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Pick for attorney general jeff sessions is not fit for the job. watch. >> senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requisite of the job. to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights, and justice for all of our citizens. in fact at numerous times in his career, he has demonstrated a hostility towards these convictions. he and i have always exercised a collegiality and mutual respect between us. perhaps the best example of this is the legislation we cosponsored to award the congressional gold medal to those foot soldiers who marched at sel...

Just how deeply motivated i am by the many issues are next attorney general will heavily influence, especially of the crisis mass incarceration. i know that some of my many colleagues are unhappy i am breaking with senate tradition to testify on the nomination of one of my colleagues, but i believe, like perhaps all of my colleagues in that senate, that in the choice between standing with senate norms or standing up for what my conscious tells me is best for our country, i wille and country. senator sessions and i have consistently disagreed on the issues, but he and i have always exercised ec...

Motivated i am by the many issues our next attorney general will heavily influence, especially the crisis of mass incarceration. i know that some of my many colleagues are unhappy that i am breaking with senate protradition to testify on the nomination of one of my colleagues, but i believe like perhaps all of my colleagues in the senate that, in the choice between standing with senate norms or standing up for what my conscience tells me is best for our country, i will always choose conscience and country. senator sessions and i have consistently disagreed on the issues, he and i have always e...

>> right back at you, this was a real joy to do. by the way, i invite all viewers to look at the book and say, all right, which ones would you have put in, because it was a fascinating process of trying to figure out what belonged and what didn't. in the end i think the most powerful speech of the whole term was the speech at selma that he gave to commemorate the anniversary of the march across the pettis bridge because i think that had almost every element of what made a great obama speech and it rose to the historical moment. as we talked about a lot when we were putting this together, obama...

In a safe neighborhood. i live in a government high-rise. gangbangers and drug dealers walk down our halls every day. my neighbors and i were scared. we called the police. but they can't keep us safe. the housing authority told me, if i bought a gun, to protect myself, they would throw me to the streets. if i'm not free because of my address today, what makes you think you'll be free tomorrow? i marched behind martin luther king jr. at selma, i know my rights, now i have my gun. i am the national rifle association of america and i'm freedom's safest place. >> and it isn't just josephine bird, ...