a case that has significance in another to speak with the u.s. attorney in the other district, find out what the policies of the district are, to find out what the practices are, to see how judges in that district react to different kinds of charges. sometimes a decision is made to partner together in those investigations, and sometimes a decision is made for the u.s. attorney from the other district to have his or her own people bring those cases. i have personally been involved in i think three of those cases during a period when i was an assistant u.s. attorney and over my entire career i have been given 515 authority twice myself for this purpose. it is not -- it is just a mechanical question of what courts require in order to make an appearance. >> thank you so much, mr. garland.

again, appreciate your public service to the american people. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> gentleman from alabama is recognized. >> thank you mr. garland for being here today. every time i'm in my district, constituents are concerned about the weaponization of government, i think on your watch the doj actually is mid 30% approval rating. every time the doj goes after trump, he goes up in the polls. i think the american people are starting to wake up what's going on and i think it's fairly obvious and first question i have, i understand now that we know that thanks to an fbi whistleblower, the fbi received information on americans from bank of america, specifically bank of america sent the fbi a list of customers who made transactions in the days on or around january 6, 2021. my question is did the department of justice have any geo data -- locational data --

>> i believe everything done with respect to geo locational data was disclosed in the public filings in the january 6th cases. i don't have it at my fingertips, this is public record. >> do you remember specific analyses that you may have gotten from that data. was there anything in particular you were looking for, mr. attorney general? >> did they exercise the rights to maybe buy a firearm. >> i don't know anything about the second thing. purpose of the location data was to determine whether people claim they were not inside the capital actually were inside the capital. >> where did -- i guess the question is to your knowledge, the doj, the geo -- geo location data from external sources or organizations, to your knowledge, did you receive that from external sources, are you buying that data? >> i don't know the exact answer in general, but i believe with

respect to january 6th, the results of subpoenas issued to telephone companies. >> so you subpoenaed the telephone companies and got the data -- >> this requires orders authorized by the court. >> does it concern you that, you know, we talked about durham's report earlier, he said the fbi activities were somewhat sobering. does that worry you on your watch, the activities of the fbi are called sobering now? >> i'm sorry, who calls it sobering? >> john durham. >> i did read the report. all those events had to do with a crossfire hurricane investigation, is that -- a part of it, yes, sir. >> were you concerned when he said it was sobering what the fbi was doing? >> mr. durham thanked me for not interfering with his investigation, i had promised he

would be able to go forward without interference, just as i promised mr. weiss. mr. durham's, and i did not interfere with his report. his report reported a lack of rigor and a number of other problems with respect to the investigation, i think both the inspector general made a similar comment and director wray has made the same. >> thank you, i don't have a whole lot of time, is it a crime in the u.s. to question an election? >> i'm sorry? >> is it a crime in the u.s. to question an election. is that a crime? >> i'm sorry, i -- it's my fault, i can't hear, to request a what? >> is it a crime to question an election in the united states of america. it is a crime -- is it a crime for the u.s. citizens to say we want to ask about this election, we want to question this election, we want to look into the election. is that a question when citizens question an election in america now? >> again, i think you are asking not a hypothetical, but something specific about --

>> i think it's general. i don't think that's specific. elections have been questioned for decades past. is that now a crime in america? >> would you say to ask questions about an election. >> to question an election. to question the results. >> it's not a crime to question an election. >> question the election results in 2020, and there are a lot of people in america that do and they question the weaponization of government attacking american citizens. and so you sir have an issue with trustworthiness of the american people and with congress at this point. with that, mr. chairman, i'm sorry, i'll yield 36 seconds. >> mr. garland, did you consider anyone else when david weiss requested special counsel designation on august 8th #. >> mr. weiss asked to be made special counsel, i did not consider an alternative. i, of course, put an alternative, would have greatly disrupted the investigation already ongoing. >> to be clear, he was the only

one under consideration. either no special counsel or if there was a special counsel, it was going to be the guy who presided over the investigation for the previous five years. >> i thought about the possibility -- what the consequences would be, both of not appointing him and trying to find somebody else at that time, but there was no other -- >> and you had no concerns, i mean, whistleblowers have brought forward all kinds of concerns. earlier when someone brought those up, you said those are allegations. i think they stand up well, cross examined for four hours by democrats in the oversight committee but there were two facts that can be questioned, two facts about the investigation of hunter biden. fact number one, let the statute of limitations run, let it expire, and two, the plea deal fell apart. so i want to make clear that the guy who presided over all that was the only guy under consideration for special counsel designation, is that right? >> mr. weiss is a person known for high integrity, for great experience in a prosecutorial

