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Questions, meeting with the ambassador, how was that meeting set up? where are the notes of his aides as to what was said at that time and was that the only occasion where they met and were there private conversations that preceded or followed the meeting where the staffers were present? all of those are legitimate questions which i think will be asked of attorney general sessions. it will fall to the deputy attorney general who has yet to be confirmed to decide whether an independent counsel ne...

Probably the best course of action in order to assure the public that we will have an impartial and thorough investigation. on the congressional side, it probably needs to be some sort of special committee. i think it may be a bridge too far to hope that a commission like the 9/11 commission, which was bipartisan in all of its activities, be appointed. >> e.j., theres been so much speculation about what the trump campaign owes the russians, what donald trump might owe the russians, including in ...

On those submarines or pratt and whitney on joint strike fighter engines have to be educated, provided skill training. well be hiring more of them. job creation, economic progress really demand the kind of investment in our schools and in job creation that is so essential. >> a lot of talk up here today about whether there ought to be a special prosecutor to look into ties between the trump campaign and russia. just had a republican congressman on a few minutes ago. he said, were absolutely not ...

Is merely the beginning. there needs to be an independent and transparent investigation. the white house counsel cannot lead this investigation and the new attorney general cannot be -- jeff sessions -- cannot be the person to lead that investigation. i expect jeff sessions to refuse himself and i expect whats put in its place to be independent, transparent and impartial. well wait and see what they propose. >> chuck schumer today calling for an independent investigation of michael flynn saying ...

Own independent oversight responsibilities to exercise over the department of justice. well, let me say a couple things about that. the first is -- the kinds of norms and traditions that limit the public disclosure of investigations dont supersede the oversight responsibilities or requests that are submitted by members of congress. and the reason for that is simple. congress is, indeed, independent of the executive branch, but far from impartial. congress is made up of 535 politicians. democrats...

Say, well, congress is independent. they have their own independent oversight to exercise over the department of justice. the first is the kind of norms and traditions that limit the public exposure of investigations dont supercede the oversight responsibilities or requests that are submitted by members of congress. the reason is simple. congress is indeed independent of the executive branch. they are far from impartial. congress is made up of 535 politicians. democrats and republicans. we have ...

>> how do you like it? >> reporter: im impartial on it. but i can see how it wouldnt be to everybodys tastes. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. >> impartial, thats hilarious. why russians are snatching up all things putin, what can the u.s. hopefuls learn from that to help sell their brand to the public? branding expert martha pease is here to talk about this. this is a fun segment to do with you. we wanted to start with donald trump. he seems to have a putin like branding edge, got a lot of products...

Jurors and saying to them, look, can you put your personal feelings aside and puts a side what happened outside of the courtroom, and can you focus on the law as instructed by the court, and the evidence that happens in the courtroom? if the jurors are answering yes, which all of the people would have done that were selected, then they are qualified and life goes on, and they continue on the jury, and there is no more motion for removal or recusal, and it is dead for this trial, and over as an a...

Somebody off for any reason, but not based on the race, religion and there are a number of other categories. >> gender. >> depending upon the state that you are in, and then the attorney has to step forward i did not knock him off because he is african-american, but because -- >> if asked. >> because he expressed an opinion that seemed hostile to my client or me, and then the judge says, that is not racial strike. and so this is a diverse jury in that aspect of the jury selection, it wont be a p...

Case, we ha had a city under curfew, so 100% of the people in the city is affect ed by the case, and everybody knows about it, and we know that everybody here could have been a arrested if they left the house, and now we are going to be putting those people in the jury pool, and so by definition, everybody knows about it, but the challenge is if they can find people who can put their personal views aside and be neutral and impartial, and i dont know how they are going to do it. >> and josh, the ...