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Spoke with Sergey Kislyak last july. It was during these conversations, im told by j. D. Gordon, they talked about improving relations between the u. S. And russia. It was dur thag time, erin, that j. D. Gordon says he went to the convention, Advocating On Behalf of the campaign for language in the gop platform that advocated against the arming of the ukrainians in their fights against the prorussian rebels. That is something the Trump Campaign denied they were doing at the time. It denied it wa...

Investigationing a campaign i have a role in. >> reporter: the well of affection runs deep. sessions was the first senator to endorse the long-shot presidential candidate in february, 2016. >> i am pleased to endorse donald trump for the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: at a time when many in the gop eye trump, sessions became one of trumps biggest boosters on the campaign trail. >> theres one man with a strength, a courage, determination, the guts, the challenge, the thing that is ...

Attorney general is to serve and protect the people of the united states and that is exactly what he will do and do better than anybody else can. >> reporter: now, three weeks after leaving the senate and being sworn in as attorney general, one of trumps top officials is already facing calls to resign. >> in retrospect, i should have slowed down and said i did meet one russian official a couple times. that would be the ambassador. >> reporter: now, the sessions matter may be settled in the eyes ...

Kislyak and now turns out jared kushner and michael flynn, jer sessions and multiple other members of the national security team involved in meetings with this ambassador. >> frankly, if i had been in the cia and met with russian officials and not reported it in writing, i would be fired. this is just really, truly crossed the line. i dont care that hes ambassador. all the ambassadors are co-opted by the kgb. they operate and recruit. the great ames, the mole inside the cia was run by a ministry...

Russian ambassador came to new york, went to trump tower, met with michael flynn and jared kushner. of course we know about jeff sessions having two meetings, one outside the convention in cleveland. how big of a deal is this? >> its a big deal. i think as the day has moved on, erin, it is clear the recusal is not enough thchlt is the top law enforcement officer of the nation. this is the largest law enforcement bureau in the country, over 100,000 strong. the integrity of the law enforcement in ...

They have experts who are there to advise them on these things. im sure that kislyak cant just -- i shouldnt say im sure, im not sure of anything anymore. im sure he didnt call and say jeff, i would like to come chat with you and sessions didnt mention it to anybody. if that were the case, it would be more disturbing. the bottom line, you have this story that is unresolved about what was, if there was a level of collusion between the russians and the trump campaign, sessions was deeply involved ...

Did you talk about the election to russian officials. he said no. do you believe hes lying? i dont believe the attorney general of the united states. i think most of the american public is going to find it just not credible that the attorney general -- look, he -- the fbi reports to the attorney general. the attorney general reports to the white house. what do we know thus far? we know the white house is talking to the deputy attorney general asking him to kind of counter stories in what they ca...

What is your reaction? the president coming out to slam democrats, but acknowledging he could have stated his response more accurately to congress. >> its important to point out given the statement, there were more than a few republicans on capitol hill who called for general sessions to recuse himself. there are more than a few republicans participating in these intelligence committee reviews who said they take it quite seriously. so, i understand the strategy, to contain the thing and turn it ...

>> would you use that statement in a court of law to impeach a witness on the witness stand? >> would i use it -- >> would you use it against sessions if he was on the witness stand in a case you were trying? >> thats the point. franken should have followed up. i would have used it for a follow up question. my follow up question would have been, are you saying you did not have any contact with the russians either in your official role or anything else? that would have been the question. al frank...

About his contacts with the russian ambassador. trump said he didnt believe he should recuse himself. sarah murray is out front. >> reporter: a defiant trump is standing by his closest ally, insisting attorney general jeff sessions has his full support. >> do you have confidence in him? >> total. >> should he have spoke truthfully? >> he probably did. >> reporter: the president saying he believes the attorney general testified truthfully even though sessions failed to disclose two meetings with ...