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Trump wishes for him to do. but because there have been some concerns, because there has been some unorthodox statements that have been made, because, you know, the world has been what it is. i mean, the united states leadership and the world has been much lesser than its been in the past. theres been a lot of consternation about a lot of things. the current administration, where does the future administration go, how do they feel about alliances around the world. what people are going to be loo...

That is the reason you have preclearance, and that is the reason that you cant rely on the district court or the circuit courts to rule. >> mr. chairman, i voted a few years ago for the voting rights act extension for 25 years. it included preclearance in it. we all knew at that time that the supreme court would probably take up a case before long that would have wrestled with the question of whether there is a sufficient basis for the extraordinary remedy of requiring only a few states in the c...

Who absolutely wanted to see that crime solved and prosecuted. is that accurate, senator sessions? >> i think it is, yes. thats exactly what i intended to do. it actually occurred before i became united states attorney. wrong group of people had been indicted in state court that complicated matters. case was not making the kind of progress it needed to make. and, so, we had a discussion. and we invited civil rights division attorneys, burt glenn and barry kowalski, both of which were exceptional...

Unsustainable. >> now, north carolina is one of the states that would have been covered by preclearance, was it not? >> north carolina states would be. >> it would have been. >> i would just suggest that section 2 allows all the remedies, and thats what i suppose they filed the action under in this case. it just not a preclearance question, and that preclearance policy is intrusive. and as the supreme court has said -- and i didnt mean that in any pejorative way. i was asked, do you believe its ...

From interfering like this in the future, beyond obviously improving our cyber security? >> well, obviously thats it. weve got to protect ourselves. but, look, you have no -- jake, weve talked about scenarios as far as where this can go. and again, its all about hardening. you can think about a case, for instance, where jake tapper, reporter, happens to be giving an individual a hard time and, so, they get into your computer which is easily done and put materials in there that discredit you and ...

Ku klux klam ordered the murder of a random african-american man, michael done kanl. kk members henry hayes and james tiger knowles abducted afternoon cann american michael duncan. they beat him, they strangled him, they cut his throat and they hung him from a tree, absolutely shameful and disgraceful. you were u.s. attorney at the time. your office along with the fbi, along with the local district attorney investigated the murder. department of justice attorneys barry kowalski and burt blan wor...

Assurance that you will make those facts based on real facts and real science? >> thats a good and fair question, and honesty and integrity in that process is required. and if the facts justify a position on one side or the other on a case, i would try to utilize those facts in an honest and appropriate way. ive not -- i dont deny that we have global warming. in fact, the theory of it always struck me as plausible, and its the question of how much is happening and what the reaction would be to i...

When its raining and you dont take the umbrella away. >> in the record, a letter that i just today received in support of senator sessions nomination from the national shooting sports foundation. senator? without objection. >> thank you, mr. chairman. senator sessions, id like to talk a little bit about the sara root case. i know you and i have discussed it briefly last summer. sara root was a woman who was killed a year ago this month in omaha. she had just graduated from college and she was ki...