can look at the witness list to understand how surreal this is, and cory booker will testifying against jeff sessions and it's an unprecedented move, and the first time in the senate history, and it scores the real divisions that surrounds this nomination. important to point out, jeff sessions on civil rights issues and this is where democrats feel they can attack him not just for his time as a u.s. attorney, and his time practicing law in alabama but on how his belief u.s. justice department should handle the civil situations, and republicans have been preparing behind the scenes in a room about 30 or 40 feet away from where the hearing will be held for the last couple of weeks, and they say they are prepared for the questions and prepared to defend a record that he says repeatedly, and his team likes to reiterate, is proud of. sessions has a lot of high-level support, and condoleezza rice is somebody you are hearing people tout regularly, and cory booker talking, and john lewis a civil rights icon will testify against jeff sessions here, and one key point that needs to be made

testify tomorrow, but there will be three separate panels, including cory booker speaking against the nomination of jeff sessions. that is it 9:30 eastern. shein elaine chao at 10:15, has been nominated for transportation secretary. all of those hearings streaming live at c-span.org. on the cory booker appearance tomorrow, senator tom kaufman of -- not happy about it. --ator booker saying today criticizing senator cory booker on his decision to testify against senator sessions. thatys, "i'm disappointed senator booker has decided to start his 2020 presidential campaign i testify against senator sessions." the second half of the hearing will be on c-span two. another hearing today, retired general john kelly, who is the nominee to head the homeland security department, testified before the only security committee. it looks like we may see some video momentarily from chicago, so here comes michelle obama and her mom and the otters. -- and the daughters. live coverage coming up next.

. cory booker will testify against him. >>> jared kushner's new role in theconfirmation, but democrats are challenging the move. >>> epic rematch leads to an epic finish. clemson going down to the wire to unseat alabama. did they succeed? we'll tell you. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. let's begin with this. breaking overnight. word that new jersey senator cory booker will take the unprecedented step of testifying against the confirmation of another sitting senator. booker added to the witness list for senator jeff sessions' confirmation hearing on wednesday. booker says he is concerned about trump's pick for attorney general. especially the failure to defend the civil rights, women and minorities and lgbt americans. he said i do not take lightly the decision to testify against a senate colleague. the immense powers of the attorney general with the deeply troubling views of the nominee is a call to conscious. the attorney general is responsible for ensuring the fair administration of justice and based on his record, i lack confidenc

. senator. cory booker will testify against his colleague. he is not the only one. >>> jared kushner's new role in the father in law's white house. that is not stopping democrats from challenging the move. i'll tell you how. >>> and an epic rematch goes down to the final seconds. clemson and alabama battling to the finish. we will show you who emerged as kings of college football. >> ridiculous game. >> welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> nice to have you back. i was all by myself. all this news. i'm john berman with a partner today. it is tuesday, january 10th. 4:00. this is about to get contentious. word that cory booker will take the step of testifying against the confirmation of another sitting senator. booker has been added to the witness list for the hearing for jeff sessions. thoses hearings begin today. booker is concerned about the president-elect's pick for attorney general. especially the failure to defend the rights of women and minority and lgbt americans. in a statement, booker says i do not take lightly to testify against a colleague, but with the deeply t

somebody who could step up in the democratic party is senator cory booker of new jersey. making news and making history today, a phone call with the story, senator cory booker will come on wednesday, take the apparently unprecedented step of testifying against the confirmation of fellow senator jeff sessions of alabama to the attorney general, a move that confirm up boogers progressive bona fides have a possible 2020 residential it. host: cory booker will be testifying tomorrow on the jeff sessions attorney general nomination. it on c-spanring at 9:30 a.m. we will show you a little bit on "washington journal." then you can pop over to c-span3 or catch it on the c-span radio app or c-span.org. scott is in new york, democrat. go ahead. scott, good morning. you get to stay by your phone, scott. let's go to thomas in florida. caller: yes, my name is thomas. i think we need to find somebody that a little bit of backbone. somebody like howard dean bernie sanders. , want to make another comment ms. clinton got almost 3 million more votes than this silver spoon pastored -- bastard who is out

