diplomat for the first time since russia s invasion. and significant turbulence rocks a flight from texas. what caused a plane to plunge, terrifying passengers and sending seven to the hospital. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the death threats against jewish elected officials in michigan. this comes at a very, very dangerous moment following a dramatic rise in anti-semitic attacks across the country as well as threats to government leaders. let s bring in our senior justice correspondent evan perez. evan, what more first of all are you uncovering about this alleged plot in the state of michigan? reporter: yeah, wolf, this is part of an alarming and dangerous trend that we see across the country. in this case this man by the name of jack eugene carpenter is charged with making interstate threats against a number of jewish officials in michigan including dana ne
very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country s most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political sorry, go ahead. it s all yours. plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot the first mayor in 40 years to lose an election bid in that city as concerns about crime and public safety rattle voters. we re also watching the alex murdaugh murder trial. take a look at this, aerial images from southern california where a winter storm has already dumped feet of snow, that s southern california, another 12 to 24 inches expected today. we do begin, though, in ukraine where 48 children
the white house from camp david today saying he wanted to shoot down the balloon at the first available opportunity and that, in his view, is exactly what the pentagon did. watch it come over into the united states from canada. i told them to shoot it down as soon as it was appropriate. they concluded we should not shoot it down over land, was not a serious threat and we should wait until it got across the water. that s, of course, what happened saturday afternoon. a usf-22 fighter firing a single sidewinder missile at the chinese balloon bringing it down just off the coast of south carolina, and the president said the chinese were well aware of what was coming. we made it clear to china what we were going to do. reporter: but critics, many of them republican, question the wisdom of waiting to shoot down the balloon until after it had flown right across the united states and over several sensitive u.s. military sites. look, i m not saying detonate this thing over a
attorney s alleged financial crimes, a major win for prosecutors who argued murdaugh killed his wife and son as part of a cover-up for stealing millions. gillian: despite the victory for the state, they have yet to present any direct evidence that murdaugh committed the murders. will you will the judge s ruling impact the direction this case takes? we have criminal defense attorney jonna spilbor to break it down coming up. john: fox news alert to start off this monday, the fbi arresting two people, a man and a woman, accused of trying to attack the power grid in the state of maryland. hello, welcome back to a new week of america reports. i m john roberts, hello monday to you. gillian: happy, happy monday to you, gillian turner in for sandra smith. sarah beth clendaniel of maryland and brandon clint russell of florida, they have extremist views and pose a real threat. they are to appear in federal court in the hour. john: david spunt is at the justice department foll
i did i have a conversation with paul about cash? did you talk to him about cash and a problem with his tail prior to going down there. did you have any knowledge of that prior to going down there? i m not sure. as i sit here today i don t recall that but i don t i don t think so. when you first arrived in the golf cart where did you pull up to? i pulled up right where maggie was. which is where? she was standing in the spot where she could see in between the chicken coop and the storage room of the kennels. where the dogs were back up in the planted pines behind the kennels to the left of the chicken coop. and what did you do after that? i went back to the house. no, you pulled up, get out of the golf cart. when i pulled up i stayed on the golf cart. how long did you stay on the golf cart? however long i was down there. i got off to take the chicken from bubba? how long were you down there before you took the chicken from bubba? a very short t