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. be very interesting to see them meet. >> in public donald trump and people around him have said oh, he issued a blanket declassification of all documents, but theyve never argued that inside court or a legal document. >> thats right. his lawyers have been very careful around this issue saying, you know, sort of flirting with it out there but not really wanting to get into the merits of the document at this point. >> could get to the nub of everything. thank you very much. the u.n. general as...

So there is a lot to talk about and unpack with glenn gersler. you worked under both the obama and trump administrations, is that correct? >> that is. >> all right. so just looking at the facts here. youve got former federal judge raymond dearie who is going to hold this hearing today in new york at noon and at the same time the trump lawyers have two hours to respond with thur filing. last night they pushed back on part of this saying they should not have to immediately disclose certain declass...

Including classification or declassification systems and ruin the system. >> i want to note that others, including me, have talked to former trump officials none of whom said they heard a blanket declassification. and many people use language that such a notion is absurd. thank you for being with us this morning. we have new cnn reporting this morning on senator lindsey grahams proposed ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. a national ban. a source tells cnn that the proposal was intend...

All of these facts that are extremely damning for the former president, yasmin. >> what do you make about this detail, ryan? right? in which for the last couple weeks the forrer presidents team along with the former president have said i essentially did a blanket declassification of documents in my possession. that argument wasnt made in the rebuttal yesterday evening, as i spoke about when i came to my panel here. and so far as the former presidents team also went on to say that -- the special ...

Blanket declassification, like somehow if i touched a ritz cracker it would become the holy eucharist on its own. here comes john bolton to say what he thinks about that claim. >> i think that claim is almost certainly a lie. look, when i became national security adviser nobody briefed me or informed me that this policy or order was in effect. i spent 17 years as -- felt like seven years, i spent 17 months as national security adviser. i was never aware of anything even remotely approximating th...

Might have been culled by the mob, the cubans, might have been killed by the cia. and the assassination records review board pulled in all possible documents that might shed light on any of those possible theories. as a result they put together 5 million pages. when the act was put together, i am sure that the congress didnt expect that there would be blanket declassification of 5 million pages in 2017. and to some extent they kept kicking the can down the road. some of the materials they pulled...

They held back some documents? >> no, actually im not surprised. part of this story is that this is a product of the conspiracy theories of the 90s, when people were saying things like kennedy might have been killed by the mob, cubans, the cia. and the assassination records review board pulled in all possible documents that might shed light on any of those possible theories. as a result they put together 5 million pages. when the act was put together, im sure that the congress didnt expect there...