welcome to inside politics. . i m john king in washington. the attorney general facing a barrage of questioning from the judiciary committee. republicans and democrats willing the attorney general on a host of issues including hunter biden. chicago s mayor is out. she falls short in her reelection bid. is this a warning sign for democrats? and a trump slauump, new reporting on donald trump s allies are pressing to get house republicans to endorse his 2024 bid. so far, they are not getting what they want. we begin the hour with the attorney general on capitol hill facing sharp questions on a range of critical issues. merrick garland defending the integrity of his justice department at a time some suggest it s weaponized against conservatives. the attorney general agreeing much more can be done, including getting tougher on social media companies to deal with the fentanyl scorch. he said he was keeping husband promise to stay walled off from the investigation of the presi
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. relieved of duty. cnn learning a sixth officer now put on administrative leave from the memphis police force and the brutal beating of tyre nichols has a painful memory of missed chances as communities look again at what can be done to change the way cops police. plus this week president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy meet. a debt ceiling stalemate that shows zero signs of ending is issue one. and it s an early test of divided government. today the american secretary of state is in israel. the backdrop for his visit a string of death and destruction. raids, synagogue attacks as it come busts. a memphis police major says a six of the police officer has been now been relieved of duty, in in connection with the stop and subsequent boaeating that l to the death of tyre nichols. it follows the scorpion unit, a police team meant to corral street game no lon
hello, and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. right now the fbi is at mike pence s indiana home trying to track down any classified documents that perhaps went home with the former vice president. it happens as pence also grapples with the big subpoena from the special counsel investigating donald trump. plus, ready or not, joe biden holds off on formally announcing he s running again but says he feels good about how the voters feel about him. and the death toll in turkey and syria now get this north of 22,000. countless souls remain under the rubble. hope in short supply as survivors grapple with what s next and with what they ve lost. translator: we are four families staying in this vehicle now. thank god we came out fine. but the buildings we live in are uninhabitable now. not only us but all the entire neighborhood we live in is like that. my whole family died. my father, mother, brother, sister, an
contests in two critical battleground states, arizona and nevada. plus unfathomable. simply unfathomable horror in thailand. an attacker uses a gun and a knife to murder at least 24 children while they sleep. and another new claim against herschel walker. the woman who told the daily beast walker paid her to have an abortion now says she is also the mother of one of walker s children. the georgia republican senate nominee says it s a lie, a smear. i ll say the same thing i said, that i know this is untrue. i know it s untrue. they keep telling me things like that. totally, totally untrue. i know nothing about any woman having an abortion. and they can keep coming at me like that. and they re doing it because they want to distract people. i know that. back to that story in a moment. but we begin the hour with new numbers. remacable new numbers that speak volumes about how competitive key races are with just a little more than a month to go in this incredibly consequential
partners to carry astronauts. they ll carry astronauts to the international space station. let s watch. t minus 15. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mission, engines full power, and lif lift-off. 1 alpha. copy 1 alpha. the vehicle is pitching downrange. stage 1 propulsion. apparent telemetry. stage 1. martin savidge as we watch this takeoff. it s majestic. i could watch it over andover. i m a bit of a space geek. walk through, again, the importance of this mission, and, again, the commander, a native american woman. that s a pretty historic thing. a cosmonaut on an american spacecraft for the first time in 20 years. an important mission and remarkable pictures. it is because of the commitment of the united states and russia despite the tensions that have been introduced into the space program. they need each other. and as a result, the reintegration now of having russians fly an american spacecraft is an important message. and then, of course, for nicole mann.