that can. >> harris: in a historic move, democratic senator cory booker testified against his fellow senator, jeff sessions, at his confirmation hearing for attorney general. but less than a year ago, booker partnered with and praised his colleague, sessions. so, is this all about politics now, or are there legitimate concerns that booker has? stay with us. i'll never find a safe used car. start at the new carfax.com show me minivans with no reported accidents. boom. love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com. >> in an unprecedented move against a fellow senator, democrat cory booker of new jersey testifying that president-elect donald trump's pick for attorney general jeff sessions is not fit for the job. watch. >> senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requisite of the job. to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights, and justice for all of our citizens. in fact at numerous times in his career, he has demonstrated a hostility towards these convictions. he and i have always

senator cory booker of new jersey about how his party plans to push back and fight donald trump's agenda. booker recently became the first sitting u.s. senator to speak out against another senator at a confirmation hearing with his virulent opposition last week to jeff sessions of alabama, mr. trump's nominee for attorney general. we're glad you've joined us. a conversation with cory booker, coming up right now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> law and order without justice is unattainable, said senator cory booker just last week, expressing his opposition to the nomination of another sitting senator, jeff sessions of alabama, who donald trump, of course, has selected as his nominee to be attorney general. booker described his opposition to sessions this way, and i quote -- "in a choice between standing with senate norms and standing up for what my conscience tells me is best for our country, i will always choose conscience and country." earlier today he was at the inauguration of donald trump as our new president. tonight h

bring the latest update on that. >> democrat senator cory booker testifying against senate colleague, bashing jeff sessions, trump's attorney general nominee for what he says is a poor civil rights record, but guess what? we found the sound where booker is praising jeff sessions on civil rights, just a year ago. hear for yourself, after this, back in two. the microsoft cloud helps us stay connected. the microsoft cloud offers infinite scalability. the microsoft cloud helps our customers get up and running, anywhere in the planet. wherever there's a phone, you've got a bank, and we could never do that before. the cloud gave us a single platform to reach across our entire organization. it helps us communicate better. we use the microsoft cloud's advanced analytics tools to track down cybercriminals. this cloud helps transform business. this is the microsoft cloud. >> if one is to be attorney general they must be willing to continue tradition of fighting for justice for all, equal justice for civil rights, america needs an attorney general who is resolute and determined to ben the arc,

saw with cory booker with sessions, i was like two sides of the same coin what is going on, i was surprised and disappointed. no offense, why are you complaining and barking up the wrong tree, rex tillerson handles himself beautifully, really well prepared. and he was so stowic, and unflap able. lou: he looked like a man who had been running a large enterprise for a while, knew what he was doing. and he came out, on top, for a decade, leader of that organization. >> yeah. lou: cory booker, listen to cory booker, for first time in history attack a colleague in u.s. senate, and his motivation, we'll take that up on other side of the sound bite. >> america needs an attorney general who is resolute and determined to bend the arc, senator sessions record does not speak to that desire, intention our will, with all at stake in our nation now with need for healing and love, pray my colleagues will join me in opposing his nomination. lou: healing, praying, that is more blather than i heard. >> that was shameful, i am going to be the future of the democratic party. instead, he pulled -- loo

the democrats. senator chuck schumer and senator cory booker. >>> and is this really why democrats lost? >> there was one performance this year that stunned me. >> the conservative bubble and meryl streep when "all in" starts right now. >> somebody like meryl streep is also inciting people's worst instincts. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. in 11 days, donald trump will become president of the united states. now one of the most powerful people in his inner circle and a family member is getting a job at white house. jared kushner, ivanka trump's husband, was just named senior adviser to the president, just about as senior of a role as you can get. it does not require senate confirmation. there is one problem, like his father-in-law, he's a businessman with a lot of potential conflicts. just this weekend, for example, "the new york times" reported on a deal he's been pursing with a major insurer from china, a company's whose ownership is shrouded on mystery. the president and vice president are exempt from conflict of interest laws. for everyone else in the executive

. reporting. >>> the biggest fireworks may come tomorrow. democratic senator cory booker plans to testify against his fellow senator, jeff sessions. our senior political reporter manu raju is working this part of the story for us. you spoke to senator booker. what did he tell you about this truly unprecedented moment? >> reporter: yeah, wolf. he is preparing for this moment. this will be the first time ever in history that a sitting senator has testified against another sitting senator for a cabinet post in a session tomorrow, probably afternoon, three african-american members of congress will be testifying against jeff sessions. three african-american nonmembers of congress will be actually supporting jeff sessions. cory booker has a lot of concerns about jeff sessions' civil rights record and made that clear earlier today. >> a preview, but this is one of the more consequential appointments in american history right now, given the state of a lot of challenges we have around policing, a lot of challenges we have around race relations, gay and lesbian issues. it's a very consequential mom

