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Said. i think we're popular but there's a real question as to whether people are going to vote if i'm not -- and going on here with this statement, on the ballot and i'm not on the ballot. a lot of people think i don't like congress, people say. the president goes on here in this statement, i'm not voting because the president doesn't like congress. it's not a question of like or dislike. president continuing here with this statement, it's a question that they will overturn everything that we've done and they will do it quickly. and here's the part that's very concerning. president goes on to ...

Former epa chief, put him in charge. if he did that he could get rid of mueller but there would be serious hell to pay on capitol hill and the voters, they could put democrats in the house and impeach him. >> ron, let me get ron first and then i'll get jeffrey in. mitch mcconnell says he has total confidence in the attorney general. weigh in on the point that rachel just made, there are these obscure regulations that would allow the president to effectively take control. >> you wanted me or jeff to jump in. >> ron, go ahead. >> yeah. i think the mcconnell statement is about november. it's not ...

Very ominous. jim acosta, thank you very much. let's talk a little bit more about jeff sessions future and whether he has the support he needs among his former republican colleagues in the senate. we're joined by our congressional correspondent, phil mattingly is up on capitol hill. we heard mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, express his total confidence in sessions. >> reporter: it was a very strong statement, a statement with an intended audience. that audience being the man who inhabits the oval office. i want you to listen to it again because as you know, the senate majority lead...