mr. sessions: mr. speaker, last night at a late hour the rules committee met where we had expert testimony that was offered on behalf of the chairman and the ranking member of the committee on appropriations, the gentleman from new jersey and the gentlewoman from new york. i would like to, if i could, express to my friend, mr. mcgovern, the professional nature, not only that he but judge hastings and other members of the committee represented the democratic side at a time that is very difficult for them with the pass and loss of a tremendous leader in the house of representatives, the gentlewoman from new york, chairwoman louise slaughter. mr. mcgovern not only -- and mr. hastings, conducted themselves in my opinion in a professional and straightforward manner but represented their party quite well in a time of distress and a time of need and i want to express my complete confidence not only in mr. mcgovern but also thank judge hastings for his professional lastism last night as we worked through diffi

mr. sessions: mr. speaker, last night at a late hour the rules committee met where we had expert testimony that was offered on behalf of the chairman and the ranking member of the committee on appropriations, the gentleman from new jersey and the gentlewoman from new york. i would like to, if i could, express to my friend, mr. mcgovern, the professional nature, not only that he but judge hastings and other members of the committee represented the democratic side at a time that is very difficult for them with the pass and loss of a tremendous leader in the house of representatives, the gentlewoman from new york, chairwoman louise slaughter. mr. mcgovern not only -- and mr. hastings, conducted themselves in my opinion in a professional and straightforward manner but represented their party quite well in a time of distress and a time of need and i want to express my complete confidence not only in mr. mcgovern but also thank judge hastings for his professional lastism last night as we worked through diffi

believes they're undercutting himself he can fire mr rosenstein he doesn't have to wait well for mr rove sessions brucey hand if he doesn't do this because he doesn't want to bruce you need to appear on the on the liberal cable stations to tell people that because they're american people aren't told that very often philip john brennan's name was mentioned here i think i know why he had such a furious and i think even childish tweet about the mccabe firing is that we go back to the lack of candor again i think john brennan is probably has the least amount of candor and all the cast of characters here i mean i would really like to know how many times he leaked to the media because that's the at least one reason why mccabe was let go because he leaked to the media go ahead philip. you know i agree i mean you know we keep looking at the f.b.i. and this and unfortunately the cia or at least the leadership of the cia was much more guilty of of this kind of lying and sneaking around for political reasons brennan it is known approached a number of european intelligence services to obtain dirt on the dona

yes i what the remedy is right in the oval office mr trump in the next five minutes could tell mr sessions you appoint a special prosecutor to investigate clinton foundation or i'm firing you if there's nothing that impede to me has that power under article two if his team isn't doing the right thing he can fire them why doesn't that he could also release mr sessions is not going to get over it really can a fire is will get somebody who will go ahead steve steve that he could declassify it all that was right all the press is wives on his own candy class yeah he can declassify it right nice any information he wishes. and that's for sure but i just saw a point out here as harry truman said rockwell lighthouse steve go ahead if you like it don't forget the role don't don't forget the role talk about the deep state the state department the f.b.i. the cia they're still full of people who don't like never like trump and are loyal to the democrats and obama and they're still in there and obama has theirs in my opinion this sort of shadow government working where strings are being told there is li

yes i what the remedy is right in the oval office mr trump in the next five minutes could tell mr sessions you appoint a special prosecutor to investigate clinton foundation or i'm firing you if there's nothing that impede to me has that power under article two if his team isn't doing the right thing he can fire them why doesn't that he could also release mr sessions is not going to get over it really in a far as i guess somebody who will go ahead steve steve that he could declassify it all that is right all the press is wives on his own candy class yeah he can declassify it right nice any information he wishes. and that's for sure but i just saw a point here as harry truman said rockwell lighthouse steve go ahead if you like it don't forget the rubber duck don't forget the role talk about the deep state the state department the f.b.i. the cia they're still full of people who don't like never like trump and are loyal to the democrats and obama and they're still in there and obama has theirs in my opinion this sort of shadow government working where strings are being told there is link afte

