Russian government. After the meeting did you take any further steps to prevent Trump Campaign official, visors from any further contact with the russians. You allege there were further contacts later. I dont believe i had any knowledge of contacts later and i was not in contacts with mr. Papadopoulos. I stand by this testimony at the intelligence committee. I never met with or had any conversation with any russians or foreign officials. Kennedy jim jordan used his prosecutorial skills to dig into the a. G. s russian timidity. Doesnt that warrant naming a Second Special counsel as 20 members of this committee wrote you 3 1 2 months ago asking you to do . Mr. Comey is in longer the director of the fbi. We have an excellent man of ability in chris wray and he will do taken outstanding job. Hes not here today. I would say looks like is not enough basis to appoint a special counsel. Kennedy sessions gets poor marks for his views on marijuana. In states where they have medical marijuana, they have 25 less opioid use. It gives people a way to relieve feign without using opioids which inevitably leads to death and crime. Well be look at rigorous analysis of the marijuana usage and how it plays out. Im not as optimistic as you. Kennedy hes not optimistic because he has been wrong on the issue. He took shrapnel from bipartisan grenades. Sessions seemed more flat than he has in past investigations. Lets get to the show, im kennedy. Today was the first time the attorney general testified before the House Judiciary Committee so there were lots of questions and grand standing. But despite questions on water rights, black lives matter and russia. Lets go to form White House Security staffer, Gillian Turner is here, along with media reporter at the hill, overconcha, and lawrence jones. Welcome back. There were a lot of questions about russia. A lot of particulars. Donald trump, jr. And the wikileaks text. The investigation on collusion. Where did sessions lands on some of these questions. A quick note about the hearing overall it was interesting to see how apparent it was that he lacks friends in the house. Jeff sessions was revered for having friends and great relationships on both sides of the aisle in the senate. But it does not extend to the house. Kennedy do you think that betrays an even great risk we have seen on healthcare . Probably. They did not give him an easy ride. And that was true we when it came to russia, civil rights issues, the grilling Jeff Sessions was the bipartisan issue of the day. I dont think he came out well when it came to these russia questions because he couldnt. Kennedy when he was faced with questions about whether the president could pardon members of his own family. One democratic member asked if he could pardon donald trump, jr. The attorney general said i dont know. Do you think he was protecting himself or did he come off incompetent. Incompetent. Wikileaks. Im not the attorney general. I never went to law school. If don junior gets that information from wikileaks. There is nothing illegal about that. I know this. There is the question of not just toeing the line in terms of legalling. Why would you want to be in cahoots with wikileaks. Kennedy it goes to what Hillary Clinton was saying about the dossier and how necessary it was to get that information out there. Obviously they are working both sides so people have to stop their outrage. But there are plenty other areas where you can reserve outrage. I think that the attorney general needs to do his job and you can have an investigation yourself. It seems to me Jeff Sessions has become a little squishy. He wants to be part of the departments traditions. I dont trust the department right now. I dont trust the fbi. It seems like they protect the special interests and the people that went along with their tradition. I think they need more transparency. Jeff sessions seemed to be part of that now. And that concerns me. Kennedy as attorney general you can convey passion and competence. And you dont have to reveal sensitive facts and the subjects of investigation. I dont think he did any of that. You dont have to go into detail. But you could have told the american people. Kennedy i want to touch more on that conversation you had with jim jordan. Sessions says he doesnt think there is enough evidence to look into the uranium one deal. The special counsel will eventually be assigned to that controversy. Steven boyd wrote that the doj directed senior prosecutors to make recommendations as to whether any matters not currently under investigation should be opened and whether any matters under investigation require more resources or merit the appoint of a special counsel. Will the Justice Department dig deeper into the uranium one controversy . Obviously you nova great deal about this. The problem with a special prosecutor for the uranium one deal is that it cant be political retribution it cant look like, smell like, it cant have anything to do with a political hit job. Kennedy which is why you have to take it out of congress. The president has now whether you counts twitter to be official or unofficial communications, the president has called for this via twitter. So the president is not supposed to be issuing remember last january when senator Jeff Sessions testified in front of you think it was the senate Judiciary Committee at the time. He said now would not appoint a special prosecutor to look into anything related to Hillary Clinton because she is the president s rival in this election. Kennedy that goes to lawrences point, that that makes sessions squishy. At some point even if someone was another persons rival, you still have to meter justice. Its insane when you hear the argument that because Hillary Clinton didnt win, thats her punishment. And she should be left alone. Twitter is absolutely official. Those are the official statements of the president in his own words verbatim. Also the amount of restraint when it came to a special prosecutor for donald trump concerning russia conclusion in was no evidence they participated in collusion. I just think that the Justice Department should do what we pay them to do which is investigate. Be the chief Law Enforcement of the land. Now they seem to just lets give the special prosecutionor. Kennedy the special counsel for every single case where someone might have had in this budget they hire people we dont get to vet and they dont have to answer to congress. An interesting question for you, how much is mueller getting paid for all of this. I have no idea. Kennedy how much is he paying some of these lawyers who work at highpowered firms. Its got to be six or seven figures. Kennedy last question, ill go around the horn. Did sessions stay a. G. . No. Enjoy the weather in alabama when you replace roy moore. That will solve a lot of problems. The president has got to be angry when he hears him say in the hearing today that he doesnt want to appoint a special possible youthor to look into the uranium one deal. Kennedy what are you talking about . President doesnt like him. The libertarians