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so jeff sessions' job as much as trump hates him and wants to get rid of him, jeff sessions is maybe the safest man in washington, d.c. right now. >> and let's remember what donald trump, we have the tape of it. "the new york times" did an interview with trump about sessions and about the recusal. and this one is on tape. let's listen to what the president said last year. >> sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. >> now, jason, for robert mueller, it has to sound really interesting that you would have picked a different attorney general if your attorney general nominee had told you he was going to act according to the rules of the justice department. >> right, right, exactly. it's sort of like saying well, if you would have told me that you won't bury dead bodies, i wouldn't have picked you as a lawyer, would i? that's essentially what the president is saying right now. the issue is, look, he has been saying things like this all along. i have to mention, i t
so jeff sessions' job as much as trump hates him and wants to get rid of him, jeff sessions is maybe the safest man in washington, d.c. right now. >> and let's remember what donald trump, we have the tape of it. "the new york times" did an interview with trump about sessions and about the recusal. and this one is on tape. let's listen to what the president said last year. >> sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have...
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jeff sessions was a u.s. attorney for 12 years. he served many years on the judiciary committee and same thing with trey gowdy. they understand when donald trump goes out and says these lies and these misleading things that it doesn't help their cause. >> david chalian, he then went on "cbs this morning" and said something that really struck me. let's play it. >> you said what the fbi was doing was kosher. why does the president keep saying what he's saying when he knows better? >> i don't know. i've never talked to the president. >> let's put that aside for a moment. there's no attempt there to try to explain the actions of the president at all. >> trey gowdy is retiring and leaving congress. >> so he feels free. >> in making that announcement he clearly feels quite free and to what mark was just saying, he is harkening back to his prosecutor days and that's why he's never met or spent time with the president because he actually does respect some independence and distance from the executives that he has oversight responsibility fo
jeff sessions was a u.s. attorney for 12 years. he served many years on the judiciary committee and same thing with trey gowdy. they understand when donald trump goes out and says these lies and these misleading things that it doesn't help their cause. >> david chalian, he then went on "cbs this morning" and said something that really struck me. let's play it. >> you said what the fbi was doing was kosher. why does the president keep saying what he's saying when he knows...
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he's furious of jeff sessions. s one of his first allies and the first senator to endorse him. these two men used to be very close and now they barely speak to each other. he does not want to hear jeff sessions' name, he's so angry with him and he clearly felt betrayed. he believes he was loyal to him and would do anything he asked him to do. even of questionable legality. jeff sessions here, yes, by the book, he did the right thing. that does not mean the president is not going to be angry at him. right now whether it would be rudy giuliani or other outside advisers or republicans or others in the white house. we know that could change any time no matter the legal jeopardy that we put him in. >> here you are and i am going to ask you the uncomfortable question over dinner. what ending do you think we are in in terms of the mueller's investigation. what will end game looked like? will it be reports handed to reporters and a presentation about robert mueller and one of his deputy, what would end game looked like to y
he's furious of jeff sessions. s one of his first allies and the first senator to endorse him. these two men used to be very close and now they barely speak to each other. he does not want to hear jeff sessions' name, he's so angry with him and he clearly felt betrayed. he believes he was loyal to him and would do anything he asked him to do. even of questionable legality. jeff sessions here, yes, by the book, he did the right thing. that does not mean the president is not going to be angry at...
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we see what he said, you know, to jeff sessions and the way that he's treating jeff sessions. because jeff sessions said listen, i'm recusing myself. i'm not lying for you. i'm scared of this stuff. and i'm not about to get myself into a position where i can be indicted and he is really upset with him. he would love to get rid of him but for the fact that he's got friends over the senate side, these republicans are saying you'd better not do it, mr. president. >> you're one of the most outliers spoken critics of jeff sessions, very critical of his nomination to be attorney general and his performance in that role. i'm very curious, in the past you've said even on the show you think he should be fired or he should quit. he should not have the job. what you make of the president's sort of continued public humiliation of his attorney general. >> well, here's what i think. i think that the president does not care who you are. if in fact he needs you and you do not respond to him, if you do not protect him, if you do not lie for him, he will throw you under the bus. he will attack
we see what he said, you know, to jeff sessions and the way that he's treating jeff sessions. because jeff sessions said listen, i'm recusing myself. i'm not lying for you. i'm scared of this stuff. and i'm not about to get myself into a position where i can be indicted and he is really upset with him. he would love to get rid of him but for the fact that he's got friends over the senate side, these republicans are saying you'd better not do it, mr. president. >> you're one of the most...
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to find your exclusive retailer today. >> more now on president trump and the attorney general jeff sessions. the president saying he wishes he picked a different attorney general. the tweet came after a report that the president told sessions that he should reverse his recusal from the russia investigation. jeff mason with us, a white house correspondent for reuters. can you match this reporting? what is the -- is the request still out there for him to unrecuse himself or something? >> well, i haven't matched the reporting. doesn't seem unlikely or doesn't seem unusual to believe that the president, because we know how upset he was with jeff sessions recusing himself and the president spoke to him about it and encouraged him to change that decision. the tweet and the response trey gowdy said it's consistent with what the president has been saying for some time now, that he felt betrayed by the fact that a.g. sessions decided to recuse himself and felt like he should have somebody in that position that would be looking out for him as president. >> shepard: has anyone explained the law to him
to find your exclusive retailer today. >> more now on president trump and the attorney general jeff sessions. the president saying he wishes he picked a different attorney general. the tweet came after a report that the president told sessions that he should reverse his recusal from the russia investigation. jeff mason with us, a white house correspondent for reuters. can you match this reporting? what is the -- is the request still out there for him to unrecuse himself or something?...
