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
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change hundreds of thousands it provided temporary protection from deportation for young people undocumented, young people who came to the united states as children, often brought by their parents or loved ones they grew up in this country attending school and places of worship many without any knowledge of their legal status until years down the line, often finding out when they applied for a driver s license or applied to college or a job. for all intents and purposes, they are american, woven into the fabric of this country, which is why 12 years ago president obama took action. imagine you ve done everything right you re entire life, studied hard, worked hard, maybe even graduate at the top of your class only to sunnily face the threat of deportation to a country that you know nothing about, with a language that you may not only speak. i will not give up on this issue not only because it s the right thing to do for our economy and ceos agree with me, fanot just because
attempting to place an explosive on a plane. he is due in court at 1:30, and we ll hopefully get more answers to the questions they were asking initially. appreciate it, thank you. more trouble in the skies to tell you about. a scary moment aboard a spirit airlines flight. a battery caught fire in an overhead bin. when they opened the bin, the backpack was on fire. smoke in the cabin. so who came to the rescue? a retired new york firefighter jumped into action to extinguish the flames, the flight was destined to orlando, landed safely in jacksonville, florida. the faa is investigating that incident. and turbulence on a flight headed from texas to germany overnight, forced the plane to land at dulles airport in
but the question here is whether or not this was clear air turbulence, which is a big risk to pilots because it s something they cannot see visibly. look at the damage on board there. this was an air bus a-330. that type of airplane weighs about 200 tons fully loaded. this was incredible force causing that debris to be thrown around the cabin. there are some reports that some crew members were hurt, some passengers were seriously injured. also that the plates from the glassware, food service went to the ceiling at one point. when the flight diverted to dulles outside of d.c. in virginia. first responders met the plane at the gate. and i want to read the statement from the airlines. this is clear turbulence that can occur without advance warning. the flight crew made a landing