garland: yes. sen. ossoff: the additional investigation i led last year concerned with the implementation of the death and custody reporting act. one of the disturbing findings was that reporting under this statute had undercounted by at least a thousand deaths. the deaths in state and local custody. in our engagements with the department, it came to my attention and i was dismayed that the department is not making data available to the public good i will ask unanimous consent, mr. chairman, that this report from poco titled, the importance of the deaths in custody act, be added to the record. >> approved. sen. ossoff: and i want to ask you, attorney general, if you will make that data available to the public. a.g. garland: we are having trouble getting full reporting, voluntary on the part of the states. the statute gave us appropriations which we were able to use as incentives for the reporting, charged with importance of doing that. i am not familiar with the specifics of the act, if it provides

garland: yes. >> senator cornyn? >> i'm sure you'll agree that the independence of the federal judiciary is one of the crown jewel's of our form of government. historically, federal judges have had a hard time defending themselves against attacks of various kinds. i just want to raise with you my concerns that we're seeing not only attacks like those from former staffers of this committee who happened to now be on the outside in special interest groups. saying that now when reporters cover cases being cited by a judge, they ought to cite the partisan affiliation of that judge. and saying it is important to say, for example, it is not just chief justice roberts per se that he is a republican, not a conservative leaning justice. this is happening in the press, on social media. as you have already discussed with my colleagues, this has led to political protests at the justices' homes, and even an threatened assassination of a member of the supreme court of the united states. but unfortunately, it is not just limited to

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 playing out in the closing days of the alex murdaugh trial. the jury is on a rare field trip to the scene of the double murders. the wife and son of the disgraced south carolina attorney. why the defense requested this trip to murda

garland: mr. promotion -- the person who runs this thing, i think, is a war criminal, but we have sufficient evidence for me to feel that way. i believe that group which is responsible for the attacks on the ukrainians in donbass, including by bringing in prisoners from russian prison camps as cannon fodder, it is unfathomable what they are doing, and everything we can do to stop them, we should do. sen. blumenthal: the senator and i have been working on aiding ukrainian prosecutors in bringing to justice those war criminals. the leader and others who tied the hands of women and children behind their back, shot them, and buried them in mass graves. can you commit to the department of justice will support the ukrainian prosecutor who is hard at work right now in trying to bring to justice those war criminals? a.g. garland: not only will i commit, but i have done that paid i have met twice in prison with the current prosecutor general paid i met in ukraine with the previous prosecutor general. we ha

merrick garland can compete and that is impressive. >> that is when you are going pro. >> garland looksyou like, how dare you asked me a question. the guy was a judge for 24 years. what we were talking about, when the dobbs opinion was released, linked -- leaked, hundreds of left-wing protesters went to the homes of six supreme court justices and engaged in angry violent protests. by the way, left-wing groups were not only giving the home addresses of justice is, they're giving where the justices worshiped, giving where their kids went to school. angry protesters at your home when your kids are sleeping in their bedroom is inherently threatening. there is a statute that makes it a crime, a federal crime to protest at the home of a judge in an effort to influence the outcome of a case. it is similar to jury tampering. you cannot go to a juror's and protest to try to get a not guilty verdict. this department of justice refuses to enforce the law. it was clear for that hearing that merrick garland's political staff had written one sentence, the marshals decide whether or not to arrest some

garland, like many doj leaders, does not say much more than he has to. well. which makes for a potentially interesting interview right now, because anthony just recently left his post as senior adviser to attorney general garland. and this is his "beat" debut. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> we talked sometimes but not on television. >> we have talked at times. i will not say they were arguments, but they were animated. >> we'll take animated. that sounds like one of those euphemisms. but appreciate you coming in. we'll get to the hearing. one of the things that was brought up, but i want to start with the alleged facts, as "the washington post" report here, pushback by the fbi allegedly on the road to the mar-a-lago raid. fbi officials would be in charge resisted the plan thinking it was too combative and proposed to seek trump's permission to search trump's property. you deal with stories like this all the time, number one. should it be concerning that the fbi seemed to be pushing back to help the person who might be in this ca

