snow. a blizzard heading to the northeast. millions in the cross-hairs. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re minutes away from the deadline for the trump administration to hand in any evidence of the wiretapping accusations president trump levelled against president obama two saturdays ago. the house intelligence committee requested the justice department provide them today with any proof at all backing up president trump s tweets from earlier this month. some of them, as you ll recall. terrible. just found out obama had my wires tapped in trump tower before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthy-ism. is it legal for a sitting president to be wiretapping a race for president prior to an election? turned down by court earlier. a new low. how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the sacred election process. this is nixon, watergate bad or sick guy. since the tweets nine days ago this charge by the president
we ll again see the softer president trump who spoke to congress and the nation tuesday night or if he ll resort to attack mode against the media that again exposed this burgeoning story. recently he s been aiming his fodder at democratic critics instead of the press. first senator schumer and congresswoman pelosi. then this morning, a twitter rant where he went after president obama. terrible, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found is mccarthyism. is it legal for a sitting president to be wiretapping a race for president prior to an election, turned down by a court earlier, a new low. the president s allegations are apparently based on previous reports by radio provocateur mark levin. how many phone calls by donald trump, if any, have been entintercepted by the obama administration and recorded by