the airport tried to page him while he was still at the airport. he left. and he was later arrested later that evening on monday by the fbi. court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that. this is something obviously the fbi was focused on. nothing like that appears to have emerged in that investigation. this is a very serious thing obviously. if you read the court documents, the fbi says that this powder that was included in this compound was susceptible to ignite from heat and friction and pose a significant risk to the aircraft and passengers. spirit airlines plane headed from dulles to orlando was diverted to jacksonville after a crew spotted a battery on fire
officers and also referencing the palestinian village where those two israeli brothers were killed. then there was a rampage settler israeli settler revenge attacks. this, of course, following the other dramatic scenes we saw earlier today in central teleachieve. more of these protesters, we ve seen these protests for eight weeks now against these judicial reforms, some of which would allow the israeli parliament to overturn supreme court decisions. they ve been peaceful until today. jake? and israel s finance minister, he s one of the two extremists in the cabinet. his name is bet alal smotrik. he said the west bank palestinian town where two israeli brothers were shot and killed on sunday, where the israelis rampaged, the settlers rampaged, he said it needs to be erased that town. take a look. translator: i think the village needs to be erased. i think that the state of israel needs to do this, and god forbid not private people.
senator klobuchar described. i hope you ll look at our letter and investigate thoroughly those issues. as you know, i ve long respected you and long respected your department. i have become concerned recently that notwithstanding the great men and women who serve and have served for a generation in the department of justice there are some things that lead me to wonder whether there is whether some actions are being politicized within the department. one example of this relates to 18 u.s. c section 807. ever since the leak of the dobbs opinion and the issuance of the dobbs opinion by the supreme court last summer, we had protesters who have been showing up at the homes of supreme court justices, carrying signs, picketing, shouting, it is very clear that they re trying to influence in one way or another those serving on the united states supreme court.
department which i vigorously disagree with. i believe the men and women of the department pursu their work everything day in an a nonpartisan and appropriate way. reporter: as republicans hammered him on protests at the homes of supreme court justices and other conservative causes. you re failure to act to protect the safety of the justices and their families was an obvious product of political bias. reporter: garland saying his decision to have u.s. marshals protect the justices 24/7 was unprecedented. senator, you asked many he when i sat on my hands and quite the opposite. i send 70 united states marshals. let me try again. and has the department of justice brought even a single case. it is a yes or no question. it is not a give a speech on the other things you did. the job of the united states marshals is to defend the lives. so the answer is no. is to defend the lives of justs and that is their number one priority. reporter: amid all of the partisan bicker
did not want to do so. reporter: garland repeatedly defended the department against accusations of partisanship. i also want to at least respond to your characterization of the department which i vigorously disagree with. i believe the men and women of the department pursue their work every single day in a nonpartisan and appropriate way. [ chants ] reporter: as republicans hammered him on protests at the homes of supreme court justices and other conservative causes. your failure to act to protect the safety of the justices and their families was an obvious product of political bias. reporter: he acknowledged an fbi field office should not have sent a memo referring to radical traditionalist catholics. appalling. it s appalling. our department is protects all religions and all ideologies. reporter: but denied targeting parents for complaining to their school boards. directed your folks, though,