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attorney general wants tech giants to flag you. the lead starts right now. attorney general merrick garland grilled on capitol hill today from classified documents to abortion rights, fentanyl to rising crime. the wide-ranging topics have put garland on the spot. and five close calls in 2023 and it s only march 1st. the latest, a private plane came 565 feet from a jetblue flight loaded with passengers at boston logan. are these frightening encounters happening more often or just being reported more often? plus, protests turning violent. the faceoff between police and anti-netanyahu demonstrators in israel as crowds there call for a national day of disruption. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with two high-profile hearings in capitol hill. one room joe biden sen battled pick to lead embattled pick to lead the administration finally had a confirmation hearing after being picked nearly eight months ago. republicans pressed phil washington, a 24- ....
a tragic end after a mother s trip to mexico with friends to get a medical procedure. now two in the group are dead. two others found alive. how the group got lost and ended up in the hands of armed criminals. plus i m taking over this plane. taking over this plane, he says. terrifying moments on a cross-country flight when a man threatens to hijack the plane. the video as freaked out p passengers tried to react. plus, cnn s upclose look at how the chinese will go to control its country s messaging. welcome to the lead. and we start today with our world lead and new details in tin vest game into those four americans kidnapped in mexico last week. local officials say one person has been detained after two of the u.s. citizens were found d dead. the two others are thankfully alive, though one is severely injured, according to a u.s. official, and those two have returned to the united states for medical treatment and observation. family members say that the fou ....
next on behind the series. let me tell you about the greatest roster ever assembled. the monster, the outlaw. and you can t forget about the boss. it wasn t just a roster. it was a menu. the subway series. the greatest menu of all time. house republican leaders giving freshman new york congressman george santos not one, but two committee assignments, despite the countless lies he told during his campaign. he joins other controversial colleagues as well who also have new committee assignments tonight. we ll talk about all that and what it tells us about speaker mccarthy s hold on the gop, or maybe their hold on him. but i want to bring in democratic congressman ritchie torres of new york. he is one who has been calling on the federal election commission to launch an investigation into santos over allegations that he broke campaign finance laws. congressman, thank you for being here this evening. this is certainly a congressman, a colleague who has a lot of questions surr ....
top of the hour on cnn newsroom. it is always good to be with you. i m victor blackwell. today the country honors the civil rights champion dr. martin luther king jr. at an event in the nation s capitol, president biden highlighted what his administration has done to try to bring americans together and ensure racial equality, but his call for unity comes as he faces growing questions about the classified documents that were found at his home and his washington office. this weekend, the white house announced five additional pages of classified material that were found at president biden s house in delaware. that brings the number of classified documents in total found at his home and private office to about 20. let s bring in cnn s legal affairs correspondent paula reid. let s talk more about these five pages, what the president s attorneys are saying. well, victor, these five pages were among previously disclosed material located at the president s wilmington reside ....
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. you re watching cnn news central. i m boris sanchez in washington. we want to talk about the breaking news at a new york border crossing. the fbi is investigating a vehicle explosion there. this is at the rainbow bridge, u.s./canada border crossing. it s get to brynn gingras with the latest details. reporter: the fbi, the atf, the joint terrorism task force, federal authorities on the u.s. side and on the canada side are monitoring the situation trying to figure out what happened. what we know is that there was a car crossing into the u.s. from canada and what has been described as a crash at that crossing there at the rainbow bridge. then, a subsequent explosion is what the fbi is describing. whether or not this was sinister is not clear at this point. as you can imagine, at this point of entry it s going to be an uptick in security across that area. that is what we re seeing currently in response as this is still being inv ....