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Asked about it under oath during his confirmation hearings so, yeah, it's understandable the earlier allegations got overshadowed but the sessions thing? how's that resolving? that led to a big drama that continues today about sessions recusing himself as attorney general. but once again we're in this situation with this story in particular and the trump administration in general where it's sort of best to treat it like a silent movie a bit. ignore the personal stuff. ignore the kinetic fighting about this stuff in washington. get back to the main point here. get back to the big point here. ge...

But then the week took a turn and could've been really perilous, except for the fact that democrats are bad at this. they overplayed their hand with trump and gave him republicans an opportunity on the crushing n of the russian staff making it seem like there was really something bad happening with jeff sessions. they overplayed it a bit. i gave trump and the administration 8c for the week, and basically a letter a and a f averaging out for ac. >> martha: let's go to the western sieve teacher, molly hemingway. >> that speech was masterful, making his credits say that they themselves were unhin...

To congress, because he rose to the occasion, he was presidential, there was lot of concern, especially on capitol hill and from republicans about whether or not he could do that. in that speech, he reached out to democrats, he gave a message of unity and he talked about a number of issues that democrats actually do care about that, that's infrastructure, that's fade family leave that's the childcare tax credit. and he also talked about immigration reform. i think some of those messages were really important and a lot of democrats, even chuck schumer, were speechless after that. >>mer, schumer...

But then the week took a turn and could've been really perilous, except for the fact that democrats are bad at this. they overplayed their hand with trump and gave him republicans an opportunity on the crushing n of the russian staff making it seem like there was really something bad happening with jeff sessions. they overplayed it a bit. i gave trump and the administration 8c for the week, and basically a letter a and a f averaging out for ac. >> martha: let's go to the western sieve teacher, molly hemingway. >> that speech was masterful, making his credits say that they themselves were unhin...

Men. at what point does that become an issue and diversity becomes a concern? >> i think there may be areas where he surprises like with a peter teal, openly gay appointment. there are ways donald trump -- he's a new yorker. he has experience with diverse people. and, again, 2016. i think sessions pick is definitely more on brand but all of these people you're hearing who definitely have spots or we'll see on sessions thing are people who were loyal to him throughout the campaign. throughout his career that's more of what you see than the critics coming in and giving him honest feedback. i wou...