Nicole Goodkind, politics reporter for Newsweek, discusses the controversial classified memo in light of the FBI director publicly announcing "grave concerns" with inaccuracies. We also dig into new updates in the Russia investigation. We talk about the late-night tweet from Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) accusing Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) of making changes to the memo after the House Intel Committee vote and before sending it to the president for review. We also discuss a New York Times report claiming that a former spokesperson of President Trump's will speak to special counsel Robert Mueller about a conversation with the White House Chief Communications Director. The conversation was allegedly about Trump Jr. and his meeting with Russian laywers.

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