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Sessions. what did you think and do regarding the accuse l of mr. sessions? what effort did you make to try to get hem to change his mind? did you discuss whether mr. sessions would protect you in reference attorney general? what did you think and react to the news and appointment of special counsel? the special counsel still has a lot to ask him about that. >> right. don, he has a public record. the president has tone about it. he spoken about how he believe erick holder, the previous attorney general actually did a good job in protecting president obama and he sort of wishes that sessions wo...

The special counsel still has a lot to ask him about that. >> right. don, he has a public record. the president has tone about it. he spoken about how he believe erick holder, the previous attorney general actually did a good job in protecting president obama and he sort of wishes that sessions would have done that for him, that's the insinuation he made. i think the special counsel is armed with a lot of the president's own public statements, tweets, his excellents that he's made to his friends which are then linked to the press. there's a lot of material to work with. the fact is jeff sessio...

Attorney general rod rosenstein brought him in to lead the investigation. now whether or not they have much of a friendship, they do seem to share many of the same values and believes. both were educated as virginia universities. mueller at the university of virginia and comey at william & mary. both worked with erick holder during his time at the justice department under the clinton administration. while the extent of their friendship remains unclear, they do both share reputation to having a commitment to credibility, truthfulness and honesty. >> regardless of your chosen career, you only as...

Little gleeful about it or at least felt very positive as far as how this would help their campaign moving forward. >> nbc's hallie jackson except and gadi schwartz on the trails for us. we have senior officials tell who tell nbc news the doj opposed the entire idea. the decision has now up corked a storm of criticism from many legal experts in both parties. matt miller, former spokesman for then democratic attorney general rick holder told "the washington post" at one point, "jim comey forgets that he works for the attorney general." matt miller joins us. i want to talk to you not about your ...

Top yale student at harvard there is a republican base out there. they don't believe in photo synthesis, electromagnetism. he will speak with giant intlek intellectuals. >> you can't oppose all the time. kevin, do you think this may backfire on the gop? they say they don't like erick holder. now they have somebody who should be a shoe-in. they are holding it up. is the obstructionism too obvious? >> i think it's too easy to paint it as political obstructionism when you do have a couple of folks up on capitol hill who believe strongly and have a substantive disagreement about her comments and r...