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Someone who could control or try to remove special counsel bob mueller. the boulder in that road would be the senate because any new attorney general requires confirmation which happened when they approved sessions. >> i believe the problem thing for me to do would be to recuse myself from any questions involving those kind of investigations that involve secretary clinton and raised during the campaign. >> i've said that when ever it's appropriate, i will recuse myself. there's no doubt about that. >> that process, as you saw there, was led by senators doing their oversight work and jeff sessi...

Today's message from the court was clear, the imperial presidency is no longer the law of the land. so do you think that this imperils the president's phone and pen plan? >> no, s.e., i don't. >> i had a feeling you would say that. >> shocking. what the supreme court said today is that presidents have to wait longer than three days in a senate recess to appoint someone. the recess power has been used all the way back to george washington. that's the extent of the ruling today. big deal. and let's remember why the president was recess appointing people in the first place. because republicans in...

Protection bureau. talk a little bit about the specifics of the arguments here. >> well, the case is really rooted in the partisan warfare we're so familiar with. because particularly when it comes to the nlrb, national labor relations board, republicans in the senate didn't want to confirm anybody. so the democrats who were in charge of the senate kind of manufacture recesses. the recess power came in the 18th century when the senate would be out of session for seven, eight months at a time. >> took a long time to get to washington. >> exactly. that's why they basically -- the framers of the ...

The national labor relations board. >> right. >> because kaat the same time t president put three members on the mlrb. that's how they're attacking the recess power. >> all right. pete williams, this should be interesting. >> reporter: you bet. >> we'll see if they punt, i'd rather see this go to the supreme court. that's what the constitution is for. >> reporter: from a journalistic point of view. >> you love it when the constitution is used. >> reporter: absolutely. the opening bell rang just right now on wall street. how about that. perfect timing. that's what television is about. things ...

Use the recess period to get his appointees in -- >> we just got a decision on the recess appointments. i'm being told in a defeat for the obama administration, this has narrowed his power to make recess appointments. so in hearing that, we're going to go to pete williams as soon as we can get him in front of a camera to talk about this. but hearing that, ari, what does that tell you? >> well, let's be clear. we don't have the opinion in front of us yet. they make these announcements. then the physical opinion is released. what i can say is if the court is basically affirming the d.c. circuit ...