realm, appointed by the president. >> that's fine, you know -- >> i have no doubts about his abilities in this area. >> the only one under consideration. >> the question is whether to appoint someone, and i thought, i will say, consequences would be of trying to switch horses in midstream, but i did not consider any other person, no. >> july 10th he wrote senator graham and said i've had discussions with departmental officials, have not sought special counsel status, who did he talk with then? >> i'm sorry, talking about the letter he sent. >> to senator graham on july 10th. >> i'm not going to get into internal deliberations. >> one person that is the point person at the justice department for david weiss as he is functioning as a special counsel in this investigation. >> mr. weiss is subject to the special counsel regulations, which require urgent reporting under certain circumstances,

require him to consult with numerous places within the justice department. >> fine, you follow the statute, god bless you, where it's supposed to happen. who does he report to? >> i'm not going to -- >> is it you? >> i'm ultimately responsible. >> is it the dag? >> he was the supervisor and decision maker in these matters. >> okay. we have votes on the floor, we have to take another break, mr. attorney general, we'll get back as quick as we can and start with the democrats. >> sandra: you've been watching this happening live on capitol hill, certainly, john, there was very -- various moments where garland was pressed by members of congress on a big range of issues, i would say, just over the past few minutes alone. >> john: and a lot of can't comment on an ongoing investigation that we heard many, many times during the course of this testimony. i expect he'll probably continue that same line when they come

back after these votes. let's kick this around with some of our experts. kerri kupec urban, to clear things up, bill barr resigned when? >> in december. >> december. >> of 2020. in 2020. his last day. >> john: you perked up when you heard merrick garland say he considered potentially considered naming a special counsel than david weiss but considered the consequences would be too great. >> the first time we have heard that from him. i had been struck earlier by earlier questioning from congressman from oregon, he said did you consider the allegations of bias and incompetence that weiss may be bringing to the table given how all these things have fallen apart. and the way garland responded to that, well, i don't know about those facts and i didn't interfere in the case. ok, well, it is your job to appoint the special counsel and you do need to take into

consideration if people are saying this guy is incompetent and is not going to do a good job, he answered that a little more in-depth and said look, i did consider the possibility of what it would mean to not have weiss there, but given the consequences, probably even more statute of limitations, he did not say that, but could be one of the things he was considering and the political fallout if he had somebody else in charge. >> sandra: over jim jordan's grilling on a.g. garland allowing hunter biden's potential burisma charges to lapse, jordan made the case the alleged burisma crimes go right to the white house. did you feel there was any progress made on the -- on behalf of republicans in that room? >> you know, it's a great question, sandra. what i was struck by the most throughout this hearing was garland's insistance on saying he did not "interfere" and that was basically his excuse and way to punt every question.

you have to ask david weiss that, i didn't interfere. the problem with that, interfering, asking questions, asking tough questions as attorney general of the united states, is part of the job. it's not interference, and frankly, i think it's abdication of responsibility to say i didn't ask those questions, i don't know those facts. you have to, that's why you are in charge and the reality is, you are going to get blamed anyway, the buck does stop with you. so, it's a bit of a short-sighted protection measure, one says i'll have a hands off approach but the idea that attorney general garland thinks the american people are ok with shutting his eyes and ears and telling weiss you can do everything you want is startling to me. >> john: and questions whether or not weiss did have the authority to do whatever he wanted. garland insisted he did, but others say he didn't. stay with us, kerri, right now, jonathan turley, washington university law professor and fox

news contributor. i think andy mccarthy said if you start with a special counsel, the statute of limitations could run on some of these other charges, and the idea of slow-walking the investigation came up a number of times, some republicans suggesting that the doj deliberately slow-walked in order for some of the most substantial charges related to burisma, to lapse. >> yeah, i think there's some point of the line of questioning where it just got too maddening and rather difficult position for the attorney general. in terms of what his answers were. i mean, he -- he doesn't really explain a lot of these details. first of all, he says i never considered anyone else for this special counsel, and he said because i did not want to disrupt the investigation. that's exactly why most of us were saying you should pick someone else as special counsel. there was a need to disrupt the investigation. you had two whistleblowers had

