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The president's personal attorney. so this is all part of the dysfunction we've seen in the trump white house. sessions is fighting with trump. trump is fighting with bannon. bannon is fighting with kushner. kushner is fighting with kelly. he's fighting with scaramucci. do you know who is losing? the american people. >> he's fighting back. he says inan appropriate process and the inspector general, he could come up with conclusions and recommend prosecution if he feels that's appropriate. that's the normal way things are done. >> at the end of the day, here's what is really disgraceful. donald...

Attorney general. >> he's called him every name under the sun. i think it was different because he went after the inspector general. i spoke to a source familiar with sessions and i think he was so in the weeds, the president was on there one. that i bringing up that others were supposed to investigate this. almost dictating this. i think enough was enough. >> everybody, stick around. more breaking news we're following. cnn is learning the trump administration is weighing military action with north korea if they develop a nuclear missile capable of receiving the u.s.

Did a terrible thing, and now disgracef disgraceful, all caps with an exclamation point. yet sessions continues on the job. some are suggesting that the president has done that. he wants him out so he can name someone else who would be more supportive. >> this may be part of a continuing pattern to obstruct justice and to shape. what i find problematic is that donald trump is attack his own attorney general, one of his best friends, closest allies, on the campaign trail, his earliest endorser from the united states senate. he's attacked our allies in this country. attacked great britain. attac...

Probe. that comes after trump calls sessions disgraceful. only to have sessions push back today. why does the department of justice, why is it so important to keep the process independent? >> well, the role of the ig is sacrosanct. an independent party that can look over your shoulder and ensure those enforcing the law are following the law. they know as they're doing their job that you will have this independent party. if we start interfering with the process and inject politics, i think we do a disservice. for many years, it has done its

The continuing russian attacks on our democracy in advance of the mid-term elections. that's disgraceful. when donald trump tweets things like did he this morning, it is all designed to be a distraction. >> but can he really do his job, the president was angry at him when he recused himself as far as the russia probe is concerned. >> it would be difficult. but i think senator grassley, the chairperson, has previously gone on record to say that if sessions is forced out, a lot of things we have to do and he has no intention of holding a hearing to confirm a new attorney general. so donald trump...