Animosity. Michelle mac lieu sew is on capitol hill with more details about senator Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing to be the next attorney general. Reporter senator Jeff Sessions made his case in front of the senate panel. Why he should be the next u. S. Attorney general. So i come before you today as a colleague, whos worked with you for years and some of you 20 years you know what i am who i am. Reporter but not all of the colleagues will be friendly. Senator core key booker and congressman john lewis will testify against senator sessions nomination because of his record on civil rights. Sessions was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 when the republican Led Committee rejected his nomination because witnesses reported he used racially offensive language. These are false charges. Reporter democrats also questioned senator sessions commitment to the Voting Rights act. Legislation which protects minorities access to the polls. I deeply understand the or country. And the horrendous i
And tomorrow, hundreds of thousands will join us in the national mall. And what the inauguration remind us of is the role we have as fellow citizens in promoting a common good. Even if we carry out our individual responsibilities, the sense that theres something larger than ourselves that gives shape and meaning to our lives. The theme of this years inauguration is our people and our future throughout my career whats always given me energy and inspiration and hope, whats allowed me to stand up when ive been knocked down are folks like you, the decency, the goodness, the resilience, the neighborliness, the patriotism, the sense of duty, sense of responsibility of the american people. Youve inspired me throughout. So whenever i think about the challenges that joe and i and jill and michelle face, we know that we stand amongst friends, colleagues, fellow citizens. And that the work is not just ours, that we are working together. So i just want to say thank you. Thank you very much. applau
Had will face questions on capitol hill. And barack obama givers his Farewell Speech overnight with how he wants the country to go moving forward. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Busy day ahead. So much to talk about already. Im christine romans. Its wednesday, january 11th. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. All right. New developments this morning on explosive claims you heard first here on cnn. We have learned that the nations first intelligence officials provided information to donald trump and president obama last week on russias compromise on the president elect. Cnns jim sciutto brings us the very latest. John and christine, multiple u. S. Officials with direct knowledge of the bris tell cnn that classified documents presented last week to president obama and president elect trump included allegations that russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and Financial Information about mr. Trump. The allegations were part of a twopage synopsis based on memos sfieled by a
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her car is waiting so she can catch a train i hope i haven t caused her to miss. he joined the president at arlington national cemetery. then the obama as worship at a historical black church to pay homage to dr. martin luther king jr. he decided to use two bibles one of kings the other of abraham lincoln. it is only because of them it is possible for me to be inaugurated. aids say the president has been saying in private in recent days that when he is on the podium tomorrow he will be thinking about the sacrifices of dr. king president lincoln and many others that have gotten him to this point. ed, thank you.