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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 railroad unions say that worker are getting sick after they were cleaning up that toxic train disaster in east palestine. the urgent plea that they are now sending to the biden administration. >> air and the rail. >> we begin with a scare in the sky. seven people are in the hospital this morning recovering from severe turbulence. this is what happened inside of the plane. that's what it looked like. food, papers, luggage scattered after latanza flight had to make an emergency landing at dulles. the woman who shot this video is five months pregnant. she said she just finished eating, about to go to the bathroom when the turbulence hit. she describes it like this during sinner service, there was a wind sheer.

then we fell 1,000 feet. it is like unexpectedly free falling for five seconds off the top of a roller coaster. plates and glassware were up at the ceiling. there was a moment of, oh, my god, am i going to meet my daughter. pete joins us from washington, d.c. can you imagine? i can't. what is the faa saying this morning? >> worst yet, this seems to be happening all the time. we'll get to that in ape second. the faa says it is investigating after this flight at 37,000 feet, 90 minutes into the flight over memphis, tennessee, went through severe turbulence. it is a very big airplane. the severe turbulence rocked so it hard that several passengers were injured. this was the video from a passenger that took this. you could see all of the debris there. it was thrown around the

cockpit. we've seen some reports of food in the middle of food service being clone up to the ceiling. one passenger reportedly badly injured so much they had a bloody face. this plane was going from austin to frank first. what is so interesting here is that luftanza says this occurred in clear air turbulence. i want you to see the statement. clear air turbulence which can occur invisible weather phenomena without visible weather phenomena and advance warning. they decided to make an alternate landing at washington dulles after flying through the turbulence. lufthansa regrets the inconvenience this caused to passengers. we're reporting oen this more and more all the time. there was an incident back in january. this hawaiian airlines flight went through turbulence. the ntsb says this is a huge issue. turbulence is the biggest cause of incidents onboard commercial

airliners, about a third of all incidents onboard airliners involve turbulence. i would know, it shows what planes can withstand. to see planes land like this reminds us of that. is this really rare, they just cannot detect at all? >> you know, the airlines have gotten a lot better at forecasting turbulence. they got a lot better at avoiding it. typically, you can see it. this is usually covered by different layers of wind at different speeds. this is the faa definition. without visual clues to warn the pilot of a hazard. that is the big issue with clear air turbulence. that is what makes it so dangerous. you know, this really seems to be happening all the time. and airlines have even indicated that because of climate change, that is causing more of these turbulence issues to happen. we may see this more and more.

and it just reinforces the fact that you want to wear your seat belt onboard a commercial airliner all the time. even if the seat belt sign is off, keep it on with incidents like this occurring more frequency. >> definitely keep it on. pete, thank you very much. >> fasten seat belts. another scary incident on a plane. this is smoke. filling the cabin on a spirit airlines flight on its way to orlando. can you imagine? look at that. the crew reported a battery fire in an overhead bin on wednesday. a retired new york city firefighter jufire fight fighter jumped in to help put out that fire. >> that gives us the instinct. we got to it right away. we averted a major problem. it could have been really bad. >> that's what we're hearing from the passenger. describing his experience. the smell was terrible. made it very hard to breathe. i was coughing a lot for a good two hours after.

flight from texas was forced to make an emergency landing in jacksonville instead. officials saying one person was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. no word on what caused the fire. the faa now investigating. >> and there was an larming discovery at an airport in allentown, pennsylvania. the fbi saying a passenger checked in a suitcase with an explosive device hidden inside the lining. they intercepted the luggage before loaded on to a flight to florida. the bomb squad rushed to that scene. investigators say the suspect left the airport when security started paging him over the intercom. he's now under arrest and set to appear in court hours from now. what is going on here? danny freeman live at the airport where it all went down. welcome to cnn. what are we learning about this explosive device and the suspect? >> thank you, don. good morning. first, let's talk about that suspect. we're talking about 40-year-old mark mufly.

he's from northwest of lehigh valley international airport where we are now. the fun fib says he was the man who checked -- i should say tried to check a suitcase into the airport on to this plane back on monday. but as you said, tsa agents were able to discover something unusual in that suitcase explosives. they found powder consistent with commercial grade fireworks. a can of butane, lighter, pipe with white residue, a wireless drill and two outlets taped together. don, the bag also happened to have a luggage tag on it with mr. muffly's name. the airport called his name over the pa system here at the airport. at that point, he was caught turning around and leave the airport. they were able to go to his home and arrest him without any incident later monday night.

