Make sure. How did your talks about, mr. President . Very good. Thank you talk about nato . Many things. Very good. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Mr. President , mr. President handshake, mr. President . Youre Senior Correspondent joe jackson is at the white house. During the campaign thencandidate had some harsh words for chancellor merkel on the refugee policies, other policies such as nato. Will that likely come up today . Thats a very good question, wolf. As you know, among other things on the campaign trail, donald trump accused Angela Merkel of ruining germany with her refugee policy, allowing so many Syrian Refugees in. And so thats a potential problem. But the Senior Administration officials who briefed on the subject say, sure, these two World Leaders are going to have disagreements but at the end of the day they want to talk about the commeonalities the shared interests and the administration wanted to know how Angela Merkel met Vladimir Putin. Shes met himself times and shes a go between with ukraine. And i was in the room when the president was in there with Angela Merkel. And i have to say frankly, my impression, it was a bit awkward. One of the journalists from germany who was also in the room told me that he overheard one or another of the camera men trying to get Angela Merkel and President Trump to shake hands, there was no hand shakes. It seemed just a bit distant and it will be interesting to see what happens at the press conference coming up. Well have live coverage for that. Joe john is at the white house. A rare apology from the trump white house, not on the wiretapping claims, but on a, quote, supposedly unintentional slip by the White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer while defending the president s comments on trump tower surveillance. Take a listen to what sean spicer said yesterday. On fox news, on march 14, judge Andrew Napolitano made the statement, three officials toed fox news the president obama went outside the chain of command and didnt use the nsa, fbi and the department of justice, he used gc hq. Its the initials for the British Intelligence spying agency, president obama said he needs transcripts and there is no american fingerprints on this. Let me bring in our cnn diplomatic editor, Nic Robertson joining us from 10 downing street. It was pretty shocking to hear sean spicer quote from a report on fox news by a legal contributor, a legal analyst, judge Andrew Napolitano, alleging that the British Intelligence was actually spying on donald trump during the campaign on behalf of president obama. How did that go over in the uk . Like a led balloon, wolf. It went over really badly. Gc Hq Communications headquarters did something they very, very rarely do, they spoke to the allegation, they addressed it and came out and said publicly this is ridiculous and should be ignored. A spokesman here at the number ten, the Prime Ministers Office here, added further to that that they have sought assurances from the white house and received them that sean spicer wouldnt make these allegations again. Ill read you the full statement from number ten so you can understand how strongly they field at the moment. Weve made clear to the administration that these claims are ridiculous and they should be ignored and weve received assurances that these allegations will not be repeated. Of course, theresa may invested a huge capital in the special relationship between the uk and the United States to be the first world leader to travel to washington and meet President Trump facetoface. She has a huge plate back in the uk, trying to get the United Kingdom out of the European Union same time that scotland is trying to get out of the United Kingdom. Shes very busy, doesnt want this political turmoil, this overspill from the United States falling on her plate. Thats why the pushback has been strong. Gchq has said the United States and britain are part of the five eyes intelligence sharing cooperation between canada, the United States, australia and new zealand. They cannot try to try, if you will, circumvent laws in one country using an allys equipment and processes. They say impossible. The pushback very strong, wolf. Not surprisingly. Nick in london for us. Thank you very much. As we await the two leaders to take the east room in the white house. Lets talk about whats at stake today, and the message could be critically important. Joining us from capitol hill the florida congressman ted yoho, member of the House Committee and freedom caucus. Thank you for joining us. Sure, wolf. Good to be on. Let me get your Quick Reaction to the White House Press secretary citing this unsubstantiated report on fox news by judge napolitano that the British Intelligence community had been told by former president obama to go ahead and spy on donald trump at trump tower. It obviously caused this huge, huge anger in among obviously one of the top allies. Whats your reaction to the white house giving at least some credence to this report by even citing it from the white house pulpit . I watched that report yesterday, and he did, he gave that information out. I assume there is some cretence to it or some credibility to it or he wouldnt have done that. Other than that, im not going to weigh in on judge napolitano said what he said on fox news. I think im going to wait for the movie to come out to see. Let the rule of law and the investigations do what its going to do and let us focus on the things that we need to focus on in this country, healthcare, tax reform. Let me press you congressman. Youre a member of the committee. Do you believe that there is any truth that the British Government was spying on trump on trump tower . I think its plausible. But i havent seen the report. Im not going to say its true or not, i think the investigation needs to happen. Let us get there and do the investigation. You saw the statements this morning from sean spicer and john mcmaster, formally apologizing to the British Government saying sean spicer should have never given any credence to the judge napolitano news. I think this is the first time weve heard a formal apology from the trump white house. Have you heard any apologies . No. I think thats a good thing. Im with you. Theyre showing that theyre willing to do this. Youre going to see more refinement. I wouldnt use a news source for my information. I dont know if he had any more information. The uk is one of our strong allies and we want to protect the relationship we have with them. If there is no evidence and so far all of the republican and Democratic Leaders in the house and the senate, and the intelligence committees, they say they havent seen any evidence to back up President Trumps accusation that president obama was wiretapping trump tower, if there is no evidence that emerges, do you believe that President Trump should formally pick up the phone, call president obama and formally apologize . Not only to him, but to the American People