Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161118:01:30:00
>> reporter: republican senator jeff sessions, the first u.s. senator to come out in support of donald trump was a u.s. attorney in al when then president ronald reagan nominated him for the federal o court. but the appointment broke down at the session's confirmation hearing when allegations of his alleged racial remarks took center stage. allegations that sessions angrily denied then and now. >> i am not a racist. i'm not insensitive to blacks. i have supported civil rights within my state. i have done my job with integrity, equality and fairness fur all. >> transcripts of that hearing show ...