Dana we miss having colin allred on, congressman from texas 32. Well have him on again. But we had Breaking News with the Attorney General resigning from his position at shepard continuing coverage as the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions has resigned. A replacement is at the ready. The ramifications are many. Reporting begins now from capitol hill. Justice, the wise house and beyond. First to the man that broke the story, john roberts live on the north lawn. John . Only by virtual of our terrific producer at the Department Of Justice, jake gibson who said he had information. We got it confirmed. So the president this morning asked for the resignation of Jeff Sessions. This was before he went in to that sometimes crazy Press Conference that was scheduled for 11 30 a. M. He knew that there was going to be a Resignation Letter that was coming over from Jeff Sessions
at the Department Of Justice at any moment. We have confirmed with sources that Matt Whitaker and the president has tweeted a
at the department of justice at any moment. we have confirmed with sources that matt whitaker and the president has tweeted about this so it s confirmation at the highest source, matt whitaker, the chief of staff to jeff sessions from ohio what, ran in the republican primaries in 2014 for the senate in iowa will now become the acting attorney general. jake gibson also reports that as acting attorney general, the russia investigation would now fall under his purview. the ethics implications have not worked through and may be that whitaker may not be able to take over the investigation. right now, it stays with rod rosenstein and we don t know, by the way, his fate in the future. but it could turn over if it