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Attorney general sessions was enthusiastic about the idea of candidate trump meeting putin but he has said the exact opposite. in fact, first, he said he didnt know of any surrogate on the campaign trail having any contact with russians. after you pleaded guilty, he testified before congress -- >> i do now recall the march 26th meeting at the trump hotel that mr. papadopoulos attended but i have no clear recollection of details he said at that meeting. after reading his account and to the best o...

Remembers, telling you dont do it. that doesnt square with what you remember? >> what i remember is that the senator at the time was enthusiastic. as far as i remember this is a meeting that occurred two years ago of course. this is a good idea. >> he testified before congress saying that he quote pushed back. when you raised the possibility of a meeting with russia. thats not true, youre saying? >> i dont remember that. >> you dont remember him saying -- enthusiastic? >> a potential meeting aft...

>> so you say that then-senator now attorney general jeff sessions was enthusiastic about the idea of candidate donald trump meeting putin, but he has said the exact opposite. in fact, first he said he didnt know of any surrogate on the campaign trail having any contact with russians. then after you pleaded guilty, he testified before congress -- >> i do now recall that the march, 2016 meeting at the trump hotel that mr. papadopoulos attended but i have no clear recollection of the details of wh...

Sessions was enthusiastic about the idea of candidate donald trump meeting putin, but he has said the exact opposite. in fact, first he said he didnt know of any surrogate on the campaign trail having any contact with russians. then after you pleaded guilty, he testified before congress -- >> i do now recall that the march 2016 meeting at the trump hotel that mr. papadopoulos attended but i have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting. after reading his account and t...

Criminal investigation of this president. >> you know, you questioned kavanaugh back in 2006 when he was nominated for his position as a judge on the d.c. federal appeals court. and in 2007, you told npr that you felt, quote, perilously close to being lied to by kavanaugh when he said he wasnt involved in questions about detained combatants. today he told you that answer was 100% accurate. do you feel that his testimony today was 100% accurate? >> no, i dont. quite honestly, he gave me an answer...

Just doesnt square. i am hearing from trumps allies they are going to be making an impeachment argument in the midterm elections, warning trump voters if you dont vote in november to keep the house in republican hands, the democrats, if they take over the majority of the house of representatives, agenda item number one is impeachment. impeaching president trump. they are making the case that the midterms are all about protecting the trump presidency, which is what you saw in that devin nunes aud...

Purveysive campaign to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> our democracy is in the cr s crosshairs. >> russia attempted to interfere in the last election and continues to this day. >> reporter: there seems to be a tale of two different white houses. offering two different messages. the president in one speech that went over an hour long to his supporters and his top intelligence chiefs offering that blunt warning. president trump last night was saying that putin did not want him to wi...

That he and i imagine many much his republican colleagues want him to hit on while he is on the campaign trail. square that with what we saw from him today. this threat that weve seen before about shutting down the government, if he doesnt get the money that he wants to better fortify the u.s./mexico border. how does that square with what the party wants the president to be talking about as we approach november? >> well, it doesnt square. this threat is not entirely new. president trump has issu...

Make a determination on the people, they are terrific people but make a determination. before we make that determination, its very important we want to secure our border. >> president talking there about prioritizing criminal, people who are criminals who are in the country illegally. how does that reconcile with your clients case? >> well, it doesnt reconcile with our clients case and it doesnt reconcile with the administrations approach to enforcing, you know, immigration priorities in terms o...

Colorado for example, says he plans to bring up the separation issue in this meeting today. but the president has tended to dominate dominate the conversations in these meetings. remember the of this meeting originally was to deal with those two house immigration votes that were supposed to happen this week. but this family separation story has completely dominated that, essentially blown it out of the news cycle, and youve had mitch mcconnell saying today he only wants to consider a narrow solu...