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Intelligence committee. so a number of my colleagues are very troubled. i think there will be a backlash against this breach of protocol and norms that are so vital to the country and by the way, transparency has a role. and there should be transparency. >> might those senate republicans speak up if this memo is released? >> i think they should. i've been disappointed that we've seen less outspoken republican qualms about this memo. we've seen very few republicans break their silence on it. and we've seen a lot less support than i would like for the special counsel legislation that i've introd...

Find the republicans in that deliberative body might find this not acceptable for release? are you hearing anything from your republican colleagues about their reaction to the memo, would they have been shown it? >> i'm hearing from a number of my republican colleague who is are deeply troubled. they are hugely concerned about this breach in protocol and norms. you know, when we hear intelligence, we go into a room, that is proofed and debugged and we leave our electronic devices at the door and we also leave our politics at the door. because it involves national security. premature or unautho...

>> i'm also a bernie williams fan, you're right, he's an excellent guitarist, i've heard him play. >> senator let's talk about the business at hand. president trump and the white house have cleared the way for the release of devin nunes memo. their version of what's coming out of the house intel committee. what do you think are the implications of that? what happens if that memo is made public? >> let's recognize what's happening in the special counsel's investigation. the investigative vice is tightening around donald trump. mark corallo, who was on air force one and helped donald trump write...

Investigation during the campaign. they were all of his disclosures as joe has rightly said about the clinton campaign, which probably very seriously damaged her chances of winning. but the fact that collusion between the trump campaign and the russians in their meddling was under investigation, never was disclosed. i think a lot of the statements that donald trump has made in connection with the release of the nunes memo may well come back to haunt him. as evidence of obstruction. because what we're seeing is, obstruction of justice unfolding in real-time right before us. >> senator given tha...

We saw the rather unprecedented statement they put out a few days ago sort of bashing the decision preemptively to release it, now they wonder what will happen when the memo itself does come out. the sense is they will send it back to the house and let them be the ones who facilitate the relea release. >> this morning president trump tweeted this "the top leadership and investigators of the fbi and the justice department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of democrats and against republicans, something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. rank and fi...