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>> now clearly president trump has been taking some flack, including from members of his own party for his treatment of jeff sessions. that seemed like a not very veiled riff about what was going on there. as for sessions fate, trump gave no clue as to which way he was leaning. >> joining me is michael bender who interviewed the president. attorney general sessions was the first sitting senator to endorse the president during the campaign. you had a fascinating exchange with him about sessions a...

Large crowd. >> thats right. and jeff sessions is a politician. im sure there was some calculation. and hes probably not 100% incorrect there. but sessions backed trump because of philosophical alignment with what trump was saying on immigration at a time when the almost entirety of the party, certainly in washington, was criticizing what trump was saying. so, i mean, they lined up perfectly back then which is why sessions endorsed trump over ted cruz which you remember back then was pretty -- w...

One of his earliest supporters. that goes back to the decision jeff sessions made to recuse himself from the russia probe. president trump didnt like that decision, wasnt informed before it was made, thought it was unnecessary and blames it according to people close to him for a lot of things that happened since then, including now the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the matter. >> caddy kay, another day, some argue another week lost to russia despite any and all plans the admini...

The senate intelligence committee. the firing of former f.b.i. director james comey and russia. >> bill: team fox coverage this morning. john roberts live at the white house and james lankford is here in a moment. first catherine herridge begins our coverage back in the hearing room on capitol hill. catherine, what will happen today? >> good morning. our expectation is that the attorney general jeff sessions will address at least two key issues that were raised during last weeks testimony from t...

>> yes. sean spicer was asked about it. he said its unclear whether the administration will exert executive privilege and attempt to block jeff sessions from answering questions. that sets up a scenario like we saw last week where the director of national intelligence was just refusing to answer some questions because he was awaiting guidance from the administration. so you could have a situation tomorrow where jeff sessions is being asked all sorts of very important relevant questions and is no...

Have for senator jeff sessions, now a.g. >> three issues. did he have any conversations with russians. the accusation has been there that at that time senator sessions, every time he passed by or met with the russian ambassador should be brought up for questioning. quite frankly its absurd to say if there was -- was there planning or collusion is a legitimate issue. was there any passing conversations, senators have passing conversations with people all the time. what was his role in the firing ...

Host of "a.m. joy" on weekends on msnbc. ken dilanian, i want you to take us over what nbc news is reporting tonight, adding to all of this. >> absolutely, lawrence. and first i want to be very clear about one thing. jeff sessions adamantly denies that he had a meeting with sergey kislyak at that mayflower hotel event. his spokesman denies it on the record. and this is one of the reasons, you know, ive known about this and ive been reporting on this meeting for a while as i think have some other...

Produced by donald trump. after yesterdays reports that attorney general jeff sessions may have had a secret meeting at washingtons mayflower hotel with the russian ambassador last spring, nbc news is reporting today that that meeting included jeff sessions, jared kushner, and donald trump, who gave a campaign speech that day at the mayflower hotel. last night on this program, senator al franken revealed that he and senator patrick leahy sent a letter to the fbi in march, asking them to investig...

>> the fbi and congress are now examining this campaign event last spring in washington. >> some say the russians wont be reasonable. i intend to find out. >> before the speech, there was a vip reception. and the russian ambassador was there, as well as jeff session. >> i dont recall. it is possibility. >> his explanation was terrible. >> i dont recall. >> it seems like amnesia is contagious. everybody in this organization seems to get it from one another. >> putin for the first time, he has ack...

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