that meeting, the president more or less sided with the attorney general on a separate issue in terms of the future of criminal justice reform on capitol hill. one thing we know for sure, the vast majority of republicans including senate republican leadership do not want the president to do anything here. we also know that this fight is most likely going to continue, because it certainly hasn t he would held off on a weekly basis. phil, appreciate all the reporting and getting that sound from republican senators on the hill. outfront now, politics editor for the times, patrick healey, and william huntley joins me, an alabama attorney who has known jeff sessions since 1997. william, you ve known the ag for the better part of three decades. he has never before shot back in the way that he did today. and those words were very, very carefully chosen. 17 months of relentless attacks by the president. why was today the straw that broke the camel s back? i think today was the day