the fbi's fbi relationship with mr. steele and the fbi's reliance on mr. steele's dossier in two applications that it filed for surveillance under the foreign intelligence surveillance act. then, march 17th, 2017, the chairman and ranking member were provided copies of the two relevant fisa applications which requested authority to conduct surveillance of carter page. both relied heavily on mr. steele's dossier claims and both applications were granted by the foreign intelligence court. in december 2017, the chairman, ranking member and subcommittee chairman graham were allowed to view a four fisa applications relies on the dossier to seek surveillance of mr. carter page as well as numerous other fbi documents related to mr. steele. now, the next paragraph, this is interesting. this is highly redacted here. i wonder what's in that. then the following braff, paragraph, follow along, similarly in june of 2017 the former fbi director comey testified publicly before the select committee on intelligence that he had briefed president-elect trump on the dossier's

joining me, retired fbi special agent bobby tacom. bobby, you worked at the fbi. what's the difference between when you were there and how it is now? >> well, i'll tell you, trish, i spent 27 years as an fbi agent in the street. in 27 years i spent a total of two days inside fbi headquarters. i'm not an headquarters' guy. i'm not here to justify the behavior of a group that rose to the hea head and had those polil biases. that group of people that kind of subjugated the top positions of fbi headquarters are on their way out. trish: yeah, some of them. >> some of them. trish: christopher wray doesn't even see any bias. here you're saying there's bias. beall saw the bias. you saw the text between lisa and peter. >> it's undeniable. trish: and christopher wray is saying no, none of that. haven't seen it. he doesn't recognize that. i question whether he can actually do the job. >> i wasn't in favor of him when he was nominated. but right now i think we need a little consistent leadership at the top and i don't agree that he should step down for the governor of florida

what's happened with the fbi. but we are going to rebuild the fbi. it will be bigger and better than ever. but it is very sad when you look at those documents and how they have done that is really, really disgraceful. >> disgraceful. okay. well, paul ryan may not be being up front about this. but members of his own caucus are saying up front. absolutely about indicting the fbi. here's congressman jeff duncan who tweeted today having read the member ole fbi is right to have grave concerns to target political adversaries. that is honest assessment. and tonight some republicans are saying slow down. senator john thune saying the white house, quote, needs to pay careful attention to what our folks who protect us have to say about how this bears our international security. and senator jeff flake tonight is joining jeff coops to say president trump should heed the warning of the justice department, and fbi and reverse his purported decision to release the memo. risks under mining u.s. intelligence gathering. politicizin

this is an fbi decision that -- >> i know it is an fbi decision. i am asking who else was involved in making that decision? >> in the decision i have been a part of and our newest building commissioner who we have worked with very well following the last hearing. the relationship we have with gsa since mr. matthews has got there is better than it has ever been in my 25 years. >> i asked a simple question. >>ible i ga i believe i gave yo answer. >> no input from the white house? >> not on this decision, no. >> senator. >> i don't understand why we are having major whiplash up here i have been go the long history of positions that both your agencies have taken on this project. mr. haley, are you familiar with the report that was written back in 2011 with this project? >> yes. >> they looked at the demolish and rebuild? >> that was one of the pieces they did look at. >> that was option number two, alternative number two. it said this was not a preferred option because the fbi's security concerns about its headquarters would remain. your testimony toda

would that be the fbi tells them? guest: the fbi is not told -- i take that back. when someone buys a weapon there should be a background check. gun dealer hase to do to make sure the individual does not have a criminal record. that would go through the fbi database on criminal records. that is all. the fbi does not track people who buy weapons. they just provide the background check for a criminal check for gun purchases for the gun dealers. tosounds like cruz was able buy the weapon and leave that day. there is no waiting period. host: having no criminal record, he cleared an instant background check via the fbi database? .uest: correct in the fbi is not contacting local databases saying this is who in your area just bought a weapon. other than locals that identify him as a disturbed individual, nobody else knows who cruz is as wise law enforcement goes. host: for the local people, his neighbors, the police alerted to officials, isl there something that they can do that gets somebody like him on the radar screen so that when he that thaty a gun information is ale

this is what the fbi says. that on january 5, 2018, a person close to nikolas cruz contacted the public access line, tip line, to report concerns about it. the caller provided information about cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts as well as a potential of him conducting a school shooting. very specific information here. the statement goes on to say that the fbi, we have determined that these protocols, that protocols were not followed here and that the information provided by this caller was never followed up on. it says that the information should have been forwarded to the fbi miami field office where appropriate investigative steps would have been taken. and it appears by this statement that those investigative steps were not taken. the protocols were not followed. the fbi says the information was not provided to the miami field office and no further investigation was conducted at that time. and then the fbi director in this statement issues a state

