Why the NAACP and others are protesting Jeff Sessions

Name: Why the NAACP and others are protesting Jeff Sessions
Uploaded: 2017-01-05T00:18:37Z
Duration: P530S
Description: The NAACP mounted protests across Alabama on Tuesday against the president-elect’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, including at the senator’s office, where NAACP president Cornell Brooks and others staged a sit-in. Alison Stewart speaks with Sari Horwitz of The Washington Post and John Sharp of AL.COM about Session’s record and why civil rights groups are concerned.

Clip: 01/04/2017 | 8m 50s

The NAACP mounted protests across Alabama on Tuesday against the president-elect’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, including at the senator’s office, where NAACP president Cornell Brooks and others staged a sit-in. Alison Stewart speaks with Sari Horwitz of The Washington Post and John Sharp of AL.COM about Session’s record and why civil rights groups are concerned.

Aired: 01/04/17

Rating: NR

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