adegbile's nomination. under adegbile's leadership and supervision, the naacp legal defense fund brazenly politicized the murder of a philadelphia police officers, officer daniel faulkner. on december 9, 19 81, 25-year-old officer faulkner was murdered by wesley cook, who is widely known as mumia abu-jamal. officer faulkner was shot several times. the fatal shot was when abu-jamal pointed the gun inches from officer faulkner's face and pulled the trigger. during the trial, it was made known that abu-jamal was a supporter of the "move" organization, an anarchist group that explicitly advocates for violence against police officers. in a letter to the senate judiciary committee, mrs. faulkner described that during the trial when her husband's bloodstained shirt was displayed by the evidence handler, abu-jamal turned in his chair and smirked directly at her. the grieving widow. the jury convened for a matter of hours before they came back with a guilty verdict and a death sentence. that was 1982. fast-afford 2-

did was debo adegbile decide to join a political cause. to do. what he decided >> the senate reject president obama's pick to head the civil rights division of the justice department. a group of democrats joined republicans in opposing debo adegbile because he was head of the naacp legal defense fund which represented mumia abu-jamal on a constitutional issue involving his death sentence. but backers of debo adegbile say the attacks are new form of willie horton politics and race baiting. >> in fact, his willingness to represent an unpopular defendant in an emotionally charged case, to mistreat his appreciation as well as his respect for the criminal justice system. >> then we speak with renowned author, educator, and political activist angela davis. >> abolition involves so much more than the abolition of slavery. abolition involves so much more than the abolition of imprisonment. as the dominant mode of punishment. it involves the reconfiguration of the social, political, economic conditions that render prison such a necessary institution. >> a

adegbile actually specializes in voting rights issues. he has worked his years at the naacp and every other thing he's done to safeguard the right of every american to cast a ballot without discrimination or intimidation and that's how the legal defense fund got involved in this case. he did not step into a courtroom, he didn't write one single word of any brief. he didn't make the decision to represent the philadelphia defendant, this really bad guy nor did he appear in court or offer a brief or write a word in this case. they've attempted to paint him as sympathetic to the convict. the man is still in jail. that's where he should be. the truth is, lawyers -- not all of them but lawyers represent unpopular clients at some point in their causes. and in their careers. john roberts. he's not known as a great trial lawyer, but he's known as a great lawyer. chief justice roberts provided pro bono assistance, for example, to the defense of a prisoner on florida's death row who was convicted of killing eight people. that was not brought up duri

adegbile just on that one thing. shame on all of us here, especially the lawyers, especially the lawyers. well, it was a rush to judgment, a shameful episode in the history of the united states senate. i know that senator reid filed a motion to reconsider. i hope we will. and i hope people will pray on this and think back, especially the lawyers who are here, think about -- think about the ethical obligation, the ethical obligation he had to do what he did. and he did nothing wrong. hopefully mr. adegbile on a motion to reconsider will have the votes to take his position as assistant attorney general for civil rights in the justice department. a shameful day for the united states senate. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. first let me thank my colleague from california for allowing me to precede her in speaking on the senate floor this evening. i very much appreciate her courtesy. mr. president, i rise to introduce the taxpayer protection act of 20

the one that adegbile was nominated to head up.ly that fact was on the minds of some republicans, at least three gop senators submitted written questions to adegbile asking how he would use his section 2 power or decide which voter i.d. laws to fight. since the supreme court gutted section 5 of the vra, five states that used to be covered under preclearance are moving forward with laws that have been on hold. those laws restricting voting, that's what republicans appear to be trying to protect. the other man was just a way to sell it. joining me now, benjamin jealous, partner at social impact and former president and ceo and president of naacp. ben, where do you start on this case? i find myself even angrier today than i was yesterday about the raw injustice of this. i really do think this is not about the voting rights act. this is part of a right-wing attack on the civil rights division of the doj going back 20 years into the clinton administration. >> oh, no, that's exactly right. in fact, it really goes back further. i mean, re

debo adegbile was nominated to head up the department of the civil rights division. but his was his position on the convicted cop killer, abu jamal was convicted of brutally murdering philadelphia police officer daniel faulkner, shooting him in the back first and later in the face as he stood over this young, dying lawman. and while a half dozen national law enforcement groups stood united with officer faulkner's widow, against this nomination, the president described today's defeat as quote, a travesty that was based on wild character attacks against a good and public servant and those who voted against his nomination stood against an outstanding public servant. shannon bream has more details on what is just in today. shannon. >> well, martha, what is important to note tonight is that the fight over debo adegbile may not be over with. that is despite the fight not to nominate him today. decades after jamal was convicted, debo adegbile headed up the group that fought against that sentence. critics say debo adegbile didn't stop at pure legal work, instead took part in

