attorney general is to serve and protect the people of the united states and that is exactly what he will do and do better than anybody else can. >> reporter: now, three weeks after leaving the senate and being sworn in as attorney general, one of trump's top officials is already facing calls to resign. >> in retrospect, i should have slowed down and said i did meet one russian official a couple times. that would be the ambassador. >> reporter: now, the sessions matter may be settled in the eyes of the president, but this evening, we learned about even more contacts that happened during the presidential campaign around the convention, then again in december with members of donald trump's campaign and the russian ambassador. erin, it's an indication the russia story isn't going away anytime soon and continues to cast the shadow over the white house. >> that's for sure, especially with the breaking news tonight. more contacts between the