come forward to say that essentially the fix was in, you even have, you know, liberal commentator saying the hunter biden case was an unholy mess. and so why would you want to continue that? i mean, disruption sometimes is a good thing. second, these investigations were already fairly advanced. if you brought in another person for special counsel, they wouldn't have to start at the very beginning, right. they would review what their options were, what was still remaining on the table, and move relatively quickly. but garland refused to deal with even the most procedural questions. his entire appearance could have been avoided by sending a note to congress saying go pound sand. that's basically what he was saying. they were saying can you answer some basic questions here and he said no, i'm not going to do it, and what's -- this is where we get to this maddening part.

he says weiss had total authority to go to california and d.c. to bring those cases. and if he didn't, it was just a question of partnering, and those two u.s. attorneys said we are not going to help you. well, why? i mean -- the lack of curiosity of the attorney general is breathtaking. why would two u.s. attorneys tell the delaware u.s. attorney we are not going to help you. why at that point wouldn't the attorney general say can i intervene here to help you along the way. why did weiss just basically take all the stuff and good home. all those are questions that are not answered, and note one other thing, john. in the first few minutes of questioning, attorney general said something remarkable, basically the members were saying we need these answers, and he said you are going to get the answers from weiss, and then said when weiss gives you his report.

well, a report from special counsel tends to come at the end of the investigation. that would put this on the other side likely of the election. and probably after any impeachment inquiry. >> sandra: we are going to watch for that to be underway again. jonathan, probably a few people listening who are probably not too shocked at the lack of curiosity and answering those questions, we'll see where they go with this when we return. if you could, stand by with us, jonathan. >> john: a lot more to come on this. right now, another alert, though, this one on the border. agents dealing with one of the largest migrant groups we have ever seen cross into the country illegally. 4,000 people surging across the rio grande into eagle pass, texas. it's a small city, fewer than 30,000 people, but the epicenter of president biden's migrant crisis. >> sandra: remarkable, the live pictures that are continuing right now of the illegal border crossings, these happened in the last couple of hours, the people on the screen here, migrants in that group are telling fox news

they boarded a freight train in mexico to make it to america expecting they will not be turned away under current policies. as this was happening, an official from arizona was explaining to congress why it's so easy for thousands of illegal immigrants to walk into this country every single day. >> all of our surveillance equipment on the southern border has been removed that was previously installed and so we have a completely open southern border with surveillance equipment having been removed. >> who removed that? >> this administration. >> john: remarkable pictures on the screen on the left-hand side coming from our intrepid reporter bill melugin on the scene in eagle pass. bill, a couple years ago a few miles upriver you broughts the scene there in del rio, texas, some 15,000 haitian migrants had gathered under a similar bridge. how did this happen today? >> sorry, guys, having some ear

piece issues here. what you are looking at is the remnant of the mass illegal crossing that took place in eagle pass this morning. images tell the story best, get right to the images. we can pull up the drone video from earlier this morning when the mass crossing first started happening. take a look, a line of people stretching as far as the eye can see, crossing illegally from mexico into eagle pass, and we were talking with these migrants as they were crossing illegally, predominantly venezuelan, and sandra mentioned, a lot of them told us they arrived in northern mexico on a train this morning and then decided to cross over illegally in one massive group. most of them are single adult men. we have seen some families coming, but this was an enormous group of several thousand migrants crossing all at the same time. we'll show you some video we shot from the ground as well as the migrants were streaming into the country.

nonchalant, they are waving at the camera, and chanting venezuela, venezuela. thousands arriving via train. we'll show you what the trains look like. we were airing this yesterday, a train headed north loaded with venezuelan migrants. venezuelan flag on top of the train. the train was stopped by the mexican government, the migrants started complaining, chanting let us through, let us continue and the train was let through. we have seen what happened this morning. this is the second time in three days we have now had a mass illegal crossing here in eagle pass at the same area. lastly, take a look at this video down in mexico, southern mexico, the border with guatemala, more migrants heading our way. this is a mass of haitians yesterday that were pushing through and essentially forming a stampede at a refugee center. they want ex pedited