don? >> and what about the legal fallout for him. what is effacing here? >> yeah. so he's facing two serious federal charges. first, possessing an explosive in an airport. then attempting to placen an explosive on a plane. we have not heard anything back. mr. muffly is due to appear in federal court not far from here at 1:30 this afternoon. we'll bring updates, of course, as we get them. don? >> danny, we'll be following this and many more stories. thank you. >> also this morning, union leaders are reporting that rail workers have been getting sick at the suit of that toxic train derailment in ohio. in a new letter to the transportation secretary, the ohio governor say that many of their employees continue to experience migraines and nausea. leaders met wednesday with buttigieg and the administrator of the federal railroad administration to push for safety, height ened safety amid the concerns what is happening to the workers. miguel marques is covering the story and live in east palestine this morning with more.

what you are hearing from officials about their concerns now that they are seeing the reports of people getting sick while cleaning this up? >> well, look this was a letter that was sent on behalf of union workers here cleaning up the site immediately after the derailment, toxic spill, fire, and venting of the material as well. this is what we heard from officials. they feel the primary focus here was on getting those trains running again and not the cleanup. so norfolk southern -- the official from the union saying that some of the workers early on while cleaning up the site when it was most toxic weren't given proper gear to clean up that site. in particular, respirators and that's when they got sick and had issues. their concern is that norfolk southern was focusing on getting the tracks open. even while east palestine was evacuated, they said the workers

were put to work over there and willingly by norfolk southern subjected to the high levels of to to toxin is that made them sick. you talk to locals here, they say as soon as that order to evacuate the city was lifted, the train started rolling through here in minutes. it was very clear to everybody that the focus for norfolk southern wasn't the cleanup, it was to get the trains rolling again. kaitlan? >> miguel, we're also hearing from the epa director there in ohio who told cnn that smell is being caused by one of the things leaked when the train crashed. can you smell it where you are? what is actually going on with that? >> i have to be honest, i've been here two weeks. i've not smelled anything. we've been by the creeks and all over east palestine. i have not smelled it. the creek that's run through

town, they are treating them very heavily and trying to get those are contaminated. they're trying to get whatever is in the creeks out of it. and they have stations set up throughout the area where they're trying to do that. people have experienced headaches, nausea, the redness in the eyes, their lips burning, tongue burning throughout the area in the immediate aftermath of that fire. in particular, on the pennsylvania side where the plume went, that was where it was worse for them. for the most part, the wind blows away from east palestine. most people here have not experienced it when the wind blows back this way. they do feel it. but, you know, it will be quite some time before they get everything out of the soil and out of the water here. >> yeah. it's remarkable to think that until just recently the epa didn't have a certified test that labs could use to measure for that chemical. i know you'll stay on this. we'll check back in with you. thank you. >> also this morning we're tracking a college football

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stay two nights and get 8,000 bonus points. book now at bestwestern.com this morning, the defense in the alex murdaugh double murder truly set to wrap up its case. prosecutors delivered closing arguments on wednesday. jurors visited the hunting property where his wife and son were murdered. right now, dianne gallagher is live in south carolina this morning. what did the jury learn from visiting this hunting property? >> you know, don, they were not allowed to speak to anybody when they were there except for the judge cliffon newman. the attorney general for the state of south carolina and the defense attorneys were there on the property. they got a chance to see the property, perhaps see how far away things are. the media poolers that visited there said they took steps

between where paul mur dog and maggie murdaugh's bodies were and there were 12 tepz steps be them. >> on behalf of the state of south carolina, we ask you to return a verdict of guilty. >> the state of south carolina closing out the double murder case against alex murdaugh. >> he was the threat to maggie and paul. he knows there's no vij lanlty o -- vigilante out there. >> reporter: he said he was a thief and liar and killed his wife and son from preventing a decade of financial crimes being discovered. >> he fooled maggie and paul, too. and they paid for it with their lives. don't let him fool you too. >> reporter: waters telling the jury that the gun used to kill them has disappeared but that her husband would have been familiar with it.

