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Not obstructing justice. the second one may be what gets him. >> michael, how telling is a conversation like this? >> i think it is very telling it again speaks to the state of mind of the president at the time, and is one which says im concerned about me. everybody else is collateral damage, which is perhaps why youre having a lot of problem filling positions in the law enforcement community. so i think that theres a lot of concern here that the president raises and that will have to have, thou...

In the way of his ability to do his job. he said that perhaps he would have his people reach out to the acting deputy attorney general. i said, that was the way his request should be handled. i said, the white house counsel should contact the leadership of d.o.j. to make the request, which was the traditional channel. he said he would do that and added, because i have been very loyal to you, very loyal. we had that thing, you know. i did not reply or ask him what he meant by "that thing." i said...

>> for time purposes you can understand why minorities may be concerned about jeff sessions pick? >> i think once they know more about sessions and see what he did with dick durban and rosa parks and her memory and honor and they look at his voting record and consistency standing up for whats right, i think theyre going to like jeff sessions a whole lot and be very comfort wrabl wiable with him. >> michael, considering some of the incidents that have happened around the country, can you understa...

Michael, im going to start with you. jeff skegzs has been offered and accepted the job. sessions has failed a confirmed session, and called him boy, that he called the naacp, and the aclu un-american, and he joked about the klu klux klan. sessions denies making those remarks so whats your reaction to this pick? >> well, its troubling. its very troubling to me. i think you know the question is whether or not president-elect is going to governor as he campaigned, and was very controversial particu...

African-americans. he has -- i think if you look at what he has done, he hasnt done all of these inflammatory or racial things, you know, as a u.s. attorney he fought for desegregation, very solid record on that. i think over ten different pleadings. so, you know, this is a guy that has good bipartisan grades from everybody. i know that right now many people on the left are very upset that donald trump became president and theyre looking for something to rally behind, but i dont think jeff sessi...

Nomination and voted for him, for example. any way to extend the civil rights act by 30 years. >> let michael respond to the congressmans point, do you think american voters should be looking at senator sessions entire word r recorecord and ma the fact he has evolved on some of these issues? >> i think congressman is correct in that senator has served for 20 years and he does have additional record. i think thats important to look at. i think what the congressman said, those examples are importa...

Comprehensive policy where were talking about moving people from poverty into wealth. were trying to create a pathway so people can access the entrepreneurial spirit. >> how? by taking away some of the safety net that middle class and poor people -- >> no, were trying to strengthen the nets, so you bounce off them, not get trapped by them. >> were going to try to deal with taking away from a i specs of medicare and medicaid -- >> you act like they systems are -- >> let me finish. im going to mak...

>> today. >> theres a wider gap. >> i agree with that, but the point is thats not always been the case. >> right. then we got republican economic policies and it became the case. >> lets deal with the fact that the person who was middle class in 1973 may or matt not be middle class -- >> they may or may not be millionaires, but theyre not in the top 1%. >> how do you know? in the social circles you know, nobody has moved into the top 1%? >> how do we solve it? >> ignore the facts. >> how do we s...

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