humanitarian visas, they started trampling migrants, officials, two people were hospitalized as a result of the largely haitian group trying to push into the refugee center and back out here live as you look at the migrants being processed, that illegal crossing we were showing you, that went on for two hours straight. border patrol has been bringing busses in for the last two hours trying to get them out and process them as fast as they can. you might be able to hear the heavy machinery behind me. border patrol is bringing in all sorts of tractors, digging up dirt, putting poles up, building a processing facility right here because the sheer amount of people. and this is happening underneath the port of entry. the shade, the bridge above them, that's the legal way to come into the united states. that is the way the biden administration has told migrants to come into the united states. lawful way. well, thousands of these people said no, we are not going to do that, we are going to cross illegally, walk across the

river. they are going to expect to be released into the united states. apologize, having some ear piece issue guys. >> john: no problem, out in the field, wires hanging you all over, deja vu with the migrants. bill, thank you. >> sandra: thanks to bill for that. dallas, police have released bodycam video of a shootout between an officer and a murder suspect who had previously been deported at least nine times. how did this start? >> it's pretty wild, dallas police officers were out on patrol and drove past a gas station, saw a man firing a gun into a pick-up truck. when they tried con fronting the shooter, he shot at them and then a chase ensued. at one point the gunman did a u-turn and drove straight towards the officers, driving by firing his weapon with both hands as he zipped past them.

wild video, police returned fire, that time one of the officers was struck in his flack jacket, listen. eventually investigators tracked the man to a horse barn where body camera video shows him crouching in one of the horse stalls. he had been shot in the leg. a swat team used nonlethal force to apprehend him. 45-year-old juan vincente lopez was taken to a hospital and then booked into jail. the dallas police chief says it turns out he has been previously deported from the u.s. multiple times. >> he has a prior criminal history, felony conviction of possession of a controlled substance and entered illegally and deported on nine different occasions. he faced 18 months and multiple charges in california.

>> earlier that day he shot and killed his roommate, apparently the driver of the pickup truck at the gas station, remember what first caught the attention of police. the officer who was shot by the way, fortunately, not seriously hurt. this is the ninth shooting involving a dallas police officer so far this year sandra, john. >> thank you, john. >> john: texas republican senator john cornyn. when you take a look at the extraordinary pictures that bill is bringing us with his team from eagle pass, texas and there you see relationship shot, i don't know if you can see it, but you see under the bridge, 4,000 or some odd migrants, most venezuelan, who entered the country illegally, and then the port of entry on the top of the bridge, what's going on, senator, on the border today? >> it's chaos, and you know, i asked myself what's it going to take for the biden

administration to pay attention. 108,000 dead americans dead from fentanyl and other illegal drugs smuggled across the border, 300,000 children, some in forced labor like the "new york times" has reported. others simply, they have lost and they can't locate. we don't know whether they are going to school, abused, neglected or the like. and you know, you have to ask yourself at some point is it that they are so incompetent that this is the result? and unfortunately, i've had to conclude, no, this is intentional and i can't really explain other than the politics of the democratic base and the president's afraid of the progressive base who believes in open borders. so, that's his policy. >> john: we still don't have official numbers for the month of august but unofficial numbers by customs and border protection, suggested 230,000 people illegally crossed in august. if the numbers are the same, if

not worse for september based on what we are seeing, a new record of more than 2,400,000 people crossing the border illegally. and take a look at this. this is southwest border encounters of unaccompanied or single minor children. 120,000, 152,000 last year, almost the same in fiscal year 2021. "new york times" has a very disturbing report there appears to be a pipeline almost between hhs, unaccompanied minor migrant centers, and businesses in america that are illegally employing some of these kids as young as 14. the "new york times" carries the story, a young fellow, 14 years old, working at a chicken processing factory and the night shift, cleaning things up, he got caught in a conveyor belt, nearly had his arm ripped off. why is the biden administration allowing this to happen? >> well, as you point out, "new york times" has done i think a

good job exposing the facts. one of the things they have documented is out of the 300,000 children placed with sponsors during the biden administration, there have been 85,000 wellness calls made 30 days after the child is placed with a sponsor that went unanswered. that's why i say president biden takes the position it's not his responsibility, that somehow is the responsibility of child protective services in the various states. we know how overwhelmed they are and the biden administration simply doesn't care. it washes its hands of its responsibility and says that's somebody else's problem. it's a disaster for these children who were being exploited or worse. >> john: the way the "new york times" writes this, senator, the whole process is an open secret. department of labor had a report on packer sanitation services in which it said this company had employed at least 31 children from 13 to 17 years of age in

