the democrats want release. but we begin with catherine herridge who was the first journalist to get excerpts of the memo what does it say and what does it prove? >> it all again confirming the president had used his authority as commander in chief to fully declassify the memo without chang changes. the memo paints a troubling picture. >> staff memo makes the case that the secret national security court was kept in the dark by the fbi and justice department when they sought and secured a surveillance warrant for trump campaign aid carter page. the former british spy who was paid by democrats to put together the trump dossier had a personal animus toward the presidential nominee. christopher steele admitted his feelings against then candidate trump when steele said he quote: