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Should you be attorney general would you direct or advise your solicitor general to weigh in before that supreme court, which has an opportunity to overturn roe v. wade, would your solicitor general weigh in to repeal or overturn, i should say, roe v. wade. >> it is firmly e skonsed as the law of the land and i dont know if we would see a change in that. youre asking a hypothetical question. those cases seldom come up on such a clear issue. they come up at the margins. i just would not be able t...

Questions. you and i have shared some experiences, weve both been united states attorneys and attorneys general of our state. and i want to thank you as well, for thanking our law enforcement community which is so important to this nation. and it makes sacrifices. and those sacrifices often are not only in time and forgone income, but also in looifses. and i join -- in lives. i join you in respecting the law enforcement officers who were victims most recently of gun violence. i want to begin jus...

To some one who asked you that question previously, you believe that roe v. wade was a bad decision. do you still believe that? >> i guess ive said that before. im pro-life -- >> thank you. >> advocate. fundamentally, the problem as i see it, with roe versus wade is that it denies the people the right to make laws that they might feel appropriate. did the supreme court have that power, i concluded they didnt. because the constitution didnt wants that question. >> senator session dashes dash. >> ...

Litigating a case involving one of these guidance documents and youre representing the federal agency in question, will the department under your leadership assuming are you confirmed to this position, ask courts to deer if to nonbinding guidance documents in the same way courts are routinely asked to defer to regulations? >> well that,s a good question from a good lawyer, i have to say. in other words the question, youre suggesting to establish law of the land or the courts is that they give ce...

Was to provide support for the department of justice, civil rights divisions attorneys. i reviewed, co-signed clients, motions and pleadings and briefs filed during high tenure as u.s. attorney i provide aid assistant and guidance, had an open-door policy and cooperated with civil rights attorneys on these cases. for the cases described in 6 i supervised litigation and signed the pleadings. now that is consistent with the 1986 testimony that you provided help every stecht way, is that correct? >...

Falsely once before this committee, his op-ed is the basis for senator frankens attack on you. the base yirs of senator frankens attack, he claims you were uninvolved in several civil rights cases listed on your question air n1986, mr. hebert testified, a quote from him, i have needed mr. sessions help in those cases and he has provided that help every step of the way. is that correct, that thats what mr. hebert testified? >> yes, thats correct. >> in the four cases senator franken referred to, ...

Making sure we are not making a mistake. >> it is my hope that if you are confirmed and we do make progress on bipartisan criminal justice reform that as attorney general, you will carry out whatever legislative decisions might be made by this body. last, let me just say in my six years here, in addition to not working with us on a number of bipartisan proposals on criminal justice reform, you have been one of the few senators to the president were to attempt to overriled that, what actions woul...

>> i would suggest that in those cases, an independent counsel is not only advisable but required to avoid conflict of interest. i would hope that you would be sensitive to those concerns. >> well, there are reasonable arguments to be made for that. i suggested that attorney general lynch should appoint a special counsel in the clinton matter. i dont know whether you supported that or not. >> one reason im asking the question, is that you have advocated a special counsel in other instances where...

Exfreemism. >> not in and of itself. >> right. if their interpretation of their religious views encompasses a dangerous doctrine andtristic attacks -- and terroristic attacks they deserve more careful scrutiny than some one whose religious views are less problematic. >> you did say that ones religious views would be a factor in determine whether one has extreme views that would not enable them to come to our country. let me turn to the question of abortion. roev. wade you said i firmly believe t...