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Against him. the president recently said naming sessions attorney general was, quote, the biggest mistake of his presidency, lester >> kristen welker, thanks also in washington, opening statements in the trial of roger stone the former trump adviser is charged with lying to congress, trying to conceal his alleged effort to gain insights about democrats hacked emails in 2016 stones lawyers say he never intended to mislead congress steve bannon, the presidents former chief strategist, will be a ...

Republicans chances of keeping both houses of congress. and afterwards win or lose, i think that he will fire jeff sessions. because i think he wants an attorney general who will be his bouncer, you know, at the velvet ropes protecting him, not as he said when naming sessions, not protecting the united states, but protecting him. i think that is what he wants. and whether or not that person goes all the way and fires rosenstein and mueller and shuts the investigation down to the extent that he o...

Easier after this doug jones win and republicans are probably a lot more concerned about seats like nevada and arizona. there is the potential for a flip, but youre right. the cascading effects now of donald trump naming sessions as his a.g. from the russia investigation to now losing this seat, the president was already frus stated. you have to wonder if thats going to grow. >> all right. nice to see you all this morning. thank you so much for your analysis. and then theres this. was the pres...

>> reporter: in alabama its not political but personal. >> im extremely disappointed with whats gone on here lately. >> reporter: jeff sessions is from alabama. voters electing him four times to the u.s. senate. the last time he was on the post. >> hes pretty well liked here. >> yeah. loved maybe even. >> yeah. >> reporter: sessions was the first senator to endorse candidate trump and political insiders said that turned many skeptics into trump voters ares. >> make america great again. >> the en...