Let me tell you this to the American People, if the Attorney Generals Office has become a Political Office thats bad for us all. I want to get to the bottom of that and it should be in the judiciary. The attorney general prepares to testify before congress. The key things we have to get, obviously, his side of the story related to jim comey and these accusations flying out there about conversations that he might or might not have had with russians prior to the election. Oh, my gosh. Severe storms in the midwest. Powerful storm included hail that made it look like a winter snowstorm. It was hailing so bad i couldnt see the end of the driveway standing by the doorway. A China Eastern Airlines jet suffered major engine failure after takeoff in sydney, australia . Hole in the engine and it was scary. The penguins celebrated and almost clocked their coach. The Pittsburgh Penguins again, are the stanley cup champions. I knew it was going to be tough all year, but we kept finding ways. 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Jeff sessions is expected to testify tomorrow to the Senate Intelligence committee. And hes likely to answer questions raised by last weeks testimony from james comey. The president attacked the fired fbi director again yesterday. He tweeted i believe that james comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal, very cowardly. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill looking ahead to sessions testimony. A lot of questions for sessions cropped up after comeys blockbuster hearing last week and senators from both sides wants to know why sessions was involved in comeys firing. We havent heard whether this hearing tomorrow is going to be opened or closed but signs point to it taking place behind closed doors which is going to happen over democratic objection. First i think he should be sworn under oath. Reporter on face the Nation Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer ran through the questions he wants answered by the attorney general. Did he interfere with the Russian Investigation before he recused himself . The president said comey was fired because of russia. How does that fit in with his recusal . Reporter sessions had been scheduled to testify before a Different Committee tomorrow about the department of justice budget, but he announced the switch to the Intelligence Committee this weekend after it became clear he was only going to get grilled about his role in comeys firingp. He had already recused himself and suddenly he is the one apparently recommending to the president that comey be fired. Want to be able to get his side and all the facts out there. Reporter sessions recused himself from the Russian Investigation over three months ago after admitting he had not disclosed two meetings with the Russian Ambassador in 2016. Comey suggested to senators last week that there might be more to it than that. We also were aware of facts that i cant discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russiarelated investigation problematic. Reporter for the president s offer to give his side of the story. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of 100 . Reporter republican Lindsey Graham urged the president sunday dont do it warning mr. Trump he might be, quote, his own worst enemy. You may be the first president in history to go down because you cant stop inappropriately talking about an investigation that if you just were quiet would clear you. Reporter some republicans argue sessions would not be the first attorney general to inject politics into an investigation. They point out that his predecessor Loretta Lynch urged comey to describe the clinton email probe as a matter rather than an investigation. Even dianne feinstein, a democrat, described that request this weekend as something, charlie, that made her queasy. Thanks, nancy. Independent senator angus king is a member of the Senate Intelligence committee and with us now from brunswick, maine. Senator, good morning. Good morning, charlie. Glad to be with you. Begin with this, what do you expect to hear, hope to hear, plan to ask, the attorney general about when he appears before the Senate Intelligence committee . There are several things we want to look at. One is, he was certainly a member of the trump campaign. What were his contacts, if any, with russian officials during the during the period of the campaign . I think thats certainly a question we need to ask. Secondly, a question im interested in, what role did he play, if any, again in the comey firing because at that point, he was supposed to be recused from this investigation, have nothing to do with it, and to the extent the comey firing had something to do with the investigation, i think thats an area that we need to explore. Thats exactly right. We heard james comey raise concerns about the attorney generals dealings with russian officials. Do you believe there might have been a third meeting . What are some of the concerns . Well, i dont want to comment on that as you know, mr. Comey, director comey, said we need to talk about some of these things in closed session. I cant confirm whether there were other meetings. I think thats obviously one of the things we want to ask mr. Sessions. And by the way, my inclination is that this should be in an open session. The only reason you go into a closed session is if its a National Security and i dont believe were talking about National Security issues here. If we get into National Security issues we can cut off that line of questioning and defer it to a closed session, but i my starting point is that the American People need to understand this whole issue and the more these sessions we can have in public the better. Senator king how is all of this sitting with you . Weve had time now to digest what director comey said. Will you have time to take it in and process it, how is it sitting with you and how do we advance this investigation . Well, what worries me about this and about all the drama surrounding the testimony last week, is that i wouldnt say its a diversion because its certainly an important issue but the real issue here is what the russians did. They attacked us. This was really serious, sophisticated, long term, they knew what they were doing and not only did they, you know, get into emails and release emails and try to influence the election, they were also poking and prodding in state election systems and theyre going to be back. Why hasnt the president of the United States, responsible for the National Security of the United States, spoke out in the same way that you have and james comey has . Well, i have to tell you, charlie, that i thought that was one of the most disturbing moments in the hearing with james comey last week, was when joe manchin of West Virginia asked him that question in those nine interactions with the president , did he ever express any interest in what the russians did, how they did it, how we know they did it, what their plans are, and the answer was no. Zero. And thats very disturbing. As you know the president has sort of denigrated this whole idea from the very beginning and its really worrisome. I can understand his concern about whether his campaign was involved and whether hes imcomplicated. Thats understandable. But hes the commander in chief and the country is under attack, and hes acting like its all personal. This is a serious matter and i wish he would sit down with the Intelligence Community and really ab sort what was ab sort what was done and the significance of it. Thank you