serious allegations against the fbi in this matter. attorney general jeff sessions says as of today he's getting out of the way but all this time thus thus far, has he been in the way of those investigations already? has attorney general jeff sessions been investigating the fbi's investigations thus far? specifically has he been telling the fbi to not share information about what they found with congressional investigators? because tonight one prominent congressional investigator says the fbi is actually blocking the trump/russia investigation from moving forward. did jeff sessions instruct the fbi to do that before finally recused himself at 4:00 this afternoon. or -- and this might be worse -- did the fbi make a decision to obstruct the investigation on its own? did the fbi itself decide of their own accord to obstruct the congressional investigation into this matter in which case we have to ask if the fbi will continue to block the congressional investigation of this even now that jeff sessions is out will they continue to do that for their own reasons? and what happens if the fb

the country. >> at a conference with intelligence community, fbi director james comey talked about the bureaus relationship to intelligence agencies and its counterterrorism efforts. he also sits down for an interview with former national counterterrorism center director michael leiter. this is one hour. >> thank you for that kind introduction. i did take a shot at the new england patriots on live television, which i heard about from one of my brothers who betrayed the family when he moved to massachusetts and became a patriots fan. [applause] >> what i want to do very briefly is share with you some thoughts that are top of mind today for the fbi, and then i want to shut up and take questions bu but i will try to avoid answering from the great michael leiter. [laughing] and i'm determined not to make news for those of you who are following this. [laughing] first things, i want to talk very, very briefly about how the fbi is thinking about our cyber strategy -- can you hear me okay? how the fbi is thinking that our cyber strategy and that i want to talk about a unique challenge to a

the fbi director testifies before congress and reveals a criminal investigation of the trump camp's possible links to russia, a probe that began back in july. james comey joining with the national security agency director to flatly declare that is no information to support mr. trump's claim that he was wiretapped by president obama or by british intelligence. comey also publicly confirming for the first time that the feds are investigating russia's alleged meddling including the possibility of collusion with the trump campaign. also tonight, the white house is refusing to back off from the wiretap claim or offer any apology claiming today's hearing didn't change anything. mr. trump's official twitter account going into overdrive, commenting about the hearing realtime. the president and many republicans are downplaying testimony that could be damaging on the administration, focusing instead about who leaked information about the russian investigation and whether laws were broken. i'll talk with all of that about the democratic who took part in the hearing, house intelligence committe

classified closed-door briefing the fbi director met with senators who are part of the bid for on intelligence issues including mitch mcconnell minority leader schubert and senators warner and berger the senate intelligence community is leading an investigation into russia's interference. keyes spoke yesterday at a cybersecurity conference he says he plans to serve the remaining six 1/2 years of his decade term as fbi director. [applause] >> thanks for the introduction to share some thoughts with you. this is the perfect place to have this conference and i am thrilled to be part i think there will be more it is of plenty places because the challenges of opportunities in this great city and region but because boston college's a leader of thinking and educating these issues so this is a great place to have it you are sticking with me another six and half years of above to be invited back again any place called irish call is a neat place to have this given my background. and what the fbi thinks of the threat that we face and how the fbi is trying to redress that threat in the key par

that he was wire tapped under the order of president obama. tonight breaking news on the fbi director's stunned reaction to what may be the most serious allegation ever made by one president to another. >>> no good answer. mr. trump's aides come forward to defend him without offering a shred of proof. did he blindside his staff. >>> travel ban. the new executive order while the president stays behind closed doors to sign t. after the backlash offer the last travel ban. will this one pass muster in the courts? >>> knives out, sources say the chief of staff may be vulnerable with the president fuming over the latest controversies. what we're learning about the conflict and backstabbing within mr. trump's inner circle. >>> we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news on president trump's bombshell allegation that president obama ordered a wiretap of his phones at trump tower in new york city during the campaign. cnn has learned

