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Perform, perhaps at a higher level than main some of his peers who happened not to be black, and getting beyond that to be totally effective, straightforward and above board in terms of his performance of the roles to which he had been chosen, and he knew how important it was in terms of setting examples, not only for other black kids or immigrants that would follow but anyone who would follow him in terms of his leadership of our united states military. >> the tributes that are coming in are from republicans and democrats, independents, it's transcending party, and in this political climate, ...

It you can have an ito, that's great, but nothing like that is going to compare. >> laura: where is he working? >> he works for us but he is our reentry department. >> the white house, criminal justice reform, the president really didn't campaign on it a lot but it has become a really important cornerstone of what he wants to do. how important is that? >> the encouraging parties that it's an indication that both parties can work together. so as we are setting examples for other things, hopefully we can set examples that this can happen. you can't depend on politicians and government to make ch...

Great, but nothing like that is going to compare. >> laura: where is he working? >> he works for us but he is our reentry department. >> laura: the white house criminal justice reform, the president really didn't campaign on it a lot butri it has becomea really important cornerstone ofd what he wants to do. how important is that? the encouraging part is that it's an indication that both parties can work together. so as we are setting examples for other things, hopefully we can set examples that this can happen. you can't depend on politicians and government to make changes. you have to have th...

Core group of senators who are saying, look, in addition to all of that, there may be temperamental problems with him on the judiciary. i may be uncomfortable voting for someone so partisan, and so he sort of satisfied that one master, the president, and then he had to go out and try to explain it all away to these other people who actually today and tomorrow determine his fate. >> he seems like he's actually trying to make an argument to these four senators who were worried about his temperament. let me ask you about these protests taking place on capitol hill. obviously we had the president ...

Evidence that people will go to any length when they are encouraged by people on capitol hill like one congresswoman saying confront them in the restrooms. go up and another senator saying get in their face. we as senators ought to be setting examples for civility, not encouraging incivility. you've heard about the resistance since november 2016. you are seeing the reisis resistance headquarters right here on capitol hill all among democrats. pete: would any of your democratic colleagues admit that? you say we have gone too far? heat too high. this never happened to elena kagan and sotomayor i...