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
but peter was increasing their time of walking every day. so they were getting used to it. then each time it was getting easier. but now it s more they are more used to it, and it s easier. is it possible to ask yanna a ques question? yes. what has been your favorite part about being in america? transranslator: she loved leg legoland. it was her favorite thing. legoland? why legoland? translator: it s really fun there, and there s a lot of different attractions, and she could spend time with her family and share this time with them. yanna, what do you think about what you have gone through? translator: first it was difficult, but she after a while she got used to this
men. she went to a cleric afterwards because she was having suicide thoughts, she was so upset, cnn spoke with that cleric. is that acceptable? is it acceptable for a woman, whatever she s done, to be arrested and raped? and there are many, many, many reports of sexual abuse in this situation against women and men. translator: firstly, in the peaceful demonstrations in the fall, no one was arrested. reporter: you re denying that? transranslator: however, in protests that had become violent, some individuals, some of whom that entered iran from the outside were and using firearms and killing the police were arrested. you do know that the supreme leader actually issued an amnesty, and all those who were imprisoned were released with the exception of those who had killed someone or were being sued. regarding the iranian woman that you mentioned, i cannot confirm it. there have been so many such
translator: look, i think everyone who made a decision, who issued an order, who fulfilled an order, everyone who is relevant to this, i believe they are guilty. do you hold putin responsible? transranslator: i do believes one of them. so how could a case against putin with war crimes play out? i m joined by rebecca hamilton, an expert on prosecuting war crimes and spent time at the international criminal court. you ve also worked in conflict zones as an a foreign correspondent, and you re now a law professor at american university. i want to talk first about war crimes themselves. we just saw that piece there from matthew chance. he walked us through what they are seeing. these are some of the examples that we have seen mutilation, cruel treatment, and torture, taking of hostages. you see a list of what would fall under war crimes. we just think about the recent
transranslator: the state ne needs to analyze how fair cnn is in presenting information and the accuracy of the facts it represents. antony blinken repeated his position on the right to choose alliances. i asked how america is going fulfill its obligation which was approved at the highest level in the framework of the osce along with the right to choose alignses, the obligation does not strengthen anyone s security at the expense of infringing on the security of others. he promised to explain how the united states treats the fulfillment of this obligation. as i told you, this is is not the end of our dialogue. reporter: while the u.s. and russia say there will be further talks, russia s military build-up goes on. moscow saying it has now forward deployed sophisticated s400 anti-aircraft missiles to belarus, moscow says for upcoming military drills. both sides also raise the prospect of a possible top-level meeting between president joe