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MSNBCW First Look March 20, 2017

Good morning, everyone. It is monday, march 20th. Im alex witt alongside ayman hol mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. Today they will hold the first hearing into the meddling of the president ial election. James comey and Admiral Mike Rogers are likely to face questions on the series of tweets that the president sent on saturday morning a couple weeks ago. And two days ago accusing president obama of ordering a wiretap of his phones at trump tower. Comey reportedly requested that the Justice Department issue a denial shortly after the president made his accusations but has avoided public statements ever since. On friday the department of justice provided the House Intelligence Committee with any relevant material to the president s wiretapping claim. The chairman of the committee, republican devon nunez and adam schiff say there was no evidence of surveillance at trump tower. Joining other hardranking republicans and democrats alike who have seen novidence behind President Trumps claims. Yesterday chairman nunez ruled out wiretaps as the white house suggested. Was there a physical wiretap of trump tower . No, but there never was. And the information we got on friday continues to lead us in that direction. I just want to make that point before you there is no evidence there was any wiretap. Im not talking about president obama doing it or his administration, no evidence of any wiretapping of trump tower . No phisa warrant on trump tower. Today adam schiff and republican nunez diverged on how they interpreted the evidence they have seen. I would characterize it this way at the outside of the investigation. There is circumstantial evidence of collusion. Theres direct evidence, i think, of deception. And thats where we begin the investigation. Now, i dont want to prejudge where we ultimately end up. Of course, theres one thing to say theres evidence. Theres another thing to say we can prove this beyond a reasonable doubt or theres enough evidence to bring to a grand jury for purpose of criminal indictment. But there was certainly enough for us to conduct the investigation. The American People have a right to know. And in order to defend ourselves, we need to know whether these, the circumstantial evidence of collusion and direct evidence of deception is indicative of more. Have you seen any evidence of any collusion between what ill call trump world, associates, of campaign officials, trump world and the russians to swing the 2016 president ial election . Ill give you a very simple answer. No. No evidence of any collusion . No evidence. And this was after lking and getting this information from the fbi . Up to speed on everything i have up to this morning. No evidence of collusion. The white house is refusing to apologize to the British Government after citing the report made by fox news last week that the British Spy Agency known as gchq eves dropped on donald trump after the election. Andrew that ininapolitano said the agency to have no fingerprints of donald trump. Later donald trump repeated the claims. Three intelligence sources have informed fox news that president obama went outside the chain of command. He didnt use the nsa, the cia or the fbi or the department of justice. He used gchq. What the heck is gchq . Thats the initials for the british spying agency. On fox news on march 14th, judge Andrew Napolitano said three intelligence sources have informed fox news that president oba obama went outside the chain of command, he didnt use the nsa, the cia, he used the gchq. Whats gchq . Thats the British Intelligence agency. I didnt make an opinion on it. That was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox. And so you shouldnt be talking to me, you should be talking to fox. Well, on friday a spokesperson for gchq responded to the comments in a rare statement saying, recent allegations made by media commentator judge andrew that inial napolitano are ridiculous and should be ignored. That same day breitbart distanced himself from napolitanos comments. Fox news knows of no evidence of any kind that the now president of the United States was surveilled at any time in any way full stop. We love top judge. We love him here at fox, but the Fox News Division was never able to back up those claims. The white house said on friday the u. S. Officials had spoken with the british count parties but as he left the east room, press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that no apology, in fact, had been made. Was there a formal apology made to britain . I think we just reiterated the fact that we were just simply reading the accounts, thats it. Do you regret the allegations youre making . I dont think we regret. We listed a litany of public reports in the public domain. Meanwhile, the director for the nsa said the idea that britain had a hand in spying on trump was just crazy. He told bbc news it bellies a complete lack of understanding of how the relationship works between the Intel Community agencies. A handful of republican lawmakers are speaking about the president s wiretapping claims calling on him to apologize or explain himself. Frankly, unless you can produce some pretty compelling proof, i think the president , president obama is owed an apology. If he didnt do it, we shouldnt be reckless in accusations that he did. It never hurts to say youre sorry. So you think the president should say sorry . I think so. Not just to the president but to the u. K. For the claims or intimation that the u. K. Was involve in this as well. I dont know the basis for President Trumps assertion. And thats what i wish he would explain to us in the Intelligence Committee and to the American People. And i do believe he owes us that explanation. Well, after two nominees and more than 13 months since the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia, the Senate Judiciary committee will finally begin the confirmation process to fill the ninth seat in the appeals court. Neil gorsuch starts the first of four expected hearings this morning hoping to overcome partisan divisions deepened after her i cMerrick Garland wad a hearing. Now the republicans hope to help garland reach the confirmation to move forward that could force Mitch Mcconnell to remove the filibuster for Supreme Court mom niece. Something democrats did for lower Court Nominees in 2013. Gorsuch will be introduced to the hearing in bipartisan fashion by his home state senators, Democrat Michael bennett and republican cory gardner along with neal katyal, who acted as acting solicitor general in the obama administration. According to a source close to gorsu