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You didnt know that of the republican memo, you were worried there maybe some redacted portions of that memo. you wanted to see what the intelligence national member would do? >> we were following the process. >> because there was one memo that was ready to go and this other one is not. hopefully as potentially as early as monday, well se see -- well move forward on the memo as well. >> adam schiff says his minority memo is ready to go to the white house just like the republican memo. >> i would...

Information, bottom line, are you comfortable that this information is now been made public? >> i am because a lot of the process that goes into a fist court or a title 3 court is opened. it is out there and how that process is supposed to work and standards of evidence is out there. what constitutes intelligence verses information and that information is out there. what really is when is the actual data is used for those types of applications and again, in this case, there is nothing in this fo...

Time in the campaign. >> let me press you on that because in fairness to carter page, this foreign policy aid during the trump campaign, hes been under investigation since 2013 but as far as we know so far unlike the others, he has not been charged with any criminal wrong doing. >> well, thats right, wolf. actually when you get a fisa warrant, you are not looking for evidence of a crime. thats a separate procedure to do electronic surveillance foreign intelligence verses title 3. you have this w...

Officials dont want that. this is a huge partisan football, it is being used for certain propaganda purposes. there is an element here of just opening up a process that the american public frankly rarely gets a glimpse into how these warrants are presented to the court and what the over sight is. if republicans truly cared of fisa reform, you may see some actual proposal put on the table, okay, how can we prevent any kind of american citizens being targeted based on phony evidence before the cou...

Comment. lets be clear if your spouse participates in an election should you never be promoted in a federal government institution, you kidding me? what are you supposed to say, sweetie you cant participate in the american democratic process. secondly if youre an investigator are you suppose to either support donald trump or be trump. i didnt know we had to have political -- excuse me -- there should never been a congressional investigation because every single one is a political partisan so get...

Let me ask a couple of simple lets be clear because ill tell you where i standing yes or no questions. if your spouse participates as a politician in an election, should you never be promoted in a federal government institution? are you kidding me? what are you supposed to say? sweetie, you cannot participate in the american democratic process. secondly, if you are an investigator in a political investigation, are you supposed to certify that, a, i either support president trump or, b, im neutra...

These people who sent the anti-trump texts, is that case closed? is that enough? >> i dont think so. i suspect theres more of that out there. the inspector general over at the department of justice is very aggressive. if theres more in there, theyre not going to try to hide it. the point here is broader. when youre looking at this investigation, what are we supposed to do? are we supposed to have people certified they actually voted for the president? if you voted for hillary clinton, youre not ...

Relations with russia. >> thats vladimir putin talking about president trump at his annual end of the year press conference today in moscow. hes assessing donald trumps first year in office. nbcs keer simmons was in the audience. >> reporter: president putin weeks after announcing he will run for reelection facing more questions about russias intervention in americas democratic process. all of this has been invented, made up by people who are in a position for president trump with hopes of shedd...

Rule of law. theyre preparing for inevitable indictments and trying to convince the public that when they come, theres something wrong with muellers investigation. >> dan, as somebody who understands russia better than anything at the table. two part question, what do you think putin wants out of this disruption hes causing in american clicks and in the 2016 election, and based on what you know, how do you suspect he did it in terms of getting with paul manafort or general flynn or all the alleg...

Help the average family. >> sandra: a nice christmas present. >> bill: more on the tax deal in a moment and what it might mean for you and the economy. john thune is our guest live. the center of all these negotiations. well talk to him about the inside story coming up. >> they try to undermine the public faith in the u.s. democratic process, is that correct? >> i believe thats correct. >> i believe no one in the united states has done more to undermine the belief in the united states democratic...