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
little to anything against churches and pro life centers. they will get in a lot. senator ted cruz asking garland during his last appearance before the committee about promise he made to keep politics out of the d.o.j. it went like this. i asked you quote, will you commit to this committee that under your leadership the department of justice will not target the political opponents of this administration? your answer, quote, absolutely. it is totally inappropriate for the department to target any individual because of their politics or their position in a campaign. that was your promise just a few months ago. i m sorry to say you have broken that promise. dana: that was more than a year ago. the committee will have plenty of ground to cover today. jason chaffetz ahead with reaction. david spunt starting us off on capitol hill. attorney general taking a seat behind me ready to answer those questions. he said multiple times he wants to keep politics out of the d.o.j. he wi
of mar-a-lago for classified documents. but also since he launched not one, but two special counsel investigations into both former president trump and president biden. we just saw garland walk into the hearing room moments ago. he didn t answer any questions on the way in. we are live on the hill. also, congress intensifies its scrutiny of china. one lawmakers even warning of a, quote existential struggle with the nation during the very first meeting of a house select committee dedicated to china. what we learned. plus, the warning from the head of the fbi about china s efforts to hinder investigations into the origin of covid. we are also following breaking news in greece, a devastating head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train carrying 350 passengers. officials saying dozens were killed with reports of people being thrown out of windows from the impact. the desperate search this morning for survivors in the wreckage. and an extraordinary moment
This is a government in chaos and confusion. Well be looking in more detail at the conservative approach to social care in england, and what it could mean for the Election Campaign. Also tonight. President trump starts his official trip to israel and expresses confidence about a peace deal with the palestinians. Ive heard its one of the toughest deals of all, but i have a feeling were going to get there, eventually. Facebook insists that it is serious about monitoring offensive material posted on its pages. And two centuries of Tradition Injapanese Art Stealing The Show at the british museum. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News david moyes resigns as sunderland manager afterjust one year in charge. The club ended the Season Bottom of the premier league. Good evening. The Prime Minister stands accused of performing a hasty u turn on her plans to reform social care in england. Just four days after publishing the conservative manifesto and following widespread controversy theresa may c
From the other side of the arena where the bang was heard from suddenly came running towards where they were trying to get running out. That picture of a certain amount of his terrier that you are pointing out that no suggestion of any injuries at the moment his hysteria. I have seen pictures from looking down on the arena. There we re looking down on the arena. There were blue lights because ambulances may have been sent. No word on injuries. We do know that theory fear it self, people leaving and arena in fear like that, we know that can cause injuries. We know that can cause injuries. We know that police are responding to an incident, that people are scared, frightened, screaming, leaving the arena rapidly in an uncontrolled way. The immediate cause, as you say, if the sound of a bang. One or two, according to some reports. We dont know the cause. I saw pictures of big pink balloons in the arena, whether it was speakers exploding, gunfire, an explosion, as some people are reporting