Heres a portion of his confirmation hearing from january. The attorney general of the United States is of course, the nations chief Law Enforcement officer. He or she is not the president s theer, no rr is he president s wingmen, as the attorney general described himself. Rather, he or she has an independent obligation to the constitution and to the American People. I know you care deeply about this foundational principle. So, i am going to ask you a question. I have heard you ask other nominees for attorney general. Occasionally he will be called upon to offer an opinion to the president who appointed you. You will have to tell him, yes or no. And sometimes, president s dont like to be told no. So, i would like to know, will you be able to stand up and say no to the president of the United States if in your judgment, the law and your duty demands it . I ask that because i know you work very hard for the president elect. Mr. Chairman, i understand the importance of your question. I und
Heres a portion of his confirmation hearing from january. The attorney general of the United States is of course, the nations chief Law Enforcement officer. He or she is not the president s theer, no rr is he president s wingmen, as the attorney general described himself. Rather, he or she has an independent obligation to the constitution and to the American People. I know you care deeply about this foundational principle. So, i am going to ask you a question. I have heard you ask other nominees for attorney general. Occasionally he will be called upon to offer an opinion to the president who appointed you. You will have to tell him, yes or no. And sometimes, president s dont like to be told no. So, i would like to know, will you be able to stand up and say no to the president of the United States if in your judgment, the law and your duty demands it . I ask that because i know you work very hard for the president elect. Mr. Chairman, i understand the importance of your question. I und
Mr. Sessions was nominated to be a federal judge by Ronald Reagan but was rejected by the Senate Judiciary committee. Jeff sessions later served as Alabama Attorney general and spent 20 years in the u. S. Senate. Heres a portion of his confirmation hearing from january. The attorney general of the United States is, of course, the nations chief Law Enforcement officer. He or she is not the president s lawyer, nor is he the president s wingmen, as attorney general holder described himself. Rather, he or she has an independent obligation to the constitution, and to the American People. I know you care deeply about this foundational principle, so i am going to ask you a question i have heard you ask other nominees for attorney general. Occasionally, you will be called upon to offer an opinion to the president who appointed you. You will have to tell him yes or no. Sometimes president s dont like to be told no. So i would like to know, will you be able to stand up and say no to the presiden
Francine welcome to the pulse. Live from bloombergs european headquarters, i am francine lacqua. We have a great show lined up. Couldng to chris ailman also joining us later on, maurice leavy. Will be spinning to alex a mordashov. All our exclusive interviews. Lets get straight to the markets. The the picture european stocks. I want to see you again at 103. 9. There is more concern after Central Banks japan spurred concern that the Global Economy is losing momentum. Refraining from using Monetary Policy. This get to the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic, nara. Nejra the yen jumped to a 22 month high and japan extended losses. Governor kuroda says he will not hesitate to ease further. The Swiss National bank has kept Interest Rates unchanged, conserving animation conserving ammunition. It has the potential to come to kate monetary easing desk to complicate monetary easing to come to kate monetary easing. The frank reminds the frank reminds overly valued. Minister saysy there is
2,094. We got to get to dominick chu. He has a market flash. Global retail now. Earlier in the past hour we told you the news about walmart taking a 5 stake in jd. Com. Theyre going to swapt businesses a little bit. Walmart giving over the china operations to jd. Com and getting a 5 share. They were up about 8 pat going into that trading halt. They are now up about 8 . So trading just a little bit below where they were when that news first came out. Just call to your attention what is happening. There again, michelle, all of this on that bit of news that walmart is turning over its walmart china operations. It now be operated by jd. Com. And i guess in compensation for that, walmart will get a 5 stake, approximately in, jd. Com. Back to you. Operating in china has been tough for a lot of u. S. Retailers. Home depot got out of there a long time ago. They were so frustrated. Absolutely. One more thing, of course, youre talking about dealing with this whole on line marketplace phenomenon