So i don t think it bodes well. i think that s one of the biggest things we have to look at what comes out of this meeting tomorrow. and to the point about devin nunes. look, there s precedent for a lot of what s happening now. devin nunes was the author of a memo that was confidential, declassified by the white house, over the objection of the justice department, and released and released first and then the white house said, okay, later we ll also release this democratic memo that refuted the original memo. it seems to be the mo here that republicans are given the first shot at this to help the president s claim that this is a nefarious investigation and possibly even a criminal one, something that s false, there s no evidence indicating that anything that s happened in this investigation has been nefarious in any way, but that s the messaging that the president is seeking to support. and he seems to be interested in getting that however he can.
News with haley jackson working her sources late in the night and is able to join me late night. thank you for continuing a long day and second what can you tell us from your sources? reporter: the meeting has been notable for a number of reasons. the first indication we received from our sources earlier in the day was the gang of eight meeting set for 2:00 eastern tomorrow, was supposed to happen after the memorial day recess, i was on the phone just before our evening broadcast with an official who said yeah we think he s going to happen after memorial day but the nunez gowdy meeting is still ongoing. john kelly is going to be at both of the meetings tomorrow. just yesterday sarah sanders was at the podium and said kelly would not attend. she said, at this point he is
Gang of eight, telling her it will include the gang of eight. i was informed by the head of our intelligence agencies earlier tonight that the meeting would be a bipartisan briefing at a gang of eight level and that would be it. i expect them to live up to the commitment. that is the right procedure. if there is any information that could compromise a source or methods. that s been around for decades and i expect them to follow it. we have heard conflicting things from the white house. that s adam schiff saying that to rachel. now i m holding something from the department of justice, time stamped 10:00 p.m. tonight. it describes a first meeting with john kelly, devin nunes, and gowdy. and a second meeting with the department of justice and the same individuals and all gang of
kimberly, you know well how it works, the negative space in that painting is potent because people serve at the pleasure of the president if they don t have his confidence. that s as second time in as many days that he refused to answer the question about rod rosenstein s future. so that does not bode well, particularly with this president who has expressed his frustration with him openly. so i think rod rosenstein understands he s in a tough position right now. he s trying not to just save his job but keep the investigation intact and up against the president who s very eager to attack both things. so i don t think it bodes well. i think that s one of the biggest things we have to look at what comes out of this meeting tomorrow. and to the point about devin nunes. look, there s precedent for a lot of what s happening now.
And take a look at it so the investigation itself is not compromised so there are no problems. so yeah there s no real protocol as to how to do this. so it s small wonder that there is some confusion, that there s changes in the plan, different statements coming from differing agencies about how exactly this is going to work. john what is your view according to this brand new itinerary the original partisan meeting is still on the books? it s a good way to put that ari. the white house obviously was scrambling today to try to sort of counter the democratic requests for a meeting of the gang of eight, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi sent a letter to that effect and they were beside themselves that this kind of meeting would go on without the bipartisan leadership of the intelligence committees in congress and the leadership of both political parties in both houses of congress. what you have now is two