and i predict he will get through his hearings just fine. host: you alluded to cory booker's decision to testify tomorrow. roll call reporting that cory booker new jersey democrat saying i don't take the decision to testify against a senate colleague likely but the immense powers of the attorney general combined with the deeply troubling views of this nominee is a call to conscience. i just don't understand where he's coming from. those of us that no jeff sessions because he is one of us , he was our u.s. attorney in mobile for 12 years. assistant u.s. attorney for four years before that. prosecutor whoe went after the ku klux klan and took them out. more than a half-dozen corrupt local officials. those are tough cases. this is a man of principle who knows how to effectively enforce the law. that's what we want. single wordtered a or said anything that would intimate any sort of racism. host: cory booker referring to that confirmation hearing when senator sessions was rejected for a federal judgeship. over a thousand law school professors say the republican-controlled senate judiciary

new twist. senator cory booker set to testify against senator jeff sessions. >> but i think these are extraordinary times and they call for extraordinary measures. >> the first sitting senator ever to testify against a colleague. sessions set to be grilled over his civil rights record 30 years after battling similar charges. >> i am not a racist. i am not intensetive to blacks. >> we've got live coverage at every turn. >>> plus, the final farewell. president obama's last speech as commander in chief tonight, returning to the city of his victory speech back in '08. >> because of what we did on this day in this election at this defining moment, change has come to america. >> his last and final attempt in office to shape his legacy. we're going to be live in chicago as a city and a nation epare to say good-bye. >>> we're going to begin this morning on capitol hill, though. democrats are getting their first crack at a trump cabinet nominee in just 30 minutes from now. longtime senator jeff sessions is up for u.s. attorney general, but it is no slam dunk, and it could be the first of sever

a moment now in an unprecedented move senator cory booker and representative john lewis will testify against his nomination. we will bring you that live once it happens. the president-elect's pick for secretary of transportation, elaine chow, also on capitol hill today as well as the former exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson who has been nominated by the president-elect to take over john kerry's post as secretary of state. he has faced some tough questioning from both sides this morning. his hearing is set to pick up a little bit later this hour after a short break. we'll have live coverage of that as well. the president-elect finally says russia was behind the hacking during the 2016 election. in his first news conference in some six months, the president-elect was asked about new allegations, allegations that russian operatives claimed to have compromising information about him. multiple sources tell cnn the allegations were presented to mr. trump in a two-page summary along with the intelligence report on russian hacking. the president-elect dismissed this as "fake news." here a

taking my call, what i thought in the hearings themselves, john lewis and cory booker, they are putting it all on a race side. donald trump will do what needs to be done and the people he chose will do what they are supposed to do. it is not a race issue, the way they did sessions is wrong and they should be ashamed. good man and is a john lewis and cory booker should be ashamed of themselves. they did something that should be proud of, they are wrong. presidentust like obama on his way out, they should be on their way out for what they did. president obama came in with no experience. donald trump is coming in with no experience in that field as a politician, but as a businessman and and an intelligent man, far greater knowledge and concept of what needs to be done. hey should be ashamed, picked the right people, go with it, get over it, democrats, you lost that tomorrow is another day. host: let's look at what senator cory booker of new jersey said in a breaking with tradition and testifying against his fellow senator for the job of attorney general. jeffor cory booker: session

cory booker who is going to take an unprecedented step of testifying against his senate colleague. why? he says sessions civil rights record demands it. cnn sunland surfati has more. >> reporter: that's right. this has never happened before where you have a sitting senator testifying against another. cory booker saying he did not make this decision lightly but the immense powers of the attorney general combined with the deeply troubling views of this nominee is a call to conscience. the attorney general is responsible for insuring the fair administration of justice and based on his record, i lack the confidence that senator sessions can honor this duty and this is very unlikely to stand in the way of his confirmation but keep in mind there is some history here too. this is the same committee that rejected senator sessions back in the 80s when he was up for a federal judgeship. that derailed over some of senator sessions past statements, racially incentive statements in the past. questions that will very likely come up again today. a statement just released by the trump transition

