Transcripts For CSPAN3 AG Sessions Neither Confirms Or Denies Talking To POTUS On Comey 20171018

Trump tell you was his reason for firing director comey . I know he has said he thought the department was a mess and he asked you and mr. Rosenstein to take a look at it and my understanding was these two letters were presented, the letter from you dated may 9th and the letter from rosenstein dated the same date, a response to that request to take a look at the department. Thats what i can tell you. He did ask for our written opinion and we submitted that to him. It did not represent any change in either one of our opinion as Deputy Rosenstein is also indicated i believe and we were asked to provide it and we did. Did the president ever mention to you his concern about lifting the cloud on the russia investigation . Senator feinstein, that calls for a communication that ive had with the president and i believe it remains confidential. But you dont deny there was a communication. I do not confirm or deny any communication between the president that i consider to be confidential. When did you first speak to the president about firing director comey . What date . Senator feinstein i think thats also covered by my opening statement. I believe the president has the right and i have a duty to meet with him on proper occasions and provide such advice, legal or otherwise, as im called upon to do. I have done that and i believe he has a right to protect that confidentiality until appropriate circumstances exist that he might choose to waive that privilege. Announcer you can see the entire hearing with attorney general Jeff Sessions before the Senate Judiciary committee tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. It was an oversight hearing and the questions ranked from the firing of fbi director james comey to the pardoning of former joseph ar pieio and the Washington Post investigation into a law dealing with the dea. This weekend on American History tv on cspan3, a look at confederate generals with authors and historians from historical park in petersburg virginia, starting saturday at 9 00 a. M. And sunday at 9 15 eastern. Saturday at 10 00 p. M. On real america, the january 1968 weekly series, abc scope examines resistance to the vietnam war and the draft. Were living in the middle of a beast. Lyndon johnson say common murderer. There are no limits to dis sent. I think the Piece Movement should have the anger of a veet neem ooes women whose child was burned. Thats the anger the Peace Movement should reflect. The Peace Movements got to go into the streets and its got to use the tactic of disruption because the American People are drunk with april pa think. At we continue our series on photo yournlist with donna walker former Time Magazine white house photographer. I felt that i should except their offers to be behind the scenes every time they offered it because any time you see the president of the United States behind the scenes, you learn something about the president and you see something, and it is important i can be there for you, you cant be there and everything i see is important. American history tv, all weekend every weekend, only on cspan3. Sunday night on afterwards. Over 90 of Sexual Harassment cases end up in settlements and what does that mean . That means that the woman pretty much never works in her chosen career ever again, and she can never talk about it. Shes gagged. Now how else do we solve Sexual Harassment suits . We put in arbitration clauses and Employment Contracts which make it a secret proceeding, so again nobody ever finds out about it if you file a complaint, you can never talk about it ever. Nobody ever knows what happened to you and in most cases youre also terminated from the company and the predator in many cases is left to still work in the same position in which he was harassing you. So this is the way our society has decided to resolve Sexual Harassment cases, to gag women so that we can fool everyone else out there that weve come so far in 2017. Former fox news host gretchen karlsson talks about Sexual Harassment. Be fierce and stop harassment. Take your power back. Shes interviewed by sally quinn. Watch afterwards sunday night on 9 eastern on cspan2s book tv. The House Foreign Affairs Committee Held a hearing on iranian threats, witnesses included a former military commander and a u. S. Ambassador to iraq as well as a former Obama Administration adviser who was part of the negotiating process. This is two hours and 40 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Well ask all members to take