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before him at the justice department and so it doesn't -- i would imagine if that was not the case jeff sessionsld no longer be here, but he is accomplishing those other agenda items. >> and chen, according to the new york times trump was asking sessions to unrecuse himself at this march -- about this march '17 confrontation and all of this is being investigated by bob mueller. it seems that looking into obstruction, do you see obstruction? >> potentially. i think that him having sessions come down there after the fact to berate him about that, that i'm sure is going to raise the interest level of mueller's team and to follow up on what david was saying it's important to analyze that the a.g. has more than one case. the more that the president focusses on one case as reasons to wanting to unrecuse himself contrary to the advice of the regulations and career prosecutors the more suspicious that begins to look. >> shan, rudy giuliani say, unrecused doesn't say bury the investigation. it says on the face of it, take responsibility for it and handle it correctly. does giuliani have a point? >> he ha
before him at the justice department and so it doesn't -- i would imagine if that was not the case jeff sessionsld no longer be here, but he is accomplishing those other agenda items. >> and chen, according to the new york times trump was asking sessions to unrecuse himself at this march -- about this march '17 confrontation and all of this is being investigated by bob mueller. it seems that looking into obstruction, do you see obstruction? >> potentially. i think that him having...
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asÍ lo anunciÓ jeff sessions.e familia que ingrese sin autorizaciÓn al paÍs serÁn juzgados como criminales y separados de sus hijos. se encuentra en sus niveles mÁs bajos de los Últimos 46 aÑos, segÚn estadÍsticas del departamento de seguridad interna. juan carlos gonzÁlez con el reporte desde san isidro. juan carlos: el departamento de seguridad nacional acordÓ entregar los casos de las personas que sean sorprendidas cruzando ilegalmente a los estados unidos a la procuradurÍa, encabezada por el fiscal jeff sessions. jeff sessions: si cruzo la manera de ilegal la frontera serÁs procesado. si la ficas con indocumentados tambiÉn tendrÁ hablaremos cargos. jeff sessions anunciÓ una polÍtica de cero tolerancia en el parque de la amistad, en la frontera entre tijuana y san isidro. dijo que se procesarÁ a la gente que intente cruzar con un menor de edad. dijo que ese niÑo o niÑa serÁ separado, como lo requiere ley. aÑadiÓ que se castigarÁ a las personas que hagan una solicitud ilegÍtima de asilo. esto se considera como c
asÍ lo anunciÓ jeff sessions.e familia que ingrese sin autorizaciÓn al paÍs serÁn juzgados como criminales y separados de sus hijos. se encuentra en sus niveles mÁs bajos de los Últimos 46 aÑos, segÚn estadÍsticas del departamento de seguridad interna. juan carlos gonzÁlez con el reporte desde san isidro. juan carlos: el departamento de seguridad nacional acordÓ entregar los casos de las personas que sean sorprendidas cruzando ilegalmente a los estados unidos a la procuradurÍa,...
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committee chairman devin nunes, he wants congress to hold the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions in contempt of congress for failing to hand over some requested classified materials related to the russia investigation. what is going on here? >> reporter: he issued a subpoena last week to the justice department and they told him they would not be able to comply with because it refers to a quote, specific individual and providing that information according to the justice department could harm -- could risk lives and could have serious consequences and national security but nunez is not buying that warning that he's -- he wants to move forward on a contempt resolution to hold jeff sessions, the attorney general, in contempt. now earlier today at a press conference in california, jeff sessions was asked about this and he made it very clear he's not going to comply with nunez's request. >> the department of justice is written him a letter in responded -- as appropriate to him. the request he's made is one that the intelligence
committee chairman devin nunes, he wants congress to hold the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions in contempt of congress for failing to hand over some requested classified materials related to the russia investigation. what is going on here? >> reporter: he issued a subpoena last week to the justice department and they told him they would not be able to comply with because it refers to a quote, specific individual and providing that information according to the justice...
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he believes jeff sessions is responsible for his troubles. not have the mueller investigation. why not just get rid of sessions? >> he tried to in july. he went to reince priebus in july and basically said, you have to get him to resign. priebus stalled out the president over the weekend and the president backed down. this is when the president was attacking sessions publicly. the president would like to get rid of him, but republicans in the senate said they would not confirm another attorney general, and they've sort of boxed the president in on this issue. they said getting rid of sessions would be going too far. you have to remember, because sessions is recused, if the president puts someone else in as attorney general, they would oversee the investigation. they would be above rod rosenste rosenstein, and as long as they doen don't recuse themselves, they would be in charge and they would have the chance to do whatever they like with mueller. so the republicans on the hill have sort of stopped the president from doing what he would like to
he believes jeff sessions is responsible for his troubles. not have the mueller investigation. why not just get rid of sessions? >> he tried to in july. he went to reince priebus in july and basically said, you have to get him to resign. priebus stalled out the president over the weekend and the president backed down. this is when the president was attacking sessions publicly. the president would like to get rid of him, but republicans in the senate said they would not confirm another...
