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Realm of a special prosecutor that of course a little different from we've talked about a 9/11 style commission for example to investigate russia's meddling. this would be a criminal inquiry, and that's what democrats want him to say he'll do. so far he's answered those questions by saying i haven't had a chance to look at a lot of this classified information that i'll have access to once i'm confirmed into this position and something he hasn't made a decision about. we will esee if that's good for enough for democrats who senator blumenthal of connecticut said he'd hold it up, if he doesn't g...

Franken, the democratic member of the minority over the nomination of the deputy attorney general with russia and the russian investigation of course front and center, and the recusal of attorney general sessions. let's go right now to nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. they've got the votes to confirm him but they can slow it down, although there's got to be some desire to get him in faster among some democrats because he is known as an honest broker. >> just to be clear, that was a tussle between al franken and chuck grassley about the testimony of jeff sessions. it had little if ...

Inaccuracies or mistakes that you discover after you leave the hearing today? >> you're making me very self-conscious, senator, but yes i believe i do. i'm trying to be as careful as i can. >> good. i must have just taken it for granted that witnesses understood their obligation to correct inaccuracies in their testimony, but evidently that obligation was not known to attorney general sessions. yesterday four days after the press conference at which he announced his recusal and 55 days after his hearing, attorney general sessions finally wrote to the committee to update his testimony. in that ...

Tip his hand one way or the other whether he thought that's the right thing to do because he said he doesn't know enough about what's going on there now. >> pete williams thanks for that. we turn to the showdown over the affordable care act revealed late yesterday. house republicans unveiling their much anticipated plan to repeal and replace it. it will be a tough sell as democrats and some republicans are raising concerns about key provisions within the bill, which could kick millions of americans off their health care. joining me is silvia matthews burwell, former secretary of health and h...

And this is not typically a terribly high profile role, but given what happened last week with jeff sessions, suddenly this is a central role. i think you're right. i think it is -- he's in many ways being used sort of as a cipher for democrats' frustrations with jeff sessions, but at the end of the day he goes through. but this is someone, this is not your typical deputy attorney general. this is someone who is going to have in his hands a critically important investigation, both for donald trump and for the country more broadly. >> and this as of course, karen, president trump has continued ...