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
to stir up controversy. it is horribly inappropriate and he should apologize. he reinforces democrats have the right message to continue to highlight the dangers presented by the extreme maga republican party. also tonight the director of the national institute on drug abuse, warning unchecked cannabis use could be damaging young brains. we need to recognize that what may be okay for an adult may not be okay at all for an adolescent. and counting down. the artemis rocket is finally on the launch pad ready to fly for the first time on monday. it is no longer the apollo generation. it s the artemis generation. and that brings new discoveries. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. this week florida s former republican governor charlie crist won a primary election so he can run for governor again but this time as a democrat. within of his chief talking points? taking the wind out of the sails of incumbent republican governor ron desantis
Crash Course Two massive, icy worlds collided in a distant star system, obliterating each other and forming a red hot, donut-shaped cloud. And, to the delight of astronomers, they got to see this in action — marking the first time that a planetary collision, as well as its awesome aftermath, has ever been observed. Their […]
senator. before i recognize another colleague i want to apologize in my reference to the dea administrator. her name is ann millgram, and i mispronounced it. for the record i wanted to clarify that. thank you, attorney general for being here. i appreciate it. good to see you. methane is probably one of the most dangerous greenhouse gasses we see plumes of it miles long floating across the united states. it takes multiple levels of enforcement, federal, state, local and private to address these massive leaks. what can you tell me you are doing to assure that there is that coordinated multi-juris multi-jurisdictional enforcement in place. you are exactly right. we have the benefit of overhead commercial satellites that are actually able to see methane with respect to the infrared spectrum. we are in the process of
cooled by cryo genics to a very low temperature and that enables it to look back at objects in the infrared spectrum. that s one reason why it is placed where it is away from the earth, away from the sun, pointed away from these objects so that the heat from the earth and sun don t interfere. it s able to give us more insight into xo planets, places in our own solar system like jupiter as you point out and also look almost to the edge of the big bang almost 13.8 billion light years away which is incredible. these clear images of jupiter have never been seen before and the coloration is generated to create the contrast we need but they re spectacular nonetheless. a lot of information coming back as you pointed out making discoveries already, identified carbon monoxide in one of the xo planet atmospheres so really exciting stuff and i expect more to come from the years of