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Hes a nominee. she has to be able to speak about a nominee for attorney general. >> give me a break. >> this was abuse of power by the republicans, bringing up rule 19. >> -- senator sessions and thats why she was censured in the way that she was. its within the responsibility of the leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell to do what he did, and i think he did the right thing tonight. >> then you cant nominate senators for cabinet positions. if you cant speak openly about them, then you cant nomin...

Has done is its just made democrats more emboldened to continue to fight the trump cabinet nominees and also the trump and republican agenda. >> leigh ann, thank you. with me, a member of the intelligence committee and homeland security committee. nice to see you. >> great to see you. >> the issue, what happened last night with elizabeth warren, would you have shut her down? >> its not a matter of shutting her down but build comedy again. a rule affectionally called rule 19, you can impugn anoth...

After the election, looked him right in the eye and i said i hope you understand every day this is going to be a war. this is going to be a war to delegitimize your government. its going to be a war to get you off track. get you on the defensive. get to you say stuff out of anger and then say ah-ha see, i told you so. get you to be tied up in knots in the legal system so you cant see straight. the democrats are going to play the same smash mouth politics that they believe they were embarrassed b...

>> thank you for having me. senator bernie sanders joining the chorus of democratic support for elizabeth warren, demanding an apology from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell for silencing her last night. senator you went on the floor and read some of coretta scott kings letter, so did senator udall, both democrats. i dont understand why you were permitted and elizabeth warren was not. the distinction she had been warned and was violating this rule 19 which doesnt seem to be applied when r...

Widow who was opposing jeff sessions nomination for a federal judgeship back then. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell when objected and had senator warren silenced. >> mr. sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now seeks to serve as a federal judge. >> mr. president -- >> the majority leader. >> the senator has impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from alabama. i call the senator to order unde...

Republican senator called harry reid running a cancerous, cursed leadership, or when ted cruz called mitch mcconnell a liar. i mean, those would seem to be what rule 19 was intended for. they may offer to apply it there. and i think the fact that theres probably been a lot more coverage of the coretta scott king letter because they tried to impose the rule than there would have been otherwise. so it was a bad mistake. ive been here 43 years. i have never known a time when anybodys objected to a ...

Republicans used last night to say that senator warren was impugning the character of another senator. now this is a pretty tricky and rather arcane rule called rule 19. and it only applies if you are talking about another senator. you may have heard senators on the floor talking about, say, presidential candidates or other people, maybe members -- even members of the house. this rule specifically says that you cant say nasty things about another senator. so its supposed to be about the decorum ...

Belonged at the screen actors guild awards. it was only the second time that week that i had been accused of fake tears on the floor of the senate, but i didnt run to the floor to invoke rule 19. >> in fact the language, kasie, that was used against chuck schumer was very tough from some of his colleagues, some of his republican colleagues. you also had ted cruz calling mitch mcconnell a liar on the floor and they didnt take down ted cruz so thwas certainly real reaction to what elizabeth warren...

This is a rule they have to invoke as something is going on. so tom udall read this letter earlier. was not stopped. well see if republicans take a different tack as this unfolds today. >> kasie, well be watching. thanks so much. kasie hunt at the senate. joining me, democratic senator patrick leahy of vermont. a former chairman of that committee which voted 11-9 along party lines last wednesday to advance senator sessions nomination as attorney general to the full senate. senator, thanks for ...

To this. they are continuing debate on senator sessions but what democrats have decid to do, and weve seen this now from a number of democrats is going down to the senate floor and read that coretta scott king letter. they are essentially daring republicans to start applying this rule to everyone who goes down and reads that letter. as you outlined it was a letter sent in 1986 opposing senator sessions for a federal judgeship. that appointment was sidelined because of concerns about his record o...