morning, everyone. you re live in judiciary committee will begin girl and is expected to push back against gop attacks on the justice department. and gop claims i am that the doj is weaponized against donald trump. also, opening statements are underway in the trial of the president s son, hunter biden, on three felony gun charges, but there are already some developments in sayyed that courtroom will bring you and president biden is about to announce an executive order on illegal immigration, cracking down on the flow of migrants or false the southern border. the move is controversial. it s drawing fire from republicans, no surprise, but even from border patrol agents will find out why. but first let s go to paul reaches outside the courthouse in delaware where hunter biden s trial is starting. paul, you ve got some breaking news about the jury, what just happened that s right. even before opening statements got underway this morning, we already lost a juror now, this ju
the breaking news. okay. and just moments, attorney general merrick garland, who will defend the justice department before congress. these are some live pictures from inside the room. house republicans want to hold him in contempt for refusing to turn over recordings of president biden s interview with special counsel robert hur garland is expected to push back though, including on the accusation that the doj is targeting donald trump for political purposes. joining me now cnn s lauren fox on capitol hill and cnn s katelyn polantz in washington okay. so lauren, do we know what the attorney general plans to say? yeah. we are getting an early glimpse of what he s opening statement is going to be in just a few minutes. allison, he is expected to tell house republicans and house democrats on this committee that nothing he is doing is intended to go after president trump, that the people who worked at the justice department are making decisions based on the law. he s expected to say that