Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171213:04:37:00
The fact that this is a night like no other for alabama. and i don't want to bore people with history, but in 1844, alabama elected to congress a man named william yancey who led alabama and the nation in the civil war. since then we've had a terrifically harmful habit of electing people who are viewed as pariahs by the rest of the american political family. and tonight was the most radical departure from that pattern in my lifetime. and i think something else that bears talking about is what i think is an historic step taken by senator shelby, when he refused to vote for doug -- for judge moo...