that's how it ordinarily happens the special prosecutor is an exception and there's no reason why mr sessions couldn't on his own through the criminal division i knew the criminal division i work with the criminal division began an investigation of that sort the statute of limitations has not run now how should a report be handled there is unlike in the independent counsel era which had lapsed after the clinton impeachment and acquittal at the senate we don't have an obligation of a special prosecutor report to be published moreover unlike in the independent counsel era there's no requirement that anybody who is accused by a special prosecutor court be given an opportunity to file a response to the accusation so the public can hear and see both sides of the of the investigative report so here the department itself could however implement some regulations that kind of open book approach to any report so somebody accused has an answer as an opportunity to state and a response sent in public then can evaluate it then we will have an ability to provide some measure of credibility to the accuracy

that's how it ordinarily happens the special prosecutor is an exception and there's no reason why mr sessions couldn't on his own through the criminal division i do the criminal division i work with the criminal division began an investigation of that sort the statute of limitations has not run now how should a report be handled there is unlike in the independent counsel era which had lapsed after the clinton impeachment and acquittal at the senate we don't have an obligation of a special prosecutor report to be published moreover unlike in the independent counsel era there's no requirement that anybody who is accused by a special prosecutor port be given an opportunity to file a response to the accusation so the public can hear and see both sides of the of the investigative report so here the department itself could however implement some regulations that kind of open book approach to any report so somebody accused has an answer as an opportunity to state and. a response sent in public then can evaluate it then we will have an ability to provide some measure of credibility to the accuracy of

mr. sessions: mr. speaker, last night at a late hour the rules committee met where we had expert testimony that was offered on behalf of the chairman and the ranking member of the committee on appropriations, the gentleman from new jersey and the gentlewoman from

mr. sessions, the attorney general jeff sessions, said that mr.ccabe had showed a lack of candor under oath on multiple occasions. the fbi expects every employee to it here to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and accountability. i have terminated the implement of andrew mccabe, effective immediately. -- the employment of andrew mccabe, effective immediately. mccabe said the idea that i would -- this is an effort to discredit me as a witness. lucy on our republican line, calling from maryland. what do you think about the shakeups in this and ministries and, lucy? -- in this administration, lucy? caller: i think it is an indicator with this administration that it is very is a system and indicates that there are problems, significant problems, with the trump administration's system of government. symbol islican, our an elephant. i think it is ironic that trump's sons go and trophy hunt elephants to satisfy their own thisy, and elephants -- environment, wild animals, human rights, it is always a last thought, an afterthought, or no thought

mr. sessions behind the scenes as mr. magoo. this time, sessions is responding, forcefully.nn's laura jarrett. >> reporter: after months of public attacks by the president and too many tweets to count, the attorney general hit back. the rare statement from jeff sessions hours after the president essentially called him a disgrace and took a shot at the inspector general. the internal watch dog at the department of justice. sessions said as long as i'm the attorney general, i will continue to discharge my duties with honor and this department will continue to do its work in a fair and impartial manner. according to the law and constitution. the back drop to this drama is on tuesday, sessions told reporters that the inspector general will deal with the allegations outlined in the house intelligence committee republican memo. the so-called nunes memo outlining surveillance abuses by the fbi surveilling carter page. the former trump associate. he said he would make sure that the inspector general would make sure the process was carried out appropriately. that was clearly not good

because mr sessions says also. mr trump with regard to the special counsel investigating some of the face of warrants the intelligence warrants and openly said that he would not necessarily obey what the president was asking him to do and we've heard the same kind of rumblings about mr sessions as we heard prior to mr taylor since firing namely rumors in the press so that's another place to look at i also would comment that i think there are a couple of places of vulnerability of mr pompei a when he comes for confirmation first there will be hammering on his view of russian involvement in the two thousand and sixteen elections where he's clearly parted company with trump and they'll be an effort to try democrats to make him stake out a position that's at all odds with the white house that could be embarrassing the second thing they'll ask him about is the signature predator drone killings that persist all throughout south asia the middle east are they doing any good is the cia at all involved with providing intelli

