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top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom. thanks for joining us. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. happening now, attorney general merrick garland on capitol hill to testify before the jen at judiciary committee for the first time here. you see senators cruz and holly. he is expected to be hit with a wide range of questions including allegations from republicans as they said that the justice department is being weaponized against conservatives as well as updates into investigations into trump and biden and we ll take you there live as it happens. the annual cpac conference happens today as we get new cnn reporting about what trump s allies are doing to get house republicans in his corner. for 2024, not all of them are there. sdwloo also ahead, closing arguments are expected to begin today in the double murder trial of disgraced former lawyer alex murdaugh. jurors in that case at the crime scene at this hour. we will take you live to south carolina. let s begin this hou ....
Hill and man u raju and i were reluctant to commit to trump. they re waiting to see who else gets into the race. some admitted that there s concern about trump s electablity and they want to see a fresh face and it s time to move on from trump. i am told there s particular excitement about florida governor ron desantis. he s a founding member of the freedom caucus, a group here of conservative members and he met with a group in florida last week. take a look at what republicans told manu raju yesterday. we ve got to have someone that can appeal to independent voters, not just republicans, not just democrats and both sides have really not understood the value of those constituents, of those voters and the way that they feel about certain issues. you don t think trump can win? i see it being uphill. ....