adegbile was just doing his job. >> the chronology makes him a liar.ard until 27 years later. he was using this case as an excuse to launch an attack on the criminal justice system and champion a killer as some type of twisted hero. >> this is a cause celeb. the it might have been a career booster for him. >> it seemed to think that. it has been a career booster for others this case is a nightmare. a killer has been championed as a hero. >> thank you very much. we know it's a good day for all of you. we'll see what happens. there is a possibility of a recess appointment. we'll stay on it and thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> so there are new developments tonight from a fiery school board meeting with parents demanding answers after heroin is found in a grade school and teacher union decided to stone wall the police investigation. >> how do we get answers from the district? how to we get answers? how can i explain my 6-year-old comes home and says mommy, my friend told me there are needles and drugs in the bathroom. how do i explain abo

by a vote of 52-47, senators voted not to advance adegbile's nomination. critics point to his legal work for convicted cop killer mumia abu-jamal decades after jamal was convicted and sentenced to death, adegbile headed up a legal team that successfully got his death sentence tossed. his supporters say he was doing his job as a legal advocate, but critics say he didn't stop at pure legal work, instead taking part in rallies and protests they say, quote, portrayed him as an unrepentant cop killer but a political prisoner instead. it was clear they knee it was a close vote because vice president joe biden was in chambers. biden would have been the tie breaker. sources tell us that democrats actually went in believing with biden's vote they had the numbers they needed to assure he would advance, but at the last minute, we know at least one democrat flipped. you'll remember democrats changed the rules last year so they would take only 51 votes to get nomineed passed. >> part of the reason for lowering the threshold was so that the president could send up anybo

adegbile did. quote "abu-jamal's conviction and death sentence are relics of a time and place that was notorious for police abuse and racial discrimination. unless and until courts acknowledge and correct these historic injustices, death sentences like mr. abu-jamal's will invite continued skepticism of the criminal justice system by the african-american community." and mr. adegbile has not rejected these statements. in fact, he's proud of his role in the case, testifying it demonstrates america's commitment to follow our procedural rules even in those hardest of cases. i just would say, mr. president, that if a chief of a civil rights division of the united states department of justice in washington, d.c., holds a extremely important position, he is not a blind advocate for one vision of what some might call civil rights. i don't think it is civil rights to take the position that these lawyers were taking. he is supposed to be a neutral observer. and if a police officer violates civil rights of so

adegbile just on that one thing. shame on all of us here, especially the lawyers, especially the lawyers. well, it was a rush to judgment, a shameful episode in the history of the united states senate. i know that senator reid filed a motion to reconsider. i hope we will. and i hope people will pray on this and think back, especially the lawyers who are here, think about -- think about the ethical obligation, the ethical obligation he had to do what he did. and he did nothing wrong. hopefully mr. adegbile on a motion to reconsider will have the votes to take his position as assistant attorney general for civil rights in the justice department. a shameful day for the united states senate. i yiel is scheduled to gavel back in tomorrow afternoon. on the agenda, and additional judicial nomination for the 10th circuit court. here's a look at the agenda for the week ahead. >> looking ahead at the week in congress before they take their mid march break, we are joined by bob q sect, managing editor of "the hill." we talked a

debo adegbile did not defend him in did not even know the guy. but yet, the but yet i listen to the senator from pennsylvania this morning had a big poster with the picture of the police officer and his wife of their wedding day. talking about how horrible of a crime this word in they brag about it. it had nothing to do with debo adegbile that the senators said that is why he should not be approved to be assistant attorney general because he signed an appeal. what about that guy sitting over there? that chief justice of the supreme court that defended eight people? maybe we should institute the impeachment process let's do that. maybe my friends in the republican side did not know this about john roberts but he defended a mass murderer. maybe that is what we have to do to bring up the peach pit process for the chief justice because he fulfilled his legal obligations to defend the murder. i hope you see the ridiculousness of that argument. and how unfair it was 49 to be denied not on the basis of any qualification i have not heard one person said

