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That they shouldnt be considered sensitive because he was able to make them public and therefore they lose their sensitivity. how does that actually work? lets say hes being honest about that, does that bar him from legal liability? >> no. its complicated. he has, while president, the authority to declassify. he can wave a wand and declassify most things. not stuff related to atomic energy or nuclear authorities, that he cannot do unilaterally. mostly he has the authority to declassify things un...

President, to declassify or classify material, at 12:00 noon on -- on the 20th of january, he lost that power. so, he was sitting on hot documents down there. and its a very interesting question. it raises national security issues. so, i think the justice department just cant look away this time. they have got to take at least some look at this issue. >> as a former-white house counsel, john, top secret is no joke. i mean, lets remember jared kushner reportedly couldnt even get top secret securi...

And really cheat to help win reelection. if we allow this to happen we will be sending a bad message to this president who has engaged in pattern of this behavior. and the same message to future presidents and thats dangerous for the democracy. >> one of the interesting things the nol thing in terms of the history. the investigation into what the president did and who else was involved in what was entailed in this scheme is ongoing. we got a dramatic reminder of that. the intelligence committee ...

Authority directly from the president to declassify, they called it at the time quote full and complete authority to declassify government secrets. that was unusual. is that suspicious in this context? in other words, why does trump trust barr so much more than anyone else? >> to the whole thing is strange. we keep hearing the word unprecedented. this really is unprecedented. look, obviously, the president has the ultimate declassification authority. the president can choose to declassify anythi...

At the same time we have this new investigation by william barr for yell parallel or expan investigation and importantly on holiday weekend eve getting the power to supercede and supplant is director of national intelligence to decide what can be declassified about the origins of the russia probe. >> its clear the only reason you would have an executive order giving the attorney general the power to declassify intelligence if there was a mass ifr fight. if barr was investigating, theres no reaso...

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But we do need to push back on north korea and make sure that they are following un guidelines. and thats very, very important. we cant continue to let them further develop any type of weapon systems. >> okay. i want to turn to russia and the fact that the president gave really broad new powers to his attorney general bill barr this week to declassify information about the origins of the russia investigation saying, quote, were exposing everything. but im sure you heard the director of gnanation...

Further develop any type of weapon systems. >> i want to turn to russia and the fact that the president gave really broad anew powers to his attorney general bill barr to december classify information about the russia investigation saying we are, quote, exposing everything. dan coates appeared to warn that could endanger national security. youre a veteran, youre on the armed services committee. why not keep control of americas most classified important secrets in the hand of the intelligence com...

Issued by the white house tonight, does is it strips the power of the cia director, the nsa director, and the director of national intelligence from making decisions about what information should remain classified, which intelligence sources should remain protected, and it gives all of that power over to bill barr. now, the power to declassify, which is what now barr has, is also the power to selectively declassify, to let drips and drabs out there, to bolster the presidents political narrative....

Peter, first to you. i dont know what it is. you press the president and it i have no idea. was extraordinary that response. tell me what was going on there and your reaction to what you everybody wanted me to hear. >> this was a dramatic news declassify. ive done it. conference. we were a matter of feet away. hes a highly respected man. our attorney general is in charge. the president was there to lets see whoo he finds. announce something on a totally different issue. he took our questions. he...