jeff: jeff hunt. lemonis: hi, jeff, how are you? are you the owner? jeff: yes, sir. lemonis: nice to meet you. jeff: my son, taylor. taylor: taylor. lemonis: taylor, how are you? taylor: doing well. nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: you're looking sharp today. taylor: thanks. i dressed up. lemonis: this is interesting. i wanted to get, like, a chance to just look around for a minute. look, if i had to describe this store in one word, it would be "barren." there are no accessories for sale, no point-of-purchase system, and zero food. it's almost like they did the absolute bare minimum and then said, "yeah, this is good enough." why'd you do a tea business? jeff: i just thought there was a need, you know. obviously, it was starbucks. i just feel that it's only in the upper 1% type malls and areas in our country, and i felt there was a need to bring it to the regular mother of four. lemonis: and so what is your relationship, the two of you? jeff: i'm still a dad first and a boss second. lemonis: how old are you? taylor: 23. jeff: 40. lemonis: so, he was born when you w

>> jeff: i believe tristan thompson, if i'm not mistaken. >> jeff: the >> mike: there you see thompsonw. thompson, number 13. >> jeff: no, they called it on livingston. >> mike: saw mark davis signal, stay here. that's a tough call on livingston. as both just grappling. >> jeff: and the hold definitely takes place before -- i think at .2. >> mike: been a busy night in the replay center. >> jeff: ed malloy, a finals official -- they only bring finals officials, bob delanedel to me, to the replay center during this time. >> mike: right. 0.0. and it's right around the same time and then mark davis signals -- >> jeff: i think it's a good call. >> mike: yeah. so, it is on livings on the. >> mark: taking a look at the replay, it was the right call. >> mike: only the first team foul. second on livingston. james one-on-one with durant. shot clock winding down. james pulls back, three-pointer -- kyrie irving, the offensive rebound. shuffle pass inside to thompson, hit hard. and a hard foul by draymond green. obviously the crowd responds. cavs players signaling, let's go back to the replay cente

>> jeff: i believe tristan thompson, if i'm not mistaken. >> jeff: the >> mike: there you see thompsonw. thompson, number 13. >> jeff: no, they called it on livingston. >> mike: saw mark davis signal, stay here. that's a tough call on livingston. as both just takes place before -- i think at .2. >> mike: been a busy night in the replay center. >> jeff: ed malloy, a finals official -- they only bring finals officials, bob delanedel to me, to the replay center during this time. >> mike: right. 0.0. and it's right around the same time and then mark davis signals -- >> jeff: i think it's a good call. >> mike: yeah. so, it is on livings on the. >> mark: taking a look at the replay, it was the right call. >> mike: only the first team foul. second on livingston. james one-on-one with durant. shot clock winding down. james pulls back, three-pointer -- kyrie irving, the offensive rebound. shuffle pass inside to thompson, hit hard. and a hard foul by draymond green. obviously the crowd responds. cavs players signaling, let's go back to the replay center. you can hear the crowd react to the repla

it was just jeff sessions for whatever reason. senator sessions will have to answer questions about at least some of this stuff tomorrow. his testimony starts at 2:30 eastern time. he'll be in front of senate intelligence committee. on friday night i told you jeff sessions was do you to be testifying tomorrow morning in the house and then in the senate in a couple of subcommittees that oversee the funding of the justice department. he ended up cancelling both of those appearances. we will be able to watch it on tv tomorrow. you will notice as soon as he starts testifying this is the same committee that heard from james comey in open session. this is the same committee that took a long meeting today with the former secretary of homeland security, jay johnson. this is the same completed who's on-site classified facility, their skiff was apparently the sight of a meeting with mike rogers tonight. mike rogers testified over and over again last week before that committee that he wouldn't say in open session whether or not the president

his name is jeff sessions, former alabama senator, former senate armed services committee member, jeff sessions. now, in the course of his confirmation hearing to become attorney general, he had volunteered to have minnesota senator al franken that during the course of the presidential campaign where he had been such a high profile supporter of donald trump, he said he had not met with any russians. he volunteered that under oath at his confirmation hearing talking to senator al franken. he then put it in writing. some of the questions they asked out loud, some in writing at these hearings. pat leahy submitted a question to jeff sessions. he asked him "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." jeff sessions gave a one-word answer to that question. no. but then on march 1st, this year, "the washington post" published this story. documenting the fact confirming with multiple sources despite those unequivocal denials on the record and under oath during his confirmation process, despite

james comey or jeff sessions. it is now the special prosecutor's job to find out which one of them was telling the truth and if one of them was committing purgury. joining us now, nick acreman prosecutor, he's partner in the law firm. he's also with us. he's former chief of staff. and former senior aid to president obama. he is also a former chief counsel of the senate judiciary committee and was chief of staff to attorney general. >> two weeks in a row, twice now that these men on the committee have tried to silence senator harris. it's troubling. it's disturbing to watch. she's one of the only women on this committee and, you know what lawrence, at the end of the day it tells you exactly what you need to know about today's gop. >> let's go to the issue of the day with the senators, do democrat senate, any way that's the refusal to answer these question that senator harris. others were getting a legal basis for it. the attorney general said that he was -- he was not using executive privilege, but he was trying to

