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>> well, weve all heard the president say publicly that he was very upset when sessions made the decision to recuse himself from the investigation. which was because he had misstated to congress times about his meetings with russian officials. so he stepped aside and the president was immediately angry and asked if this could be reversed so that sessioned could continue to be involved and oversee this investigation which he stepped aside. and coinciding with this he was also having a back and fo...

The reporting being the acting attorney general, rod rosenstein, and then, of course, a judge in our constitutional system. i wonder, then, richard, what you think of donald trumps statement that this is something that for him brings back the recusal issue, as he says. when he says, the attorney general made a material mistake when he recused himself moments ago, does that suggest that donald trump is yet again, like the lester holt interview, expressing an inappropriate view of the justice depa...

The way the justice department works, its deliberate, its slow. if this was rob rosensteins idea, he would have worked on this memo and sent it through the chain of command. it is a slow deliberation. the fact theyre both dated the same day he was fired leads us to believe it was an outcome they predetermined. you can hear the white house saying, we need to get rid of jim comey because we cant control him. and rod rosenstein seems to have gone along with it. >> in terms of next steps here, first...

I think you know -- >> and youre watching attorney general jeff sessions on capitol hill being questioned by members of the senate judiciary committee, and you just heard an exchange with senator chris coons. i want to bring if matt miller, who is chief justice analyst and of course eric hague who is in capitol hill. matt, let me just pick up with you on this exchange we just witnessed. you heard senator coons press sessions on the fact that he recused himself from the russia probe. so, therefor...

Farce. both of those memos are a farce, both dated today. let me tell you, the way the department of justice works, its deliberate, slow. he would have worked on this memo and sent it up through the chain of command. they were going to slow deliberation. the fact theyre both dated today the same day hes fired, awe of it leads you to believe this was an out come they predetermined. you can imagine the white house saying, we need to get rid of jim comey we cant control him. they worked out a way j...

Which is that this is about trump russia or what they say it is about he should be recused in either case. are we putting too much emphasis on the word recused? >> it is supposed to mean something. the entire process is a farce. look at the dates of the memos. let me tell you, the way the department of justice works it is deliberate and slow. if this is his idea he would have worked on the memo and sent it through the chain of command to the attorney general tlmpt would have been a slow delibera...

Getting in. attorney general jeff sessions will make a statement, were told, at the department of justice at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. less than an hour from now. about 40 minutes from now we expect a statement out of jeff sessions, as pete williams was reporting a few minutes ago, he is a person who likes to speak for himself. so not surprising he would want to come out and give a statement. i want to pick up where you were. ambassador hill rushgs saying, you can understand why he would have thos...

Involving hillary clinton or the clinton campaign and e-mails. then i understand, i wasnt present, senator blumenthal asked you for hypotheticals whether youd recuse yourself on emule. and you said youd take it case by case. what if hypothetical, same as hillary clinton, we deal with an investigation that involves the trump campaign or anyone in the trump campaign, would you recuse yourself as attorney general from that prosecution? >> well, my response to the -- my recusal issue, i made public ...