the jeff collins era has begun today at temple as the owls new head coach hit the field with his teamirst time. to say he was chomping at the bit would be an understatement. >> i woke up at 2:00 this morning. i have been up ever since. being on the grass with those kids, doing all season conditioning, gained a lot of trust, respect, love for these kids. >> how many cups of coffee do you think he had? >> or he's naturally that way. >> could be. >> the chester county community foundation hosted its sweet charity fundraiser. dessert chefs showcased their creations at the country club. guests and judges voted for their favorite deserts. the foundation annually awards $2.5 million in grants and scholarships. "jimmy kimmel live" next on channel6 followed by "nightline." "action news" continues at 4:30. for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight.

collins. this is bloomberg. betty: attorney general jeffessions has removed himself from investigations into a legend russian interference in u.s. politics p that is after the justice department acknowledged he met moscow's ambassador last year. there's a little bit of deja vu, right? after we learned from national security adviser michael flynn, he was fired for these allegations. >> exactly. it looks similar to what happened with michael flynn. it'll be interesting to see how this plays out with donald trump as he weighs what to do next, if in fact ass are serious as what people are saying. the department of justice is confirming that jeff sessions did meet, did talk with russian ambassador sergey i. kislyak twice during trump's campaign for the white house. this goes against what senator sessions said under oath in testimony saying, i did not have communications with the russians. that's a quote. thursday, he did make a u-turn, and he said he never met them in person. let's take a listen. >> meetings with russian operatives or russian in

collins, who reports on congress for usa today. thank you for your time. guest: thank you for having me. host: another story from the washington times focuses on attorney general jeff sessions, saying he is expected to provide amended written testimony to respond to questions about his contacts with the russian move unlikely to satisfy democrats in the senate. fiesta committee chairman to hold a follow-up hearing so they can question mr. sessions about his failure to disclose the andings with the ambassador his decision to recuse himself from any investigations weighted to the potential campaign. the sensors wrote that they believe that they do not believe submission to correct the record is sufficient. we have been asking you to give your level of trust and political institutions. this is gordon, who says institutions are like my dog, only as good as they have to be. we need a free and unencumbered press. we have the structure, we just need people of integrity. we do, mostly. ted, joining us from washington student -- washington state, republican. caller: good morning. say thank youo for the members that were on, yesterday, it was a very good program. the two guys

collins. >> bobby o'shea. >> reporter: strangers showing up at a random wedding. unlike the movie brandon brooks was extended an invitation. the big surprise, he accepted. eagles fan jeffhed out to brooks because he's a fellow miami of ohio alum. never expecting him to actually say yes but. >> i got the letter. i opened it. it says miami alum and from there, you know, i kind of thought to myself, you know, why not. >> reporter: the fact that this wedding what you in ohio didn't matter. so brooks sent an rsvp and booked a plane ticket. what is the reaction from this guy when you show up. >> it was funny 'cause he was like i didn't think you were going to show up. i'm impressed you showed up. >> reporter: he did posing for pictures with lane and his new bride marnie along with friends and family. lane told me couldn't be nicer. brooks said the pleasure was all his. >> he had the nerve to write me the letter and that's good enough for me so, you know, i definitely knew i was going to go. the thing is i don't look at doing something look that reaching out to the fans kind of as an exception. i kind of wonder why it's not the rule. a lot of times because of who we are we ge

susan collins, an important republican senator from the state of maine just issued a statement saying the attorney general of the united states, jeff sessions, should recuse himself to ensure public confidence in the justice department's investigation. he should also clarify his statements to the judiciary committee with respect to his communications with the russian ambassador. there are important developments that we're following right now. breaking news. a new russia headache for the trump administration. the attorney general is facing growing calls from republicans to recuse himself from the russian investigation and calls from democrats for him to resign. jeff sessions is under fire over his own contacts with russia. he met twice last year with the top russian diplomat here in the united states but he did not mention those meetings during his confirmation hearing. he testified that he knew of no contacts between trump surrogates and russia. today sessions denied he did anything wrong. >> i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaign and those remarks are unbelievable to me, and all false and i

collins, who reports on congress for usa today. thank you for your time. guest: thank you for having me. host: another story from the washington times focuses on attorney general jeffessions, saying he is expected to provide amended written testimony to respond to questions about his contacts with the russian move unlikely to satisfy democrats in the senate. fiesta committee chairman to hold a follow-up hearing so they can question mr. sessions about his failure to disclose the andings with the ambassador his decision to recuse himself from any investigations weighted to the potential campaign. the sensors wrote that they believe that they do not believe submission to correct the record is sufficient. we have been asking you to give your level of trust and political institutions. this is gordon, who says institutions are like my dog, only as good as they have to be. we need a free and unencumbered press. we have the structure, we just need people of integrity. we do, mostly. ted, joining us from washington student -- washington state, republican. caller: good morning. say thank youo for the members that were on, yesterday, it was a very good program. the two guys t

collins leaves the door open as to the possibility of requesting president trump's tax returns as part of the investigation. she also wants a public hearing. >> jessica schneider reporting. >>> we're getting breaking news. jeff zeleny, what are you learning. >>> john huntsman, the former utah governor has been offered and accepted the position to be ambassador to russia. this is just coming here, wolf. john huntsman, of course, once thought about running against for the presidency and far more of a hawk on the administration. i'm told that mr. huntsman has indeed been offered and has accepted. this is all but a done deal, not quite, pending a vetting process here. he was, of course, the ambassador to china during the first term of the obama administration, one of the rare republicans in the obama administration. if this goes through, which we will it will and could be announced in the coming days john huntsman will be heading to moscow, key here as this russian investigation stills hangs over. >> a major assignment. we'll watch it closely, the confirmation hearings as well. you also have some more news about how president obama reacted to president trump's accusation that he ordered a wiretap of him at trump

there saying jeff sessions needs to recuse himself from any investigation into russia and the trump campaign that may be going on. senator lindsey graham is one of them. senator susan collins. senator dean heller. senator rob portman, all kind of considered to be some of the more moderate voices in the republican party, people who i think lindsey graham, for example, might consider himself to be ballast in the ship of state, if you will, trying to kind of make sure that the government continues on even as the trump presidency unfolds in a way that certainly many republicans privately feel has been destabilizing. so there is definitely a fissure among republicans. but leadership so far seems to be holding steady in supporting president trump. paul ryan, the speaker of the house, would not say that jeff sessions needs to recuse himself. he acknowledged that, okay, if jeff sessions himself becomes a target of an investigation, then he certainly would obviously have to recuse himself. he wasn't ready to say at this point that he should recuse himself from any investigation that's going on. brian, the other thing that i think is important here, especially in the context of capi