but it might be for merrick garland. the president biden and former vice president mike pence also had classified documents at their residences probably have no concern. jack smith. but where that will matter in the court of public opinion, it will likely be considered by merrick garland. and that trump faces legal jeopardy in manhattan and in fulton county. georgia is not going to impact smith's determination of whether trump broke the law at mar a lago. but the totality of events now facing trump and the country will likely be considered by garland. alvin bragg might still beat jack smith and merrick garland to the courthouse. but the first case in isn't always the strongest nor the first that will reach trial. and that's a problem for donald trump. joining me now to discuss cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elie honig. he is the author, most recently of untouchable how powerful people get away with it. okay ellie, you're the authority must merrick garland accept whatever recommendation jack smith

merrick garland is targeted with force. it's anybody who expresses a belief in biblical christianity in public. >> but it is true that catholics do seem to be getting a disproportionate share of federal law enforcement attention under joe biden. the fbi, as you may know, just drafted a memo claiming that radical traditional catholics are somehow a national security threat simply because they tend to pray outside of abortion clinics. in march of 2020 one , paul , vaun and ten others were peacefully praying at an abortion clinic in tennessee. they didn't damage any property . >> they hurt no one more than a year after they dared to do that, to pray, merrick garland sent the fbi to terrorize vaughn and his 11 children at their home. >> but if you're not going to let me know, i want to know why you were banging on my door with a gun after you not going to tell me anything. i tried. you know, you did it. you did not try. you have to wonder when you see a tape like that. we're so called christian leaders. >> where's russell moore

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this isn't just a merrick garland problem. this has been true for attorneys general going back for years and years and very much true for eric holder when i worked for him, and true for janet reno. because the issues the department handles are so sensitive and political and so important they raise tempers on both sides of the aisle. >> with all due respect to those years and your service, and thank you for that service, it feels like the investigations garland has to pay particular attention to, things like the durham probe, right, which from all outside accounts didn't fiend anything. an investigation into the investigators who looked into the trump investigation, the hunter biden laptop story which remains an investigation at the department of justice, even how resources at the department is allocating the pregnancy centers at the precise moment women's reproductive rights are under attack in this country it feels he has to dedicate resources to these investigations, to these conflicts, if you will, in a way other attorneys

you see ag garland saying that fentanyl crises is purposely pushed on u.s. by drug cartels, why not list them as terrorist groups? and crackdown on the border. >> it is a weapons of mass destruction, why not declare it a w weapons of mass destruction, i did a fentanyl hearing yesterday. fentanyl is coming from communist china, don't buy anything from there. you know. sent here by cartel, why are we not changes the cartel. i don't get why the biden administration wants to open the border? i think that merrick garland has been a h horrible attorney general, doing raid on trump on mar-a-lago, and raid on a former president, and he does do that to this president, who has classified documents. what is happening americans don't trust the doj or fbi now, that is not good for this country. elizabeth: to your reaction to this, watch more of the fireworks of what happened today. >> you get this letter from the national school board association asking you to investigate parents, your employees help write and you helped write and you issue aid directive. to your crimina

carol, what questions are you hoping garland will answer today? >> well, i think it is interesting too hear what the attorney general has to say about his reasoning for appointing a special counsel and two incredibly highly charged and sensitive probes, mar-a-lago and the effort by the role of former president trump and his allies in trying to block the peaceful transfer of power. what we have been focused on at "the washington post" has been a deep dive into what was really happening behind the scenes in the mar-a-lago investigation. and how cautious and almost ponderous some of the fbi agents responsible for the probe were in trying to get to the bottom of some of our most carefully guarded national security secrets and trying to recover them from trump's possession in mar-a-lago. >> and, so, carol, what were some of those major disagreements that you uncovered? >> so, previously unreported until today by "the washington post" and my colleagues were the following three big moments. one, in may, when prosecutors and investigators were learning th