>> i thought jeff sessions did an incredible job. i thought it was clear, concise, he said he was not going to disclose confidential communications he had with the president of the united states which is longstanding department of justice protocol. you compare that to james comey who not only shared it but leaked it to the "new york times". the tale of two professionals. one playing by the rules and the other is not. james comey raised very serious issues legally. he kept saying this was his material. james comey made that line earlier in the week. here's the reality. this was not james comey's material. he did this on fbi computer in fbi vehicle and stored it in his fbi's desk. this is the government's property he converted. i think the differential between jeff sessions and james comey here is telling. liz: to your point, comey leaked to clear his name. he didn't leak to clear donald trump's name, noting that donald trump is not personally involved in the investigation. why did jim comey give his memos to senate intelligence commit

i don't care who jeff sessions today. everybody around him and whole cabinet has been lying trying to protect him. it's all going to come out. he's republicans amaze me. eight years they jumped on obama, they want everybody to get behind trump. obama's birth certificate, obama did this and that. eight years they jumped on obama. look what happened now in six toes this man been in awesome and all this chaos. are you kidding me? have a good day. host: jarvis is up next in virginia independent. caller: i'm calling concerning mr. sessions going in front of the senate today. i am concerned about this russian collusion thing and a possibility that our national sovereignty has tampered with. my major concern is this man doing his job as the attorney general of the united states. you had a young man head left on sister's front porch in jackson mississippi. his body was found burned. he was lynched. this man was elected. black people black men especially, any of those young men connected with the civil rights movement coming up de

jeff sessions has not necessarily.een the rosenstein memo so we have a sense of what he didn't do appropriately. jeff sessions could have had different reasons to fire jim comey. >> in fact the rosenstein memo didn't mention how he dealt with the hillary clinton

i think jeff sessions is going to try to close off as many ends as he can.help from republicans while he was -- as one former senate aide put it to me, on a paleo conservative island pass a member of the senate, he was very well liked within the republican conference within the senate. i do expect, as others have said, he will probably find some folks calling time-outs for him if he gets on the ropes. >> so much to talk about, but we're out of time. thank you all for being with us. >>> we are watching capitol hill as attorney general jeff sessions gets set to testify before lawmakers about half-an-hour from now. our coverage will continue after this short break. will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. fifinding the best hotel price express cards and services is now a safe bet. because tripadvisor searches over 200 bo

up first jeff sessions in the spotlight and under oath. the attorney general of the united states testifies next hour before the senate intelligence committee in an open hearing. you're looking at a live picture coming in from the hearing room right now. sessions arrives on capitol hill this hour for what could be another major round of dramatic testimony stemming from the russia investigation. among the issues, sessions will likely be questioned about revelations from last week's testimony by the fired fbi director james comey. his decision, his role in the decision to fire comey and his meetings with russian officials. while the sessions testimony is unfolding up on capitol hill, president trump will be on the road. he leaves this hour on a trip to wisconsin where he'll visit a technical college as part of what's called fork worse development week. let's bring in our reporters for a preview of sessions testimony, the latest on the russia investigation. we have our cnn senior congressional reporter manu raju up on capitol hill. justice re

jeff: good evening. charlie is away. i'm jeff glor of cbs news. we begin with health care.n thursday after a month of closed-door negotiations among a handful of republicans the , senate leadership release their version of repeal and replace. majority leader mitch mcconnell is pushing for a vote next week. the bill is running into trouble. four republican senators announced their opposition to the bill as it stands right now. yesterday, dean heller of nevada did the same today. joining me from washington is kelsey snell, she covers congress for "the washington post." also, ezra klein, the editor in chief of vox media. welcome to both of you. the bill has had more than a day to soak in. how is it going? kelsey: the big question is can mitch mcconnell get the 50 votes? that's how many he needs to make sure this can pass. there are special budget rules that make it so they need a bare majority of 51 votes to pass this. they can call back at from -- backup from vice president mike pence. that means they have 52 republicans in the senate and they can only lose two. right now we

