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>> we welcome our distinguished witness. if you would please rise ill begin by swearing you in. do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god. let the record show the witness answered in the affirmative. mr. rod rosenstein was sworn in as the 37th deputy attorney general by attorney general jeff sessions. mr. rosenstein has had a distinguished career in public service. he began his legal career in the publ...

I thank the chairman and i yield back the balance of my time. >> we welcome our distinguished witness. if you would please rise, ill begin by swearing you in. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? thank you, let the record show that the witness answered in the affirmative. mr. rod rosenstein was sworn in as the 37th deputy attorney general of the united states on april 26th, 2017, by attorne...

And yet, for hours throughout the course of the day, they havent actually had final language on what they agreed to. senate democrats attacked this idea. they obtained a draft iteration of this bill that had hand-written notes on the side of it, making changes by handwriting, waving it on the senate floor. thats the attack line right now. here is the reality. anderson, republicans have the vote. senator jeff flake came on board because of an expensing provision. susan collins came on board becau...

>>reporter: again, in previous interviews he insisted the u.s. sanctions were not discussed. of course again we now know from this flynn that they were discussed. they wanted them to have a moderate response to the -- what was then the most recent round of u.s. sanctions against russia and the answer came back in the affirmative that because of that flynn request, russia had taken a moderate line on its response to the what were then the latest u.s. sanctions against russia. >> thank you for tha...

Idea. they obtained a draft iteration of this bill that had hand-written notes on the side of the, making changes my handwriting, waving it on the senate floor. thats the attack line right now. anderson, republicans have the vote. senator jeff flake came on board because of an expensing provision. susan collins came on board because she got what she happened on the state and local tax deduction. they have 51 senators in the affirmative. all they need to do is vote on it. one more interesting ele...

And democratic attacks. democratic senators taking to twitter, posting separate pages of a draft amendment circumstancirculating now that shows write ng the margins of the bill text as republican leaders are trying to put this together. it understood scocores two thin. the process came together quickly. it was less than 24 hours ago that republican leaders had stalled out on the bill. no longer. they have 51 votes in the affirmative for this bill, but ends score something else. the political imp...

Not, you know, that has -- that has serious implications for the safety and security of the country. >> you think its possible that hes not sure whats real and whats not? >> well, i think -- >> i -- >> go ahead, david, i think we agree on this point. >> go ahead, david, i agreed with what you were saying earlier. >> david gergen, you think he may -- youre answering the affirmative on that? >> im answering the affirmative. i think we may persuade himself of things, as david axelrod said, that are...

His -- whats real and whats not, you know, that has -- that has sere implications for the safety and and security of the country. >> i think its possible hes not sure whats real and whats not? >> well, i think -- >> i -- >> go ahead, david, i think we agree on this point. >> go ahead, david, i agreed with what you were saying earlier. >> david gergen, you think he may -- youre answering the affirmative on that? >> im answering the affirmative. i think we may persuade himself of things, as david ...

I thank you, and yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you, mr.con yer, without objection all other member opening statements will be made a part of the record. we welcome our distinguished witness if you rise i will begin by swearing you in. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you. >> let the record show that witness answered in the affi...

Testimony and mr. chairman, i thank you and give you back the balance of my time. >> all the members opening statements will be made part of the record. we welcome our distinguished witness. if you would please rise, ill begin by swearing you in. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. the witness answered in the affirmative. mr. jeff sessions was sworn in as the 84th attorney g...