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Two days since the midterms. the president, though, does seem to feelment powered and protected by an incoming senate he thinks is indebted to him. but he also seems to be worried about the power democrats have gained by winning back the house. and folk who is are about to find out what happens when a paranoid. president battles the people's chamber. the first battle grew brucing could be over the russia investigation. some are worried about robert mueller's fate after the president fired jeff sessions handing oversight of the investigation to the new acting attorney general matt whitaker. in ...

Russia. as a lawyer, if there is an appearance e experience of impr soon as the outrage from the left occurred. he knew as a lawyer that was an appearance of impropriety. people are suggesting, it's a conflict, he has to recuse. zplu know what whitaker sound like right there, michael? >> like mia. >> mia wiley. >> he made her point. he literally made her point. so if -- beyond everything else that the broadcasts are playing, play that sound byte over and over and over again, because it go es to the core of the argument that applied to jeff session and now applies to him. >> you know what we wi...

He was opining as an analyst a political pundit-type situation. given the sensitivities of this. given the already vexing nature of this, you got people on the streets as you are showing, ari, i think the important thing is to -- if nothing else, say, you know what, i don't need to touch this particular aspect of what the justice department are doing. there are other things to make sure the institution focuses smoothly. i will focus on that. everybody will be watching every little scintilla he puts forth relating to this hearing, this process by mueller. and i don't know if he can withstand th...

Myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter relating in anyway to the campaigns for president of the united states. >> that was march 2017 which ban the the rosenstein era for this probe. he was the one approving mueller's big moves. he announced the indictments. today we're on the first full day of what is the whitaker era. he would step out, not rosenstein, that's a striking contrast, given how the two men have spoken about the fundament also of this russia probe. >> the department of justice is not going to be extorted. we're going to do what's required by the rule of la...

Would repeat session's sin of not recusing himself. he put whit der there because he expressed extreme hostility to the investigation. because he prejudged the issue and because he obviously is prepared to do what the president wants, which is to subvert the investigation. i will tell you if mr. whitaker does this and for that matter the president's attempts, these are all further evidence of a conspiracy to obstruct justice. >> strong words. i also want to ask you while i have you given your mandate with the judiciary committee and given another mass shooting today in america. in your committ...