the top of the hour this thursday, i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. this morning, cnn learning details about a disturbing plot about a man looking to kill jewish elected officials. and the suspect could be in court as early as today. we will walk you through what we know. and also, the double murder trial of disgraced attorney alec murdaugh, and we are learning that a juror has been removed of discussing the case with people outside of the court, and all of this as the defense has just begun the closing argument. and today, a pennsylvania man is in court after he hid explosives inside of his luggage for a flight destined for orlando, and the latest on the case and the suspect s long criminal history. and we begin in michigan where a man is accuse of plotting multiple jewish officials in that state. we go to polo sandoval, and andrew mccabe, and polo, begin with what we know about the suspect and what led to his arrest. good morning. we have been digging with more be
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the defense with its final chance to keep alec murdaugh out of prison on murder charges. his lawyer picking apart the prosecution s theory about why he would have killed his wife and son and accusing state police of faking the evidence, the very latest from south carolina as we get close to jury deliberations. plus, president biden heading back to his old stomping grounds on capitol hill this hour, his mission and his message focused squarely on keeping democrats in charge in 2024. and as if delays and cancellations aren t enough to worry about, multiple cases of weapons trying to be smuggled to planes, a near collision, dangerous turbulence, the latest worries for an already exhausted flying public, more on the search for answers and for someone to fix this mess coming up. but, we begin at the alec murdaugh double murder trial. the defense had e wrapped up its closing arguments on an emotional note.
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Seriously tonight. A short time ago, the u. S. Central command, the coalition, announced it is opening a formal assessment into whether on march 17th, in west mosul, it may have dropped bombs that killed a significant large number, perhaps, perhaps hundreds of civilians. So issue right now, nobody knows exactly what happened. All of this began to emerge over the last couple of days as Social Media Activists in the area began to report large numbers of Civilian Casualties due to bombings in west mosul where there is very tough fighting against isis. The picture has been pretty murky because theres so many conflicting reports, and the u. S. Doesnt have anybody on the ground there that can put eyeballs on the situation and really verify it. But the pentagon, the coalition today, a short time ago, said that theyve been able to
determine that, yes, they did conduct the air strikes in one of these areas where the allegations have emerged from on march 17th. Iraqi officials on the ground are
we will work with you every step of the way to help you achieve it. so let us focus on the how. just tell us - what s your why? just as americans get set to fly for spring break and plan their summer vacations, consider the raft of headlines in recent days. in the next 15 minutes, a man accused of hiding explosives in his luggage is set to face a federal judge for the first time. then there s the guy who tried to board a flight with an ar-15, a taser, and a fake u.s. marshal badge. another very close call on the tarmac as two planes nearly collided in boston, and turbulence so bad on a transatlantic flight, it sent seven people to the hospital and launched an faa investigation. oh, and by the way, it s been nearly a year since we ve had a permanent faa chief. the current nominee faced