the men and women of the intelligence community in this tweet today. the intelligence community collects -- >> guys, let's throw the tweets back on the screen as you're making your point. i want everybody to be able to see what he tweeted. go for it. >> the intelligence community collects information. they conduct surveillance on foreign targets. in order to provide this president, every president, with the information that they need to so that they can protect this country, that is the president's number one job, and so for the president to take this swipe at the intelligence community and suggest that while he doesn't have tapes, that maybe the intelligence community or people in government are surveilling him, is just an unnecessary thing to do for the people who are trying to make it easier for him to do his most important job, and that's protecting this country. >> brian stelter, how do you see it? >> do y'all watch hbo's ""veep""? talking about this bumbling president who's making it up as he goes along, who's trying to figure out a rationale for