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Behind him, the president could make this controversial memo public at any time, of course, about the fbi and alleged abuses of surveillance, et cetera. this is despite fierce objections from the presidents own justice department. white house press secretary sarah sanders just on cnn said the decision-making process is still taking place. listen. >> i do know that were going through that process. i know it will be part of whats taking place at the white house today, and well certainly keep you g...

Cdc, the agency that is very involved, of course, with fighting smoking. >> that would be a conflict of interest. well let you know more as soon as we get it. next the president gives a message of unity. thats what the house was selling it as. are democrats buying it? >> first the white house. now the pentagon. why the military says a major security risk could lead to a ban on cell phones and the presidents chief of staff says that he thinks the republican memo on alleged fbi abuses will be re...

Said, quote, having stonewalled congress demands for nearly a year its no surprise to see the fbi and doj issue spurious objections from allowing the american people to see information related to surveillance abuses at these agencies. the fbis intimately familiar with material owe missions with respect to their presentations to both congress and the courts and they are welcome to make public to the greatest extent possible all the information they have on these abuses regardless, its clear, that...

Allow the american people to see the abuses at these agencies. the fbi is related to material omissions with representations to congress and the courts and theyre welcome to make public to the greatest extend possible all the information they have on the abuses. fbi director christopher wray and the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein were at the white house earlier this week and voiced their concerns to the white house with rosenstein pushing back hard. lawyers at the white house are reviewi...

So no, i would urge him to release it. >> bill: simple question then. you would urge him to do what then you were saying? >> to release it. declassify it. >> bill: it would seem to suggest we are going to see it. if thats the case, what will we learn? >> well again, i cant go into detail other than the fact that you will see there have been intentional abuses or very severe negligence on fisa -- dealing with the fisa courts and actions by the f.b.i. at the highest levels and the department of ju...

Look to legislative remedies to try to address the abuses that the memo outlines. the president now that he has this before him i think its very clear reading this memo and hopefully you will be able to read it also there is no threat to national security. it details abuses that need to be addressed. this is something that the public and certainly congress need to debate. >> jon: some who have observed or listened to the presidents exchange with congressman jeff duncan last night said he appeare...

Where the republicans were certainly feeling in a celebratory mood. youll move on now from here and go to west virginia, is that correct? >> thats correct. in fact, im sitting on the train. we went back to charlottesville. the buses are waiting for us. in fact, were leaving the train right now and people are getting on the buses and were gonna continue on to greenbriar. >> dana: all right, congresswoman mimi walter, thank you for joining us and giving us your witness testimony. thank you very mu...

Hopefully release it to the public. >> jon: many critics have said this is going to release sources and methods of intelligence gathering. you dont think that will be the case. >> absolutely not. specific actions of abuses and that needs to be brought to light. when people finally do get the opportunity hopefully with the presidents approval to read the memo all the critics will look foolish for some of the speculations theyve made and some of the accusations theyve made that are absolutely fals...

Union stevepeech. im sure he had the interest. >> devin nunes whose staffers wrote the memo alleging abuses that democrats say takes classified information out of context ignored reporters questions yesterday. take a listen. >> can i ask you about the release of the memo? >> talk to the democrats. they talk to you, i dont. >> but last march congressman nunes was much more eager to get reporters attention holding two news conferences hours apart on capitol hill and at the white house when he atte...

Given one of those rebuttals and did it in groups, george h.w. bush, bill clinton and ford. they werent alone for it. >> it is a rough one. >> elise jordan, thank you. steve ratner thank you. >> youre welcome. >> good luck with your recovery. >> thank you. >> my brother and sister-in-law are at the hospital. >> okay. >> all right. still ahead, president trump was picked up on a hot mike -- oh, no. already? overheard telling lawmakers he is 100% in favor of releasing -- oh, right, the controver...