victims in an alleged plot to kill, quote, anyone that is jewish in the michigan government. those words are from a man now in federal custody according to an affidavit. his first court appearance was wednesday on charges of making charges along state lines. and has tweeted the fbi has confirmed i was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter. it s my hope that they take this just as seriously as the federal authorities takes the offense just as seriously as my hate crimes and domestic terrorism unit takes plots to murder elected officials. he has three handguns and one that is an mia military-style weapon, polo sandoval has more. what have we learned? we actually see on the page, linked to jack and jane carpenter ii, the suspect in the case. and not just anti-semitic and quite alarming especially this tweet that federal investigators saw back in february, february 17th to be exact. and what he allegedly wrote, including, quote, he would carry out death to an
cnn this morning starts right now. this is the aftermath of what we reported yesterday, our breaking news. good morning. there are countless people still trapped under those piles of rubble and screaming out for help across turkey and syria. the staggering death toll topping 5,000 after the catastrophic earthquake. we ll take you live to the disaster zone and the massive rescue operation under way. and live on capitol hill this morning where tonight president biden is going to deliver his first state of the union address since republicans took control of the house. it s a major moment and he will use it to make his sales pitch for the re-election campaign he s expected to launch soon. we ll have a full preview of what to expect in tonight s state of the union. cnn has new and exclusive reporting a chinese spy balloon flew across florida when donald trump was president, but did his administration know? and we ll take you live to ohio for a closer look at the tense an
i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. we re hours away from president biden s state of the union address tonight, his first to a divided congress. instead of nancy pelosi over the president s left shoulder, it will be speaker kevin mccarthy. the speech is expected to draw the largest television audience for the president this year. americans will hear biden lay out why he believes the state of the union is strong as he said last week. he s expected to talk about lowering inflation, improving infrastructure and getting past the worst of the pandemic. he s also expected to talk about america s stand against china. of course just days after an american fighter jet shot down one of its supply balloons. the president will likely increase the urgency for congress to act on policing reform and an adult weapons band. all of it will be a test run for his re-election bid. phil mattingly is with us now. what more should we expect from the president tonight? you know, vict
if they get there in time. this is not just a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. memphis braces for fallout over the fatal nonstop beating of a black man by police with video set to be released any day now. what s going on now with george santos? the man just listed as treasurer for santos campaign says he doesn t even work for the congressman. all right. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with a potential game changer in russia s campaign with a big if. president biden announces to send 31 abrams tanks to ukraine after germany said it will deliver 14 leopard 2 tanks from its own supply. the challenge now getting the tanks to the battlefield in time to make a difference. we ve got to make sure we re helping the ukrainians plan and prepare for the fighting we think they re going to be facing in the spring and summer months as the weather gets b
remember that first grade teacher shot by a six-year-old? tonight, the teacher s lawyer claiming school officials failed to act. three times, school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him. o donnell: heavy tanks to ukraine president biden reverses course, european allies follow suit, promising 80 more of their own leopard tanks. tonight, what the pope is saying about homosexuality, in a new interview. and, the high school class, and lesson, that changed one student s life forever. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you so much for joining us on this wednesday night. we are learning new details in that federal civil rights investigation into what the u.s. attorney calls the tragic death of tyre nichols. five officers were fired and just tonight cbs news has obtained new police dispatch audio. we ar