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And play that sound. because you are referring to a part of the hearing this morning, pat leahy, a democrat was questioning jeff sessions. lets play that exchange and then well talk some more. >> do you agree with the president-elect the united states can or should deny entry to all members of a particular religion? >> senator leahy, i believe the president-elect has subsequent to that statement made clear that he believes the focus should be on individuals coming from countries that have histor...

Explain some of his past conduct some of the things he said and some of the controversy that has surrounded him. all day weve seen ins loo of the members of the public that want to participate by witnessing there, or people from interest groups who want to take part or to show support. and of course it has interrupted with protesters and demonstrate stritors who have shouted out in protest of the session nomination a number of times today. in terms of highlights, jeff sessions has tried to use t...

Was asked about that tape from access hollywood that came out during the campaign, the tape involving billy bush and donald trump. well try to turn that around for and you bring you that clip as soon as we have it. let me go to casey hunt who has been watching up on capitol hill all day today. some of it has been about the senators past. there were a lot of questions raised about what happened in 1986 when he was considered for a federal judgeship and denied by the senate. >> thats right kate. t...

Change for the better, though many things did. not all of the things he cares about. and so as he leaves office, i think joanne is right, its going to be a bit of one more thing, one more cautionary word in the hopes that things will continue to improve. and i see that as an extension as you worry about this country in that awesome job of yours, you dont stop when you get off of air force one. >> carol maureen from chicago. joanne free man from yale thank you to you both. appreciate you being he...

Out of senator sessions. if you could ask a question of him what would you want him to address? >> i think he he is contracted all the issues. im not here to ask senator sessions questions. i think he has done a fabulous job. you have seen from his testimony he is a smart guy, a nice guy, he is kind and courteous. i think you can see from his testimony he is going to do an outstanding job. >> william smith worked with senator jeff sessions. thanks for being with us. appreciate it. >> thank you f...

Its pretty clear that they are out of step, whether its the secretary of health and human services and whether they raise the eligibility age for health care and people working in manufacturing and people working in dining and women cutting hair, they dont want to work until they are 67 or even 70. their bodies give out. members of congress, we have good benefits and salaries and were working inside and climate control weather and not lifting heavy things and were not wearing our knees or hips o...

>> i think general kelly will have a much more robust answer to dealing with immigration issues. i spent time earlier this year in guatemala with general kelly. we were on the border with guatemala and mexico talking about how we would stop the flow particularly of unaccompanied minors. certainly i dont believe that he believes building a tall wall along the borders is what we need to do. as you know, donald trump is also changing his opinion saying now the american taxpayers are going to pay fo...

Republicans get away with raising the eligibility age for health care. >> senator sherrod brown working late tonight, its going to be a busy week. take care of yourself and thanks for being with us. >> thank you very much, rachel. the first confirmation hearings begin tomorrow. jeff sessions and attorney general nomination starts tomorrow. senator brown is the first senator to come out and say he will not support that nomination. that hearing is going to be absolutely fascinating. much more ah...

It starts tomorrow with attorney general nominee jeff session who is is one of the most controversial picks if not the most controversial pick of the entire trump administration, one senator who has already decided and declared that he will vote no on the sessions confirmation joins us next. new girl, huh? yeah, im -- i couldnt help but notice you checking out my name your price tool. yeah, this bad boy gives you coverage options based on your budget. -oh -- -oh, not so fast, tadpole. you have t...

People were going to see. >> well, there could be a real -- there could be real fireworks with jeff sessions. the naacp and aclu are going to be testifying. these are groups sessions in the 80s his nomination for -- to be a federal judge was held up, in part, because he made comments about groups like this being un-american. so, i mean, i do think youll see some fireworks. i think youll see -- youll see democrats play to the civil rights base of the party and really try to hammer away on jeff se...