i think when you have to stop, look, this is not just a merrick garland problem. attorney general going back years and years. it is true of eric holder when i worked for him, true for janet reno, true for the case of jenner -- attorney generals both parties, because the issues that both departments handle are so sensitive and so political and so important that they they raised tempers on both sides of the aisle. with all due respect in those years and your service and thank you for that surface, it feels like the investigations that garland has to pay particular attention to, things like the durham probe, which from all outset accounts, did not find anything. and investigation into the investigator to look at the trump russia investigation. the hunter biden a top story, which remains an investigation at the department of justice. even the resources that the department is allocating to crisis pregnancy centers, at the precise moment though, reproductive freedoms are under assault in this country, it feels like he has to politically dedicate resources to these inves

merrick garland also said that t t themarshalls had the full authority to arrest anyone. they were handcuffed by the department of justice. there is a law on the books that prohibits people from protesting at the homes of federal judges to influence a ruling. that is a common sense law. it should be enforced. otherwise we will have mob violence to influence court rulings. when that happens the solution should have been right from the start to arrest the protestors at the homes. if you don't like a ruling protest at the supreme court. don't bring it to the homes of any federal official. they should have been arrested. it's not a speech issue. it's an intimidation issue. we know why. the department of justice put its finger on the scale. >> laura: you got it. when people are whipped up into this frenzy, falsely to believe that x, y or z is our mortal enemy. if the court does this you will have no rights. every christian believes you are not a person. people are driven to do horrible things. thank goodness no one was hurt at the supreme court justice's homes. but it's playin

merrick garland needs to go.e has not charged the treasonous donald trump the dump with any crime. he's committed so many of them. even one here in georgia. he is scary, i understand he is scared. but you need to step down if you are that scared. put somebody in charge that is not scared to go after trump or anybody else. biden needs to fire him if he is not going to step down. once he is gone, the three people i think you consider not scared to go after anybody is from new york, the lady from down here in georgia or maxine waters. they are not scared to go after anybody. merrick garland needs to go. in q. -- thank you. host: new jersey, republican line. caller: biden should go to jail, he is killing everyone in our country. host: when it comes to the justice department, what do you -- the caller hung up. independent line, go ahead. caller: i honestly do not think merrick garland is doing a good job. the top job is to protect the country and apply the laws, enforce the laws. just look. crime is rampant throughout

garland did put a trump-appointed u.s. attorney david weiss in delaware to oversee the hunter biden investigation going on for five years. another politically charged topic. no charges yet. it is possible garland will be pressed on the status of the john durham investigation. looking into the origins of the trump/russia collusion narrative. he began his probe in 2019. he lost two cases in court. not charged anyone since 2021. garland said he will continue to re-up durham's budget but possible he may get questions from democrats about when he is going to tell durham to come to an end here and make a final decision. back to you. >> dana: thank you for that. attorney general garland will face a lot of pointed questions as david pointed out in today's hearing. 21 senators are on the committee. it will likely go on for quite a while. former congressman jason chaffetz is a fox news contributor. the attorney general knows it is part of the job. in a way i think he enjoys the grilling he gets because he gets to have his voice hear

so garland is someone who does not really engage in theatrics.e might argue that he could even be potentially boring in a setting like this. but there was certainly a number of instances where these republican members in particular were trying to make a point about the way they believe the department of justice should handle certain situations like this, and garland went -- made his best effort to not necessarily agree with those premises, but find a way to explain what the department was up to. >> yeah, devlin, i know you've been watching this as well. some people who aren't used to seeing quite this level of energy at a hearing may find some of these allegations wild, how many spies insides fbi were inside of catholic churches. give me your big picture impressions of what we've seen today? >> well, i think a lot of these skirmishes are unfairly specific issues, but i think they all reflect a general theme, which is republicans trying to argue that the justice department -- and by extension the fbi -- are biased against conservatives and try to

