diplomat for the first time since russia s invasion. and significant turbulence rocks a flight from texas. what caused a plane to plunge, terrifying passengers and sending seven to the hospital. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the death threats against jewish elected officials in michigan. this comes at a very, very dangerous moment following a dramatic rise in anti-semitic attacks across the country as well as threats to government leaders. let s bring in our senior justice correspondent evan perez. evan, what more first of all are you uncovering about this alleged plot in the state of michigan? reporter: yeah, wolf, this is part of an alarming and dangerous trend that we see across the country. in this case this man by the name of jack eugene carpenter is charged with making interstate threats against a number of jewish officials in michigan including dana ne
verdict guilty. verdict guilty. a disgraced former attorney, alex murdaugh, will be sentenced after being found guilty for murder. we ll break down the verdict just ahead. and it sounded like a freight train. just like going by the house. a powerful storm system moving through the southern u.s., bringing the threat of tornadoes and damaging winds, tracking the severe weather plus, in the coming hours, the u.s. will announce more systems for ukraine as ukrainian fighters are struggling to keep russian forces out of the eastern city of bakhmut. disgraced former south carolina attorney, alex murdaugh, will be sentenced in the coming hours after being convicted of killing his wife and son. guilty verdict, verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. the jury deliberated less than three hours thursday before returning their decision, one welcomed by the lead prosecutor. here he is. justice was done today, it doesn t matter who your family is. it doesn t matte
pathological liar on george santos. i mean, when do you cross the threshold to pathological liar? i think george santos has crossed the threshold. you re not inconsistent, i guess that you could use either one. i just think he s the next degree of liar. should it be that and 9 pm he s a serial liar? as the night goes on. much like george santos himself started out as a serial liar as time went on became more that s probably true. we may never know, but that is probably true. we probably will never know. thank you, alex. thanks, lawrence. well, in tonight s pathological liar news, donald trump posted online attacks today of rupert murdoch and paul ryan for the revelations into the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fraud, that reveal that everybody in fox including the board of directors, rupert murdoch, which includes paul ryan and, the faces of network on television, sean hannity, they all knew that everything donald trump said about the 2020 presi
good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. guilty a south carolina jury s come convicted former attorney alex murdaugh of killing his wife and son back in june of 2021. we ll have much more on all of that in a moment, but we are also following a key development in the efforts to hold donald trump accountable in the january 6th riot. a new justice department filing says trump can be held liable in a civil court for the actions of rioters at the capitol. doj rejected trump s claim of absolute immunity from civil lawsuits filed by police officers and members of congress. the department lawyers argued that protection goes away if a president uses words that are quote an incitement of imminent private violence. as a reminder, here is just some of what former president donald j trump said on that fateful day. we re gonna walk down to the capitol [applause] and we re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we re probably not gonna be cheering much
that protection goes away if a president uses words that are quote an incitement of imminent private violence. as a reminder, here is just some of what former president donald j trump said on that fateful day. we re gonna walk down to the capitol [applause] and we re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we re probably not gonna be cheering much for some of them. because you ll never take back our country with weakness. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not gonna have a country anymore. what congresswoman, who is part of this lawsuit against donald trump, of course welcome the doj s decision today, and earlier she described what happened in the house when the capital was under siege. we had to try to put on our gas max and we were told we had to hit the floor we barely got out of the chambers before they came in. we almost did not get out of there. after january six, the officers on the front lines of the attack t