Hi, everyone. Good morning. Im angie goff. Im aaron gilchrist. Jeff sessions confirmation hearing is under way. He is vying to become the next attorney general. That hearing has already been interrupted more than one time due to protesters voicing their opposition to him. In his opening remarks, he addressed criticism over his civil rights record headon. I deeply understand the history of civil rights in our country, and the horrendous impact that relateness and systemic discrimination, and the denial of Voting Rights has had on our africanamerican brothers and sisters. I have witnessed it. We must continue to move forward and never back. Before things got under way, protesters dressed in kkk robes and hoods, heckled sessions as he arrived for the hearing. They were immediately escorted out. Be sure to have the nbc we will send updates throughout the day. This is the first of several confirmation hearings taking place this week. Democrats complained the jampacked schedule will prevent
President shot back at claims his administration was not running smoothly. President trump this administration is running like a finetuned machine, despite the fact that i cannot get my cabinet approved and they are outstanding people. Alison joining me now from washington is ed okeefe of the washington post. Welcome. Ed great to be with you. Alison it was quite a day. Tell me about alexander acosta, the new nominee for labor secretary. Ed well, he would be Donald Trumps first hispanic nominee to his cabinet, and a notable inclusion for a cabinet that so far did not include many other minorities. He is currently the dean of the law school of Florida International university and a top prosecutor in south florida. He has held positions in the Justice Department before and has been confirmed to positions by the senate, so the white house feels that this one should be much more easy going man the cash going much more easy pick whichthe puzder , got caught up in a host of issues regarding h
President shot back at claims his administration was not running smoothly. President trump this administration is running like a finetuned machine, despite the fact that i cannot get my cabinet approved and they are outstanding people. Alison joining me now from washington is ed okeefe of the washington post. Welcome. Ed great to be with you. Alison it was quite a day. Tell me about alexander acosta, the new nominee for labor secretary. Ed well, he would be Donald Trumps first hispanic nominee to his cabinet, and a notable inclusion for a cabinet that so far did not include many other minorities. He is currently the dean of the law school of Florida International university and a top prosecutor in south florida. He has held positions in the Justice Department before and has been confirmed to positions by the senate, so the white house feels that this one should be much more easy going man the cash going much more easy pick whichthe puzder , got caught up in a host of issues regarding h
President shot back at claims his administration was not running smoothly. President trump this administration is running like a finetuned machine, despite the fact that i cannot get my cabinet approved and they are outstanding people. Alison joining me now from washington is ed okeefe of the washington post. Welcome. Ed great to be with you. Alison it was quite a day. Tell me about alexander acosta, the new nominee for labor secretary. Ed well, he would be Donald Trumps first hispanic nominee to his cabinet, and a notable inclusion for a cabinet that so far did not include many other minorities. He is currently the dean of the law school of Florida International university and a top prosecutor in south florida. He has held positions in the Justice Department before and has been confirmed to positions by the senate, so the white house feels that this one should be much more easy going man the cash going much more easy going than the puzder pick, which got caught up in a host of issues
So he know who you are was true for her and universally for all of us. cwe conclude with a look at the oscarnominated movie fire at sea. He told me i have one question and you have questions and answers. You have to be able to go deeper and deeper and deeper in things. Its an important to let life unfold. Politics and filmmaking when we condition. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Good evening. Im Allison Stewart filling in for charlie rose. We begin this evening with politics. The first month of President Trumps presidency continued on a tumultuous pass. And there was the resignation of michael flin and the labor secretary withdrew his nomination and earlier today President Trump nominated Alexander Acosta and shot backs at claims the administration not running smoothly. T