it depends note from sean spicer. specifically, let me pull up my note on whether or not jeff sessions will invoke executive privilege. it depends, says sean spicer. what s your interpretation? he said it depends on the questions. i don t know whether this has been a topic of discussion over there or whether he s speaking with knowledge of spoken with sessions or about what he intends to do, but it seems to me that there are going to be lots of difficult questions that are asked. because don t forget the president number one is already upset at sessions. and the congress is wondering whether he perjured himself. so if he takes it question by question, it will be very telling to us which questions he might decide to say i can t discuss it because it involves a conversation with the president. it may be about jim comey
beheading the president. that s where we re drawing the line, even for the most vehement trump critics. it would be nice to have nicer politi politics, but i don t think the trump family is in any position to complain. i think you said no sound in my ear. he was talking about comparing president trump with president obama and saying obama was better in terms of just being a world leader. yes, senator mccain, i certainly don t share the same party affiliation as him, but he is a statesman first ask foremost. donald trump has managed to anger our top ally during his first seven months in office. he got into the fight with a prime minister of australia. a fight with the president of mexico. for him to say that i m not going to go over to the uk because i m not entirely sure i will be welcome there, that s the job of the president. so why don t you try working on
invoke executive privilege. it depends on the scope of the questions. to get to a hypothetical at this point would be prema sure. in any way did jeff sessions or folks at the doj ask for the white house s permission for him to testify publicly tomorrow? i don t know. congress sets whether a hearing is open or closed based on the sensitivity of the subject. is the president okay with him testifying tomorrow. i think he s going to testify. we re aware of it. go from there. with me now is cnn politics reporter and editor at large. so gloria, let s begin with the