the three-pointer from durant. >> jeff: that's bad basketball right there.evin durant, though, so gifted. comes down and just pucks up and knocks it in, but at the other end, they had to get the two for one and then they had to foul the moment it hit draymond green's hands. >> mike: durant, 88% from the line in the playoffs. and the first one rattles around and drops through. two-point game. cleveland still has one time-out left. >> mark: i thought the cavs did a poor job not going for a quick two for one with the opportunity. instead, stretched the entire clock. >> mike: durant, 13 points in the quarter. now 31 for the game. > when we return. >> mike: 12.9 seconds remaining. kevin durant. look at those numbers here in these nba finals. and a big fourth quarter to give golden state the three-point lead. all right, guys, here's the strategy again, three-point game. do you even let cleveland attempt a three-point shot and at what point, if you want to, do you foul? >> mark: to me, i do not. i'm looking to foul initially. not allowing them to take a three. and

of course, attorney general jeff sessions will be testifying.hat i am told a secret faced significant questions on whether or not he had undisclosed meetings with russian officials, ,articularly russian ambassador reportedly after former fbi director james comey publicly testified last week he then had a private briefing with members of the committee and reportedly alluded to as much. the big thing here is whether or not he had any undisclosed meetings, and of course, another key point to keep your eye on is whether or not there is any distance between the president and the attorney general himself. close toto 2 sources the attorney general who say that the relationship between the attorney general as well as the president remains strong, but there have been reports that the attorney general offered his resignation at one point as a result of having recused himself from the russia investigation. scarlet: michael riley, cybersecurity reporter for bloomberg, i want to get to you on this bloomberg scoop in which it appears that russian interference

jeff sessions testifies a the 2:30 p.m.rnoon in front of the senate intelligence committee. among many critical questions, he will be asked to respond directly from an accusation from james comey. >> my impression was something big was about to happen and i node to remember every single word that is spoken and, i could be wrong, but i'm 56 years old and seen a few things. my sense was the attorney general knew he shouldn't be leaving, which is why he was lingering and i don't e know kushner well. e he picked up on the same thing. so i knew something was about to happen that i need to pay close attention to. >> jessica snider joins us from washington with the latest. >> tough and intense questioning is expected today when the attorney general testifies. several questions linger including the role he play ed i firing jeff sessions. also what is sessions' response to the contention that sessions left him alone with the president and didn't respond when comey told the attorney general it was inappropriate and perhaps most press

the three-pointer from durant. >> jeff: that's bad basketball right there.evin durant, though, so gifted. comes down and just pucks up knocks it in, but at the other end, they had to get the two for one and then they had to foul the moment it hit draymond green's hands. >> mike: durant, 88% from the line in the playoffs. and the first one rattles around and drops through. two-point game. cleveland still has one time-out left. >> mark: i thought the cavs did a poor job not going for a quick two for one with the opportunity. instead, stretched the entire clock. >> mike: durant, 13 points in the quarter. now 31 for the game. nine straight points from golden state and with 12.9 remaining, they lead by three. we'll take a break. cavaliers will have the ball when we return. >> mike: 12.9 seconds remaining. kevin durant. look at those numbers here in these nba finals. and a big fourth quarter to give golden state the three-point lead. all right, guys, here's the strategy again, three-point game. do you even let cleveland attempt a three-point shot and at what point

so, lots of questions for jeff sessions to answer. >> absolutely. and you lay it out perfectly, the big ones that he will most definitely be getting, if this all happens. as you say, very important to note, yet to hear from the chair and vice chair of the senate intelligence committee, if they're ready to schedule this hearing. there's a lot of preparation that goes into these hearings before they have a big witness like this, and they came very fast and caught a lot of folks off guard. interesting to see if they'll try to delay or if they will move ahead with something of a public hearing tomorrow. stand by for that. let me ask you another big thing that's going on today, david. you're getting it all. apologies, my friend. >> no problem. >> we're seeing more of the president's supporters going after special prosecutor robert mueller, people like newt gingrich. gingrich sent out a tweet this morning and it kind of took off like wildfire, when he wrote this -- "republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair. look who

jeff: no, no not at all. to jump we had, just right in, we had a very intense shootdown of a syrian jet by u.s. sources, and we had a very ominous statement from russia that plays into the whole deconfliction agreement between the countries essentially saying west of euphrates we're shooting down. what is your reaction to that? have there been any developments? do you have any updates on where that stands? is deconfliction gone? what's the latest, sir? gen. dunford: we worked really hard on deconfliction. it is important to point out why. for the last eight months, we worked on deconfliction with the russian federation proregime forces. the purpose was to make sure our air crews were safe. to make sure our personnel on the ground were safe, and make sure we can prosecute the defeat isis campaign in syria, which is the reason we're in syria. that has worked very well over the past eight months. and we have worked through a number of issues with the russian federation. we have an effective link between our oper