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let me read the long history of public demeaning that has been going on for jeff sessions. it is. here are the public attacks. in may 2017, tells sessions he should resign after mueller appointment. july, calls sessions' recusal unfair. also in july, beleaguered in a dwight. very disappointed in sessions. pressures sessions to investigate the obama administration in february. february, also calls him mr. magoo. and may, he wishes he picked a different ag. >> it is the ultimate. it is the dream job. jeff sessions has a long history of service to the american people. i don't think he wants to leave this position. i think that jeff sessionings believes he's done the right thing and continues to do the right thing by all accounts. he really has been a great soldier in terms of promoting the president's law enforcement policies and objectives. so i think he's going to continue to stay there. and i think he will continue to take this until the president actually fires him. i would be surprised if he resigns, quite frankly. at the end of the day, it's going to be up to the preside
let me read the long history of public demeaning that has been going on for jeff sessions. it is. here are the public attacks. in may 2017, tells sessions he should resign after mueller appointment. july, calls sessions' recusal unfair. also in july, beleaguered in a dwight. very disappointed in sessions. pressures sessions to investigate the obama administration in february. february, also calls him mr. magoo. and may, he wishes he picked a different ag. >> it is the ultimate. it is the...
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so what are you learning. >> strong language from attorney general jeff sessions an the department ofay, wolf. sessions made it crystal clear that prosecutors at the justice department are going to have a policy of zero tlerance at the border and that he simply is enforcing the laws on the books. and while officials made it pretty clear that this is not a policy explicitly directed at separating families, sessions had a stark warning, don't take the risk. >> if you smuggle an an legal alien across the border then we'll prosecute you for smuggling. if you smuggle a child and we'll prosecute you and that child will be separated from you probably as required by law. if you don't want your child to be separated, then don't bring them across the border illegally. it is not our fault that something does that. >> now this policy should not affect those who arrived at valid ports of entries seeking asylum. for credible fear of prosecution in their home country. but at least some advocates have raised the alarm and at least one mother who was separated from her four children at the border last
so what are you learning. >> strong language from attorney general jeff sessions an the department ofay, wolf. sessions made it crystal clear that prosecutors at the justice department are going to have a policy of zero tlerance at the border and that he simply is enforcing the laws on the books. and while officials made it pretty clear that this is not a policy explicitly directed at separating families, sessions had a stark warning, don't take the risk. >> if you smuggle an an...
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look at the color and the way in which it was done, it was this direct ask from the president to jeff sessionsnner at mar-a-lago. they say that this happened back in march 2017, after sessions recused himself from the russia investigation, he was at a dinner with the president, with trump at mar-a-lago, where the president began to berate jeff sessions, telling him he shouldn't recuse himself from the russian investigation, he should get back in. "the times" said this is a potentially inappropriate request, and jeff sessions refused, and as we know, the special counsel has been looking into obstruction. this, we're told, is part of that investigation. but the president's lawyers have been working, have been negotiating with mueller and his team to limit some of the questions that mueller wants to ask, including those about comey's firing. and really the overall picture, the overall investigation into obstruction. >> michael cohen, the president's long-time attorney, back in court today. what did we learn from that? >> reporter: this is the continuation of the document production, the review of
look at the color and the way in which it was done, it was this direct ask from the president to jeff sessionsnner at mar-a-lago. they say that this happened back in march 2017, after sessions recused himself from the russia investigation, he was at a dinner with the president, with trump at mar-a-lago, where the president began to berate jeff sessions, telling him he shouldn't recuse himself from the russian investigation, he should get back in. "the times" said this is a potentially...
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what you think bob mueller wants to know about the president's interactions with attorney general jeff sessions. let me see if we can -- we've got -- so, from the questions when mike broke the story, did you discuss whether mr. sessions would protect you, and reference past attorneys general? that was one of the questions the president's lawyers took down as maybe being of interest to special counsel robert mueller. do you think he's getting at what john heilman just described, which was his state of mind? >> totally. two points. as john says and as we talked about last night, generally speaking it does seem to stink of corrupt intent and have no other explanation. but two additional points for mueller as a prosecutor, first the decision to specifically in march of 2017, after he's already recused himself under the law to try to get him to reverse seems especially lawless and corrupt. what are you supposed to say then? ignore the whole thing, please, and just go roughshod over it to protect me? but then second, mueller has got to be interested in the chronology here. listen, he is nominated and
what you think bob mueller wants to know about the president's interactions with attorney general jeff sessions. let me see if we can -- we've got -- so, from the questions when mike broke the story, did you discuss whether mr. sessions would protect you, and reference past attorneys general? that was one of the questions the president's lawyers took down as maybe being of interest to special counsel robert mueller. do you think he's getting at what john heilman just described, which was his...
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jeff sessions had the made the decision at the time he made it. i don't know if he made the right decision or not. reasonable minds can disagree on that conclusion. i do understand why trey gowdy said the president might be frustrated. it's not ideal for him. >> harris: what role can or should jeff sessions play as the attorney general right now. what does the recusal mean for some of the things that you would want to happen in an investigation now? >> as long as he is recused. once he recuses himself untiles and until the time d -- until he unrecuses himself he can't touch it. it falls next in line which is rod rosenstein. if he reverses that, that changes. but unless and until that happens it's rod rosenstein and not jeff sessions. >> harris: what do you make of the president back in what the "new york times" is reporting march of 2017 pressuring him to reverse that recusal? >> well, perhaps he looked at it with white house counsel don mcgan as some are suggesting and said he didn't need to do it. if that is what they were doing saying resuze ca
jeff sessions had the made the decision at the time he made it. i don't know if he made the right decision or not. reasonable minds can disagree on that conclusion. i do understand why trey gowdy said the president might be frustrated. it's not ideal for him. >> harris: what role can or should jeff sessions play as the attorney general right now. what does the recusal mean for some of the things that you would want to happen in an investigation now? >> as long as he is recused. once...
