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You often do not hear this Attorney General pushing back against the president. Sessions may not be the only loyalist that the president is concerned about. Nbc news has confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that federal prosecutors have granted immunity to this guy youre looking at, david pecker. The Chief Executive and chairman of American Media, which publishes the national enquirer. Hes a longtime friend of President Trump. Joining me now is nbc news investigations reporter, tom winter. Also with us by phone is msnbc contributor and vanity fair special correspondent, gabe sherman, whos ou...

By the president for months now. >> and i think the second part of that statement is really important, because the president never goes out of his way to compliment the justice department. it's almost the opposite. he's always insulting the justice department. just earlier this week, you had a tweet about them. so on a lot of levels, this is a surprising response from jeff sessions. pete, thanks very much. pete williams for us in washington. how is the white house responding to all of this now? joining me now with the latest is nbc news chief white house correspondent, hallie jackson. i told y...

The current president of the united states may have directed his lawyer to commit twofulness. there's too much here to simply proceed as though we were just -- this were just another nomination. the voters deserve a chance to weigh in before the senate rushes to place a justice on the court, one who will still be there decades after trump is out of office. joining me now is the author of that piece, tom nichols. as i mentioned, he's a former senate republican aide and a professor at the naval war college. tom, i'm glad to have you here, but i feel like i'd really like to have a senator, who sa...

>> or just paying two people off with lots and lots and lots of money. >> raight. >> glenn, the president also spoke about manafort. this is the second time he's been asked in a few days about pardoning paul manafort. here's what he had to say. >> are you considering pardoning paul manafort? >> i have great respect for what he's done in terms of what he's gone through. i would say what he did, some of the charges they threw against him, every consultant, every lobbyist in washington probably does. >> "i have great respect for what he's done." glenn kirschner, he was convicted on eight counts, ...

Whipping from donald trump pretty much since he was appointed to attorney general. >> it is, absolutely. and what we're told by people close to the attorney general is that he basically decided that this was -- that the attack today was of a different character from the president. that in the past, the president's tweets and statements have been about specific justice department decisions. session's decision to recuse, of course, which is a constant theme for the president, that he sounded again today. not releasing more documents that republicans on the hill are demanding, in the house. the w...