Recordings by anyone at the white house of conversations between President Trump and fired fbi director james comey. Tonight so far silence. Today also the deadline for fired fbi director james comey to turn his explosive memos over to house investigators. So far no word he has complied as sean spicer held another press briefing today, away from the cameras. Spicer asked whether President Trump believes that russia meddled in the 2016 election after the president tweeted earlier this week, referencing it as a democratic hoax. Spicer gave this answer. He commented i think it was january 5th or 17th, Something Like that, on that at the time. And he said russia probably interfered but maybe some other countries did as well. That comment was stunning on several fronts. Obviously today is friday. Three days ago spicer was asked about the same question because of that hoax tweet. He answered this. I have not sat down and talked to him about that specific thing. So he went from having not talked to him about it, no idea what the president thought about whether russia interfered with the election to saying the president thinks it was probably russia. Now, thats not obviously definitive, and this is a question with a definitive answer. This was an aggressive action taken by the Senior Leadership inside of russia. Russians definitely did try to influence the campaign. I think russia was involved in the election. There is no question about that. I dont think there is any question that the russians were playing around in our electoral process. Thats at least four members of trumps own administration, who concur with the definitive conclusion of 17 u. S. Intelligence agencies. Spicers comments is also stunning because hes referencing something as you heard the president said in january. The question that we have is this. Are we supposed to ignore what he said in the months since . Could have been china. Could have been a lot of different groups. If russia hacked, if russia did anything having to do with our election, i want to know about it. If, if, could have been china. Jeff zeleny is out front tonight at the white house. And obviously the deadline for the white house to inform congress about tapes has passed, but i believe you have some breaking news on this right now. Reporter i do. Literally moments ago we got a copy of a letter that was sent from the director of legislative affairs here at the white house. He is the person who deals with the house and senate on capitol hill. He sent a letter to the house, the chairman of the Intelligence Committee and the Ranking Members as well essentially quoting the president s tweet. It says this. Let me look at it right now. Im just getting this erin. We referred you to President Trumps june 22nd, 2017 statement regarding this matter. That statement was on twitter. It said with all of the recently reported intelligent electronic surveillance, intercepts unmasks leaking of information, i have no idea whether there were tapes or recordings of conversations with james comey. But i did not make and do not have any such recordings. So essentially at the end of the working day here in washington, erin, the white house simply cut and paste the president s tweet from yesterday to the house intel chairman and ranking democratic member saying that the president does not have copies of the tape. But that is not what the committee asked, of course. The committee asked if anyone here at the white house has a tape. But again this is something that officials across the government and certainly here at the white house have been telling us for several weeks. They do not believe tapes exist. They are not sure why the president tweeted this in the first place and a Top Republican i talked to yesterday said, look, this is a big mistake this president made. But again tonight the white house is responding to the house not offering any new information on the evidence of these tapes, erin. And just to underscore a point you just made there, jeff, thatanswering the question that was asked. They missed the technical deadline and what they submitted was a copy of a tweet from yesterday. They waited to miss the deadline and put that out. They could have done it this morning and this didnt come from the white house counsels office. Was this building, was the administration taping in any way. This is a letter from the head of the legislative Affairs Office like literally its a two paragraph letter i just read to you, erin. It is cutting and pasting the tweet the president sent far more than 24 hours ago. Thank you very much. Were going to get response from congress in a couple of moments about that. Also tonight an explosive report from the Washington Post detailing the hacking efforts by russia, the ones the president cavalierly referred to as a democratic hoax and that sean spicer was trying to clean up today. Jessica snyder is outfront. A few report reveals Vladimir Putin gave direct orders to defeat Hillary Clinton and help elect donald trump as president. According to a bombshell report by the Washington Post, the Obama Administration knew putin was directing cyber attacking during the 2016 campaign three months before the election. Intelligence obtained from deep inside the russian government was couriered by the cia and detailed putins involvement in the hacking. When you go back, this was a moving picture. It is not like we had an immediate clear snapshot of what the russians were up to. It e vvolved over time. It looked like they were trying to basically interfere in the election, mostly by creating doubt about our institutions. Former Deputy National security advisor to president obama defended the administrations strategy to keep the information quiet. As we were deliberating this, we thought the more we play this up in public, the more we play their game. We create further doubt by making this into a big public matter. But a former senior obama official felt differently telling the post it is the hardest thing about my time in government to defend. I feel like we sort of choked. President obama reportedly issued a stern warning to putin in september. And the post details obamas authorization to plant cyber weapons, socalled digital bombs in russias infrastructure that could be used to retaliate. But Obama Left Office before the planning was complete. Lawmakers are questioning why more wasnt done to stop the russians or alert americans. I greatly admire president obama. I wish he and the administration would have acted differently here. Whats important now is we know what they did. When it comes to the russia probe, today is the deadline