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why do you think he hasn't fired jeff session ss why do you think he hasn't fired jeff session sessions? >> it's the people who have spoken up who are writing their congressman and senators and asking them to protect the mueller investigation. he knows if he were to fire jeff session, i don't think he would be able to get an attorney general through the senate, at least not one that he would like. he wants somebody who is going to be a loyalist to him. not somebody who is a loyalist to our constitution. i think his efforts to try to shame attorney general sessions does amount to obstruction. he does this at public press conferences and public rallies and on twitter. he's trying to make jeff sessions do something he knows he can't which is to resign. >> thanks as usual for joining us. >> of course. >>> just ahead, is the president waiting to see what robert mueller does before he fires jeff sessions? we're going to talk about that. also about the president's response to the roseanne fire storm. why is the man who refuses to apologize now expecting an apology. you get another day in parad
why do you think he hasn't fired jeff session ss why do you think he hasn't fired jeff session sessions? >> it's the people who have spoken up who are writing their congressman and senators and asking them to protect the mueller investigation. he knows if he were to fire jeff session, i don't think he would be able to get an attorney general through the senate, at least not one that he would like. he wants somebody who is going to be a loyalist to him. not somebody who is a loyalist to...
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let's talk about the president and jeff sessions. in a way, as something that always personally liked, respected senator sessions, i cannot at this point defend anything longer his inaction in some ways and that decision to recuse himself the day after he's confirmed. look at what it's done to the country. your reaction. >> it was an unforced betrayal of the president of the united states who had appointed him. here's the problem. the case that was being turned over to bob mueller at that time was a counter intelligence investigation. it was not a criminal investigation. therefore jeff sessions did not have to recuse himself. he could have supervised that investigation, stayed in touch with it, been aware of it. even if criminal matters came up, he wouldn't have had to recuse himself. in fact, we now know that it remains basically a counter intelligence investigation. the only thing that mueller wants to do is interview the president of the united states for no good reason in order to get evidence so he can refer it to the house of r
let's talk about the president and jeff sessions. in a way, as something that always personally liked, respected senator sessions, i cannot at this point defend anything longer his inaction in some ways and that decision to recuse himself the day after he's confirmed. look at what it's done to the country. your reaction. >> it was an unforced betrayal of the president of the united states who had appointed him. here's the problem. the case that was being turned over to bob mueller at that...
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he regrets the fact that he nominated jeff sessions to be the attorney general. this has been going on for a year now. the public humiliation of his attorney general. do you believe sessions should resign? >> no. i don't. i think it's amazing that he has had the fortitude to stay. but i'm pretty sure that he has job security. i think it's very clear that republicans in the senate have communicated to the president that they will not consider confirming another attorney general nominee if he were to fire jeff sessions. but it's not surprising that he is doing this. this is what he does to people who don't toe the line. you know, he learned at the feet of roy cohen, a world class fixer, you know, terrible person, i think by anyone's measure, and he sees his attorney general as someone who first and foremost should be loyal to him. not his agenda. not the country. not the rule of law. to him. now, you can argue that it's fair that the president's past have chosen people they feel comfortable representing the department of justice as the attorney general, someone who
he regrets the fact that he nominated jeff sessions to be the attorney general. this has been going on for a year now. the public humiliation of his attorney general. do you believe sessions should resign? >> no. i don't. i think it's amazing that he has had the fortitude to stay. but i'm pretty sure that he has job security. i think it's very clear that republicans in the senate have communicated to the president that they will not consider confirming another attorney general nominee if...
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he would be doing it because he wants jeff sessions to protect him. that's not the job of the attorney general. the job of attorney general is to follow the constitution, federal statutes and regulations of department of justice, and it is clear jeff sessions has recused because of conflicts of interest. that's why robert mueller is investigating. >> let me get your reaction, congressman, to "new york times" reporting on andrew mccabe. fired number two at the fbi, memo on the firing of his boss, james comey, former fbi deputy director wrote that rod rosenstein currently oversees the mueller investigation, deputy attorney general said that president trump asked him to reference the russia investigation in his explanation of comerica's firing. how important is that do you believe to understanding the president's motivation for the firing. >> not clear what that means, if he wanted that to reference that comey said the president was not under investigation in the russia investigation or if he wanted him to say something more. it is ambiguous. the most im
he would be doing it because he wants jeff sessions to protect him. that's not the job of the attorney general. the job of attorney general is to follow the constitution, federal statutes and regulations of department of justice, and it is clear jeff sessions has recused because of conflicts of interest. that's why robert mueller is investigating. >> let me get your reaction, congressman, to "new york times" reporting on andrew mccabe. fired number two at the fbi, memo on the...
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under any other circumstances, jeff sessions would be the shining star in trump's cabinet. trump's iminvestigation, plans, policy, that's all sessions. if you think about what conservatives are happy about, they are thrilled about the judges put in place. but jeff sessions is persona nongrata with the president. >> he was until he refused himself from the russia investigation. >> that was a minute into the administration. >> he was poised to be a real leader. he was in synch with president. he was a loyal campaign surrogate. he helped staff the government during the transition. he recuses on the russia case which was his duty because of his personal conflict of interest in the investigation. trump wants to get rid of him. trump won't pull the trigger because doing so would create legal peril for the president potentially. >> the president continues to obsess over this narrative calling the investigation a witch hunt, now this term that has no fact behind it -- s spygate. i want to share what he said last night in nashville. >> so how do you like the fact they had people infi
under any other circumstances, jeff sessions would be the shining star in trump's cabinet. trump's iminvestigation, plans, policy, that's all sessions. if you think about what conservatives are happy about, they are thrilled about the judges put in place. but jeff sessions is persona nongrata with the president. >> he was until he refused himself from the russia investigation. >> that was a minute into the administration. >> he was poised to be a real leader. he was in synch...
