Sessions takes the helm at the Justice Department

To the Point

KCRW

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4.4 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Alabama's Republican Senator Jeff Sessions has been confirmed as Attorney General — one of the most important and powerful jobs in the Trump cabinet. But Sessions' ideological affinity with the new President may give him more influence than just the nation's top law enforcement officer.

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0:00.0	From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.
0:08.1	America's new top cop has special clout with the chief executive.
0:15.8	Hello again, I'm Aeronalny, and this is To the Point.
0:18.6	America's new attorney general understands his duty to say no, when the president may be flouting the law, but Jeff Sessions may not speak up very often.
0:27.1	Top advisor, Steve Bannon, calls him the clearinghouse for policy and philosophy in the Trump administration.
0:33.8	For Democrats, that means trouble for civil rights, environmental laws, religious discrimination, immigration, and another likely shot at a travel ban.
0:42.2	They're pushing for investigations of Trump's financial conflicts of interest and his ties to Russia.
0:47.2	How independent will the new Attorney General be?
0:50.7	Later on today's talking point, the Dakota Access Pipeline back in business again.
0:56.2	First, here's the news.
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1:31.0	Hello again, Warren Alony. Back with To the Point. Alabama's Republican Senator Jeff Sessions has been confirmed as Attorney General, one of the most important and powerful jobs in the Trump cabinet. But Sessions' ideological affinity with the new president may give him more influence than just the nation's top law enforcement officer.
1:47.9	Can he be independent when he needs to be?
1:50.8	Today's talking point, two months after Native Americans declared a victory,
1:54.7	construction is underway again on the Dakota Access Pipeline.
1:59.1	We'll hear how the Army Corps of Engineers turned the light
2:01.9	from red to green. First, this news update, President Trump appeared at the White House today
2:07.1	with Japanese Prime Minister Shenzhou Abe. He's a head of state who's getting days of
2:13.6	face time with America's new chief executive. One Japanese reporter asked to President Trump
2:19.0	about tense relations with China since he was elected. I had a very, very good conversation,
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