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As you rightly pointed out at the top, mr. trump can just give to some of his defenders on the right and cherry pick information that could be taken out of context. more fundamentally, the concern is that very, very precious and sensitive sources and methods of the united states intelligence community as well as our partners and allies abroad. those who share this sensitive information with us is mr. barr who doesnt have the understanding of the equities involved. is he going to release informat...

Other context would be deeply terrifying and raise concerns about the rule of law. joining me now, a man with a deep understanding is john brennan who served under president obama. how big of a deal do you read that appears to give barr the unilateral authority to declassify? >> i see it as a very, very serious and outrageous move on the part of mr. trump, trampling upon the statutory authorities of the director of national intelligence and heads of the intelligence agencies. its unclear to me w...

And good for the country. go back and look at the beginnings of this counterintelligence investigation, take the name trump of it, a candidate for president and a campaign for president. we should have full transparency. we should look at that. if anyone did anything wrong they should be health any accountable but is there any trust in this town that thats what they are going to get? >> democrats are really worried and looking at how he handled his four-page memo describing the mueller report an...

Sometimes president outright lies but sometimes its more complicated, he will cherry pick information and share it in a way thats misleading. he touted a marist poll showing his support at 50%. those websites barely mention the margin of error because the sample of latinos surveyed was so small. plus or minus 9.9%. even then that poll was an outlier. these other polls have trump between 34 and 45%. look at the high, high margin of error. this is just a small example of how the president isnt alw...

Moment. donald trump not only polarizes peoples feelings, he po larrizes the perceptions of reality. hes in kansas city, warning people if they dont see the economy improving with their own eyes its because what they see is not real. >> this country is doing better than its ever done before economically, but its all working out. and just remember what youre seeing and what youre reading is not whats happening. >> while many politicians, of course, cherry pick information, trumps blatant request ...

Then he should have disclosed that report. he should have offered what opr did in the representation, what they put forward in the recommendation, why he made his decision. right now we only have two sides of the story. we dont have the ig report. so its very hard for the public to make much sense of it, other than if you have to go with president trumps word, which he forecast this months ago, or andrew mccabes statement, im going with andrew mccabes statement at the moment until i see that ig ...

Their districts. thats part of it. some dont want to fall out of the good graces of the chairman, devin nunes. if they want to pass legislation through the committee, they depend on the chairman to allow that to happen. if you cant pass legislation you run into problems getting re-elected. so there are a lot of serious pressures that come on members of congress when they dont toe the party line. but this is such an important issue. you know, they really are misleading with this memo. i read the ...

Law enforcement leaders. if thats what theyre doing, why do you think theyre doing it? >> i think theyre doing that because -- there are different reasons for all of them. some of them are in vulnerable positions and in need of money to compete in districts. thats part of it. some dont want to fall out of the good graces of the chairman, devin nunes. if they want to pass legislation they depend on the chairman to do that. if you cant pass legislation you run into problems getting re-elected. the...

Intelligence committee, the only thing i found worse than republicans in this matter are democrats. its like watching two houses on fire and theyre throwing gasoline on each other. its amazing. and at the end of the day if youre going to be transparent, show us everything. if youre not going to be transparent youre not going to show us anything. if youre going to show us and cherry pick information then youre only -- youre only going to fan the flames. at the end of the day people are going to b...

Democrats described as a point-by-point rebuttal of the gop memo was voted down along party lines though it has been cleared for other house members to read. lets bring in a member of the house intelligence and judiciary committees eric swalwell of california. joe, the release of the memo and now the five days to decide, im sure the congressman has a few things to say about this. >> im sure, congressman, first of all, thank you for being with us. well get to you your thoughts on the state of the...