committee, defending his justice depend and to the probes, and allegations that he s weaponized the doj. paula reid is in washington. how has the hearing gone so far? he clearly wants to highlight the work of the rank-and-file employees who are not working on the special investigation, but as well at another high-profile investigation into hunter biden. the attorney general was grilled about why a special counsel is not overseeing the huchblter binden investigation. let s listen to how he explained that. i promised to leave the matter of hunter biden in the hands of a u.s. attorney for the district of delaware, who was appointed in the previous administration. so any information like that should have gone should or should have gone to that u.s. attorney s office and the fbi squad working with him. i have pledged not to interfere with in a investigation, and i have carried through on my pledge. there you hear him defending the trump-appointed u.s. attorney who stayed o
congress. merrick garland answered questions about everything from gun violence to tech giants to child labor and much more. he gave an early sign that he would not go into detail about some of the justice department s most politically fraught investigations. that includes the classified dork found at the home of current and former president it requires as much as possible we speak to our work and our filings in court so we do not jeopardize the viability of our investigations and the civil liberties of our citizens. as expected, the attorney general received his toughest questions from republicans. texas senator ted cruz slammed garland for failing to arrest any protester opposed to the overturning of roe v. wade who demonstrated outside the homes of some supreme court justices. in my judgment, the department of justice has been politicized to the greatest extent i ve ever seen. i vigorously disagree. i believe the men and women of the department pursue their wor
every single day what the meaning of the word courage is. freedom is priceless. it s worth fighting for. for as long as it takes and that s how long we re going to be with you, mr. president. the white house did tell russia hours earlier that president biden would be there. officials said mr. biden wanted to deliver a powerful message of u.s. support for ukraine just days before the first anniversary of the war. the president deciding on friday that traveling there was a manageable level of security risk. the visit coming after vice president harris accused russia in munich this weekend of crimes against humanity. later speaking with me exclusively about it. the legal significance of that as a former prosecutor, well, the significance is that we have made a formal declaration. it s very important that the united states speaks truth, difficult though it may be for some to hear. and former president carter surrounded by family after the 98-year-old s decision to begin hom
headquarters in new york city on this presidents day. there are high stakes today. joe biden, the first president in modern history to travel to a war zone without u.s. troops already on the ground. the message his visit is sending to ukraine, america s allies and the american people as he gears up for another run at the white house. how is vladimir putin responding to the president s diplomatic slap in the face as the kremlin tries to spin something positive out of a war marked by frustration and failure? we ll have a live report from moscow coming up. and ron desantis welcoming political attacks from his fellow republicans saying this morning if, quote, people aren t firing at me, then i m not doing my job. but how long until he starts firing back? a lot to get to. let s start with president biden already on the move, heading to poland following the unannounced and unprecedented visit to ukraine taking the opportunity to literally stand with president volodymyr zelenskyy
conversation about how to approach classics from the past in today s modern world. our thanks to jacob soboroff for that report. we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get right to it. at this hour, president biden is on his way to poland, as we learn new details about his high risk surprise stop in kyiv. back at home, the maga wing is already slamming the president s trip. could it actually lead to an end to what some republicans call a blank check for the war. at michigan state university students strugtology struggling to return to some sense of normalcy. and we are live in jimmy carter s hometown as the former president receives hospice care. our team is here and around the globe with the latest developments. they re all here for us. speechless and joyful is what i m hearing about the mood in kyiv right now after president biden s surprise stop there. josh letterman, you re in warsaw where the president is headed now to meet