>> i'm very disappointed in jeff sessions. >> you can fire him. >> i could. we'll see what happens. but i was -- i pond a man to a position and then shortly after he gets the position, he recused himself. i said what's that all about? why didn't you tell me that you were going to do that and i wouldn't have appointed you. >> as far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful young man. he took a meeting with a russian lawyer, not a government lawyer, bt a russian lawyer. it was a short meeting. it was a meeting that went very, very quickly, very fast. >> mr. president, do you remember george papadopoulos during that march meeting? >> i don't remember much about that meeting. it was a very unimportant meeting. took place a long time -- don't remember much about it. >> with that let's bring in our lead-off panel on a monday night. robert costa, nbc news national