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A whole lot of news media gathered for this. it was pointed out by many, many people, the hearing itself got under way yesterday and was far and away not the lead story. as we went into the afternoon and evening. to katy tur's point, earlier, not every day do you have a hearing on the hill where you hear the fbi director say, nope, the president's contention on the previous president wiretapping his office building in new york, there's no evidence to support that. yes, we can confirm and open and ongoing investigation into russian ties into a political campaign of the victorious candidate in o...

Questioners, on american issues. >> the wiretapping would be a timely question because, of course, the obama administration tapped merkel's phone not so long -- >> trump will bring that up. >> you know trump will bring that up, right? it will be a twofer for him. a dodge for his own issue but also an example of the last president wiretapping. >> to molly's point, it's important how he chooses to bring it up the fact that she's bringing with her economic people, that the debate is much more about the economic, look at all the jobs we bring to the u.s., we have bmw, seemence. we're all about mak...

They don't know where all this is going either. >> and you know -- >> just this latest example, look, president trump was the one that tweeted a remarkable accusation about a former president wiretapping his phone, and so how could the media not reaction to something like that? and in the wake of that, david gregory, what about this white house request now in the wake of this tweet for a congressional investigation into this? how is that going to play in the u.s.? spending taxpayer money to investigate claims with no solid evidence provided? >> well, look. this is ridiculous on a couple of lev...

President wiretapping the next commander-in-chief is almost inconceivable. but that's if the news breaking tonight. the president wrote in a series of tweets. terrible. just found out obama had my wires tached in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthyism. is it proper for a sitting president to be wiretapping just before an election. turned bun by court earlier. a new low. how far has president obama gone to tap my phones just before the election. this is nixon watergate. bad or sick guy. tontony shaffer, great to see y.

Kimberly: the idea of a sitting president wiretapping the next commander-in-chief is almost inconceivable. but that's if the news breaking tonight. the president wrote in a series of tweets. terrible. just found out obama had my wires tached in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthyism. is it proper for a sitting president to be wiretapping just before an election. turned bun by court earlier. a new low. how far has president obama gone to tap my phones just before the election. this is nixon watergate. bad or sick guy. tontony shaffer, great to see y.