it's to discredit rod rosenstein, it's to discredit the fbi, ultimately to discredit the fbi. there have been some reports that in this memo are indications -- there is information about the fisa. fisa used on the russia investigation as it relates to carter page. carter page was one of the advisers on the foreign national team. we've done some reporting on him that the fbi, in their attempt to get a fisa on him, used the dossier as evidence in a memorandum, in a motion that went before the fisa court. and this, as some reports indicated, is one of the things that the memo talks about. we don't know that for sure because certainly none of us here have seen the memo, and people that i've talked to really have not seen the memo. but based on some published reports, this is what the memo is going to attack, the fisa for carter page. but again, we have to wait and see. >> shimon, i'm going to let you talk to more of your sources as this has now been released. i want to bring jeff zeleny back in from the white house. as we learned this, jeff, that the president has authorized the r

the current fbi director, c christopher wray argued that tht names of fbi officials in the memo ought to be redacted, hidden from public view, why? how would that serve the publict interest? ite would protect the fbi and is always that wasay the point. all of this should make you nervous, the dishonesty mixed with self-righteousness. you wonder how many people at the fbi believed that carter page was a russian agent. they don't believe that now. if they did, he would be in handcuffs. yet he still a free man. civil liberties has been violated and his reputation has destroyed. democrats could not care less. they know it's a lie but it's all irrelevant to them. even if he is crushed in the process. ten years ago, donald trump will be gone and the democrats will have forgotten that they once pretended to fear russia as a threat to our democracy. but our law enforcement and intelligence agencies will remain as long as the country stays intact and we have got to trust them. we give them incredible powers, including the power to take human life. we allow them to operate in secrecy because th

the fbi is distracted. this one fell through the cracks but what is more concerning to me, is that how many more tragedies must fall through the cracks before we have a wake-up call at the justice department and the fbi? >> so i guess my question, who do you hold accountable then? these were all republican appointees. chris wray was specifically brought in by donald trump -- trish: i'm not getting partisan on you, i do hold christopher wray partly responsible. go to this clip, christopher wray doesn't get there is bias and a preoccupation hating trump there at the fbi right now. and that makes me question whether or not he is really the guy to lead this organization. roll the tape. okay. we don't have it yet. we're get it for you because he was in testimony in senate intel hearings just last tuesday and he was asked point-blank, is there any bias at the fbi to which he said no. here we go. >> there is no shortage of opinions about our agency, just like every other agency up here and i'm a big believer in th

trying to appease fbi, they recast memorandum, make changes they think will go over with the fbi and the fbi director that this president appointed. outcomes today's fbi response saying there are emissions and oppose the release of the memorandum. i thought that the president of the united states ran th the government, head of state, people had to get in line. >> he is. lou: why is he putting up with this bull. >> he shouldn't. if they alter that document, they have damaged all credibility they might have on this issue. house -- this committee has oversight, in our lifetime we had fbis under first director hoover, corrupt. we had an fbi deputy director who fed all stuff to boob bob woodward, top the that agency from time it time, you get bad people, i think that reality most of them. lou: clear we have very good people, doj, and in fbi. >> and on after 8 years of obama people, it is no doubt, that key thing is that this president has turned everything el that obama did, he needs to turn it and have full, full compliance with what he wants. he wants to release this document as circums

even if the fbi tries to protect them, partisan members of congress will be able to twist the fbi's arm to get that information out. int: we will go to bill theory, pennsylvania -- in eerie , pennsylvania. caller: are you related to judy woodruff? i think this memo has served its purpose for the republicans in a specialll lead to prosecutor because there are so many angles to it. i want to ask you, have you ever heard of a gentleman by the name of daniel hoffman? guest: i cannot say i have, the name does not immediately ring about. caller: write his name down. he was cia station chief in moscow. i saw him yesterday and he had some interesting things to say. see if you can connect with him because he might be able to help you connect the dots. can you please do us all a favor, refresh our memories and how the obama administration pped onropped -- eavesdro the senate intelligence committee. i remember hearing dianne feinstein talk about that. refresh our memories on how the fbi screwed up the marathon bombers in boston when they put the bomb on the marathon up there. we never got the full

