little to anything against churches and pro life centers. they will get in a lot. senator ted cruz asking garland during his last appearance before the committee about promise he made to keep politics out of the d.o.j. it went like this. i asked you quote, will you commit to this committee that under your leadership the department of justice will not target the political opponents of this administration? your answer, quote, absolutely. it is totally inappropriate for the department to target any individual because of their politics or their position in a campaign. that was your promise just a few months ago. i m sorry to say you have broken that promise. dana: that was more than a year ago. the committee will have plenty of ground to cover today. jason chaffetz ahead with reaction. david spunt starting us off on capitol hill. attorney general taking a seat behind me ready to answer those questions. he said multiple times he wants to keep politics out of the d.o.j. he wi
the cold war. if you thought ozwald wasn t a lone gunman they called you a crackpot. later, if you thought the fbi spied on trump, you were putin s puppet. and then came covid-19. if you didn t like that the government shut down your business, you were branded an outlaw. if you didn t think mask mandates worked, you were called a murderer. if you thought the wuhan virus might have come from a lab in wuhan that made viruses, the government called you crazy. they even censored you. the virus had to have come from a wet market. the sea the the sea sequences they evolve and mutations that it took to get to the point where it is now is totally consistent with a jump of a species of an animal to a human. many of us feel that it is more likely this is a natural occurrence sars cov 1 animal reservoir to a human. we still don t know what the argument is. it is more likely to be a natural jumping of species from an animal reservoir to a human. jesse: but the first liberals who da
leaders rare and public back and forth over controversial judicial reform plans. good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin this morning in kentucky, where two blackhawk helicopters crashed overnight. officials say they went down and trigg county, which is just north of the kentucky tennessee state border. the crew was flying a routine training mission at the time. the army has just confirmed several casualties. we don t have an exact number yet. this photo from wk dz radio shows flames from the crash. here s what one witness who lives about a half a mile away from the crash site saw and heard. two helicopters came over pretty low and all of a sudden, soon as i got older house, something loud banging everything shut down just all of a sudden, so we joined the truck came over here. that s what we ve found two helicopters so still waiting for more information from the army about how many people were on board ea
the southern plains with reports of multiple tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind. plus, a new u.s. intelligence report rekindles the debate over the origin of covid-19. we ll tell you what we know and what we still don t. plus, a shocking new york times investigation uncovers a crisis unfolding in american factories. migrant children found working dangerous and often illegal jobs. we ll talk to the reporter who captured their stories. announcer: live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we begin this hour with the dangerous storm system battering the central u.s. right now, bringing tornadoes, damaging winds, and hail to parts of oklahoma, kansas, and texas. at least one tornado was confirmed in norman, oklahoma, where students at the university of oklahoma were urged to seek shelter. there are now reports of widespread damage there, downed power lines, and debris blocking roads. the system is so strong, a wind gust of 114 miles an hour was r
mitchell reports, the nashville community reeling from the covenant school mass murder but praising the courageous police officers who rushed into harm s way to end the threat. the nation learns more about how the shooter obtained so many high powered weapons. this hour, former vice president mike pence kicking the tires on a 2024 run in iowa today as he decides whether to appeal a federal judge s ruling that he has to testify before the special counsel grand jury investigaing donald trump s attempts to overturn the election and the insurrection. there are tens of thousands of apps that we know take in as much data as tiktok. howard schultz in the hot seat. accusing starbucks of breaking labor laws and opposing their workers rights to join unions. have you ever asked a worker, if you hate starbucks so much, why don t you go work somewhere else? i m glad you asked that question. i read in the press that quote. that s not exactly what i said. can i tell the story? d