new york city. alex murdaugh in the initial hours now of what will be a lifetime behind bars. the judge piling on during sentencing calling the double murder defense an assault on the judicial system. we ve got a live report coming to you in just a minute. plus, reports that president biden has now tapped some of the most successful track governors in the country to help lay the groundwork campaign. and fury erupts again at a town hall in east palestine, residents whose patience is clearly being tested to the limit nearly a month after that toxic train crash. this has touched my family. this has touched my friends, and it will touch me for the cellular level when i get diagnosed with cancer, als or whatever is going to come down the road if i stay in this contaminated, toxic town. more on that and the failure of norfolk southern s ceo to show up, the second time he s avoided coming face-to-face with those residents. but we begin in south carolina with today s dramat
we have andrew weissman here. should be interesting. also late they are hour, new clues on where covid really came from and what it means for safety and geopolitics. we do the facts here with an open mind, and we ll try to bring that perspective to a very important story. even if we re talking about some aspects of safety policy, we re going to get into where this virus came from. that s later tonight. the top story now is a once in a year moment. comics raising the curtain on this cpac conference in today s real news. stays coachella were team who post on facebook in all caps. clowns periodically in ash centers. there will be a quan session sorry, q&a. qanon/q&a, you get it. this conference has become in more ways bizarre than conservative. while many political gathers have all kinds of characters i have been to conferences across the spectrum. you see all kinds of stuff. we ll show you what the proramming is and you can see for yourself. they have sessions on
good thursday morning i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. we are following breaking news this morning out of michigan. cnn learning disturbing details about a plot aimed at killing jewish elected officials in the state. among those targeted the michigan attorney general. we ll break down the details of that plot. coming up. plus today a pennsylvania man is expected in court after investigators say he hid explosives inside his luggage headed for orlando. investigators arrested him after he fled the airport. the latest on that case and the growing skcrutiny facing the aviation industry. and meeting with sergey lavrov for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. we ll bring that conversation to you. we want to begin with the breaking news out of michigan. the state s attorney general confirming she was one of the targets in a plot to kill jewish elected officials in that state. polo sandoval and john miller joining us now. polo, first tell us the details of the plot as
Central new street journal poll president ial poll out this morning shows donald trump, lean President Biden, in six of seven swing states. The exception here is wisconsin. Biden holding a tight lead. There at all its also worth thousands of progressive voters used last nights president ial primary two protest bidens handling of israels war against hamas or the 45,000 voters picked uninstructed on the ballot. And that is more than twice the margin that biden had when he won the state back in 2020. Last night, President Biden came out also with some of his harshest words yet toward israel criticizing israel over the deaths of seven world central Kitchen Aid Workers. They were killed in israeli airstrike in gaza. He shared those frustrations also with a small group of Muslim Community leaders during a meeting at the white house last night. It wasnt enough to keep one Palestinian American doctor from walking out in the middle of the meeting in protest arlette saenz, is that the white hous
What a day in court, we will get to that in a minute. And joe bidens promise to restore the soul america is more laughable than ever. Screaming and yelling at College Graduates in one of the most divisive speeches given by u. S. President s. President joe biden what is democracy. A trail of broken promises leaving black people behind. Robert kkks best friend, a mentor. We will call out the lies, the smears, the hatred. We will play out a moment where joey seemed to believe he was Vice President during the beginning of the pandemic, covid19, and that obama sent him to detroit to solve the problem. Also tonight, a tutorial on how every republican needs to handle the Hostal Media Mob in an interview. Will you accept the Election Results . Hilary clinton said that the election was stolen from her. And trump was illegitimate. But democrats say they will not certify 2024. Because of the insure squex. We begin tonight in york city. Fireworks big time in the courtroom. Another explosive day in