To chicago, hitting severe turbulence. And the fbi, the Big Reveal Tonight involving the suspect who tried to kill former President Trump. First tonight, the severe storms heading to the northeast. Storms already downing trees and power lines. A Falling Tree in the storm, a cyclist had no time to avoid it. Firefighters battling the winds and the flames. The storms fumed by the scorching temperatures from st. Louis to new York City down to washington, d. C. Lee goldberg standing by with the forecast for these storms. And what were just learning tonight about that united flight to chicago hitting extreme turbulence. Tonight, there is also news in the Fbis Investigation into the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. New images tonight of the shooters weapon. And investigators revealing the suspect had looked up both Trump And President biden. And authorities now say when the Suspect Saw Trump was appearing not far from his home, thats when they say he allegedly zeroed in on that butler
Any moment democratic senator bob menendez is expected to be arraigned on a dozen new charges reallive outside the Federal Courthouse, plus a cnn exclusive. Russia is producing three times more for Artillery Shells and the United States and europe as funding for Ukraine Stalls in the us congress and passengers say, people quote flew through the cabin well, we know about a terrifying moment on a flight to do zealand. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom any moment now, embattled senator bob menendez is due to appear before a judge in Federal Court. This is video of him arriving just a few moments ago. The new jersey democrat, once chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign relations committee, is accused of trying to obstruct an investigation into bribery. Menendez and his wife are about to be arraigned on these new charges. The senator remains defiant, calling it, and im quoting him now, a flagrant abuse of power, end quote cnns Jason Carroll is outside the c
iowa caucuses is donald trump as you see what could be most terribly described as a unique strategy and his closing arguments to voters, with a link with john mccain making more headlines with his plans for a second term. one of his supporters in congress is already safe shave may not certify the 2024 results before a single ballot is cast. what about 2024? what about 2024? we will see if this is illegal and valid election. what we re seeing so far is that s democrats are so desperate they re trying to remove president trump from the ballot. just to be very clear, i don t hear you say committed to certify the election results. will you only commit to certify the results of the president trump once? if former president trump wins? it means that they re constitutional. what we saw in 2020 was unconstitutional. meanwhile, his challengers are looking for any signs of hope that they could pull off the impossible, and upsets the former president is also facing a busy le
were close to him, everyone who thought they knew he was who he was, he fooled them all. don t let him fool you too. wow. everyone is fascinated. it is on the cover of people magazine. i really need to bone up on this. i m not following. it goes to the jury maybe today. so verdict could be very soon. we re glad you re with us. we re talking about really dramatic closing arguments in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. the defense gets a chance to close fist. but first, this. terrifying moments in the sky on two different flights. a cabin filling with smoke after fire breaks out. a retired firefighter jumping in help a crew put it out and also several passengers hospitalized this morning after severe turbulence on a flight from texas to germany. reports of blood even splattered on the seats. and at the airport. an alarming discovery. a plane loaded with an explosive before loaded on to the flight. what we heard about the device hid non the luggage. and
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