>>> this is a special edition of "nightline," the russia investigation. tonight, fbi director james comey's extraordinary revelations confirming an ongoing investigation into the trump campaign's alleged russian ties. >> this will also include an assessment of any crimes were committed. >> denying any evidence that president obama wire tapped trump tower. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> all the president's men diverting attention to intelligence lieakers. will this dramatic showdown hurt america's standing on the world stage. where do we go from here? >> investigating and having proof are two different things. >> this special edition of "nightline" will be right back. >> announcer: this is a special edition of "nightline," the russia investigation. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. after months of speculation, fbi director comey testifying under oath today unloading powerful public declarations given the agency's policy not to comment on ongoing investigations. except under extraordinary circumstances. confirming today the federal investigation into

. finally democratic senator are sheldon whitejoses fbi director james comey led him to believe he would make things clear by this afternoon. republican senator lindsey graham says he's ready to subpoena the fbi if he doesn't get answers. >> congress is going to flex its muscles. the president of the united states asked congress to look into this as to whether or not the trump campaign was surveilled during the 2016 election by the federal government. i'm going to get to the bottom of it. if it needs a subpoena to get there, that's what we'll do. >> shortly president hits the road. it's a good thing air force one has plenty of carry-on space, he's carrying heavy baggage. how hard will he campaign for the health care plan. senior washington correspondent joe johns at the white house for us now with the latest. are we going to hear from the fbi? is the house and the administration going to turn over the evidence it says it has that president trump was wiretapped. >> based on what we're hearing from capitol hill, don't bet on it. senator lindsey graham kind of poured cold water on the

extraordinary day in washington, d.c., as we learn unequivocally that the fbi is investigating ru investigating russia's meddling into the 2016 election. that includes, the fbi director says, looking into possible links between russia and any individuals associated with president trump's 2016 campaign. fbi director james comey confirming the existence of the investigation today. as if that were not potentially damaging enough to president trump, director comey and the director of the national security agency. admiral mike rogers, also said they knew of zero evidence to back up the latest two conspiracy they a conspiracy theories by the president and his white house. comey saying he has no information supporting president trump's tweets of wiretapping and rogers denied that the united kingdom helped president obama wiretap trump tower. that bit of evidence regurgitated by sean spicer last week in an attempt to support his boss' wild wiretapping claim, rogers said it was not true and, quote, it clearly frustrates a key ally of ours. pame pamela brown joins me now. the questions were

, and with me here today is fbi executive assistant director paula bates, just attorney for the northern district of california, brian stretch, and office of international affairs director. we are here to announce a major law enforcement action related to one of the largest stated breaches in u.s. history. today we are announcing the indictment of four individuals responsible for the 2014 hack into the network of e-mail provider yahoo!, the theft of information about at least 500 million yahoo! accounts and the use of that information to obtain the contents of accounts at yahoo! and other e-mail providers. the defendants include two officers of the russian federal security service and intelligence and law enforcement agency of the russian federation, and to criminal hackers with whom they conspired to accomplish these intrusions. dmitri and igor, both fsb officers detected him and directed, facilitated and paid criminal hackers to collect information through computer intrusion in the united states, and elsewhere. they worked with co-conspirators, alexi and kareem, two into the the comput

history tv schedule go to c-span.org. >> and the fbi director james comey talks about the fbi's increasing focus on cybersecurity. the importance of private companies partner with law-enforcement agencies to combat online criminals. director comey delivered the keynote address at the annual boston conference on cybersecurity which was cosponsored by his agents in austin college. he also said intent to serve out the remaining six and a half years of his decade-long term as fbi director. following his departure took a few questions. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thanks for the introduction. good morning everybody. thanks to give me a chance to share some thoughts with you. this is the perfect place to have this conference and i'm thrilled to be part of the inaugural gathering. i hope there will be many more. it's the perfect place for the reasons that hank shaw said, not just because of the challenges and opportunities in this great city in this region, but because boston college is a leader in thinking and educating on these incredibly important issues. so this is a great

