released. explain what's going on there. >> reporter: that's right, john. this mem poe, the president's allies and even one of his sons are calling for it to be released. it purportedly shows misconduct by the fbi and doj against the president, against the trump campaign. a source familiar says the president would be ready to release this memo if it was declassified, the white house isn't quite taking that step yet, only saying that they believe in transparency. but a person familiar says that the president is ready to release it if he needs to. critics say this memo is just part of a larger effort to discredit the whole russia investigation, of course. >> kaitlan collins for us at the white house. a dizzying number of developments in the last 24 hours. let's try to understand them insofar as that's possible. laura coates, cnn legal analyst, and former federal prosecutor, also former federal pros cueser samuel robert mueller from duke university. you know andrew weissman, you worked with andrews weissman who is the prosecutor on the mueller