the u.s. supreme court. we re following the protests and the stakes as the nine justices weigh challenges to president biden s loan forgiveness program. and fox news is facing even more scrutiny and questions tonight after the chairman rupert murdock admitted under oath that some of the network s hosts endorsed lies about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. tonight congress is putting the spotlight on deteriorating u.s. relations with china and the growing threat that the communist regime poses to the united states. the first hearing of the new house select committee on china begins in the next hour. let s bring in cnn s jessica dean. she s up on capitol hill for us. also let s bring in cnn s david culver who has reported from china for years. jessica, i ll start with you. tell us what to expect at tonight s hearing. reporter: wolf, this is the first prime
courthouse in walter borough, south carolina. what can you tell us about the prosecution s strategy today? reporter: well, wolf, the strategy was certainly to try and dispute some of the defense testimony that we heard over the last week or so. and they brought in a couple of rebuttal witnesses, about a handful of rebuttal witnesses to really do so, but two key witnesses. one was a pathologist, and she testified today dispute a defense witness claim that paul m murdaugh s fatal shot was a down facing contact wound which means the barrel would have been up against his head. and she said that would have been impossible because his eyes were still in place, his face was still in place. they also brought in dr. kenneth kingsy an expert in crime scene re-creation. and he also refuted a defense claim. alex murdaugh is about 6 4 or