>>> breaking news on the fbi's russia investigation. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. cnn has learned the fbi has information that indicates associates of donald trump communicated with people known as russian operatives to coordinate release s information about the hillary clinton campaign. and new questions about former campaign manager paul manafort. the white house is scrambling to change the subject. but what happens if americans lose faith in their president? and could there be a deal on the gop bill to repeal and replace obamacare? new details on the fbi investigation in individuals and deals with russian government. pamela, what are you learning? >> we learned the fbi has information, intelligence that indicates associates of president donald trump communicated with suspected russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to hillary clinton's campaign, according to u.s. officials we've spoken with. as you recall, fbi director james comey made bombshell announcement monday before congress that the fbi is investigating the trump campaign's

fbi director seds there's an investigation into links between the trump campaignnd at russian government he's denies any evidence of wiretapping claims the president will be speaking live this hour. will he fight back? plus more breaking news, personal electronics banned on direct flights from a dozen airlines in the united states. a major security concern linked directly to alqaeda tonight. and is sean spicer's credibility shot? >> good evening i'm erin burnett. out front. president donald trump is wrong and the white house tonight so far will not admit what the fbi director james comey said in a rare public appearance today. comey declaring under oath that will is, his words, no information to support trump's claim that the obama administration wiretapped his phones at trump tower. he also said there's no evidence of trump's charge that britain spy agencies eaves dropped on him at the request of the obama administration. and in another crucial headline comey publicly confirming for the first time that the fbi is investigating whether members of the trump campaign colluded to

married. so you would expect the fbi the to want to understand is that so? and if so, who did what? but, again, i want to be very careful that people don't overinterpret my words. to preserve our ability to answer those questions we are not talking about our work. i am not here voluntarily. i would rather not be talking about this at all but we thought it was important to share at least that much with the committee and the american people. now we are going to close our mouths and do our work to see if we can answer those questions. because the answers matter. >> they do, indeed. i thank you both for those answers. and i thank you both for your service to our country. i would like to think that we can turn this from a sad event into a positive one. this country has stood up and fought on behalf of its own health and welfare and that of its citizens and met any number of challenges throughout our nation's history. the worst things we could do is underestimate the nature this challenge before us today. with that ranking member, i would preach it if i could yield to my friend from texas, mr

for insider trading. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> last week fbi director james comey spoke in boston and comfort on cybersecurity. he talked with the fbi is doing to fort computer hackers and his intention to serve out the remaining six years of his tenure term as a director. this is one hour. [applause] >> thanks for the introduction. good morning everybody. thanks to give me a chance to share some thoughts with you. this is the perfect place to have this conference and i'm thrilled to be part of the inaugural gathering. i hope there will be many more. it's the perfect place for the reasons that hank shaw said, not just because of the challenges and opportunities in this great city, in this region, but because boston college is a a leader in thinking and educating on these incredibly important issues. so this is a great place to have it. hope you will do it many more times. you are stuck with me for about another six and half years as i'd love to be invited back again. odyssey in place called irish hall is a neat place to have this, given my background. w

reports fbi director james comey is asking the justice department to reject the claims. that still leaves a lot of unanswered questions. including whether the president's own staff believes that. the president of the united states is accusing the former president of wiretapping. i agree. why is the president saying it did happen. i think he's going off of information that he is saying that has led them to believe that this is a very real potential. the presidents information for this saturday morning tweet appears to have come from a article on the right leaning site. it bases its reporting of several other reports all of citing unnamed sources that back in the summer of 2016 the justice department ask the foreign intelligence surveillance court for a warrant. because of the alleged ties to russian agents. the request was denied. there was another one made in october. and that request was approved by the court. president obama has come out and has died -- denied any of these. the democrats on capitol hill. if he falsely spreads this kind of misinformation that is so wrong. it is be

, you would expect the fbi to want to understand, is that so? and if so, who did what? again, i want to be very careful that people don't overinterpret my words, to preserve the ability to answer those questions. i'm not talking about our work. i'm not here voluntarily. i would rather not be talking about this at all but we thought it was important to share at least that much with the committee and the american people. now we're going to close our mouths and do our work to find the answers, because those answers matter. >> they do, indeed. i thank you both for your answers and service to our country. i would like to think we can turn this from a sad event into a positive one. this country has stood up and fought on behalf of its own health and welfare and that of its citizens and met any number of challenges throughout our nation's history. the worse thing we could do is underestimate the nature of this challenge before us today. with that, ranking member, i would appreciate it if i could yield to my friend from texas, mr. castro, briefly. >> mr. castro. >> thank you. one more questi