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but back to jeff sessions. "the new york times" has the details of another controversy in the trump versus sessions sa saga. a march 2017 battle over trump's recusal from the trump investigation. mr. trump had told aides that he needed a loyalist overseeing the inventory berated mr. sessions and told him he should reverse his decision. sessions did not. this episode is being eyed by none other than robert mueller. it should not come as a surprise that the president does not want sessions as his ag, after all, he said out loud that he wants an attorney general who will protect him, not one who recuses himself and gives up control over an investigation that the president can't escape. >>> so the big question right now is if president trump is so unhappy with jeff sessions, why hasn't he fired him? let's bring in our reporters and analysts. first up, msnbc's kristen welker at the white house. kristen, where does the relationship stand as of today, wednesday? >> reporter: well, today, katy, was yet another moment w
but back to jeff sessions. "the new york times" has the details of another controversy in the trump versus sessions sa saga. a march 2017 battle over trump's recusal from the trump investigation. mr. trump had told aides that he needed a loyalist overseeing the inventory berated mr. sessions and told him he should reverse his decision. sessions did not. this episode is being eyed by none other than robert mueller. it should not come as a surprise that the president does not want...
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juan carlos: jeff sessions dijo que la gente debe venir legalmente.tes fiscales y jueces para revisar los casos. la conferencia de prensa se llevaba a cabo de una manera un manifestante, quien a pesar de toda la seguridad existente, logrÓ entrar al evento. ilia: a pesar del anuncio del fiscal general jeff sessions, hoy la patrulla fronteriza de texas dejÓ en libertad a decena de familias que permanecÍan detenidas. dice que los delincuentes impiden que los migrantes crucen por el puente. pedro rojas nos cuenta lo que los emigrantes teme que ocurre la en la frontera partir de hoy. pedro: asÍ fueron liberadas decenas de familias indocumentadas, procesadas por la patrulla fronteriza, a una hora del anuncio de jeff sessions. quien informÓ que a partir de hoy, toda familia indocumentada que cruce ilegalmente a estados unidos serÁ criminalizar de los menores serÁn separados de sus padres. ernesto juÁrez vino con su hijo, nos contÓ cómo ingreso al paÍs. >> cuando pagamos el pasaje y todo,estuvimos ahÍ y cruzamos el rÍo. la liberaciÓn hoy fue masiva, se asegur
juan carlos: jeff sessions dijo que la gente debe venir legalmente.tes fiscales y jueces para revisar los casos. la conferencia de prensa se llevaba a cabo de una manera un manifestante, quien a pesar de toda la seguridad existente, logrÓ entrar al evento. ilia: a pesar del anuncio del fiscal general jeff sessions, hoy la patrulla fronteriza de texas dejÓ en libertad a decena de familias que permanecÍan detenidas. dice que los delincuentes impiden que los migrantes crucen por el puente....
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so you have someone like jeff sessions.ug warrior against mandatory minimum reform, sadly as attorney general you have a trump white house signaled at least interest in prison reform, hopefully mandatory minimums will get looked at. charles: white house seems to look other way with respect to things like marijuana. we know that jeff sessions talks tough about it but overall, someone who is work on diversity, and understands this is an issue that crosses not just party lines but hits young folks, people of color, does this help you to recruit people, to the understand the white house a little bit better? >> it is important to realize people are serving sentences for first nonviolent offense that are longer than people who have raped children. we cannot stop with the prison reform, this should be a bipartisan issue, something that conservatives, liberals, democrats and republicans alike support. we have somebody like kim kardashian talking about it, she has a huge following. at the same time, i want to make sure she is equipp
so you have someone like jeff sessions.ug warrior against mandatory minimum reform, sadly as attorney general you have a trump white house signaled at least interest in prison reform, hopefully mandatory minimums will get looked at. charles: white house seems to look other way with respect to things like marijuana. we know that jeff sessions talks tough about it but overall, someone who is work on diversity, and understands this is an issue that crosses not just party lines but hits young...
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>> it's a different relationship between the president and jeff sessions versus rosenstein. is he seize rod rosenstein has someone who served under the obama administration. >> a democrat. >> even though he also served under the bush administration. he sees sessions as someone who not only pushes the edge of conservative politics but someone who is one of his first major name endorsers on the campaign trail. he saw this as his guy he was putting in the justice department. if you're someone like donald trump who commands loyalty and might be entering the presidency with fears over what the intelligence community or justice department could get on you, that position is key. it may have factored into his decision to appoint jeff sessions to that spot and when he recused himself, he's putting blame there. i think he's putting the blame on the recusal when the original sin is firing comey. he doesn't want to blame himself. >> let me go on to this, shannon, here's the problem everybody watching understands. trump is not willing to tell the truth. he's willing to say it to the russ
>> it's a different relationship between the president and jeff sessions versus rosenstein. is he seize rod rosenstein has someone who served under the obama administration. >> a democrat. >> even though he also served under the bush administration. he sees sessions as someone who not only pushes the edge of conservative politics but someone who is one of his first major name endorsers on the campaign trail. he saw this as his guy he was putting in the justice department. if...
