Made Howitzer News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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-net...

vow to fight on. "we won't give up bakhmut. we will hold on until the very last. glory to ukraine, death to the enemies." and the wagner boss in an audio message, acknowledges the ukrainians aren't budging. >> translator: the ukrainian army is throwing extra reserves into bakhmut and trying to hold the town with all their strengths. tens of thousands of ukrainian soldiers are repelling the attacks. bloodshed increases every day. >> reporter: wagner mercenaries are the spearhead of the invasion force. he claims they're making progress but often lack the ammunition to advance. >> trans...

everyone including vladimir putin to see. you're in the cnn "newsroom." extreme heat roasting most of the united states this weekend, and get ready because next week you're going to see the heat really crank up. right now more than 15 million americans are under heat alerts stretching from the dakotas to the gulf coast. a heat dome as weather experts call it, is blanketing much of the country talking triple digit high temperatures in some places and all of this, of course, coming on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave just last week and it is not just hot, it is dangerous. hea...

Military commanders say they're still holding on to bakhmut in the eastern part of the country as russian forces keep up their assault in the middle of the fierce battle. ukrainian officials say an estimated 4500 civilians remain in the city. cnn's fred pleitgen starts off our coverage with a look at how russian forces are bringing in more experienced fighters from the russian mercenary wagner group to secure a victory by any means necessary. >> reporter: russia's view of what is currently the most bloodily battle in ukraine. moscow troops here hitting a ukrainian armored vehicle in bakhmut, t...