mike tamasky in his prediction piece for the daily beast told us who will be the republican nominee, the democratic nominee who will win the presidency, whether there will be a brokered convention and whether we will defeat isis. all of that, mike has predicted. my answer to all of those questions. i have no idea. mike, i m sitting out this round of predictions because i predicted donald trump would not run for president. so i have forfeited my right to doing any more political predicting until this whole trump thing is over. so mike, tell us, who is going to be the democratic nominee. well, this one didn t require, you know, too much courage on my part. i do say hillary clinton. let s see if we have agreement on that. james, who s the democratic nominee? hillary clinton. mckay?
spied on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and in the process swept up conversations that involved members of congress and israeli officials while the u.s. negotiated the iran nuclear deal. the deal that netanyahu opposed. the national security council released a statement today. we are not going to comment on any specific alleged intelligence activities. as a general matter and as we have said previously, we do not conduct any foreign intelligence surveillance activities unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose. this applies to ordinary citizens and world leaders alike. the chaurm of the house intelligence committee sent a letter to admiral michael rogers requesting copies of all policies and procedures that interintercepted communications involving members of congress and how it handles those communications. joining us by phone now, mike tamasky is with us here.