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Said. i think were popular but theres a real question as to whether people are going to vote if im not -- and going on here with this statement, on the ballot and im not on the ballot. a lot of people think i dont like congress, people say. the president goes on here in this statement, im not voting because the president doesnt like congress. its not a question of like or dislike. president continuing here with this statement, its a question that they will overturn everything that weve done and ...

Former epa chief, put him in charge. if he did that he could get rid of mueller but there would be serious hell to pay on capitol hill and the voters, they could put democrats in the house and impeach him. >> ron, let me get ron first and then ill get jeffrey in. mitch mcconnell says he has total confidence in the attorney general. weigh in on the point that rachel just made, there are these obscure regulations that would allow the president to effectively take control. >> you wanted me or jeff ...

Very ominous. jim acosta, thank you very much. lets talk a little bit more about jeff sessions future and whether he has the support he needs among his former republican colleagues in the senate. were joined by our congressional correspondent, phil mattingly is up on capitol hill. we heard mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, express his total confidence in sessions. >> reporter: it was a very strong statement, a statement with an intended audience. that audience being the man who inhabi...