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Because he has been persuaded at how difficult it would be to replace him. but still tonight, anderson, the attorney general very much uncertain, sort of in limbo if you will, and the president still fuming. anderson? >> jeff zeleny, thanks. the president is in youngstown, ohio. sarah murray is there and joins us now. so the president taking the stage, what has been his message so far to the ohio crowd? has he talked about the attorney general? >> reporter: certainly we've been watching for any sign the president was going to bring up jeff sessions. he did leave him twisting out there today,...

Investigation. still so upset about that. but he shouldn't have been surprised, because the attorney general jeff sessions, then senator, said he would recuse himself during his own confirmation hearing in january. >> why is the president so hesitant to fire sessions if he's so clearly upset with him? >> reporter: anderson, i think his first inc. stichstinct was him or make the shaming so obvious that he would step aside. but he's been advised by many of his advisers here in the west wing, as well as some outside advisers, that replacing the attorney general will be so incredibly difficult. im...

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Not be a surprise to anyone. keeping them honest, six months ago, sessions' own confirmation hearing, he made it clear he had no intention of going after clinton. >> with regard to secretary clinton and some of the comments i made, i do believe that that could place my objectivity in question. i've given that thought. i believe the proper thing for me to do would be to recuse myself from any questions involving those kind of investigations that involve secretary clinton that were raised during the campaign >> for all the new attacks on clinton, the president didn't seem that interested in fulf...

In an interview with "the wall street journal" today, the president said this about the campaign rally in alabama, where he won sessions' endorsement, his first from a sitting senator. "i had 40,000 people. he was a senator from alabama. i won the state by a lot, massive numbers. a lot of the states i won by massive numbers. but he was a senator. he looks at 40,000 people and says what i do have to lose and he enfodorsed me. i'm very disappointed with jeff sessions." jeff zeleny now joins me. it started with the president tweeting and the attorney general, but it seemed to go on throughout the...