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
from monday s deadly school shooting that left six people dead, including three children, plus new information about the officers who took down the killer. the widespread protests in israel have stopped for now, after the prime minister halted his judicial reform plans, but the controversy is far from over . plus i ll speak to the national spokesperson for the red cross, who s on the ground in mississippi were a string of deadly tornadoes has devastated entire communities. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the shocking video of what s become an all too familiar scene here in the united states, a school shooting in nashville, tennessee , that s left three young children and three adults dead. police have released video, which they say shows a former student at the covenant school, arriving monday morning in a honda fit. they have identified the shooter as 28 year old audrey hale. a few minutes later , you can see hail
shoulders of law enforcement on the front line. that includes texas dps and u.s. border patrol. today, the head of border patrol told lawmakers the united states have lost control of its own border. does dhs have operational control of our entire border? no, sir. that s border patrol chief raol ortiz, ortiz disputed homeland security myorkas who previously said our border is under control. do we have our border under control? yes, we do. chief ortiz testified there is been a staggering 385,000 known got aways at the border pushing the total to 1.4 million gotaways. they are the threat, they are the migrants who do not surrender. ortiz defended his horse back agent who he is accused of whipping migrants. the chief also told lawmakers that he does not agree with president biden s decision to shutdown construction on the 200 miles of border wall. the goal was to examine the link between president biden and secretary myorkas on the crisis of the borborder. i just got
benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister. why take a move even your colleagues say is a step too far? i am the we are still waiting to learn if trump will be indicted. house oversight committee chairman james comer speaking out. tosses deep and the ball is knocked up in the air and it is over. san diego state is going to the final four. brian: a lot of people will stay home from the nation s capitol because the vice president is not there, that is the attraction to go to washington. people are disappointed today, we ll try to make them feel better. rachel: you were standing up, i thought you were going to dance. this is a great song. brian: you know my philosophy, i never met a dance floor that did me any good. will: everybody watching knows you have a bottomless bit of energy. he can t stand to sit still. brian: i like to keep moving, especially this hour. we have so much to talk about. will: pete hegseth said you want to get together one day
indiana residence. he had requested a search of his home out of an abundance of caution. it is still not clear what the documents are related to or even their level of classification. we have our legal expert barbara mcquaid ready to break it down and what we know in a moment. and meanwhile, the fbi and justice department s national security divisions have already launched a review of the material and how they ended up in pence s home. and we re also on capitol hill with the latest reaction from republicans who are already ramping up their congressional investigations into jean-pierre s handling of classified documents after leaving his post as vice president. and today s bombshell marks the third time in recent history in which a president or vice president has inappropriately possessed classified material after leaving office. so where does that leave merrick garland? joining me now is monica alba, ali vitali and also barbara mcquaid. what do we know about the search of pen