for example yourelationship with jeff sessions and your wife's relationship with jeff sessions' wife.enate there are only 100 senators and you need be culiegeal and that means forming friendships with people that you don't agree with on much of anything, which is me and jeff sessions and i was tough only him in those hearings. and we -- i went to every judiciary hearing and he was the chairman and it was the three of us most nights for the prefungtry nomination hearings and he liked that i was prepared. and one day the way he had to do an appropriations committee. and i was chairing so i got there early and he came in and said well, meteoric rise and he laughed and i like anyone who laughed. and we became friendly and mary sessions knit a blue blanket for my first grandson and it's his favorite blanket. so it's hard to hate a guy -- and i've been very critical of him. this news today made me very, very serious. >> so what does it feel like up there on the panel in the judiciary committee hearing when you're being so tough with that personal history? >> i told him the day before to eat

now jeff sessions appearing in public before the senate intelligence committee. the first time he testified publicly since becoming attorney general. since then he's recused himself of running the russian investigation. appearing in public yesterday, answering a number of questions and pushing back rather aggressively on the idea he may have helped russian officials try to sway the election for donald trump, including this very testy exchange with oregon senator ron widen. >> mr. comey said that there were matters with respect to the recusal that were problematic and he couldn't talk about them. what are they? >> why don't you tell me? there are none, senator wyden. there are none. i can tell you that for absolute certainty. this is a secret innuendo being leaked out there about me and i don't appreciate it. >> reporter: now sessions did not respond to a number of questions that democrats had particularly about his interactions with president trump, what he discussed with president trump with regard to the firing of james comey, whether or not the russian investi

jeff sessions is a good man. he will do well.erstands the senate and how the hearings operate. he'll do just fine to navigate that. the bigger thing is they really move forward and pivot away. those in the oval office. there will always be investigations. the big test is can you handle the investigation and can you continue to be focused on your agenda? last week the administration lost focus on transportation. since then with the president leans more towards the democrats. they weren't able to manage the messaging of time and stay focused on the right issues. true to you at donald trump's attorney coming out and saying he's ready to file lawsuits. it's not a bad strategy? that takes the story go away. >> you're absolutely right. we talk about ronald reagan being the great communicator. it wasn't because he could deliver a good line. it was because he understood the discipline to focus communication. he could only move the needle in the country on three or four issues. he let all the other distractions go away. the administration

back in march, the washington post reported that general jeffs -- attorney general jeff sessions metwice with russian ambassadors during the campaign and did not disclose that to the senate judiciary committee during his confirmation hearing in january. the next day, sessions recused himself from the russia investigation and said it would be overseen by the deputy attorney general, who last month appointed a special counsel to handle the situation. in a member to congress, the attorney general said "regarding -- it isimony, i important that i have an opportunity to address these matters in an appropriate forum." "the senateo say intelligence committee is the most appropriate form for these matters, as it has been conducting an investigation and has access to relevant classified information." we are here with the co-editor politicos playbook. being here with us. >> thank you. >> what does this mean? >> so i think the take away from sessions testimony is that he wants to try to clear the air, because with comey's testimony, which kind of implied that there russianshere with the and ses

the president has continued to be frustrated with jeff sessions. the president, to be clear, is frustrated with almost everybody on his staff at the moment, including and not limited to don mcgahn. he says that sessions made a huge error, he's very frustrated. a couple people have said one of the few times they've seen him get genuinely angry as opposed to the blufter that we know the president is prone to was about jeff sessions. he's upset about the russia recusal situation and feels angry and hamstrung about the fact that the executive order that the president himself signed related to a ban on travel -- a temporary ban, quote/unquote, from muslim majority nations was struck down by the court. this was within the first week of the administration and set the tone going forward and in the president's mind, jeff sessions is tied to everything. >> lastly, your colleagues just broke some news which is fascinating about jim comey asking jeff sessions not to be left alone again with the president or that he didn't want to be left alone with the preside

jeff: geographically.ichael: that, and also sociologically, culturally, the united states has had a better record of muslim integration. muslims in the u.s., they would not abide from one of the paris attackers putting chemical weapons in the apartment next door. whereas in europe i lived in , london for 2.5 years, i understand the difficulty of state multiculturalism. it is a little easier. there are populations that do not feel part of their own country, part of the room system , and essentially re-create their native land on european soil. isis is using those constituencies and communities to recruit and radicalize. you don't have to go over to syria and get weapons training and make your way back. you can stay where you are and watch videos on youtube or link up with the brothers on twitter and get instructions on how to build a pipebomb or even go by a -- get a knife in the u k and go on a stabbing spree. here, it has proven to be more difficult, but it's not impossible. in the future, we have to be o