to the fbi. instead, the application still relied primarily, remember, the bulk of the application as the folding clinton bought and paid for dossier. go back -- scroll down my hair, the other weight. against the application, we are six months into this thing, relying on his credibility even though he fbi knew he was not credible at that point. especially as it relates to the media incident, which pushed him out of the fbi's way in october, the same month the first fisa warrant was granted. here is what is on page six. whether mr. steele lied about his media contacts is relative for at least two reasons. it's relevant about his credibility as a source. second, it is relevant to the reliability of his information gathering efforts. mr. steele conducted his work for fusion gps compiling the pre-election memoranda between june and early november 2016. there was this british litigation, it talks about it and that grassley and graham memo tonight. mr. steele acknowledged briefing journalists about the

chips with the fbi director. what we have seen from the current intel committee, which is a departure from the past, is not only the politicization but the inability to back it up. devin nunes had to admit to a reporter that he hadn't read the fisa application. he said he recused himself but he really hasn't. this is part of an ongoing war, you know when you started this segment, how they're attacking the fbi. it used to be republicans garnered votes with their conservative base by attacking the department of education, the epa, and the department of health and human services. they've now added law enforcement to that. and that is a terrible platform for one of the major national parties to be running on. >> the other agencies aren't doing much better. all right. when we come back, there's a lot of anger. that's the blunt assessment of one law enforcement official about the impact of the president's relentless attacks on the fbi. >>> josh campbell isn't a household name. but when he announced his resignation from

maria: let me set out right off the bat that both of you having worked at the fbi with the fbi, is the experience of having experience with the fisa court, you were both so disappointed to actually learn what you have learned. let me kick it off with you congressman because you saw the underlying data. what's most important that we need to understand from this memo? >> the most important thing not just from the memo but from the underlying documents that i have seen is that full disclosures weren't made to the fisa court and why that's so important, maria, the fisa court unlike any other court in america including the supreme court doesn't hear both sides. this is a court where the government comes forward and in this case they ask for surveillance on american citizens. it's up to the government to make full disclosure and in this case, in asking for a warrant against someone associated with the trump campaign disclosure was not made that that dossier that was the basis of it was paid for by hillary clinton's campaign, and prepared by someone who has an expressed desire to keep donald

including former fbi director james comey and former fbi, former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. so the war on the fbi has now moved to the senate. a lot to get to today. let's kick it off with our reporters. kelly o'donnell is at the white house. pete williams is in our washington newsroom. and betsy wood destructive. pete, let's start with you. the fbi does not want this memo out there. they are wrangling for redactions. what can they do >> i don't think they've decided. here's the deal. if the president says i don't have any objection, in other words poses no objection to the house releasing the memo then we get into this strange situation where it becomes public but not declassified. it may sound weird but only the executive branch can declassify something not the judicial branch. >> we have a hard in with congressman schiff who is being interviewed right now. let's listen. >> have to let everybody know about this? >> during the hearing, when the republicans took up a vote to put their memo out and not put the democratic memo out jim hines asked the chairman is this memo you'

this not just christopher wray, the fbi director. so i'm going to tell you the fbi people are ticked. if you think you can push us off this because you can intimidate the director, you'd better think again. you've been around a long time. >> they've got information that they -- and do you know what? let me read to you what the president around 6:30 this morning tweeted. the top leadership and investigators of the fbi and the justice department. something which would have been unthinkable a short time ago, sxrank fi rank and file are great people. he is really blasting what he cause the top people. not only the fbi but the justice department. >> that's why this has such pro found implications. it is not bonl russian interference in the election and paying the way for the president to bolster his narrative this is a witch hunt, but it also provides him with some rationale to replace the senior leadership with people who are on his team. as we've seen time and again, that is what he is seeking from an institution that has long a history

it is impeaching the fbi. the problem with this and i think this is at the heart of the department's concern is if you have a neighbor that's buying lots of fertilizer but has no yard and you have concerns about it and you want to call the fbi you're going to wonder is that fbi going to hold my name in confidence or this information in confidence. sources are going to dry up because of what the republicans are doing. there's a compact between our community and the intelligence community. you give us your deepest held secrets, we hold them in good confidence. we won't abuse them. they're going to share a lot less with us and others are going to decide not to share with the fbi because they can't rely on our committee not to be partisan in the handling of that information. that's a deep disservice which make it is country less safe. >> thanks for your time. >> we're joined by congressman will hurd. you heard congressman schiff saying this is going to cause a loss of confidence in the intelligence community your

