Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180124:11

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180124:11:49:00

day. so let's discuss this. first, in terms of the legalities of this, counselor, am i right, if they wanted to declassify this, the executive branch, the president, is has ultimate power of classifying and declassifying. and congress members have immunity for any speech or debate on the floor of congress so they can go on there and read the memo and put whatever they want into the congressional record. carr carrie, that's you. >> sure. got it. certainly the president is the ultimate classification authority. he has the authority to declassify information. >> let's be clear, chris, this is not the way that intelligence oversight is normally conducted. there are times when members of the intelligence committees, whether in the house or senate, don't like what they are seeing, have concerns about what information they are receiving or being briefed on from the intelligence community.

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