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Investigation, and i would say this is really a constitutional abomination and we have challenges here. the directions in the memo is to release the information in the memo. in the memo itself, we know was actually created by a member of congress. this is not some kind of factual piece of evidence that was in a file somewhere that actually dmon stratsd realtime information. this was a memo created by a partisan branch of the government. so this has severe consequences to the integrity of our powers. paul ryan said this is about bui accountability and this is not how accountability works in our...

Government about this from at least the justice department and the fbi. i was told earlier if it did come out, because it's classified, the justice department people believe they can't take us by the hand and walk us through it and say here's why this is misleading and this is left out because it's classified. so i think what we have from the fbi is sort of a preempttive statement to get ahead of the note coming out that has a feeling of finality and the fbi is saying don't take this thing at face value. >> if it is declassified, if the president releasing it essentially declassifies it, would...

Then there's really no idea whether, in fact, what they're saying is what he knows to be true. >> look, he's supposedly in charge of naming the next fbi director. this news alone for many members of congress and i think on both sides of the aisle, they may make an argument this disqualifies him from naming a new fbi director. this memo itself, that is going to be hard for anybody to handle in a confirmation hearing. >> reporter: he said it's going to be a fast decision. he said they're making good progress, said that decision could come before the end of this week. we know senator john cornyn ...

Does that matter? >> of course it parmatters. the memo is not full of lies. >> i'm not saying that. >> the memo itself, obviously he is well respected of course. director comey, who has given great service to the nation. let's say that. he made serious missteps for sure. democrats and republicans are on record for saying. that he clearly, the president, whether that is the only reason or other reasons where he lost the confidence of the president. he lost the confidence of the president. he is within his legal authority to fire him. again, my concern in moving forward is who is next? who is ne...

>> oh! >> iceberg tsunami. a glacier from greenland melting off the side of a cliff and causing the scare of a lifetime for a boatful of tourists. it's video you just have to see. "newsroom" begins right now. and good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. we begin this morning in oak creek, wisconsin, the site of the weekend massacre at that sikh temple. for the third straight night, the community has bonded in its grief. and the vigil keeps growing larger. the police department is also on edge. the fear white supremacists might retaliate for the death of t...