today a very different senate judiciary committee will hear the new nominee loretta limpbl, president obama's nominee to be the next attorney general as they begin two days of hearing all of which will be covered live on c-span3,

today a very different senate judiciary committee will hear the new nominee loretta limpbl, president obama's nominee to be the next attorney general as they begin two days of hearing all of which will be covered live on c-span3, c-span c-span radio and c-span.org as we go inside the hearing room the line still waiting to be admitted. some have so far. we possibly later will hear some of the folks waiting to be witnesses or actually in the audience of the hearing room this morning, and all of it will be live here on c-span3. the hearing will get under way in a few minutes. todd ruger covering the nominee and hearing and joins us from inside the hearing room. who is loretta lynch and what are her qualifications to be an attorney general? >> good morning. loretta lynch currently is the u.s. attorney in the eastern district of new york. that's based in brooklyn. she has been there since 2010. she was approved by the senate without a hearing for that spot. she has been a lifelong prosecutor and attorney. she previously worked for about a decade in that same office and she has prosecuted a