." >>> breaking news, under investigation. the fbi director, james comey reveals the bureau has been conducting a criminal investigation of russia's election meddling since july, and now, for the first time, he says that includes alleged links and coordination between moscow and trump associates. >>> no wiretapping. the fbi chief publicly dismisses president trump's claims that he was wiretapped by president obama, saying there is no information to support those allegations. >>> on defense. the white house is not apologizing, saying nothing has changed. while the president's tweets suggest a new conspiracy theory. >>> after an ominous rocket engine test, north korea says it's not afraid of the u.s. and threatens to use what it calls its nuclear sword for self-defense. >>> i am wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. fbi director james comey today publicly rejected president trump's claim that he was wiretapped by president obama. and then comey dealt the white house a stunning new blow, saying for the first time that the bureau is looking into alleged links

from capitol hill for you. cnn learning new details on the fbi investigation into potential links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government. pamela brown joins me now. they broke the story along with evan perez. >> we're learning the fbi has information, intelligence that indicates associates of president trump communicated with suspected russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to hillary clinton's campaign, according to u.s. officials we've spoken with. fbi director james comey made his bombshell announcement monday before congress that the fbi is investigating the trump campaign's ties to russia. so the fbi is now reviewing the information it's gathered in this investigation which includes human intelligence, travel, business, phone records and accounts of in-person meetings. so the information raised suspicions of fbi counter intelligence investigators that the coordination may have taken place, though officials we've spoken with cautioned that this informationclusive and that the investigation is ong

jones is live near the presidents mar-a-lago estate. what are you hearing from the fbi that the justice department came forward -- asked the justice department to come forward and knock down the president's claims. >> probably has never happened before, pamela, as you know from covering this. it's a pretty extraordinary development. so sometime over the weekend, the fbi went to the department of justice and requested and asked them in conversations to refute basically president trump to say, hey, this did not happen. these allegations that he's made that president obama was involved in some sort of wiretapping of his phone. by extension, i think the director was concerned that the fbi would somehow be blamed for this. and quite frankly, by this request, the fbi is saying this did not happen. we did not wiretap his phones. yesterday we spoke with a former senior law enforcement official who had direct knowledge of the investigation from the department of justice. they, too, confirmed this never happened. so today we're learning it's a pretty significant thing for the chief law en

role for a very limited amount of time. >> plus, the fbi debunks the president's three-week-old wiretap claims. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> then debunks his live tweeting of the hearing. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> and his health care bill in doubt and approval ratings going south, where does this president go from here? >> we're going to win so much, you're going to get so sick and tired of winning. >> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. an unprecedented and historic moment on capitol hill today. the director of the fbi james comey confirming a story that the president and his allies have desperately tried to dismiss. comey telling the house intelligence committee and, by extension, the american people, that the fbi is currently investigating whether president trump's campaign, as the russians were engaged in a criminal campaign to influence the u.s. presidential election on trump's behalf. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part o

matter. >> the white house standing firm after the fbi acknowledged an investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia. will the administration ever be able to escape the clouds of this political storm? >>> and overnight, republican leaders with critical changes to the health care bill. in an effort to appeal to lawmakers, is this enough to help the bill pass with just two days away from the vote? welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it is fascinating. 5:00 a.m. eastern time. president trump back in washington this morning after one of his trademark campaign style rallies in kentucky. he talked about health care, tax reform, college football and colin kaepernick. did not touch on the monday extraordinary testimony by fbi director koijames comey. this despite tweeting all day long about the hearing. a hearing with fireworks, but not smoking gun connecting russia to the trump campaign. the fbi director confirmed an fbi investigation into whether trump allies coulluded. >> by a month after the election, the intelligence community came to clear

very busy sunday. the breaking news tonight, a request by the fbi to the justice department to publicly refute allegations by president trump that he was wiretapped by his predecessor barack obama during the campaign. this as the president remains steadfast in that assertion despite presenting no evidence. he told a conservative website "newsmax," quote, this will be investigated. it will all come out. i will be proven right. his press secretary calling on congress to investigate whether executive powers were abused during the campaign and meanwhile, we've just learned that congressional democrats are now demanding answers about whether there may have been improper contact between the trump white house and the justice department. so, clearly, a lot going on. i want to bring in cnn crime and justice producer shimon. what can you tell us about this letter that the group plans to send out tomorrow and what you're learning about the fbi's request? >> you know, pamela, it just seems like every hour there's something new happening and it seems like there are more and more investigati