general merrick garland faced furious lawmakers on capitol hill. >> you are the attorney general of the united states. you are in charge of the justice department and, yes, sir, you are responsible. so give me an answer. >> reporter: his first appearance before congress this year comes amid high profile investigations into president biden and former president trump and their handling of classified documents. garland warning that he would not reveal details of any ongoing probes. >> so that we do not jeopardize the viability of our investigations and the civil liberties of our citizens. >> reporter: but garland was willing to explain why he has not appointed a special counsel to handle an investigation into hunter biden focused on taxes and other issues. >> i promised to leave the matter of hunter biden in the hands of the u.s. attorney for the district of delaware who was appointed in the previous administration. >> reporter: but after months of republicans railing against the fbi for its search of trump's mar-a-lago home, they didn't bring it up until four hours in. >> i approved t

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 army veteran, about his limited experiences with aviation, pointing out that he's worked as an airport ceo in denver for less than two years. that hearing comes just hours after cnn learned about another near-collision involving a passenger plane at boston's logan airport. less than 600 feet away from potentially cra

attorney general merrick garland was in the hot seat today at a critical moment for the u.s.land and his team juggling high-profil high-profile investigations and multiple problems right now. paula reid has more on garland's testimony and the fiery exchanges in the hearing room. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland faced furious lawmakers on capitol hill today. >> you are the attorney general of the united states. you are in charge of the justice department and, yes, sir, you are responsible. so give me money answer. >> reporter: his first appearance before congress this year comes amid high-profile investigations into president biden and former president trump and their handling of classified documents. garland warning that he would not reveal details of any ong ongoing probes. >> so we don't violate the civil liberty of our citizens. >> reporter: but he did not explain why he wasn't appointing a special investigator. >> i promise to leave it in the hands of the district of delaware who was appointed in the previous administration. >> reporter: but after months of r

garland said he reminded his team that the first amendment protects the debate. two senators brought up a controversy surrounding ticket master and the fiasco related to taylor swift tickets. garland says the department knows all too well of the importance of industry competition. if you are a fan of taylor swift, you got that reference then. >> we have covered it often. kevin cork, live in d.c., thank you. >>> jurors visited the scene of the crime, the family's 1700 acres where prosecutors say murdaugh killed his wife and son. there was the state's closing arguments. the jury may have the case in a matter of hours. marianne is live with the trial update. >> those jurors getting to visit that house and seeing everything. they delivered a scathing final argument. that trip from entry to exit to murdaugh's property took roughly two hours. they walked around and surveyed the area of the kennel where maggie and paul were killed. testimonies from alec murdaugh describes the home and the use in the kennel in details. the two came with the goal of demonstrating that gun

merrick garland knows what he supposed to do.is a surrogate for the administration and proven fact. so, it is a wink and a nod. he can pledge that he won't interfere all he wants, but there is no reason why the u.s. attorney in delaware should be sitting on this case for well over a year. it is very clear to me as someone a man of the criminal division of the fbi and former prosecutor before i went in the fbi, that they have the evidence. whatever evidence they have, they are just sitting on it. they are delaying decision and round the clock out here. they need to make a prosecutor decision. he can force that prosecuted decision and doesn't have to dictate what it is, but he can force them to make a prosecuted decision instead of just sitting on it. >> todd: chris, you meant nailed the key point, you have grassley's whistle-blowers and troves and troves of evidence a lot of which we disclosed on the program. you have to imagine there is more stuff behind the scenes. why is it taking so long to potentially charge hunter? i think y

we need to let the merrick garland do the right thing. mero the right thing we trust merrick garland and he'll he'll do the right thing. soth the media's a complete 180 on this already. everyone realize s the evidencewhat is out there. they what they has really scared of, laura , is the fact that just this week we'vewe spoken with four people that thb were involved in the bidenid family influence peddlinge schemes. they're coming forward now. they're starting peey are c to cooperate.r atto our attorneys are workinrng with their attorneys. so we're making progress inves with this investigation now. >> well, jusaura: jut the way te they treated president trump at mar-a-lago with the way they held back the information d of the search, of the finding of these classified documentsbi at the biden residence iren of l the slow roll of all that information,l i mean, just that tells us what this fbis poli and justice department is all about. this is political bias ingrained in our legal system now. >> and they're supposeo d to bet the defenders of