i do know jeff sessions.s an honorable guy, i have a lot of respect for him, he's done a good job as a senator and attorney general and i trust him. i don't know how this is going to come out today. i know that's again speculation about what jeff sessions is going to say. as you know when you have two people in a conversation a lot of times you get a different version of what happened. >> do you trust the judgment of the people closest to the president right now? i'm assuming you saw the video yesterday of president trump meeting with his cabinet members and they had a very, very bizarre greeting to him, each one, you know, going over their praise over and over again. and to many, that didn't sound like a group of people there to serve the american people. they very clearly seemed they were there to serve the pleasure of the president. >> well, i mean i didn't see the clip you're talking about but i will say this, i mean those cabinet members are there to serve the people and also there to serve the president

not that i know or hypothesizing, but jeff sessions will come out and be jeff sessions. he's a straight shooter, he's smart and he knows the ways of washington. the democrats are going to say he lied, the republican's are going to say let's move on and the country is in a mess because the democrats at this point can't work on behalf of the american people. >> richard: can i make this point? i say this they are given every. we are in the house as a small majority. we can't do anything. all we can do is complain. we can sit on our hands and disappear. you can get it done. you cannot blame democrats because the freedom group cannot work together. we ate are we having this hearing? >> richard: we are having this hearing -- >> kennedy: if democrats come up with good solutions -- >> richard: when president obama was in office, we tried to get reform done. democrats and republicans are working together and they still couldn't get to the house. i think it's a good bipartisan investigation where richard burr is concerned about rest of engagement. let's be very real. >> judge jean

if jeff sessions -- if you done think jeff sessions is a loyal enough soldier for you at the justicepartment, there's nobody in public life that is going to make it through the senate and be in that position that is going to somehow be more loyal. trump can't do much better than sessions. remember -- i made the same point you made before, matt. it's a good thing that sessions went to the president reportedly and said maybe he would have to resign if the relationship was off track or if he felt pressure from the white house. that's a good thing. sometimes we use a little low bar for this administration. at the same time, he made a mistake in reuse itting himself fr from the investigation and abandoned that and recommending to the president that he -- >> i don't think it really matters at this point. does he stay or does he go. the white house has hung him out to dry. as you all said, he is the most extreme trump loyalist you can imagine. a lot of people's minds, he has not been an independent attorney general. he has carried the president's water. that is still not enough. >> the fact

jeff, that's called pay to play. by the way, destroying and mishandling classified information, those are both felonies. by the way, president obama also has a serious russia problem. jeff, you might want to investigate this. in august of 2016, he learned that russia was trying to meddle in our election. why did he not do anything? also look at general michael flynn. the only thing that has been broken and the russia-collusion story is that they surveilled on masse and leaked intelligence on generalak plan. that is a violation of the espionage act. finally there is a special counsel, his name is robert mueller, look at the illegal conflicts of interest here. his bff is james comey. members of the team that mueller is hiring have donated to obama and clinton. that is a conflict of interest. one of the attorneys he has hired represented the clinton foundation. so, jeff, these are six stories that you and cnn and frankly all a view in the left, destroy-trump media should actually be covering. instead of these tinfoil ha

here's the thing, if jeff sessions or people like jeff sessions, cushion or people like kushner are not about a thing, they should testify, they should testify openly, they shouldn't invoke the fifth amendment. they should testify, where did they find you? >> arash: he kept talking about how he didn't remember. >> tucker: we are almost out of time. the sands are flying to the hourglass now, but you have any evidence, again, that jeff sessions had improper contact with the russian government and that that in some way influenced his behavior that undercut american interests in favor of russian interests, do you have evidence of that at all? tooth there was a lot of circumstantial evidence that links him to improper behavior, he recused himself, and guess what, here's a line, i know you don't like to read, but here's another line from shakespeare. it's from shakespeare. check this one out, ask one of your frat buddies to send you this book, it's from shakespear shakespeare, we think the lady doth protest too much. >> tucker: what play is that from, do you know? >> arash: you actually shoul

and privilege of knowing jeff for over 25 years. he has been a dear friend and mentor. there is no finer person in public service than jeff sessions. literal an eagle scout from young age and conducted himself with the greatest integrity of any public official i have ever met. so america is very fortunate to have jeff sessions as attorney general and i expect him to acquit himself very well this afternoon. ainsley: all right. well, senator, if you look at the headlines, they paint a different picture than what you're describing of the attorney general. the huffington post said in 2016 that he was deemed too racist to be a federal judge. he will now be trump's attorney general. look at that headline there. then we have a few others that we want to put up. slate headline in 2017. say sessions denials are incomplete and unyinszing.