. presidentthe previous of using the fbi to wiretap, the current fbi director then is the fbi director now. it is different from when he attacks the media, about the 3 million voters who are fraudulent or whatever, those are silly things, irresponsible things, but this does create an institutional crisis. for his quick open hearings at the highest level, either at the congressional , or theommittee committee headed up by serious people, retired judges, retired attorneys general. what did the obama administration do? what is the truth about this whole complex of issues raised? host: that is aside from the investigations currently taking place. guest: those need to be stepped up and done well but there is so much partisanship already on those committees. you have the chairman of the house intelligence committee already giving it different opinion on what is happening. we have seen them provide -- preside over a series of investigations. statusges were at senior , appointed by obama and bush and something like that, highly respected people. and sayld take 60 days they have the full authority

latched on to this report as evidence of the conspiracy between the fbi and the obama administration and he put together a bunch of dots that it have not been supported by any evidence or proof and he's going with that. and now he's created a situation where we all have to sort of figure it out. the first people that are going to figure it out are the house intelligence committee who are investigating the underlying accusations of conclusion and now have to sort of investigate the investigation. so in one foul swoop, the trump white house has taken these unsourced, anonymous reports, brought them to the forefront and deal with them and muddied the waters because no matter what the investigation comes up with, they will be able to point back to this and say, well, this was some sort of conspiracy between the obama white house and the fbi. again, that's not really based on anything, but it creates doubt. >> confusion benefits people in power. this is a complicated story no matter what. there were news reports from the guardian and bbc that perhaps some of trump's associa

that the fbi as part of oush counterintelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. as with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed. >> the other major revelation, the fbi director shooting down the stunning twitter allegation that president obama had wiretapped him. >> director comey was the present statement that obama had his wires tapped in trump tower a true statement? >> with respect to the president's tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior administration, i have no information that supports those tweets. and we have looked carefully inside the fbi. the department of justice has asked me to share with you that the answer is the same for the department of justice and all its components. the depart

fbi director as flat-out false. here's the tweet. the nsa and fbi tell congress that russia did not influence electoral process. this isn't true either. what sean spicer said today about the campaign's former chairman. >> there's been discussion of paul manafort who played a very limited role for a limited amount of time. >> sean spicer trying to minimize paul manafort's role. that is not the way he was described by the people close to candidate trump and also mr. trump himself. watch. >> i have fantastic people. i have paul manafort. >> i brought paul in because a very smart friend of mine who knew him very well said he is fantastic. >> paul manafort remains as our chairman. >> paul manafort. >> mr. manafort. >> bringing in a professional like paul helped us grow the campaign. and we need ten more of these. everything ball did for the campaign was one less thaneg i had to do. >> that's a small number of items we could have put together. extraordinary day, something we haven't seen happen to a sitting president. candidate trump ran on the promise of ending business as usual in washi

this morning is share with you thoughts about how the fbi thinks about the threat we all face and how the fbi has been trying to address that threat. a key part of that approach is going to involve the partnerships that special agent shaw referred to. and after i am done talking, i would love to be quiet and take your questions. you can as the about anything, i am very slippery and i will avoid things i don't want to talk about. [laughter] dir. comey: the questions have to come from the audience, not our partners in the back. let me begin by talking about the threats. to state the obvious, the threats are too fast, too big and too widespread for any of us to address them alone. the way we think about fighting terrorism is very similar. the threats are hard to see and moving quickly. we need to work together to address them. that is every bit as true when it comes to cyber threats. let me start with who we think of as bad actors. i think of it as a stack, kind of like an evil layer cake. at the top of the stack, from the fbi's perspective, are nation states. think china, north kore

