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New this morning democrats released their response to the new nes memo. the president calls it a nothing but it's a nothing he can't stop talking about first in a call to fox news than in a half dozen teets and retweets like this one. the democrat memo response on government surveillance abuse is a totally and political parallel bust just confirms all the terrible things that were done so illegal. joining me now cnn legal analyst paul callahan. i have read both memos. so have you. he calls it a bust. is it? >> no, it's not a bust at all. it's the first time we're seeing a little bit of balance...

These guys, his choice, may with on shaky ground. is this memo worth about displacing his people? >> i don't know about shaky ground. i've spoken to many members of congress who have read this memo and they're not hot headed people. i understand their suspicion on the left about some of them but people like peter king who is one of your frequent guests, michael conaway, these are not the hard right of the republican party. these are people who frequently criticize and vote against president trump. they are absolutely appalling in what they have learned about the fisa abuses under a select few ...

Josh has a by line on this story and he's on the phone now. what did you learn in. >> we kind of trace back the arc of the memo in a call with some republican lawmakers who said listen president trump, you should declassify this memo. over time he repeatedly watched television shows where republicans like trey gowdy and others were on the air including on cnn talking about the need to release it and the president became convinced it would be god for him. as he said repeatedly, he thinks the investigation is a witch hunt. he thinks it's a hoax. it's going to paint him in a bad light.

Going. what the you think this means? >> norm is right about three of the issues. one is there's sometimes the client doesn't have the money to pay the bill. doesn't have the green to do it. two there's some disagreement between the lawyers between the lawyer and the client on strategy. three, there's some conflict of interest or some issue that prevents the lawyers from going forward. this is all under seal. we don't know what it is. it could also mean that the strategy is to two harder and not make a plea deal. tom green is known as a very, very tough trial lawyer as well. i think it's purel...

Worse. >> this will be a gigantic belly flop in the potomac. when people come out and see as we have been hering details because so many members of congress have seen it. there's no basis for the allegations. they haven't examined the underlying evidence. mr. trump's own fbi saying that the memo is misleading. the let down is going to be so severe. i think people are going to be disappointed and angry at playing political games to try to lash out at the russia investigation and this pattern over and over again, unfounded allegations. >> why are you so happy?