the fbi, fbi director said so publicly. he went to the white house with rod rosen stein who really is becoming the center of this and the focus. as much as the fbi is, i think it's important to keep in mind that rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general overseeing the russia investigation is very much becoming the focus of this and in some ways perhaps could be the reason why this memo is being released, so that he can be discredited along with the russia investigation, poppy. the fbi's position of redactions or no redactions is not going to change. they do not want this released. >> shimon, the reporting we have on christopher wray, the head of the fbi, his mindset right now is he is willing, at least considering quitting if this memo is released. what are you hearing? >> there's a lot of talk of him raising hell. this all comes from concerns at the white house. people at the fbi are not really concerned about their fbi director quitting right now. they've been through a pretty tumultuous time. they hope chris wray doesn

the fbi -- the director says something director, that's unusual. >> unprecedented. >> and the fbi agents, working men and women of the fbi, making cases, cuffing people, hauling them to jail, they said, hey, we appreciate the fbi director standing up for us. again, and i just -- i plead with my republican colleagues, if you believe that they were conspireing to purr jury in an affidavit before the court, that's a serious case to go to the ig or full investigation of the committee. this piecemealing of release of a memo is not going to give the american people anything but, you know, it's affirmation news. i either hate trump and don't believe anything in it, or i love trump, and i believe every single word in it. i think there's probably the truth is somewhere in the middle, and in the meantime, we have absolutely blown up real constructive oversight of the intelligence community, at least happening in the house of representatives. >> when you were chairman of the house intelligence committee, you worked closely with the democratic ranking member issuing bipartisan reports. that's not wh

the fbi botched it. the fbi director acknowledging as much but we are still investigating the fact, i'm committin committed to getting to the bottom of what happened. something was missing indicated or not indicated at all but this development was brought to the fbi's attention about six weeks ago. detailing a number of bizarre behavior, postings, guns, a lot more detailed than traditionally thought to be the case and that the fbi knew about it and the field offices were not commuting with each other. you know what happened after that. more after this. [fbi agent] you're a brave man, mr. stevens. your testimony will save lives. mr. stevens? this is your new name. this is your new house. and a perfectly inconspicuous suv. you must become invisible. [hero] i'll take my chances. that's it. i'm calling kohler about their walk-in bath. nah. not gonna happen. my name is ken. how may i help you? hi, i'm calling about kohler's walk-in bath. excellent! happy to help. huh? hold one moment please... [ finger snaps

in addition, it fails to address the fact that former fbi director or former deputy fbi director told the committee that had it not been for the dossier, no surveillance order would have been sought. as the president has long stated, neither he nor his campaign ever colluded with a foreign power in the 2016 election. nothing in today's memo counters that fact. the white house essentially sticking to their guns here, calling this a politically driven document. saying that it fails to answer questions about that salacious dossier, that it fails to state, that according to the nunes memo, the judge that approved fisa warrants on carter page was never informed that the basis for this investigation was that dossier. further, that it was funded by at one point by the hillary clinton campaign. she also calls out former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe, saying that at one point, he apparently told the committee there could be no investigation without that dossier. the white house sticking to its guns. reiterated many of the points we have already heard. obviously, democrats are going to argu

for the fbi for speaking out. he is also invoking joe mccarthy in the process. how is the memo drama playing out? one of my next guest is well acquainted with the former fbi director, he has a former secret service agent and former nypd officer. i want to read something that came from the fbi association today. saying they appreciate fbi director standing shoulder to shoulder with the men and women of the fbi as we work together to protect our country from criminal and national security threats. agents take a solemn oath to the country and the american public continues to be well served by the world's preeminent law enforcement agency. how careful do we have to be even uncovering these things that is not decimating morale? speak of the men and women of the fbi are the finest people i have ever worked with. i say that with no reservation. my hats off to all of you doing great work out there keeping bank robbers, computer criminals off the streets. let's be clear about what happened here. a select group of upper-lev

remember, this process does not just affect the fbi. it's not the tools that just the fbi uses. other investigative agencies and intelligence agencies use it as well. it's a much larger scope. i'm surprised we're not hearing from those heads as well. >> also, gloria, i want your mediate reaction from this, learning rick gates, who has been charged by mueller, he was one of the deputies, the trump campaign chairman, that attorneys representing rick gates are now withdrawing from the case according to a new court filing they provided a reason to the court, but it's under seal of the we don't know what that reasoning is. attorneys for the -- but there are new attorneys representing rick gates, tom green, for example, part of the defense team. he and attorneys from his firm received entering the building where the special counsel mueller works. that happen today. it's raising all sorts of questions. earlier attorneys are gone. new attorneys are now walking into the building where mueller works. what's that suggest? >> well, the obvious thing that it suggests is that gates cut a deal