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>> bret: dueling hearings on capitol hill. fbi director confirms an investigation of russia's interference in the election, including possible connections between the trump campaign and russia. he pushes back against president trump's tweets on wiretaps. all while democrats on the other side of the capital bring up past grievances as the gore goh confirmation hearings begin. this is "special report" ." good evening. welcome to washington. as a day. i am bret baier. center of attention in washington, capitol hill where the house intelligence committee held a rare open hearing with the director of the fbi and the head of the national security agency. on the senate side, judiciary committee hosted neil gorsuch for opening statements of what is likely to be a hard-fought confirmation process. president trump is heading out of town, pushing the american health care act that is still being tweaked before heading to a vote in the house later this week. we have fox team coverage. chief legal correspondent shannon bream with the beginning of the confirmation process to fill the supreme

evidence. >> so how will the fbi investigation and the blows to the white house's credibility affect its ability to sell the agenda? to lobby for supreme court nominee gorsuch in the senate, and persuade skeptical lawmakers today on changes to the gop's health care bill? all important and we have it all covered on day 61 of the trump presidency. let's begin with joe johns, live at the white house. joe. >> good morning, chris. after those big reveals from the fbi director that the president was wrong on his wiretapping claims and that his campaign activities are under investigation, it appeared the white house was going to mount a defense from the briefing room, but by the time the president stepped in front of the microphones in kentucky, he didn't have anything to say about it last night. president donald trump dodging the biggest challenge to rock his administration at a campaign rally monday night. >> the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating

>>> tonight, several developing stories. fbi director james comey on capitol hill. lawmakers demanding to know where is the proof of president trump's claim that president obama wiretapped him. what our team has learned. >>> critical condition? the white house battle to save the plan to replace obamacare. and tonight t e, the eye-openin new number. how americans just signed up for obamacare. >>> hacking america. the fbi bombshell tonight. the justice department revealing. an arrest, and the hunt for three others. russian spies among them. hacking into hundreds of millions of e-mail accounts, everyday americans. >>> the manhunt tonight. the shootings on an american highway, the suspect in his car, taking aim at two different drivers. both of them hit, the urgent search. >>> and the headphones in flames in mid-flight, amid warnings about certain electronics and batteries on planes. >>> good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night, and we begin with the growing pressure on the white house and the fbi to show the proof of president trump's

accusing the fbi. a real -- it's different -- a little different attacks the media. are silly things, irresponsible things. an institutional crisis so we call for quick open the highest level. >>> the chairman of the house ntelligence committee giving opinions about what happened. retired attorneys generals, one from each party, status judges appointed by obama and bush, that, highly e respected people. take 60 days and say let's have full authority to get to the of this. meanwhile i think the director of the fbi needs to say something. you know, he's our leading ederal law enforcement agency director. the president of the united states has accused his actcy of they have authority to pursue counterintelligence inquiries. i think he needs to speak up today. he turns to the justice department. to the he reports justice department. of fbi director with sort the justice department, attorney eneral, the attorney general for public affairs or whatever and say let's put out a i think if he says no you can't say anything i hink probably may just say i'm sorry i'm going to say something. but

. they along with their house counterparts have been asking for answers from fbi director james comey. >> i want to know, was there any surveillance at all, with or without a warrant. the longer it takes to answer a question, the more suspicious i get. >> we don't have any evidence that took place. in fact, i don't believe just in the last week of time the people we talked to, i don't think there was an actual tap of trump tower. >> i see no evidence that supports the claim that president trump made that his predecessor had his wires tapped, thus, we see no basis for that whatsoever. >>> also today the president heads to nashville to shore up support for the house gop health care plan as more republicans warn the measure is in a death spiral. >>> who leaked trump's 2005 tax returns and why? are those tantalizing two pages revealed by rachel maddow just the tip of the iceberg? we have reporters and analysts here to break it down. while we await the president, let's begin with the big decision on interest rates. it's a hike that will affect everything from your credit cards to mortgages

