nominees inching towards final confirmation up here, and all eyes are on the senate judiciary committee, and they will ultimately vote on sessions nomination, and the president s executive order on immigration is setting a new context for this vote that was contentious even before president trump s move. you have many democrats trying to hold the nominees feet to the fire on where they stand on the travel ban, and chuck schumer saying are they in support or not? and senator sessions in a written response from senator leahy on the committee said he had no direct role in trump s recent executive orders, but that notably does not answer where he falls on the specific travel ban. we will not hear from senator sessions today. he will watch the committee vote
in the meantime, the president s travel ban met with growing outrage in washington. your executive order was too broad and you can t vet it. across the country. only ten days after leaving office, former president barack obama weighing in, and saying the protest are exactly what we expect to see when the american values are at stake, and trump told for those that did not agree to quit. thank you so much. when it comes to donald trump s firing of yates, and many are hailing it as a hero, and trump supporters don t see it that
she was fired four hours after issuing that memo. boente, he, like, sally yates, because an barack obama appointee, and both served as career prosecutors inside the justice department and he is prepared to defend the president s order. what we will see now if boente will serve as the lead in the justice department until sessions gets confirmed. as you heard evan say minutes from now the senate judiciary committee gathers for a vote on jeff sessions, and that kicks off a busy day on capitol hill with three other trump nominees facing votes. reporter: a very busy day up here on capitol hill with many of president trump s cabinet
from elsewhere as is typical, but we certainly will hear from many democrats concerned about his nomination as they have been throughout the process. it s likely he will be voted out of committee, and then they will send this to the full senate for a vote this week. the former connecticut attorney general, welcome, sir. thank you, and great to be with you. nice to have you here. senator sessions will not be in the room when the committee votes on his nomination today, and that is typical. do you wish he was, though? i wish we had another opportunity to question senator sessions, because, again, the question for him is where he stands on this immigration ban, and whether he has the grit and grace that sally yates demonstrated in standing up to the president and speaking truth to power. that s exactly the question i
way. let s bring in cnn justice correspondent, evan. it s a microcauseam of what you here inside the justice department, and you have people that believe she is a hero and don t believe this executive order is something they can defend and you hear from other lawyers inside the justice department are uncomfortable with the showdown and feel if she was not comfortable defending it she should have just resigned and not order justice department lawyers to not defend the president s executive order and calling into question whether they were lawful. no question, no doubt, the language she used in her memorandum dared the president to fire her.