mr. sessions promised under oath that he would not get involved and here he is firing mr. cabe for those very reasons. notwithstanding the fact that he wasn't candor -- full of candor as he testified under oath. i think he's lied at least now four times. >> that's jeff sessions, again. as it pertains to andrew mccabe, once you get a chance to see the inspector general report and why the inspector general has decided that he land candor, do you believe it is a firing offense? >> i think it is a firing offense. do i believe he violated this? absolutely not. i think it beyond coincidence they happened to do it just before he was due retirement. >> the timing is a whole separate issue. i certainly know there is a big dispute there. let's talk about the president attacking robert mueller by name over the weekend, this morning, moments ago, calling it a witch hunt. the attorney says the president is not about to fire the special counsel. how do you see it? >> i'd like to think so. what is it, a year ago the president reads something on breitbart and tweets out that president obam

in a statement sessions said both the oig and fbi reports concluded that mr. mccabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked can dor including under oath multiple occasions. and he goes on to say that all fbi employees know that lacking candor under oath results in dismissal and that our integrity is our brand. now the former deputy director of the fbi is fighting back though and blaming president trump for his firing and he claims that it was done in part to damage him as a witness in the special counsel's investigation and in a statement he said for the last year and a half, my family and i have been the target of an unrelenting assault on our reputation and my service to this country. he said articles too numerous to count have leveled every sort of false degrading allegation against us and the president's tweets have amplified and exacerbated that. he called for my firing. now, this firing, it comes shortly or rather shortly after mccabe's firing news broke of this president trump was celebrating it on twitter and he posted andrew m

mr. sessions. ior person tell me in the course of reporting this story that they just don't bring up jeff sessions anymore to the president for fear they know which way it will go if he hears his name. anyway. >> which is pretty incredible. they don't bring his name up to the president. and as you point out no one has outraged the president quite as much as jeff sessions in the past year or so. thank you very much josh for your reporting here. this breaking news from the "washington post." i want to go straight to our jessica snyder now. you know, jess karks obviously this is very significant report from "the washington post" tonight. and it comes as when you hear the president's tweets or the comments that we just played that he had said about jeff sessions. jeff sessions never responded. right. he never, never responded to an insult from president trump. but today when the president came out and slammed him, called him disgraceful, in handling the situation into the fisa process, he fought back an

sessions' decision? >> well i think that the attorney general did the right thing in setting up mr. mueller in the special counsel. and i guess recusing himself, mr. rosenstein actually appointed mr. mueller. but mr. sessions, the attorney general, did the right thing when he said that he had a conflict and under the rules of the department of justice, he could not be involved in the russian investigation. i think he stayed out of the russian investigation. and mr. rosenstein has been the principal person in regards to those decisions. that's how it should be. >> with regard to the fbi, which as you know is currently investigating the possible ties between the president and russia, do you think mccabe's dismissal intimidates agents who are now assigned to the russia probe? >> i think there's a lot of questions as to how much the trump administration will try to influence the independence of the department of justice and the fbi. yes, i think there's a chilling impact on individuals who are trying to do their work at the department of justice and at the fbi. >> what about congress, s

mr. jeff sessions saying, well, you know, i fired him after looking at this because we really can't believe mr. mccabe. really jeff sessions is talking about who we can't believe? the same man who went before the senate during his confirmation and denied he ever met with the russians and now has had to recuse himself from the russian investigation? so look, this is an administration that can't tell the truth and so we need to arrive at the conclusion that this was clearly political. and you know, how vindictive, how small of the president of the united states. there are men and women who are out there on the front lines in iraq and around the world defending our nation, there are kids getting shot in our schools, there is an epidemic of people dying from overdoses. and what is the president minding? these little vindictive small let's get rid of mccabe and deny him his pension. >> so congressman, again, we don't know what is in this report. we don't know how much credence could be given to whether mccabe did mislead investigate torts. we've had tom fuentes says if he laid, then what is happ

