>> why is the president saying it did happen? >> look, i think he is going off of information that he has seen that has led him to believe that this is a very real potential. >> white house spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders attempting to defend the president's accusation he was wire tapped on the orders of then president obama. maggie haberman says president trump was frustrated by the shows today, feel people didn't defend him strongly enough on his obama claim, or close to him. how do you defend a president who deals so often in irregular facts? >> anthony scarborough. >> it's great the way you wrote the script. keep going. so far so good. >> you're on the transition team. what is your current status as regards the white house? >> okay, my current status is i'm in the process of selling my company. and so unfortunately i need a lot of investor consents to do that. as soon as the investor con sense come in, then my guess is i'll have a role in the