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when jeff sessions decide to recuse himself, rod rosenstein, a man we have never even heard of, appointis pal bob mule tore investigate our president. and this week we find out the fbi ran a spy operation actually place an informant, a mole in the trump campaign before there were any legal ground to do any such thing. it was a classic totalitarian third world tactic. this person has as much been identified. he's engaged in skullduggery going back to bush 41. my fbi sources tell me there would be no reason for him to even run into a page or papadopoulos. and get this. he's disappeared for the last 9 months. i want you to remember that you heard it here first. any collector. their name for an informant work on a national campaign must have a sign-off by the attorney general. here that would be liar loretta lynch. lynch would have had to have approved an informant on that campaign. if she didn't, then the fbi under james comey was even more corrupt going rogue in their attempt to destroy donald trump. what, ladies and gentlemen * is unmistakable in all of this, the single most of dangerous
when jeff sessions decide to recuse himself, rod rosenstein, a man we have never even heard of, appointis pal bob mule tore investigate our president. and this week we find out the fbi ran a spy operation actually place an informant, a mole in the trump campaign before there were any legal ground to do any such thing. it was a classic totalitarian third world tactic. this person has as much been identified. he's engaged in skullduggery going back to bush 41. my fbi sources tell me there would...
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from congressman gowdy noting that president trump could have picked another person instead of jeff sessions. president trump added, quote, i wish i did. sessions, we should note, recused himself from the russia investigation because justice department investigation requires it since he was an active member of the trump campaign which is under investigation. the the president asked jeff sessions to reverse the recusal because trump needed a trump loyalist overseeing it. that's something that robert mueller is investigating to see if that qualifies as attempted obstruction of justice. jeff zeleny starts ossoff with -- us off with more from the white house. >> reporter: president trump venting new frustration at his attorney general saying he regrets hiring jeff sessions to lead the justice department. the president furious at jeff sessions for recusing the russia investigation blasted him again today. he seized on this remark from trey gowdy. >> if i were the president and picked someone to be the country's chief law enforcement officer, and they told me later by the way, i'm not going to be
from congressman gowdy noting that president trump could have picked another person instead of jeff sessions. president trump added, quote, i wish i did. sessions, we should note, recused himself from the russia investigation because justice department investigation requires it since he was an active member of the trump campaign which is under investigation. the the president asked jeff sessions to reverse the recusal because trump needed a trump loyalist overseeing it. that's something that...
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to jeff sessions. in the wake of that "new york times" report, casey, that president trump asked jeff sessions to reverse his recusal in the russia probe. of course sessions recused him because there werel revelations he had met with russia's ambassador during the campaign and didn't initially disclose those meetings. today sarah huckabee sanders was pressed about the tweet that he wished he had picked a different attorney general. she said she has nothing to do add to his comments. she wast also pressed on trey gouty. who has seen the intelligence, saying he has no indication there was an informant embedded in president trump's campaign as president trump as suggested. listen to how sarah huckabee sanders answered those questions. >> kristen i'm sorry. it look likeby we don't have that sound. let's talk more. it soundashough sarah huckabee sanders was essentially trying to make a whole long list of other cebriti who had, you know, said negative thing about the president and essentially hold them up as
to jeff sessions. in the wake of that "new york times" report, casey, that president trump asked jeff sessions to reverse his recusal in the russia probe. of course sessions recused him because there werel revelations he had met with russia's ambassador during the campaign and didn't initially disclose those meetings. today sarah huckabee sanders was pressed about the tweet that he wished he had picked a different attorney general. she said she has nothing to do add to his comments....
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he really berated jeff sessions in the oval office. at one point he said i need somebody to protect me. and the questions really came down to the theme of, mr. president, how do you view federal law enforcement? are they independent investigators who are there to get to the facts? or do you see them as people who work for you and should make their priority to defend you and protect you? that was really the thematic point a lot of these questions were getting at. why did you say that? did you raise other attorney generals in conversations? what did you do when you learned that jeff sessions was going to recuse himself? and it really just goes back to this theme that people in the justice department and retired from the justice department keep bringing up, which is the president keeps kind of reaching into d.o.j. in ways that previous presidents just never have when it comes to ongoing criminal investigations. much less criminal investigations that touch on the president's own conduct. >> barbara, you're the former fed here. can you put
he really berated jeff sessions in the oval office. at one point he said i need somebody to protect me. and the questions really came down to the theme of, mr. president, how do you view federal law enforcement? are they independent investigators who are there to get to the facts? or do you see them as people who work for you and should make their priority to defend you and protect you? that was really the thematic point a lot of these questions were getting at. why did you say that? did you...
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what jeff session said, they're not american values.y represent the worst of us. >> jon: he did say may separate children from their parents. he didn't say it would happen. alex, give us your take on these policies as announced by the attorney general. >> some people assume that jeff sessions is doing this because he doesn't want trump to fire him. obviously president trump has been very critical of the justice department and the attorney general. i worked for marco rubio for 2013 when we tried to fix the immigration system. jeff sessions was the top proponent on that. he's a hardliner on the immigration issue. my hope is he's measures by the president and this administration will put pressure on congress to finally fix the problem. we have a broken immigration system. the reason people keep pouring in is because we need to do more on border security. we have to modernize the system and deal with the undocumented people currently in the united states including dreamers. it's the congress' responsibility. yes, takes presidential leadersh
what jeff session said, they're not american values.y represent the worst of us. >> jon: he did say may separate children from their parents. he didn't say it would happen. alex, give us your take on these policies as announced by the attorney general. >> some people assume that jeff sessions is doing this because he doesn't want trump to fire him. obviously president trump has been very critical of the justice department and the attorney general. i worked for marco rubio for 2013...
