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Out the fbi and justice department denying the request to share a memo. the law makers say the agencies have been stone walling demands related to russian investigations. our next p gues guest tweeting: >> dana: texas congressman john ratcliffe is a republican. thank you for joining me today. >> hi, dana. >> dana: the fbi, would you like them to see what you have seen in the memo that congressman nunez put together? >> i think the fbi will have a opportunity to see that. there is a process that ...

>> steve bannon slipped up and admitted. >> so he did flip up, talk about a meeting and according to axios members were saying if you talked about that meeting, why cant you talk about other meetings. and they were upset about it. when he talked to the specia counsel, he is going to have to talk about these meetings because it is criminal investigation. gloria, thank you. perfect person to ask is congressman swalwell. >> stone walling your committee. did you get explanation as to why he will tal...

President in a place where hes not as amenable to some of the more moderate proposals. >> jackie, thank you so much and chris cillizza. bringing this morning, steve bannon to cooperate with special counsel bob mueller after house investigators accuse the former white house chief strategist of stone walling. well have details on that ahead. plus, the white house doctor says the president is in excellent health. but his results indicate he has heart disease and is borderline obese. what is going...

Through with that. gowdy suggested nunes has taken some of the steps without the expressed blessing of paul ryan, but in october, ryan seemed to their frustration. >> its frustrating. weve had document requests for a long time and theyve been stone walling. the fbi and the justice department needs to give congress the documents its been requesting and do so immediately. >> you used the word stone walling. you think its intentional? >> weve had the document requests out there for a long time. >> ...

Anybody involve d with russia in the 2016 campaign? >> no. >> did any advisor or anybody in the trump campaign have any contact with the russians who were trying to medal in the election? >> oh, of course not. >> lets go back to this question of russia and hacking. can you tell us what you know about the relationship and what the campaign knows and what donald trump believes. >> we have no relationship. >> so whats the explanation for complete stone walling here? saying no, no, no i wont give yo...

Standard for integrity. >> richard, what do you say about this. >> we also know that the house of the house intelligence committee is accusing the former secretary of stone walling and theyve been trying to find out who this mysterious person was. they were not able to find out anything. were just finding out now. maybe he did do something quickly but then it appears that the house couldnt figure out what he had done and why he had done it. theres a lot of questions to be asked and answered here...

Were no meetings. we never met with anybody. the outer line of defense, the outer redoubt, the perimeter, is so far out there they look like theyre lying from day one because its never proven to be correct. theyve had relations. the russians are out to change the election. its all in the paper. its news now. its not an argument. what are they up to with the all-out stone walling? >> if there was collusion, it was hillary clinton that was col udi -- colluding with the russians. >> youre doing the...

Cooperate with congress and give congress the information they need to perform their oversight function in a way that doesnt compromise the fbis interests. send it to congress under a shield of confidentiality. but give congress the information they need. >> neil: why do they take a position saying nope, were not going to help out? >> thats an excellent question. i suspect that in the fbis view, this concern and still concerns in ongoing investigations and that they dont like it when congress is...

Theyve been stone walling. the fbi and justice department need to give congress the documents its been requesting. they need to do so immediately. >> dana: the current dnc head said he had nothing to do with it. do you think that will fly? >> i think its a game of hot potato. who had something to do with it? he should be wanting the answers as much as anybody. it tests the validity of how much the democrats want to get to the bottom of russias interference in this election. because when it comes...

I fully. with you that the notion that this white house cares about any of that is laughable. so theres at least a reasonable case to be made that is a pretext in which case, whats left is we dont want you to see the documents. and thats not a good place for this white house to be. that looks like cover up, obstruction, stone walling. >> great to have you on, even in this dangerous area for the presidency. i want to thank ken vogel. heidi prez, who is now white house correspondent. >> right. >...