for those four tweets a couple of weeks ago . Im going to let those work that out internally. If he did speak out of turn, i think he wi think he will eventually do that just like they did on the British Intelligence. So i dont think those are the important things we need to worry about now other than we need to make amends with friends and if he overstepped the boundaries, im sure hell go ahead and make that call. Weve had some heated exchanges, as you know, in the last few weeks since President Trump took office and not only now with the uproar with the uk and the Prime Minister of australia, and the canceled trip to mexico, another important ally of the u. S. , Harsh Criticism of sweden, all important allies. How concerned are you about the incidents that they could be hurting u. S. Credibility around the world . Sitting on the Foreign Affairs committee for the last four years our credibility has been damaged in the foreign policies over the last 15 years. We want to have the best foot forward and best image of the United States. When i talked to the Prime Minister or the ambassador from australia, he said that that call that donald trump had to the Prime Minister of australia was way overblown, not way near what it was inned media. So i think we need to tread into this softer and not take everything at face value what you hear on the news, no offense. Its an issue at the moment. Everybody needs to step back. If we were to look at things on a weekly basis instead of moment by moment, wed be better served. But i know you have a job to do and you report whats out there. We have a job to do. I want to point out what the House Speaker paul ryan said to me on the allegations by the white house, the white house is still sticking by the allegations, against president obama and the surveillance and the wiretapping. Listen to what the speaker said. We have not seen any evidence that there was a wiretap or a fisa court order against trump tower or somebody in trump tower. As you know, hes part of that socalled gang of eight that gets briefings by the intelligence community, Law Enforcement community, the most sensitive classified information, he flatly says we have not seen any evidence of any such investment involvement of surveillance by obama against donald trump. Are you with the speaker on this . Have you seen any evidence . I havent seen any evidence. But i also know that mr. Trump is smart enough that if he says something there must have been something that made him react that way. So let that let that take it where its going to be and do the investigation accordingly, and then have either a recanting of what was said or it will be justified that much more. Congressman, as usual, thanks so much for joining us. Its been a pleasure, wolf. Thanks. Have a great weekend. You too. Ted yoho. Up next a member of the house intelligence committee, joaquin castro, hell discuss mondays russia meeting in front ever the intelligence committee. And more on that. And we have breaking news. We have new information about the man arrested friday night after he jumped the white house fence and was discovered by a u. S. Secret Service Agent in the South Entrance to the executive residence of the white house. The president was inside the white house at the time. Our correspondent Jessica Schneider is with me. Tell the viewers. Its shocking what were learning. It is, wolf. New information about that stunning and dangerous breach on the white house grounds that happened one week ago. 26yearold Jonathan Tran was arrested but the details we are learning now is it took officials 15 minutes or more to track him down after he had tripped and evaded numerous detections and alarms on the white house ground. To break it all down for you, it was just about one week ago, last friday. We understand the 26yearold Jonathan Tran was detected somewhere on pennsylvania avenue, about six hours before this breach even happened. Then around midnight we know that he climbed over a fence at the treasury, at the treasury building, which is immediately adjacent to the white house. He then tripped a sensor alarm. The problem here is even though the alarm was tripped and there was an investigation into it, he wasnt detected. He snuck behind one secret service post, moved closer to the white house and an officer did come to investigate, but this intruder crossed over east executive drive, jumped another white house gate, it was a guard post that is not routinely staffed. Likely wasnt staffed that night. And we understand that he was on the ground of the white house for at least 15 minutes before finally being caught by these secret service members. Obviously a huge breach that as this investigation is unfolding, were learning more information about. We do know at this point, the secret service is undergoing a formal Mission Service review to see how this exactly happened, how the multiple alarms were tripped and how the intruder went without detection for 15 minutes and now the secret service is conducting that review. How did that 26yearold evade secret service for more than 15 minutes. He was spotted simply Walking Around the white house on pennsylvania avenue. Around 6 00 p. M. Last friday night he was spotted on pennsylvania avenue, about six ours later, we know there is Video Surveillance that shows him jumping the fence near treasury building, and jumping into the lawn, setting off multiple alarms and avoiding detection for 15 minutes. Just to be precise, for 15 minutes the arm las were going off, all of the uniformed personnel and officer they knew there was something wrong and they couldnt find this guy for 15 minutes. Thats what were hearing from the secret service. Yes, these alarms were tripped and despite that, this intruder, this 26yearold who was wearing a backpack he was avoiding detection. And the president of the United States was inside the residence. Pretty shocking. Thank you very much, jessica. Were getting live pictures from the white house east room, reporters are now inside. Guests are inside. 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Well have live coverage, coming up here on cnn. The visit comes as the president stands by his unsubstantiated claims that former president obama ordered surveillance of him in the trump tower during the campaign. As the white house apologizing to the British Government for appearing to suggest or give some credibility to a report that britain helped with that surveillance against donald trump. I want to bring in congressman joaquin castro, a member of the foreign committee, and also a member of the foreign intelligence committee. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me, wolf. Let me get your reaction to this white house blunder this allowed sean spicer to read this claim by a Fox News Contributor that British Intelligence services were surveilling donald trump at the trump tower during the campaign at the request of president obama. Whats your reaction . The British Governm