prevented presented that the russian people won and and to be honest a e just heard that earlier between mr noel me and miss subject you've got opposition as fragmented and really not really united with with the common common direction. high and it makes us studio head with kevin what kind of international reaction do you predict once the ballots are counted. i think it'll be. i don't think it's it's surprising it's it's it's kind of expected the final numbers here seventy six percent are in in line with the poll numbers and in line with his popularity and so i think it's not a it's onix you know it's not to be unexpected it's actually expected result that he would win i think also what's positive is your international observers have gotten some very very good comments i've i've read as well as far as the process in general and some of the procedures that been put in place i think also the the fairness and openness that all the opposition candidates had as far as media coverage as far as the ability to voice their their positions across a variety of areas from foreign policy to family issues to

noel francisco, my solicitor general. he tells me what to do. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you, mr. attorney general. [applause] atty gen. sessions: no, we have a great group in there in the solicitor general's office. a lot of career people. we evaluate it on a lot of issues like, is that the best case to bring up? this case may be marginal, it may not be the best factual basis to create a clear issue for the supreme court that would likely result in a ruling we think is proper. so, it takes a lot of though that goes into thatt and it takes people who know the court, know the tendencies, the makeup of the court, and who is familiar with the history and growth of the law in a lot of different areas. it is no little matter to decide what to take to the supreme court. the solicitor general, that is the greatest lawyer job in the world. you get to stand before the highest court in the land, the supreme court, represent the greatest country in the history of the world, united states of america, is quite an honor. he is a fabulous addition to our office. >> thank you very much. we know you have a busy sch

noel shopping together. buying gloves, dark clothing, a knife. and on four different occasions they bought hammers. >> this ends up at mr.e happens to have two other perfectly good hammers in the garage. >> reporter: what else could all this have been, they asked, but a murder kit. one final thing. greyhound told the cops that he got into shauna's place with a key george gave him. and look at this. here's george at the hardware store, buying a key just like the key noel used. only one possible conclusion, said the prosecutors. >> noel stevens used the hammer. the person who used noel stevens is george tiaffay. >> reporter: ahh, but -- >> it's a good story, it's real interesting, but it's not evidence yet. >> reporter: this is george's defense attorney, robert langford. >> there is absolute reasonable doubt as to george tiaffay's involvement in this case. >> reporter: those surveillance videos, for example, that the prosecution found so damning? none of the hammers they bought was the actual murder weapon. and besides, most of what they bought together was simple --and innocent camping gear. george helping a man in need,

noel, your take on the potential affects on all of this. there are more than just -- there's another one accusing mr.al misconduct before the 2016 election. what do you think the effect of this has had on the president? >> you know, i don't think much. he has his hands full with a lot of issues that are very important. meaning, we have north korea. we have the russian meddling. we have issues at hand that keep the president pretty busy. i think that these things -- i'm sure they're in the background. but i don't think he is worried about what's going on with stormy daniels. i think in the white house he is faced with bigger problems. >> do you want to give a headline potential for tomorrow? >> i do not. >> is this real? >> do you want to take a stab? >> is this really what we are talking about? it's interesting when you look at the comparison between the clinton days and today and people's tolerance and appetite for this conversation around the president. it's a new day, i guess. >> it is. i don't know what it says about society. that's another conversation. good to see you both. thank you. >>> ahead

mr. walberg is probably going to go in a couple minutes has a bill addressing unused opioid disposal for hospice. i noel talk about that. would you just kind of speak to safe disposal and what options do we have and what you would like to see congress do in that respect? >> sir, i appreciate that concern because it is a concern of mine because once we can get these drugs off the street in the prescription pill form we have to make sure that they are not diverted again. so that requires guidelines, that requires policy and we would be more than happy to work with any entity out there to come up with a game plan so that when we get those pills off the street and we can get them into a safe location and they remain in custody to be disposed of, that's our ultimate goal. >> okay. thank you. and that finishes my questions. i yield back a minute 26. >> gentleman yields back. thanks to the gentleman. i think we have accommodated all the members of the subcommittee and we are now pleased to recognize mr. walberg who is a member of the full committee. five minutes for your questions. >> i thank the chairman for