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Potential witness for 30 hours just to talk about the weather or to talk about one isolated part of the investigation. this was a wide ranging interview. its quite possible, if the special counsels investigation continues along that line, that mcgahn could become a witness in connection with that case. it was surprising and perhaps a mistake for the president not to assert some sort of executive privilege to prevent that type of an interview and that level of cooperation. i guess we will see onc...

Tweets what was weighing on his mind today, responding to reports his daughter and son-in-law wanted mcgahn out, the president saying ivanka trump and jared kushner had nothing to do with the so-called pushing out of don mcgahn. and blasting his favorite target the media, he added theyd love to portray chaos in the white house when they know chaos doesnt exist. just a smooth running machine with changing parts. but that smooth running machine is under the microscope as the president hits the roa...

Investigation into himself, his cro cronies and members of the family. if that is not a red line, there are no red lines any more. >> thats a danger with linde i graham. he probably has his heart in the right place. if hes taking a move saying its okay to fire sessions, hes doing it because of some greater good. hes trying to protect mueller. hes trying to do something else. thats what happens when you try to game this out as opposed to playing it straight up. there arent going to be any red lin...

Thing to do. although that snlts necessarily his guiding light. i think that we -- the members of the senate on this issue have been all over the lot. sometimes theyre with their former colleague. sometimes theyre not so much with him. hes -- sessions is also doing his lifes dream down there implementing all the radical policies at the justice department hes dreamed of implementing. hes just quietly doing its. and you know, its going to have a real impact. >> theyve been saying theres no need to...

Investigation of his campaign and declared that he needs to fire sessions for saddling his presidency with the controversy. one such discussion occurred in early august during the trial of his former campaign chairman paul manafort. on august 1st, the second day of the trial, trump tweeted that sessions should shut down the special counsel probe. in subsequent talks with his lawyers and advisers trump said what he really wanted to do was fire sessions," the people said. those same three unnamed ...

After that he went back to south carolina and gave a passionate speech about the rights of all citizens. that honestly and courage is something we all should aspire to. and he emtomorrowize -- and he t in his own life. eric: back in washington, tensions have been escalating between the president and the attorney general sessions. all this leads to the question, will the president fire sessions? and what would that mean and what would be the political and legal fallout. the heartfelt tribiewghts ...

For this trip just minutes before the president called it off, bill. what do you make of that? >> its hard to know. i mean, i like to give presidents the benefit of the doubt on foreign policy. i think they thought it wasnt wise to have the trip at this time. just on the sessions matter, so interesting. what if trump did fire sessions? rod rosenstein would be acting attorney general. you need one or two defections to make it impossible. rod rosenstein is i think the huge figure in the case. jeff...

Position and then maybe this sort of potential opening on the calendar that you may take a peek and see if you have time for confirmation should the president fire sessions. is something shifting? >> i think there is a growing frustration amongst many republicans that we seem to have a double standard when it comes to investigations. you see all the investigations and the ad nauseum commentary with the president and republicans across mainstream media, but time and time again, the president outl...

Where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the department of justice. and after the election, i think there will be some serious discussions about a new attorney general. >> jeff sessions then snapped back at his colleagues and his boss in a rare public statement basically issued out of nowhere "while i am attorney general, the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations." talk about what exactly would happen if the presid...

Office in the country. and there -- after the election i think there will be some serious discussions about a new attorney general. >> so jeremy, lindsey graham says very little by accident. did we just move the time line up that the president could be allowed to replace the a.g. and the senate if its after the mid-terms? >> i think lindsey graham, if thats the case, is assuming a lot we dont know. and thats what the margin of victory is in the senate. if for the republicans if they hold onto it...