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Have had it with stonewalling. >> you are not answering questions. you are impeding the investigation. >> the president has a constitutional -- >> i understand that. the president hasn't asserted it. >> i'm protesting the right of the president to assert it if he chooses. >> reporter: republicans coming to sessions defense. >> have you ever in the fantastical situations heard of a plot line so ridiculous that a sitting united states senator and ambassador of a foreign government colluded in an open setting with hundreds of other people? >> reporter: sessions confirmed the account of the oval o...

>> he should come back and explain himself, mr. chairman. >> chairman republican chuck grassley coming to sessions defense. >> if i asked you got you question, i was going to tell you about it ahead of time. i consider what senator franken asked sessions at that moment that has come out as question. questions about russian sbeerns with the election swirled. rod rosenstein man nominated to be attorney general who will take over the investigation is at the center of the storm. >> want to make sure we're all clear on this. i don't know if there is an investigation. i don't know anything, but what...

Handling of the e-mail investigation for his firing. a far cry from a year ago. democratic senators lashing out for refusal to answer questions. >> i believe the american people have had it with stonewalling. >> you are not answering questions. you are impeding the investigation. >> what is the basis for refusal? >> i am protecting the right of the president to assert if he chooses. >> reporter: republicans coming to sessions defense. >> have you ever in the fantastical situations heard of a plot line so ridiculous that a si sitting united states senator and ambassador of a foreign government ...