sessions not to recuse himself. who else was it? there were other white house officials who called we are told, katy. we don t know who they are but an important strand here because there was a full-court press to convince jeff sessions not to recuse from this investigation. apparently because donald trump really thought that he could benefit of sessions being in there as a protector. he wanted an attorney general who was loyal to him to run roughshod over the investigation and nothing good happened to donald trump in this investigation since jeff sessions recused himself and not sure, you know, whether and what that means in terms of what was good for the country, katy. jill, if it s not just don mcgahn and multiple people in the white house and telling jeff sessions not to recuse himself, can you dismiss it as innocent and thinking that jeff sessions is doing a good job or does it prove a pattern or an intent? i think it shows consciousness of guilt on the part of donald trum
katy tur. in the words of donald trump that is not nice. he came out and endorsed him. a big deal. here s one thing this might be nice about it. alabama never gets as cold as camp david is going to be this weekend so it s possible he s a delicate flower. well, there s that. and the president wanted to spare him. usually i do the awkward handoffs with ari melber and can be awkward and not sure how to throw you off your game, though. oh, there s i can give you infinite possibilities. you just sit here and look at me weird for a few seconds and i crumble. see? okay. there you go. bye, katy. thank you. it is exciting to take it away from you. i appreciate it. and i m katy tur in for lawrence o donnell. michael wolff s much anticipated book fire and fury. inside the trump white house. officially arrived in bookstores despite and probably because of the president s attempt it is stop the publication. the book is flying off the
i think sarah huckabee sanders answered a few questions on things ranging from iran, pakistan, north korea, d.r.e.a.m.ers, huma abedin, the deep state at the fbi, and also airline safety. a number of thing that donald trump has been tweeting about in the last few days. good afternoon again i m katy tur in for ali velshi. president trump is back at white house. while there are domestic issues on this year s agenda, the international issues took the spotlight in today s white house press briefing. in recent days we have watched widespread protests erupt in iranian cities. years of mismanagement, corruption and foreign are to blame. tensions remain high there after nearly a week of protests which started over the country s struggling economy. iranian state tv reported nine more people were killed in clashes overnight bringing the total number of the dead to 22.
these days i think everything is up for grabs. when you look at who is president right now, i mean you can t put anything past anything. reporter: i don t think he or jeff sessions will be sitting in the smoke box. no. that would be awesome, though, because i would get them so hammered. reporter: katy, all these folks are in line to check out and the pay for their newly legal marijuana f. they want to sample it all they have to do is come here open up this window, smell that legal cannabis and pick out whatever they want. katy, when you come home to l.a. you will have that opportunity, too. thanks jacob. behind this is licensing regulation and establishing pot shops is lengthy and complicated process. there are still some kinks to be worked out particularly in large cities like los angeles and san francisco, which are still working out how they will issue
los angeles. the line goes all the way down, across the other side of santa monica boulevard along the street here into this dispensary. they say it is a one of the biggest medcal dispensaries in all of california. they are gearing up today to turn to recreational marijuana. all you have got to do when you come in here, katy is give your driver s license to these folks right here and you are able to walk in and buy whatever products you want. the big thing people are thinking about here katy, this is going to be a enormous bus, who it s going to profit and how many will survive in the economy, take a look, this is how marge has traditionally been grown in california. big ones in here. reporter: illegally, and in secret. this is typical of organized crime. reporter: the state s nearly $6 billion marijuana black market isn t going away any time soon, because it supplies up to 80% of america s illegal weed.