jeff sessions recused himself.his independence counsel is something that must be very troubling and i think we're seeing that to president trump, something that is out of his control and even though for instance, he has to have influence over jeff sessions in this case if he were not kused from this. certainly donald trump wanted to be more comfortable with and independent counsel. >> clearly a slap with jeff sessions. one of the earliest supporters and first senators to endorse them as well. we are getting more breaking news. russia now believed to have sparked a diplomatic crisis, major crisis in the middle east by planting a false story. talk about that and more. new york times columnist friedman is standing by. how if guests book direct ater, choicehotels.com and stay twice they'll get a $50 gift card? summertime. badda book. badda boom. got you a shirt! ...i kept the receipt... book now at choicehotels.com so, if anyone has a reason that these two should not be wed, speak now. (coughs) so sorry. oh no... it's

jeff: philip bump, then newkirk and kevin whitelaw, thank you for joining us. ♪ ♪ jeff: jack ma is thetive chairman of the alibaba group. it was listed by forbes as the sixth largest retailer in the world. in january, he met with president-elect trump and promised to create millions of jobs through his e-commerce platform. charlie sat down with him at a conference. the alibaba sponsored event was an opportunity for u.s. small business owners and on the newer's to learn more about the company. here is the conversation. charlie: what brings you to detroit? jack: small business entrepreneurs. i have been expecting this they for a long time. i tried to sell my product ideas to the other side of the world, i have a lot of friends doing import and export. 10 years ago, they could not have done it, they did not have a thesis or this or that. i said, someday, i hope alibaba could have a platform that all of the small business can sell across the board easily, efficiently and cheaply. we have just started. charlie: you hope they take away from this meeting an idea that there is a huge market in

>> it would be hart to overstate the significance of jeff sessions departure from the cabinet.eached that level. i think it's clear president trump at his core still believes that the russian investigation is a witch-hunt. he still doesn't believe that this entire story has any merit. and when you look at it through that lens, his behavior makes more sense the fact that he was personally offended by attorney general jeff sessions' decision to recuse himself from the russian investigation. the fact that he felt comfortable making these requests of coates and other cabinet officials to intervene publicly and deny that there was any merit to these collusion allegations. it's clear that he's still after all of what's come to light doesn't believe that this is a story worth pursuing. and, obviously, jeff sessions had a different view as the attorney general, his job is to protect the integrity of the justice department and that's why he pulled back from this russian investigation but clearly president trump has not quite recovered from that move. >> you know let me ask you, zach, on

instead, here's my advice, jeff. start focusing on the six massive scandals that should really be investigated but are not being reported by your network. it james comey, admitting under oath that he had his friend leak a memo to "the new york times" hoping it would lead to a special counsel. by the way, jeff, look into the records act that might've been violated. by the way, also, there is former obama attorney general loretta lynch possibly obstructing justice. interfering in the clinton email investigation. senators are starting to look into that. jeff, i suggest that you and your network may want to do some investigative work here. call james comey testified that loretta lynch told him to call the investigation a "matter." and he listened. don't forget the tarmac meeting that let hillary clinton off the hook. up next is hillary clinton's many, many scandals. jeff, there's a lot of smoke and fire here, and there is evidence to suggest that the original server investigation was in fact compromised. plus there is th

jeff: good evening, charlie is away. i'm jeff glory of cbs news. we begin with health care.enate republican leaders released a 142 page bill this morning detailing plans to repeal and replace the affordable care act, or obamacare. the legislation was crafted in secret makes significant cuts to medicaid and removes the mandate that all americans need to have health insurance. it is considered more moderate than last month's health bill -- house bill which president , trump called "mean." a vote is expected on the senate floor next week. joining me is van newkirk and kevin whitelaw, and philip bump. i'm pleased to welcome them all. philip, let me start with you. what stands out? philip: republicans are putting together something they feel confident can pass and get the general support of the american public, this bill is not substantially different enough from the house bill to change the minds of a lot of americans. a lot of parts of the bill, particularly around medicaid and cutting taxes for the wealthy, those are the most problematic parts. jeff: that is an interesting poi

