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 hour with
of mar-a-lago for classified documents. but also since he launched not one, but two special counsel investigations into both former president trump and president biden. we just saw garland walk into the hearing room moments ago. he didn t answer any questions on the way in. we are live on the hill. also, congress intensifies its scrutiny of china. one lawmakers even warning of a, quote existential struggle with the nation during the very first meeting of a house select committee dedicated to china. what we learned. plus, the warning from the head of the fbi about china s efforts to hinder investigations into the origin of covid. we are also following breaking news in greece, a devastating head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train carrying 350 passengers. officials saying dozens were killed with reports of people being thrown out of windows from the impact. the desperate search this morning for survivors in the wreckage. and an extraordinary moment
i want to talk about documents. this program. on my radio show, on my appearances on hannity and other shows in this network i ve been saying for months, all presidents, vice presidents, attorney generals, starts secretaries of states have taken documents home, some have kept them. and some have been classified. that needs to be looked into. i guess because i m not officially a legal analyst, i have my own show, and a constitutional lawyer, and a former chief of staff to attorney general. the department of the justice unleashed a criminal investigation to former president, president trump, in ways that have never been done before in american history, they didn t bother to look at obama s records or clinton s or george w. bush s records, they didn t look at cheney s records or gore s records or then vice president biden s records or bill barr or eric holder, we know about hill clinton and former secretaries of state. they didn t put them under oath, none of that. so none of th
i want to talk about documents. this program. on my radio show, on my appearances on hannity and other shows in this network i ve been saying for months, all presidents, vice presidents, attorney generals, starts o secretaries of states have taken documents home, some have kept them. and some have been classified. that needs to be looked into. i guess because i m not officially a legal analyst, i have my own show, and a constitutional lawyer, and a former chief of staff to attorney general. the department of the justice unleashed a criminal investigation to former president, president trump, in ways that have never been done before in american history, they didn t bother to look at obama s records or clinton s or george w. bush s records, they didn t look at cheney s records or gore s records or then vice president biden s records or bill barr or eric holder, we know about hill clinton and former secretaries of state. they didn t put them under oath, none of that. so none of
newton john has died. olivia has been a symbol of triumph and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer. do i expect you to help? yes i do. president biden applauding passage of the senate bill. some g.o.p. members remain skeptical. people in country can t afford everything in their daily lives. this bill does nothing to address that. ainsley: we start with a fox news alert. republican lawmakers are demanding an investigation into the fbi s raid on mar-a-lago. steve: meanwhile former president donald j. trump released a campaign style video on his website, truth social, calling the united states a nation in decline. lawrence: kevin corke joins us live from washington. kevin, what can you tell us? good morning, guys. certainly a day to remember in the nation s capitol. if you ask republicans not for a good reason. president trump s home mar-a-lago comes under siege by the biden administration s department of justice, with the approval of a