the u.s. supreme court. we re following the protests and the stakes as the nine justices weigh challenges to president biden s loan forgiveness program. and fox news is facing even more scrutiny and questions tonight after the chairman rupert murdock admitted under oath that some of the network s hosts endorsed lies about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. tonight congress is putting the spotlight on deteriorating u.s. relations with china and the growing threat that the communist regime poses to the united states. the first hearing of the new house select committee on china begins in the next hour. let s bring in cnn s jessica dean. she s up on capitol hill for us. also let s bring in cnn s david culver who has reported from china for years. jessica, i ll start with you. tell us what to expect at tonight s hearing. reporter: wolf, this is the first prime
6 5 and that defense witness said that could not have been the case. here s the exchange with the doctor in court today. do you exclude a 6 0 defendant like alex murdaugh or anyone at that height from shooting that shotgun at that angle? absolutely not. when a defense expert says a shooter has to be between 5 2 and 5 4 do you disagree with that? i do disagree with that wholeheartedly. i just think it s an unknown. unless you ve got a video of that or someone tells you how they held a weapon i think the notion being able to look at this evidence and determine that is unscientific. reporter: the state also brought in as another rebuttal witness today a man named mark ball, a long time friend of alex murdaugh s, a fellow law partner, and he said there were some inconsistencies in alex murdaugh s story about the night he found his wife and son dead.