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>> the attorney general launches a leap probe, would that help his status with the president? >> i don't think that's the you know nature of the relationship. again i think the president is disappointed. he stated that. i don't think there is any more to add beyond that at this point. >> so mark halperin, curious, it seems this all unfolded as the president first sought to undermine the judiciary, now is seeking to undermine the attorney general, himself, it feels like some might argue that the president thinks he actually thinks the attorney general is his lawyer. is that what you are seeing ...

I think we're seeing it now with sessions? . >> the press and a lot of democrats have looked at the tolerance of republicans. how can they do this? i believe the most significant aspect of this is that republicans in congress will not put up with this. they're already at their wit's end. now what he's done in terms of sessions, they're running the risk of alienating republicans and affecting commerce. >> they're being very embarrassed on many levels. >> reporter: just to add to mark's point. it's not only republicans on capitol hill who rerisks -- he risks infuriating. it's the conservative ba...

Very raw. with us this morning we have from ms nbc mark pal person, and president test council on foreign relations and author of the book "a world if disarray" richard haase and national political reporter for nbc news carol lee, political editor for the "daily beast" and host of the podcast "candidate confessional" sam stein and nbc news capitol hill correspondent casey hunt. joe, of course, has the morning off. does anyone here know who gary kasparov is? he's the russian grand chess master turned political activist who has spent years speaking out against vladimir putin. he knows a thing or...

>> well, that's been -- the point -- >> i wouldn't know. >> it seems like it. >> the president feels he can't have conversations in the oval office without things getting leaked. but the idea to focus on these lower level communication staffers, it's -- anyone who has covered the white house understands that -- and particularly with this white house, there are different ways to structure it. they don't know very much. the fitypes of leaks out of thi white house, can't be coming from low level staffers. it's not structured in that way. >> it leaks from the top. that's what people have learned o...