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the president has right to tell jeff sessions that he should unrecuse. is clear that if sessions was involved in a political campaign, he can't work on the review of that campaign. yes, i think jeff sessions was correct not to tell the president. i'll tell you why, alan. i am answering your question. don't interrupt me. because the president would have had the hissy fit we read about in the "new york times" tonight. so, yes. if he was going to behave with that disdain for the rule of law, he was absolutely right to make the call. >> the president would have simply said, sorry, mr. sessions, you are a good man, i'm not appointing you. i want a full-time attorney general who is not recused, he would have appointed someone else who was loyal to him just the way john kennedy, just the way ronald reagan, just the way barack obama did. >> are you saying jeff sessions is not loyal to the president? >> he's out of the case. >> he was one of the first campaigners. >> you want somebody who is loyal and involved in the case. you don't want an attorney general who ca
the president has right to tell jeff sessions that he should unrecuse. is clear that if sessions was involved in a political campaign, he can't work on the review of that campaign. yes, i think jeff sessions was correct not to tell the president. i'll tell you why, alan. i am answering your question. don't interrupt me. because the president would have had the hissy fit we read about in the "new york times" tonight. so, yes. if he was going to behave with that disdain for the rule of...
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keeps. >> harris: how complicated is it that jeff sessions recused? if he is held in contempt is that a fireable situation? >> the president can fire cabinet member at any point. but it would be unfair to target jeff sessions because he recused himself. it would not be unfair to target rod rosenstein because with respect to this area he is effectively the attorney general. >> harris: wow! the house freedom caucus turned up the heat. talk about the trump tower meeting. donald trump jr. coming out saying hey, at least they see the question i was asked. what do you make of the transcripts? >> they are equivocal. i'm smiling because i read the democratic version of it. you would think it's two different transcripts but it is the same. the democrats, and you just played a clip of senator richard blumenthal -- >> harris: yeah, he called don jr. a liar. >> accused him of committing a felony. i don't believe it's under oath but it is still a crime to lie to congress in a formal interrogation setting whether you are under oath or not. >> harris: what is this t
keeps. >> harris: how complicated is it that jeff sessions recused? if he is held in contempt is that a fireable situation? >> the president can fire cabinet member at any point. but it would be unfair to target jeff sessions because he recused himself. it would not be unfair to target rod rosenstein because with respect to this area he is effectively the attorney general. >> harris: wow! the house freedom caucus turned up the heat. talk about the trump tower meeting. donald...
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he went after jeff sessions yesterday.e this in fits and starts for the last year plus. but in the last 48 hours or 24 hours, the president again has decided to make clear to jeff sessions, i wish you would go away. right? you don't tell a key deputy you accuse him of betrayal unless you want him to go away. right? >> i think it's pretty clear that trump wishes that jeff sessions wasn't there, but why is he still there? it's because the president doesn't want to or feels he can't fire him. and that leads me to believe that jeff sessions actually has some leverage in this situation and it's precisely because of the mueller obstruction of justice probe. >> he does have leverage, and listen, this is rudy giuliani yesterday asked this question. he met with reporters. he had a pool of reporters outside the white house. he asked this question, is the president going to fire jeff sessions and rod rosenstein? >> i don't think the president is going to touch mueller, sessions or rosenstein. i think in the long run, it will be worke
he went after jeff sessions yesterday.e this in fits and starts for the last year plus. but in the last 48 hours or 24 hours, the president again has decided to make clear to jeff sessions, i wish you would go away. right? you don't tell a key deputy you accuse him of betrayal unless you want him to go away. right? >> i think it's pretty clear that trump wishes that jeff sessions wasn't there, but why is he still there? it's because the president doesn't want to or feels he can't fire...
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to unrecuse himself, but now we've got the president himself directing jeff sessions that he shoulde himself, which again, previously unreported before this scoop. michael schmidt, thank you very much for coming in to talk to us about this stuff. i feel like i want to send you right back to work. thank you, sir. thanks. we'll be right back. stay with us. derate to severe plaque psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. tell your doctor if these occur. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your do
to unrecuse himself, but now we've got the president himself directing jeff sessions that he shoulde himself, which again, previously unreported before this scoop. michael schmidt, thank you very much for coming in to talk to us about this stuff. i feel like i want to send you right back to work. thank you, sir. thanks. we'll be right back. stay with us. derate to severe plaque psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a...
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jeff sessions? >> sandra: pushing back on giving documents. we are allowed to criticize that. >> the way the president undercuts his own officials, happened with rex tillerson, jeff sessions. >> he didn't like their performance. moving "omoving on, california s maybe getting in the way of retaking washington. it could cause chaos come the midterm election. your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. (vo)is ahhhmazing!ful simple goodness meaty morsels. a tender texture. with real meat and a blend of peas and carrots i can see. a totally new kind of awesome going on here! (avo) new beneful simple goodness. tender, meaty morsels with real ingredients you can see. >> democrats hoping to retake the majority in congress are finding chaos in california. pointing the finger at the state and national party establishment for pushing wealthier candidates to run for three
jeff sessions? >> sandra: pushing back on giving documents. we are allowed to criticize that. >> the way the president undercuts his own officials, happened with rex tillerson, jeff sessions. >> he didn't like their performance. moving "omoving on, california s maybe getting in the way of retaking washington. it could cause chaos come the midterm election. your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in...