under siege in the wake of james comey's testimony today. the director of the fbi says publicly the bureau is eight months deep into an investigation of any possible ties between the trump campaign and moscow. an investigation the director says includes whether any crimes were committed. he says, fbi agents have found no evidence to corroborate the claim by the president of the united states, that president obama, the former president spied on him. let's get right to pamela brown with more. pamela? >> it was certainly a remarkable day in washington with the bombshell announcement by fbi director james comey that the fbi is investigating possible coordination between trump campaign associates and russians during the election. and director comey even put himself at adds with the white house when he knocked down president trump's wiretap allegations. fbi director james comey wasting no time dropping this bombshell near the beginning of the hearing. >> the fbi as part of our counter intelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 president

under fbi investigation as to whether his campaign officials colluded with russia in the 2016 election, and comey shooting down the white house's wiretap claim. >> this is all happening while the white house, the president specifically, needs as much credibility and credit with lawmakers as they can have. they have to try and get gorsuch through as the next supreme court justice and a health care bill is causing big problems inside and outside the party. what is the state of play? a lot to cover. let's begin with joe johns at the white house. joe? >> reporter: under investigation is one of the headlines you don't want to wake up with here at the white house and for a while it looked like there would be real pushback, but when the president appears before the cameras last night in kentucky, he didn't have anything to say about it. president donald trump at a campaign rally monday night. >> the fbi as part of the counter intelligence is investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government, and whether there was a

comey. pam? >> reporter: we are learning more dana about the fbi director's reaction to donald trump's tweet over the weekend alleging that the past president wiretapped his phone. our source says he was incredulous about this allegation, the wiretapping allegation. the source says there was a level of simple disbelief when he saw what donald trump had tweeted and the big concern was that this allegation would make the fbi look bad. that's what prompted the director to have staff at the fbi reach out to the department of justice asking the doj to knock down the allegation. the source says that comey felt that institutionally he had to push back on this because of the magnitude of the allegations that he knew not to be true. over the weekend senior level officials within the fbi reached out to the career personnel at the department of justice to try to clear up the reports that obama wiretapped the phone of donald trump. and a u.s. official saying part of the discussion was for doj to publicly knock down the allegations which so far, dana, that hasn't happened.we are told director comey

wolf blitzer. >> happening now, breaking news. fbi briefings. the director of the fbi goes to capitol hill to brief a handful of congressional leaders who have access to the most highly classified intelligence. >>> computer link, cnn learns the fbi is continuing to investigate an odd computer link between a russian bank and the trump organization. >>> all night long, with high pressure sales pitches and round the clock committee meetings, the white house and republican congressional leaders make a push for their obamacare replacement plan. but amid fierce opposition, the white house says it is not trying to jamb anything down anyone's throat. >>> and grave concern, as wikileaks publishes what it says are cia files about worldwide cyber spying and promises more to come. the white house voices grave concern about any release of classified information. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, fbi director james comey goes to capitol hill and meets with top house and senate leaders. the so-called gang of eight, members of

>>> tonight, breaking news. the capitol hill bombshell. the fbi confirming they're investigating the trump campaign. did aides to candidate trump coordinate with the russians? plus director comey shooting down president trump's assertion, saying there is no evidence president obama wiretapped trump tower. tonight, the white house firing back. >>> also breaking at this hour, security crackdown. the airline banning most electronics from carryon luggage. is there a new terror threat affecting u.s. air travel? >>> manhunt. the high school teacher accused of kidnapping his teenage student. authorities say he's armed and dangerous. tonight, the new images police want you to see. >>> officer on trial, opening fire after a police chase. a 6-year-old boy shot in the front seat, his father with his hands in the air. >>> and mystery solved? tom brady's stolen super bowl jers jersey, the new surveillance video and a break in the case. >>> good evening on this monday night. i'm tom llamas in for david tonight and we begin with that high drama on capitol hill. major revelations about the white

just about an hour from now. fbi director, james comey and nsa director rogers go before the house intelligence committee. the first of three focused on russia, trump, the election and allegations of wiretapping. then coming your way at 11:00 eastern, the senate judiciary committee kicks off a hearing for neil gorsuch. that is expected to last for the better part of the week. we have a great panel to break this down for you. first, let's bring in peter alexander from the white house. good morning to you, peter. huge day for the president. tell us about it. >> reporter: you are right. not just a huge day, but a day of reckoning as for the wiretapping claim. a consequential week, perhaps the most consequential for the trump presidency so far. rogers, the head of the nsa and james comey both testifying today. will there be rez laugs? comey certainly to be asked if he can, once and for all state that president trump has no evidence that president obama ordered wiretapping of trump tower during the campaign. they are trying to frame the conversation over the course of the day. here is s