hazardous occupations to clean dangerous power equipment during overnight equipments and jbs usa, found children were working with hazardous chemicals cleaning meat processing equipment, including hacksaws, briskit saws and head splitters. investigators learned at least three minors suffered injuries while working for pssi. meantime, we see lawmakers likes alexandria ocasio-cortez and gerald nadler in front of the roosevelt hotel protesting the administration policies, protesting republican policies wanting to curb immigration. they get shouted down by protestors there in new york. why aren't they out in front of these factories that are employing these children illegally and complaining about that? >> well, i saw one of our congressmen from texas, a democratic congressman, congressman escobar, criticize governor abbott and the state of texas for stepping in in the absence of any effective border enforcement by the biden administration.

and frankly, i'm proud of the work governor abbott and the texas legislature and leadership there, national guard, department of public safety have done because frankly, if they were not doing it, nothing would be there between the cartels and between our country and -- it would be much worse. >> john: i want to ask you about the new 400 acre development north of houston called colony grove, i believe you are familiar with. it's not far away from the famous higher end retirement area of the woodlands. about 50 to 70,000 people live in colony grove right now. apparently, it is a real haven for illegal immigrants and potential place that could become a strategic asset for cartels to really gain a foot hollywood in -- foot hold in the united states? >> i'm very concerned about this. the drugs that come across the border don't stop at the border, they are distributed throughout the united states and to do

that, you need an organization, you need network, you need criminal gangs and others to help spread those and of course, fentanyl is on everybody's mind. i've been at a number of events where grieving parents have talked about their children taking something they thought was pretty innocuous. precursors come from china, the drugs from mexico and then distributed by groups who are in the united states illegally because frankly, they don't respect our immigration laws, how can we respect they will respect our other laws. >> john: senator john cornyn, from texas, appreciate it. when you look at the pictures on the screen of the migrants under the bridge in eagle pass, remember the biden administration after title 42 came off said we have implemented measures that are going to take care of the problem, we are satisfied that

they are working. clearly they're not. >> sandra: texas border apprehensions, 978,000, 2023, arizona border, 435,000. california border apprehensions, 232,000. these are numbers that are getting so big, this white house cannot continue to ignore this, john. and remarkable to hear the president speaking yesterday and not even touch it. >> john: yeah, you say the white house can't afford to ignore it. yet they continue to do that. and at what point does the message finally get through when you've got these -- when you've got these blue states and blue cities screaming at the president to do something about this. and you can bet with a million people coming into texas, half a million into arizona, governor's doug doocy and greg abbott are not going to allow all those people to stay in those states. >> sandra: live pictures, we are going to keep watching them and cover that, crime and lawlessness rampant in cities

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of the 53-year-olds death remains undetermined. further testing is underway. investigators confirm they are scouring video of a scuffle that occurred before mooney collapsed. the new hampshire man had come here to gillette in foxboro to cheer on the patriots, during the fourth quarter, mooney had what state police described as an apparent medical event. he was rushed to the hospital and died. one witness says mooney was knocked unconscious, punched repeatedly by a fan from the opposing team. >> he just didn't move and about two minutes went by and i think everybody figured out there was an issue. he kind of looked lifeless leaving. it was definitely sad. nobody goes to the game to, you know, witness a fight like that. >> the d.a.'s office is urging witnesses to come forward and those with original video to share it with detectives. stadium officials are working with authorities and saying we are heart broken to learn of the

tragic passing of dale mooney, lifelong patriots fan and 30-year season ticket member. and nfl says the top priority is the safety of more than 1 million fans who attend games each week. deplore fans that interfere the enjoyment of others. it comes after a washington commanders game, a brawl went viral, and a bengals fan knocking unconscious a raven's fan with a head butt. the nfl points out disorderly conduct reports league-wide are down this year over last year, no one has been charged in mooney's death. >> sandra: molly, thank you. john. >> john: crime blotter, las vegas police have arrested a second teenager in the hit-and-run death of a retired california police chief. this video, horrible video shows the moments before that attack. the drivers of the car hit

