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
they love it. from secret collusion with the trump boy asked the firing top executives to appease election deniers, damning new revelations in the dominion lawsuit and the fox news struggle to undo the damage they ve done. my man, donald trump then you ll never guess why republicans are suddenly finding reasons to bail on cpac. and is the supreme court about district on student loan debt forgiveness? senator bernie sanders on that and much more, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. i am back and very happy to be so. while i was on vacation, i missed a shocking story that just broke. we knew some of the contours, i ve been following it closely. but now, we got a whole host of damning new details on what may be the single most destructive institution in all of american politics. of course, i am talking about fox news. this fox door is the rare kind of story where the truth turns out the be even more cartoonish really terrible than
the trump boy asked the firing top executives to appease election deniers, damning new revelations in the dominion lawsuit and the fox news struggle to undo the damage they ve done. my man, donald trump then you ll never guess why republicans are suddenly finding reasons to bail on cpac. and is the supreme court about to strike down on student loan debt forgiveness? senator bernie sanders on that and much more, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. i am back and very happy to be so. while i was on vacation, i missed a shocking story that just broke out into the open. we knew some of the contours, i ve been following it closely. but now, we got a whole host of damning new details on what may be the single most destructive institution in all of american politics. of course, i am talking about fox news. this fox door is the rare kind of story where the truth turns out the be even more cartoonish really terrible than anything you could h
Are not reaching the peaks of the top performers in the company immediately. It didnt does seem to bl setting process and that will probably hold true in a political speech space as well, again it is 2027488000 for Eastern Central time zone. 2027488001 for mountain pacific. Fever talk about efforts in congress purposely today senator schumer is going to unveil what he described as a roadmap this week when it comes to look yet ai. We believe this programfa at this point for live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Today lawmakers are considering the nomination of a u. S. Permanent representative to the parisbased u. N. Educational scientific and Cultural Organization known as unesco. A focal take place at 5 30 p. M. Eastern to advance her nomination. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate this year on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal father, thank you for this day, for a lan
expectations, a strong economy, details shortly. new criminal charges filed against hunter biden. how big of a mistake was it for him to let that plea deal fall apart? plus, today is sentencing day for the teen responsible for the deadliest school shooting in michigan history. the parents of one of the victims calling for the harshest punishment possible. will the president of the university of pennsylvania survive the day? after her controversial answers about genocide, major donors calling for her to resign. i m john berman with fredricka whitfield, sara and kate are off today. this is cnn news central. and the breaking news, an early holiday gift on the economy. in fact, in a way, it s the gift that keeps on giving. the jobs report just in a few minutes ago, beating expectations, 199,000 new jobs added and the unemployment rate dropped, it is low. cnn s rahel solomon is with us now. rahel, like i said, this is the gift that keeps on giving, the story of 2023 is a