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White house, the president considering asking for the firing of robert mueller as special counsel. and then there is more huge testimony on capitol hill. attorney general jeff sessions will appear before the senate intelligence committee. he will face a flurry of questions, among them, what role did he have in the firing of james comey, did he have a third undisclosed meeting with the russian ambassador, did he offer his resignation to president trump last week? we have a lot to cover this morni...

>> yeah, thats right. president putin denied, denied .denied again. he denied that the russian government was involved in hacking. he denied that the russians intervened in the u.s. elections and he denies there was any type of trump transition team in the idea of lifting sanctions. take a listen. >> that is just absurd what theyre saying. i dont know where these people have come from that distribute this kind of information. my answer is no, no agreements whatever. we never even got down to tha...

Michigan replaced richard nixon you may have former governor mike pence the vice president coming in and becoming president within a year. >> douglas, do you think they are anywhere near that. watergate started with an underlying felony. you had the break in. here were talking about obstruction of justice which is not helped by his firing of comey. if he hadnt fired comey he wouldnt have much political argument about it absent comey saying i was scared by what he said. if he was that scared. >> ...

Afoot? >> reporter: look, north korea is all-in when it comes to the missile program and nuclear program. every time i go into the country, i hear the same thing. they believe they have the right to be recognized as a nuclear state. they will do that at any cost. despite international saknction, the last to be put are the nuclear programs. the two big issues next week. this could be the opening act. the legislative gathering. the supreme peoples assembly. on saturday, the biggest holiday of the ...

Health insurance for them and their employees. >> thank you so much from the "washington post." >> joining me now david urbin, first to you, on the then candidate. then nominee and now the president promising americans you woent lose your coverage ad keeping his promise and how does that square the with numbers i think i heard sean spicer say the president intends to keep his promise, what did you make of that? >> brooke, i think this is an opening act in a long play, negotiations to get a house...

>> in this legislation you cant completely replace it. you need subsequent legislation that will require 60 votes in the united states senate, and i take it you havent worked with any democrats in crafting this legislation that might make it more appealing to them. >> this one we can do on our own. that next package will have to be a bipartisan majority for these fundamental insurance marketplace reforms that are going to make health insurance much more portable, more competitive. this is the op...

Beginning. when we look at this spectacle tonight, i think to some degree you can make the argument that its the opening act in the 2018 midterm elections and only three times in the last 100 years has the incumbent presidents party picked up seats in that election. really the clock starts ticking on tax reform, on obamacare, on all the many promises the president made. and he could well end this year without accomplishing any of them. >> sustained applause there for melania trump. admittedly a ...

>> ive known mike flynn many years. this is clearly part of the beginning of a demonstration of this administrations commitment to military confrontation. weve just seen the opening act. >> we dont want military confrontation. >> if we can avoid it. >> if we can avoid it. of course. >> i think its important to note, this has been building. thiston ju todidnt come out of right field. >> i understand that. its been going on for quite some time. seems like a test by iran, test of the new president....

Our next equestrian unit is the freedom riders from greeley, colorado. consisting of all female writers between the ages of 16 and 60 years old. they participated in two previous inaugurations for presidents george w. bush and barack obama. they were the featured opening act in north texas. these beautiful equestrian units come out lets hear it for the colorado freedom riders. and now, ladies and gentlemen, from west virginia, the frankfort high school marching band.

Im gonna step out with my favorite girl. ask your heart doctor about entresto®. and help make the gift of tomorrow possible. welcome back. hillary clinton hit the campaign trail hard this weekend with celebrities joining her in droves. katy perry performed with her on stage at a rally in philadelphia, and clinton has a new ad out set to perry and anthem "roar." lebron james spoke at a rally in cleveland, ohio, and just last night singer/song writer james taylor was clintons opening act in new...