Passes the buck. President trump expressing frustration with china. What could the president do when and if the next missile flies . Plus, epidemic of fake drugs, bad drugs, counterfeit drugs killing americans instead of saving lives and you may not know you took them until its too late. Welcome to the lead, everyone. Im jake tapper. President trump making it clear once again the buck stops there. This time the president refusing to acknowledge that his white house caused an international dustup with her nations closest and most important ally, the united kingdom. This happened because his spokesman in a desperate attempt to address the false claim that president obama tapped his phones in trump tower cited a sketchy report and made a serious accusation against the u. S. s ally. President trumps response, hey, theyre the ones who said it. That was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox so you shouldnt be talking to me. You should be talking to fox. President trump did this while doubling down on his wire tapping falsehood which is now dispute by the fbi director speaking through aides and on the record by the former director of national intelligence, by the republican speaker of the house and by the republican and democratic heads of the house and Senate Intelligence committees. This is a claim that vicepresident pence has even refused to say is true, and yet this afternoon appearing alongside Angela Merkel whom the nsa did spy upon for years according to wikilea wikileaks t trump said this. As far as wire tapping i guess by this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. A spur yus claim made in response to a question about a different spur yus claim, this one made by White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer who in an attempt to defend President Trump invoked various sources of information to try to build something resembling a case for his boss, one that made up for what it lacked in actual proof in length. Spicer invoked stories having nothing to do with the president s charge, websites hes never heard of. But most significantly, he said this. Last on fox news on march 14th, judge Andrew Napolitano said, quote, three intelligence sources have informed fox news that president obama went outside the chain of command. He didnt use the nsa, the cia, the fbi and the department of justice. He used gchq. The Government Communications headquarters, thats the british equivalent of the nsa. President obama of course did not have the power to use British Intelligence to spy on anyone and would have been a violation between the u. S. And the u. K. Youre going to have to ask the journalists on fox news why they never repeated this claim. You dont have to ask. Ill tell you. Its because they have no confidence that its true. The gchq which rarely comments took the step of saying the charge is, quote, utterly ridiculous and should be ignored. The British Security adviser and the ambassador to the u. S. Contacted the u. S. National security adviser, general h. R. Mcmaster, as well as spicer, after which the spokesman for the british Prime Minister said the white house had reassured the u. K. That spicer would not repeat the allegations. The president s response to this embarrassment today . Take a listen. We said nothing. All we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. I didnt make an opinion on it. The white house apparently unaware that when the white house in the worlds most powerful nation cites a news story as proof of what the president of the United States has said, that that tends to suggest to people that you think you believe the story youre citing as proof. Two weeks ago tomorrow President Trump made a wild claim on twitter. Theres no evidence, nor is there any credible source who knows anything about intelligence who believes the charge that president obama tapped Donald Trumps phones at trump tower. But now in a fevered effort to try to force this outlandish claim into something remotely resembling possibly perhaps maybe the truth, the white house appears actually willing to repeat another wild accusation that potentially could alienate our nations most important ally. Does smearing British Intelligence make your family more safe . No . So why is the white house doing it . What is the white house defending here . It damn sure isnt National Security or american credibility before the world. Our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta was at the News Conference and joins me now. Jim, sean spicers comments caused an International Incident but hes not backing down, but you have new information, fox news now responding to the napolitano nonsense. Reporter not only is sean spicer not backing down, President Trump is not backing down. President trump said to that german reporter, you shouldnt be talking to me, you should be talking to fox. Apparently fox news does have more to say about this but we should point out White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer said to me that no apology was offered to the British Government. News outlets have reported that the white house, the Trump Administration did apologize to the British Government for sean spicer passing on that claim from judge Andrew Napolitano from fox news yesterday. Sean spicer told me after the News Conference, well, we were passing on various news reports. Within the last hour, shepard smith, an anchor over at fox news said she cannot substantiate what Andrew Napolitano said on fox news. Heres what he had to say. Fox news cannot confirm judge napolitanos commentary. Fox news knows of no evidence of any kind that the now president of the United States was surveilled at any time in any way, full stop. Reporter it doesnt get more clear than that, jake, and the president earlier today, we should point out, during a meeting with republican lawmakers about healthcare up on capitol hill once again used the term fake news, but but make no mistake, what sean spicer passed on to reporters yesterday appears to meet the definition of fake news. The president