for the house Intelligence Committee to get those memos from james comey. We know at this point tonight erin, the moment mows have not been turned over to the committee. Although the Ranking Member has said hes been in touch with james comey and he does expect at some point to get those memos. But just not yet. Thank you very much, jessica. And i want to find out more about those memos in a moment. Now, though out front the top democratic. Congressman, good to have you with me. I appreciate your time. So we just got the letter here from the white house. They missed the deadline. They submitted it at 7 00 eastern. And they copy in the president s tweet from yesterday in which he says that he does not have any tapes and has no idea whether there are tapes. Whats your response . Is this an acceptable response from the white house . Well, its typical donald trump. Hes saying a million different things. You are contradicted by your own people and then you go round and round. You tweet. Your people contradict you. Its pretty clear that there is an attempt by this white house to prevent congress from getting the material it needs, preventing the American People from knowing what really went on. And this is just part and parcel of it. You say they missed the deadline. Theyre better off having it go into the weekend because less people read on saturdays. And, so, this is just one attempt after another to hide things and not come clean. And frankly, the president s people trying to clean up after him. You know, yes, we have tapes. No, we dont have tapes. Who knows. They literally say, heres his tweet from yesterday. And in that tweet he says i have no idea whether there are tapes or recordings of my conversations with james comey, but i did not make and do not have any such recordings. Adam schiff has said just because the president said he doesnt have tapes, that doesnt mean someone else at the white house may not have them. So is this answer from the white house even definitive, right . The question wasnt just that the president had tapes. It was does the white house. Is it worth continuing down this line of inquiry or is that just a wild goose chase. Lets forget about this whole, sad story. I dont think we should forget about it at all. Its typical of trying to hide behind words. Why did the president in the first place raise the first spectrum of tapes. It was never thought of. Hes the one that said that comey better be sure or that comey better watch out, there may be tapes or however he phrased it. You cannot get a straight answer from this white house. When they finally give you an answer, you look for cracks in it because theyre trying to slip between those cracks time and time again. Why do you think he did it . Why do you think he raised the issue and let it go on for 41 days . I think that the president just tweets whatever he thinks of. I think his staff must be pulling their hair out of their head because they then have to use the next several days and weeks and months to clean up after him and so it goes again and again and again and i just think its disgraceful. It is not being straight with the American People and its really shameful. We know that former fbi director comey obviously is working with bob mueller, providing the memos. We know he has talked to congress. But obviously there is a deadline for him to provide those memos to the house Intelligence Committee as well tonight. He has also not done so. Five hours left. Should the Committee Subpoena those memos if they dont get them . I think the committee should. I think congress is entitled to know everything and it would be preferable for congress to get it through normal channels. But if not, i think it should be subpoenaed. Absolutely. The question i dont know if you heard the top of our program, but obviously hes been far from definitive about whether he believes that intelligence Officials Say it is a fact, that russians hacked the election. Sean spicer today answering the question, brought out by a tweet saying, no, the president stands by his comment from january in which he said that he thinks russia may have been involved. Obviously since then he said it could have been china and hes used the word if when he talks about russias involvement. Do you think the answer from sean spicer today is acceptable, that the president stands by what he said in january. It is not acceptable. You dont have to be a scholar to know russia hacks our election. It is quite simple and obvious to everybody else. The questions that we want to know is was there collusion with the Trump Campaign in terms of hacking our election. I mean, thats what we really want to know. And what have they done since then . Have they tried to cover it up . Mr. Comey said that they were trying to shut him up. So thats what i want to know and thats what the American People want to know. But it shouldnt be a doubt in anyones mind. Russia certainly hacked into our elections. Certainly tried to elect donald trump over Hillary Clinton and certainly tried to undermine american democracy. Thats not a question. So what you just heard of course in the report, which is talking about the Washington Posts original report, they said, right, president obama was one of just four people who were told about Vladimir Putins involvement and how serious this was early last august, that there were socalled cyber bombs that have been planted in the russian infrastructure as a result of this. But in the end, president obama only approved what the post called a, quote, modest package from sources in terms of the retaliation against russia. And you just heard a former senior obama official who was involved in those deliberations say, it was the hardest time to defend. I feel like we sort of choked. Did president obama choked . Well, i dont know if he choked. But i will tell you the response now that we know what we know is certainly disappointing. I think that this is a very serious attempt by the russians and by keeping quiet. I think president obama allowed the russians to pursue their goal. It is very disappointing and i dont know if its choking, but its certainly in my opinion not doing what should have been done and that is letting the American People know that our free election was in jeopardy because of russian nonsense and russian hacks. I think that it was a mistake not to go public on it. All right. Thank you very much, congressman. Good to have you with me. I appreciate it. Next President Trump questioning whether special counsel bob mueller and his team are biassed against him. 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