top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom. thanks for joining us. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. happening now, attorney general merrick garland on capitol hill to testify before the jen at judiciary committee for the first time here. you see senators cruz and holly. he is expected to be hit with a wide range of questions including allegations from republicans as they said that the justice department is being weaponized against conservatives as well as updates into investigations into trump and biden and we ll take you there live as it happens. the annual cpac conference happens today as we get new cnn reporting about what trump s allies are doing to get house republicans in his corner. for 2024, not all of them are there. sdwloo also ahead, closing arguments are expected to begin today in the double murder trial of disgraced former lawyer alex murdaugh. jurors in that case at the crime scene at this hour. we will take you live to south carolina. let s begin this hour with
until then, i ll send it back to you, guys, from the bottom of the world. all right. the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, good afternoon, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. i m victor blackwell. we re beginning with another dangerous close call involving a commercial airliner on a u.s. runway. the faa is now investigating. so here s what happened, monday night in boston logan airport, a jetblue flight and a private jet reportedly came within 565 feet of colliding. just a weeking in burbank, california, a mesa airlines had to abort its landing because a southwest flight was on the same runway. there was a close call between a fedex carg honolulu. days before that, aiines flightt of a delta flight at jfk in new york. this is all taking place as president biden s nominee to lead the faa sits down for his confirmation hearing and it hasn t exactly been smooth sailing for him. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean joins us now. pete, if confirmed, he clearly has a lot on hi
gillian: very busy, if the first hour is anything to go by. thanks for sticking with us. gillian turner in for sandra. we ll take you live to the trial in the low country as soon as it resumes, but until then, a lot of news we want to get in for you. start with a fox news alert. oxycodone, morphine, testosterone, hgh, you name it, i got it, homey, 40% off on any medication. john: tell me what you need, i ll tell you what you want. supposed to be a sales pitch to americans in mexico but turns out it could be a death sentence instead. the drug peddler one of many hawking on behalf of mexican pharmacies to entice tourists just as spring breakers are about to flock south of the border. gillian: the cdc says do not fall for that. warn a high chance the pill that those guys are buying may kill you. talking about legal pharmacies, not shady street dealers like that guy. john: a study reveals nearly half the pills bought in pharmacies were laced with fentanyl and other dead
for ac 360. good evening, and take a look, this is the face tonight of alex murdaugh, convicted killer, his head shaven at a south carolina prison system intake facility on his way within the next several weeks to serving two consecutive life sentences, life without parole for murdering his wife maggie and his son paul. this is the face of a man whose family name was once synonymous with the law in the county in the legal profession and criminal justice system there. at today s hearing in the courthouse where his grandfather s portrait once hung, murdaugh was sentenced. he spoke briefly, but judge clifton newman had the last word. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie, and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son pau-pau. and it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you become when you take 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 opioid pills. maybe you become another person. well, tonight a prime time exclusive interview with creighton
good evening, and take a look. this is the face tonight of alex murdaugh, convicted killer. his head shaven in a south carolina prison system intake facility on his way within the next several weeks to serving two consecutive life sentences, life without parole for murdering his wife maggie and son paul. this is also the face of a man whose family name was once synonymous with the law and county in south carolina where he lived and multiple generations of the murdaughs in the legal profession and criminal justice system there. at today s hearing in the courthouse where his grandfather s portrait once hung murdaugh was sentenced. he spoke briefly but judge clifton newman had the last word. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife, maggie, and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son paw-paw. it might not have been you. it might have been the monster you become when you take 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 opioid pills. maybe you become another person. well, ton