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Dana we miss having colin allred on, congressman from texas 32. Well have him on again. But we had Breaking News with the Attorney General resigning from his position at shepard continuing coverage as the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions has resigned. A replacement is at the ready. The ramifications are many. Reporting begins now from capitol hill. Justice, the wise house and beyond. First to the man that broke the story, john roberts live on the north lawn. John . Only by virtual of our terrific producer at the Department Of Justice, jake gibson who said he had information. We got it confirmed...

First procedural step didn't stop this process. so they essentially just broke a filibuster on capitol hill yesterday, but it was a hard vote. mcconnell and his whip john thune were standing by the table counting votes. it took a long time to make sure that they got all the votes they needed. so i think that was part of the reason that republicans felt like schumer's speech went too far. there had been this 90-minute conference meeting where mcconnell gt an earful from republican colleagues. here's what two of them said about the decision to reverse course on the debt ceiling. >> we had a plan...

Sinema, what must you be thinking watching these rallies? >> well, watching the rallies, and knowing what the impact is of the law, the loss of the voting rights action. we have less protection than we did in 1965, in terms of voting discrimination. so if i'm the two of them sitting there, i'm thinking, our democracy is on fire right now. and i can't wait for bipartisanship. because my party actually has everything to lose. i have everything to lose. you know, if we think about it, it's not just what the republicans are doing, but it's democrats, including people like schumer, you know, we hav...

Jersey's jeff van drew, who is poised to switch parties this week. he gained a new democratic opponent today, even as he lost most of his d.c. staffers. >> good afternoon, everyone. >> reporter: both sides are girding for the senate trial to come. in a letter, democratic leader chuck schumer argued the senate should subpoena four witnesses who did not appear before the house. >> trials have witnesses. that's what trials are all about. >> reporter: republicans noted that schumer voted against key witnesses during the clinton impeachment trial. why do you feel differently this time around? >> th...

Capacity. do republicans step up and say and protect the oversight of the mueller investigation? what is the extent to which republicans on the senate side or the house side come out with statements saying that either one, whitaker like schumer says should recuse himself or two, there needs to be some protection that the administration is not going to stop the mueller probe. >> shepard: judge? >> to follow up on bret. the mueller investigation is of the president of the united states. if the president intentionally put someone in charge of the justice department that was adverse to the existen...