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Setting. there is no closed session scheduled not right now. whatever lawmakers here from the attorney general this afternoon is what were going to hear. thats it. then he is expected to leave. >> shannon: well be standing by peter doocy live on capitol hill. >> bill: were back to the breaking news out of north korea. rich edson is running down oh lot on this on the state department. >> we can tell you that otto warmbier has been released from north korea. he was arrested in january of 2016 and ...

>> bill: unconfirmed. those havent been confirmed. >> bill: a report suggested in private testimony delivered that information. we will see if any of that is concerned. jeff sessions can defend himself and he has yet to do that, guy. >> this is a chance for him to do it and why i looked at the statement yesterday from the justice department spokeswoman sarah flores who speaks on his behalf until today. she said the attorney general wants to do this. lets not make it private. lets make it public....

Will he have to either way? >> he is coming here to ask for more money. ive seen a copy of his prepared remarks. they dont mention russia once. if he sticks to those prepared remarks, he is not expected to name anything about the russia investigation as a top funding priority, at least not in the beginning. he is expected to kick off the proceeding by stressing the importance of having funding for fighting terrorism and tackling the opioid epidemic and removing aliens from the country. he is sti...

Star witness in this investigation? >> jeff? >> i dont think so. he is the director of the fbi. thats how he got this job. both of them were directors of the fbi. i just dont think that represents a conflict. sure they know each other. a lot of people who work together in washington know each other. >> i think more of a mentor, mentee relationship. >> i agree with jeffrey and everyone else and david. this would increase the level of this crisis by 100 fold. every single member of congress, repub...

Difficult issues for him to try to navigate today. not the least of which is how many times he met with russian officials and didnt fully disclose those during his testimony in his confirmation hearings? i think you can let him off the hook for perjury. the way the question was asked months ago was different. now they will be much sharper, more finely honed question for him and i think he volunteered to come. he said i want this to be public and want to do it on my own terms. clearly he knows th...

Depends on that, etc. thats as close as weve gotten to all this. >> shannon: its about accounting this hearing, but its not. its going to a lot of other places. >> bill: rex tillerson is talking and the big moment is today at 2:30 when jeff sessions appears. stay tuned. we are over working on that stuff for you as we go throughout the morning. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study e...

F.b.i. director made last week he expressed concern saying dont leave me alone with the president, those kinds of things. will you probe those conversations as well? >> that should be probed. when that came out i thought it was an odd statement for jim comey to make. it leaves the impression that sessions was trying to. sessions was in the room waiting with comey when the president said he wanted comey to stay so sessions did what he should have done. the president asked everyone else to leave b...

Should get in and do something. we expect to get zero. >> bill: are we getting closer to getting a bill passed in the senate? house majority leader kevin mccarthy is live on that. >> shannon: former nba star dennis rodman heading back to north korea again. the motives behind the trip? hum. >> bill: the top story. a.g. jeff sessions before the committee today. yesterday judge napolitano said on our program he had some big concerns about that happening. so how does he feel about this today? >> its...

Korean prison. secretary of state rex tillerson will appear on capitol hill. other testimony from rod rosenstein before another senate committee this hour. it is a busy day and a busy big hour of "americas newsroom." ifm owe shannon bream. >> bill: good morning to you. >> shannon: buckle up. >> bill: never take it off. bill hemmer, good morning. a day for pointed questions and dramatic testimony about to happen. a normally dry hearing on budget matters morphing into an opportunity for senators t...

But not resign. that would be putting a religious test the other direction to say you are opposed to a certain religion. he should apologize and make a clear statement im not trying to put a religious test on people. people can believe what they want to believe and it doesnt preclude them from serving in government. >> shannon: thank you so much for your time. >> bill: the white house now firing back against the report that president trump was considering firing special counsel robert mueller. w...