mr. sessions and put somebody in who will jeopardize mr. mueller's investigation. accordingly, a bill i have, filed to , has been protect -- filed in december to protect mr. mueller. it gives him due process rights if he gets fired. a panel to show he was fired for non -- for purposes that were political and not relating to his job performance. i'm filing a discharge petition today. be filing in 10 minutes and asking all members sign it to bring this bill to the floor immediately so we can protect the special counsel, protect mr. mueller and protect america. god bless america. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> the right to try act, which would allow terminally ill patients to try medication that has yet to be approved by the f.d.a. also another measure they are set to take up would make it more difficult for financial regulators to designate banks and other financial institutions as too big to fail or

mr. sessions madeo kind of,ou know, delay implementation of -54 until the suit is figured out. so, iio think the convers are happening right thousanow, want to be a part othe conversations about how to keep the community thsafe. infuture, those are conversations that have to happen. >> when sb-54, you andthers came in against it. others are saying that sanctiuay laws are for reporting crimes without fear of being deported, how do you feel about that? r yes, eyone wants crimes to be reported when they happeno obtain the best picture of what crimes are appening in california. we want them to be reported. for the sb-54 argunt, our interest has been the focus of the folks in t county jail and sb-54 set limitations of where we can have conversations with our federal partners regarding those who have committed certain crimes. our real interest has been onnd that bill the attempt -- and the attempt to restrict those commications with the basis was the initial opposition of the bill. >> and jeff sessions said that the raid endangered the lives of ut there and law enforceme officers. wh

mr. magoo, jeff sessions a alabama senator loyal to president trump since the beginning, the first senator to sign on with him but he's on the out with trump since he recused himself from the russia investigation last year and it is anyone's guess how much time he's got left on the job. i want to bring in someone who knows a lot about the president's inner circle. chris whipple, the author of the book "the gatekeepers house the white house chief of staff define every presidency" and i was at the airport and saw the new version of the book which has stuff on reince priebus in it. chris, it sounds now that john kelly was not in the loop about the firing of rex tillerson and certainly in the way that it was done. and we thought that he was on the outs and different reporting indicates that maybe he and the president came to a truce. should you be coming to a truce with your chief of staff? >> well, this is a -- a love-hate relationship with kelly and it continues to be that. steve bannon in the interview for my new paper back told me

mr. sessions. the president has been ill-served by staff of it -- over the period of the last 15 months. time for a couple more phone calls. tennessee, independent, go ahead. caller: good morning. i am calling to comment on the thisr of the president weekend, last year i made a comment and i called this for my and said that section of the president's comment and when he was running for election, when he became that the point is to be the last president of the united states and the first dictator of the united states. joke,t believe that was a i believe he put it for so it could be considered by his race and that is how i am looking at it. host: north carolina, republican. good morning. i just turned on to your station, all of these people are just calling in and don't have the right information. lying, theare democrat news media is lying, and i don't get fox news, but i hear that is the best station to watch. they report the news the way it is supposed to work, report news fairly. the other station

mr. sessions, mr. trump could order him to appoint someone at justice with the sole responsibility of making public the documents that would give the american people the answers they deserve. newspapers noting this morning, calling the tension between mr. sessions and the president a cold war. and that the president was upset when he found ute that the -- found out that the attorney general responded to him in a statement. back to our conversation with all of you. lee in maryland, independent. we're talking about this debate in washington on gun violence. what do you think should be done, lee? caller: good morning. i just -- i watched the whole thing and i just find it to be amusing and frustrating at the same time. trump is in there saying he wants to keep guns out of the mentally ill hands. you got to be strong on that. then just last year when he came into office president obama had something in legislation that he took tsh-that trump removed to help keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. a

that is a very damaging charge this is not the first time he's gone after mr sessions it turns out that this president turns on a dime he can be your best friend one minute and the next day he wants to dump you want to get rid of you that's why those positions in the white house circulate so much they're not very secure and the staff doesn't stay very long he's a very temperamental person one day he loves you the next they want to get rid of you it's a very difficult person to work for apparently and one day. they transpacific partnership and pulling the u.s. out of it and now we're hearing hearing from the treasury secretary steven miller that the u.s. is looking at rejoining the t p p i mean why would they do that given all of trump's talk about just what a bad deal it was for the us. yes well trump has two different constituencies he's trying to balance his populist constituency does not like trade deals they see free trade as a real threat to their livelihoods and that's one of the reasons why he got so much support from working class voters white working class voters on the other h

