john macdonald, perhaps i s-eak to get there. john macdonald, perhaps i speak to you- — get there.hype and as you said, _ had to say today? despite all the hype and as you said, this - hype and as you said, this chancellor is a master at political communication, but if you look at the substance, it didn't rise to the scale of the challenges we face. both the cost of living crisis, but also the climate, it is unfathomable that on the brink of cop26 two of the headline policies are to cut tax on short—haul flights and on sparkling wine. i am interested when i heard someone say this is a tax and spend budget. but he has named his colours to the mast, he is a champagne liberal because it is small state conservatism. he has spending in the short term but not in the areas we would have liked. look at the tiny amount of infrastructure investment we are getting in wales. because for the levelling up projects, it is crumbs. crumb is coming from westminster at a time when we have seen the capital budget of the welsh government in recent years slashed. the westminster government has cancelled

john durham will soon declassify documents in has criminal trump-russia probe. we'll look who could be in hot water. i'm elizabeth macdonald"the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: welcome to the show. you're watching the fox business network. attorney general merrick garland testifying today at an explosive house hearing amid multiple doj controversies. joining us now. he was at the hearing, louisiana congressman mike johnson of house judiciary. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. you were there, tell us what happened and what is going on with the white house knowing ahead of time before ag garland sent out the memo threatening parents with federal firepower meant for terrorists to investigate them for threatening school boards? what is going on with this story? what do you think? >> well there is a lot here. as you said, liz, it was an important hearing. it was explosive. the attorney general sat before us for a number of hours. this is the first time we had an opportunity to question him since he took the helm of the doj seven months ago. the judiciary committee has oversight responsibility. we took it