and we'll continue to push for. >> in that same interview, standing by his infamous wiretapping claims while offering no evidence. >> well, he was very nice to me but after that we've had some difficulties. so it doesn't matter. words are less important to me than deeds. you saw what happened with surveillance, and everybody saw what happened with surveillance. difficulty. frankly, it should be discussed. i think that is a very surveillance of our citizens. i think it's a very big topic and a topic that should be number one and we should find out what the hell is going on. >> i just wanted to find out. you're the president of the united states. you said he was sick and bad because -- >> you can take it any way you want. >> i'm asking you because you don't want it to be fake news, i want to hear it from president trump. >> you don't have to ask me. >> why not? >> he clearly stands by that. that's something he made very clear. >> mark preston is back with me, joining us now cnn political