for joining us from maine pleasure to be with you. The president is focusing on the troubles with his white house staff. Several reports claim that the president has told his chief of staff Reince Priebus that he must figures out a solution by july 4th or he will lose his job. Major garret is at the white house talking with his sources who tell a different story. Major, good morning. Good morning. As weve told you before, President Trump is considering a significant shakeup of his senior white house staff. But sources directly involved in conversations with the president tell us he has never set a july 4th deadline to decide whether or not to keep white house chief of staff Reince Priebus. In fact, the president has told his senior staff and those close to him, that he cant afford to undertakes a massive alteration of his staff at this moment because it would only add to the atmosphere of chaos and instability. Priebus the chief of staff is under a microscope thats been true for weeks if not months. What he needs to do until in the month of june and july is put legislative accomplishments on the board and bring stronger focus and discipline to the white house staff itself. Another story to watch this week, the attorney generals testimony before the Senate Intelligence committee. Sessions has denied some suggestions that there was a third undin closed meeting with Russian AmbassadorSergey Kislyak during the trump campaign. One other thing, Senate Republicans meeting in secret are looking to try to create a legislative repeal and replace for the obamacare act. If they succeed, that could help priebus keep his job and put a legislative accomplishment on the board. If republicans fail much of the remaining trump agenda may stall with it. Thank you so much. Nearly five months after the president took office his wife and youngest son moved into the white house. Melania and baron trump returned with the president last night after his weekend trip to new jersey. They stayed in new york city while bar ron finished his school year. Last night the first lady tweeted a photo and wrote looking forward to the memories well make in our new home. New chapter for them too. Bar ron getting off the plane with a tshirt that says the expert. Bill cosbys defense lawyers are making their case in a pennsylvania courtroom. The actor arrived accompanied by his wife camille. Its the first time shes appeared by his side for the trial. The prosecution rested on friday after testimony from cosbys accuser andrea constand. He faces three charges of aggravated indecent assault. If convicted he carries a penalty. Rikki klieman has been following this trial and joins us at the table to discuss. Good morning, good to see you. A lot of people asking where has Camille Cosby been or any of his daughters. This is an important sign you think . I think its a critical sign. I think it is so important to a jury about how they react to a defendant as to who he is supported by. If his wife will not stand up for him, why should the jury . His tv daughters have been there but no Family Members. Its different. You know, we used to say, when i was in the defense side of the business, that if there was a spouse, if there was a daughter, if there was a son, that we insisted that they be at court every day. I understand why they wanted to keep her out of the firestorm, but she needs to be there now. Will bill cosby take the stand . I think that if bill cosby takes the stand, he is asking to get a good long sentence for sure and why is that . Because what you have with a judge is a judge will say okay, i understand if someone committed an offense years ago and sentence accord ply but someone who committed an offense commits perjury in my courtroom, if i believe they are not telling the truth i am going to sentence them to the maximum. Bill cosby has to make the choice because it is his life and liberty. The risks involved if he testifies are substantial. Phere. Ave great appellate errors and they can go forward with that appeal. Also, when you look at all the women who were excluded, all of that testimony excluded, he opens the door, its all coming in. Quick answer did the prosecution make a strong case . Yes, they did. Andrea constand herself was strong, buttressed by the Rape Treatment Center expert who talks about the fact that people do delay in responsible and people do contact their accuser. She was really terrific on rape trauma syndrome. Also the toxicologist who talked about the effects of benadryl, all which support andrea constand. Bill cosby doesnt take the stand whats their likely strategy . The likely strategy is three options. He takes the stand, he doesnt take the stand and they rest, and they argue simply on reasonable doubt which might be the wiser thing, or they put on experts of their own to testify differently about toxicology and differently about rape syndrome or perhaps they call witnesses to go about andrea constands testimony and poke holes in it. Thank you so much. Thousands of people are protesting across russia today in a rare show of strength against president putin. Police arrested at least 200 people. The demonstrations were called by controversial opposition figure Alexei Navalny who plans to run for president. Elizabeth palmer is with the protests in the heart of moscow. Elizabeth, good morning. Good morning. After a lastminute change of venue that created some confusion the protesters formed up here on the main boulevard that goes through the center of moscow right down to the kremlin. They shouted putin you thief and russia without putin as the police formed lines and arrested some of the protesters. Alex Alexei Navalnys wife tweeted he was detained outside of the apartment as he was leaving to come to the protest. Like the last protest in march this has drawn young people who support navalnys main anticorruption message but who are also angry about everything from unemployment and low wages to state control of the media. Navalny, who is a lawyer, is also a populist and provocateur with a genius for drawing attention and hoping to put pressure on the kremlin building wide grassroots support for a run at the presidency next year. He has virtually no chance of winning, but his supporters love the fact that he would be the first serious opposition candidate to challenge Vladimir Putin at the polls. Norah . All right. Elizabeth palmer thank you so much. A passenger jet landed safely in sydney, australia, after a large hole appeared in its engine casing. The crew of the china eastern flight noticed the more than three foot long gash shortly after takeoff last night. The plane was headed to shanghai. The air bus has two engines and can carry more than 200 passengers. People on board said they heard a loud bang and smelled something burning. I hear the noise and im not sure what the noise but the cabin crew wept out and they were very like they told us to fasten our seat belt and they tried to calm us down. Yeah. Initially when they were giving instructions i didnt know what was happening so i was concerned. But im glad were safe and yeah, i feel blessed it wasnt much worse than it looked. In a Statement China eastern said the crew found damage in the left engine and took decisive action. No one was hurt. General electric stock is up in early trading after a change at the top. Ceo and chairman Jeffrey Immelt is stepping down and retiring. Immelt has led ge more than 15 years and one of the countrys most influential chief executives. 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