Time moore was allegedly having improper contact with underage girls he was on a watch list at a local shopping mall. We talked about other people, and then somebody said and dont forget about roy moore. And i asked what about roy moore, and they said well hes banned from the mall. I said why is he banned, and the Police Officer wouldnt tell me. He said if you see him, let me know, ill take care of it. Reporter so what did you eventually learn as to the reason why he was banned from the mall . I was told he was bothering girls in the mall. Reporter in what way . I dont know exactly. That he was approaching them and talking to them. Reporter girls. When youre saying girls teenage girls. Theres new will reporting as well in the latest effort by republicanps in washington to persuade moore to get out of the race by cutting off campaign dollars. We begin with the attorney general of the yaibs and his selective melry when it comes with contacts with russia. Assuming that he did, it would make him one for three in such peerns pee appearances on the subject. On two prior occasions hes raised his right hand, sworn to tell the truth and said things that were not truth. Today he denied misleading anyone. I can only do my best to answer your questions as i understand them and to the best of my memory. But i will not accept and reject accusations that i have ever lied. That is a lie. To the best of my memory he says. As youll see momentarily, that memory is not consistent. November 10th senator sessions said this when senator al franken asked him what he would do in the followingsation. If theres any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump Campaign communicated with it russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do . Senator franken, im not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign. And i did not have communications with the russians. Ask im unable to comment. A week later when asked in writing by senator patrick leahy, have you been in contact before or after election day, senator sessions said no. Keep in mind this denial was false. He did not list the encounters on the disclosure form. He listed plenty of others but not that. Senator franken wasnt buying it. So last month when he rose his right hand and swore to tell the truth, heres what he said when questioned by senator franken. Now, is that what youre saying, that you dont believe that surrogates from the Trump Campaign had communications with the russians . Is that what youre saying . I did not, and im not aware of anyone else that i did. And i dont believe if happened. And you believe it now . I dont believe it happened. Well, that turned out to be false. Heres the meeting on march 31st of last year which George Papadopoulos mentioned ongoing conversations setting up a meeting between candidate trump and Vladimir Putin. His words today were i forgot. I would like to address recent news reports regarding meetings during the campaign attended by George Papadopoulos and carter page among others. Frankly, i had no recollection of this meeting until i saw these news reports. In fact on russia and other subjects this wasnt the first time today that the attorney generals memory failed him. I do not recall such a conversation. I dont recall it. I dont recall. I dont recall. I dont recall. I dont recall it. I dont recall that. I dont recall how that exactly occurred. I do not recall, but i did not recall this event. I dont recall. I dont recall at this moment sitting here, any such discussions. So having established his memory can be hazy at time and he did not recall even having had the march meeting until he saw it on the news, attorney general sessions did reveal he does remember in very specific detail hat he did the right thing. I do now recall that the march 2016 meeting at the trump hotel that mr. Papadopoulos attended. But i have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting. After reading his account and to the best of my recollection i believe that i want today make clear to him that he was not authorize to represent the campaign with the russian government and any other government for that matter. So he says its all about doing the right thing. That said this is the third time Jeff Sessions has given testimony on contact with russia. Its a big deal. Its the kind of thing youd think you might remember. Our justice correspondent pamela brown was at the hearing. She joins us now. So jet another day, another hearing where the attorney general has difficulty recalling things when it comes to anything to do with russia. And he was certainly grilled about that, peppered are questions from democratic lawmakers why hes suddenly remembering the trump contacts with russians that he didnt recall before during past hearings. Sessions admitted today after media reports surfaced about that march 2016 meeting where George Papadopoulos suggested setting up a meeting between putin and donald trump. Only then did he recall pushing back against papadopoulos suggestion. But he made pretty clear thats the only detail he recalls from that meeting. He also said he doesnt remember anything about carter page meeting where he met with russians, although page said he told sessions through passing he was going to moskow. And he repeatedly said he did not recall contacts with russians explaining it was easy to forget those things in the midst of a chaotic campaign. But sessions today testified he has never lied or misled congress under oath regarding what he could recall at the time,andy. Session was also asked about how he forgot his meeting with russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak. In this meeting he was focused on responding to the congress he was engaging and continuous with russian intermediaries. He says that part wasnt true, but he said that didnt meet hed never met a russian in the history of his life. But a reminder here that the Washington Post previously reported that Sergey Kislyak told that sessions met and claimed that the two had substantive conversations about campaign related matters. Sessions as you know initially failed to disclose his contacts with kislyak and then said that the meetings were not about the Trump Campaign. Anderson. Pamela brown, thanks very much. What spreurprised a lot is how attorney general answered questions without even if it caused friction with some democrats on the panel. Parliamentary inquiry mr. Chairman. Is there authority in this committee to permit a witness to refuse to answer a question without properly invoking a privilege . And if not what is the appropriate response from the chairman to enforce the committees ability to do proper oversight . Mr. Chairman, if i may be heard, i do not believe theres any such privilege or any right to assert a refusal to answer questions because the gentleman is not asserting a parliamentary youre going to prevent us from getting answers to these questions. That was congressman david sis linny, democrat of rhode island. I spoke to him earlier this year. Congressman, isnt this unusual to have people appearing before congress and choosing not to answer questions without having executive privilege invoked . Its very unusual. This is pattern for the toej. He comes before a Committee Takes an oath to testify truthfully and fully. And when he gets to question hes uncomfortable with hed