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>> well, we've all heard the president say publicly that he was very upset when sessions made the decision to recuse himself from the investigation. which was because he had misstated to congress times about his meetings with russian officials. so he stepped aside and the president was immediately angry and asked if this could be reversed so that sessioned could continue to be involved and oversee this investigation which he stepped aside. and coinciding with this he was also having a back and forth, the president was, with jeff sessions about his travel ban which had to be revised and withdra...

The reporting being the acting attorney general, rod rosenstein, and then, of course, a judge in our constitutional system. i wonder, then, richard, what you think of donald trump's statement that this is something that for him brings back the recusal issue, as he says. when he says, the attorney general made a material mistake when he recused himself moments ago, does that suggest that donald trump is yet again, like the lester holt interview, expressing an inappropriate view of the justice department, the implication being the attorney general should not have recused himself, so he could pro...

The way the justice department works, it's deliberate, it's slow. if this was rob rosenstein's idea, he would have worked on this memo and sent it through the chain of command. it is a slow deliberation. the fact they're both dated the same day he was fired leads us to believe it was an outcome they predetermined. you can hear the white house saying, we need to get rid of jim comey because we can't control him. and rod rosenstein seems to have gone along with it. >> in terms of next steps here, first of all, is there any remedy on the recusal issue with attorney general jeff sessions? what wou...

I think you know -- >> and you're watching attorney general jeff sessions on capitol hill being questioned by members of the senate judiciary committee, and you just heard an exchange with senator chris coons. i want to bring if matt miller, who is chief justice analyst and of course eric hague who is in capitol hill. matt, let me just pick up with you on this exchange we just witnessed. you heard senator coons press sessions on the fact that he recused himself from the russia probe. so, therefore, why did he write a letter recommending that president trump fire the former fbi director james c...

Farce. both of those memos are a farce, both dated today. let me tell you, the way the department of justice works, it's deliberate, slow. he would have worked on this memo and sent it up through the chain of command. they were going to slow deliberation. the fact they're both dated today the same day he's fired, awe of it leads you to believe this was an out come they predetermined. you can imagine the white house saying, we need to get rid of jim comey we can't control him. they worked out a way jeff sessions to do it. >> in terms of the next steps here, first of all, is there any remedy on ...