lawmakers to look for proof. be careful what you wish for. republican senator lindsey graham and democratic senator sheldon white house penning a letter to the justice department and the fbi asking the intelligence agencies for evidence. writing we would take in a bus of wiretapping authorities for political purposes very seriously. we would be equally alarmd to learn a court found enough evidence of criminal activity or contact with a foreign power to legally authorize a wiretap. the president asked congress to look into whether or not his campaign was wire tapd by the obama administration. i will take up that challenge. meanwhile the investigation into russian meddling in the election continues. four sen tors taking their search directly to the cia to review raw intelligence. we have more questions now. we have more information to get access to. as the trump administration continues to forcefully deny any collusion between russian officials and their campaign.
wiretapping of trump tower during last year s election. marking another day of distraction stemming from tweets over the weekend. the other is an investigation. they re two separate issue. vice president mike pence dodging questions about his boss s wiretapping accusation. the president alleged the former president committed a felony. yes or no, do you believe that president obama did that? well, what i can say is that the president and our administration are very confident that the congressional committees examining issues surrounding the last election, the run up to the last election will do that in a thorough and equitable way. now his trump may be backfiring. inspiring a group of lawmakers to look for proof. be careful what you wish for. republican senator lindsey graham and sheldon white house penning a letter to the justice
morning at blair house where he slept with his family overnight. we know he s up and tweetings overnight. he ll later to go to church at st. john s and later meet with the obamas over sea. sunlen, thank you. a couple hours in now president-elect donald trump will meet with president obama at the white house before both men travel to the u.s. capitol together for mr. trump s swearing in. the outgoing 45th president penning a good-bye letter to the american people. cnn s michelle kosinski is live at the white house with more. what a tradition, michelle, what we ll see play out this morning. reporter: it s something we ve seen before. we ve seen this peaceful transition of power, and president obama has absolutely tried to abide by that. in the lead-up to this, there have been ugly words exchanged on both sides. president obama has made an effort and tried to remind others that this is supposed to be smooth, supposed to be orderly and it s supposed to be a part of our democracy itself