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Assumption, julie. >> julie: katherine harris, thank you so much. he did improve those 100 officials that he met with, only after it was filed. well talk more about that in a moment. meantime, president trump tweeting about his attorney general, jeff sessions, and saying, why are investigators and beleaguered ag not looking into hillary clinton and russian relations? also tweeting that republicans have a last chance to repeal and replace obamacare. just ahead of expected vote in the senate this ...

Uncomfortable look that every establishment gopper has when theyre trying to defend this president. many of whom republicans dont recognize. >> all right. david, stand by for me if you can. i want to bring in justice dependent spokesman, matt miller, now. matt, how does the timing of spicers resignation strike you? >> obviously, you cant ignore it came in a week where really the white house in a lot of ways looks like its in meltdown. as chris jansing mentioned earlier, wednesday the president a...

>> so when you say it appears to you that the president will be, you know, cleared of this cloud and fully vindicated, how do you make sense of what came out in the james comey testimony the president asked his ag, son-in-law and chief of staff to leave the room so he could say to the head of the fbi, i sure wish that you could back off this investigation of -- >> no he didnt say hope. >> i hope could you back off this investigation of michael flynn? >> no, he didnt say that. he said i hope this...

Stepping into the shoes of loretta lynch and the attorney general, that this case should not be prosecuted. that was something that was improper for him to do. theres a number of things that happen since the timeline, going back to july 5th. president trump had the authority to do this. he acted based on his evaluation of this persons ability and suitability to serve and he made the decision to terminate. he informed his ag and deputy a ag. that is where we stand. still 48 hours later, you have ...

Stepping into the shoes of loretta lynch and the attorney general, that this case should not be prosecuted. that was something that was improper for him to do. theres a number of things that happen since the timeline, going back to july 5th. president trump had the authority to do this. he acted based on his evaluation of this persons ability and suitability to serve and he made the decision to terminate. he informed his ag and deputy a ag. that is where we stand. still 48 hours later, you have ...

Immigrants, saying hes taking the fight to sanctuary cities. we know that you are a passionate advocate for immigration rights, documented and undocumented. what is your number one concern with president trump and his ag, jeff sessions and what they are doing currently. >> one thing that started is a horrible propaganda effort called voice, highlighting crimes by immigrants even though they commit them objectively, at lower rates than those born here. >> you think they are being unfairly highlig...

Medical marijuana amendment in november. now were in conflict with federal law, as many other states are. the obama administration kind of chose not to districtly enforce those federal marijuana laws. my question to you is with jeff sessions over at the department of justice and his ag, whats going to be the trump administrations position on marijuana legalization where its in state/federal conflict like this? >> nanthanks. theres two distinct issues -- medical marijuana and recreational marijua...

>> thank you. how are you. >> and there is this one from the university in 1998. you are fighting back? >> absolutely. you are going to see us, i would say, have the brass knuckles on from here until the beginning of november. heres the problem. barack obama, at his core, and the reason this all came out and the reason we are jumping on it, it proves that at his core he is somebody who believes in redistributing the money of others, the earnings of others and giving it to different folks around ...

>> thank you. how are you. >> and there is this one from the university in 1998. you are fighting back? >> absolutely. you are going to see us, i would say, have the brass knuckles on from here until the beginning of november. heres the problem. barack obama, at his core, and the reason this all came out and the reason we are jumping on it, it proves that at his core he is somebody who believes in redistributing the money of others, the earnings of others and giving it to different folks around ...

Before or after the election. second of all are they going to get cooperation from the organizations like the "new york times" as far as trying to find out who gave them the information and who were the individuals. that is the thing to look for. its a step in the right direction to have the u.s. attorneys for but this ag is so poll it willized the his office whether they will delay the report. that is why we have the investigation. >> gregg: these investigations take a long time. we cant take t...