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That's more than twice as long as the last seven attorney generals combined. again, tonight's breaking news senator reid telling ging rachel maddow that he may force a vote on loretta lynch as attorney general. joining me now are congressmen hakim jeffries democrat from new york jonathan capehart of "the washington post," and nbc news capitol hill producer and reporter frank thaw. thank you all for being here. frank, how would senator reid try to force this vote? >> well senator reid is threatening to force a vote to put the senate into what is called an executive session, which would only req...

Imminently qualified. and the key thing congressman jeffries pointed out is that she has been twice confirmed by the senate. >> that's right. >> unanimously. there is no reason for her to not be, to not be confirmed, except to embarrass the president. >> well, frank, you work capitol hill. what are you hearing? i mean what are you hearing from senators and their staffs? what is really going on behind the scenes here? >> well i think there's no doubt that once loretta lynch's nomination does make it to the senate floor, that she will pass. i mean our whip count has 51 -- the 51 votes that she n...