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And it goes up the chain of investigation, it is clear to me that jeff sessions who is my dear friend cannot make this decision about trump. so there may be nothing there, but if there is is something there, that the fbi believes is criminal in nature, then for sure you need a special prosecutor. if that day ever comes, i'll be the first to say it needs to be somebody other than jeff. >> for more on where this leads the justice department, i want to bring in laura jarrett live in washington. good morning. what is the plausibility of the allegations of the surrogate over senator? >> reporter: g...

General failed to disclose under oath he had met with russian ambassador during the campaign. could the difference as roles as senator and surrogate determine whether he keeps his job? welcome back to "early start." i'm dave briggs on another breaking day. >> i'm christine romans. 31 minutes past the hour. a lot of news to get to while you were sleeping. a big story broke. here is what is not in question. attorney general jeff sessions met with the russian ambassador to the u.s. twice last year. what is at question is was it as a campaign surrogate or as the member of the armed services commit...

Disclose the meetings, the attorney general and administration are pushing back at the administration he misled congress. sessions saying i never met with any russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. i have no idea what this allegation is about. it is false. a spokesperson for sessions said there was absolutely nothing misleading about the answer. he was meeting in capacity as a member of the armed services committee. not the trump campaign. that distinction will be critical in efforts to absolve sessions of wrongdoing. white house dismissing it as a partisan attack attempting to b...

The fact and after he was directly asked if he had any contact with the russian government, he can try to split hairs. he said it was in the official capacity as senator. his office has put out a number of ambassadors he met with beyond the russian ambassador. including the ukrainian ambassador. by not disclosing it, he is adding fuel to the fire that the democrats see smoke. some republicans are starting to as well. >> what is interesting. you talk about that because franken did not say did you talk to the russians. he did not suggest he was a surrogate. sessions volunteered that information....

Hammering this young administration about. let me ask you this, laura. if sessions cannot oversee a russia probe, who makes decisions on that and what is the timeline for appointing a special prosecutor if it comes to that? >> reporter: the situation is if sessions decides to step aside. the deputy attorney general could step in. dana benta. the special prosecutor issue is really interesting because there used to be a statute on the books to provide for an easy mechanism to do this. that lapsed in the 1990s after president clinton. ironically, the very person to appoint a special prosecutor is...