attorney general wants tech giants to flag you. the lead starts right now. attorney general merrick garland grilled on capitol hill today from classified documents to abortion rights, fentanyl to rising crime. the wide-ranging topics have put garland on the spot. and five close calls in 2023 and it s only march 1st. the latest, a private plane came 565 feet from a jetblue flight loaded with passengers at boston logan. are these frightening encounters happening more often or just being reported more often? plus, protests turning violent. the faceoff between police and anti-netanyahu demonstrators in israel as crowds there call for a national day of disruption. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with two high-profile hearings in capitol hill. one room joe biden sen battled pick to lead embattled pick to lead the administration finally had a confirmation hearing after being picked nearly eight months ago. republicans pressed phil washington, a 24-year a
but germany won t cocommit to s the commitment. president zelenskyy addressed allies saying the time for talk has passed. the war started by russia does not allow delays. and i can thank you hundreds of times and it will be absolutely just in fear given all that we have already done. but, but hundreds of thank you are not hundreds of tanks. earlier today germany said it will take an inventory of its tanks, but again did not commit to sending them. and in ukraine the battles rage on. russian missile strikes hit friday killing at least one person. cnn s ben wedeman is there. what is the latest, ben? reporter: well, overnight the town south of here was struck by about 12 russian missiles. no word on casualty there. what we know is that there is mounting frustration among the ukrainians because, as the germans dither over whether to give the country the tanks it desperately needs, the front line is burning. in the trenches outside becahmu hoping to rappel russian forces on
instagram and then repeatedly messaged one of them. cnn national correspondent camila bernal is following the latest developments for us. camila, what more can you tell us? reporter: hey, fred. so, this is really important because authorities have not given us a connection between bryan kohberger and the victims. they have not said whether they knew each other or whether they had interactions. so people magazine is finding one of these connections saying that bryan kohberger followed the three girls on instagram and also saying that the three girls did not follow him back. the report also saying that not only did he follow them but he reached out to one of the girls in particular repeatedly. those messages went unanswered. it s unclear whether she saw the messages or whether she just chose not to answer them. but people magazine saying they were able to review that instagram account before it was deleted. they also went a little bit further saying that the girls worked
ukraine. he assumed that he could roll into kyiv. he assumed that ukraine could never mount a counter offensive to retake its sovereign territory in kharkiv and beyond. ladies and gentlemen, if you want to see how mistaken those were, look at the battlefield today. there was a new round of missile attacks in ukraine this morning. at least seven people were killed and eight others wounded when russia targeted a market in eastern ukraine in the city of zaporizhzhia and its suburbs were struck overnight. cnn s frederick pk pleitgen is in kyiv. what can you tell us about the new round of russian attacks. reporter: it doesn t seem as though the attacks are letting up in any way, shape or form. throughout the entire night in the ukrainian capital in kyiv, we heard air-raid sirens that kept going on. it seems as though the ukrainians take down most of the missiles shot at the capital. zaporizhzhia hit by russian missiles. the ukrainians interestingly say it was surface-to-air mi