jessica schneider is live in washington tracking this. it s unbelievable, jessica. sadly unbelievable and believable at the same time. what s the latest? you heard that dispatch audio. this suspect told the fbi, he traveled specifically to break into the home of the supreme court justice and kill him. we know that it s brett kavanaugh. it unfolded about 1:00 in the morning outside of kavanaugh s home. authorities saying they got out of a taxi cab and was wearing all black. he carried a backpack and suitcase inside. he had a chest rig, a glock 17 pistol and two magazines of ammunition, a hammer, a screwdriver and duct tape. the suspect almost immediately called 911.
new video overnight shows the fbi raiding the california home of the suspect who is 26 years old. he was arrested outside of kavanaugh s home in maryland with a gun in his suitcase. let s go to jessica schneider. when this was crossing, shortly after our show yesterday, i just you know was shaking my head, thinking, that is where we are. that is where we are. yeah, this 26-year-old traveled across country, and, you know, poppy and jim, he told the fbi he did it with that intent to break into a supreme court justice s home, and kill him. and we know that the intended target was in fact justice brett kavanaugh. it was this whole scene that unfolded overnight on wednesday, just outside of here in d.c. in chevy chase, maryland. authorities say the suspect got out of a taxicab wearing all black, carrying a backpack and a suitcase and inside it a trove of weapons and gear. it included a black tactical chest rig, a glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammunition, pepper spray, zip
kavanaugh. scenes like this playing out at the homes of conservative leaning justices since the leak of the draft opinion that would roll back roe v. wade. listen. i wrote a letter in may to merrick garland to arrest the protesters. we have a law on the books, you cannot go to a judge s home or juror s house and intimidate them while doing their job. they have not been arrested because they are trying to get an outcome they agree with. brooke: it was revealed the 26-year-old called police and admitted himself. the suspected would-be assassin was heavily armed with backpack full of weapons, including a glock 17 pistol, two magazines, zip ties and duct tape.
again, telling investigators he intended to kill him, the supreme court justice and then himself. he also said that he purchased the glock 17 as well as other items for this explicit purpose. this is a frightening case. it is eerily similar to a case we just covered on saturday where a man killed a former judge in wisconsin and then killed himself. again, the real chance of domestic violent extremism geared toward the supreme court justices and their staff and others associated with the court is very real. this is the example of the type of crime that the federal officials had been warning about since this leaked draft opinion that shows the supreme court is very likely to overturn roe v. wade happened. back to you. stunning details there, this man, again, just charged with attempted murder. whitney wild for us outside the court. thank you. on the eve of its prime time hearings, a federal judge is granting the house january 6th committee access to trove of emails from former trump
justice. there s been increased security around the justice s home since that leak of a draft opinion showing the court is poised to overturn roe v. wade. cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wild is with us now. just before he was arrested, this suspect called authorities. what did he tell them? well, what he told them was he was having suicidal thoughts and that he had a firearm in his sui suitcase. he did have a firearm in his suitcase according to this indictment along with a series of others extremely alarming items. let me back up and tell you how this all started, 1:00 a.m., two u.s. deputy marshals saw this man exit a taxi. he was dressed in all black. he had a suitcase. he had a backpack. once he saw those deputy marshals, he turned on his heel and walked down the street. that s when he called 911 and said he was having suicidal thoughts. once police took him into custody, they found in his backpack and in his suitcase black tactical chest rig, a glock 17, pepper spra