about this before you go. you also spoke with cory booker today about unprecedented testimony against senator jeff sessions, trump's pick for attorney general. tell us what happened and why was it significant that senator booker testified today. >> theis is the first time evera united states senator has testified against another sitting united states senator for a cabinet post. i asked why did he do this. he said the moment was calling for it. he had to do this. i talked to him about that as well as questions about whether or not he was doing this for his own political ambitions, possibly a future presidential run. here's a little bit about what he said. >> this is somebody clearly who has told us, if he is attorney general he will not be executing what is a key function of the attorney general's office, which is to protect the vulnerable, to protect women, to protect minorities, to present vot prot rights, to protect the poor. this is something in clear conscious i could not remain silent on. and i believe it's more important for me to stand up for principles and ideals of my country

push him or state a position he's not a racist. trish: liberal senators as well. cory booker from new jersey, let's listen to him. he's going to be testifying tomorrow against sessions. watch cory booker. >> i'm breaking a pretty long senate tradition by actually being a sitting senator testifying tomorrow against another sitting senator, so please understand i think these are extraordinary times and call for extraordinary measures. trish: okay, so capri, in all fairness, everybody is entitled to voice their own view in all of this. at what point is it a tipping point where it's a smear campaign, bringing up allegations he's over and over again denied. >> let's talk first of all about my stanford colleague, senator cory booker who is a stanford alum. i have great respect for him. but at the same time, i think we need to remember he is breaking with precedent to be a sitting senator to testify against a nominee. the advise and consent process is incredibly important. one that united states senators need to take seriously and one they have an obligation to fulfill. at the same time, you

. cory booker is with me tonight to respond. >>> and trump's mar-a-lago club just got a lot more expensive. the fee to join now doubled. profiting from the presidency? let's go out front. good evening. i'm erin burnett. "out front," the breaking news, the war over the wall. the president now battling not just mexico but members of his own party. first the white house press secretary suggested and then seemed to be open to negotiation, but talked about a hefty tax on imports from mexico. they said it would pay for the wall. today republican leaders said the wall could cost anywhere from $12 billion to $15 billion. trump's first diplomatic controversy playing out on twitter for the world to see. trump fired the first shot tweeting in part if mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. mexico's president hit back with this tweet -- in spanish -- this morning we have informed the white house i will not attend the scheduled work meeting for next tuesday with potus. a short time later, president trump getting in the final word

seems to be cory booker, senator from new jersey going hearing to hearing, first grilling jeff sessions and later heard him in a heated exchange or heated on his part with rex tillerson where he accused him of not necessarily having the transparency that one would want the american public would want as secretary of state, in terms of the press corps and the ability to communicate. your thoughts on that? >> i think cory booker did himself a disservice, did a disservice to the body that he belongs to. that's the u.s. senate. he broke tradition, first time in history a u.s. senator recused himself voting on a nominee to take the witness chair. he could have done the same thing by questioning the nominee from the deis. he didn't have to be in the witness chair. he chose to do that because it was politically expedient to do that. doing it for his base. i would say it's a shame not only on the record of cory booker but also a stain on the u.s. senatthat he is the first senator to do what he did and didn't have to do it. trish: one would anticipate a lot of that. the democrats are str

the c-span radio at. , cory booker,ton and and terry mcauliffe joint civil rights leaders at the annual martin luther king jr. breakfast in washington dc. we will show you as much of this event as we can until the larry o'connell show starts at 3 p.m. eastern. [applause] >> happy king day. happy king day. there we go. now then, reverend sharpton, distinct guests and the honored friends with us. one of my favorite quotes is life's most persistent and pressing question is what are you doing for others? he was asking this many times of people who have very little, if anything. i have a lot of friends in this room. many of you know my story. many of you know because i told you about how my mom, i grew up in a small eastern washington town. my mom was a domestic part-time bus driver. dad was a construction worker. on-again off-again unemployed. the first member of my family to go off to school. deal the reason i was able to go to school is one of the white women my mom kept house for. this white woman heard my mom one day praying. debbie allen. she said, please, ma'am. lease -- elise,

critical to his fate. >> you also spoke to cory booker about unprecedented testimony against jeff sessions, the pick for attorney general. why was it significant that senator booker testified today. >> reporter: first time ever a united states senator has testified against another senator for a cabinet post. i asked why, he said he felt the moment was calling for it, he had to do this. talked to him about that, as well as questions about whether or not doing for his own political ambitions, future presidential run. here's what he said. >> clearly told us if he's attorney general won't be executing key function of the office which is to protect the vulnerable, protect women, minorities, voting rights and the poor. so this is clearly something in good conscience i couldn't remain silent on. i believe it's more important for me to stand up for principles and ideals of my country than it is to stand up for senate norms. >> reporter: so i asked him about 2020 consideration, are you considering running in 2020, and he would not answer the question. side stepped it. also asked about rex

