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So does sessions stay or go? it would be very difficult for the president to get rid of him because it would be very difficult to find a replacement. there is something else to are can. consider. of sessions built up a huge following. now those conservative followers seem to be coming to his rescue. >> thats right. republicans in the senator rallying to his support right now. not to mention conservative media. thank you very much. lets discuss all this. joining us mark preston, jack kingston and...

Defense -- said it avery -- >> can he do that? can i president just decide im not sort of confirming that are with he good on this, and thats just that, or does he need the consensus of a team on that? >> well see the federal government it enormous, being the worlds most powerful, some argue its not sustainable. this is how trump is running his white house. >> as he would say time will tell. >> a whole lot of things rite now. david, thanks so much. >> if youre wondering what jeff sessions is thi...

Our namilitary can be burdened with medical cost and disruption that transgenders would entail. the rand corporation that helped form this policy for the obama administration, senator, says that cost for the reassignment surgeries would be somewhere between 2.4 and $8.4 million. thats what the president says. your response? >> im sure we will have hearings on that in the armed services committee and also in the defense appropriations committee that i serve. we will go from there. >> senator rich...

We do have breaking news. we just learned the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions is at the white house. were told the meetings are routine. nothing routine with the attorney general. the president of the united states tweeting new criticism about the attorney general. want to bring in a friend of the attorney general, represent senator richard shelby of alabama. served in the senate alongside jeff sessions for a long time. senator, thank you so much for being with us. you are so...

He deserves better than this. he is not the presidents personal lawyer. he is the attorney general of the united states. he took an oath to the constitution, not to the president. and i think the president needs to realize that, that he is not his lawyer. he recused himself when he thought he had a possible conflict, and i think he did the right thing. he has had a lot of experience in law enforcement. he is on the judiciary committee, former united states attorney for a long time. he is a man w...

>> thanks, senator murphy. senator merkowski. >> thank you, senator. there is added benefit to being one of the last in the chain here to ask questions because it certainly gives me a clear idea of where youre coming from, congressman, on some of these issues that are so important to us. we havent had as much conversation about the rural aspects of health care, which, of course, are very important to me. we had a chance last night to hear from the nominee for education, and i pointed out to her,...

Lisa merkowski. this is what he wrote. senator lisa merkowski of the great state of alaska really let the republicans and our country down yesterday. too bad. senator merkowskis name now part of the presidents growing naughty list that now includes his own attorney general jeff sessions. the president seems to be trying to push him out. this morning sources tell cnn that several white house officials are telling the president 0 back off. lets begin with the health care debate. mj, where are we? ...

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Back in the good graces of the president. still, the question is whether president trump want the the ag out. heres what the communications director said about that. >> do you think that hes going to get rid of jeff sessions? because he seems to be injuring him in public? >> i dont know the answer to that. i would recommend to every cabinet secretary and every teammate have a tough skin. >> have they spoken? >> i dont know the answer. >> sessions, of course was the first sitting united states se...