andreas probst while out for a morning ride minding his own business. i died nearly three weeks later. las vegas police say both teens will face murder charges as adults. >> john: and update in another violent crime case, a violent attack on a jewelry store owner in delaware caught on video. now, a mistrial in the case after the jury was left deadlocked despite the gruesome footage. the suspect, calvin ushery, stomped and hit the owner at least a dozen times. at least two of the times with a hammer. prosecutors say they plan to retry the case. sandra. >> sandra: and more terrifying video here, john, showing the bad crime situation in chicago only getting worse. this brand-new video from earlier in the month. it shows the moments armed carjackers blocked the driver of an audi. that driver is then pulled out of the car, and the carjackers

demand the vehicle. all of this is happening as other cars just drive on by. the driver eventually had his hands tied behind his back at gunpoint and is left on the road. moments like this all too common in the democrat-led city. pastor cory brooks, founder and senior pastor of new beginnings church chicago and founder and ceo of project hood. thank you very much for joining us, pastor. that is just terrifying what happened there. and by the way, there have been no arrest made, and that is wicker park, pastor. that's a very popular neighborhood, filled with young folks going out to dinner, young families. why is this only getting worse, it seems, in the windy city? >> unfortunately, it's happening all over the city of chicago. it's not just in one particular area, but areas across chicago are experiencing high rates of carjacking, and i believe one, because of fatherlessness. we have so many young boys whose fathers are nowhere to be found,

and who are absent in their lives and it's driving them to this type of frustration. secondly, the lack of education. whenever you have 4% reading proficiency of young black males in chicago, that's a serious issue. and add to the fact there is no moral compass, we will see these problems and continue to see these issues throughout chicago. >> sandra: you know, i'm looking at this video and thinking this was posted to a crime blog, a local crime blog, this police video. otherwise there was nobody there to help this guy. he's laying on the road, you can just see him laying there, hands tied behind his back at gunpoint. they drive off, pastor. and you are trying to do something about it. and we want to hear that because we want to hear what the solutions are because we know there's a new mayor in the city, handed off from lori lightfoot, things were getting worse under her as well. this is a local fox affiliate talking about something else,

the elephant in the room, cash bail has gone away, not just chicago but the entire state. local reports, pastor, that police are packing their bags, they are getting recruited to go other places in the country, they don't want to work in these conditions. what do we do about that? >> well, one of the things we are trying to do is we are trying to change the trajectory of our neighborhood. i believe we cannot wait on government to come and save our day. the issues we are facing, call for the community to get involved so at project hood, we have founded an organization that deals with poverty and violence, we are building $35 million facility and a lot of that is with the help of donors from fox, to make sure the violence and poverty works, getting rid. career training, everything we can, trauma counseling, all

hands on deck because we realize that our communities are suffering and the young people in the communities are suffering and we have to take accountability for them and do something about it. that needs to be done across the city of chicago. >> sandra: god bless you, pastor, we need more people like you. we'll see if it's able to make a dent in this situation because it seems it has gotten so out of hands. any little bit will help, of course. what we are hearing from people on the ground in the dem-led cities worried about crime. listen. >> yeah, i mean, we need law and order. we can't have these people running the city like this. >> i am leaving oakland. yeah, we are trying to sell some properties and we are getting out of here. we are going to texas. i need some law and order. >> i want to be able to walk outside and feel safe. >> sandra: that was just remarkable to hear people all over the country worried about rising crime and in chicago, motor vehicle theft up almost 90% in that city. in just a year, pastor. so, we hear you, you want to

address fatherlessness. this is a big issue for you. poverty, violence, people, kids who come from violent homes. a lot of young people in the videos that are committing the crimes. you're mentoring. my final question to you, when you get ahold of these, in many cases they are young folks, you can correct me if i'm wrong, that you are addressing, are they willing to listen? are they willing to receive help? >> you know, there are quite a few young people who want the help. they have not had the opportunity to receive it. they have not had the exposure. but there are some who are just not willing, they don't have the moral compass nor the capacity to be able to accept and receive the love that's being shown to them. there are quite a few young people who need affirmation, who need attention, who need acceptance, and those individuals once given those things, the recipe seems to work. and that's what we have to continue to do, we can't afford

to lose more generations to crime and violence, we have to keep pressing, keep working and we can't save them all but we need to definitely save as many as we possibly can. >> sandra: amazing effort and highlighting it here, pastor, to your point, a lot needs to be done at the government level, local, state, federal, to stop this crime, you are saying we can't wait. as a city you need to step in and we thank you for that and thanks for coming on. we'll check back with you. >> thank you. >> sandra: john. >> chuck schumer on the floor -- a bar that people can shuffle over and probably will. >> i think the people of pennsylvania are embarrassed. i'm embarrassed for them. >> john: republicans do not make it clear to relax the dress code in the senate. and liberal newspaper is agreeing with them. >> sandra: the biden administration trying to appeal

