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There are a lot of things that raise a lot of questions about what was happening here. >> alana, the conversation with corker that the president had, do we know much about the nature of that? because obviously corker is the one who after charlottesville made some really kind of startling comments about, i dont want to paraphrase incorrectly, but raising questions about the presidents stability, or his ability to think beyond himself. >> certainly. and previous to this point, its important to rem...

Corker that the president had, do we know much about the nature of that? because obviously corker is the one who, after charlottesville, made some really startling comments about -- i dont want to paraphrase it incorrectly, but raising questions about the presidents stability or his ability to think beyond himself. >> certainly. and previous to this point, its important to remember bob corker was considered for secretary of state. he was a close ally of the presidents. but to answer your questio...

Department of justice people who trained in that. im confident i made the right decision. >> sessions says he believes the justice department is making progress but action angels that he serves -- acknowledges that he serves at the pleasure of the president and. step down if his boss tells him to. warnings that there will not be hearings for a successor in 2017. the calendar is set, dont mess with jeff. senator lindsey graham cautioning the president there would be holy hell to pay if he fires t...

Help his fathers campaign. jared kushner downplayed these meetings, saying he went to this meeting with donald trump, jr., really not knowing what it was. he said he got an e-mail exchange about it but he didnt read the full e-mail. he said he arrived late to that meeting and asked his assistant to call him out of the meeting because he said it was not a relevant meeting. he also acknowledged, anderson, two other meetings during the transition, both with ambassador kislyak as well as with the fo...

My panel is back. heidi, what are the stakes for this white house if the house and senate pass similar versions of this bill and it goes down to 600 pennsylvania avenue waiting for the presidents signature? >> hes going to have to decide whether he signs it or he puts up a fuss and risks being overridden by congress which could very well happen given the overwhelming number that this passed by in the senate, and of course it doesnt help him that hes just fresh off this trip to europe where he wa...

I want to be clear on this, george -- i continue to not have conversations with the president of the united states regarding pardons. pardons have not been discussed, and pardons are not on the table. >> im in the oval office, week talking about that. he says he brought that up. he doesnt have to be pardoned. nobody around him has to be pardoned. he was making the statement about the power of pardon. >> the issue bubbled up when the "washington post" said the president was weighing whether he co...

Ana cabrera in new york live in the cnn newsroom. thanks for being with us. congress agreed to get something done, rare development in the nations capital. were not used to saying action and unity in congress in the same sentence. what motivated the bickering lawmakers to join together? russia. congress agreed on a bill to punish moscow for meddling in the 2016 election and if passed, the sanctions bill would also give congress unprecedented ability to block the trump administration from easing ...

This is something that is happening. it is going to continue to happen and until the united states creates a deterrent to russia doing this, whether thats sanctions or preventive defense i have measures on the cyber security side, were going to be in for this round two in the next election. >> you mentioned sanctions, tara. i want to get your rnse to the fact that now there h been a vote on additional sanctions. it went 98-2. this is what is in the new sanctions bill that just passed the senate....

Khan is londons first muslim mayor and very critical of the president. so it make as presidents tweets and words look personal. but i need to move on because of time here. you have new reporting tonight that the white house looked into unilaterally the easing sanctions on russias oil industry. >> well a top white house official, according to emails i reviewed by the state department had asked the state department wouldnt it be good to lift the russian oil sanctions because wouldnt that help the ...

And now im reaping the benefits of that. that was one long troll of the united states and it puts donald trump in an awkward position because he has tried to pretend that we dont know who the hacking was done by. vladimir putin made only the faintest gesture toward that position when everybody knows and our intelligence community knows that russia and vladimir putin personally, as nbc news has reported, was involved in that. >> and he really tried to downplay it, saying simply that a 3-year-old ...