deadline white house picks up our coverage of the confirmation hearing for kandji brown jackson right after this. hearing for kandji brown jackson right after this throughout history i've observed markets shaped by the intentional and unforeseeable. for investors who can navigate this landscape, leveraging gold, a strategic and sustainable asset... the path is gilded with the potential for rich returns. >>> it is 4:00 in new york. i'm alex wagner. we have been following the confirmation hearing for ketanji brown jackson. the hearing is currently in a short break and we'll be back in a few moments, but first, the first of two long and intense days of questioning from members of the senate judiciary committee began this morning with democrats using their questions to allow jackson to issue a rebuttal to republican accusations that she has been soft on crime and republicans pressing her on her record as a judge and public defender and bringing up a whole host of conservative hobby horses. things like critical race theory. jackson has tried to stay above the fray in her responses. early o