Trumps pick for attorney general, senator Jeff Sessions, tonights vote capping off an especially bitter fight marked by allegations of racism. That fight boiling over when Mitch Mcconnell used a rarely invoked senate rule to silence senator Elizabeth Warren. She was reading a 30yearold letter from Martin Luther kings widow opposing Jeff Sessions nomination for federal judge. Today an angry warren spoke out to our manu raju. You knew it was potentially a violation when they warned you, why not just move on . I was moving on. I was moving on to talk about the facts of what Jeff Sessions had done when he prosecuted civil rights workers who were trying to help black citizens vote. I thought quoting Coretta Scott kings letter to the United States senate about what was absolutely relevant. Manu out front on capitol hill for us tonight as the votes are coming in, moments away from sessions confirmation. Despite incredibly vocal opposition from democrats and that Elizabeth Warren moment. Repor
nordstrom announced the decision. he claimed my daughter ivanka has been treat sod unfairly from nordstrom. she is a great person, always pushing me to do the right thing. terrible. i don t know what he s admitting when he says that but moments later the official potus account retweeted that attack sites not just the @realdonaldtrump, but @potus, which is supposed to be less inflammatory. press secretary sean spicer defend t it all. i think this was less of a family business and an attack on his daughter. for someone to take out their concern with his policies on a family member of his is just not acceptable and the president has every right as a father to stand up for them. out front now, our senior political reporter, malina henderson, jamie gangel, mark preston. mark, this whole thing is shocking. is it?
what does it tell us about the republican party s 2014 strategy? here to share their reporting an insights, malina henderson of the washington post, jonathan martin of the new york times, robert costa of the washington post and amy walter of the cook political report. jay leno is in the news so let me borrow a famous question. what was the speaker thinking? he s torn on immigration. he wants to do something. he met with the retired archbishop cardinal from yesterday and boehner s roman catholic faith is driving him toward a consensus, but the right flank of his conference is saying no thanks, they don t want to do anything this year. boehner s comments last week really signaled he s going to probably listen to the right and just not do much. but he blames the president. the president was trying to give him a little slack. weigh talked about this last week. the right never wanted to do it. why did the speaker say i m willing to give this a chance and then pull back? what chang
found it to be wildly unconstitutional. nice try. you get an f because we got you. a new battle ahead for obamacare over the birth-control mandate. the justice department has asked the supreme court not to allow religiously affiliated groups a temporary exemption. why has the full weight of the justice department come down on the little sisters of the poor? all the nuns would have to do to get out of the birth-control mandate is to sign a form. we re just a few days into the new year and already the war on women is heating up in our nation s highest court as we await a key decision from justice sonia sotomayor. at issue, whether signing a form puts a substantial burden on religious liberty. in this case, a nonprofit religious organization is challenging the affordable care act s contraception mandate. if you followed the debate last year you ll recall religious nonprofits like the little sisters of the poor are already exempt from the requirement to provide heal
i think they re trying to outdo each other the op sid of cool and collected, which is what we re getting right now. ni a a ma lina henderson, bill press and dana milbank, thank you, as always. still ahead, vanity license plates that use taxpayers money to undermine a woman s right to choose. it s an outrageous story, and we ll tell you about the fight to stop it. plus, being commander in chief is hard enough, but how about baby whit perrer? whisperer? this is politics nation on msnbc. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually