it s basically like does your 3-year-old have one of those play phones? that was former president obama in his last years as president talk about how for security reasons he was not allowed to have a normal smart phone. he had to basically have a toddler phone with no spotify or anything cool. now, when trump took office one of the norms he smashed one of them was that he was not going to defer to the security protocols that were reserved for presidents. trump would not give up his iphone because he liked tweeting too much. and now it looks like trump s refusal to give up twitter for the sake of national security, well, it looks like that decision may be coming back to haunt him. today we learned that earlier this year special counsel jack myth s office executing a search warrant that forced twitter to turn over everything they had from trump s account @realdonald trump. the question now what kind of evidence could mr. smith get
your 3-year-old have one of those play phones? reporter: today president trump called the times report a fake story, tweeting, i rarely use a cell phone. and when i do, it s government authorized. i like hard lines. but former white house aide omarosa manigault newman tweet the, he always used his personal iphone for calls even after being told over and over again about the security risk. this would be a gold mine in order to know how to influence him. what it is that pleases him, how you would deal with him in a negotiation. our thanks to our friend andrea mitchell for that report tonight. another break for us. and coming up, a look back, as we mentioned earlier, at other times when we ve looked to our presidents during unsettling times in our country, when we come right back.
for months that president trump has been discussing sensitive information on his nonsecure iphone with people like sean hannity of fox news, and now the new york times reports the chinese and russians are routinely eavesdropping. nbc news has not confirmed aspects of the new york times report. according to the times, the president also calls fellow billionaires like steven schwartz man, and steve wynn, big campaign contributors with major holdings in china and contacts with china s government. as a candidate, mr. trump regularly attacked hillary clinton for e-mailing on a private server. her server is easily hacked by foreign governments, perhaps even by her financial backers in communist china. president obama reluctantly gave up his beloved blackberry when he took office. eight years later, joking about the government replacement. the phone doesn t work. you know, you can t play your music. so basically it s like, does your 3-year-old have one of those play phones? report
has been discussing sensitive information on his nonsecure iphone with people like sean hannity of fox news, and now the new york times reports the chinese and russians are routinely eavesdropping. nbc news has not confirmed aspects of the new york times report. according to the times, the president also calls fellow billionaires like steven schwartzman, and steve wynn, big campaign contributors with major holdings in china and contacts with china s government. as a candidate, mr. trump regularly attacked hillary clinton for e-mailing on a private server. her server was easily hacked by foreign governments, perhaps even by her financial backers in communist china. president obama reluctantly gave up his beloved blackberry when he took office. eight years later, joking about the government replacement. the phone doesn t work. you know, you can t play your music. so basically it s like, does your 3-year-old have one of those play phones?
very thing that they believe should have gotten her locked up. the rallies on the other side of the aisle are not suggesting lock him up over his reporting. and when it comes to the iphone trump should at least lock it up. let s be clear, that s what the last president did following strict protocols for a secure black berry, following the rules so it was securely audited every 30 days. trump s phone is extra vulnerable we re told because it includes hackable functions like a mike and camera. those are features president obama avoided in response to the security protocol. i get the thing, and they re like, mr. president, for security reasons there s a great phone, state-of-the-art, but it doesn t take pictures, you can t text, the phone doesn t work you know, you can t play your music. so basically it s like does your 3-year-old have one of those play phones? obama was willing to give up