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
officer. it s coming from benjamin crump, an attorney for the nichols family. this sixth officer is white. keep in mind, the five other officers that have been accused of second degree murder all black. his name is preston hemp hill. according to crump, he tased the tyre nichols. he tased him and said i hope to stop his blank. according to trump, he s been relieved of his duties. no charges known to be filed against him yet per crump. and crump is saying he and the family are disappointed no charges yet against the sixth officer, a white officer. we re continuing to see now day by day more fallout from this violent activity on january 7. two emts have also been relieved of duty. these rescuers arrived at the scene of the second beating when nichols was slumped over and for at least 15 minutes according to the tape, it does not show them checking to see if he s breathing or trying to help stop the breathing. no criminal charges yet. we could see a series of more firings and mo
and workers. the issue was sick time. the president said the deal ensures rail workers will get quote better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind around their health care costs. amtrak had preemptively postponed long distance routes to avoid stranding passengers if a deal wasn t reached. a strike would have had a devastating impact on the economy since 40% of goods shipped long distance in the united states use the rail system. there s been no word yet from the labor unions or railway companies involved, but we ll be watching, willie. let s go back to jonathan lemire, host of way too early and author of the best seller the big lie, this was just announced a minute ago, this would have had massive implications for supply chains, could have impacted inflation if it carried on for some time. how did they fix this deal? yeah, first of all, let s start what the possible consequences would have been. american supply chains just now, creeping back to life after
that seeks to deny the real fears in the communities. as a result of historic racism exacerbated by a former president and media allies who describe the coronavirus pandemic as the china virus or kung flu for more than a year up to and as recently as this week. the right is doubling down on the violence trutherism with this comment from congresswoman chip roy. we believe in justice. there is an old saying in texas find the rope and get a tall oak tree. you know, we take justice very seriously. we ought to do that. round up the bad guys. my concern about this hearinging is that it seems to want to venture into the policing of rhetoric in a free society. now we are talking about whether talking about china, the chi coms, whatever phrasing we want to use, if some people say we think those people are the bad guys. i think the chinese communist party are the bad guys. and i think that they re harming people. those remarks prompted an immediate outcry, among these colleagues in