every day, when i walk into the naccp headquarters, i have to walk past a bust of gravers. he laid down his life for the right to vote. so if the president goes down this road, we must resist and resist massively. just to be precise, when you say unrelenting resistance, does that protests, marches, what are you talking about? protests, civil disobedience, litigation, a public education campaign, it means partnering with americans all across the country, blue states and red states, who believe in the right to vote. this is not partisan, it s not democrat, it s not republican, it is, in fact, american. and if all those legislators, all those senators and representatives who went to selma only a few years ago walked across the edmund pettus bridge, looked into the eyes of people who risked their lives for the right to vote, they ve got to stand with us and stand against voter suppression and stand against any policy by this administration to the contrary. cornell william brooks of
meeting but note this we appreciate the trump administration listening at the meeting. we encourage people we encourage the administration elect to listen to the country. that is to say to reject senator sessions as attorney general. you ll go back to alabama january 30th and plead guilty? i won t plead guilty and we will suffer the consequences, pay the fine, or go to jail because we re clear about this. people lost their lives for the right to vote. and this is not the last step but the fist step, continuing step of opposition. cornell william brooks of the naacp, thanks for coming in. thank you. to our viewers, stay with cnn for two very important upcoming town halls, vermont senator, former democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders takes questions from a live audience monday night with our own chris cuomo moderating. then house speaker paul ryan joins jake tapper for a town
hearts that have been put on the line to advance policing in a way that ensures that people are, in fact, safe and that they trust the police because the police have, in fact, earned their trust. so we would hope that he would exemplify that level of law enforcement and that stand of law enforcement. cornell, thank you very much. cornell william brooks of the naacp joining us. appreciate it very much. we have some breaking news coming in to the situation room from chattanooga. officials say there are multiple fatalities after a school bus crash. we ll have the details right after this. her new business: i o go. jeanette was excellent at marrying people. but had trouble getting paid. not a good time, jeanette. even worse. now i m uncomfortable. but here s the good news, jeanette got quickbooks. send that invoice, jeanette. looks like they viewed it. and, ta-da! paid twice as fast. oh, she s an efficient officiant. way to grow, jeanette.