against him. the president recently said naming sessions attorney general was, quote, the biggest mistake of his presidency, lester kristen welker, thanks also in washington, opening statements in the trial of roger stone the former trump adviser is charged with lying to congress, trying to conceal his alleged effort to gain insights about democrats hacked emails in 2016 stone s lawyers say he never intended to mislead congress steve bannon, the president s former chief strategist, will be a prosecution witness. a winter blast is beginning to sweep across the country, bringing bitter cold and threats of snow in some places. al roker is tracking it al lester, by friday morning overnight lows will be 10 to 20 degrees below average with windchill 10 to 25 degrees. friday, temperatures again well below normal with windchills 20 to 25 and min making its way to the the northeast. great lakes. a storm system is down to the south, a flood risk for the southern plains with heavy rain f
republicans chances of keeping both houses of congress. and afterwards win or lose, i think that he will fire jeff sessions. because i think he wants an attorney general who will be his bouncer, you know, at the velvet ropes protecting him, not as he said when naming sessions, not protecting the united states, but protecting him. i think that is what he wants. and whether or not that person goes all the way and fires rosenstein and mueller and shuts the investigation down to the extent that he or she can, i don t know. but i think that at the very least the idea would be to control it, to oversee it in a way that keeps it from harming the president, if all else fails
easier after this doug jones win and republicans are probably a lot more concerned about seats like nevada and arizona. there is the potential for a flip, but you re right. the cascading effects now of donald trump naming sessions as his a.g. from the russia investigation to now losing this seat, the president was already frus stated. you have to wonder if that s going to grow. all right. nice to see you all this morning. thank you so much for your analysis. and then there s this. was the president making a sexual insinuation when he said a new york senator would do anything for quote unquote political contributions. and one paper says the president isn t fit to clean toilets. you know what, i m not buying this. you gotta come a little harder dawg. you gotta figure it out. eh, i don t know. shaky on the walk, carriage was off. randy jackson judging a dog show. i don t know dawg.
reporter: in alabama it s not political but personal. i m extremely disappointed with what s gone on here lately. reporter: jeff sessions is from alabama. voters electing him four times to the u.s. senate. the last time he was on the post. he s pretty well liked here. yeah. loved maybe even. yeah. reporter: sessions was the first senator to endorse candidate trump and political insiders said that turned many skeptics into trump voters ares. make america great again. the endorsement of him made me take a pause. do i need to give him a look. reporter: alabama voted overwhelmingly for trump. the highest percentage of any southern state. unbelievable! reporter: so trump naming sessions attorney general wasn t just seen here as reward. but right. as attorney general of the united states you want integrity. that s the bottom line.