. >> and i'm cyril vanier. jeff sessions finds himself at the latest controversy over campaign contacts with russia. >> they say he met twice with russia's ambassador last year. but that's not what he told searpts during his confirmation hearing. >> and if there is any evidence that any one fillinataffiliatede trump campaign, communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the russians. >> sessions now says, 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. >> cnn spoke with "washington post" reporter greg miller who are helped break the story. >> it's true, senators do routinely meet with ambassadors. we reached out to 26 members and heard back from 19 of them. at last count, sessions is the only one who have met with the