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
Yields and concern that the turmoil of the Republican Party could lead to a democratic landslide which would mean no more grid lock in washington. Well dig deeper into all of these issues coming up. And then earnings. The seasons kicked off and alcoa shares are sinking. Is it a bad sign of what is to come . The shares are down 11 . Bio tech is getting hit hard. Illumeina, we will look at other bio tech busts that investors should be wary of. Samsung ending production of the galaxy note 7 smart phone after replacement phones caught fire. John ford is following the latest. Josh lipton with the look at the opportunity this creates for apple. And Courtney Reagan has reaction. Very busy today. We are joined by mark, kenny palcari is standing by and Rick Santelli will be checking in from chicago shortly. I guess he is still mourning last nights cubby loss. Be itemized the litany. Are we doing news now . This litany of why the market is down today. Are you buying all of that, oil, rise in yie
February as it tries to recover from the note 7 debacle. Across theclock a. M. Emirates, 7 00 a. M. In istanbul. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets middle east. Start, it really was all about the fed, but we have moved on to china after exports and imports figures came the market,plined then we saw brett across the screen. This conversation we are having globally is about the fed. How did it impact what you are seeing . Angie, it is about the fed minutes. When he what happened, because it pushed the bloomberg dollar index to a sevenmonth high. I have prepared a chart to show you how the change in sentiment has been reflected in u. S. 10 year treasuries. You are looking at that fall in september now back to the highest level in four months, from below we saw earlier of 1. 54 . Those minutes showing that there are few signs of emerging inflationary pressure. Also showing there is concern on continuing delay and it might cause a further divergence from the policy benchmarks that were the credib