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That the hill might not be so ready to embrace, particularly in a midterm election year, paul ryan is speaking now, talking about immigration and daca, were going to go to him when he takes questions, but since he talking immigration, john kelly is somebody youve been working with closely. youve been on the hill quite a bit. where as stephen miller been in this process? >> hes essential. hes one of the most knowledgeable people i know on immigration policy. he knows where republicans can comprom...

Be skeptical of partisan investigations in congress. this is republicans looking into a democratic administration. be a little skeptical of that. trey gowdy has a good reputation, suggests to me there might be something there. but the bigger question to me is whether or not what he is talking about on these sunday shows, a partisan -- democratic piece of opposition research that was the basis for the f.b.i. investigation. it is important for us to see all the documentation not simply the nunes m...

>> lets bring in national security and justice reporter julia ainsley, msnbc political analysis, stokeless, and my job political analysis. theyre here along with josh. julia, this is mccabe testifying that you cant say firing comey was actually because nobody in the fbi liked him. that certainly did not help mccabe win any favor with donald trump. >> thats true. and we saw as josh point out, this drum beat from the white house against mccabe. one thing about the morale at the fbi, weve been taki...

Right now. one is this issue of legislation to protect mueller, but the other is this memo. ive been away, as you know, traveling back from switzerland. tell me what the developments are with respect to memo that has not been distributed. >> welcome to d.c., though. >> only tell ali, though. im going to go like this. >> the important news on this memo is "the new york times" is reporting that it shows that rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, approved a renewal of surveillance on a trump...

>> and im here to tell all of america tonight that i am shocked to read exactly what has taken place. >> the american people and the media must see what our government is doing in secret without americas knowledge. the memo is proof that government cannot be trusted. >> i havent seen it, of course. its been described by members of the house intelligence committee as career ending, kgb-like, lawless behavior. >> no wonder they dont want it out. >> democrats who obviously have seen this memo say i...

Currently aware of any wrongdoing to the fisa process. so going after with this memo not only releasing it, but the underlying allegation to, which you are alluding to, eric, you hear it on fox news and from the president, department of justice and fbi misused fisa process to surveil a trump or trump campaign aides during the election, in effect, they say in effort to undermine him, to keep him from winning that election, which is remarkable allegation to make without the evidence and remarkable...

To make the point, steven boyd, assistant attorney general who signed thisler that im looking at right now, it says, among other things, they think not only would it be reckless, but seen no wrongdoing in the fisa process. and again lets make the point, steven boyd is donald trumps nominee. he is saying to you all he does not see any evidence of what is being alleged. >> yeah, well, i mean i would say this again. i like steven. i work well with him. its really difficult to say a memo is reckless...

The terms are still being negotiated by mr. trumps personal lawyers. will he testify under oath, i asked? cobb responded the president indicated a willingness to do so subject to the terms being negotiated by his personal counsel. the takeaway there is that his legal team is still very much having sensitive conversations with the team of special counsel robert mueller. i know you had a conversation with the presidents personal attorney john dowd today who really stressed the fact they are trying...

And get them to back off, thats not fighting back in a legal sense. that is possibly obstruction of justice. i think what we saw in his mind is he doesnt think hes done anything wrong. >> no, he doesnt. all right, ken, the department of justice has written a letter to the chairman of the house intelligence committee devin nu nu nunez, talking about the first fisa process. >> you have the republican-led department of justice repudiating what has been a key republican talking point. i just want to...

Never proven. its a break down. democrats would say theres an improper effort to discredit the law enforcement agency the fbi and the mueller investigation and importantly senator richard burr the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, is not participating in this effort. hes asked for a copy of this memo and knew nes has refused to give it to him. >> thank you very much. our panel joining me. ginger gibson and josh letterman. ginger, this all relates to a separate conversation taking pl...