the fbi is not damaged, jeff sessions is fine.rumor and gossip. >> sessions hiding behind a statue of his own invention. >> attorney general sessions virtually refused to answer virtually all questions about his interactions with the president. he did so without formally citing executive privilege, referring to some confidentiality of his own invention. heather: not of his own invention. >> long-standing fbi department of justice for the entire cabinet. in order for any president to have free and open conversation, you have to know those conversations are privileged. whether it is work material, the hillary clinton situation things are considered confidential when you are speaking with the president or developing more material. this is about executive privilege, sessions can't assert that. it is for the executive but this is a typical attitude that not only wrong but also that is the new line of attack. >> acting like it never happened before after fast and furious for example, the washington post reported spent time focusing on t

here's one of the many questions for jeff sessions. is the president really debating whether to fire the new special counsel lead -- russian meddling investigation. excuse me. of course not most white house aides say. political suicide is the reaction from most republicans outside the white house. the deputy attorney general, the man who would have to carry out such an order says he believes special counsel bob mueller is doing a fine job. why is this an issue? why is it a question? one of the certain questions the attorney general will be asked later today. because the president who surprised us all by firing the fbi director james comey has been complaining fiercely to friends of late about bob mueller in much the same way he complained about comey. >> i think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. i think he's weighing that option. i think it's pretty clear by what one of his lawyers said on television recently. i personally think it would be a very significant mistake. >> and so that is a good friend of the presi

>> attorney general jeff sessions is absolutely correct.president trump has the presidential and constitutional authority to keep our nation safe and suspend immigration even temporarily from areas that could do us harm. let's not call this a muslim ban. fit was a muslim ban, he would have to ban 50 countries around the world. he's temporarily pausing 6 terror hotpots. we now it's difficult to vet the people coming in from places like syria because it's a war-torn country. isis has broadcast they have a fake passport making machine. it's very dangerous to bring in millions of refugees from areas where we can't properly vet them. president trump is doing us a favor by putting our safety and security first.is critics say ts shows an anti-muslim bias. jeff sessions says it's not about religion it's about the safety for the american people. sessions really here on the offensive against the 9th district and we'll have to be in front of the supreme court making their argument very soon. do you think the president is successful in rallying the ame

jeff sessions in front of the senate. reporter: good evening. let's get big headlines from what jeff sessions testified before the that intelligence committee. he said there was no private meeting with russian officials at the mayflower hotel. and he said the suggestion of collusion is appalling and detestful. he also said that when he recused himself he has not been briefed on any of the russia investigation details since he has recused himself. but there was a line of questioning about his conversations with donald trump and the firing of james comey that he wouldn't answer. >> there is no appropriateness bucket. it's not a legal standard. can you tell me what are these longstanding d.o.j. rules that protect conversations made in the executive without invoking executive privilege. >> i'm protecting the president's constitutional right for not giving it away before he has a chance to. i am telling you the truth in answering your question saying it's a long anding policy of the department of justice to make sure the president has full opportunit

jeff: that is an interesting point.here was some talk the senate bill might be completely different. they would just throw everything out and start over, and that is not the case. vann: that is not the case. it looks like the broad strokes are about the same as the house bill. there are a few changes to the premium tax credit and medicaid, but when we see the cbo score next week, it won't be that different from the house bill. jeff: kevin, when we do see that cbo score, how many americans are we anticipating will be losing? what was the number before, it was 23? kevin: 23 million in the last version. senate leaders are hoping it will keep more americans insured overtime. it is hard to see what the funding choices they have made that it will be substantially different, however, particularly given the way the medicaid phaseout works. it is longer, but it still phases out. they probably are not going to see and and or miss improvement. jeff: kevin, let's talk about the main points. we talked about the individual mandate th

says what does the fbi have on jeff sessions?this is a continuation of a strategy that's been employed since jeff's confirmation hearings. if you recall, it wasn't just a hearing about his views on the rule of law and conservative record. it was really a personal attack on jeff sessions. i think the point of all of that was to delegitimize not only jeff sessions who is one of the finest people in public service but also delegitimize president trump and his agenda because we're not talking about the things that i care about, the people of alabama and the country care about. repealing and replacing obamacare, the president's trip to wisconsin today which is critically important to employment. tax reform. there is so many people voted for and expected us to do. this to me is a huge distraction from that mission. having said that i'm glad jeff is testifying today. he will acquit himself very well. he will answer the questions. it's time to move onto the things people care about. ainsley: a lot of people agree with you. he is testifyi