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found them expeditiously. >> melissa: look who is here. >> harris: here they are. >> senator sessions called for mrston's indictment. can he now as attorney general sessions preside over an investigation as to why she wasn't indicted? and can he do it with intellectual hun necessary city. >> that is a good question. on the flip side that is a good question. political appointees in charge of this now. >> getting into the words of one of the signees on one of the republicans who signed. this house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows said it's simple we have learned deeply concerning information on fisa abuses dossier. former fbi officials and more and stinks to high heaven. americans deserve the truth. >> does stink to high heaven. the evidence of mrs. clinton's guilt was overwhelming. the tarmac meeting was never adequately explained or explored. >> harris: and unacceptable. >> steps with the inspector general, we will see where it goes. >> sandra: perfect ending to that block. thank you and well done. right now another meeting at the white house on school safety is taking place after the parkland s

mr. sessions about them. when we see it on twitter, i was shocked. ns is the man for the job. i thought maybe he got pulled in by the old and vomit administration. he prospered and showed us that he's heading into the right direction. to be he restore the justice system. >> sandra: is that your expectation that the committee will turn over all of these documents to you and your family to see, let alone the public? >> that's what i'm worried about. i think they will be redacted or withhold something? i pretty much believe it when i see it. that's our main concern right now. we just want the truth, and that's all we want. i hope these documents come forward and that they are not redacted, and they are not misleading us again and saying we will put out a couple thousand or a thousand or whatever there is and then hold it for another two or three years. my family really can't go through that much longer. we are in it for the fight for the long run, but it's just -- i hope they are not redacted or anything like that. i hope they are transparent. >> sandra:

mr. sessions he should see to the dismissal of mueller. when lawyers examine the conditions under which they're expected to work. they would have to view mr. trump as a challenge they would want to pass up. >> all the lawyers who turned them down, did you ever get your question -- if not answered from the podium today, answered via phone calls to the rooms behind it? >> i did not. there was not much of an answer to that question the other day, the president tweeted that every law firm, every top lawyer wants to work for him and promised fame and fortune to those who do. the reporting shows just the opposite. one after another, the top lawyers are declining the offer to come into the white house some are sighting business conflicts. ted olson said there's too much chaos and crisis inside this white house. so it's a very different reality from the one the president tried to paint in his tweet over the weekend. >> and bob, a final question to you. while they haven't reached the heights of hillary, geneva are a well known couple in the law in w

mr. sessions? >> laura: why do you think jeff sessions is so resistant?ink he's been poorly served. when you look at it, when i've had conversations with him in the deputy attorney general, almost like they have a set of talking points they go to, but they don't support these talking points. i would suggest both of them need to look at the fine details of this, and when they do, they will come to the same conclusion that jim and i have come to, it's time for a special counsel. >> laura: i don't think rod rosenstein was in a special counsel. i don't think he wants it. congressman, thank you so much for joining us tonight with this fascinating story. it gets more and more twisted as time goes on. we invited andrew mccabe's attorney onto the show tonight, however, he declined, stating a nondisclosure agreement. he could not discuss the content of the report. coming up, what is next for andrew mccabe? we are going to get expert analysis right after this. advil is relief that's fast strength that lasts you'll ask... what pain? with advil janice, mom told me yo

confidence in his product. >> regardless of the reasons, envisioning sessions as mr.going for. >> twinkle toes magoo they call me. >> although magoo is a wealthy curmudgeon who never admits he's wrong and somehow always ends up on top. who does that actually describe? >> ma if goo, they can't bamboozle you. you never lost a fight yet. >> she has mostly kept her opinions to herself until now. what does former secretary of state condoleezza rice really think about president trump? she opens up next. hi, i'm bob harper, and i recently had a heart attack. it changed my life. but i'm a survivor. after my heart attack, my doctor prescribed brilinta. it's for people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack. brilinta is taken with a low-dose aspirin. no more than 100 milligrams as it affects how well brilinta works. brilinta helps keep platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. in a clinical study, brilinta worked better than plavix. brilinta reduced the chance of having another heart attack... ...or dying from one. don't stop taking brilinta without talking to

