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Asked him about russianss role in medaling in our democracy. he said he never has been briefed on russian hacking in the 2016 campaign. >> a veteran of the department of justice and now at georgetown law. you can live your life not hear someone use the expression i dont recall except in hearings. is there any recourse for all the thing that is the attorney general tried to lay on to this rule regarding confidentiality in conversations with the president. >> the recourse is for the senate to do w...

It was less than a month ago. in this world it just feels like a long, long time when it hasnt been. >> it feels like donald trump has been president for three years. >> weve been talking about -- you were saying that jeff sessions would have to become involved if he wants to remove the special counselor, but jeff sessions is testifying tomorrow. what are you looking for? >> i dont think sessions would be involved if he wanted to remove him, it would be rod rosenste rosenstein. you know what i l...

Contempt. lets find one republican who is interested in finding any of these folks in contempt. i havent seen any. >> you saw burr. >> adam schiff can talk all he wants, and i dont doubt that hes totally sincere about that, that he thinks the only way to get these people to talk is to find -- is to perhaps find them in contempt, but -- but he doesnt have the mother to do that. >> hold on, hold on, because we -- we did, jeffrey, hear a strong statement. the chairman of the senate judiciary commit...

But as weve heard, sessions has offered up, he wants to have a public session today, so that the american public can know the truth about whats going on, but im a little skeptical as to how open and transparent hes really going to be today. >> public session with sessions. evan, what are you focused on most? jeff sessions isnt just in the hot seat with congress but the president will be watching every single thing he says and the president certainly cares. >> well, theres only one viewer that ma...

Refuses to discuss those sorts of issues, i think hell be very wary of discussing that. i dont know if he has a legal right to do it but in the real world here, theres no judge that is going to force him to answer a question. yes, theoretically, if he doesnt answer some questions, the committee could try to hold him in contempt. but in the real world in a practical sense, hes going to answer the questions he wants to answer and not answer the ones he doesnt and my guess he wont a answer a lot. >...

Ranging from some kind of civil litigation to a declaratory judgment that session statements arent covered by privilege to holding him in contempt. thats where you can see this play out. those only work, though, if you have the republicans on the intelligence committee just as invested in having sessions answer the questions, produce the requested material as the democrats clearly already are. >> you know, paul, one of the issues here well delve into, did sessions recuse himself from the russia ...

Executive privilege. he doesnt have an executive privilege. donald trump has an executive privilege. so if he says i cite executive privilege, the senators will be very much within their rights saying did the president instruct you to do that. if he says no, he has no legal basis. >> if he still wont answer them, what can they do. >> nothing. >> can they cite him for contempt? >> they could eventually. in fact, hes in control of what he said tomorrow. the senate has very few options in a practic...

Sessions control tomorrow which questions he wants to answer and thats up to him. >> if he says, jeffrey, you know what, these are confidential private conversations, i as the attorney general that im having with the president of the united states, and i dont want to talk about that publicly, what if anything can the senators do? >> move to hold them in contempt and litigate question by question whether those -- the answers to those questions are covered by executive privilege. that would take a...

I think it can have a tremendous impact. americans dont know what happens. they pay $40,000 a year and their kid comes home and has contempt for them. thats what they know. jesse: thats an expensive contempt. "watters world" is a safe space. so if anybody is troubled or trauma tights they can come to "watters world" and feel happy and at home. republicans looking back into the fast and furious scandal. up next, brian terrys cousin joins me with the families reaction to these damning allegations....

I think it can have a tremendous impact. americans dont know what happens. they pay $40,000 a year and their kid comes home and has contempt for them. thats what they know. jesse: thats an expensive contempt. "watters world" is a safe space. so if anybody is troubled or trauma tights they can come to "watters world" and feel happy and at home. republicans looking back into the fast and furious scandal. up next, brian terrys cousin joins me with the families reaction to these damning allegations....