but jeffrey smith, given what general mukasey is saying, why not let this memo out? >> well, ideally we would star over again. we can't do that. i would like to see this dealt with in regular order, which is to say, for mr. nunes to have referred to the matter to the inector general or to the court itself. the fact that we are where wear it probably should come out. then, in turn, the democrats should put their -- have their memo reviewed and that put out, tt that really won't end the debate becau larger question here is one of the proper role of congressional oversight, and my concern ier that the manin which this the been done undermines effectiveness of oversight and, frankly, demeans the whole process. >> woodruff: what is it about the the manner in which it was done tha bothers you? >> that it was so obviously done for partisan political reasns the procedure that was followed was put in place so that the committee could release information that was classified by the president that the president didn't want released. this is the first time that's been done here w

he is -- mukasey. telling you how it should be done by the book and jeff sessions is doing it by the book but donald trump doesn't operate by the book. he want something done and wants something done now. he is the head of executive branch and has the right to direct it. david: i think you would disagree with mukasey there is no indication of massive fisa abuse. the numbers alone show they approve far too many. >> 99.97% of all applications approved. neil: isn't that number alone there is massive abuse? >> absolutely. there is time to look at fisa whether it is constitutional, whether there are better ways to do this. david: judge andrew napolitano. >> you're welcome. david: melissa? melissa: a major sporting goods chain making major changes after parkland shooter bought a weapon at one of its stores. critics are saying it discrimination. congressman andy biggs next. i want you to pick a new truck for your mom or dad, knowing that they could possibly pass it down to you one day. cool. but before you de

let's ask the form attorney general, mike mukasey. thanks for being here. >> good to be here. >> neil: what was it like working for president bush? did he ever have differences with you? did he ever say publicly anything bad about you? >> we had a couple differences. he never publicly said anything bad about me. whatever differences we had were resolved internally. he was, after all, the president. i lost a couple, i won a couple. >> neil: did they get heated? you ever offer to resign? >> no. not nearly. >> neil: what do you think of this relationship? >> look, i'm not an expert on relationships. i'm a lawyer. >> neil: when the president is constantly second guessing you and he might be burnt -- angry about the attorney general recusing himself. but it's never, never calmed. this latest opinion of the president about the way sessions handled this fisa thing, what did you think about it? >> the president is wrong. he doesn't know his own interests. >> explain. >> the fact is the i.g. is the person that should investigate. >> neil: the

republicans past and present are weighing in on this the last republican attorney general, michael mukasey, who was in the bush white house during the last couple years there has come to michael horowitz's defense. he is the department of justice inspector general pointing out he was also within the bush administration, saying quote, his reputation for skill and integrity is impeccable. trey gowdy, a former federal prosecutor in his own right says he has complete confidence in horowitz. clearly president trump wanted to see this go in a much different direction. trish: lots of drama yet again out of d.c. blake burman, thank you very much. joining me to analyze this breaking story, american majority ceo ned ryun. wow, ned. >> hey, trish. trish: never a dull moment. i thought horowitz had a certain amount of respect. everyone is talking about the ig report. he is the one basically clueing us in on the bias with the fbi because of emails between lisa and peter. >> the strzok and page, right. trish: and now that president is not happy about him leading this investigation into the fisa court ab

and we've had people very smart, former ag mike mukasey said look there is probably no reason you can't do that and also protect sources and methods. we're going to have a first step toward this. by the way, senator chuck grassley today released unclassified version of his referral of christopher steele to the justice department. i know that he is asking the white house to declassify the full thing. it sound there are actual quotes from the fisa application in that referral that he wrote. neil: you know, ron, on my life weekend show you should watch if you don't have any life but one of the things that was interesting is this discussion that the memo, though it has nothing to do with the markets, here was the concern that it could, that it is going to compel bob mueller to make sure whatever investigation he comes up with is thorough, is dotted, ts crossed above reproach, self-incrimination and that could take some sometime. in other words if this revelation, whatever came through on part of republicans will fuel an argument that he has to really, that is, mueller, take his time with th

served asael mukasey attorney general from 2007 to 2009.obe.o and the mueller if part of sin opposition -- arch was used to fuel he is to investigate, or at least that is unsettling. the water great, iran contra and whitewater investigations identified specific crimes. the public knew what was being investigated. none of the charges robert mueller has brought involve coordination or collusion with the russians. george papadopoulos and michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. mr. papadopoulos did not plead guilty to participating in any plot that involve coordination. the paul manafort and rick gates indictments charge fraud on the government through receipt of and failure to disclose payments from a pro-russian ukraine politician. at minimum, the public should get access to a carefully redacted copy of the fisa application. a couple more minutes, your thinking on this memo that was released. the president says it vindicates him. lewis, republican line. caller: good morning. face value, it does not vindicate him. there are a couple