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Decade or so. and the short-term future is horrible. mike rodgers was on the house intelligence committee. we overlapped by two years. he was not yet chairman. i saw him friday and hopefully we will write a piece together about the sad demise of the house intelligence committee. >> what does it do when the president this morning attacks the ranking member adam schiff of that committee as you were saying calling him little adam schiff and says along with james comey, mark warner who's the chair of that senate intelligence committee, brennan who was cia director and james clapper dni, he calls t...

>> right. >> and it demonstrates there's an interest in trying to manipulate the facts in order to serve one's interest. >> donald trump told the "washington post" in the spring of 2016 that carter page was one of his two most important foreign policy advisers. the other one, of course, cooperating right now with the investigation. so tell me what you knew about carter page, tell me about your concerns about carter page and was there any question about this sort of actor on the international stage that our intel agencies would be concerned about? >> well, clearly what has come out of the press...

That wray has to turn to a threat of resignation to make himself look good. it displays a lack of leadership, lack of competence and an inability to understand the times in which you function as a major leader of an american institution. in addition, it shows an arrogance toward congressional oversight. the notion of going to the speaker of the house and saying, "mr. speaker, we really don't want you to publish this memo." what in the name of god is wrong at the top of the fbi? >> tucker: but on what -- i guess what i'm confused by, like most americans i'm always willing to giveve the benefit ...

Respond to your own interview with chris cuomoin on the other channel. but to the first point that you heard made at cnn, did people who ask too many questions about what their government is doing and press too hard for answers are unpatriotic. what's your response to that? >> i think on the other side of that, it is patriotism itself and a duty to uphold our oath. support and defend the constitution. and a duty for oversight. particularly over the fbi and doj. and if we saw this evidence and as the select committee on intel has seen this evidence, if we turned our backs to that and turned a b...

And rosenstein defy congressional oversight and ask the speaker to take out names of people who have broken the law. how outrageous. >> tucker: what do you make of the argument of the talk show host. ask the questions you are asking demonstrate the lack of respect for law enforcement. you don't appreciate the work they do. the risks they take. you are basically unpatriotic to want to know what your government is doing. >> let me say this, i have been a federal prosecutor and investigator for more than 30 years. i have had my family threatened by drug dealers and terrorists. this is nonsensical...