so i think garland did well there. he did well embarrassing senator ted kennedy.j we are supportive of vigorous first amendment to date. we are not supportive of parents who are threatening physical violence, which was what was happening. they don't think domestic terrorist. then people like mike lee, josh hawley who was on your program last night, jesse, talking how there is this double standard in terms of protecting abortion clinics versus pregnancy resource centers here at the garland doj, by the way it is the first doj in american history to prosecute someone who is harassing one of those pregnancy resource centers. so i think garland did a bang-up job and he pushed back and stay calm and cool about it but they were trying to get their moments and succeeded in that. >> judge jeanine: jesse. >> jesse: i don't think he did a great job. this is all you have to say, i'm trying to balance the right of peaceful protesters with protecting the justices safety. i have discretion is the attorney general to prosecute crimes as i see fit. that is his answer! and he says,

have come forward to accuse00 of criminal duck questioned garland about this investigation into the first son. >> the alleged volume similarity of the information would be banned at the justice department investigating the truth and being a contrasty of the information. >> i promised to leave a mountain of hunter biden in the hands of u.s. attorney, for the district of del away appointed in previous administration. >> joining me right now kentucky congressman chairman house o oversight committee james comer a pleasure thanks very much for being here is what your reaction to garland's testimony he says he is trying to stay out of it, that is his answer, for the accusations politicized this department. >> looks in the middle of it continues to say staying out of it that could be -- interpreted as code worked for don't touch this it is too hot. any american has a fraction of the violations of the law that hunter biden has would have already been indicted at the very least by now this another example of two-tiered system of justice in america if politically connected tloefkd officials h

do you prefer to be called general garland or judge garland? they want. >> i am sure we can agree that we should encourage parents to make their kids do their homework. >> yes, there is sometimes some resistance to that. >> right, right. >> to make sure they get sleep at night to make sure they could be ready for school. >> it didn't get much more substantial than that for republicans of the senate judiciary committee today. today's hearing, with the attorney general, mostly into a forum about how drug lords are pumping fentanyl into the united states. not one of the republican side any suggestion about how to reduce the supply of illicit drugs in the united states. none of them had an explanation as to why the trump presidency failed to eliminate that problem as promised. for months, republicans had been promising to rip open the attorney general and force him to either explain, or apologize for the fbi's search of donald trump's home. while also telling them everything that he knows about hunter biden. instead, only a couple of the presidenti

we need to merrick garland do the right thing and he will do the right thing. done a complete 180 on this already. everyone realizes the evidence is out there. what they -- has really scared of laura is the fact that just this week we have spoken with four people that were involved in the biden family influence peddling schemes. they are coming forward now. they are starting to cooperate. our attorneys are working with their attorneys. so we are making progress with this investigation. >> laura: just the way they treated president trump at mar-a-lago with the way they held back the information of the search and the finding of these classified documents at the biden residence and the slow roll of all that information. i mean, just that tells us what this fbi and justice department is all about. this is political bias ingrained in our legal system now and they are supposed to be the defenders of democracy? really? >> yeah, no. and you look at what the general counsel for the national archives admitted was that he was not allowed to post things on the national arc

>>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," merrick garland being grilled by senators about the fentanyl crisis, the chinese covid coverup, russian war crimes in ukraine and hunter biden. >>> anger at china spotlighted by a house select committee in primetime about china's covid coverup, spying, taiwan and human rights. >> it's not a polite tennis match. this is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century. the most fundamental freedoms are at stake. >> we don't want a clash of civilizations. but we seek a durable peace. and that is why we have to deter aggression. >>> i will be joined by ukraine's ambassador about russia's latest attacks against her country. russia's war crimes and president zelenskyy's pledge to take the fight to putin's forces in the coming months. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington where attorney general merrick garland is testifying before the senate judiciary committee. a new report from the "washington post" detailing a showdown between the justice department and the fbi before the raid on mar-a-lago to recover t

