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President of the united states. fair appraisal? >> no, not at all. look, in the campaign, we all -- we were all struggling with what was being done, what was being said, very unorthodox. and of course, with the "access hollywood" tape, it was difficult. but since the election, there have been a lot of us who have said, including mr. ryan, look, we'll be supportive in every way we can of this president. we have a lot of big things we want to do. at the same time, if something happens that we need to be clear and call out, we'll do that. so i think there's really not been anybody that's been mor...

>> keep your doctor. >> let's switch gears to the house intelligence committee. it is supposed to get today whatever this evidence is the white house has about wiretapping claim on obama. what happens if we don't get that today? >> adam schiff who met with james comey to discuss the situation has said if it doesn't present evidence, just exposes donald trump as making a huge accusation against president obama is not true. whether that has an impact on support and approval ratings with his base is not yet clear. i think we have to remember how huge the president's original statement was. he cal...

That the doj faces today to get proof to the intelligence committee and the house there for this wiretapping claim. >> reporter: well, it does sound as though from what spicer had to say they have certainly not encouraged the doj to respond in a material way to in letter. and we do know that inside the letter, the house intelligence committee did not say if you do not answer our questions, we will subpoena this information. they didn't say what mig ppen in the event that there was no response. now, i think that you can probably anticipate some public anger potentially from democrats if, in fac...

Absolutely no truth to that allegation, so i think the president has one of two choices, either retract or to provide the information that the american people deserve because if his predecessor violated the law, president obama, violated the law, we've got a serious issue, not to say the least. >> for more on this, james davis joins us now from munich, germany. he's the dean of the school of economics of political science at the university. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> as we just heard this, and john mccain says president trump needs to retract or prove his wiretapping...

Prove it. remember, the president is a phone call away from getting this answer and he has more power to declassify information than anyone. mccain says if you can't prove it, retract it. >> the house intelligence committee is giving the justice department until today to provide any evidence of this wiretapping claim. an adviser to the president is more than just doubling down suggesting there was perhaps much more than just wiretapping of the campaign. this as we are 53 days in to the trump presidency. let's begin with joe johns live at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. plent...