busy tuesday night, and we begin with president trump late todayen leashing an attack on his own attorney general in front of cameras at the white house. a very rare and unusual attack right in the rose garden on his own pick for a.g. one of president trump's closest allies during the campaign. the president now furious after jeff sessions recused himself from the russia investigation. is the president going to fire him or is he applying extraordinary public pressure to get him to resign? a abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl, leading us off. >> reporter: today in the rose garden trump refused to say whether he would fire his attorney general. >> i'm very disappointed with the attorney general but we will see what happens. time will tell. time will tell. >> reporter: the president is publically seething over jeff sessions' decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. today he was asked why he is letting the attorney general twist in the wind. >> well, i don't think i am