Charleston. Flash flood, rescu rescues, millions tonight in danger. A wild victory for the ages. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. Im kate snow in for lester tonight who is interviewing president obama in chicago just hours before the president s farewell art address. We begin with a busy day. Senator Jeff Sessions spent more than eight hours fielding questions at a hearing about his nomination for attorney general. Pete williams has our report. Senator sessions served as an reporter Jeff Sessions held a granddaughter in his lap prepared to go before the very committee he was a member of but voted against him in 1986 when he was nominated to be a federal judge, concerned about his record on several rights. The caricature credited of me was not accurate. It wasnt accurate then and its not accurate now. Reporter in a hearing interrupted nine times by protesters, he said he would be against any blanket ban. He said he would step aside if investigations of the Clinton Emails or
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Investigating back page, will be right back. This is a special edition of nightline. Daughters for sale, investigating back page. Good evening, there is explosive new evidence in the investigation into a website accused of enabling the trafficking of underage girls. For over a year now, our own abc news investigation has taken us through a sordid to stop it. This week, a major breakthrough with the senate finding evidence that the executives of back page douk were not only aware that minors were being sold for sex through ads on the site, but went to lengths to hide it. Heres abcs Gloria Riviera. How are you doing . Reporter for parents tom and nicole, its a long awaited day of reckoning. Good to see you. Reporter theyve come to the capital for a major hearing. Its time to accept that child sex trafficking has entered the digital age. Reporter targeting back page. Com, the controversial website they say destroyed their daughters childhood. Back page is a 600 million company, built on s