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Question about a specific topic and you determined that that is privileged because it involves policy decision making between yourself and the president or between senior staff thats going to be reported to the president. not a broad-based im just not going to answer any question during the period of transition in the white house with people who are not in the white house at the time of the assertion. so it was really a spurios assertion. >> there is a chance that bannon could be compelled. they...

Have a subject to any recusal at this time? >> i cannot say that. >> the chair reckoned as man from california. >> hello mr. sessions. donald trump has asked many individuals to pledge an oath of loyalty to him. has donald trump ever asked you to pledge an oath of loyalty to him? >> no. >> if donald trump were to ask, would you do so? >> i dont know what a pledge of loyalty is? we all owe loyalty to our supervisors. i have always done that to my bosses and supervisors. people are expecting to be...

To sanctuary cities is that it stands counter to long-standing u.s. supreme court precedent that the federal government may not impose conditions on grants to localities unless the conditions are so unambiguous so that the states can decide whether or not to accept those funds. also, any such condition must be passed by congress. so, listen, there is a lot more on this legal showdown for both sides. clearly, were gearing up for a major battle. now, colonel, that is my take on it. obviously i exp...

Improper, it depends how you define loyalty and think back there was another president not long ago who talked about the definition of certain things. is that a problem for president trump? >> it is more of an in exactitude. comey works at the executive branch of the government of the united states, chief of the executive branches donald trump and he has the power to hire or fire and he fired him. come said he had every right to do so. i am not deeply offended by that. david: fbi director, we ne...

For. >> as i said, see him at the supreme court. >> white house calling it an egregious overreach by a single unelected district judge. city officials accused of having the blood of dead americans on their hand. but the latest decision isnt from the ninth district. it is from california. the decision determined in part by the presidents own words. judge william orac, obama appointee, if there is any doubt about the scope of the order the attorney general erased it with their public comments. >> ...

Bit of evidence, not that obama did it but something in the executive branch went wrong and the intelligence agencies right now, its fairly well-known, are leaking all over the place on a lot of stuff. i dont know if thats what he has in mind. ill keep you posted as i find out. >> you agree the president has to be really precise, hes no longer a candidate or business leader, hes the president of the united states, he has to be precise in his words, right? >> i think hell come through. he shocks ...

Experience, both on staff in positions of great authority, and also in the field as a combat soldier. whats surprising about it is not that trump would pick somebody with fantastic credentials. by the way, hes a great strategic thinker as well, but an independent thinker like h.r. mcmaster. i cant imagine general mcmaster taking the job without first establishing ground rules with the people in the west wing by saying, look, i get to pick my staff, im not going to take orders and instructions fr...

Family already in flight when the order was issued, and having no idea at the time of arrival they would be turned around. in fact we didnt have time -- the family did not have time to consult lawyers and determine what the best course of action should have been, and if they just claimed asylum at the time but were told they could lose their visas so we went back. congress needs to look at this, and play a closer role. i would like to hear from some of the executive branches, the homeland securi...

Proceed senator sass. >> thank you. senator sessions when you were introducing your grandkids and im amazed they stayed around as long as they did, mine would have been more disruptive earlier, i was thinking about all the time i spend in schools and we have a crisis in this country of civic ignorance. our kids dont know basic civics and we have a crisis of public trust in this country in that many americans rpresume that people in the city are overwh overwhelmingly motivated by partisan. our cu...

On this approach? >> i think the biggest takeaway right now, given the new bloomberg poll, is underqualification is now qualification. ben carson is in second place. hes the most competitive with trump by far in iowa. he also has the same level of experience in electoral politics, which is to say zero. if you have experience making policy, and running executive branches, or getting elected, its kind of a problem at this point in the race. i think that also helps sanders. sanders has been able to...