john o'dowd.he record shows that the sdlp mps don't turn up monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, maybe every other wednesday and thursday. their attendance rate is nearly as bad as ours and we are proud abstentionists. 78%, mark durkan, 80% for margaret ritchie and 38% for alasdair mcdonnell in the 2015—2017 session. you have to get your facts right. millions of pounds in expenses, they don't claim it, they have not taken them in the last parliament. excuse me. but i wanted you to get your facts right, that is all. but i'm correcting colum eastwood, they don't turn up apart from every other monday, tuesday and perhaps the wednesday. that's not true. in terms of the question, the constitutional question is important because it is about how we govern ourselves and what we see as our future and how we want to do it. i don't recognise the state that jeffrey talks about where there will not be a health service, where you have to pay 50 euros or £50 to see your gp. it's called the republic of irelan

he also added high powered washington attorney john o'dowd to his legal defense team. >> now speculation the russia investigation could eventually force the number two man at the justice department to recuse himself. cnn jessica schneider explains. >> reporter: whether rosenstein will oversee himself from overseeing the russia probe which he launched by hiring director mueller. >> director mueller will have what he needs to conduct that investigation appropriately. >> reporter: mueller and his growing team of prosecutors are planning to clear in the clearest indication yet that the probe could include obstruction of justice in the firing of fbi director james comey in which rosenstein played a role. but a justice department spokesman tells cnn, as the deputy attorney general has said numerous times, if there comes a time he needs to recuse, he will. nothing has changed. thursday night rosenstein issued a peculiar statement saying americans should be skeptical about allegations. >> are you under investigation by the fbi. >> reporter: he took aim saying i am being investigated by firing th