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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 lacked the democratic committee emails and interfered with the 2016 election and mr. clapper joins me now. welcome, sir, to "meet the press". >> thanks, chuck, for having me. >> let me start with the presidents tweet...

>> there was no such wiretap activity. >> the national security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. >> i think its very, very unfair whats happened to general flynn. >> the president of the united states is under criminal investigation for his conduct in office. >> regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey. >> the trickle down crowd is now having a beer party in the rose garden. >> thats the group. >> its a completely sterile presidency. >> if you want to eat a...

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>> there was no such wiretap activity. >> will the president apologize to president obama? >> lets not get ahead of ourselves. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> a historic moment on capitol hill today. >> the fbi is investigating whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. >> the answer is continues to be no. >> today i briefed the president on the concerns that i had about incidental collection. >> it was done to give trump ammunition to co...

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That the obama administration may have tapped into the phones at trump tower. >> were living in a period of insanity, quite obviously. >> there was no such wiretap activity. >> the former head of breitbart appears to be handing the president some fake news. >> obamas team used the pretext of russian interference in the election to justify wiretaps. >> the president cannot order a wiretap. >> to surveil members of the trump campaign. >> thats a voice to be believed. >> for those of you who believ...

Fact that we know that the fbi requested from the justice department that the record be corrected, is an indication, a sort of leaked indication that there is no wiretapping. that was not an accident that reporters know about that request. the question is where does all this come from? the former director of national intelligence, james clapper, was on the sunday shows yesterday. he said he doesnt know. take a listen. >> i will say that for the part of the national security apparatus that i over...

>> for the part of the national security apparatus that i oversaw there was no search wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign. >> and at this point you cant confirm or deny whether that exists? >> i can deny it. >> there is no fisa court order? >> not to my knowledge. >> of anything at trump tower? >> no. >> james comey incredulous the president would say such a thing. former nsa and cia director michael hayden gives this blunt...

Of congress will also be spending at least some of their time and attention on the presidents unsubstantiated wiretapping claim. >> white house press secretary sean spicer making clear the president doesnt plan on back heading his unsubstance eighted plan that former president obama wiretapped his phones during the election. >> will the president withdraw the accusation? >> why would he withdraw it until its adjudicated? thats what were asking. >> reporter: still offering no evidence. >> its not...

New crisis in north korea and luckily president trump is doing what president obama told him to do. >> grandpa shuffled out of his room and got into his twitter again. >> i would describe him as not being a happy camper. >> the president firmly believes that the obama administration may have tapped into the phones at trump tower. >> were living in a period of insanity, quite obviously. >> there was no such wiretap activity. >> the former head of breitbart appears to be handing the president some...