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As agent of influence, somebody they could whisper into the ear and say next time there is a meeting about russian sanctions or the ukraine or anything else important to russia, put in a good word for us. quietly see if you can't get the conversation going in our direction. so they were looking at a lot of different people not just carter page. >> we have to be clear, though that despite the fact that we know he was being surveilled carter page hasn't been charged with a crime. >> that's correct. >> we don't know he committed any acts. >> four people have in the russia probe, not carter page t...

Shine further light on that. and put into focus that the real evidence that's out there not only would raise the seriousness of in investigation because of the new evidence that's so far been unseen but also would further bolster fbi credibility. >> so kmds swalwell, you just heard congressman king saying look this was clearly politicly motivated. is there not reason to raise the question, wonder if it is possible there was an abuse of the civil liberties of carter page, that a political document was used to get the fisa warrant for page and not disclosed to the judge? >> you know, no one is a...

Relates to the relief of sanctions. >> okay. let's set that aside for a moment, because i want to zero in on the memo and what we heard from it. you heard michael zeldin make the point that the central allegation of how -- you know this was all about the dossier, you know and how this warrant was obtained not backed up by the evidence there but also prior to the release you had the fbi and members of the intelligence community throwing their hands in the air saying we're going to reveal these grave details about national security issues. i mean as you read this memo did you see secrets reveale...

Drawn to the watergate era. let's get some historical context with cnn's presidential historian douglas brinkley and timothy naftali. thank you both for coming on this late friday evening. doug, first to you. with the release of this memo, there have been these comparisons to mccarthy, to nixon. you know, you guys are historians. tell us how you see it. you first, doug. >> well, if rod rosenstein would have been fired by donald trump, it really would have added to the saturday night massacre analogy, which took place on october 20th, 1973 when nixon ordered the firing of archibald cox. as it i...

And bob. >> thanks for staying up with us. the question is the is the memo the smoking gun the republicans think it is and what impact it has on the investigation. we'll try to answer those questions after this. stay with us. theratears® unique electrolyte formula, corrects the salt imbalance that causes dry eye. so your eyes will thank you. more than eye drops, dry eye therapy. theratears®. stop by your locale tax serjackson hewittou? and get all the benefits of a tax pro. with jackson hewitt you get 100% accuracy and our max refund guarantee. so, switch to jackson hewitt. open late and wee...