mr. session says mccabe was terminated after an extensive and fair investigation, which found that he leaked to the media and did not tell the full truth about it. at first the president's personal lawyers reacted by calling to the end of the mueller probe. white house attorney ty cobb said the president is not planning to fire mueller. the president for the first time specifically mentioning robert mueller in a tweet, saying the russia probe never should've started in the first place. marc short asked where this is all going yesterday, watch. >> we have cooperated in every single way, every paper they've asked for, every single interview. after more than a year and millions of dollars spent on this, there remains no evidence of collusion with russia. >> it's been ongoing in both the house and the senate where the house has concluded there was no collusion. i think at some point the american people are at an answer, to say if there is no collusion, how much longer will this drag on? >> sandra: kevin corke is live outside the white house, good afternoon. >> it's interesting watching all that

jeff sessions faced withering public criticism from trump. he remains on the job despite being called mrmcgoo by the president last yeek. reports that $139,000 was spent on an office door. treasury secretary request to travel with an extra plane for his honeymoon. his use of government planes a t a cost of more than 800,0$800,0. the president was angered by kelly's response involving rob porter who resigned amid abuse allegations from his two ex-wives. kelly stripped the president's son-in-law of his top secret clearance. kelly remains in his postfor now. we just confirmed how rex tillerson learned he was being pushed out. what are you hear? >> reporter: it's a phone call from the chief of staff. he intended to make a change. that's what we're hearing from sources familiar with the matter. ali, when you look at that list the potential cabinet secretaries that koulcould be oe chopping block. the president had a bit of a tease. it was a tease or hedge when he said he's close to having the cabinet he wants. i think we need to look at the cause for tillerson's firing. he didn't have great ch

mr. sessions. >> laura: the last word for you congressman meadows. y do you think jeff sessions is so resistent? >> i think he is being poorly served when i had conversations with him and the deputy attorney general the facts don't support those talking points. i suggest both of them need to look at the fine detail. whenk they do, they will come o the same conclusion that jim and i havee come to. it is time for special. >> rod roseep stein wants a specialon council. what is good for the goose is good for the gappedder. thank you so much for joining us. it is a fascinating story that gets more twisted we invited andrew mccape attorney. he declined sighting nondiscloser not to discuss the content of the report. what's c next for andrew mccape? we'll have expert analysis after this. >> laura: we continue with reaction about the firing of deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. joining us is harmit dillon an attorney and member of california republican national committee. from palm springs, california. bobbie jackman a retired special fbi agent and here in was

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mr. sessions as mr. magoo, that bumbling character. sessions told associates he had been wounded by the attacks, but he insists he's not going to resign. this sort of heated cold war continues. >> let's talk about somebody else who did resign, hope hicks. she did not resign one day after testifying because something specifically happened there. from all reporting, this has been leading up, this has been going on for months. her closest allies in the white house were rob porter. we know how that turned out. and while she's close with jared, ivanka and donald trump, she also knew they protect themselves first. it was simply time for her to go. >> the bottom line we're hearing is this is something in the works for a while. she's been thinking about this, she was both the most emotionally and physically drained. the president said to be sad to have learned about hope hicks departure. officials here tell us he's relieved for her because he knows how taxing her job has been. that would be a remarkable acknowledgement, right? he praised her as

mr. sessions, attorney general sessions coming forward with every documentation he has. the firing. and give mr. mccabe a chance to defend himself. i believe when it comes to the issue as much transparency as possible. to make sure it was not politically motivated. >> again appeared inspector general report could answer a lot of the same questions and results with some of those concerns. that is expected to be released at some point in the next couple of weeks. >> will be waiting for that. thank you very much. >> and the brenda emile investigation zero in on general michael flynn and george papadopoulos.could andrew mccabe also face the same type of criminal charges that they have? if he indeed exhibited -- a lack of candor. in other words not on the trip to the fbi investigators. during this now we have the former doj prosecutor and before we get to the possible jeopardy this one of the legal implications of these notes that he said he potentially collaborating james comey as claims regarding the president? >> the notes are fairly minimal in terms of impact. it is an od

mr. sessions is going to challenge the so-called state sanctuary ordinance.he first version of that did not have carveouts that satisfied the governor. those carveouts somebody's been convicted of very serious violent crimes, those folks actually will be turned over to i.c.e. so that was a very difficult debate that went on, a similar kind of debate went on in san francisco when mayor ed lee was alive and two or the sanctuary ordinance was modified. this is not about letting somebody out on the street with a proven track record of being a violent criminal, that's not what's going to happen under these laws. >> short answer because we're up against the clock here, but we're asking our viewers who do you think is going to win this case. you have more expertise than the rest of us. how do you it plays out ultimately? >> ultimately the sanctuary ordinances will be upheld. this is not about regulating immigrants, it's about public safety. >> professor, thanks very much for your time. >> some great perspective there especially from him and his point of view and whe

mr. sessions, when the president is tweeting the way that he is, one would think he would get the message. lou: well he obviously has not. and more disturbing, he sounds like a man who is probably not likely to get many messages from many quarters other than those who are in his immediate proximity and that is a very dangerous complex to contemplate. thank you so much >>> be sure to vote in the poll tonight. do you believe the dems are more concerned with rolling back american's second amendment rights than addressing the fundamental issues that lead to violence in our schools? we'd like to hear from you, cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs. >>> on wall street tonight, stocks move lower. the dow plunging 381 points. the s&p down 30. the nasdaq fell 57. volume on the big board, more than 4 billion shares traded, 4.1. and the dow and s&p posting the worst month in two years, both losing 4%. the nasdaq posted losses of 2% in february. ge shares continue to fall down another 3% today. the embattled company nominating three new board members. it's now facing an sec investigation. and grand sta

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mr. sessions and mr.mp to act like americans, act like the good christians they claim to be, and work with us to get a good immigtion law, and not to try to just hyperbolically scare the hell out ofad people ins of working with the biggest state in our country in cooperative way. >> woodruff: attorney general becerra, have you and others the state of california tried to explain to the u.s. justice department where you're coming from? because thet portrait-he picture being painted here in washington by the trump administration is diametrically different from what i'm hearing you and governor brown say. >> well, we have tried. and in fact, not only have tried, but we've had to file cases in court to try to make our case clear. in fact, 12 times we've had victories against e trump administration for this very reason. they portray things as they're not. then, when we finally have to challenge them in court because they're not willing to make chte ge, we win. and so if anyone has to change their ways, is fedal

mr. sessions, he's not aggressively pursuing these things. he is trying to find, as best as he can, it appears to me, a way to avoid these issues. he is ashooing these issues to the extent that he is becoming part of the problem itself. he is a part of the problem. the president is a part of the problem. you've got to speak truth not only to power but about power. these are the two most powerful persons we have in this country when it comes to these issues and they're not taking them on. they are, as best as they can, trying to avoid them by allowing them to become states' issues when, in fact, they don't do the same thing when it comes to immigration. >> you mentioned to martin luther king jr. we're approaching the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s assassination. what do you make of the state of black america today? >> we've made some progress but still have a long way to go. we have to do more to protect the legacy of dr. king, the dream that dr. king had of all persons living together. dr. king is an integrationist. i'm an integ

mr. sessions that he should ignore the recusal regulations or asking him to see to the dismissal of mr.ueller. i think when lawyers examine the conditions under which they're going to be expected to work, to perform professionally, they would have to view working for mr. trump as a challenge that they might want to pass up. >> i'm looking at a list published by cnbc of all the lawyers who have turned them down. did you ever get your question, if not answered from the podium today, answered very phone calls to the rooms behind it? >> i did not. there was not much of an answer to that question. look, the other day the president tweeted that every law firm, every top lawyer wants to work for him and promised fame and fortune to those who do. the reporting by us at "the post" and elsewhere shows just the opposite, that one after another these top lawyers are declining the offer to come into the white house. some are citing business conflicts. others like ted olson made clear in his interview on this air the other day that there's too much chaos and crisis inside this white house. so it's a