those are all old charges. you know, kay ley points to a more recent record of jeff sessions, so is it really fair for senator warren what she was doing was reading a letter from coretta scott king, who herself is the recipient of the congressional gold medal. one of the highest medals yes, sir congress can award. this is an icon who s no longer here. she wrote a letter strongly opposing sessions for the judgeship that jeffrey was talking about, and that s what elizabeth warren was reading when somehow senator mcconnell got the vapors and shut her up. she s not obeying her boss, boss mcconnell. decor um is important. i encourage everybody to watch marco rubio s speech on decency. i didn t vote for him. i get it. look, cnn s got a file, an in-kind donation to elizabeth
hatred into the justice department will hear from all of us too. that is a direct shot and message to the republicans who voted to confirm senator sessions at attorney general here. this is one of the most blistering confirmation hearings, and this is unusual in one respect. he s a fellow senator. usually senators are treated slightly different with more decorum. but all sense of decor um has broken down here. and the implication that rule 19 has elevated elizabeth warren to platforms she has not even been on yet. kiersten, radical bigotry, i think, racism, sexism, these are incredibly strong attacks. yeah, well, and i think it s interesting, buzz feed has a story up i just read that a lot of people know mitch mcconnell is a very savvy person and contrary to what a lot of people are saying that he made a mistake here that he intentionally did this, because he wants to elevate elizabeth
immediately after when he went to the floor and gave his farewell speech. as they listen to jeff sessions, a big farewell he served for two decades. the only democrat to actually vote for the nomination. it was unusual as they embrace one of their. think john kerry as they were nominated. that vote was not the case here. 52-47 along party lines. it shows how divided both parties are to even one of their own. last night, liz warren was on the senate floor. what did she say about his confirmation? she was very concerned and made those comments yesterday and that prompted such an unusual move for the republican who is enforce the rule of decor um saying she was out of line
i told my staff. the majority leader looked me in the eye and looked 54 republicans in the eye. i cannot believe he would tell a flat-out lie. and i voted, based on those assurances that he made to each and every one of us, what we just saw today was an absolute demonstration that not only what he told every republican senator, but what he told the press over and over and over again was a simple lie. joining us now, sam stein, . we can all say we ve never seen anything like that on the senate floor. you would know best, right? that is very uncommon. that s against decor um. it s literally against a senate rule.
court. he appeared in court, but he asked for more time to consider the charges that weigh against him. this in a pe reefian courtroom where van der sloot admitted to killing the student he met in lima, but indicated he may fight the additional charges they are trying to impose upon him. if convicted would mean a lengthier time in prison. for his appearance, he looked healthy and strong and drew attention to himself by yawning and rolled his eyes with an attitude that some, including the victim s family described as arrogant. at one point the judge ordered him to sit up straight and tuck in his shirt and dress accordingly and act according to the court decor um. while prosecutors were presenting the case, he shook his head and acted like he did not agree with the charges. his attorney did tell us he has been advising van der sloot over and over to plea guilty. he should just that would