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Placed extraordinary trust in christopher steele. so much trust that they continued to believe him even after they discovered that he had lied to them about meeting with the press. so the reputation and the credibility of christopher steele is really central in this case. >> bill: the other day he wrote a piece in the washington examiner how the f.b.i. was pulling their hair out a week ago. they went to capitol hill and said don't put out the memo, 3 1/2 pages, went to the white house, don't release it. this week it's been crickets. >> isn't it? last week we were hearing all sorts of warnings ...

>> and if fbi and the justice department says it was not just reckless, it was extraordinarily reckle reckless, they begged the white house and the president don't release it. where did the fbi director and the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein go from here when the president publicly humiliates them and slapping them down and says i am releasing it and i don't care what you do. >> those guys have to make a decision of the minority memos whether they have similar objections or not. i think there are two goals on the republican side, one, the hype leading up to this and the idea that this ...

Warning the memo is bipartisan and leaving out crucial facts. lets go to our analyst, our former fbi agent, and a lot of political ramification from the release of this memo. what about the actual content, what's your analysis? >> well, wolf, i see three things here. the first is this memo does not make a valid claim. it is damming to the president. third, i think it can have some consequences for our intelligence capabilities. >> why is it damming to the president? >> i can go through all -- it is damming to the president because you have someone who's on the fbi radar back in 2013. now we kn...

Memo. the question is what will he do after it goes to the white house. the president will have five days to object or allow the release. if he objects the full house can vote to over ride him. it is uncertain how it is going to happen. the first step is house and intelligence committee devin no nunes is to schedule a vote to release the memo. >> manu, thank you very much. how are the lawmakers reacting to all of this? lets bring in congressman, will herd, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf, always a pleasure. >> are you comfortable of the way the united states is portraying the...

Stand by for more on the release of the memo that's rocking official washington. but right now another breaking story, pentagon is now out with alarming assessment of the nuclear threat against the united states not just by north korea but russia as well. let's go to barbara star. this review was released just a little while ago. >> it was, wolf. now critics say this review will lower the threshold for any president to some day decide to use nuclear weapons. advocates say given u.s. adversaries all of this new deterrence is essential. >> while president trump navigates the political mine field...