Dana we miss having colin allred on, congressman from texas 32. Well have him on again. But we had Breaking News with the Attorney General resigning from his position at shepard continuing coverage as the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions has resigned. A replacement is at the ready. The ramifications are many. Reporting begins now from capitol hill. Justice, the wise house and beyond. First to the man that broke the story, john roberts live on the north lawn. John . Only by virtual of our terrific producer at the Department Of Justice, jake gibson who said he had information. We got it confirmed. So the president this morning asked for the resignation of Jeff Sessions. This was before he went in to that sometimes crazy Press Conference that was scheduled for 11 30 a. M. He knew that there was going to be a Resignation Letter that was coming over from Jeff Sessions
at the Department Of Justice at any moment. We have confirmed with sources that Matt Whitaker and the president has tweeted a
acting attorney general of mark whitaker. listen to jerry nather. he will be the chairman on the democratic side when they take over. this is what he was saying about whitaker and the russia investigation. we can subpoena the final report. we could subpoena mueller. but the fact is, any such interference would be part of a pattern of obstruction of justice and he should recuse himself. he s said the investigation shouldn t go forward. someone who s said that should not be in charge of deciding on the investigation. dana: the recusal issue is what got jeff sessions in so much hot water with the president. tell me what you think about that issue on recusal and just mark whitaker in general as the acting attorney general. first, i don t think whitaker has to recuse himself. there s nothing wrong with someone making at the same tist
on this. chad? well, i talked to some republican sources that told me for a long time that they did not think that president trump would try to fire the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. the question is, is getting rid of jeff sessions sort of a stand-in for that? that s the problem. also, i want to read to you we just got a tweet from jerry nather. we ve been hearing a lot of rattling in the last 20 hours about what democrats might do when it comes to investigations. and he says americans must have answers immediately as to the reasoning behind the president removing jeff sessions. why is the president making this change? who has authority over the special counsel investigation? we ll be holding people accountable. here we are hours after it s clear that democrats will control the house of representatives. you look have democrats with cause in this case ramping up
hearing on the 2016 election and the doj and fbi s actions surrounding it to begin. the ranking democrat on the committee jerry nather of new york speaking right now. in a moment, we ll hear the opening statements of rod rosenstein, the deputy ag, fbi director christopher wray, we ll bring those to you in full live as soon as they begin. meantime, the former co-president of fox news is about to become a senior member of president trump s administration. a source tells cnn bill shine, see him there, is expected to be named the deputy chief of staff in charge of communications. he stepped down from his role at fox last year after he was criticized for the way he handled sexual harassment claims at the network. making this, i think, even more interesting is the road that sean hannity has in many ways paved, the biggest star at fox news, has paved for bill shine to the white house. oh, definitely. this is as close as you can get to almost sean hannity himself being in a major role in the
recalculation of the social benefits formula that would have resulted in lower payouts during the grand bargain talks of 2011 and again in his budget this spring. so this is why there are now some progressive democrats in congress trying to expand the terms of debate. this week, sharod brown of ohio became the late toast put his name to increase social security benefits. that s right. in an era defined by belt tightening, liberals are trying to provide retirees with bigger monthly checks. as more democrats sign on, we are seeing the beginnings to change the social security from not wanting to preserve it but to expanding it. these are the kind of long-term efforts that can take years but redefine the agenda of a political party. at the table with us now is congressman jerry nather of new york. he is one of 39 co-sponsors of