election. and this is about whether there was any collusion in that interference by the trump campaign. all right, laura. as we know, attorney general jeff sessions had to recuse himself. is he out of hot water or not? what about the potential deputy attorney general who was in the hot seat today for his confirmation hearing, rod rosenstein? jeff sessions is certainly not out of hot water and as if he s asking us to see the forest for the trees here and one heck of a mighty sequoia and may be this may be about whether or not his comments with the russian ambassador was ultimately wrongful. the big picture right now, the big issue is that he not only answered a question falsely in front of the senate committee hearing, he also did it in writing. everyone s focusing on what he said to senator al franken. patrick leahy gave him a question that was pointed and a same response and sessions can t hide behind contextual clues or lost in translation.
at not see the forest for the trees. and i still believe deeply that the forest is that he was a pioneer, that he was the jackie robinson of american electoral politics. jackie robinson left, retired 60 years ago. the first black baseball player in the major leagues with talent and dignity. it wasn t just that he was the first, is that he had the other two things as well. i think 50 years from now is how we will see barack obama. a lot of the disputes will fade away. i was talking earlier this week on mlk day and talked about how i suspect 50 years from now you almost will see mlk and barack obama joined together as two leaders, two young men who, together, helped fulfill the promise of thomas jefferson. i think it is two parts of the same story and the realization
it s unbelievable, and hillary clinton could see it. it s amazing that the obama administration can t see that. can t see the forest for the trees? about three months ago, you said you did not think hillary clinton was going to run for president. we knew the book was coming regardless if she was going to run. do you have any different sense? have you changed your mind on that? the a little bit i read about it, it sounds to me i want to settle all scores that have been out there and it doesn t convince me in the slightest that she is going to run. i m not absolutely persuaded she s not going to run but i think for somebody like her to go through unless you ve run for this office before, you have no idea how difficult it is, at her age, putting herself again, knowing she s going to get heat from every direction. i may be wrong. having said that, i think she did answer a lot of questions here. she didn t mention the fact that
it. amazing the obama administratio. can t see the forest for the trees. and for this guy. about three months ago you said you did not think that hillary clinton wouldfo actually decide to run for president. now that this book is out, we knew the book was comingry regardless if she was going to run or not. do you have anyin different sen, have you changed your mind on that? a little bit i read aboutdi u it sounds more to me like thist is i want to settle all scores that have been outut there and t doesn t convince me in the slightest that she is going to run. i m not absolutely persuaded she s not going to run, but i think for somebody like her to go through what she knows, unless you run for this office e before, you have no idea how difficult it is.n and at her age, putting herself through this again, knowingt it she s going to get heat fromher every direction, i m still nots persuaded. i may be dead wrong. i m in a very small minority who says she s thinking of not doing it.
clinton could see it. it s amazing that the obama administration can t see that. can t see the forest for the trees? about three months ago, you said you did not think hillary clinton was going to run for president. we knew the book was coming regardless if she was going to run. do you have any different sense? have you changed your mind on that? the a little bit i read about it, it sounds to me i want to settle all scores that have been out there and it doesn t convince me in the slightest that she is going to run. i m not absolutely persuaded she s not going to run but i think for somebody like her to go through unless you ve run for this office before, you have no idea how difficult it is, at her age, putting herself again, knowing she s going to get heat from every direction. i may be wrong. having said that, i think she did answer a lot of questions here. she didn t mention the fact that greg pointed out about monica