>> family weapons were used to commit this crime. >> reporter: wall recalling all the details, video and testimony over the six week trial. >> and after an exhaustive investigation, there is only one person who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes. >> reporter: with emotional descriptions painting the state's picture of maggie and paul murdaugh's final moments. >> you heard that maggie had no defensive wounds. you heard paul had no indication that he detected a threat from the person who fired that weapon. and why? because it was him. same with maggie. maggie see what's happens when she comes running over there, running to her baby. >> after denying he was ever at the crime scene before the murders, prosecutors say the video found on paul's phone

changed everything. forcing his bombshell testimony admitting he had been at the kennels in the minutes before the state says paul and maggie were killed there. >> one thing i'll agree with him, he said up there, oh, what a tangled web we weave when we first practice this. how appropriate coming from that man. >> reporter: jurors getting to see that crime scene for themselves wednesday morning. a media pool granted access after the jury tour describes the now overgrown, deserted property as haunting. the last place maggie and paul were seen alive. >> we couldn't bring you any eyewitnesses because they were murdered. >> now the prosecutors spent the majority of the three hour closing arguments talking about the time line, technology, and the crime. but he also spent quite a bit of it defining reasonable doubt and the circumstantial evidence is still evidence. alex murdaugh admitted to a lot on the stand including lying and

stealing. but he has not admitted to killing his wife and son. he maintained his innocence, don. i can anticipate that when the defense gets up there this morning to begin their closing arguments, we're going to hear a lot about reasonable doubt and circumstantial evidence. >> and we'll be watching. dianne gallagher, thank you. so let's talk about all of this as the defense gets ready to close. criminal defense attorney joins us. the prosecution was not able to find and show a murder weapon. >> there is no murder weapon here. >> how do you close today in court if you're the defense counsel? is. >> the defense counsel is going to mind all of the things that they laid down throughout the trial. there are gaping holes in this evidence. there is reasonable doubt that can be found here. so the lack of the weapons. the possible other people. the placement plaintiff murdaugh at various places as he claims. the one problem the defense has to contend with are the lies at

the point where he says he's napping. it's no the so much that he denude being at the kennels. psychologically, oh, my god, you just found your wife and son murdered. you might blank. you can't remember the last conversation. you're in shock. many people in that situation can't remember things. but the lie, the specificity of some of the lies, the nap, i think that will be a problem for the defense. i think the defense has done an excellent job with laying the groundwork for the potential of actual fly finding reasonable doubt. >> part of the testimony is that he is a liar pt he lied about all these things. he admitted stealing from the law firm and clients and he tricked everyone is what they're trying to say. if you sat there and you watched him, that don't believe what is before you. when he talks about what he says about his wife and son. they're making that as their closing argument. what do you expect -- does the defense push back on that? >> the push back is you can be a liar and thief.

but are you a murderer? okay? is it everyone describing this man as an obsessed narcissist. he'll do anything for himself. but his son was the spitting image of himself. i think you're going to have a psychological aspect, would he destroy himself? and one of the other problems the prosecution is they laid him out as such a clever mastermind. he's done all these machinations. yet, this is a sloppy crime if he did it. because his family has a history of being prosecutors 87 years in this community. he has skills as a defense attorney. he understands what goes into a trial. that's part of the push and pull of this case. were those crocodile tears? was that genuine? it is the personal interpretation of those jurors in that courtroom watching the evidence, not as we see it by pick things apart and liting things but as they're taking it in and summed up for them by the prosecution and the defense.

>> also taking in going to the crime scene. which is fascinating to me for those that can remember the jury in the o.j. simple son trial getting to the bus and saiding to the scene to see. i think one producer said this morning, aaron hernandez jury went. it doesn't happen very often. it's fascinating to see that happen. why? >> it's really fascinating because, first of all, there is this factor, you're going to a place where two people were killed. that's a leap. that is traumatic. but here, it is so important because the defense has to mind the distance between the kennel and where murdaugh was back in the house. >> it's really remote. it's the question of how far away could he have gotten in those essential five minutes? what else is really important and what they're looking for, how quiet was it? what would he have heard if you have all of these gun shots? it's not just eyewitnessing.

it's ear witnessing. >> and the emergency response took so long. that's another part that i think is interesting. he called -- i think it was 12 or 14 minutes later because the property is so hard to get around. >> and emergency response couldn't find their way. he knew the way. that is going to be part of the discussion. this is really fascinating evolution that we've all got an opportunity to look into. because there's a lot to work with both sides. i think the defense has date of birth a g-- done a great job. >> mark o'mara said on the cnn special last night, he talked about how detrimental it is for the prosecution not to have a murder weapon here. listen to this. >> the harsh reality is you should have found those guns. they could have found the guns. they worked this case for a year and a half. the fact they don't have it leaves a gaping hole through which reasonable doubt is going to be found. >> i can't say it's a gaping hole. there are crimes where they don't find the weapon.