you mentioned garland. let's go there. louisiana senator john kennedy with tough questions for the a.g. with about the f.b.i. targeting parents at school board meeting. it began with a 2020 letter from the school board association likening parents to domestic terrorist. here is part of that exchange. >> you issued a directive to your criminal division to start investigating parents who are angry. >> nothing in my memorandum says to investigate parents who are angry. >> this looks like you were giving into the teachers unions and politicizing the honest disagreements. we only as a result of some of our school board policies, we only experienced the largest learning loss for our kids in modern history. don't you think parents had a right to be upset? >> harris: governor. >> it is absolutely absurd the way that the attorney general and the entire d.o.j. under president biden have become so political going after parents who actually care about what is happening with their kids, the way they allowed the schools to stay shut dow

look, garland spent all day in testimony, won't answer a straight question at all.oks at you, number one, talking about faucher, america -- merrick garland can compete with him there. >> that is when you go pro. >> he looks at you like how dare you ask me a question. the guy was a judge for 24 years. you look at that hearing, for example, what we were talking about as you know, when the opinion was released, lee, hundreds of left-wing protesters, radical left-wing protesters went to the homes of six supreme court justices and engaged in angry violent protests. left-wing groups were not only giving out the home addresses, they were giving out houses of worship, where their kids went to school. angry protesters at your home when kids are sleeping is inherently threatening. there is a statute that makes it a federal crime to protest at the home of a judge in an effort to influence the outcome of a case. it's similar to jury tampering. you cannot go to a jurors house to protest to get a not guilty verdict. this department of justice refuses to enforce the law. it was cl

thank you for general garland for being here.my first question is a follow-up to a line of questioning you had with senator cotton you told this committee that, quote, the executive branch cannot simply decide based on policy disagreements that it will not enforce the law at all, and of quote. then you released a december 16th, 22 memo, instructing prosecutors to disregard the law that establish sentencing differences, doing cocaine and cocaine bays. your decision not to enforce the law and it congressional discussions at that particular point. for compromise. if doj claims that it will ignore the law, by declining to prosecute a law that grew out of a bipartisan compromise, forged in this committee, it's hard to see how members can trust the department about following any further bipartisan deals so, i'm going to ask you would you withdraw your memo so that a meaningful legislative discussion can resume? and if you don't have an agreement with me, why wouldn't you do that? >> yes senator, i wanted to clear, we're not in any case

what's your read on merrick garland? is the white house calls the shots. why is it that the justice department ordered a raid of mar-a-lago? they couldn't -- they wouldn't so much as slap joe biden on the wrist when he has all these classified documents but we learned today from reporting that merrick garland actually overruled field agents who said no, no, no, no. we shouldn't raid trump's home, no way. he overruled them to do it. why is that? because the white house wanted it. why is he going after pro-life demonstrators? because the white house wants it. why is he letting justice kavanaugh and because the white house wants it. he is a tool of the white house. i will tell you, jesse, they have weaponized this justice department like something nothing we have ever seen in american history delegate me fbi agents said take slow. let's not go in with guns and battering rams and the hand-picked attorney general said no, we're going in and we are going in strong? >> that's exactly what the reports are this morning. i read th

this time, the our fuel by nathan yells, dismissal of defense minister you off garland. he became the 1st government official to suggested a farm should be halted with b, u. martin margaret, with nature nurture with no other choice. with these riley government wants to change the current system to allow parliament to override it. decisions off the top code to plan has divided the country. his size far right parties welcomed the dismissal of q off garland, but the opposition bunch and see nathan, yahoo had crossed a red line. usher, solace with mean vine massport best organizers on planning to pull daily demonstrations against the controversial reform. our correspondence in jerusalem tenure claim. i told us how the protesters took to the streets after the sacking off the defense minister was made public. absolutely. and as soon as the decision was announced, her that prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, o, fired, or the defense minister, you of gallant after his address to the nation last night. people the organizers of protest, but just people anywhere. they just went out

