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Requesting that it be open. cnn's washington correspondent ryan noble joining me now. ryan, what doles you knelse do about the request? >> it's important because he sits on the intelligence committee. he is a democrat. but you tell by wyden's response that they're thrown off a bit by this decision by attorney general sessions to not testify in front of the senate sub committee on proerp yaappropria instead in front of the intelligence committee. he was in a position where he had to appear in front of senators to answer questions about the justice department's budget. but with that sub committe...

Rosenstein would be in charge, if confirmed, which means it would be him who would be deciding whether or not to appoint a special prosecutor. at no time did rosen stein pledge he would appoint a special prosecutor. >> you view it as a principle that i need to commit a special prosecutor in a manner that i don't know if it's being investigated and i view it as principle that as a nominee for deputy attorney general i should not be promising to take action on a particular case. >> now, less than 24 hours before today's hearing sessions sent a letter to the judiciary committee attempting to clar...

Rosenstein would be in charge, if confirmed, which means it would be him who would be deciding whether or not to appoint a special prosecutor. at no time did rosen sometitein pledge he would appoint a special prosecutor. >> you view it as a principle that i need to commit a special prosecutor in a manner that i don't know if it's being investigated and i view it as principle that as a nominee for deputy attorney general i should not be promising to take action on a particular case. >> now, less than 24 hours before today's hearing sessions sent a letter to the judiciary committee attempting to...

Record but donald trump brushed it off entirely yesterday in the lobby of trump tower. he said he's a highly qualified man or a high quality man. i'm paraphrasing the president-elect here. what's notable, as we watch, as we look at our screens here at this hearing, jeff sessions is walking into this knowing what this is going to be look like, right? we talk about things being unprecedented. this is not unprecedented for jeff sessions. he's been on the other side of the table, if you will, on the other side of the dais, sort of peppering folks in the hot seat in hearings before. and to get read...

That you should always be fasting something. >> oh, wow. >> because that will help you keep your flesh in check. so whether it's fast food for a while, then fast movies or fast talking or whatever, you should always be fasting something. >> well, fasting was setting apart three days to fast food and really pursue what the lord is doing in our lives and just kind of spend that time doing what he's calling us and hearing sessions from speakers that come to us. and then at the end we all get together and break fast together and just kind of talk about what the lord did in our lives during that ti...