why was adegbile not confirmed? because years ago, adegbile represented this man, mum mia abu-jamal. he represented him on appeal. it was upheld and the death sentence was commuted to life in prison. now, adegbile has paid a price for representing abu-jamal. if you thought the nomination process would be streamlined after harry reid invoked the nuclear option, think again, to make sense of all of this from a legal and political perspective, let's bring in friend of the show patrick murphy, both an attorney in pennsylvania and a congressman. no one could be better suited to discuss all aspects of the situation than you, patrick. i look at this and i find it somewhat chilling and every american should be unnerved by what's happened. it's a bedrock principle of america jurisprudence that everyone is entitled to a vigorous defense, no matter how noxious they are. >> that's right. and you should not be expected to be confirmed by the majority in the u.s. senate if you represent the country's most notorious cop killer, an

debo adegbile debo adegbile b e adegbile >>> mentioned this 20 years a o ago -- minutes ago -- justintographer for allegations he ordered his body guard to push the security guard in june of 2013. we were told 10 eastern time. everybody is waiting for this. it is like a half-oj. we will let you know what happens with bieber in a moment. >> there are growing calls to follow the money on obamacare. a top republican lawmaker is going to release a bill that is aimed at keeping track of $1.8 trillion taxpayer dollars. the congressman introducing this is peter roskam and he is the chief deputy whip. i think a lot of people would listen to that and wonder why no body thought of this before you. >> reporter: special inspector generals are important. we have had them for afghanistan, iraq, and we have had them for tarp -- toxic asset recovery program -- and they have saved billions of dollars. it begs the question if you have a program that is costing $1.8 trillion why wouldn't you put the same oversight? particularly in an administration that is not forthcoming. the american public has a righ

let's begin with debo adegbile --anton shekhovtsov, the referendum wanted to succeed from the ukraine >> thank you for the invitation. i would agree with the former prime minister and president barack obama that this referendum is absolutely illegitimate for three reasons. first of all, it is against the ukrainian constitution to hold a referendum in the autonomous republic of crimea. second, it is not possible to hold free and fair referendum in this situation when crimea is now invaded by the russian troops and pro-russian separatists. , it is not possible to technicalerendum in terms because the database has been blocked by the voters -- of the voters, so the authorities in crimea do not have access to the voter base. they can not fully compose lists of the voters, people that would take part in the referendum. this referendum will not be either canada, or and nativen union, people in the crimea, or there even before the russians and ukrainians settled, they will not recognize this referendum and this may provoke a dramatic pro-russianween the separatists and russian troops on one

adegbile did participate in the death sentence appeal as a member of the naacp legal defense fund, andfficer faulkner's widow, the district attorney's office and the law enforcement community, and for conservatives. beating back adegbile's nomination was couched in ideological terms today by the man who led the opposition. pennsylvania senator pat toomey, who said this at cpac today. >> no one should be able to make a mockery of our criminal justice system, fan the flames of racial strife in america, join a dishonest, international anti-american campaign, along the way drag the family of a fallen police officer through three decades of hell, and then be confirmed to a high post in the justice department. >> adegbile was 15 years old when officer faulkner was killed. he grew up to become a civil rights lawyerç that in the country on paper stands for the principle that every defendant deserves a vigorous defense, and the lawyers should not be punished for the sins of their clients. that's not a mockery of the justice system. this story isn't done. but that wraps up things for the reid r

debo adegbile has the right to do this.ation, but this was just the right nominee. >> do you think we'll get something who was in your view, somebody less radical? >> well, i hope we get more reasonable nominees in the future. and i'll tell you what really concerns me, megyn, harry reid has said for the last several years that the republicans were holding up the nominees, they had to lower the vote from the requirement of 230 years of history, to a lower vote. now that the curtain has been pulled back we can see what the problem is, the problem is in the nominees, not in the process. so if the president is going to continue to nominate people who can't even hit the low bar that is not the legacy i would hope would come from this administration. >> mike fitzgerald, thank you, sir. >>> we are following up tonight on the soldier who posted this controversial selfie. we'll tell you about this. >>> and after the break, the moment they are calling the start of the christie comeback. in the new new york, we don't back down. we onl

adegbile was punished for doing his job as a lawyer.holder said, it's a dangerous press departmeartmenc. and indeed it is. from the ukraine to burma after the break. >>> a lot of folks on wall street waiting to see what will happen on friday when we get the jobs report for the month of february. the other thing folks are watching for is how the weather may have impacted those numbers. the federal reserve says severe winter weather took its toll on shopping and consumer spending in a number of areas like new york and philadelphia. all those winter storms had a positive effect in areas like richmond, chicago and minneapolis. you all know why. you've had to buy a lot more equipment. so it's kind of a mixed bag. we'll wait and see what the government reports on friday. alex will be right back. we're at cnbc, first in business worldwide. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to wai

