to tell president trump know when he has to based on the law of the land. eric holder wasn t able to tell barack obama no. indeed, he was a co-conspirator so to speak in some of the political schemes to evade the law. whether it s the fast and furious gun running program, whether it s the illegal recess appointments, whether it s the deferred action, illegal amnesty is granted circumventing the authority given only to the congress eric holder was a co-conspirator in that effort. i think that s why it s so important to drain the swamp at the department of justice, jeff sessions is exactly the right person to do that and will go for the rule of law, something the american people have a right to demand. bill: we await the testimony there on the hill. john cornin with me now. thank you. martha: as the confirmation hearings get underway donald trump is making other news as well. he named his son-in-law jared
labeled classified. this is a retroactive look two or four or six years later some one in the intelligence community says should have been classified. what hillary clinton said was accurate. we have the possibility she made a mistake. but that s speculation. the state department dishe grows. we are 3/4 of the way through these emails. we don t know what we are about to find, which leads you to what john cornin wants john cornyn wants and he wants a special prosecutor. do you oppose that? of course i do. it was john cornyn s type of partisanship that led to a special counsel about whitewater. this is all partisanship. core anyone is a partisan calling for a counsel.
you have to get a handle on immigration but stop giving them a reason to come over. he will stem the flow of immigrants from entering in the u.s. oo the lives of children cannot be put at risk this way. we all have a responsibility as leaders to do our part in order to solve this problem. and after touring an over crowded border patrol station texas senator john cornin says there s no simple solution. to reestablish border out of the chaos. not only at the border but also in countries like guatemala, honduras and el salvador. it sends a clear message it is dangerous and a horrific thing to subject your family to in the united states in the hands of the hotels.
kruds should check my voting record before making comments. i was one of president reagan s strongest supporters and my record is that of a traditional republican conservative. ellahay, what he s saying is i was a strong conservative on policy but i could still work with people. that shouldn t be a dirty word. he s telling senator cruz to, you know, keep his name out of senator cruz s mouth. yeah, i mean, i think this is really illustrating the divide between a lot of republicans who say that they are conservative but newer stars, people on the scene are trying to depict them as being establishment republicans. and to be fair, i mean, if we re talking about mitch mcconnell or john corn nin, they ve been around for a while in washington. if you look at john cornin, the his voting record is extremely conservative. how much further can one be? this tactic that ted cruz has introduced has been absolutely
just last week they introduced a bill to do that. other politicians are irritated that a new proposal would restore the rights. my letter goes to a man who admits he can t understand why texas should have to seek preclearance. in fact, he went so far to say that the new bill, quote, discriminates against texas. dear senator john cornin, it s me, melissa, you told the editorial board of the dallas news, i don t understand the rationale for discriminating against places that have made huge leaps by continuing to treat them as if it s 1965. you don t understand? let me see if i can help. you are opposing a bipartisan bill that will subject states with five voting rights violations in 15 years to greater federal scrutiny. or one violation could be enough in an area with long-term low