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Prior to taking office and i would have quite simply picked somebody else. i told you before, i'm very disappointed with the attorney general, but we will see what happens. time will tell. time will tell. >> a lot of people are disappointed in the justice department, including me. >> so, joe, i want to bring in anna and kimberly in this because it is not my reporting that the president is so concerned about triggering a constitutional crisis that he's not firing the attorney general, it's actually a much more logistical practical reason had is he ain't getting another attorney general if he fi...

The "new york times" which cites sources saying the president tried to get jeff sessions to reverse his decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. nbc's kristen welker is over at the white house. there's a lot of moving parts on this just in the last couple of hours this morning. >> reporter: that's right. president trump retweeting comments by trade gowdy on fax news last night essentially saying that perhaps he should have considered picking someone else for his attorney general. the president has every right tto be upset. this is in line with the past comments that the presid...

He hasn't yet. >> he hasn't yet and that seems to be one of the red lines that he can't cross, that even republicans would be upset about. and there is no reason for him to fire the attorney general. anybody involved in the case would not be able to handle it. and unless he thinks that whoever he would appoint would cheat for him and would fudge the results of the investigation, there's nothing that he can do and nothing that he should do. this investigation has to go forward unimpeded and not interfered with by anyone connected to the president. >> this, again, the president has expressed his...