they saw something they never have. before today, the house judiciary committee traveled up from washington to hold what they call the field hearing in manhattan. it was supposedly focused on crime in manhattan, which is interesting because the murder rate in manhattan is below the murder rate in washington, d. c. where the house judiciary committee is based. and it s lower than a number of big cities in republican controlled states like tampa or jacksonville or dallas or nashville or tulsa, oklahoma. so why did the judiciary committee headed by republican jim jordan come here because manhattan is where district attorney alvin bragg works and he brought charges against donald trump and jim jordan s doing all he can to protect the former president and ensure he becomes the next president of the united states. at the hearing today. jordan attacked district attorney brag , calling him soft on crime in response, bragged called today s hearing a political stunt and last week brag,
good morning, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 9th. i m amarillo walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your easter sunday with us. i don t i don t really remember the easter speeches from childhood. i just know i gave a lot of them. did you used to speeches? i remember that some of that may be in a break. all right. here s what we re watching this morning a weekend of religious celebrations, but also escalating tensions in the middle east. the israeli military has carried out retaliatory attacks in syria, and we re live in jerusalem, with the latest on that happening now. pope francis delivering his easter message after presiding over mass at the vatican, his message to the world is coming up. the department of justice is investigating after trove of apparent u. s intelligence documents were posted on social media. what the documents show and the potential implications for the u. s and its allies. we got a chance. and oklaho
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fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you. for sharing your day with us. 2024 revs up ron desantis aligned super pac answers what you might call a sticky add by asking why donald trump is now spending his time attacking other republicans . this week, the florida governor heads here to washington to capitol hill that after a donor defects from his campaign in waiting, plus class field trip tries to turn up the pressure on alvin bragg. house judiciary republicans hold a hearing in manhattan d a s backyard to call him soft on crime and yes to deflect attention from brags prosecution of the former president and a delay on the eve of a billion dollar trial, or fox and dominion, perhaps headed for a settlement, or will it s anchors, some of whom bread, blatant lies on the air have to take the witness stand. but up first for us congress is back today, and lawmakers returned to a very long to do list this morning. the house speaker kevin mccarthy, u