. cory booker, a democrat from new jersey, became the first sitting senator to testify against another sitting senator's nomination. he was joined by other members of congress raising concerns about a so-called history of racism. >> we cannot count on him to support efforts towards bringing justice to the justice system. the next attorney general must bring hope and healing to this country, and this demands a more courageous empathy than senator sessions' record demonstrates great >> those who are committed to equal justice in our society wonder whether ss for law and order will mean today what it meant in alabama when i was coming up. >> h senator who cast a vote to confirm senator sessions will be permanently marked as a co-conspirator in an effort to move the country backwards great >> you felt strongly about that. >> i know cory booker personally very well. i think it was disappointing to me. i felt he was pushed into this, much like that bizarre hostage video he had to do when he had to walk back his comments. this to me is really politics at its worst. you have a guy who

say he's racially incentive. so what did they do? they sprung senator cory booker from new jersey, an african-american to testify against him. and that was going to be the thing that really hurt jeff sessions. only it didn't. booker bombed. it turned out his only objection to sessions was that while booker is a liberal, sessions is a conservative. that was his only complaint. that didn't go anywhere. lou: i personally thought that booker looked awful. >> he did. lou: he looked not only ambitious but greedily so and willing to sacrifice his -- first of all, the protocol of the senate as well as himself to be a forerunner of the 2020 presidential campaign for the dems. i mean, it was awful john luis put in that position. an iconic hero of civil rights. which only could say about jeff sessions was from alabama. it was awful to witness. >> it was awful. but this was an awfully good week for donald trump. i mean, look at what -- look at who he whipped. cnn, he whipped the -- he ended the boycott of ll bean, whose head was backing him. and then look what he did to meryl streep. she'll n

his career politicking was his greatest aid. >> encorey booker, you can look back and cory booker was saying he's the greatest guy in the world. at all times they have had good relations. they are a jeanial bunch. kennedy: i don't think cory booker had the greatest impact today. >> i like the senator who called putin valdimir. kennedy: donald trump blew his lid during his first press conference since the election when he was asked about an unconfirmed report that russia has a smoking pile of blackmail. here is trump's response. >> i think it was disgraceful, disgraceful that intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out. i think it's a disgrace. and i say that. and that's something that nazi germany would have done and did do. i think it's a disgrace. kennedy: trump has made quite a pivot on fake news. in the past he claimed president obama was born in kenya and insisted rubio's father assisted oswald in killing jfk. now he compared the intel community to the nazis. >> i'm still trying to get my head our tinkle party. you will explain as the

announcement came just a day after another senate democrat, new jersey's coverly booker -- cory booker, took the unprecedented step of testifying against sessions, questioning his colleague's record on civil rights. >> if one is to be attorney general, they must be willing to continue the hallowed tradition in our country of fighting for justice for all, for equal justice, for civil rights. america needs an attorney general who is resolute and determined to bend the arc. senator sessions' record does not speak to that desire, intention or will. paul: judge michael mukasey served as the 81st attorney general of the united states under president george w. bush. he testified this week on behalf of senator sessions. judge, good to have you here, good to see you. >> good to be here. paul: so let's first take, i want to talk to you about jim comey, the fbi director, and this report that the inspector general of the justice department has announced. he's going to investigate the fbi and justice department handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. is that investigation warranted? >

that matt referenced. it was announced earlier this evening, that cory booker, senator from new jersey who's been talked about as a potential candidate is going to be testifying against senator sessions. a sitting senator testifying against another sitting senator, to try to block his -- being put over at the justice department in the spot of attorney general. that is history that we're going to be witnessing, and also the civil rights icon, john lewis also testifying against senator jeff sessions. that's going to make for very difficult political theater for the trump transition team. that is not a fight they want right now. >> jared kushner, can you put that aside. the sessions hearing is something everybody's going to be watching this week. >> you want to wear h weigh-in on that. >> i couldn't agree with that more. the democrats are going to try to paint sessions as being a big bigot. and cory booker is starting to get some momentum right now as a leader of the democratic party. there's a void out there. barack obama's leaving, john kerry's leaving, cory booker is one of the stars o

