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Like global warming. We cant do that if people feel embarrassed to be associated with the United States. You combine that with the fact that the State Department has essentially been neutered, e s eviscerated by this administration thus far and watching in real time as america and americas image withdraws from the world. Do you know any republican senator or member of the house whos a republican, any party member of any party who believes the president believes he was wiretapped, who even believ...

Of the white house, because he cannot do both. and unfortunately i think the actions of today throw great doubt into the ability of both the chairman and the committee to conduct the investigation the way it ought to be conducted. >> republican chairman of the house intelligence committee and the top democrat on that same committee holding duelling press conferences today, which is not a great sign for that committees ongoing investigation into russian interference in the u.s. election last year...

>> thanks for having me back. >> can i ask you to walk me through? explain a little bit of how this wiretapping stuff works. we heard a lot of people talking today about the idea of routine surveillance of foreign targets. what does that mean, routine surveillance? >> so the fbi here at home and the nsa abroad are engaged in foreign intelligence collection using surveillance all the time everyday. especially abroad. they were involved in major deals that have geopolitical implications, terrorism...

Cannot do both. and unfortunately i think the actions of today throw great doubt into the ability of both the chairman and the committee to conduct the investigation the way it ought to be conducted. >> republican chairman of the house intelligence committee and the top democrat on that same committee holding duelling press conferences today, which is not a great sign for that committees ongoing investigation into russian interference in the u.s. election last year and the question of whether or...

Imagine having to be subjected, as president of the united states, to the head of the fbi saying, youre under investigation for any potential connections to what happened with russian interference. and then just to hear the thing you said, that you were wiretapped by the president, is untrue, from the head of the nsa and the director of the fbi. >> it was a big day. >> that is a tough day. whats it going to mean? lets bring back our panel, evan perez, jeffrey toobin, salena zito, and joining us,...

Welcome back to "mtp daily." we just heard from house speaker paul ryan about his relationship with the trump white house and the challenges facing republicans trying to get the agenda going. tonights agenda. amy. matt and karene. welcome all. >> thank you. >> ill start with the wiretapping stuff. because i guess well call it wiretap dancing for speaker ryan. i wasnt expecting another answer other than the one i got. >> yep. >> to me, you know, he -- what, some 300-odd republicans that have to a...

Sick. what about that? >> what about the rest of the obama administration. >> what about calling him bad or sick? was that right for the president to say? >> chris, ill let the president speak for himself. hes perfectly capable of that. hes the president of the united states. do you think hes covered -- >> does that make it right? >> i want to ask you a question. the level of disrespect for the president of the united states and the way he is described by people, people whose approval rating is ...

>> his polls have gone the wrong way since he said the wiretapping, lowest level since the wiretapping stuff. >> i wrote an article 15 or 18 years ago, when people think youre making a difference in their lives. he will be judged by his accomplishments. hes being judged by people saying hes making good on his promises to get things done. people like the job numbers, people like the unemployment numbers, people like the consumer confidence. they like the fact that people feel good about the direc...

On the wiretapping stuff. hes taken a strong stand on the russian stuff, the white house is enraged about john mccain and they are trying to find ways to politically marginalize him and elevate other voices within the party like senator named tom cotton. they want mccain sidelined. >> im with mccain on that one. by the way, mccain will never be forgot within what he accused with that woman that accused obama being arrogant. thats profile in courage stuff. trump hasnt done one of those yet. >> i ...