you live. this as we wait for fbi director james comey to confirm or deny his office is also investigating any trump ties to russia. also this. republican senator lindsey graham warned if comey doesn't come forward, he'll send him a subpoena to get to the bottom of all of this. the backdrop today, president trump making his first public remarks since the blistering cbo came out earlier this week on his party's health care bill. he's scheduled to depart joint base andrews any moment. we'll be following his movements throughout this hour as well. first let's get to cnn congressional correspondent sunlen serfaty on capitol hill. sunlen, we're waiting for the press availability, what if anything are we expecting to hear from house intelligence committee chairman and ranking member? >> reporter: kate, most likely what we'll hear from both of them today is in essence trying to hit the reset button on all of this investigation, trying to refocus in advance of the big day that their committee has on monday. that's the house intelligence committee who will hold the first public hearin

states making that charge . he is accusing the previous tosident of using the fbi get the authority to wiretap. the current fbi director was the fbi director then. what does he do? a little different from when he attacked the media, you know, the failing new york times, or if 3 million voters -- silly things or simply irresponsible things, but this demonstrates a kind of institutional crisis. so we call for quick, open hearings of the highest level. could be the president who appoints independent committees headed up by serious people to get to the whole truth. what was the trump-russia connection? what did the obama administration do? what is the truth about the complex issues raised about the 20 16th campaign? is a and there congressional investigation currently taking place? guest: there is so much partisanship already on those committees, and so many people have already weighed in. the chairman of the house intelligence committee is already giving opinions about what is happening. would prefer is to poppers heard attorneys general, one from each party, or two judges on senior st

after the fbi acknowledged an investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia. will the administration ever be able to escape the clouds of this political storm? >>> and overnight, republican leaders with critical changes to the health care bill. is it enough to help the bill pass with the vote two days away. good morning. thanks for getting an "early start" with us. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, march 21st. president trump back in washington this morning after one of his trademark campaign style rallies in kentucky. he talked about health care and tax reform and other topics. did not touch on the extraordinary testimony by the fbi director james comey. this despite tweeting all day long about the capitol hill hearing. a hearing that features fireworks, but not smoking gun connecting russia to the trump campaign. the fbi director confirmed for the first time there is an fbi investigation into whether trump allies colluded with russia with the election meddling. >> comey told senators the investigation started in late july and they had come to t

bombshell report out tonight that fbi director, james comay is now front and center in all of this. leland is standing by at the white house with more. leland? >> good evening judge. this sets up a potential monday showdown between the fbi director and the president. of course the the fbi director serves at the pleasure of the president. he report we went to the president wants to deny trumps accusation saying he felt as though the president has acute studio fbi of accusing a crime which it did not commit. we cannot corroborate that report that the new york times had out. we can we can tell you that law-enforcement officials tell us that the most senior members of a federal law enforcement were "caught completely off guard by the presidents tweets on saturday morning" adding that they had no idea what the president was talking about. the white house also not commenting or offering evidence in terms of support nor have they offered any clarifications of the accusations. they have essentially pass the baton to congress. the house intelligence committee and i was part of their investi

. >>> we've breaking news on the fbi's russia investigation to tell you about. this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon. revelations coming fast and furious. cnn has learned the fbi has information to indicate trump associates communicated with suspected russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to hillary clinton's campaign. according to u.s. officials. get to breaking news. joining me, they broke the story with evan perez. pamela, what are you learning? >> we learned that fbi has information that indicates associates of president donald trump communicated with suspected russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging hillary clinton's campaign, according to u.s. officials. fbi director james comey made his bombshell announcement as you recall on monday before congress that the fbi is investigating the trump campaign's ties to russia. fbi is now reviewing this information that includes human intelligence, travel, business and phone records and accounts of in-person meetings according to officials. information is raising suspic