quotes, wiretapping can mean anything. that's the old-fashioned way -- sean spicer reiterated that way from the press room. here, he put "tapes" in quotes. h he can lob out these wild accusations and escape from there later. >> i am launching a "nuclear weapon" against korea. >> that wasn't in quotes, he meant that part. but these are more serious, because now he's implicating himself. and when he goes out and talks about it again, he's putting more fuel on the fire for bob mueller. >> moments ago, "the washington post" posted a story with the headline, obama's secret struggle to punish russia for putin's election assault. according to the reporting, u.s. intel had sourcing deep inside moscow, reporting even capturing president vladimir putin's direct instructions to damage hillary clinton's chances to have winning and help elect donald trump. joining us now from washington