Exhibiting the kind of profound indifference to the racial contours of the jeff session nomination that i wouldnt have expected from somebody as savvy as mitch mcconnell. If they did that on purpose to be racially provocative, to stir you racial currents here, i think thats scary and gross. If they did it accidentally, i think its political malpractice. But i think theyve just turned this issue and Elizabeth Warren and the Jeff Sessions nomination into a much hotter, more hotly contested and sort of scarier thing that its been up until now. It was remarkable. Do you think it changes any votes . Thats my last question. I dont know. Weve seen a lot of republicans say they were willing to support Jeff Sessions, joe mancion. An extraordinary legal battle over the fate of the travel ban. A threejudge panel is considering an argument on whether to keep a hold on the order. Is there any reason for to us think theres a real risk . The president determined that there was a real risk. I cant bel
justice. i think that may have been senator [ inaudible ] who said that. although i would be grlad to repeat it in my own words. so quoting senator kennedy, calling them nominee sessions a disgrace is a violation of senate rules? it was certainly not in 1986. in the opinion of the chair it is. so let me understand then the senator is warned. that is certainly an unusual event on the senate floor and one that has some differing precedent, which we will get to. to show you what happened, senator warren interrupted again, this time by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. mr. president the majority leader. the senator has impugned the motives and conduct of our colleague from alabama as warned about the the chair, said
a disgrace to the department of justice. i think that may have been senator [ inaudible ] who said that. although i would be glad to repeat it in my own words. so quoting senator kennedy, calling them nominee sessions a disgrace is a violation of senate rules? it was certainly not in 1986. in the opinion of the chair it is. so let me understand then the senator is warned. that is certainly an unusual event on the senate floor and one that has some differing precedent, which we will get to. to show you what happened, senator warren interrupted again, this time by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. mr. president the majority leader. the senator has impugned the
russian operatives and into the more salacious details. there are multiple outlets in washington from both parties that are taking this seriously on the face of it. they haven t confirmed it. in addition we know on the hill the eighth senior most congressional leaders plus the four majority and ranking members of the committees have seen this. this is the so-called gang of eight. we can see that based on the questions coming out in the hearing for attorney general nominee sessions. they have not dismissed this out of hand either. some of this information was floated last year. harry reid sent a blistering letter in october to the fbi director saying he possessed explosive information about communications between the trump campaign and the russian government. today now retired senator harry
in addition, we know that on the hill, the eight senior most congressional leaders, the four congressional leaders and the four majority and ranking members of the intelligence committees have also seen this. this is the so-called gang of eight. we can see based on some of the questions coming out in the hearing today for attorney general nominee sessions, they have not dismissed this out of hand either. evan, some of this information was floated last year. then senate majority leader harry reid sent a blistering leader in october to the fbi director saying that he possessed explosive information about communications between the trump campaign and the russian government and today now retired senator harry reid said spokesman said his statements speak for themselves. what changed. why is this now elevated? we know how harry reid is saying this is exactly what he was talking about when he sent