>> undoubtedly, he's going to confirm all the suspicions mounting for the past year that he's been using his chairmanship to protect the president. we recall last year when he viewed some things he viewed as problematic in those intelligence reports. he rushed to the white house, briefed the president about it before even briefing his committee. he was forced to step aside from the russia investigation on his committee last year, but he still wielded considerable influence from the outside. he stopped democratic attempts to subpoena witnesses, to get more records, to schedule witness interviews. behind the scenes, he mounted his own investigation to try to sew doubt on the fbi, the russia investigation, the mueller probe. that led to the release of the nunes memo from earlier this year, criticizing how that fisa warrant was obtained to monitor carter page. democrats say this is all part of this effort by devin nunes to try to protect the president, and this is the first time we're hearing nunes' own words making