Last two weeks. Its not just an issue of the resources expended for what is increasingly appeared to have been a madeup claim by President Trump but it doesnt seem likely the white house will concede that. In the last hour we heard sean spicer speaking on radio with conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham saying when we were talking about wiretapping, the president was talking about surveillance, not wiretapping the way people think of it relating to phones. The question is, is this something about which they are willing to back down or is this like most other things with this president a moment where he remains defiant and insists there is information out there as he did just last night . As i speak to you, we got the twominute warning. Which means as we approach the 1 hour 5 minute mark we can anticipate sean spicer will be coming out. This is an extended pregame show like weve rarely seen in this briefing room. Wale faith for that. For these next couple of minutes, lets check in
thanks, guys. to kick it off, jonathan karl. before yesterday you said you were extremely confident that the house and senate intelligence committees would ultimately vindicate the president s allegation that trump tower was wiretapped, as i m sure you have now seen the senate intelligence committee has said they see no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance. that seems to be a pretty blanket statement. what s your reaction? . there are several things. it s interesting to me that, you know, just as a point of interest, when one entity says one thing that claims one thing you cover it ad knauss yum. when devin nunes said it s possible, there were crickets from you guys. when devin nunes said there was no connection to russia, crickets. when tom cotton said the same you don t want wiretapping at trump tower.
before yesterday you said you were extremely confident that the house and senate intelligence committees would ultimately vindicate the president s allegation that trump tower was wiretapped, as i m sure you have now seen the senate intelligence committee has said they see no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance. that seems to be a pretty blanket statement. what s your reaction? . there are several things. it s interesting to me that, you know, just as a point of interest, when one entity says one thing that claims one thing you cover it ad knauss yum. when devin nunes said it s possible, there were crickets from you guys. when devin nunes said there was no connection to russia, crickets. when tom cotton said the same you don t want wiretapping at trump tower. the house intelligence committee and senate intelligence committee here s his quote. here s a direct quote. i think it s very possible, end