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Immigrants, committee crimes in a lower degree than native born people. its a bunch of misrepresentation of facts, lies that come out of the white house. and unfortunately out of the presidents mouth and his twitter handle. >> speaking of his twitter handle and the beeves hef beefss started, what would a trade war with mexico do to the economy? >> it would harm our economy. we have the ports of los angeles in alolong beach, 40% of the go that come into our country come through los angeles. if we...

Conversation with judge gorsuch. what is interesting is sean spicer was trying to thread this needle saying misrepresentation because judge gorsuch was speak generally. disheartening and -- >> lets play it. >> the judge was very clear that he was not commenting on any specific matter. theres a big difference between commenting on specific comments that have been made and tweets and his general philosophy about the judiciary and his respect for fellow judges. >> what does that mean pamela? >> hes...

Into that with me. there has been some controversy, particularly with the presidents speech to the sheriffs, who supported him, in which he seems to apply the country has one of the highest crime rates going since you can remember, when in fact the truth is the crime rate is actually very low but theres been an increase in the trend. so crime rates have been going up from a very low base. you heard senator jeff sessions talking about that again. so they seem to be basing this on the idea that cr...

There can be an independent judiciary that acts as a check on the president. so to me while this is interesting and sort of, you know, worth pursuing, boy, i hope this is not the main event at a confirmation hearing that might be the last best chance to talk about an independent judiciary and donald trump. >> im going to push back on your pushback because we can do that here among friends. the thing that seems interesting to me about this is not -- its not are you a good -- its not an are you a ...

That here among friends. the thing that seems interesting to me about this is not -- its not are you a good -- its not an are you a good person question. its a is there something false in the biography here? is there a misrepresentation here? i mean, i do think -- i guess im a person who, you know, thinks that prison legal assistance is an important and cool thing for lawyers to do, and because providing pro bono assistance to people who cant afford good lawyers to get harvard-trained lawyers to...

Addition to the fact the seat has been stolen, i think we have a existential question about presidential powers and whether there can be an independent judiciary that acts as a check on the president. so to me while this is interesting and sort of, you know, worth pursuing, boy, i hope this is not the main event at a confirmation hearing that might be the last best chance to talk about an independent judiciary and donald trump. >> im going to push back on your pushback because we can do that her...

Line of questioning. he said that i intended that i had intended to undermine the nominees character. and integrity. and that my questioning was, quote, not backed by the facts. >> i object to the senator disparaging of a fellow member of the committee in the absence. >> he should be here, first of all. secondly, he disparaged me, senator. >> to his face. >> the fact of the matter is senator sessions misrepresented his record. by claiming to have personally handled cases that he simply did not h...

Senator cruz did not mention that. i wonder what changed between 1986 and now that caused these four civil rights cases to take on new significance for the nominee. its hard to say. look, senator cruz is a brilliant attorney. but he doesnt have a case here. and the fact of the matter is that senator sessions misrepresented his record by claiming to have personally handled cases that he simply did not handle. and the supplement he filed doesnt explain that misrepresentation away. it lays it bare ...

Tolerated that kind of misrepresentation from a nominee before this committee. and none of us should either. we have an important job to do here and it requires that each and every one of us understands the nominees record accurately. its not our job to shade his record or to distort the testimony that witnesses share with us. and with the public. so i felt it necessary to correct the way in which the senator from texas misrepresented mr. heberts testimony and further distorted senator sessions ...

These cases at all. senator cruz did not mention that. nine 86 and now that caused the four civil rights ces to take on new significance for the nominee. its hard to say. senator cruz is a brilliant attorney but he doesnt have a case here. and the fact of the matter is that senator sessions misrepresented his record. by proclaiming to have personally handled cases he simply did not handle, and the supplement he filed doesnt explain that misrepresentation away. it lays it bare for all to see. sen...