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>> sandra: all right, back to the hearing room, merrick garland is back for his testimony on the hill. rep ivy from maryland is questioning him. let's get back into the hearing room for a minute. >> was correct, if the biden administration had removed him, when it came into power, there would have been howls from the republican side that you were derailing the investigation because weiss was already on it and if you brought in somebody new they would have to start over again. and in fact, the senate republicans as you testified earlier sought your assurances

that you would let him continue going forward and as you have testified today you have done exactly that. so i want to be clear, i know the committee is talking about bringing mr. weiss into testimony, they brought all these other people in to testify who were part of an active investigation, but it is a horrible precedent to be bringing in prosecutors in the middle of an investigation that's about to go to trial, already been indicted, that's not the way this committee should be doing business. allow prosecutors to move forward, if we have questions after the fact, we can raise them as you pointed out, mr. weiss is going to issue a report at the end, let's let them do their jobs and stop politicizing these cases. with that i yield back. >> gentleman yield's back. >> i yield to chairman to clear the record on something. >> i think -- two responses to the gentleman, my friend from maryland, said get a search warrant and go get it unless it's hunter biden. then they tip off the defense counsel. we know that happened. second, relative to mr. bragg,

mr. bragg sued me and went to court and guess what the court said. they said we were right and the guy we wanted to talk to, one of his prosecutors came here and testified in this room. so the court was on our side there. yield back to the gentlelady from indiana. >> i need to get to my question, sorry. attorney general, you had a very moving statement about your grandparents coming here from belarus to live in the country without fear of prosecution. i grew up in very similar country, ukraine, and when i came here as a young person i believed in the value as an american not to be afraid of my government. but i wanted to tell you, and i want to share with you and get your thoughts on that, are you aware that a lot of americans are now afraid of being

prosecuted by your department? are you aware about that? are you aware of that? i'm just -- are you aware or not? >> i think that constant attacks on the department and saying -- >> it's not attacks. let me give you an example. you talk about january 6th people, some people came on january 6th, probably was some people that came on january 6th here, you know, that had bad intent but a lot of good americans from my district came here because they are sick and tired of this government not serving them. they came with strollers and the kids, and there was chaotic situation because proper security wasn't provided, that's a question that was answered, why debate for 35 minutes on the floor and then stop the debate after the people broke into the capitol. but these people came, they were throwing the smoke bombs into the crowd with strollers with

kids. people showed up, fbi agent to people's houses. you have in my district and my town fbi phone numbers all over the district, please call. call them. people are truly afraid. i just want to make sure, if you are not aware that you are, and this is a big problem when people are afraid of their own government and i'll share some other things. we are talking about justice system. i don't question, you probably are not a bad person i don't know you, but you are in charge of the department and people right now feel, you know, i look at the durham report and millions of americans, it's like kgb but durham report, you have a nice playbook, first let's have a special counsel and then you don't have to answer any questions here. then let's extend slow-walk investigation on hillary clinton, on hunter, everything

is a slow walk. and quick on donald trump but you were very slow walk then, by the time, you know, the investigation and the statute of limitations expired and all of your agents need to be tested for amnesia, no one recalls anything. you should have part of your hiring policy. no one held accountable, agregious what happened in the report. i can't believe it happened in the united states of america. this is my frustration and i'll be honest with you. then it's very interesting, you know, regardless what it is, people in obama administration raised concerns, you know. how can president's sons be serving on corrupt ukraine oligarchs. do you understand that can undermine the war in ukraine and african policy, i think this of race, obama administration didn't do anything about it. these people are dying and americans don't trust this president. so i want to ask you one thing, you know, as you -- i don't need

