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The argument being made by these democratic candidates that there are these blanket races in charge, it's tougher when you dig into his actions. >> i wrote a book on this subject, let me just say fox polls, quinnipiac polls say about half of americans say the president is racist? >> martha: do you think there be told that everyday? >> i don't think that, i think you're smart enough, i think it shuts down conversation. >> martha: what do you think about all those democratic candidates? >> it's useful to something that is very important from a policy. when you look at his policy and terms of vot...

The original report -- >> right. all i can say right now is, my goal and intent is to get as much information out as i can consistent with the regulations. >> thank you. so in the minute that i have, i'd just like to go over some of the policies that jeff sessions has followed one is zero-tolerance policy which led to the separation of children from their parents. he refused to defend the affordable care act and argued in the texas lawsuit the key parts of aca was unconstitutional. he failed to bring a single lawsuit to enforce the voting rights' act and he issued a memo making it harder for t...

You get to the justice department, you get a big certificate and the attorney general signs it and it's a big deal. he signed mine and i'm proud of it and i just hope, you know, i so love my justice department time, and i love looking at that kennedy statue and i love being walking, click, click, click, in my high heels in those marble halls. and i just think it gets to you. and he's an institutionalist and there's no -- there's no other way to look at it. look, the democrats don't have the votes to stop him. he's going to be the next attorney general. just get over it, everybody. that's what'...

Have to see what the basis was for those decisions. >> so do you think as to the last one which has to do with consent decrees, there's a role for the department of justice in addressing systemic police misconduct? you don't see much of a role in that? >> oh, that's your characterization of it. that's not what i understand the policy to be. of course the department has a role on pattern and practice. >> so the attorney general sessions has issued a rule that makes it a lot tougher to enter into these kinds of decrees. >> why do you say it's a lot tougher? >> because it's not just relying on th...

>> but you have testified you'd like to make as much of the original report -- >> right. so all i can say right now is my goal and intent is to get as much information out as i can, consistent with the regulation. >> so in the minute that i have, i'd like to go over some of the policies that jeff sessions has followed. one is a zero tolerance policy which led to the separation of children from their parents. he refused to defend the affordable care act and argued on the texas lawsuit that parts of the aca were unconstitutional. he failed to bring a single lawsuit to enforce the voting rights a...