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
Were talking about sushi. Let me see stay with us. Stay with us. You need more coffee. Oh, u flush it out before you go to bed tonight, john. 40s and 50s, cool start to the morning. Hes still laughing. Was it that impactful . The front has moved out. Clear, cool, nice, looking good as you get to the weekend. Lots of good sunshine. No rain chance to next seven days. West northwest winds at 10 to 20 right now. Wind will be one of the big weather headlines and words sunny, cool, breezy. 63 by 5 00. 56 by 8 00. Tonight, our forecast showing us again weve got to get a lot of sunshine. Highs through the 60s and low grade 70s for you. And the overnights featuring those 40s. Looks like the rain chance remains pretty flat, all the way through the forecast period through the next several days. Maybe by wednesday, we start to accumulate extra clouds and Start Talking about a rain chance for the back end of next week. Until then, enjoy the run. It looks great. Good morning, jayme. Were seeing a fe
Harrigan in ferguson, missouri. Reporter sean, in this downtown area of ferg sop where many stores are boarded up, theres about 1,000 protesters marching. The tactics of the police are different tonight, one, theyve not allowed any cars into this downtown area. And, two, theyve really made sure everyone has to keep moving at all costs. People have to move and walk and march or else they do get arrested. That has thinned out the crowd somewhat. And perhaps an effort to tire people out as well. Theyre still moving along here for the last couple hours. The mood has changed as its gotten a little bit darker. Were seeing helicopters fly overhead and the chanting has also changed. Earlier it was, hands up dont shoot. And now were hearing chants, hands up shoot back. A real sense of anger on the streets. And weve been talking to people who have said for a long time since 1970s theres been a sense that ferguson is a very divided city. I went there in the sixth grade and had an incident. And si