answer because i know you are not going to, but i think you probably are good american and you care, and a lot of these people are so afraid to cover up this stuff i think in your department because they are embarrassed that what we became as a country to say that what our department of justice became. that allows russians to do propaganda and chinese. allows them to destabilize our country. that is danger to our republic. it is significant danger and just one more question for you, you know. i mean, i agree on corporate crimes and even with democrats we need to do a better job. one more question for you. do you believe that -- you talk about rights to vote, but do you believe that only u.s. citizens should be voting in this election and doing anything to make sure that only eligible people vote in elections? >> yes, and yes. >> ok, i would like to see that what you do. thank you, yield back. >> gentlelady from vermont is recognized for five minutes. >> general garland, thanks for

being here, it's a long day for you. i'm relatively new to the committee and still getting my feet under me. as far as i can tell what we are doing today is talking about a lot of conspiracy theories and it's frustrated and tedious for us of us in the committee but i can tell you it's absolutely maddening for my constituents back home in vermont. we have so much important work to do to keep the government open. we are days away from a shutdown, i just want to remind folks we are in this situation because my colleagues across the aisle are reneging on a deal that a majority of their conference made along with their speaker, that's why we are in this situation. if they are successful in shutting down the government, seniors who rely on social security benefits will be impacted, thousands of medicare recipients and applicants impacted, service members will stop receiving paycheck, veteran services curtailed, those are the grim consequences from

republicans' inability and unwillingness to govern. i needed to start with that, let's do some level setting here. now, let's get to the real work of the doj and how congress can help the agency better serve its mission. gun violence continues to plague our nation. we see the wreckage every day on our television sets, on our computers, and in our communities. as a member of the gun violence prevention task force, this issue is incredibly important to me and so many of my constituents. now, i believe there's actual room for bipartisan congressional action on gun violence, at least in some areas. one of those areas, red flag laws. it's a great place to start. vermont is 1 of 21 states able to pass red flag laws. the laws are working to keep guns out of the hands of people in crisis yet many states did not apply for funds from the bipartisan community better safe act to raise awareness about the

program. in june 2021, doj published model legislation for states to craft their own extreme risk order. republicans make unfounded accusations that the laws violate civil rights by taking guns away from americans without any due process. can you explain the due process protections that are put into place in the model legislation that doj proposed? >> yes, and start by saying of course there is room for bipartisan agreement and the bipartisan safer communities act is a very good example. and that includes the ability to have funding for states that want to craft and put into place red flag laws. the requirement is that the red flag law include a due process protections. so, i'm not -- i don't know every element of the model legislation, but the general idea is relatives or friends of

the person have to go to a court and get some kind of adjudication that the person is a danger to themselves or to others, normally relates to mental illness problems, it may relate to some others. and so if a gun is taken away under those circumstances, there is then a right to appeal, to have a full hearing, in order to adjudicate the question. that's -- i can't say i know every technicality but i think that's about it. >> i appreciate that, and especially important to states like my rural states that have real issues with the silent killers, domestic violence and also suicide. and so these are instances in which red flag laws can really make a difference. shifting gears here, i along with senator warren and 20 of our colleagues recently submitted a comment letter applauding the draft merger guidelines and urging agencies to finalize them.

corporate concentration remains a pressing problem for the u.s. economy and i fear that we are falling behind in this area and american consumers continue to feel the pain because of this. with the introduction of the draft merger guidelines, how does the department plan to ensure that future mergers and acquisitions do not stifle competition or harm consumers? that's often the pushback that we get. >> yeah, obviously the intention of the merger guidelines is to set forth the enforcement policy of the department. different generations of the guidelines, which hate to say it, go all the way back to the time when i was in law school have been adopted and/or been helpful to generations of judges. at least 2 or 3 merger cases myself we used some of the learning from the merger guidelines and the current guidelines reflect really an

adjustment to the current technology, two-sided platforms, network effects, that simply did not exist at the time of the last set of merger guidelines >> thank you, attorney general. briefly enclosing, last year, you spoke on the subject and set the doj's performance with corporate crime is waxing and waning. you said, now it is waxing. that's music to my ears. i yield my time. >> what is a confidential human source? >> it's an fbi term. i don't know all of the technicality -- >> an individual giving credible information to the fbi f, additional, useful, and credible information can be given to the fbi from them