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-year a
Which is in pennsylvania, outside of philadelphia. and this man is alleged to have brought what the fbi says were explosives onto a onto an airplane. he basically putting it in a suitcase and had it checked to go through the security system. and that s when the alarms sounded, indicating that there might be some explosives. according to the fbi, they examined, x-rayed the compounds that were in this device that were put on this on this luggage, and they found that it contained the compounds that you find in fireworks. again, something that is commonly used to make homemade explosives. it s not clear what exactly he was planning to do with this. right now, mark muffly who, again, is from the town of lanceford, pennsylvania, is facing two charges. one is possession of an explosive at an airport, possessing or attempting to place an explosive or an
Economy by buying locally, sourcing locally, even getting idps to help work build housing. the attacks we ve seen on infrastructure and supplies here, has that had an impact on the movement of goods, on the price of wheat and so forth? in terms of rail, in terms of rebuilding rails and bridges and stuff like that, but some of the delays are manmade. i had contacts go to the polish border yesterday. they tried to leave ukraine. they counted a queue of lorries kilometers long because everything is building to x- rayed. in terms of seaports and ability to get grain out, a lot of russian bombardment on silos and infrastructure which is going to have a big ripple effect on the world economy. it already is and also on the ukrainian economy. of course, that s very
In 1895, German physics professor Wilhelm Röntgen produced and discovered X-rays while experimenting with Lenard tubes and Crookes tubes and began studying them. In his initial report, the first paper written on X-rays, Röntgen referred to the radiation as X , to indicate that it was an unknown type of radiation.
The name stuck, although many of his colleagues suggested calling them Röntgen rays (over his great objections). Interestingly, they are still referred to as such in many languages. In 1901, Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery.
Today, X-rays are essential in various sectors such as health care and transportation security. People even use them to detect art forgeries!
In 1895, German physics professor Wilhelm Röntgen produced and discovered X-rays while experimenting with Lenard tubes and Crookes tubes and began studying them. In his initial report, the first paper written on X-rays, Röntgen referred to the radiation as X , to indicate that it was an unknown type of radiation.
The name stuck, although many of his colleagues suggested calling them Röntgen rays (over his great objections). Interestingly, they are still referred to as such in many languages. In 1901, Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery.
Today, X-rays are essential in various sectors such as health care and transportation security. People even use them to detect art forgeries!