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at 1:15, kitty kelley with iconic image is of the kennedy white house and at 3:15, neal irwin on thesion and followed by a panel of the publishing industry. the gaithersburg book festival is live all day saturday. "washington journal"continue. >> host: representative karen bass is from california and a member of the judiciary committee. that was quite a hearing you had yesterday with eric holder. >> guest: it certainly was. one of your viewers described it as a three ring circus. i would have to agree with that. host: what did you get out of it? guest: i don't think we got much out of it. i am saddened by the hearings and truthfully, i was a little embarrassed by the way some of my colleagues disrespect to the attorney general, in my opinion. i certainly hope he does not resign but, at some point, i can see him just getting very frustrated. every couple of months, he is holed up to the hill and grilled in what i believe it's a very disingenuous way. host: we talked about this with our viewers and several of them said it was a braces to -- a race issue. guest: i don't know about that.