gorsuch, he had 70 senators that he met with prior to today. And he met at the Old Executive Office building with the White House Office and the former clerks involved with the questioning. Rex tillerson met with xi jinping yesterday. In contrast to ongoing rhetoric from the president , tillerson appeared more cordial about building a relationship. And xi jinping said this can only be defined by friendship. Nigh c president xi is expected to meet with President Trump in the next couple months. Meanwhile, tillerson is responding to criticism over his decision to travel with one reporter on the trip. In the interview with the reporter, he said of the decision, primarily its driven, believe it or not, you wont believe it, were trying to save money. Im not a big media press access person. I personally dont need it. I understand its important to get the message of what were doing out, but i also think theres only a purpose of getting the message out when theres something to be done. And when were ready to talk about what were trying to do, ill be able to talk to people. But doing Daily Availability i dont have this appetite or hunger to be that, have a lot of things, have a lot of quotes in the paper or be more visible with the media. In the north korean state media, they conducted a test of a highthrust rocket this weekend in the latest ongoing escalation of tensions in the region. Joining us from seoul is matt bradley with more. Good morning to you. Reporter its a Troubling Development that could allow north Koreas Nuclear missiles to strike the United States. A new engine, fueling a fresh round of north korean propaganda. An engine test which some say could repel and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of hitting u. S. Soil. Kim jongun promised to get this operation going in a new speech. North korea put on a provocative display of force and unprecedented two Nuclear Tests last year. And it successfully fired four Ballistic Missiles off the coast just two weeks ago. Korea watchers expect a new nuclear test any day. If it happens, north koreas test results will almost certainly be different. The country now facing off against the new american administration. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson warned that a u. S. Preemptive strike is a very real possibility. Let me be very clear, the policy of straw up teenagertegis ended. All options are on the table. Reporter rising tensions led to an american Missile Defense system being moved into south korea this month. Still washington may want to take a harder line against north korea. The question is, will the regional partners go along with it . This weekend chinas government urged tillerson to take a more cautious approach. Following the impeachment of south korean president park, elections in may will put a liberal president in power who may want to pursue dialogue with the north. But the Trump Administration seems determined to confront them. Right now four u. S. Fourstar generals think that north korea either has the capability to hit the u. S. With a Nuclear Device again or have to assume for planning purposes they have the capability. Reporter a frightening new moment savers now rattling on both sides of the pacific. In a press conference just today, south koreas ministry of defense called the new engine, quote, meaningful progress, presumably to an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. But the more analysis of meetings follow the capabilities. Thank you so much for that report, matt. A pair of bracket busters in sundays second round cap a wild weekend in march madness. Those stories and a check on weather when we come right back. Got a minute . Not for me, for you. New aveeno®. 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A former North Carolina police chief said he faced unreasonable detention after traveling to jfk airport. He described his experience in a Facebook Post saying, hes disappointed after being held at 90 minutes after being held at john f. Kennedy airport even after having the appropriate paperbook. His name matched a nonspecified watch list. He worked for 26 years in alexandria before becoming chief in North Carolina. Hes been a u. S. Citizen for four decades. A statement from a spokesperson said all travelers are subject to inspection and could be inconvenienced as we work through the arrival process to ensure those entering the country are doing so legitimately and lawfully. Now well get a check on the weather with meteorologist bill karins. Bill, its monday and the first day of spring. Im hoping the snow is gone for good. The first day of spring, we would like to say snow is forever gone, but you get the april snows and the pretty pictures of thetulips. The only really bad weath on this monday, we have thunderstorms that rolled through icago with a lot of people up. There was a lot of lightning up in Northern Illinois and northern indiana. So even detroit, well head down to cleveland and toledo if its not there already. Now well talk about spring with a quiet weather day today. This is the forecast for the spring temperatures. The odds favor above average temperatures from texas to oklahoma through the southeast and all of the eastern seaboard. So if everyone in the north to the great lakes is still looking at a lot of snow on the ground, you probably like to hear this. Also you think of spring and severe weather, but you also speak of flooding concerns. And on the river, thankfully we had such a warm winter, we dont have a lot of snow out there. The spring rainfall forecast does call for above average rains in montana and the dakotas and possibly down here along the gulf coast. Near average everywhere else. The spots that are at most risk of flooding are in the northern plains. If we get that anticipated heavy rains. We have the huge snow pack in the west, so the mountain there is near idaho and also the Sierra Nevada mountain range. And then possibly in the areas of northern new england. But so far we have been doing a slow melt of a lot of the snow. We want that to continue. But those are the areas more at risk. And more specifically its the idaho snake river and everywhere out in Sierra Nevada. The forecast for today, it doesnt feel like spring in oklahoma and texas. It is 92 today in Oklahoma City and 91 in dallas. I mean, that is airconditioning weather. St. Louis could sneak up to 81. We are finally starting to warm up a little on the eastern seaboard. This is what we want, a nice slow snow melt. 50 degrees today in new york. 57 down there in d. C. Ayman, over the weekend, remember we had the story that the Cherry Blossoms were going to be early. 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