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Triggered a chain of events leading to the appointment of robert mueller last month. the anger on display this week when he slammed the justice department for watering down his original travel ban. something the president had to approve. sources say trump would not accept a resignation from jeff sessions. there could be difficulties finding replacement and backlash. in the short-term, if sessions were to leave, he would be replaced by the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who by the way is ...

How do you see this as political fallout over legal fallout? >> im less clear how coats will handle it under the guise of sur fa surveillance hearings. i think comey will not talk about russia specifically. things that may overlap with the special counsel robert mueller is looking into. i think comey as i understand it and we have to wait and see, but if the reports are correct, he will say, number one, that he did not tell the president three times the president was not under investigation. im ...

good morning to you. it is tuesday, december the 20th. im ali velshi joined again by alina cho this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. so glad youre with us and up first, the u.s. keeping an eye out for advancing troops and any other threatening moves after the death of a dictator in north korea. north korean media show the images of kim jong-ils body laid out in a glass coffin. his third son and successor, kim jong un, paying respects. and live for us in seoul, south korea...

im erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the u.s. pullout of iraq and its final hours. in 19 days all troops will be out. iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki traveled to washington to meet president obama today. >> this is a historic moment. a war is ending. a new day is upon us. and let us never forget those who gave us this chance. the untold number of iraqis who have given their lives. more than 1 million americans, military and civilian, who have served in iraq. nearly 4,500 fallen am...

im erin burnett. "out front" tonight, the u.s. pullout of iraq and its final hours. in 19 days all troops will be out. iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki traveled to washington to meet president obama today. >> this is a historic moment. a war is ending. a new day is upon us. and let us never forget those who gave us this chance. the untold number of iraqis who have given their lives. more than 1 million americans, military and civilian, who have served in iraq. nearly 4,500 fallen am...

Jim comey says tomorrow i never told the president he was under investigation. we have three options. donald trump lied. donald trump badly misunderstood something or james comey is lying. two of the three are not very good for trump. the third is while a group of people who support donald trump who believe that, seems a little bit implausible. >> a lot of this will be a function of spin coming out of this hearing tomorrow, there is a fourth option. heres what it is, jon. yeah, it is what we thi...