garland has zero credibility. cr and when it was cruz's time to question him. oh, boy. >> in the wake of the leak of the dobs decision, when rioters descended on the homes of six supreme court justices night aftees nightr night after, you did nothing.g. when extremeness groups likein hara sent us and jane's revenge ,openly organized campaigns of harassment at the homes of justices, you sat on your handsu when these same groups posted online information about where the justices worship or their home addresses or where their kids went to school. you again sat on your hands and did nothing. has the department of justice brought even a single case under this statute? >> the job of the united states marshals is to defend the lives. the answer is no. fund. the lives of the justices. >> and that's our number one priority. they havioritye unwilling to sa. the answer's no. you knowu , it'sknow i no,t' i s no. >> everyone in this in this hearing room knows it's no. of>> course it is . well, garland, it's just another biden administration official who r who refuses anyci

[laughter] one —- reporters me are very pleased to have the attorney general garland here and becausee are starting with i will submit my full statement for the record i would like to make a few comments at the outset. the first thing i would like to do is recognize my ranking member for the great work we have done together over the years and now that i'm chair and he is drinking we have worked in a collaborative bipartisan manner orative bipartisan matter that i think has been good for this committee and good for the senate. i would also, and for the country, thank, you senator manchin. i would also like to point out that this is the anniversary of a hearing we did a year ago with the fbi director wray that was right after the uvalde shooting and this is the day after the tragic school shooting in nashville. like everyone in the country, i'm sure i'm disappointed and sad into that once again, we are discussing the aftermath of another school shooting tragedy. we need to take action and i think at some point, we need to ask ourselves if giving more firearms to people is the answer to

people close to merrick garland tell me he's really concerned about his legacy. i mean, not to mention the attacks on trump, the attacks on republicans, wa the way he's turned his back on christian , the way he's turned his back on law abiding citizens will never be forgotten. and it's created irreparableitin damag damage to the department of dep justice. >> and this is another example.n the grand jury in new york has adjourned for a month or one to investigating donald trump. this is just a scam. a this whole thing is a scam. >> sham and everything wrapped up in between. yeah, it was on fromtical day one . you can't have a localsham. >> it was a political stunt from day one. you ca attorney prosecuting a presidential candidate for federal campaign finance violations that occurred five years ago. i mean, the whole thiny g is ato joke. the doj passed on this case.j that's whypass congressman jordn and i asked for the d.a., mr. bragg, to come to washingtonn jn and explain to us they got to put pressure on this. this is you know what? wash >> the word has got to bes

at this hour we are standing by to hear from attorney general merrick garland.is expected to hold a news conference really any moment to announce the results of the justice department's investigation into the louisville metro police department. now the justice department had launched this probe into the police department about two years ago after the police killing of breonna taylor, the 26-year-old who was shot and killed by the louisville police department who were serving a no-knock warrant and her name and face became a rallying cry in the movement calling for policing reforms. as soon as garland begins we'll be bringing that to you to learn what this means so stand by for that. let me turn now to the investigation into the kidnapping of four americans in mexico which ended with two of them killed. the two survivors, latavia mcgee and eric williams, they are now in a texas hospital receiving treatment. they were found tuesday in a wooden house near the border of matamoros where they were kidnapped at gun point last week. the bodies of the other two were also

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garland again defended his 2021 memo. [chanting. >> shame on you. >> following increasing tensions at school board meetings. >> the memo was aimed at violence and threats of violence. it was not aimed at parents protesting their school boards. >> in the senate garland was pressed on the safety of u.s. supreme court justices. following the overturning of roe v. wade. he ordered the u.s. marshals to protect justices and their families as groups continued to protest outside their homes. >> i'm first attorney general's ordered the marshals to protect the residences, the justices and to protect them 24/7. >> but alabama senator katie britt confronted garland with slides from a training guide for u.s. macialtion. marshals. one reads making arrests and initiating prosecutions is not the goal of the msus presence at scotus residences. brit cited a federal statute on the books since 1950 that makes it illegal to picket and protest outside the home of a federal judge with intent to influence. do not in gauge in protest related enfo

