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a quick update on a story we followed from the very beginning. the 2019 death of elijah mcclain after police forcibly restrained him, the paramedics gave him a lethal drozd dose of the drug ketamine. the two were convicted of criminally negligent homicide. a police officer was also convicted and subsequently fired. tonight, straight from the source, not so fast. special counsel jack smith denied as donald trump gets something he very much wanted from the supreme court. will his federal subversion trial be delayed? and, for how long. the private militias now taking upon themselves to control the border. as america pushes to bring hostages home from gaza, russia, iran and venezuela, i will talk to a woman who is pleading for her husband s safe return from afghanistan. this is the source. a win for president former trump, at least for now. the supreme court denying special counsel jack smith s request to put the issue of immunity on the fast track. a one sentence order
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
threats to kill jewish officials in michigan, including the state s attorney general. two mid flight emergencies are rattling air travelers on two separate airlines and details on the two close calls. alec murdaugh s defense team delivering closing arguments at his double murder trial. that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. we begin with a disturbing story out of michigan where a man is using social media to threaten to kill jewish members of the state government. the state s attorney general dana nessel confirmed that she is one of the officials targeted. she tweeted this, quote, the fbi has confirmed that i was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter. it is my sincere hope that the federal authorities take this offense just as seriously as my hate crimes and terrorism unit takes plots to murder elected officials. of course, we are covering this story from every angle, and we will start
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