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   SIMMERING OVER THE           
   ALLEGATION.                  
   NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER        

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   HAS DETAILS.                 
   >> I THINK IT WAS --         
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT         

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   CONFRONTED BY A              
   EUROPEAN REPORTER FOR        
   HIS WIRETAP ALLEGATION       

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   AGAINST PRESIDENT            
   OBAMA, A DEFIANT             
   PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING       

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   A NEW SHOT AT HIS            
   PREDECESSOR.                 
   >> AS FAR AS                 

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   WIRETAPPING, I GUESS,        
   BY, YOU KNOW, THIS           
   PAST ADMINISTRATION,         

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   AT LEAST WE HAVE             
   SOMETHING IN COMMON,         
   PERHAPS.                     

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   >> Reporter: A SWIPE         
   AT THE NATIONAL              
   SECURITY AGENCY, UNDER       

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   MR. OBAMA THAT               
   MONITORED GERMAN             
   CHANCELLOR ANGELA            

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   MERKEL'S CELL PHONE.         
   THE LOOK ON MERKEL'S         
   FACE SPEAKING VOLUMES.       

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   FROM THE MAN BEHIND          
   THE ART OF THE DEAL, A       
   STRATEGIC DEFLECTION.        

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   NOT BACKING DOWN ON          
   HIS INITIAL CLAIM, NOW       
   REFUTED BY THE               

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   REPUBLICAN CHAIRS OF         
   THE HOUSE AND SENATE         
   INTELLIGENCE                 

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   COMMITTEES.                  
   AND HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL       
   RYAN.                        

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   BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP         
   PRESIDENT TRUMP'S            
   SPOKESPERSON FROM THIS       

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   ALLEGATION THURSDAY.         
   >> HE'S ABLE TO GET          
   IT.                          

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   AND THERE'S NO               
   AMERICAN FINGERPRINTS        
   ON THIS.                     

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   >> Reporter: READING         
   FROM A FOX NEWS              
   SEGMENT CLAIMING             

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   BRITISH INTELLIGENCE         
   HELPED MR. OBAMA.            
   TODAY, THE PRESIDENT         

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   UNFAZED.                     
   >> I DIDN'T MAKE AN          
   OPINION ON IT.               

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   THAT WAS A STATEMENT         
   MADE BY A VERY               
   TALENTED LAWYER.             

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   ON FOX.                      
   AND SO YOU SHOULDN'T         
   BE TALKING TO ME.            

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   YOU SHOULD BE TALKING        
   TO FOX.                      
   >> Reporter: A FOX           

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   NEWS ANCHOR MINUTES          
   LATER SHOOTING DOWN          
   THAT DEFENSE.                

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   >> FOX NEWS KNOWS OF         
   NO EVIDENCE OF ANY           
   KIND THAT THE NOW            

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   PRESIDENT OF THE             
   UNITED STATES WAS            
   SURVEILLED AT ANY TIME       

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   IN ANY WAY.                  
   FULL STOP.                   
   >> Reporter: EVEN            

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   BRITISH INTELLIGENCE         
   ISSUED A RARE REBUKE,        
   DISMISSING THE WHITE         

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   HOUSE'S COMMENT AS           
   UTTERLY RIDICULOUS AND       
   THE PRIME MINISTER'S         

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   OFFICE SAYS WHITE            
   HOUSE AIDES ASSURED          
   THEM THE ALLEGATIONS         

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   WOULD NOT BE REPEATED.       
   >> AS A REAL ESTATE          
   DEVELOPER, AS A              

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   PRESIDENTIAL                 
   CANDIDATE, DONALD            
   TRUMP LEARNED YOU            

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   COULD SAY BRASH THINGS       
   AND CONTROVERSIAL            
   THINGS AND THEN MOVE         

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   ON.                          
   HE'S LEARNING NOW AS A       
   PRESIDENT THAT'S A LOT       

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   TOUGHER TO DO.               
   >> Reporter: ALL OF IT       
   HAPPENING AT A HIGH          

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   STAKES MEETING WITH          
   MERKEL.                      
   BUT NO HANDSHAKE IN          

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   THE OVAL OFFICE.             
   A BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE        
   WITH THE CHANCELLOR          

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   SITTING NEXT TO IRAN         
   KA TRUMP.                    
   THE PRESIDENT PRESSING       

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   MERKEL TO PAY UP ON          
   NATO.                        
   >> MANY NATIONS OWE          

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   VAST SUMS OF MONEY           
   FROM PAST YEARS, AND         
   IT IS VERY UNFAIR TO         

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   THE UNITED STATES.           
   THESE NATIONS MUST PAY       
   WHAT THEY OWE.               

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   >> Reporter: TONIGHT         
   THE TWO LEADERS              
   LARGELY SIDE-STEPPING        

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   THEIR DIFFERENCES.           
   BUT MR. TRUMP'S              
   PREVIOUS HARSH WORDS         

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   OF MERKEL --                 
   >> THE GERMAN PEOPLE         
   ARE GOING TO END UP          

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   OVERTHROWING THIS            
   WOMAN.                       
   I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE        

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   HELL SHE'S THINKING.         
   >> Reporter: -- STILL        
   ON HER MIND.                 

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   >> Translator: I'VE          
   ALWAYS SAID IT'S MUCH,       
   MUCH BETTER TO TALK TO       

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   ONE ANOTHER AND NOT          
   ABOUT ONE ANOTHER.           
   >> Reporter: AND             

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   TONIGHT, TWO                 
   CONGRESSIONAL SOURCES        
   TELL NBC NEWS BOTH THE       

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   HOUSE AND SENATE             
   INTELLIGENCE                 
   COMMITTEES RECEIVED          

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   DOCUMENTS FROM THE           
   JUSTICE DEPARTMENT           
   RESPONDING TO THEIR          

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   REQUEST FOR MATERIALS        
   ABOUT POSSIBLE               
   SURVEILLANCE OF TRUMP        

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   TOWER.                       
   BOTH SOURCES SAY AN          
   INITIAL READ FINDS