in consultation with the fbi they made a change to register those concerns and then they voted on releasing the memo to the white house. so the process is exactly what it should have been. scrubbed to make sure there are no sources or methods were revealed. when an issue was brought to the committee they went through it and then through the committee process. republicans are traditionally the party of law and order. you have an fbi director saying please don t release this memo, it is misleading, it is incomplete. he was appointed by a republican president. doesn t that give you thoughts. what concerns me is if we re violating civilian liberties. this fisa law is very unique. there s been confusion about different titles in this law. this law allows the government to go to a secret court to gate wiretap on a citizen.
what general kelly said in that radio interview when he said the president wants everything released. obviously if there are redactions, that would not be everything and that would also fall short of what the president said last night after the state of the union speech in which he said 100%, 100%. it appears behind close doords but one thing that is very clear according to a source of the white house they ve stepped all over the state of the union message from last night. you always get your question out. you were undeter there had, as always. thank you. from the white house, our chief correspondent at the white house, jim acosta. joining me now, former u.s. attorney fired by president trump. preet, thank you for being on with us. of course. the fbi says it has grave concerns. that s a quote, grave concerns, about the release of this nunes memo. i wonder how damaging it is for the president to have the fbi
and when he does, we ll bring that to you. let s talk to the politics of this nunes secret memo and what is exactly going on between the white house and capitol hill? to do that let s bring in our reporters. ph phil ruckear, and kimberly atkins from the boston herald. i was talking to jay johnson a moment ago, phil, and he was expressing how extraordinary it is to have the fbi say grave concer grave concerns about releasing something. he says that s about as strong as it gets. but donald trump met with christopher wray, or john kelly met with him. they said don t release this. yet last night as he was leaving the house chamber after the state of the union, he was caught on a hot mic telling a congressman he would absolutely
badly unraveling. the fact is if we hadn t done that more american lives would have been lost unnecessarily. so for then senator hagel to say well, he will let history be the judge. he was there and involved and i m sure he is wrong and he knows he is wrong on the basis of the facts of what happened. chris: so i got to press it again. because you saw the hearing. you know his record. are you going to support him for defense secretary? i will see the rest of the answers to his questions but i have very grave concerns. chris: grave concerns. fair to say you are leaning against voting for him? i think that would be fair. chris: how do you feel about other republican senators who are suggesting some procedural move to block the nomination? i think we need all of the information from senator hagel but the fact is we have never filibustered a cabinet appointee and that is why i do not believe we should filibuster his nomination. chris: or a hold or one of those other i thin
badly unraveling. the fact is if we hadn t done that more american lives would have been lost unnecessarily. so for then senator hagel to say well, he will let history be the judge. he was there and involved and i m sure he is wrong and he knows he is wrong on the basis of the facts of what happened. chris: so i got to press it again. because you saw the hearing. you know his record. are you going to support him for defense secretary? i will see the rest of the answers to his questions but i have very grave concerns. chris: grave concerns. fair to say you are leaning against voting for him? i think that would be fair. chris: how do you feel about other republican senators who are suggesting some procedural move to block the nomination? i think we need all of the information from senator hagel but the fact is we have never filibustered a cabinet appointee and that is why i do not believe we should filibuster his nomination. chris: or a hold or one of those other i thin