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fbi's overall efforts. if people mistakenly have the impression that the fbi can't be trusted, you know the bread and butter of the fbi is to go out and talk to people. that people trust them to give them tips, information, and mostly to get sources. >> yeah. >> and if you are an fbi agent who has a source, you know, you want to be able to show that you can protect them and the fbi is now -- >> yeah. >> thank you. coming up, combining more breaking news. what president trump wanted from his point man. and it may sound familiar. stick around. ith him? he's happy. your family's finally eating vegetables thanks to our birds eye voila skillet meals. and they only take 15 minutes to make. augh! (family giggling) oh my. birds eye voila! so veggie good. ♪ get ready for the wild life with one a day men's. a complete multivitamin with key nutrients, plus b vitamins for heart health. your one a day is showing. looking for a hotel that fits... whoooo. ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to

it's up to the fbi to prove that it's true. the onus is on the fbi to judge the sources that fed mr. steele, and they didn't do that. >> if you read the dossier and that which has been published it's incredibly suspicious on its face it's based on no direct evidence. multiple hearsay, speculation, innuendo. it's the kind of thing any trained fbi agent would say we have to examine this and determine whether there is any validity to it. under the law, that's the first duty of an fbi agent before opening an investigation. second duty is to determine if it can be factually proven, is there a crime. in this particular case, they had neither. dave require was up to the fbi to check steele sources. they did not do that. andrew mccarthy of the of "the national review" wrote today, this is the outrageous thing about the steele dossier saga. we don't know who the sources are and the fbi never corroborated them. how would a judge allow them to get in knowing the sources were not corroborated. greg: trust. the judge trusted the after gave

are you not the fbi? there are only 13 nikolaus cruz in this country here to support this lame excuse they trot out messages brief with the fbi talking points. >> the fbi is very limited in what it can do with this type of information. they're looking for federal crimes that they can prosecute. on its face, this single posting does not give you that. he will not be able to take into prosecute and save improved who posted this, will you charge them? the answer is no. >> they say the fbi agents blessed them, they're working within the guidelines and adding that they cannot follow someone for protective first amendment rights. really? working within their guidelines? do the guidelines tell them to ignore school shooters? or threats to kill? isn't the job of an fbi special agent, by the way, they are all special agents. isn't their job to investigate? you really want to talk about guidelines as we bury our children? google told youtube to remove this message. the fbi issued a preservation order to save the el

of course he leaked fbi documents after he got fired. some of those documents may have had classified information so he may have expose our there as well. one of the things that needs to be drilled down on. a lot of people are focusing on the fisa. the role of bruce ohr who is one of the top justice department officials, and his wife is work for fusion gps. and there is a direct pipeline from the clinton campaign to the upper echelons of the fbi and justice department through bruce ohr. hillary is funding fusion, and fusion is sending their negative fake research on trump right to the obama justice department. that's really problematic. judge jeanine: but we knew this was a problem a year ago. who is going to investigate and prosecute? who is going to bring on a grand jury, issue subpoenas, and do everything they didn't do in the hillary clinton case. rod rosenstein in no, he's close to comey and mueller. it was rod rosenstein who brought mueller over to tint view with the president for fbi director. >> rosenstein signed one of the fisa

it's still the fbi using wiretapping for political purposes. byron: the republicans are upset about the principle of the thing. if they will do it to carter page, they will do it to you. but it seem possible the carter page story could illustrate how the fbi messed up this case. they thought carter page was a bigger deal than he actually was in the trump campaign. he was a very small deal and a peripheral figure. david: they thought carter page could lead them to trump. byron: yes. we only know of two mire cans who were wiretapped in this, paul manafort and carter page. but we have never got anyone idea what they got out of their wiretap of carter page. david: i asked congressman duffy but he couldn't tell me the specifics of the memo. were those wire taps obtained through a fisa warrant using comey's own language, comey called the trump dossier salacious and unverified. the. byron: neither you nor i have seen this memo, but there are a lot of reports that it does say the carter page memo was gotten in part on the strength of the allegations in

>> would that be the fbi telling him? >> know, because the fbi has not told him. when somebody buys a weapon, there should be a background check. just basically a check at the gun dealer have to do to make sure the individual doesn't ba have a criminal record. that will go through stages. the fbi database on criminal records. >> but that is all.the fbi doesn't crack people who buy weapons.they just provide the background check for a criminal check on gun purchases. or the gun dealers. and it sounds like he was able to go in, violentand leave that day but there was no way. like there are other states . >> and i know criminal record, they have background check via the database. >> and you know, the fbi is contacting local law enforcement saying your are the people in your area who purchased 11. at this point, cruz was under the radar to everybody other than locals who interacted with him and see him as a disturbed individual . nobody else knows who he is at this point as far as law enforcement. >> host: for these local people, his neighbors, if they were alerted to

i worked with the fbi. let me tell you something about the fbi, what we're seeing now in the segments you just completed about investigating the russian collusion and creating documents for warrants that are not legitimate, this is the kind of thing that we're used to hearing about where the fbi is focused on headlines and focused on things that really don't effect ordinary americans. now the rank and file, they do their job and they're fantastic. >> it never got to the miami field office. >> exactly. when someone says i've got information on a kid who has a bunch of guns and about to shoot up a school who says "i am going to be a professional school shooter" i don't care if you are from the fbi or from podunk you put on your instincts and antenna and say let me figure out who nikolas cruz is. how many people with the name cruz have the name nicholas spelled with the "k." i have a database as a d.a., i could get this information. >> sean: but remember you had the other guy, too, that got a screen shot of hi

so the fbi lied to a fisa court judge. they used the dossier full of russian lies to spy on the trump campaign just before an person person who election. and america's powerful tools of intelligence were weaponized to spy on opposition campaign during an election year. now, the key people involved need to explain themselves. here with reaction tonight we welcome back to the program former u.s. attorney for the district of columbia joe degeneral have a judicial watch president tom fitton, fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett. all right, joe, it's a lot to absorb. a lot of information. but, it's so telling and sad that this could happen in the united states of america. give us your general take aways from the new information today thi. >> this is piling on in a very big way. very sad ending for the doj and fbi officials. wray is gone becausmccake was sa result of christopher wray being briefed by a number of people who have access to the investigation that's underway, which is going to lead to criminal charges against a numb

torch every floor of the fbi to protect the president. i think it's very important that the american people have access to the information contained in this memo. >> devin nunes neutered the confidence anybody could have in the house intelligence committee. >> this memo is going to be a guy january particular belly flop. >> i want prosecutions. >> they are worried christopher wray could quit in protest. >> it does not impugn the mueller investigation. >> there is an ongoing effort by this president to discredit this critical investigation. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day". it is friday, february 2nd, 6:00 in new york. john berman joins me. >> memo day and groundhog day. can't be a coincidence. >> president trump is set to release the controversial gop memo despite strong objections from the fbi and justice department. sources tell cnn that the president believes they could discredit by exposing bias in the top ranks of

>> reporter: tkporpler fbi director james comey, fired last may, tweeting he praoerbgs the fbi speaking up, noting american history shows in the long run weasels and liars never hold the field as long as good people stand up. now, john and alisyn, despite what republican leaders say about this having nothing to do with mueller, the president's own tweet seemed to imply it has to do with this so-called dossier he has been talking about many, many months. despite all of this swirling around him, the president plans to do traveling nearby to virginia. then off to mar-a-lago in florida as washington still reels from the controversy surrounding this memo. >> okay, abby, thank you very much for all of that reporting. joining us now is cnn political analyst and "new york times" white house correspondent maggie haberman. >> also star of late night. >> one appearance. >> what were you on? >> seth meyers. >> what's your opinion about this memo and why it is so important to the memo and what they hope to gain? >> it is not actually that important to the white house. it is important to the presiden

the fbi can't fight back. the materials they have, they can't declassify without the help of the white house. so what's the fbi supposed to do now? how can it tell the american people, look, we've been -- our work has been mischaracterized? we've been discredited. it's not right. it's not true. >> they've gone public with exactly -- i mean that rare statement from christopher wray earlier this week. >> they can't talk about the specifics because it is classified. >> they can't talk about the specifics. they can't -- in an earlier segment, you had this discussion as to whether or not the deputy director -- former deputy director mccabe had said that the steele memo was central to the fisa warrant for carter page. well, we don't have the deposition. we don't have his testimony. we don't know what he said. we have to take it at face value. >> that could be released, those. >> i hope it is. if they're all about transparency, hopefully they'll release that. i want to go to you, doug. like president trump, president