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
officers and also referencing the palestinian village where those two israeli brothers were killed. then there was a rampage settler israeli settler revenge attacks. this, of course, following the other dramatic scenes we saw earlier today in central teleachieve. more of these protesters, we ve seen these protests for eight weeks now against these judicial reforms, some of which would allow the israeli parliament to overturn supreme court decisions. they ve been peaceful until today. jake? and israel s finance minister, he s one of the two extremists in the cabinet. his name is bet alal smotrik. he said the west bank palestinian town where two israeli brothers were shot and killed on sunday, where the israelis rampaged, the settlers rampaged, he said it needs to be erased that town. take a look. translator: i think the village needs to be erased. i think that the state of israel needs to do this, and god forbid not private people.