How Did Al Gore Handle the Objections by the Congressional Black Caucus?
Aired January 6, 2001 – 1:54 p.m. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: We are going to bring in, once again, Ed Henry from “Roll Call” magazine. Also with us is our congressional correspondent Chris Black to talk a little bit about what we’ve been seeing as the congressional certification of the electoral votes has been taking place. Ed, are you still with us? ED HENRY, “ROLL CALL”: Yes. PHILLIPS: Terrific. So, let’s talk about — what are your — we talked with Chris just moments ago, her perceptions of what we saw. What did you think of the 12 members of the Congressional Black Caucus stepping up and objecting to the vote and how Vice President Al Gore handled the objections? HENRY: I think Gore handled it with grace and humor, did the best he could. I think clearly the Black Caucus is clearly very upset with the Senate. I think that there’s some news there in that the Black Caucus members are furious with
