the free internet. of course, china s internet heavily censored in. will ripley, thanks. the newest continues right here on cnn outfront. next, attorney general merrick garland and republicans go head-to-head, flashing over trump s conspiracy theories, including the former president s baseless claim that the fbi was i m trying to assassinate him. plus breaking news. we are now just hours away from the us mexico border closing after biden issued strict new border rules. but why? now we re live at the border and hunter biden s laptop. and his own words taking center stage in court today. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight i will not be intimidated. those are the exact words of attorney general merrick garland, who came under withering fire from republicans today. these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented and they are unfounded. i will not be intimidated and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will
thanks, the news continues right here on cnn outfront. next, attorney general merrick garland and republicans go head-to-head, flashing over trump s conspiracy theories, including the former president s baseless claim but the fbi was trying to assassinate him. plus breaking news, we are now just hours away from the us, mexico border closing after biden issued strict new border the rules. but why now we re live at the border and hunter biden s laptop and his own words taking center stage in court today. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. i will not be intimidated. those are the exact words of attorney general merrick garland, who came under withering fire from republicans today. these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented, and they are unfounded. i will not be intimidated and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down fro
zeinab badawi. my guess is you is democratic party insider, jake sullivan, a key adviser to democrat such as hillary clinton, when she was secretary of state, as well as on the campaign trail, last year. donald trump has attracted a lot of criticism at home and abroad over his rhetoric and style of leadership. but is he not proving more effective in important foreign policy issues like the fight against extremists, than the previous democratic administration? democratic. jake sullivan, thank you forjoining us. jake sullivan, thank you forjoining us. as a key adviser to hillary clinton, can give be objective about the trump administration? not entirely objective. i would have to put my bias on the table. i spent two years trade to stop him from getting into the oval office. but i think a lot of the things that we predicted during the campaign about his lack of it as though others have borne out over the last six months. soi borne out over the last six months. so i have trie
my guest is us democratic party insider, jake sullivan, a key adviser to senior democrats, including hillary clinton when she was secretary of state, as well as on the campaign trail, last year. president trump has attracted a lot of criticism at home and abroad over his rhetoric and style of leadership, but is he not proving more effective in important foreign policy issues, like the fight against extremists, than the previous democratic administration? jake sullivan, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. as a key adviser to hillary clinton, can give be objective about the trump administration? probably not entirely objective. i would have to put my bias on the table, that i spent two years trying to stop him from getting into the oval office. but i think a lot of the things that we predicted during the campaign about his lack of fitness for office have borne out over the last six months. so i ve tried to take a step back be as fair minded as possible in assessing what
Intense hearing. garland standing firm, but one of the key race he s since he was there is because republicans want him to release audio of biden s interview with special counsel in the classified documents case. and so far we ve got the transcript from the doj that s it. no audio and i know to begin, you ve got some new reporting on this tonight. yeah. aaron. right now, there is a fight on capitol hill today between merrick garland, the attorney general, and the republicans who want this audio tape of joe biden sitting down for this interview over two days with special counsel robert hur, about the classified documents he had in his possession ended up not being charged but that s not where that fight is on its own. it also exists in court. there are more than a dozen media organizations, as well as to right? leaning groups. the heritage foundation and judicial watch, who are suing for that tape as well. and the justice department has had to explain in court, just like merrick g