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
dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai
it s champions league disappointment again for big spending paris saint germain. they were beaten 2 0 by bayern munich, the german champions winning 3 0 on aggregate. eric choupo moting capitalised on poor psg defending for the first goal before serge gnabry added a second for bayern late on. psg were without the injured neymar but even with a front two of kylian mbappe and lionel messi, they exit the competition again, they re still waiting to win it for the first time. manchester united manager erik ten hag insists he doesn t feel let down by his players following sunday s humiliating 7 nil premier league defeat by liverpool. he backed his team to recover, starting tomorrow against real betis in the europa league last 16. ten hag says captain bruno fernandes is an inspiration to the team and will remain captain despite calls for him to lose the armband, but admits united must reset and bounce back ahead of their first leg at old trafford. i think the players reflected w
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