did not withdraw that claim and said you should talk to fox. Well fox says its wrong. Jake . Beyond that story, this News Conference between two uneasy allies was pretty remarkable. Reporter it really was. Keep in mind during the campaign President Trump, then candidate trump went after Angela Merkel on occasion and basically blasted her policy of allowing Syrian Refugees into her country. At one point he tweeted that Angela Merkel was ruining her country. He said this in a december 2015 tweet expressing some dismay that he he was not chosen as times person of the year and that she was chosen as times person of the year and then during this News Conference i think you heard Angela Merkel refer to this to some extent when she said we should not be talking about each other, we should be talking to each other. The german chancellor whos pretty good at keeping a very straight poker face when it comes to being on the International Stage essentially let the president know that, hey, in the future we should be talking to each other, not making comments about one another, and it was an interesting moment, i think, between these two leaders. Jim, thank you so much. Im joininged by congresswoman jackie spears. Shes on the house intelligence committee. Thank you for being here. Lets make clear, have you heard of any evidence or any suggestion that Great Britain or any ally might have wire tapped President Trump or trump tower . No. No, no, no. You know, we have spent so much time on this spur yus allegation by the president that its really affecting our ability to do our work. Its creating, as we have just seen, an International Incident. There is no truth to anything the president has said relative to that. And i might add, right now president obama has a really good slander case because theres much malice associated with the statement by President Trump that is totally false. Obviously the u. K. And the u. S. Have a very important and special relationship, and to be frank, probably the u. K. Needs the u. S. A little bit more than the reverse is true just because were a much bigger, wealthier and powerful country. But im wondering if you think even within that context this might affect the relationship with the u. K. . I dont think one incident is going to affect our relationship because its a very close and cooperative relationship thats existed for centuries. The intelligence relationship, the five is, the u. K. , australia, canada, all of us together work very closely. We need them too. Dont forget that we have a base, a very important base in the u. K. , and we work very closely together on intelligence to keep the world safe. I dont mean to belittle at all how much the u. S. Relies on the u. K. But i just meant within the context of they need us how damaging could this really be. Let me ask you, youre a member of the house intelligence committee. This afternoon the justice defendant respond department responded about the claim that the president was wire tapped. What can you tell us about the response . Everyone who has spoken on this issue has been very clear. There is no there there. The more we speak about this totally false wire tapping issue is less time we speak about how theyre taking affordable out of the Affordable Care act, how were not talking about the really dangerous relationships that probably exist in the trump orbit with those of russia, and reminding ourselves that russia committed an act of war against the United States when it interfered with our elections. And they are attempting to do that in countries throughout europe right now and we have got to take steps to get to the bottom of it and make sure it doesnt happen again. And that of course is the most important issue in all of this is Vladimir Putins biggest desire is for the dissolution of the eu, the dissolution of nato and for the United States to withdraw so russia can seek Power Centers in europe. What concerns do you have about that . Do you see any specific actions by the Trump Administration that the u. S. Is pulling back at all from europe . Well, the president s made a number of statements about nato, about the eu, about how much he likes vladimir putin. This bromance is really on the ridiculous side. We have got to make clear to the American People that nothing has changed since the cold war in terms of our relationship with russia. They were an enemy then. Theyre an enemy now. And we have got to recognize that anything that president putin does hes doing on behalf of his country and his goals that are very empirical is tick to have a bigger sphere of influence in europe and to really break apart the european union. Can i just ask you, in 2012 obviously mitt romney was mocked by president obama for saying that russia was americas number one geopolitical foe. Do you think that at the end of the day mitt romney was right and maybe democrats should have been more willing to listen to what he had to say given the current posture towards russia that so Many Democrats including you now espouse . Each administration has attempted to reset the relationship with russia, and i think weve learned, especially through last year, that they have nefarious interests at heart and they the brazen nature by which they interfered with our electoral process is really unprecedented. I dont know that i would make them the number one. Certainly north korea would be vying for that position as well, but they are not friends. While we want to be able to find ways to work with them from time to time, maintaining economic sanctions is going to be very important. I have real doubts about why we allow our team to continue to operate in the United States, thats russia today, which is a pure propaganda arm of russia and yet we have no ability to engage in informing the public in russia. Congresswoman jackie speier, thank you so much. Appreciate your time. My pleasure. The United States has had it with north Koreas Nuclear antics. Thats what secretary of state Rex Tillerson is saying. 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