around the world i m kim brunhuber ahead on cnn newsroom. voir dire guilty, verdict guilty. verdict guilty. disgraced former attorney alex murdaugh will be sentenced after being found guilty of murder, we ll break down the verdict ahead. and. sounded like freight train, just like going by the house. powerful storm system is moving through the southern u.s. bringing the threat of tornados and damaging winds we re tracking the severe weather plus the fbi says a michigan began threatened to kill jewish members of the state s government including the attorney general. . live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. disgraced former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh will be sentenced in the coming hours after being convicted of killing his wife and son, the jury deliberated less than three hours thursday before returning their decision when welcomed by the lead prosecutor, here he is. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family i
protect your life take cover, now a former mayor of rolling for telling a local television station that the tornado blew the windows out of the back of his home. and the sharkey county sheriff s office reporting gas leaks and people still trapped in piles of rubble. mississippi governor tate reeves, also saying in a twitter post that the search and rescue efforts were ongoing , and that more ambulances and emergency assets are being sent to those areas that are affected. the governor also saying many in the mississippi delta need your prayers and god s protection. the storm prediction center, saying the greatest threat of for more tornadoes overnight as an arkansas louisiana again in mississippi and tennessee storms with damaging winds and hail are also forecast from eastern texas and southeastern oklahoma in the parts of southeastern missouri and southern illinois. once again if you re just joining us 10 people now confirmed dead and unknown number of people. injured and pos
were close to him, everyone who thought they knew he was who he was, he fooled them all. don t let him fool you too. wow. everyone is fascinated. it is on the cover of people magazine. i really need to bone up on this. i m not following. it goes to the jury maybe today. so verdict could be very soon. we re glad you re with us. we re talking about really dramatic closing arguments in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. the defense gets a chance to close fist. but first, this. terrifying moments in the sky on two different flights. a cabin filling with smoke after fire breaks out. a retired firefighter jumping in help a crew put it out and also several passengers hospitalized this morning after severe turbulence on a flight from texas to germany. reports of blood even splattered on the seats. and at the airport. an alarming discovery. a plane loaded with an explosive before loaded on to the flight. what we heard about the device hid non the luggage. and
airport. the suspect arrested by the fbi. what we re learning about the device that was found hidden in his luggage. also, university of georgia football player who turned himself in on charges related to a deadly car crash that killed a teammate and staff member after the team s national championship victory. also, u.s. intelligence with a new report on what is known as havana syndrome. for years american diplomats and spies around the world have been complaining of mysterious symptoms. they re oftentimes debilitating. what s a foreign adversary to blame? we have the answer. lot to get to. we ll begin with this. the tsa intercepting a suitcase packed with an explosive device before loaded ton a plane. it happened at the airport in it allentown, pennsylvania. the bomb squad rushing into the scene there. and the fbi later arresting this man seen on surveillance video. here s the breakdown of what happened. the fbi saying the suspect arrived at the airport monday morning
good thursday morning i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. we are following breaking news this morning out of michigan. cnn learning disturbing details about a plot aimed at killing jewish elected officials in the state. among those targeted the michigan attorney general. we ll break down the details of that plot. coming up. plus today a pennsylvania man is expected in court after investigators say he hid explosives inside his luggage headed for orlando. investigators arrested him after he fled the airport. the latest on that case and the growing skcrutiny facing the aviation industry. and meeting with sergey lavrov for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. we ll bring that conversation to you. we want to begin with the breaking news out of michigan. the state s attorney general confirming she was one of the targets in a plot to kill jewish elected officials in that state. polo sandoval and john miller joining us now. polo, first tell us the details of the plot as