to spare in defaming to distract us from the uncomfortable questions around russia. >> the whole russian thing, thats a ruse there. >> are investigations. these are not h...

>> he said its a new low by president obama. >> there was no such wiretap activity. i can deny it. >> the president wants congress to look into this. >> i have no insight into what exactly hes referring to. >> ive seen no evidence of the allegations. >> do you believe that barack obama wiretapped trump tower? >> theres no evidence of that. >> sean spicer attempted to clarify president trumps tweet on wiretapping. >> the president was very clear in his tweet that it was, you know, wiretapping. >>...

He said, he was not aware of any wiretap activity against donald trump and he was definitive about it. here it is. >> well, i will say that for the part of the national security apparatus that i oversaw as dni, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time, as a candidate, or against his campaign. >> and of course, bill, we know the fbi director comey was, quote, incredulous over the allegation, so he didnt know about it. so that means the dni didnt know abou...

Likely as you said that members of congress will now use their time and resources to investigate the conclusion about wiretapping that the president announced over the weekend on twitter. >> white house press secretary making clear the president doesnt plan on back pedaling his unsubstantiated claim that former president obama wiretapped his phones during the election. >> will he with draw the accusation? why would he with draw it until its ajude kated. >> still offering no evidence. >> its not ...

Denial. >> there was no such wiretap activity on the president elect at the time ors as a candidate or campaign. heather: new reaction is pouring in. clayton: female marines shamed after compromising pictures are leaked online. why many now say they are too disturbed to reenlist. heather: taking the stand, the sport now ordering team players to get on their feet for the national anthem. "fox & friends first" starts right now.

One reason give was to make it easier for government investigators, in particular congress, to uncover that truth. james clapper, a career intelligence officer was the director of national intelligence for more than six years under president obama. he spearheaded the report that was released in january that concluded that the russians hacked the democratic national committee e-mails and interfered with the 2016 election. and mr. clapper joins me now. welcome, sir, to "meet the press". >> thanks,...