cory booker. cory booker is saying they are targeting muslims. >> what frustrates me is they are being singled out because of how they decided to pray in their country of origin. that has to be unacceptable to every american. liz: the trump administration say these types of words are outrageous. it's not how people pray. and 2002, they were called terror hotpots. what gives here. even hillary clinton said in a private speech that you can't possibly vet syrian refugees. how is jordan going to handle >> i would say cory booker knows better. but he lives in a fantasy world. the bottom line is, there is no mention of the word muslim or islam or which direction anyone faces when they pray. this talks about the actions of people who want to come to this country and do harm. it talks about ideologies wanting to overthrow the united states. it talks about honor killing and homosexuality as a death sentence. those are reasons to exclude anyone. the fact that some of these country are muslim is not the general reason for doing this. if this was a muslim ban, why is saudi arabia or indonesia or g

james woolsey and former acting cia director mike morell. >> new jersey senator cory booker will tell us how democrats plan to fight republican efforts. and we will have plenty of political analysis too. it is all ahead on "face the nation". good morning and welcome to "face the nation", i am john dickerson, we are here thon very chilly morning with senator majority leader mitch mcconnell who is making his first appearance on the sunday show since the election, welcome, mr. leader. >> good morning. >> dickerson: let's start with the russian efforts to medal in the u.s. efforts. >> yes. >> dickerson: you strongly condemned those efforts, why do you think donald trump hasn't? >> the way to look at his attitude towards the russians is look at the incoming national security leaders, general mattis, general kelly, congressman pompeo, senator coates, none of these are people who are in any way conflicted about the view that the russians are not our friends and are a big problem. i don't think it is all that unusual for a new president to want to get along with the russians, i remember george w

glove laid on him. of course, that could change tomorrow when senator cory booker, the new jersey senator -- many argue maybe a future presidential prospect -- challenges him directly as a witness against jeff sessions. that is unusual if not close to unprecedented. we haven't gone back into the 1800s to see if there's been a case like that, but at least over the last 100 years or so, we haven't seen anything like that. for the time being, jeff sessions has been holding his own, saying that he would recuse himself from any clinton e-mail investigation, that same-sex marriage -- even though he was against it -- is now settled law, move on. he did not say the same about roe v. wade which is the law of the land, but he found it and still finds it unconstitutional. he went on to say a priority for him would be religious liberty. and that that would set the tone for his attorney generalship and that he would not be simply or merely a rubber stamp for president-elect trump once he is president. former u.s. attorney john ash croft here to weigh in on this. that was a very controversial a

when new jersey senator cory booker will be breaking precedent and testifying against his colleague, along with other house democrats, we're expecting that testimony live tomorrow. you can watch it at c-span.org. today, senator sessions introduced by richard shelby of alabama and susan collins of maine. things getting started here at the senate judiciary committee hearing room. the first of donald trump's cabinet picks. alabama senator jeff sessions for attorney general starting his confirmation hearing. expecting a two-day confirmation hearing and taking a look inside the room as cameras get set up and right outside the senate judiciary hearing committee.

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state on the right day two jeff sessions wrapping up this afternoon. cory booker a senator testifying against sessions. the first time a sitting senator has gone after one of his own. and president-elect donald trump using his first press conference since winning the election to denounce reports that russia has compromising information on him. he announced plans to cut all ties with his businesses. but it was this exchange that's getting all the headlines. >> can you give us a question? mr. president-elect, mr. esident-elect, since you were attacking -- >> no, not you. not you. >> you are attacking our news organization. can you give us a chance to ask a question, sir? >> go ahead. quiet. quiet. david: for the president-elect silencing a cnn reporter. we have team coverage bringinguses the very latest details on that and all on today's big events. melissa: first up rex tillerson where he admitted earlier he and the president-elect have not discussed russian foreign policy in great detail. >> i assume to some degree that you've had some discussion about what it is that that world view

