he told reporters he hasn't had much time to devote to the issue but mish mcconnell says he has talked to the president about the scandal and now mcconnell is flowing an interesting if not controversial fix to launch a write-in campaign for the former alabama senator jeff sessions who is now the u.s. attorney general. >> the name being most often discussed may not be available. but the alabamian who would fit that standard would be the attorney general who is totally well-known and extremely popular in alabama. that obviously is -- would be a big move for him and for the president. >> the second top republican in the senate, senator john cornyn has just come out in support of this idea, as well. the move could potentially kill two birds with one stone. first, it could keep the senate seat in republican hands potentially, secondly, it could pave the way for a new attorney general one who could oversee the russian investigation instead of having to recuse himself or herself like sessions. there is a chance it could backfire though by splitting the gop ticket because as of right now, moor

let's start off with mish mcconnell saying out loud we were told at the beginning of the week about this sort of mounting idea to try to get jeff sessions back in the senate. he's as mcconnell just said a very, very popular -- how viable do you think this is? >> even if it seems viable, it poses risks. jeff sessions is unquestionably the only person in alabama, the only republican in alba ma who could potentially pull this off. he's the only person with name id like lisa murkowski of alaska who could pull this off. when mcconnell backs an idea, there are more supporters in alabama who automatically dig in it against it. it carries the risk of dividing republican voters and handing a win to doug jones, the democratic candidate. i think that's what mcconnell and republicans in the white house will be grappling right now and in the coming days not to mention that it opens up the attorney general slot which has a whole domino effect of conflict. number one, the only reason why bob mueller is in his job, the only reason there's a special prosecutor is because jeff sessions had to recuse himse

what's remarkable is not so much that mish mccobble is calling for royal moore to leave the race because mcconnell was not a fan of his before this, but the tact that the people in the state and the congressmen who are representing alabama that they have not pulled their endorsement. that shows to me as a political reporter i would bet on roy moore winning the senate seat because the -- if the people in alabama are still sticking behind him, those are the people that matter most. it doesn't matter what the republican establishment in d.c. thinks. if voters are lined him, he's going to be seated. >> there was some suggestion from pat toomey on "meet the press" with chuck todd of not seating him or taking other action. there's been a diversity of reaction from republicans in the caucuses how to deal with this if he is elected. what was so startling to a lot of them and where the defense of him tanked was after his initial interview with sean hannity, certainly not a hostile interviewer on fox radio on friday. let me play that. >> would it be unusual for you as a 32-year-old guy to have dated a woman