belonged to any member of the biden family, including hunter biden. those questions are not allowed. they were not here friday, not here saturday, sunday or monday. they come back tuesday. so to ask that question is incredibly irresponsible. so they were there friday actually, which we have reported here. so this as we re also told that despite more and more substantive information that comes out about biden s business dealings, shakedowns, bribes, the fbi director said you can t ask me about that. that s an ongoing investigation. can t talk about the intensity, the focus of it. can t talk about anything. so merrick garland, the attorney general face as deadline, which is now less than two hours away to allow congress to interview, to talk to the u.s. attorney, david weiss. you know, what is going on with this investigation. there s a lot of conflicting stories. can you tell us a little bit about what is happening? in moments,ly speak with the speaker of the house, kevin
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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
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