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>> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, im not aware of any of those that cavities. i have been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign and i do not have communications with the russians. im unable to comment on it. chris: i only have a little over a minute left here do believe senator sessions lead to that committee that you are a member of?...

Reporter: of the land. a democrat that even with the attorney general jeff sessions are choosing himself investigations around the 2016 election, they are concerned there could be more connection between the trump administration and russia and ultimately the investigation wont get to the bottom of russia trying to influence our election. fox news sunday democratic senator chris kuhn insisted on the judiciary foreign relations committee also said he believed some of those questions about ties to ...

This. here he is on fox news sunday. he certainly misspoke when he did not had comedic issue with the russians. and whether or not that is a well for misrepresentation i think it its something we should investigate. he ought to come back and answer questions. and clear the air and get to the bottom of this. and this week they are scheduled to hold confirmation hearings for the deputy attorney general who will take over for sessions in the russian investigations and we are here --dash make sure t...

>> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, im not aware of any of those that cavities. i have been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign and i do not have communications with the russians. im unable to comment on it. chris: i only have a little over a minute left here do believe senator sessions lead to that committee that you are a member of?...

That just was not true and this is not an area in which to fudge the truth. >> it strikes me also, im curious to hear what you think as a lawyer who worked in the white house that congressional testimony is reviewed by staff afterwards. they go back through the transcript and attempt to catcher or ares. in fact, famously james comeys letter, the famous comey letter, was, he said, an attempt to correct what could have been misimpression in the testimony he gave before congress about the hillary c...

Afterwards. they go back through the transcript and attempt to catcher or ares. in fact, famously james comeys letter, the famous comey letter, was, he said, an attempt to correct what could have been misimpression in the testimony he gave before congress about the hillary clinton, e-mail investigation. does it strike you as odd that the committee wasnt notified? >> i dont know who reviewed the staff, reviewed the testimony. i dont know if director comey had anything do with it but the fact of t...

Between trump people and ranking officials, and he categorically denied he knew anything about that and there are no facts other than what has been published in the newspaper and he was not part of any of that, so i would really disagree with your characterization that it was a misrepresentation. having read that i would conclude -- >> senator, let me read the written exchange he had with senator leahy, several senior officials have russian ties have you been in contact with anyone in the russia...

Involving any of the counterintelligence issues concerning russia. i am now convinced that an independent prosecutor is necessary. >> should the attorney general resign? >> i have not had a chance to go through the testimony that senator sessions gave. i want to reserve judgment until i have a chance to study exactly what he said. certainly, if you willfully misled the senate, then yes, he should step down, but i want to have a chance to look more into the facts before i reach a conclusion about...

I want to reserve judgment until i have a chance to study exactly what he said. certainly if he willfully misled the senate during his confirmation then, yes, he should step down. i want to look more into the facts before i reach a conclusion about whether that was a willful misrepresentation. >> an independent prosecutor is appointed, what does that do to your committees investigation? >> well, the committee investigation goes on. regardless of whether an independent prosecutor -- those are, i ...

During that, whoever the president is, tells you what theyre laying out for the night. yesterday the indication was this path to potential legalization for those that were here that have not committed crimes. he made it sound as if this was going to come up. so he got hours and hours of coverage about that before last nights address and poof, it was gone. what he said was going to happen did not happen. that was a bit of a misrepresentation, was it not? >> they didnt actually say it was going to...