welcome to inside politic ts requests. thank you for sharing your day with us. the hate-based spot, a man charged with scheming to murder jews serving in state government. the attorney general says she is among those targeted. plus president biden rallies democrats on capitol hill this hour. the president warning republicans want devastating spending cuts in exchange for letting the government borrow to pay its bills. the house speaker says that s not true. says it s the president dragging things out instead of negotiating. and surprise meeting. the top american and russian did you want did you want, but it ran barely ten minutes. today proof there s no end in sight. we begin the hour with the arrest of the michigan man and the frightening outburst of hate that led to it. a man now in custody threatened to kill any jews working in michigan state government and vowed to use deadly force against anyone who attempted to stop him. michigan s top law enforcement officer, says
washington. glad to have you. here right now in south carolina, there are major developments in alex murdaugh s double murder trial. the prosecution now respond ing after the defense presented its closing arguments yesterday. defense attorney jim griffin made an emotional plea when wrapping up his presentation. there are two words that justice demands this thises case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case it requires a verdict not dwlt. on behalf of alex, of buster, on behalf of maggie and on behalf of my friend paul, i respectfully request that you do not compound a family tragedy with another thank you. just before closing arguments began, the judge remove d a jurr for discussing the case outside of the trial. diane gallagher is outside of the court in south carolina. diane, what more did the defense say today as they were presenting to the jury in these final hours of this trial? reporter: jim griffin spoke for about 2 hours and 15
violence on january. i ll read you what says. no part of an official responsibility includes the incite mment of imminent violen. what this means is the justice department is telling the appeals court here in washington that is considering these cases that the president doesn t have absolute immunity against these lawsuits. a more narrow ruling that the president is taking that he should have some immunity for things having to do with his political speech. stay on top of that. appreciate your time. thank you. i m abbi phillip in
in office and after they leave office. but in this case because of the bryce vooi lens involved, it s not the same thing. so really just a part of what it says in the brief filed in court today with the appeals court, no part of a president s official responsibilities includes the incite mment of imminent violen. and the jgts department is taking a position that they want the appeals court to issue a narrow ruling. they want them to essentially allow for perhaps the president to claim can immunity in other things. plit kl or electoral speech, but not for things related to this. they are not taking a position on whether the former president has immunity on criminal matters. so that s something that is going to be very relevant as the investigations continue into january 6th. something that the special counsel is looking at. further evidence that this is