Lets get to mark preston, jim schuitto, jeff zeleny and laura koets. Good evening to all of you. A lot to get to next couple of hours here on cnn. Jeff you first, the Washington Post reporting tonight the discussions of the possible of replacing attorney general Jeff Sessions. That does match with what cnn has been reporting. So why arent the committees and investigators and of course our ag looking into crooked hillarys crimes and russian relations. What are you learning tonight from the white house . Don, when you call your once trusted ally and friend with you call him beleaguered it stands to believe that yes, they are looking at contingency plans. Im told the talks and discussions are in the early stages in terms of who might potentially replace the attorney general if he should happen to resign or if the president should fire him. Im also told this is a contingency plan, nothing thats immediately in the works. If the president wanted to fire him, im told by one adviser he would h
confirm today whether president trump will sign the bill. here to discuss, fareed. good to have you on. the house and the senate have a deal on the russia sanctions s bill. the statement says the president has been very vocal about his support for continuing sanctions on those three countries. he has no intention of getting rid of them but wants to make sure we get the best deal for american people possible. congress does not have the best record on that. so, if the president does sign this bill, does that go far enough you think in rebuking the meddling in the 2016 election? no, it s a very small step. a step that s designed by congress to ensure the president doesn t weaken any of the sanctions against russia. iran and north korea has just been thrown in as a cover and this is done by republicans so it s not to kind of publicly