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
until then, i ll send it back to you, guys, from the bottom of the world. all right. the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, good afternoon, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. i m victor blackwell. we re beginning with another dangerous close call involving a commercial airliner on a u.s. runway. the faa is now investigating. so here s what happened, monday night in boston logan airport, a jetblue flight and a private jet reportedly came within 565 feet of colliding. just a weeking in burbank, california, a mesa airlines had to abort its landing because a southwest flight was on the same runway. there was a close call between a fedex carg honolulu. days before that, aiines flightt of a delta flight at jfk in new york. this is all taking place as president biden s nominee to lead the faa sits down for his confirmation hearing and it hasn t exactly been smooth sailing for him. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean joins us now. pete, if confirmed, he clearly has a lot on hi
new york. thank you for being with us. felony charges and federal charges could come for the man suspected of attacking house speaker nancy pelosi s husband paul. 40-year-old 42-year-olds david depape is accused of breaking into the pelosi home very early friday morning, and sources say he had zip ties, ducts tape, and i hammer when he allegedly entered the bedroom where paul pelosi was sleeping and assaulted him. let s go to the san francisco police chief bill scott for an update. first, what can you tell us about what s happening now at this stage in the investigation? first, good morning. thanks for having me on. we are working around the clock literally to get all of the evidence to our prosecuting agencies, that includes our district attorney of san francisco, d.a. brook jenkins. we are working with the fbi, capitol police, and u.s. attorney s office in san francisco. and everybody is working well together. we re staying in our lanes, being methodical. at the end of
perhaps there s hope for you after welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world in kim brune, whom are this is cnn israelis desperate to bring the hostages home and frustrated by what they see is the government s lack of will call on joe biden for help ukraine in president volodymyr zelenskyy makes an unannounced stop of the shangri-la security conference. were live in singapore with the message he brought ahead of a planned peace summit for his country. and mission aborted. boeing s starliner launch is called off minutes before liftoff. china meanwhile, is celebrating an out of this role accomplishment live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with kim gruber okay esters and. israel are reaching out directly to joe biden to break the deadlock over freeing hostages held in gaza. a look, this was the scene from just one demonstration, a massive banner asking the us president, not only for help getting those captives out but ac
Beijing released these images. it says shows the moment the probe touched touchdown. now the craft will spend about two days collecting samples from the moon s dark side for the first time in history. that s according to china s national space administration. now, two methods will be used for sampling a drill for collecting specimens from beneath the surface, and a robotic arm for grabbing samples from the soil the landing site is at an impact crater known as the apollo basin, which was chosen for its relatively flat terrain sky-gazers in the southern hemisphere are getting a glimpse of an unusual horned comet hello, look here, this is known as the devil comet. the 12 p pons-brooks is making its approach to earth right? noun of this is the comets last appearance for seven decades. scientists aren t sure why it takes on the shape some compare it to the star wars millennium