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Back and forth, he said he came to the conclusion that this whole affair was ripping the country apart. one thing i've learned about jeff flake as i've covered him and written about him over the past year, above almost all else, he really cares about things like institutional authority and, you know, bipartisanship and decorum. he felt like he had an opportunity here to maybe create a little bit of bipartisan space where even if democrats didn't agree with the confirmation of this supreme court justice, at the very least, they could feel like the process was fair. >> so then that was by the af...

Is going on. a horrible thing. i'm very disappointed in my justice department. but because of the fact that it is going on, and i think you'll understand this, i have decided that i won't be involved. i may change my mind at some point because what is going on is a disgrace. it is an absolute disgrace. >> i've made my mind up that i won't be involved but i might change my mind, undercut everything he had previously said and mitch mcconnell continues to say the president is not going to fire anybody. >> can you imagine being attorney general jeff sessions and waking up every morning for the las...

Trace? >> trace: back and forth. rich edson live for us at the state department. keeping our eye on the dow over there talking about wild swings. in the last 15 minutes there have been 100 point swings down 668 now. at one point it was down 750. very tough day for the dow jones. we will keep you updated, of course, throughout the hour. plus, the u.s. military making moves after president trump ordered national guard troops to help secure the southern border. the pentagon now announcing plans to create a 24/7 support team. that and what we know about how many troops could be heading down south ...

>> bill: open bell stock market. down about 500 points in the first minute. china announcing tariffs on $50 billion of american products their response to the proposed tariffs on behalf of the white house and president. the deal however. they're negotiating as charles -- he made a number of great points 15 minutes ago. one of the points he mentioned you're in a negotiating period for the next 60 days. let's see how it goes. >> heather: back and forth. >> bill: nothing set in stone right now. now we react and see whether they can get a better deal. also the president tweeting this a moment ago....

He has to stick to the four corners of the legal mandate and you can only ask questions about crimes. and lying to "the new york times" is not a crime. misleading "the new york times" is not a crime. and so there's a school of thought that donald trump should say hey, look, i don't need to answer questions to you about what i said to the "times" or not. it's not obstruction to lie to the "times." so that is, that's playing out. that very question you just asked is playing out right now. in back and forth between the president's team and bob mueller's team. >> but mack, prosecutors i understand...