and the top democrat on the committee told me today that this raises enormous red flags. >> director coates was willing to speak truth to power. i have seen no evidence, at least from what i've read and seen about mr. ratcliffe, that he'll bring that same level of independence. and what i fear is that the deeper we get into the trump administration, the more this president wants yes men like bill barr, the attorney general. if there's ever a time when we need to make sure the intelligence community speaks truth to power, it's now. >> do you think that's disqualifying him, padding his resume? >> listen, i'm going to sit down with mr. ratcliffe, but this is one more item that raises enormous red flags to me. >> reporter: ratcliffe's office said that while working in the eastern district of texas he, quote, opened, managed, and supervised numerous domestic-related cases, but republicans have more questions. richard berg told us earlier today that he wasn't going to