Page 2 - Jonathan Lemir News Today

Discredit his presidency, the suggestion that russia was involved, contacts with russia make him an illegitimate commander in chief. he cant let it go. he interrupts mings about other top beings to talk about it. im not surprised at all it spilled out in this interview. >> do you think that this is going to -- you saw from jeff sessions a continued focus on the agenda, what theyre there to do. what youve been seeing from the president, jonathan, is him not talking staiing on his agenda. this is ...

Doesnt necessarily -- look what happened to steve bannon a few months ago, even reince priebus again and again and again. we dont know what jeff sessions future is at this point. he did offer that resignation, you did point out. i dont know that he will do that again, given this situation. doesnt mean it will be changed necessarily. >> reporter for "the wall street journal" and white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemir, who will be with us all morning long. pick up where pete...

What that news conference was about, but instead the presidents comments in "the new york times" about his attorney general and deputy attorney general as well. you heard jeff sessions give that full-throated defense saying hes here, hes serving, does not feel distracted, in essence, that he loves his job and the department and will continue to serve in that capacity. i want to bring back in our panel, jonathan lemir as well and lawyera jeff sessions is a loyal soldier. he is continuing to do wh...

Russia. when president trump says why would russia do this? russia is a country thats dependant on commodity surprise. they have been in recession since 2014. household incomes are on a decline and the cost there suffering financially. we are seeing a hit to their education system and healthcare system. every single time crude oil goes down a dollar, it costs their economy billions and between 2013 and 2016, we saw crude going $108 to below $30. theyre not our peers and talk to us about what lif...

Of mr. trump when he visited moscow. eck tell y i can tell you this. when president trump was in moscow, i did not know he was in moscow. i treated mr. trump with the utmost respect. when he was a businessman, nobody informed me that he was in moscow. well, please, just disregard this and dont think about this anymore again. >> jonathan lemir, white house reporter for the associated press. msnbcs analyst to join me now. jonathan, take me inside the room, were you surprised by that answer? >> it ...