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Would serve to do it is to get out in to the press some basic evidence that could be used against him, for personal against him in the russia probe. >> what's interesting is this may be another example of the president's own administration slow walking one of his requests. take a listen to this from ken delaney of nbc news, in response to the justice department announced monday they would begin a declassification review of the material. that struck some intelligence officials as a stalling tactic, given that the president is the ultimate declassification authority and he's already directed the...

Should. should the president do this? probably not. can the president do this? he is the ultimate declassification authority. i don't see a lot of avenues for impediment of this. there might be on the privacy side. they could have a claim and i'm not sure how they stop it. we don't know what's in there. >> thank you very much for that perspective and analysis. joining us now is congressman mike quickly, a democrat on the house intelligence committee. what's your reaction of the president's order to declassify these documents. >> bottom line, the fbi had reason to believe that mr. page was beco...

Blacked out. these texts are expected to shed more light on two tracks, an effort to build obstruction case against the president and so-called insurance policy that's discussed in their text messages two months before the presidential election. a source close to the review process tells fox news that the records are out to the agencies for review right now, they will recommend redaction's to shield sources and methods. when reviews are over, the recommendations will go to the white house and president trump can accept or reject the recommendations because he is the ultimate declassification a...

Way, mika oyang. let me put up what sort of things the president is declassifying. 21 pages of fisa warrant documents to surveilled carter page. we know that's been a big talking point among republicans. and almost this, another big talking point, text messages related to all of these individuals in the russia investigation, andrew mccabe, bruce ohr, lisa page, peter strzok and james comey, unredacted text messages. what is the intention here, ken? >> look, clearly the intention is political. it is an outrage, katie, because donald trump is the subject of this investigation and yet he has over...

Create a program out of nowhere but another president doesn't have the authority to end it. i certainly hope the administration will win it on appeals. is a 34 year career veteran i do not understand the judge's ruling. ed: to those not familiar with that the daca program was set up under an executive order by president obama, not a law endorsed by full congress. that would be something a president couldn't undo but one executive order can be undone by another executive order if it is not endorsed by congress, correct? >> the attorney general himself said the program is illegal so i think the ...