diplomat for the first time since russia s invasion. and significant turbulence rocks a flight from texas. what caused a plane to plunge, terrifying passengers and sending seven to the hospital. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the death threats against jewish elected officials in michigan. this comes at a very, very dangerous moment following a dramatic rise in anti-semitic attacks across the country as well as threats to government leaders. let s bring in our senior justice correspondent evan perez. evan, what more first of all are you uncovering about this alleged plot in the state of michigan? reporter: yeah, wolf, this is part of an alarming and dangerous trend that we see across the country. in this case this man by the name of jack eugene carpenter is charged with making interstate threats against a number of jewish officials in michigan including dana ne
closing argument. and yes, again, very common sense. prosecutors told these jurors, look, this is a simple case of common sense, use your common sense. someone who loves their wife and their son doesn t lie about being at the murder scene. someone who loves their wife and their son doesn t obstruct an investigation that s being done to find out who did kill them. so powerful arguments by both the prosecutor but i think, again, the defendant gave those jurors that don t want to find alex guilty, they gave them an alternative. and this alternative is yes, he mai v may be a bad person, he may be a liar, he may be a drug user, but look what he did to himself. and this is more likely to be the conduct of someone who s trying to distract or trying to get out of a very difficult situation. we ll have to see what happens, wolf, but this has been a case with lots of twists and turns including this juror who was removed at the 11th hour. and jurors are now deliberating after, what, devoting