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Got to hear from all the key players now. >> lets get to the back story, though, tara because reportedly the president blames sessions recusal for where he is now with the russia investigation. but isnt it all the presidents own making? >> i mean the issue is that sessions really wanted to take politics out of the department of justice. he consulted with department of justice members, and he asked them, you know, what do you think i should do? should i recuse myself? and they said that he should...

Agenda -- kate, kate, hold on. let me answer the question. she had come here, given a heads up, and at the same time we did what we should do. just because someone gives you a heads up about something and i want to share information, doesnt mean you immediately jump the gun and take action. if you flip the scenario and say, what if we just dismissed somebody because a political opponent of the president had made an utterance, you would argue it was pretty irrational to tareact in that manner. >>...

Heard through athenas reporting and otherwise that the president says this is not my sentiment. so dylan, what are you learning about the back story of this tweet, the fallout, the whole sequence of events? >> the sources in the white house i have spoken with is that this is not at all trying to impugn ryan, if you remember from yesterday that countdown clock on fox news was actually advertising new details, new developments on this notion that donald trump had been under surveillance while he w...

>> the president-elect is also pro testing, he doesnt think he gets enough credit for work he did during the transition o twitter, he wrote this, totally biased nabs news went out of its way to say that the big announcement from ford, g.m., lockheed and others that jobs are coming back is fake news. ask for real facts, came back because of me. and he does say that the tweets will continue past friday, he thinks its the only way to reach people without having the press twist his words around. at ...

Are leaning in the other direction. >> that countdown clock is on as you can see. less than six hours left. john, what about this idea that the rollout of the extreme vetting order was not known about by the head of homeland security, who we heard from earlier today? >> reporter: lot of push back on that today, sandra, both at the white house and the department of homeland security with general john kelly. the secretary held a press briefing. he praised the order on extreme vetting saying that i...

You have the laying the wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. the little grand kids are not there. the kids who are there to understand the importance of the moment. already the eyes of the world are on this family. >> it was a somber moment to see them standing at arlington. you could tell they were struck by the enormity of the moment. at arlington, you are there and faced with the treasure that presidents have lost before you. i think you saw the look on his face and on his familys face. i thin...

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Early lead on this election day. thank gooldness for dixville or people would have nothing to talk about. good morning. welcome to "early start. im john berman. >> theres plenty to talk about. im christine romans. it is 3:00 a.m. in the east. we welcome our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. zero more days until the election. zero more hours in fact, zero more debates and rallies, zero more october surprise it and november reversals. thank goodness we have a countdown clock. the candidate...

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Appreciate it. >> on the screen, we have the countdown clock for you there until tomorrows presidential debate. how will hillary clinton tackle this new trump tape? and how will he respond? also, we have not forgotten about whats happening with hurricane matthew. its dropped now -- this just in now to a category 1. its moving up the coast, though, lashing south carolina after drenching and flooding florida. more for you in a moment. bladde meant my social life was over. wearing depend underwea...