字幕表 動画を再生する 英語字幕をプリント >>> THIS IS AN NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. THE SESSIONS HEARING. HERE'S LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD DAY, EVERYONE. WE'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE LATEST TURN IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER THERE ARE TIES BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS. IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS WILL TESTIFY BEFORE THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IN AN OPEN SESSION. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE EXPECTED TO QUESTION SESSIONS ABOUT THE FIRING OF FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY, ABOUT HIS RUSSIAN CONTACTS DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND HIS DECISION BY SESSIONS TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. OUR TEAM IS STANDING BY WITH FULL COVERAGE OF THIS DAY. NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER IS IN THE HEARING ROOM. PETER, SET THE STAGE. A WEEK AFTER THE COMEY HEARING. >> YEAH, LESTER. THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER HIGH-TENSION DAY OF TESTIMONY EXPECTED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, JEFF SESSIONS. TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE IS GOING TO BE TESTIFYING IN AN OPEN HEARING SINCE HE WAS CONFIRMED. THAT'S ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO. WE'LL DRILL DOWN ON SOME OF THE LIKELY QUESTIONS HE'LL FACE. AMONG THEM, IF HE RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, WHY DID HE STILL TAKE PART IN RECOMMENDING THE FIRING OF THE FBI DIRECTOR, JAMES COMEY. BEYOND THAT, HIS MEETINGS, HIS CONTACTS WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, SERGEY KISLYAK. HE INITIALLY WAS NOT FORTHCOMING ABOUT TWO OF THEM. THERE IS SOME SUSPICION THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A THIRD MEETING AS WELL TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING THE CAMPAIGN. WHAT WILL HE SAY ABOUT THAT. BEYOND THAT, HOW DID HE TAKE JAMES COMEY'S COMMENTS TO HIM SUGGESTING THAT COMEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. DID HE ACT ON THAT, WHAT ACTIONS DID HE TAKE. THOSE WILL BE AMONG THE QUESTIONS THAT SESSIONS IS PRESSED ON DURING THE COURSE OF THIS HEARING TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT, PETER, AS WE WATCH MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SLOWLY FILE IN AND TAKE THEIR SEATS AND CONFERRING WITH STAFF THERE, LET'S CONTINUE AROUND THE HORN. OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND MODERATOR OF "MEET THE PRESS" CHUCK TODD IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. CHUCK, WILL WE LARGELY BE LOOKING FOR A REBUTTAL TO WHAT COMEY SAID HERE? >> WE'LL SEE IF IT'S A FULL-FLEDGED REBUTTAL. I THINK JEFF SESSIONS HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND THEY MAY BE IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER. ON ONE HAND HE HAS TO RE-ESTABLISH HIS OWN CREDIBILITY TO LEAD A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN BADLY DAMAGED POLITICALLY, BADLY DAMAGED BY THE TESTIMONY FROM JAMES COMEY, BADLY DAMAGED BY SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT PERHAPS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID INADVERTENTLY OR NOT WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE LACK OF REPORTING THOSE MEETINGS ON RUSSIA. BUT HE'S ALSO GOT A CREDIBILITY PROBLEM WITH HIS BOSS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WHO IS ANGRY AT HIM FOR RECUING HIMSELF IN THE FIRST PLACE SO HE'S GOT DIFFERENT MASTERS HE'S TRYING TO FEED. HE'S GOT A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER SIEGE AND HE'S GOT TO REPRESENT THE CAREER FOLKS THERE, AND AT THE SAME TIME SOMEHOW RE-ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY WITH HIS BOSS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. >> ALL RIGHT, CHUCK. OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, HALLIE JACKSON, IS WATCHING ALL THIS. HALLIE, AFTER THE COMEY HEARING, THE PRESIDENT ESSENTIALLY DROPPED THE MIKE, SAID THAT HE GOT A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH, THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION AND ALL BUT DECLARED IT OVER. HOW CLOSELY WILL THE WHITE HOUSE BE WATCHING THIS PARTICULAR SESSION? >> WELL, THE PRESIDENT WON'T BE WATCHING IT, WE KNOW, LESTER, FROM HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THAT IS BECAUSE HE IS ON AIR FORCE ONE RIGHT NOW HEADED TO WISCONSIN. THAT PLANE DOES HAVE A TELEVISION, SO IT IS LIKELY THE PRESIDENT COULD SEE THE BEGINNING OF THE TESTIMONY BEFORE HE HEADS TO MILWAUKEE TO TALK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THAT'S SYMBOLIC HERE. THE PRESIDENT, THIS WHITE HOUSE, WANTS TO BE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH CARE, AS THE PRESIDENT HOSTED REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, REPUBLICAN SENATORS HERE FOR LUNCH EARLIER TODAY. THEY WANT TO TALK TAX REFORM. THEY WANT TO TALK VETERANS ISSUES AS WELL. BUT THIS, WHAT WE ARE WATCHING NOW ON CAPITOL HILL, CONTINUES TO BE THE DOMINANT FORCE AND THE DOMINANT THEME DRIVING A LOT OF IT. THAT IS FRUSTRATING TO THE PRESIDENT. YOU HEAR ABOUT IT BOTH PRIVATELY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND HEAR ABOUT IT PUBLICLY AS THE PRESIDENT TWEETS LIKE HE DID TODAY ABOUT WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS AN AGENDA OF HATE COMING FROM MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA. AS FAR AS THE STRATEGY HERE, A LOT OF THIS LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW JUST LAST THURSDAY. THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY A COUNTER STRATEGY IN THE SENSE THAT WE SAW WITH JAMES COMEY, AN EXPLICIT SORT OF OPPOSITION TO WHAT YOU WERE HEARING IN THAT SEAT. INSTEAD IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BACKING UP WHAT SESSIONS HAD TO SAY FROM ALLIES OF THE PRESIDENT, POINTING TO HIS EAGERNESS TO TESTIFY AS AN INDICATION THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP