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Manufacturing jobs. so he's really working to bring back wealth to the american people. >> shannon: there are plenty of critics who do not agree with the president's strategy here. he's talked about the fact that presidents on both sides of the aisle have not taken on china directly because they know it will cause economic pain. but jonathan writing under the headline, trump is melting down because china won't give in on trade in this. it's trump who has more to lose in the trade war. since he's facing re-election next year and the chinese president is facing re-election never. >> that's true....

By saying i was not a party to the underlying agreement. he was out of the loop. but it's nonetheless a binding contract. >> okay. let me come back to you in a second. the government cited covert search warrants to search the e-mail accounts. can you explain that and what it means for michael cohen? >> yes. the burden of proof to get covert surveillance under title iii, which is what authorizes electronic surveillance for criminal matters is incredibly high. you have to show the court not only that you have probable cause to obtain evidence of a crime but you don't -- you can't get it through ...

There were profits or other methods of conducting that conspiracy that were concealed. so i think that that's likely. but it's important to note here, katy, that manafort actually was compromised in two separate kinds of investigations. the fisa process that we saw reporting about last night is a means of surveillance of suspected foreign activity. activity conducted on behalf of a foreign government. and that's not the type of surveillance that you typically hear prosecutors talk about when they are discussing wiretaps. wiretaps obtained under title iii are a mechanism used in order to drive ...

Wires tapped in trump tower. just before the victory, nothing found. this is mccarthyism. is it legal for a sitting president to be wiretapping a race for election? a new low. two others. here is the former dni on "meet the press" ." >> there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president. the president-elect of the time come as a candidate, or against his campaign. i can't speak for other title iii authorized entities in the government or a state or local entity. >> i was just going to say, if the fbi had a fisa court order for surveillance, without the information you would know ...

The time or as a candidate or against his campaign. i cannot speak for other title iii authorized entities in the government or a state or local ---- >> if the fbi had some sort of order for surveillance, without the information you would know? >> yes, i would know that. >> you would know if there was r fisa order if it did exist.it >> i can deny it. >> sean: contradicting himself. james clapper yesterday at meet the press, we continue with the great one, mark levin. obama gives a statement that says they did not order it. but that does not mean he doesn't know it. he puts all these caveats he...