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CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT KEVIN CIRILLI OF THE FESTIVITIES OF THE WEEKEND. HELP ME WITH JEFF SESSIONS, KEVIN, WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. HE IS IN A REALLY CHALLENGING SPOT. IS THERE ANY MEASURE EVENT THAT HE WOULD RESIGN? WHAT IS THAT DYNAMIC THIS MORNING? KEVIN: THEY FAIRLY PATCHED UP THEIR ROCKY RELATIONSHIP. AND CENTER JEFF SESSIONS IS ONE OF THE LAWMAKERS TO SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP. IT IS STILL VERY UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT HIS TESTIMONY TOMORROW WILL BE PUBLIC OR BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. DEMOCRATS URGING HIM TO THIS TESTIMONY TOMORROW TO BE MADE PUBLIC, BUT IT IS VERY MUCH UNCLEAR, AND EVERYONE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET AN ANSWER OUT OF DO NOT KNOW. TOM: WHO ARE THE LAWYERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE THAT HE WOULD SPEAK TO? THE NEW YORK TIMES GIVES A BIG PLAY TO MR. TRUMP'S PERSONAL LAWYER. HE GOT FACE TIME ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS. IF THE LAWYERING OF THE WHITE HOUSE NORMAL FROM WHERE YOU SIT? KEVIN: PRESENTATION HAVE ALWAYS HAD LAWYERS -- PRESIDENTS HAVE ALWAYS HAVE LAWYERS. IT IS UNCLEAR IF TRUMP'S LAWYER WILL STOP HIM FROM PUTTING HIS FOOT AND MOUTH AS SOME FOLKS HAVE SAID. FRUSTRATIONS HAVE BOILED OVER IN CAPITOL HILL ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL COMMENTS. TOMORROW, YOU WILL BE HEARING QUESTIONING FROM POTENTIALLY MR. ROSENSTEIN AS WELL, WHO WILL TESTIFY LEVY BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE TESTIMONY IS GOING TO CONTINUE. LAST WEEK'S EVENTS WITH MR. COMEY'S TESTIMONY, AGAIN, ALL OF THAT CONTINUING TO DOMINATE HERE IN WASHINGTON, MAKING IT VERY HARD FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH ANYTHING ELSE. FRANCINE: KEVIN, TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS TAKING TO THIS? DO THEY GASP WITH EVERY TWEET. DO THEY STILL SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT AS MUCH AS THEY DID SEVERAL WEEKS AGO? KEVIN: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THERE IS A PALPABLE FRUSTRATION AMONGST THE PUBLIC AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH. THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING AMONGST THEM THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THERE IS AN EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THE PRESIDENT WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, BUT THERE IS A FRUSTRATION THAT HE WOULD PUT HIMSELF IN THIS POSITION. I CONTINUE THAT LATER, THEY WILL BE PICKING UP A RUSSIA SANCTIONS BILL THAT THEY FEEL WELL -- THEY WILL BEGIN TO DEBATE ON RUSSIAN SANCTIONS AND THEY FILL THE PRESIDENT COULD PASS THIS AND PUT PRESSURE ON RUSSIA FOR HACKING DURING BIT 2016 ELECTION. THERE IS