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Committee, house intelligence committee, congressman joaquin castro. >> great to be here with you, chris. >> really important point here. the memo is a summary, we think, of a fisa warrant or documents around a fisa warrant. >> that i cant comment on. >> i just want to be clear. this is our understanding. adam schiff says i want to make sure i get this right that nunes hasnt read the underlying classified material. >> thats right. its amazing this was even released to the white house and that it...

Specifics of certain sources and methods on purpose. so that will be something it will be worth having a conversation to democrats whether or not they want to release the entire memo or if they want to change any of the words around. because there were certain things in there that they placed that im just not sure they actually would want to release some of those details. >> okay. so you talk about sources and methods. but the point that im making, look, you are being consistent here on transpar...

Otherwise only serve to protect him from any kind of legal liability. >> at this point, i just want to circle back on the underlying argument made by the republican counterparts in the house intelligence committee. can you rule out the possibility there was misconduct by the fbi or the justice department when it came to fisa surveillance during this investigation into the trump campaign and affili e affiliates of the trump campaign? >> well, i guess, let me acknowledge a few things. first, only ...

It relates to the schiff memo. its important to have a conversation with the democrats, with congressman schiff with regards to whether or not he wants to release the entire memo as is because there are a few components of it that do get into specifics on sources and methods where he can essentially say the same exact thing. he can make the same exact point hes making without a few points that actually do reveal sources and methods. thats conversation that needs be had with congressman schiff. i...

Written by staff of the committee. >> if thats true, wont that come out? >> he hasnt read the source material, hes writing a book report on a book he hasnt read. >> if thats the case, you may be right about that, if thats the case, then republicans are going to look completely silly. >> its not just that. this is not a republican or democrat thing. because its a dangerous precedent to set. because as laura said, you cannot put the genie back in the bottle. if you release this information and som...

The democrat amendment. >> then why does yours come out first? >> first you made it available to all members to come read. then when enough members had read it and said, this needs to be made public, it was made public. thats my understanding of what theyre doing on the democrat amendment. >> but theres going to be a lag. so then yours gets out there and gets all this exposure. >> there wasnt a democrat memo until today. everyone who has read it says release it to the public. >> if you were at h...

Understanding with the democrat amendment. theyre making it available for all members of the house. ill read it. >> there will be a lag. yours gets out there and gets exposure. >> there wasnt a democratic memo until today. the republican one has been in the committee for a couple weeks. and everyone read it. and said release it to the public. >> if you were home at ohio. >> i would be coaching wrestling ob something. >> you would be sitting with the kids saying never be like these people. look a...

Take a listen to how top democrat in the house, jerry nadler, described it earlier today on "new day." >> it shouldnt come out, because ive read it, and ive read the underlying source material. it is profoundly misleading. sufficiee it to say, the docume is extremely misleading as compared to the underlying documents, and its very dangerous for the republicans here to say, oh, we have got this document thats terrible, but we cant tell you whats behind it, we cant show you the evidence because th...

Congressman jerry. good morning, congressman. >> good morning. >> is this a sad state of affairs. there are committpeting memos. will it come out? will we get to judge? >> it shouldnt come out. i have read it and the underlying source material. sit profoundly misleadng. >> you dont have further questions about the fisa process? >> no. i cant comment actually. its secret. >> too late. continue. >> suffice it to say, the document is, extremely miss leading compared to the underlying documents. it ...

They risk their lives fighting terrorism all over the country and the world. they do extraordinary work. and they deserve our respect and our gratitude. it is 57 disappointing to see the undermining integrity of an extraordinary organization like the fbi. should the source material be declassified as well if it can help provide context? >> well, i think adam schiff, the ranking member of the tense committee said the same thing. i think it is important to get the truth and we have to do night way...