>> i think jeff sessions was fantastic. he was fired up, aggressive, passionate.on't see him raising his voice and that force coming from sessions. that speaks from a man speak with a clear conscience standing by his convictions and refusing to be bullied by people in the senate he has known for decades. lou: they are not precip pro kaight. his colleagues for 20 years, he was one of the most respected senators among the 100. they didn't give a darn. and they attacked like the hyenas they are. and it was awful to watch. matt: i thought john mccain and marco rubio were particularly disrespectful and rough on him. i'm waiting for a democrat to step forward and say there is no there there. lou: dianne feinstein might be that person, calling as she did for an investigation much loretta lynch and her conduct with james comey, calling an investigation a matter. matt: republicans get stuck. we get hog-tied for what we are constitutionally allowed to do. the f.b.i. director serves at the pleasure of the president. the president could have fired jim comey because he was too

jeff, cohen tells cbs news that he plans on cooperating. >> glor: jeff, thank you very much. you can see a live interview with carter page tomorrow on "cbs this morning." a tweet by the president apparently incomplete baffled weers and immediately went viral overnight. at 12:06 a.m., the president wrote, "despite the constant negative press covfefe"... social media lit up as people wondered what the president meant. six hours later he tweeted, "who can figure out the true meaning of covfefe. enjoy!" ntfrequent target of president trump's tweets has been germany. president trump says the u.s. has a massive deficit with germany. we report from spartanburg, where bmw has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: the president's tweet stuck a nerve in one of the states he won. the his is one of the cases where the president should have gotten his facts first before he went on attack, because he's just wrong. >> reporter: in the upstate region of south carolina alone, there are more than 400 international companies, 136 of them are german, including bmw. >> we need t

and unfortunately, everything that we do know about jeff sessions tells us that jeff sessions is no elliot richardson. joining us now walter dallinger who served as head of the office of legal counsel. he was acting solicitor general from 1996 to '97. john heilemann, national affairs analyst for msnbc news and msnbc. and david frum, senior editor at the atlantic. take us through the possibilities here. and one of the things i want to consider as we approach this, jeff sessions may already be a subject of the special prosecutor's investigation, possibly for perjury in testifying to the senate, or possibly involving his possible russian connections. it is -- is it possible that jeff sessions tonight has to worry that if he participates in the firing of the special prosecutor, that could add a obstruction of justice risk to him in what could become any investigation that follows that? >> well, as you know, attorney general sessions recused himself from anything having to do with the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. for him to unrecuse himself and to p

attorney general jeff sessions prepares to testify publicly before a senate panel amid questions about his contacts with russia and the firing of the fbi director james comey. will the white house use executive privilege to limit his testimony and when will the president reveal if he recorded conversations with comey. another court defeat. using the president's own tweets to make the case against him. a federal afeels court rules against the president's revised travel ban saying he exceeded his authority from limiting travel from six mostly muslim countries. suing the president. maryland and d.c. are taking president trump to court charging he's violating a constitutional ban on accepting payments from foreign governments. do trump hotels and golf courses have an unfair advantage? and cabinet flattery. president trump's first full cabinet meeting turns into a rather bizarre praise session as the president pats himself on the back and then has his cabinet secretaries go around the neighborly paying tribute to his leadership. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is c

. >>> jeff sessions' tense testimony on capitol hill. the attorney general slams allegations that he or anyone in the trump campaign clued with russia. >>> i am ayman man with ya. many of the building residents were sound asleep. london fire brigade commissioner says there are multiple fatalities, can't confirm number due to size and complexity of the building. more than 50 taken to five area hospitals. more than 250 firefighters and 40 engines working what officials call challenging and difficult conditions. witnesses say streets up to a mile away are covered in a layer of ash. another saw children dangled out of windows while others jump out due to conditions. bill, what can you tell us? >> reporter: this fire broke out before 1:00 this morning. there are flames, smoke can be seen all over london. there are 120 homes in this building. it is not clear how many people were in when the fire broke out but it spread very, very rapidly. i have just been talking to a couple of residents who said it went up like a flash. and very distressing s

you saw that jeff sessions offered to resign. do you think trump would ever be inclined to nudge him out? >> i would be pretty surprised, to be totally honest. i would be surprised because jeff sessions is sort of the architect of a lot of this trumpism. he was at the forefront in congress before donald trump was even a candidate. he backed donald trump full-throatedly, was one of the better surrogates for his campaign. i would be surprised. >> and as trump has said repeatedly, he expects loyalty to those who serve with him. here's what republican senator susan collins, a member of the intelligence committee, had to say about that. take a listen. >> this is an issue that the president should have cleared up in his press conference. he should give a straight yes or no to the question of whether or not the tapes exist, and he should voluntarily turn them over not only to the senate intelligence committee but to the special counsel. >> if he doesn't and a subpoena would be necessary to find this out, you support that? >> i would be