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Asked british intelligence to wiretap then-candidate donald trump. the claim made by the president, repeated by his press secretary, has been disputed now by president obama, by british intelligence, by the fbi and now the house and senate intelligence committees. with us on our broadcast tonight, peter westmacott who served as british ambassador to the u.s. from 2012 to 2016 and wrote this for "the guardian" this weekend. "trump and spicer's remarks about british wiretapping are absurd and dangerous." ambassador, thank you very much for joining us. how has it been like generally to watch what...

Distrust of intelligence agencies generally, it does make me a bit concerned that if there is not full political support for what we do together, and total trust in the relationship, that it could do it some damage. this is, indeed, as you say, the closest intel relationship anywhere in the world. we are pretty much interchangeable. we are interdependent. and at a time when world is full of so many dangerous events and so many bad guys out there, a lot of cyber and terrorist and other attacks, we need this thing to work. so the simplest thing of all is to close this down. nobody has to say, so...

Campai campaigns, perhaps the next campaign will be against misinformation. former ambassador peter westmacott, thank you for joining us from our london bureau tonight. >> thank you. and coming up this evening, first daughter gets ready to take her new position in the west wing where the trump family business southern division is quickly taking up residence. this is "the 11th hour. " this is the silverado special edition. this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actually there's five. ooohh!! aaaahh!! uh!

Facts, if you like. i worry a bit ha the information on which people are basing their decisions is a bit distorted and not as objective and reality based as it ought to be and used to be. >> peter westmacott, thanks for joining me. we'll be right back. see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that... ...i won't stop until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost cle...

over the past 24 hours. the question is whether the president is a peacemaker or an appeaser. that question posed by peter baker in the "new york times." we have so much to talk about. trump at the top of the polls. jeb bush going after trump. and, of course, what scares you the most your father coming on "morning joe" this morning. >> yes, that's happening. >> and richard haas will talk to him about this iran deal. >> and former secretary of state madeline albright as well. with us on set, lots of different points of view on this. mike barnicle managing editor mark halperin and in n...