judge michael mukasey, former u.s. attorney general. thank you very much.s just going to give you some lore in the fact that accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev will literally learn his fate in a matter of minutes. he is now in the courtroom. the courtroom has begun to settle down. the spectators are in. family members are in. in fact we're told the richards family is in the first available rose for the families. they, of course lost their 8-year-old son martin richard, one of three people killed in that bombing. interesting no note we are one week shy of the 2-year anniversary of this bombing, and we do expect again, this verdict will come down imminently. also worthy of noting the reason we're looking at the pictures we are and not inside the courtroom, it's a federal court. thushgs tv cameras are not allowed inside. we'll be at the mercy of sketches for any sort of reaction, but we do have news people inside that courtroom within the courthouse to relay the verdict as soon as it is read, and we would certainly believe that it would sort of h

michael mccrazy 53 -- mukasey, 54 days. but when it comes to loretta lynch, 156 days. the last attorney general nominee whose nomination took this long to process was edmond mease in 184 who faced questions and investigations relating to questions of ethics. there have been no such allegations, none, raised against loretta lynch. senate republicans have the capability to bring up nominations promptly, the majority leader, senator mcconnell of kentucky can walktothisfloorwithinaminute call her nomination and it will be voted on immediately. it's his power to do it. why won't he do it? why won't he give this woman who has such an extraordinary life story a chance to serve as the first african-american woman in the history of the united states to serve as attorney general? there is no substantive reason, none not one and i welcome any republican senator to come to the floor and make the case against loretta lynch. no one did it in committee. no one has done it on the floor. it's time for us to move forward and approve this nomination. speaking on another matter, mr. presi