give or take, 15 minutes or less. with that, the committee will stand in recess. >> they are in break right now, and you are watching a hearing with merrick garland answering questions, and back with us to discuss what we just saw is ali vitali on capitol hill, and former u.s. attorney and state judge, carol lan, and we will keep an eye on the hearing for when it reconvenes. your reaction to what we just witnessed, carol? >> one of the more fiery lines of attack came from representative gaetz, but the suggestion that the justice department is using alvin bragg to carry out the justice department's will is absurd. i can tell you as the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of california that the