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
historic decline in homicides. the largest one year decline in 50 years is continuing. in the first quarter of this year. we have already seen an 18% drop in murders we know we have much more to do we have also remained steadfast in our commitment to the justice department s founding purpose to protect civil rights. we have aggressively investigated and prosecuted hate crimes that victimize individuals and terrorize entire communities and we have brought justice to the perpetrators of those crimes, like the defendant in florida who attacked two black women because of the color of their skin the defendant in michigan, who do face synagogues with swastikas the defendant in missouri, who set fire to a community islamic center. and the defendant in tennessee who committed a series of arsenal targeting catholic methodist and baptist