if cloture is not invoked on the adegbile nomination, the senate vote -- proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the hernandez nomination. further, remaining cloture motions filed on february 27 not ripen prior to 2:15 p.m. wednesday, march 5. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: as if in executive, i ask unanimous consent that the senate intelligence committee have until march 6 to report nomination 1243, the nomination of john carlin, the assistant attorney general for national security. the president pro tempore: hearing no objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i understand there are four bills due for a second reading. the president pro tempore: the leader is correct. f.w. de klerk s. 2062, a bill to authorize members of congress to bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief in response it a written statement by the president and so forth p. s. 2066, a bill to amend title 18 united states code to prohibit the internet intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the internal revenue service. s. 2067, a bill

they criticized adegbile's work at the n.a.a.c.p. legal defense fund, which represented mumia abu-jamal, who in 1981 was convicted of killing a philadelphia policeman. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i think this particular nominee would likely not have been nominated at all but for the majority leader breaking the rules of the senate last november to change the rules of the senate, thereby lowering the threshold. this nominee, however, was so unfit for the position to which he's been nominated that even seven democrats couldn't support it. >> ifill: president obama called the senate vote a travesty. and the senate's democratic majority leader, harry reid, said the nominee was treated unfairly. >> this man did not enter a courtroom for the murderer. he didn't write a single word of any of the briefs on behalf of the murderer. he worked at the naacp. it wasn't his brief. >>> the cost of the success appeared uncertain at best. homeowners in flood-prone areas may soon get relief from higher >> ifill: homeowners in flood- pron

today's senate republicans and even a few democrats rejected adegbile, president obama's nominee to headt civil rights division. the president called the vote a travesty based on wildly unfair character attacks. attorney general holder said, quote, at a time when significant voting rights cases and other consequential matters are pending, it is more critical than ever to have a confirmed leader for the civil rights division. that view was echoed by senator harry reid. >> they've distorted this man's good name in an attempt to score points politically and block confirmation of a faithful defender of voting rights which the republicans do everything they can to not protect. they want fewer voting people. they don't want people to vote. and they especially don't want poor people to vote. >> adegbile was voted down today because of his work at the naacp legal defense fund. that's the legendary civil rights firm founded by thurgood marshall. it's the group that brought us the brown versus board of education case ending segregation in schools. but today critics pounced on the group's defense o

the senate's failure to confirm debo adegbile is a tragedy based on wildly unfair character attacks on a good public servant. the fact that his legal representation of a defendant runs contrary to faund mental principle of our system of justice and those who voted against his nomination denied american people an outstanding public servant. what about the people who were thinking about that police officer who was killed. by the way, his widow, maureen faulkner has already put out another statement saying she's thankful people actually did this vote and voted it down. >> there's the statement. "i am especially grateful for the democrats who broke ranks and had courage to do the right thing." she reached out to a lot of these folks directly, the senators, to lobby them essentially to vote against this nomination. this is the widow of daniel faulkner, philadelphia police officer who was killed. back then, unrepentant, there was an effort to change that conviction. and the critics of this adegbile said he led a political campaign back then, wasn't really a legal case. this is a political is

we saw this happen to debo adegbile, president obama's pick to lead civil rights, voted down becauseus cop killer in 2007. seven democrats broke ranks to vote against that nomination and now the president's nominee for surgeon general dr. vivek hallegere is facing a difficult nomination because he pushed measures to reduce gun violence in his advocacy group dock force for heck. the national rifle association has penned a letter to senate leadership strongly opposing the doctor's confirmation, despite the fact that the american medical association and the american academy of pediatric treat gun violence as a public health care and he also testified that gun control would not be his primary focus. >> i do not intend to use the surgeon general's office as a bully pulpit for gun control. that is not going to be my priority. as we spoke about, my priority and focus is going to be on obesity prevention. there are a number of public health challenges that are facing our nation. my concerns with regard to issues like gun violence have to do with my experience as a physician. >> so let's take