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>>> plus a source telling cnn the president pressured the attorney general jeff sessions multiple times. to get control of the russia investigation again. was this about obstructing justice? >>> trump refusing to condemn roseanne's racist tweets. why won't he take a moral stand on this one? let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, pardon spree. today with little explanation, announcing on twitter, the president said he will pardon controversial conservative commentator dinesh d'souza saying d'souza was quote treated very unfairly by our government. it's trump's fifth pardon since taking office, which is big news. i'm going to get to more on that in just a moment. first, why d'souza? today trump said he didn't know d'souza, who of course confessed to illegal campaign contributions. trump said he's never met the guy. he claims no one asked him to pardon him. then why did he? a white house official tells cnn that trump began considering the pardon several weeks ago and coincidentally, that would be when d'souza appeared on the president's favorite morning sh
>>> plus a source telling cnn the president pressured the attorney general jeff sessions multiple times. to get control of the russia investigation again. was this about obstructing justice? >>> trump refusing to condemn roseanne's racist tweets. why won't he take a moral stand on this one? let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, pardon spree. today with little explanation, announcing on twitter, the president said he will...
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attorney general jeff sessions completely reversed that.ngle person even if they have a legitimate asylum claim. that's what's causing all these separation ands that needs to be reversed because it doesn't make any sense. >> congressman ted lu of california, thank you very much for joining us tonight, sir. very much appreciated. >> thank you, rachel. >> more to come tonight. stay with us. be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. tell your doctor if these occur. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla repo
attorney general jeff sessions completely reversed that.ngle person even if they have a legitimate asylum claim. that's what's causing all these separation ands that needs to be reversed because it doesn't make any sense. >> congressman ted lu of california, thank you very much for joining us tonight, sir. very much appreciated. >> thank you, rachel. >> more to come tonight. stay with us. be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a...
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because donald trump knows how difficult it would be, i think, to get rid of jeff sessions, to fire jeffsions, he's trying to force his hand to quit. if jeff sessions hasn't quit by now, i don't think he will. donald trump sees everything through his lens. i always come back to the quote about jeff sessions. "the new york times" asked about his recusal, why are you so unhappy about it. he says it was unfair to the president. he doesn't understand, whether it's willful or not, he doesn't understand there are processes in place here. this isn't about you. jeff sessions didn't recuse himself because he wanted to mess with donald trump. he recused himself because of procedure that is are in place. he never grasped that. he continues to not do so. >> if he were, joey jackson, to fire the attorney general, which he has not done, no indication he's about to other than uttering the words, but if he were to do so, is that evidence of obstruction of justice in. >> you know, you can make the argument, wolf, it would be evidence of obstruction. remember, the attorney general recused himself from the
because donald trump knows how difficult it would be, i think, to get rid of jeff sessions, to fire jeffsions, he's trying to force his hand to quit. if jeff sessions hasn't quit by now, i don't think he will. donald trump sees everything through his lens. i always come back to the quote about jeff sessions. "the new york times" asked about his recusal, why are you so unhappy about it. he says it was unfair to the president. he doesn't understand, whether it's willful or not, he...
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jeff sessions. a year and a half ago sessions said i'll leave if you want me to leave. fire me, and trump didn't. if he were to fire jeff sessions is that where it gets hairy in terms of obstruction? >> that would lead us into a crisis moment. he's already fired comey. >> we've said that before. this could be a crisis moment. yes. >> and as you said, there's a new angle to the obstruction case. we appear to have trump's role in crafting this misleading statement that his son put out after the mysterious meeting in the hotel with the russian emissaries. now you have this piece, him trying to belittle, persuade, get sessions to unrecuse himself, which isn't really a thing in the law, but you have that. and the big question i think now is will sessions cooperate will the investigation? you could be looking at a situation where you have an attorney general who is cooperating with the mueller team against the president. and that could well happen. i think there's questions about will it and could it but
jeff sessions. a year and a half ago sessions said i'll leave if you want me to leave. fire me, and trump didn't. if he were to fire jeff sessions is that where it gets hairy in terms of obstruction? >> that would lead us into a crisis moment. he's already fired comey. >> we've said that before. this could be a crisis moment. yes. >> and as you said, there's a new angle to the obstruction case. we appear to have trump's role in crafting this misleading statement that his son...
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new reporting on the president's move to try and get jeff sessions to reverse his recusal on the russia investigation and why he won't just fire the guy already. >>> and speaking of tweets, roseanne. she is out online again this morning after that racist tweet and the backlash from it led to the decision to put plug on her tv show. did ambien make her do it? we're here with the latest details. we have a lot to get to. >>> i want to start with tom winter where he's following this morning's court developments involving michael cohen. what's the main thing you'll be looking out for here? >> reporter: we're going to be looking at here as far as any sort of updates or clues that we can fler glean as to when the review by the special master, when we think that might be wrapping up or just eechbven th progress of that. right now federal investigators are slowed down because a lot of the evidence that they took from michael cohen two months ago was still under review. that's the primary goal of today's hearing. the other thing we have to keep our eye on recordings that have, according to stormy
new reporting on the president's move to try and get jeff sessions to reverse his recusal on the russia investigation and why he won't just fire the guy already. >>> and speaking of tweets, roseanne. she is out online again this morning after that racist tweet and the backlash from it led to the decision to put plug on her tv show. did ambien make her do it? we're here with the latest details. we have a lot to get to. >>> i want to start with tom winter where he's following...