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Ambassador last september in his senate office. the white house blasting allegations by leading democrats that he mislead congress as partisan politics. in a statement saying, quote, sessions met with the ambassador in an official capacity as a member of the senate armed services committee which is entirely consistent with his testimony. sessio sessions' spokeswoman says there was nothing misleading about his answer. the denials from sessions and the white house are in direct conflict with what the justice department says happened. senior government sources tell cnn that ambassador kiss lock i...

Fide democrat. >> alisyn, i think they're calling me unacceptable. that's what i've understood. these are the same people that asked all of us and had a million people sign a petition not to have chuck schumer as our leader of our democratic caucus. so i understand that. you know what? the democratic party is a big tent. we have people all over the board. you can be a little bit of anything and everything, as long as you believe you want to help people and make it better for them. i'm happy to sit down with them and talk with them. if we agree to disagree, it will be respectful on my part and ...

Questionnaires -- questions in a questionnaire. and he asked in that question, several of the president-elect's nominees or senior advisers have russian ties. have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the russian government about the 2016 election either before or after election day. and sessions answered in a word no. do you think it is a fair defense that he said no because in his judgment he never met with them about the election? >> well, we don't know if that's tr true. we don't know if in his judgment he never met with them about the election. in the hearing, what i d...

President trump will continue to be briefed on everything, but he is likely to give some more confidence, more authority to the defense secretary, to his top generals when they say they want to do something, he's likely to approve it much more quickly. if some of these missions go wrong, if they turn tragic, it may be a risk for the president. >> barbara starr, thank you for that reporting. mike rogers, thank you as always. >> thanks, guys. good to see you. we want to let you know the man who questioned senator sessions, senator al franken will join us live in a few minutes. let's continue o...

Your own campaign and candidate. you'll figure out why you lost pretty quickly. >> you think there's no cu curiosity in why he didn't answer this. you say a lot of people met with the russian ambassador. have you? >> i met with him in a green room once, yeah. >> so no, not really. >> but in my office, no. do i meet with ambassadors on a regular basis? absolutely. >> but not the russian ambassador. the reason i ask is that claire mccaskill who is on that same committee with sessions also says she never met with the russian ambassador let alone alone in her office. >> she's also a minority party...