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Concerns, there's privacy concerns. there are legitimate issues here at play. >> there are legitimate issues here but there are much bigger issues compelling the release. >> not it'll be redacted in portions of. look, chuck grassly hear what he said he thinks it should be released. >> let's hold this. we'll continue the discussion after the break. we'll also play what will iam barr told the president. later one of the most divisive figures here in washington, congressman steve king. what could possibly get almost every single one of his colleagues to agree on? find out ahead. get up on time....

Grassly. pamela brown, the memo said a key part of the mueller probe is misguided. what's your reporting on that? >> this will be brought up during the hearing. we have now learned he didn't just share the memo saying that the obstruction probe firing james comey was fatally misconceived i believe is what he said. he didn't just share it with top doj officials. he shared it with white house lawyers. >> there we go. chairman gaveling it in. let's listen. >> thank you all. happy new year. a new congress and we'll see how this goes. recognize senator grassley. >> okay. i do this with a point of p...

There are a number of them that are not controversial that are being held up, unfortunately, but this has to be priority. you have to take a stand. >> senator flake's stand has forced senate judiciary committee chuck grassly to cancel confirmation hearings today for federal judges. and nebraska republican senator ben sass is pressing for more information on donald trump's labor secretary, alexander acosta. he wants to know why he gave a lenient deal to a defendant who traveled underage girls in florida. the defendant was jeffrey epstein who was defended in his sex trafficking case by attorney ...

Flake is refusing to vote for any judicial confirmations in the judiciary committee until the senate votes on his bipartisan bill to protect special prosecutor robert mueller from being fired by the president. >> i still encourage the majority leader to bring this to a vote. we need to protect special counsel. the message that needs to be sent to the white house is we do not have the president's back if he fires the special counsel. i do think there are a number of judges that we should be approving. there are a number of them that are not controversial that are being held up, unfortunately, b...