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I think the bigger story this morning is this macro look at the shot to the presidents credibility. because of what weve seen over the last couple of weeks. really what he started with this bogus wiretapping charge. whats his ability to close on health care if his credibility is injured? whats his ability to motivate the agenda in general? well see. weve got some good voices on it. >> you know, he has used the stock market as a barometer of confidence of him. >> a down day, right? >> yeah, a big...

Washington and as we run through the list of mark murray of our political unit says we will know more about these four things by the end of the week. does fbi director comey repudiate the wiretapping charge. how far does he go on russia, does health care survive or die and the gorsuch nomination. casey hunt for this mornings purposes is outside the hearing room for us. casey? >> reporter: hi, brian. we are waiting for fbi director comey to come through one of these hallways and into the house of...

And i think he -- theres no trumpian capacity for shame. i think weve learned that certainly. but he spent a great deal of time on the campaign trail attack her, saying shed ruin germany, saying one of the reasons we needed our ban on refugees from troubled region was because germany had ruined its country by having refugees. but i think all in all what were facing here is i honestly believe at some level president trump believes that the white house is a reality show and it has not yet occurred...

But all in all what were facing here, i honestly believe at some level president trump believes that the white house is a reality show and it has not yet occurred to him its reality itself. he stages these things. hand shake is one. he knew exactly we would be talking about this. he understands the theatrics of this. wiretapping charge, its just -- perennially creates these dramas in order to perpetuate a narrative with himself at center. what i dont think he understands is its the country at th...

Diplomatically, other than the wiretapping charge, which you discussed. trump said he wanted more spending, he wanted nato members to spend more on defense. merkel cracked, that yeah, we could spend 2% by 2024, you know, spending towards nato. trump talked about all these horrible trade deals and merkel didnt back down there either. she said, we would hope the u.s. might return to the negotiations over the u.s./eu trade deal. so, they kind of staked out their positions there in a way that showe ...

Attorney general if he didnt get a briefing. so, as a result, james comey here behind closed doors in a classified setting with diane feinstein, the top democrat on the committee. well see if they answer the key questions some members on the judiciary committee were hoping to get today, is there an investigation ongoing into the trump campaign? that answer did not come by this afternoon, a deadline that apparently comey gave to sheldon whitehouse, a democrat on the committee, well see if he does...

♪ >> dana: new developments on president trumps wiretapping allegations. leaders of the house intelligence committee say they have seen no evidence that president obama ordered wiretaps on trump tower during the presidential campaign. the committee is investigating the wiretapping charge as part of its probe into russias alleged meddling in the election. >> we dont have any evidence that that took place. i dont think there was an actual tap of trump tower. >> thus far, we have seen no basis fo...

And silvio berlusconi has been sentenced to a year in prison. the former prime minister of italy who is running for the job again right now. >> hes got a lot of legal problems and this time, a court convicting him of an illegal wiretapping charge. >> burr lerlusconi is appeal iix conviction and is waiting for a decision on having sex with an underage prostitute. >> a long, long list of things to deal with. lets go to a paris suburb where hundreds of workers and police have fought in the street...

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Conference call where ryan all but abandoned trump in the aftermath of that leaked tape where trump boasts about groping women. >> i am not going to defend donald trump, not now, not in the future. look, you guys know i have real concerns of our nominee. >> reporter: now, wolf, ryan officials and white house officials downplay that released audio saying that its ancient history, but interestingly released by the conservative news outlet breitbart which of course has ties to the white house and o...