dont like him. Kennedy so much to discuss on a busy night. President trump expected back at the white house shortly after his nearly two week trip in asia. Just before he left the philippines he said the trip was outstanding. President trump we had a tremendously successful trip. We want fair trade for the United States. With last administrations as i said in china and loud and clear, the United States has been taken advantage of. Kennedy we still dont have a lot of details on some of those trade deals, but hes supposed to make a major announcement tomorrow on the trade and the trip. Was the trip a success . Gordon chang joins me. Welcome back, gordon. How would it grade the trip based on what we have seen . The trip was a success. You have as in seoul and tokyo, a lower grade in beijing. But bs throughout the rest of the trip in the philippines and japan. In vietnam he articulated a vision of trade a lot of people dont like. But he wilted in beijing and that was unfortunate. Kennedy he makes tough statements about china when hes not in the room with their president. How do you handle that situation . Obviously the appearance and appealing to president xis ego is important. We have been trying to do that for decades where we praise the chinese and try to be cooperative in hopes they will be cooperative back. But it doesnt work. What does work is you impose costs on the chinese. Trump hasnt learned that yet. He knew that on the campaign trail, but he doesnt know that as president. Kennedy that was a cornerstone of his Foreign Policy campaigning saying he was going to designate them as a currency manipulator. You said one of the biggest mistakes the president made was not staying for the east asia summit. You have u. S. Officials including the president himself saying we are committed to the region, then he says we are not going to stay the additional 30 minute which was important to do. That was an unforced error. We can make that up by having real commits to the region commitments to the region. But its important what we do throughout. President trump had some pretty good asia policies he articulated before. He needs to have political will. A lot of people are saying in china he has no political will. Kennedy but we see that happen with administration after administration. Thats why it gets frustrating. The two main objectives, deal with north korea and couple with some solution for trade and our country pulled out of tpp. Where did he do best . Where did he succeed most of, north korea or trade . He did talk about trade in terms that no american president has before. The east asian bureaucracies are using none Tariff Barriers to injure u. S. Competitors. South korea is a friend. You have qualcomm. Flagship company. What happened last year was that a bureaucracy, the Korea Fair Trade Commission imposed a 912. 3 million fine and forced it to license its telling. And the same thing in china. And whatever the merits of that decision was, they did not get the procedural benefits that were guaranteed by the u. S. China free trade agreement. President trump didnt talk about that. What everyone thinks about qualcomm, it deserves due process. Kennedy there is also controversy about human rights. They know their record are abhorrent and they know what they are doing is wrong. How should the president have addressed human rights in this trip. You have the duterte with killing of drug dealers. All he needed to do was repeat the line from senator mccain. For america our interests are our values, and our values are our interests. 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Its an important point. Corporations dont exist in a parallel universe. Women are bigtime workers in our workforce and that includes working for many large corporations. Women are shareholders and investing in our economy and benefiting. Redpriewtion 25 to 35 . It will have a huge downstream effect on our question. Thats ultimately negotiable. Its obviously the cost and what you pay the government. Bedo see women benefiting from more autonomy more so than men value the worklife balance. And the flexibility that comes from working for yourself. There are benefits for people who own their own businesses, and that includes many women. And the effects for their family will be shared with their husbands and brothers and the men in their families as well. Kennedy you want a rising tide to lift all boats. You dont want the government picking favorites which they do with the Home Mortgage deduction. Its as if the government favors homeowners versus renters. Again they are become penalized by the government. What do you say about that . Most of tax filers arent take that mortgage deduction. Maybe they own a home they already paid off and good for them. But so much contention for deductions and credits and loopholes. The tax code as it exists today is full of unfairness. Getting rid of those things can be a painful process. But if we come out with a tax code will benefit everyone. Kennedy you talk about maintain something of those deductions. If we move to a flat thanks, thats better for everyone. If you lower the corporate thanks rate and move to a flat thanks, do you see that ever happening . We have to think of our tax code today as a huge house that hasnt been cleaned since 1986. I dont think we are going to get a perfect bill with a flat tax that would be fair to everyone. We need to recognize lawmakers are facing procedural barriers. They are trying to make the path work. 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Kennedy does President Trump have the power to launch a Nuclear Attack without the okay from lawmakers. Republican senator bob corker says its time to review the realities of the president s authority to order a nuclear strike. He said the president is leading us on the path to world war iii. Are we right to worry about the president and his temperament and possibly making a preemptive strike on north korea . Here to weigh in is former utah congressman Jason Chaffetz. Do you think this is a personal vendetta for bob corker . I didnt see him bring it up with any other president. I think if you havent reviewed the policy in 40 years its probably the good thing to do it. The on person vested in the constitution to make that lethal blow and pull that trigger is the president of the United States. I dont want some other yahoo in some Department Think they have their finger on the trigger. Its the president and the president alone. Kennedy there are some people who think the president is a yahoo. I dont think they are worried about this president or any president responding appropriately if we are under attack. I think it worry is what if he gets impulsive and what if he launches a first strike . Well, look, the temperament of a president is something that is on display for a good 18 months during a campaign. I think the president takes on a very awesome responsibility that controls the fate of mankind across the planet. Its an awesome responsibility. But we dont delegate that to somebody else its not some committ