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Back at work now. this is after speaker ryan actually asked him to leave and he resigned and unresigned. also the speaker commenting on the feud between house republicans and the justice department over documents that house republicans want in the russia investigation. listen to the speaker. >> absolutely we had a good cup of coffee this morning. we talked about how to improve the services going forward. were going to keep talking to make sure we can -- i think we can ultimately make improvement...

State attorney general eric schneiderman after four women came forward with accusations of abuse. plus, rudy giulianis media blitz starting to get to the president. there is a new cnn about why his legal team may be put on the back burner. some white house republicans, including devin nunes, make the push to hold the attorney general in contempt. this after this break.

>> expect the administration to honor our document requests, seems like the speaker is siding there with those who want those documents and maybe those who want to hold the attorney general in contempt. >> in hawaii, volcanic activity has calmed down on the big island. officials warn that lava and toxic gas still threaten residents. look at this time lapse video. lava flowing across a road, burning up a car there. dozens of homes destroyed. the eruptions are likely to continue. >> it is definite...

In contempt. cnn reported that devin nunes threatened to take action for failing to turnover the sensitive documents and failed to read them once he got them. allegations against the u.s. olympic committee. federal lawsuit accuses the committee and u.s. tae kwon do of participating in sex trafficking. four women who trained with steven lopez and ahis brokether jean. they did not respond to the cnn request for comment. they denied the allegations las exploring the safety and prevent abuse. le...

Controversies to this point. but everything just depends on trumps mood and trumps whim. its all down to one man, so we heard for months and months that tillerson wasnt doing okay, but he didnt go until trump decided it was time. weve heard for almost a year, i think, that john kelly is on thin ice with the president. hes still there until one day trump wakes up and decides that its time. so for now with scott pruitt, yes, maybe hes being hung out to dry a little bit, maybe hell be there for six...

Ultimately, who knows. but think about it, you cant enforce the subpoena against the sitting president of the united states. no court in the country that will hold the president in contempt. i think the same argument would hold true with the subpoena. >> but in 1997, the supreme court said that bill clinton had to give a civil deposition in a civil case. the paula jones case, so civil cases are lower in priority always than grand jury subpoenas. i think this is a pretty easy legal issue that he ...

White house that frankly some of us werent aware of the meetings but they are coming to us with the accusations that clearly had to have been leaked by the department of the justice and the f.b.i. they never learn. >> sean: how soon will you hold jeff sessions in contempt? >> look. i want to talk to mr. sessions. attorney general sessions said he wants to discuss things. that is good. i want to talk to him. i actually dont believe that mr. sessions saw my letter. i really dont. i dont think the ...

Sessions responding to devon nunez who called for congress to hold sessions in contempt saying the justice department failed to hand over classified materials related to the russia investigation. in southern california the atty. gen. had this to say. >> the department of justice has written a letter and responded is appropriate to him, the request he made is one the intelligence community and the problem of justice feel is not granted. we would be willing to talk about it, the details i cannot d...

This is within their congressional authority. constitutional authority. the d.o.j. is clearly stonewalling to prevent further embarrassment given their pathetic track record in hillary clintons e-mail case. the rampant potential we know fisa abuses. the ongoing witch hunt in to trump-russia collusion which never happened. now if the attorney general does not take significant measures to find urgency and speed up the delivery of these requested for months and even years of unredacted documents, t...

>> shannon: attorney general jeff sessions responding to house intelligence committee devin nunes who has called for congress to hold sessions in contempt possibly. he says the justice department has failed to hand over classified materials related to the russia investigation. today in southern california at the attorney general had this to say. >> the department of justice has written him a letter and responded as appropriate to him. the request he has made is one that the intelligence communi...