say i cant answer that or im not comfortable answering that. You have to have some legal basis not to testify truthfully and fully, and he didnt have a basis. I then pressed the chairman to direct the witness to answer the question. You know, we have oversight responsibility. Witnesses dont get to pick and choose what they want to answer. So its very unusual. But its disappointing that the republican chairman and other members allowed that to happen and really did not allow us to do meaningful oversight that were required to do. Do you think the attorney needs to come back and answer the questions he didnt answer today . Absolutely. And he needs to come back again and take the same oath and be directed by the chairman to answer the questions of the committee. The attorney general says hes never lied about russia, that any inconsistencies were the result of poor memory, do you believe him . Because he said he didnt remember things and then suddenly he remembered his conversations with George Papadopoulos until he said he heard about it on the news and he remembered the specifically he told papadopoulos not to represent the campaign with russia. I asked when did these memories come back to you, and he said when i read it in the paper. And then i asked him if he received emails and thats where he declined to answer. This is an example where the attorney general of the United States went before the senate committee, took the same oath to testify truthfully and omitted or denied knowing about any contacts between the Trump Organization and the russians. Only when it becomes public by another source does he acknowledge that in fact those contacts were happening and he had a conversation at this National Security meeting about it. So youre left not with a lot of confidence hes being fully transparent in his disclosures and that hes answering questions that really get to the root of the question here. About what did the Trump Organization do, what did the president know, what did he know it . Those are important oversight questions, and weve got a lot of dodging today. Just to be blunt, do you think he lied under oath . Look, he said under oath that he was not aware of any contacts between the Trump Organization and the russians. That is clearly not true. He finally admitted today or in subsequent statements that he was, in fact, at the meeting or presided over the meeting for mr. Papadopoulos, talked about going to russia and arranging a meeting between Vladimir Putin and then candidate trump and that he shut that down and told him he wasnt authorized to do that. He clearly testified on a prior occasion he was unaware of any such contacts. So this is again the fifth, six, seventh person in the Trump Organization who had some contacts with russians and failed to dish close it. And that begins to raise increased suspicion i think when people are trying to keep secret all of these contacts between the Trump Organization and russian individuals that require not only the special prosecutor to continue his work and the Intelligence Committee and also the judiciary committee. 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And we were telling you Jeff Sessions could not remember contacts with russia. I want to play you something a moment ago because for whatever else the attorney general said today, he sure said this a lot. I do not recall search a conversation. I dont recall it. I dont recall. I dont recall it. I dont recall it. I dont recall that. I dont recall how that exactly occurred. I do not recall. But i did recall this event. I dont recall. I dont recall at this moment sitting here any such discussions. Joining us is cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin, former independent Council Michael zeldin and once formed as Robert Muellers special assistant. And richard painter is with us who served as ethics attorney in the bush administration. Right now he teaches law. And also justice correspondent dana bash. I think he probably left most people thinking about what they think of him going in. Hes not a particularly popular figure. Most polls about the Trump Administration wind up being about 6040 against. Ask i think thats probably what they would be for Jeff Sessions. And, you know, he had a tough story to sell. Because he was asked by al franken, you know, did anyone have any connection with the campaign, have any contact with russia . He said categorically no a few weeks ago. Now we know that that was not the case, that George Papadopoulos did have contact with russia and did discuss it with sessions. And what made sessions comments particularly a little hard to swallow was that now he remembers this conversation and he remembers giving very good advice. Now, you have to wonder why he didnt remember giving such good advice when he was asked about it the first time. The good advice he said he gave was dont have anything to do with the russians. But it certainly didnt seem like a case of perjury thats going to be prosecuted, so i think the people who dont like Jeff Sessions are not going to like him and the people who like him will continue to. He said he remembered giving good advice but anything else at that meeting. So no details at that meeting or even what papadopoulos said but just telling him you dont represent the cam in any dealings with russia. Ive met Jeff Sessions over the years. Hes a very nice man. I dont always agree with him, but ive liked him. I have to say his memory with respect to anything having to do with russia is very incomplete. And well just have to leave it at that. Hes been caught several times now testifying and seems to forget everything having to do with russia. That being said, some other aspects in which hes a halfway decent attorney general, i think he may resist this absurd idea they ought to be investigating Hillary Clinton. Theres no evidence for that type of thing. And the ert thing is hes thus far not fired robert mueller. And i know theyve hatched a plan to try to put him on the Senate Ballot down there in alabama. But if they put in a different attorney general and use that is an excuse to fire robert mueller, all hecks going to break loose and could end up with a president getting impeached. Even though as they say, hes easy to forget everything to do with russia and the Trump Campaign. I just want to point out the president s actually landed at joint base andrew, air force one which has just touched down. Obviously the president returning from him trip throughout asia. Well see if the president makes any remarks tonight about that trump or if hes said anything on air force one to the press corp whos traveled with him. Well bring you that as warranted. Let me continue this conversation about Jeff Sessions. At what point does he use up all the years hes spent in congress, trying to get clarification on hes not answering questions but hes not trying to take executive privilege. You also just heard a sentiment mr. Painter express, which is it could be a whole lot worse. Jeff sessions is somebody who wasnt certainly like aninsular part of this senate club, but many people who he served with think of a good Public Servant and someone who did do the right thing at the beginning of the Trump Administration and recuse himself. And he is still paying the price internally from the president himself for doing exactly tha