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The Attorney General was questioned for several hours by muellers Team Last Week on wednesday, according to a source close to sessions. Former fbi director comey, he spoke with investigators last year. The interviews, we know, focused on two things. First, russias meddling in the election. And second, whether or not President Trump obstructed justice since taking office, especially as it concerns his firing of james comey in may. Jeff sessions and james comey, they are of key interest. Sessions ...

Especially as it concerns his firing of james comey in may. jeff sessions and james comey, they are of key interest. sessions for his meetings with the russian ambassador during the campaign, and of course the fact that he was involved in the firing of james comey. of course, as for former fbi director james comey, he took many notes that hes talked about, about his interactions with the president, and of course the special counsel will be interested in comey expanding upon those. the president ...

Not at all. >> did you talk to him about it? >> didnt, but im not at all concerned. >> reporter: sessions interview is a major development in shoot probe. the white house has continually said that it is cooperating with muellers investigation. >> thank you. robert muellers team is interested in why the president asked the fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe, who he vote for in the 2016 election. mccabe was acting director at the time of the discussion. according to a story first reported by the "...

Lead to something like impeachment. thats the remedy if the president has broken certain laws. the question of obstruction seems to be front and center. you could i think infer that from the fact that theres so much of a focus on why was comey fired, what was the president thinking. he said on national television, the president did, well, it was because of the russia probe and how he handled it. and he didnt like any of that. its one thing to say that to lester holt on nbc news. its another to s...

In that regard, why doesnt he just end the investigation because its wasting the taxpayers money? >> look, we want to see this come to a complete and full conclusion. i think we all know what everybody in this room would do if the president did that. and i dont think its helpful to the process. >> the report on muellers plans coming as we learn two critical players in the probe have already spoken to muellers team including a member of the cabinet. more from jessica schneider in washington. >> r...

The significant amount of mistrust both sides that could be sort of coloring the interactions, almost setting the groundwork for how mccabe described their interactionses in his contemporaneous memos. no word from the white house or directly from the president. he said at a rally in missouri that he planned to get rid of the lingering stench at the fbi and justice department, but no direct mention of rosenstein at all. and while its too early to tell exactly what rosensteins fate as the number-t...

Efforts by the president or others to hamper the investigation. cnn sources say the terms for questioning the president are far from set. >> mr. trumps lawyers want him to answer in written form only but understand there may be in-person interviews. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was asked why the president has not simply fired mueller. she said in part because of how the media would react. >> why doesnt the president just get rid of bob mueller, just fire him? mr. gidley said today that...

To the proper functioning of those agencies. and over and over again, you see the president kind of stomping all over that. again, for anybody who is maybe tuning in to this for the first time -- we talk about it every day -- but its like, are these the actions of a man with nothing to hide. the answer to me is obvious. >> when you look at who has been interviewed in the probe at this point, it is a long list now. what does it tell you about where they are here? look at -- look at that. weve got...

Attorney general rod rosenstein. he was ask good it today. >> you figure that out. >> the firing of rod rosenstein in my view would be an act of injustice. ♪ this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good morning to you and happy saturday. were so glad to have you on board here. some new words from devin nunes leaving a lot of questions this morning. one of the big ones is will the leaders of the fbi and the department of justice, officials who were previously held...