garland?>> the senators of this committee can call me anything that they want. >> we, well with all appropriate respect. >> i appreciate that. >> are you familiar with the strategy of the transnational organizations that are flooding migrants across the border overwhelming border control and law enforcement authorities so that then the drug traffickers can't move illicit drugs across the border? are you familiar with that? that, what i would call, business model? >> i am. in my setup specifically addressed the establishment of the task force. and i, smuggling anti human trafficking. protests this, we sense as you said. it involves our switch division, our criminal division. the u.s. attorney's office is all on the border. as well as offices in the northern triangle company countries. and mexico. >> i think you and i had this conversation earlier. maybe your confirmation hearing. but i think the attorney general has the toughest job in government. i believe, because you have to wear two hats. y

merrick garland is speaking in washington, d.c. about the investigation into the louisville justice -- civil rights investigation into the metro police department there. >> -- benita gupta and assistant attorney general kristen clark who is in charge of our civil rights division. i also want to acknowledge mayor greenburg, council president winkler, and interim chief of police gwenn villerreal, thank you for joining us today. in 2020, lmpd officers shot and killed breonna taylor in her own home in the middle of the night. the officers were executing a search warrant but found no evidence of any crime. in a separate criminal case we have charged that officers involved in obtaining the warrant knew that the affidavit that supported the warrant contained false and misleading information. miss taylor's death brought immeasurable pain, both to her family and to this community. in april 2021, our civil rights division opened the pattern or practice investigation that i just referenced. shortly after we opened the investigation, lmpd lead

attorney general garland testifies he does not know key details on the doj targeting school board parentss terrorists. this news, u.s. marshals were told to stand down on protesters at the homes of supreme court justices last year. with us congressman jim jordan, greg stuebe, michael mccaul, former economic advisor to president trump, steve moore. civil right attorney leo terrell, alex epstein and "new york post" jon levine. a new gallup poll the president is under water on the approval rating, the economy. even the environment. the white house stone walls multiple investigations. energy secretary granholm now on spring break in puerto rico. this is her fourth trip since last fall. plus dr. fauci now questions if pandemic lockdowns lasted too long. he repeatedly pushed for them. the stunning new bill of a whopper california faces for reparation,hundred billion $800 billion. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit," it starts right now. ♪. liz: welcome to the show. welcome to the show, thanks for joining us. we begin with stocks. look at that ending the day up. tech stocks leading the c

if you look at the washington times this morning merrick garland said will clobber for the fbi. the headline they used at the hearing from yesterday and nbc with this headline. growing decisions to charge protesters in the attorney general had questions about federal prosecution but the story saying attorney general merrick garland's testimony before the senate wednesday he did when they had the prosecution of protesters on both sides of the abortion. this focus on two fronts, the department of justice had protesters under statute that makes crimes it to protest outside of the supreme court justice home and in the abortion demonstrator was charged under federal law highlighting the fact that one of those was ted cruz. you can see that exchange on our website and c-span now up but here's part of the exchange yesterday with texas republicans senator ten crews and attorney general merrick garland. >> your failure to act to protect the safety of the justices and their families was an obvious product of political bias. do you agree with roe v. wade, you disagree with the dobbs decisi

garland? the senators of this committee can call me anything that they want. >> we, well with all appropriate respect. >> i appreciate that. >> are you familiar with the strategy of the transnational organizations that are flooding migrants across the border overwhelming border control and law enforcement authorities so that then the drug traffickers can't move illicit drugs across the border? are you familiar with that? that, what i would call, business model? >> i am. in my setup specifically addressed the establishment of the task force. and i, smuggling anti human trafficking. protests this, we sense as you said. it involves our switch division, our criminal division. the u.s. attorney's office is all on the border. as well as offices in the northern triangle company countries. and mexico. >> i think you and i had this conversation earlier. maybe your confirmation hearing. but i think the attorney general has the toughest job in government. i believe, because you have to wear two hats. you