hormone. the problem with that suggestion doing so would lose crucial conservative votes for the measure. the health care bill that he celebrated in the rose garden is too mean. that s right. we have more from capitol hill. reporter: it was conceived as a status update. more than a dozen republican senators going to the white house, sitting down with the president and vice president talking about where they currently stand on their version of the repeal and replace of the affordable care act. this is a crucial time in those negotiations. republicans working in a partisan basis trying to figure out a path forward. there might be a problem and that s dpromg the president. something he hinted at at the top of the meeting. the senate is working very, very hard and specifically the folks in this room i appreciate what you re doing to come out with a bill that will be a phenomenal bill for the people of our country. generous, kind, with heart.
for expert analysis on this let s bring in michael moore and zachary wolf. good morning to boston you. we learned a lot yesterday. jeff sessions in particular, detestable lies, what he called the collusion allegations, very strong and pushed back, not so strong when it comes to characterizing these conversations with president trump. was it executive privilege? was it not? here s what the ag said in front of the senate committee. my judgment that it would be inappropriate for me to answer and reveal private conversations with the president when he is not had a full opportunity to review the questions and to make a decision. michael moore, is he in good legal standing there? no, i don t think so.
was said that was improper. for the latest let s bring in senior congressional reporter on capitol hill. reporter: good morning. jeff sessions appearing in public before the senate intelligence committee, the first time he has testified publicly since becoming confirmed as attorney general and since he belatedly disclosed he had two meetings with russian officials and maybe a third meeting with the russian ambassador after he was asked about this during the confirmation proceedings said there was nothing of campaign related at that time. since then he s recused himself of running the russian investigation but appearing in public yesterday, before the committee for the first time. now answering a number of questions and pushing back rather aggressively on the idea that he may have helped russian officials try to sway the election for donald trump, including this very testy exchange with senator wyden. mr. comey said that there were matters with respect to the
donald trump on tuesday the paper was pleased by the ambiguity of his position on mr. mueller and thinks the possibility of being fired will focus the prosecutor on delivering what the president desires most, a blanket public exoneration. but the man who directly controls mueller s fate, rod rosenstein told a senate committee yesterday as long as he holds his job mueller won t be fired without good cause. the president by design created that ambiguity. how will that work out for him? will that intimidate bob mueller. or focus him more laser like on the investigation. the republican effort to replace obamacare may have hit a road block. a road block put there by the president himself. at a lunch meeting the president called the health care bill passed by the house too mean and said the solution may be to add
building. cnn is on the scene and we ll get a live update from there in just a moment. has london been through enough in the last several weeks. elsewhere attorney general jeff sessions angrily denouncing claims he may have collude with russian officials during the election calling them detestable lies at a senate intelligence committee hearing tuesday. sessions repeatedly declined to talk about his private conversations however with president trump leaving democrats fuming with frustration, accusing their former senate colleague of quote stonewalling. the attorney general confirmed he left james comey alone with president trump in the oval office on february 14th. i was standing there and without revealing any conversation that took place, what i do recall is that i did depart. i believe everyone else did depart. and director comey was sitting in front of the president s desk and they were talking. so that s what i do remember. i believe it was the next day