after he was sentenced to debt, adegbile led up a team that got his death sentence tossed.s legal ad vote canned doing his job. but critics say it went far beyond legal technicalities. >> under his leadership they fanned the flames of racial tension and rallies and protests through a media campaign to portray mumia abu-jamal, unrepentant cop killer as political prisoner. >> reporter: number of democrats voted no including senator bob casey. came out publicly against adegbile saying vicious murder of officer falkner and events filed in 30 years since his death left open wounds for maureen faulkner, his widow. after having met with him and as well as fraternal order of police i will not vote to confirm the nominee. white it house obviously knew this was going to be a close vote today. vice president joe biden was on site to oversee the vote and would have cast a tiebreaker had it been necessary but there were enough votes on the no side he didn't actually have to vote this time around. jenna. >> story we'll continue to watch. thank you. jon: known for his home run swing but c

did was debo adegbile decide to join a political cause. to do.at he decided >> the senate reject president obama's pick to head the civil rights division of the justice department. a group of

. >> a hit to the seven senate democrats who joined with republicans to kill the nam nation of adegbile been named to run the civil rights division of the justice department. he is a cause celeb of the hard left in part for his work defending a notorious cop killer, a case the naac used to attack the very justice system mr. obama has proposed giving him a role in overseeing. the whole reason harry reid killed the filibuster to ram through the president the's nominees so it is notable even his own party could not stomach this one. >>> both a hit and miss to the college board for once again revising the s.a.t. >> i know something about this with teenage daughters. >> on one hand it's the activists claiming the s.a.t. is a source of justice rather than a test designed to base college admission on something other than wealth and privilege. on the other hand they are returning the perfect score to the iconic original 1600 thus sparing high schoolers from shooting to 2400, whatever that means. >> interesting to have it both ways, a hit and miss. that's called cheating. >> i read this week con

but that's not all at play in the blocking of adegbile.ome the man enforcing voting rights. the ranking republican grassley focus on how he would deal with voter i.d. laws. said, quote, the point of the division is to enforce the civil rights laws of the land but the senator's suspicion suggests they feared it might force them to fairly. republicans use culture wars to soak primal anger and frame debates in their favor when their focus is some larger goal. i suspect that may have happened here. they used guilt by association to make voting for adegbile politically toxicing keeping one of the nation's foremost experts on voting rights from becoming a doj voting rights defender. that's it for "the cycle" "now" starts now. >>> what happened to malaysian air flight 370? it's monday, march 10th, this is "now." there are new developments this afternoon in the mysterious disappearance of malaysia airlines flight mh370. nbc news confirmed two passengers who boarded the plane with tolden passports purchased their tickets from a resort in thailand t

debo adegbile was going to head the justice department's civil rights division despite defending mumia abu-jamal. thankfully, the vote failed, but it's not over. harry reid voted against it just so he could bring it up again. meanwhile, maureen faulkner, the wife of the slain officer, wasn't allowed to testify. that's how it works. if only she were a victim of oppression, had dreadlocks and belonged to a death cult, then she would be the cherished radical and documentaries would be made about her instead. instead, being widowed by a racist militant doesn't rate, and the white house now fumes that their guy lost. for eric holder's balkanized america, race must always win the race, and killers earn respect by living longer. we get it, every perp gets represented, that's how it's done, but this lawyer crusaded, revealing a bitter bias. it speaks to a administration steeped in its own bias. isn't the defense of mumia kind of racist? you think if mumia was white, he would be a hero, or if the dead officer was black, would he know his name? i doubt it. the great story here is maureen faulkne

democrats joined republicans in voting against debo adegbile to head the department's civil rights division. he's been criticized for his role in defending a suspect in the murder of a philadelphia police officer in 19-81. in a statement, president obama called the move by the senate a *travesty based on wildly unfair character attacks.* the s.a.t. college entrance exam is getting a major overhaul. the head of the college which produces the as 80 announced the redesign yesterday. one of the biggest changes is the estate portion is optional. the test includes three sections of reading and writing, math and the essay. but the as a portion is graded on a separate scale. overall scoring will drop from 2400 back down to 1600 and there will be no penalty for wrong answers. the new test is available for students in the spring of 2016. where was that when i was going to school? >> optional essay? students in california could be in for a surprise. they're using yoga or stability balls at a college. donations were used to buy the unique seats for the classroom which helps fifth graders pay more atten

