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Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. You cant on its face determine whether its unlawful or its within the law. Thats for prosecutors and factgatherers to decide, but, boy, it is something people will be looking at seriously. David . Kelly, very quickly. Youve been in contact with Rudy Guiliani over these last many weeks, talking to him about the grounds by which he might agree to have the president sit down for an interview. And we saw Rudy Guiliani. We saw the president s legal team and the White House Communications team this week talking ...

Of your political party? >> i favor the mueller investigation. i was the first republican member in congress to suggest that jeff sessions should recuse himself and that recusal led ultimately to the appointment of mr. mueller. and let the investigation continue to its conclusion, is my judgment. >> how much is this issue, the mueller investigation, inquiries into this meeting at trump tower, inquiries into russia, resonating with your constituents at this point? i'm trying to get a sense as i talk to lawmakers from around the country the degree to which this has salience with folks as they ge...

You're exactly right the president was sort of just venting in that interview with "the new york times." and what he is frustrated by is sort of believes that when sessions recused himself that set off a chain reaction that led to mueller investigating the president. now to this special counsel. >> yes. >> that is at the root of the frustration. it's not just the recusal. he was frustrated at the moment of the recusal. he was frustrated he didn't a get a heads up and consulted. but the frustration has mounted because this recusal led ultimately to bob mueller's probe. >> eli i'm not asking you...

The problems he is now facing with comey, this hearing, with all the things that are now unhearing. and to see him today on twitter, that you know that is something that is a burr under his saddle. it's been bothering him. things about sessions have been bothering him for weeks. and he found kind of an issue on which to attack his own attorney general over an order that he signed himself because of course that revised travel ban could never have been put forward without trump's signature. >> and david, the attack on his justice department today was about his defending the travel ban in court. ...

I've heard as well, trump's mind is this is whatted throw the special prosecutor. if sessions had not recused himself, which trump never approved of, never wanted him to do, he would not be in any of the problems he is now facing with comey, this hearing, with all the things that are now unhearing. and to see him today on twitter, that you know that is something that is a burr under his saddle. it's been bothering him. things about sessions have been bothering him for weeks. and he found kind of an issue on which to attack his own attorney general over an order that he signed himself because o...