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last two days. yesterday, cory booker, fellow senator said positive things about him, worked together with him in the past, he said this, he was grilling him. listen to this. >> some of my many colleagues aren't happy i'm breaking with sinatra digs, to testify on the nomination of one of my colleagues, but i believe, like perhaps all of my colleagues in the senate, that in the choice between standing with senate norms or standing up for what my conscience tells me is best for our country, i will always choose conscience and country. >> senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central rec with sis of the job, to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights and justice for all of our citizens. brian: he is for unequal rights and no justice. >> i know a lot more about jeff sessions than he does. he doesn't even know him. jeff sessions was u.s. attorney when i was associate attorney general. whenever we would appear with donald trump he would introduce him as his boss. i was his boss 2 1/2 years in the justice department, third rankin

some reaction to cory booker's effort to testify or speak against senator sessions. senator tom cotton calls booker testimony disgraceful breach of custom. they write that tom cotton today hit senator cory booker for his plans to testify against senator sessions during his confirmation hearings as president-elect trump's pick for attorney general, quote, i'm very disappointed senator booker has chosen to start his 2020 presidential campaign by testifying against senator sessions. that's from tom cotton. senator from arkansas. here's baton rouge, louisiana as we wait for the return of senator sessions, here's nick on the democrats line. >> caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. >> you bet. >> caller: it is my observation that the elected officials' questioning senator sessions, at least the republicans, are simply in the case of lindsey graham almost like it's leading questions and almost like they are testifying on his behalf, and relating their experiences that they have had in the past as buddies and how long they have known each other. i think senator graham could have

describe senator cory booker lately. >> he has always been a rock star no matter what he does, he has 2 million twitter followers and a tv show written about him already. he certainly is a politician that captures attention. i think he is a young, rising force of the democratic party. >> senator cory booker is all some people can talk about lately. after all, the d.c. this moment moment -- did you see this moment on capitol hill. >> he has not demonstrated commitment to a a central requisite of the job, to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights and justice for all of our citizens. >> that is when booker became the first sitting senator to testify against another sitting senator. jeff sessions, who trump has nominated to become the attorney general. some are are now wondering if booker is really just preparing for a white house run. >> so booker has reluctantly decided to participate in the peaceful transition of power and be there? is he going to the the their? because bonnie watson coleman, another representative in new jersey is not going and

minutes past five right now. a call to action from new jersey senator cory booker. he shares a special message for anyone looking to make a change. and twister on a highway. close call for driver as severe weather tears through texas. >>> new jersey senator cory booker used martin luther king junior holiday to urge people to act. >> encouraged the audience at national mlk breakfast to be proactive as president elect trump moves into office. recognized for work as senator during the event and in acceptance speech, encouraged audience to stay faithful in fight for justice. >> activism doesn't just happen during presidential campaigns or marchs on washington. has to be an every day choice that you make. es on washington has to be an every day choice that you make. >> 5:15. happening today. philadelphia's mayor will be in washington, d.c. to discuss issues with colleagues from across the country. mayor gjim kenny will attend th meeting. speak to the group about the impact of the incoming trump administration. before that kenny and fellow mayors wills discuss how to create summer jo

telling us what nbc knows as reported by the "times" tonight. joining us now is cory booker from capitol hill. after these confirmation hearings we have been covering and watching, can you predict and can you name one trump nominee that won't get through? >> right now looks like he's got a full hand of cards. i am not giving up on the prison ers of hope that some of the outrageous ones can be stopped. many have not gotten their ethics cleared and done. there is a lot more that could come out and is coming out. information that may stop them. something that we are seeing already coming out that stopped past candidates. we have a president himself who have not allowed the transparency that we have seen of the modern era and somebody that's hiding much of his financial information and conflicts which on day one can put him in opposition of what we understand the constitution to be requirements for a president. it makes me sober of the reality that we have with a lot of his cabinet picks. >> we always use those phrase, elections have consequences. >> what can you do? >> democrats have lost t

the traditions of our country. >> why senator cory booker says he will be there despite his disagreement for the president elect. plus why others have decided to skip the ceremony. >>> 5:13. curtain call. final letter as commander in chief. >>> live look at the capitol. people will begin flooding the area to get a spot to watch history. up to 60 house democrats are not going to attend the inauguration. that includes bob brady. brendan boyle, and dwight evans announced they will not be at today's ceremony. all three happen to be democrats. new jersey senator cory booker says he will attend the ceremony. spoke with jim rosenfield and explained why he will not be joining the house democrat boycott. >> i respect the people making that tradition. understand this, there's a man named barack obama who i respect. he's my president and my friend. he's not boycotting. he's said i'm going to be there. what i'm doing is respecting the traditions of our country. one of the most important traditions is the peaceful transition of power. >> senator booker is not alone. among those who will

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