this already weighed down situation. russia is an albatross around the neck of this administration. and if this is indeed true, it is a very bad situation for jeff sessions and the relationship with this president. >> if you're just joining us, "the washington post" has some breaking news this evening. according to former and current u.s. officials, there are intercepts of conversations in 2016 between the russian ambassador sergey kislyak and others, presumably back in moscow in which kislyak is reporting on conversations that he is said to have had with then senator and trump adviser, now u.s. attorney general jeff sessions in which they did discuss campaign-related matters and things having to do with trump's position, mr. trump's position when it came to russia. as dana bash has pointed out, these intercepts are what