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Attorney general and what is notable, chris, you may have seen that it was sessions during yates' own confirmation hearing who raised the question to her that it's a political environment, he said at the of of the justice department, and would she be able to say no to the president. and she responded then in 2015 that it would be her obligation to serve the american people, not only the president and to uphold the constitution. so those are words that now seen through the lens of the last 12 hours or so really stand out in what an attorney general needs to represent for the country and the sor...

Matt thinks it's appropriate for sally yates to ignore her office of legal counsel who had already said it was a lawful order. >> should she have just resigned, matt? >> absolutely not. the office of legal counsel did approve it on its face but we don't know what they looked at and the standard they look at in that analysis is very, very limited. >> matt, you tell me why that order is unlawful. >> i'm going to tell you she made clear in her statement that when you look at the statements the president made that his intent was to discriminate. that's a judgment she made. it's a judgment the pres...

Interviewer said that's not sexual assault, and senator sessions said at the time, i don't know, it's not clear how that would occur, and then at the hearings, he said that was sexual assault, and do you think he was playing politics so will he take the job seriously? >> he will take the job seriously, but the question is what are his real beliefs, and he has been a staunch opponent of roe v. wade, and once he is confirmed, he is in that chair and holding him accountable is so much more difficult. we need somebody with the independence and integrity who will stand up to the president and be a ...

Way. let's bring in cnn justice correspondent, evan. >> it's a microcauseam of what you here inside the justice department, and you have people that believe she is a hero and don't believe this executive order is something they can defend and you hear from other lawyers inside the justice department are uncomfortable with the showdown and feel if she was not comfortable defending it she should have just resigned and not order justice department lawyers to not defend the president's executive order and calling into question whether they were lawful. no question, no doubt, the language she used ...

Policies. sessions' reach extends throughout the without with his aides and allies accelerating the president's most dramatic moves, including the ban on refugees and citizens from seven mostly muslim nations that has triggered fear around the globe, end quote. now, if it were just this one article by the post, just one campaign event, just one vote, maybe there would be an open question, but there are many disturbing actions and statements throughout his record. let me name some of them. i'm also concerned about the president's repeated calls for an investigation into voter fraud. simply beca...