this week the vote over debo adegbile.emocrats got on board with republicans and blocked him moving forward in the senate. >> the reality is this president obama is very unpopular even among democrats. he has richard nixon kind of numbers right before he left office. so he's not a big benefit to incumbents that have to run. and you look at nine states, seven out of thine were basically run by romney. so my sense is if you don't want the president coming anywhere near you. >> how tough is it when you have pressures from the white house on down. the president himself is apparently making phone calls. and yet democrats didn't line up when he needed them to for this particular vote. how much are they calculating what constituents back home are going to think what their personal cop issues says about this issue and strike out to go against what the white house has asked? >> you have to consider both. and this was an unusual event. normally president of either part city entitled to their nominees. it shows there was a political

know, was approved out of committee with bipartisan support, but after the confirmation vote of adegbile, we're recalibrated the strategy moons the floor vote. >> they're recalibrating the strategy at this point. when the nra announced it was going to score the vote because of concerns over the second amendment, that got the attention of a lot of senate democrats from red states, including some up for re-election. one informed the white house he would likely be a no-vote. >> they may likely be recalibrating a lot of things. >> this among them. >> you remember how harry reid said the obamacare horror stories were made up? one man has 400,000 reasons they're real. >> imagine your 5-year-old spending an entire day at the wrong school and nobody noticed. the grapevine is next. marge: you know, there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious, and a good source of fiber to help support regularity. wife: mmmm husband: these are good! marge: the tasty side of fiber. from phillips. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could ne

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yesterday the senate blocked the confirmation of debo adegbile former head of the legal defense fund.e justice department's civil rights division. criticism is that he had represented abu-jamal who was convicted 30 years ago of murdering a philadelphia police officer andage bile he anlage a get his death sentence overturned. what happened here? >> this is an amazing story. i'm the son of a detroit police officer. i have no sympathy for cop killers. but i also have no sympathy for people who knowingly ignore the constitutional right and guarantee of an attorney. these lawmakers know this. also the white house even though they're on the right side of this issue in my opinion, ham d handled the politics horribly. how is it that they did not have better preparation and people in their open party know this was coming? >> and it's something you see consistently. you saw that when the president wanted to nominate larry summers to lead the treasury. they completely misjudged democrats being against that and the same when he tried to authorize force in syria. >> interesting. thank you so much

following leader remarks the senate proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of debo adegbile under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, he's a fine man and the fact that i don't pronounce his name very well takes nothing away from his credentials. he's really an outstanding individual. i'll have more to say about him tomorrow. there will be up to three roll call votes at 11:45 tomorrow. we expect to recess following those votes for our weekly caucus meetings and continue to work throughout the day on nominations and other business that we have. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until look at president obama's 2015 budget being brought into the capitol today. the "associated press" saying congress was sent a 3.90 in dollar budget that would be funded into programs and the democrats playbook and narrowing the income gap between the rich and poor. the blueprint for fiscal 2015 which

if you drill down into the attacks you find things like this, quote, adegbile hales from the naacp legalganization that pushes radical racial agendas including attacks on racial integrity measures. senator heitkamp, you recommended the president introduce someone not so controversial. anyone who has a record will be controversial in the eyes of those who seek to impose those restrictions, and now you risk looking like you fell for a smear campaign that worked against the very values that you actually claim to stand for. indeed, they're the ones that on the very same day of a vote you championed in a fundraising e-mail saying you would work to, quote, protect everyone's right to vote. president obama called this vote a travesty and if this is the precedent that you want to set, that no one who defends controversial clients can serve in our government, can serve the public, then it's a travesty for all of us. sincerely, ari. [ male announcer ] covergirl presents the making of a bombshell starring new bombshell volume with the bombshell boost system. extreme volume meets intensifying topcoa

25,000 signatures that are with you in terms of at least getting out there, your resistance to adegbile'sssibly confirmation for this assistant attorney general position. why won't the senate hear your voice after he has defended the man who brutally murdered your husband? >> i don't know. i have tried. i have been calling senators over the past several weeks and trying to speak with them to let them understand that this man took on the case 27 years after my husband was murdered. the legal defense fund took it on. he championed my husband, made my husband into, instead of -- somewhat of a marytr -- made the murderer into a marytr and just absolutely disgusted from it. >> abu jamal shot your husband, i believe, twice in the back, then looked at him in the face and shot him between the eyes. the man who is up for this position defended him. the senate won't look at you straight in your face and hear you? have you heard from harry reid? have you reached out to him so that they can at least hear your voice? >> yes, i have. i did hear from pat leahy about two weeks ago saying that they would