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Investigation. but thats not what senator graham is saying. >> lets talk about that. jeff sessions were replaced, robert mueller woe, the to the acting attorney general rod rosenstein whos the deputy, thats the guy he reports to right now. he could be would be the acting. but if theres a new attorney general, how much control would the president then have over the russia investigation? >> you know, i think he wishes it would empower him to control the investigation, obviously. but thats not goin...

Qualified that has the confident of the president? will also understand their job is to protect mueller? yes, i think we can find that person after the election if thats what the president wants. >> clearly the president agrees with sessions on almost everything except the fact that he recused himself from the russia probe. david, is that enough for the president to dump him? >> well, senator graham has set himself up in this role as sort of the honest broker or marriage counselor between the at...

Said. i think were popular but theres a real question as to whether people are going to vote if im not -- and going on here with this statement, on the ballot and im not on the ballot. a lot of people think i dont like congress, people say. the president goes on here in this statement, im not voting because the president doesnt like congress. its not a question of like or dislike. president continuing here with this statement, its a question that they will overturn everything that weve done and ...

Reward donald trump by confirming someone else. >> if he were to fire sessions, the department attorney general rod rosenstein would be the acting attorney general, the president has no great love for rod rosenstein either. so if he fires him you move down that chain of command. lets talk about rudy giuliani, the presidents personal lawyer. hes trying now, hes open to the strategy of undermining mueller and the entire investigation as a witch-hunt, a rues. mueller is slightly more distrusted and...

Media sites right now. >> thats right, wolf. president trump started some new fire storms today warning going it will better be careful accusing the search engine of discriminating against conservative voices including himself. the question is just how far the white house is willing to go. one top adviser said the white house may start investigating google. president trump has just taken his battling against the news immediate yo ya to the next level. now hes warning he may be coming after socia...

Washington. the defense raised the possibility that they might want to try moving this case out of washington, of course they failed do that in the case in virginia which, of course, was the one that just concluded last week in alexandria. wolf. >> suburban washington, d.c., alexandria, virginia. thank you very much. joining us now senator richard blumenthal. hes a democrat and serves on the judiciary and armed services commit ties. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> i want to get to tha...

Insiberia over the weekend. this was in southern siberia, a wolf which was actually very close to mongolia. you can see him hiking there. you can see him taking a trip on the wofr. this is something, wolf, that the russian president does from time to time to show hes very much in command but hes a strong leader for the russians, also trying to portray that abroad as well. one of the things that many folks thought was interesting it was not just vladimir putin in that video but also his defense s...

Former epa chief, put him in charge. if he did that he could get rid of mueller but there would be serious hell to pay on capitol hill and the voters, they could put democrats in the house and impeach him. >> ron, let me get ron first and then ill get jeffrey in. mitch mcconnell says he has total confidence in the attorney general. weigh in on the point that rachel just made, there are these obscure regulations that would allow the president to effectively take control. >> you wanted me or jeff ...

This is a republican party that is owned by donald trump. the senators are owned by donald trump. and they will do whatever he wants. he wants sessions out, sessions will be gone. sessions is a dead man walking and they will install, if they have the majority, which seems likely that they will, they will install someone. and that person will fire mueller with absolute impunity. >> and you think that even moderate republicans like susan collins or murkowski would go along with that kind of strate...

On trying to refine some questions, some 49 questions that jurors here in washington are going to be questioned about before they decide whether they can sit and be unbiased and hear this case against paul manafort here in washington. in the end, one of the things that -- the discussion today in court was whether or not jurors were going to be asked whether or not they voted in 2016, whether they had any thoughts about ukraine and the former government of ukraine which is, of course, who paul ma...