but i think that it is something for the defense to absolutely work with. they searched everywhere. they waited a very long time to bring this case but they didn't have anyone else. people want an answer. sometimes the incorrect judgement is made because people just want an answer. >> got to get the jurors on the same page here if the prosecution is going to get a conviction. >> usually you watch a trial and sort of up on court tv or whatever. in passing. but why is everybody fascinated with this trial? >> people are obsessed, i think, with the oddities and the grotesque aspects of life. a murder, murdering one's family, that is grotesque. a murder in a family, this is like an episode of any of the major shows that we have shown up. "dynasty" to "dallas." the. >> people murder members of their family too often. much. >> yes. when you see murder and divorce, it is far easier to get divorced. may cost you a little bit. murder costs a hell of a lot

more and it's the cost of life. >> thank you. >> it's everywhere. page after page. cover of the magazines and newspapers, whatever. and then specials. wow. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >> have a great day all. >> also this morning, we're tracking some very sad news out of georgia. university of georgia defense livenman star on the team jaylon carter surrendered himself to police. he was projected to be a top pick in next month's pick has not been practicing in the combine. he was charged in a car wreck that happened on january 15th. a teammate of his and the team employee chandler lecroix were boeblg killed. he is maintaining innocence on twitter. there is no question in my mind when all the facts are known that i will be fully exonerated of any criminal wrongdoing. authorities believe that alcohol was a factor in the crash. it happens hours after they were

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>> translator: the most difficult moment was this one, instead of saving lives, we have to recover bodies. it is not something we like. it is not something we want to do. it is something that will remain in our memory forever as much as we try to get rid of it. >> rescue workers on the scene

in greece. look at that. look at the wreckage from that crash in greece. the death toll climbed to 46 following the head on crash of those two trains happened late on tuesday night. i want you to look at this video. it shows the moment of impact between the freight train and the passenger train traveling on the same track with 350 passengers onboard. train employee facing charges and the country's transportation secretary has resigned now. we get more details from our reporter live at the scene of the crash. good morning to you, nada. where does this investigation stand right now? >> good morning, don. an investigation is still very much on going. but now, of course, we learned the authorities and the prime minister himself this is likely related to what he described as a tragic human error. there has been now the arrest of one individual, a manager at a

nearby train station in the city. he has been arrested and now charged on allegations of negligence and causing mass death as well as bodily harm. that is now the key focus of this investigation. of course, the recovery effort is still on going. if you just take a look behind me at the destruction here at the scene, you can see the train carriage is overturned. the first two carriages, in fact, completely engulfed by flames. one overturned is actually the third carriage. they're fwloefd believed to havo survivors. we've been speaking to some of the rescue workers today. they say they're not anticipating any further survivors. this is strictly a recovery effort. dozens of people now in hospital. there are real concerns for their safety, for their condition. many still in intensive care. but, of course, while the main focus of this investigation so far appears to be on human error, there is a question of

the safety measure in place across the rail network, the country's council ministers yesterday announcing his resignation saying that rail network simply isn't up to the standard one would expect in the 21st century. don? >> all right. thank you, nada. also this morning, finland is one step closer to joining nato. the finished parliament backing the government's proposal to be part of that military alliance, all part of a push that came amid deep concerns that finland had after russia invaded ukraine last year. fin finland sweden pledged to enter nato together. swud en's application has been held up by turkey, raising questions about whether or not they would go forward without them. cnn's kylie atwood is at cnn this morning. this is something that white house said they wanted to see happen at the same time. they wanted both of them to join together. what are they saying as it seems finland may join before sweden can. >> that's right. so they're continuing to say that they believe that nato would be stronger if both finland and suite sweden joined

at the same time. and they think that both of those countries should be moving forward. as you said, it's turkey that still holding this up right now. they say that they have concerns about sweden harboring terrorists. sweden has taken steps to try to make turkey happy, essentially. making it more easy to detain and prosecute terrorists in the country. so far that hasn't done noenoug for turkey. they're saying they would say no to sweden at this moment. the state department still saying if they want both countries to join, but they're sort of side stepping the concept that could actually become a reality where finland actually has the support and sweden doesn't yet. they're saying they want to see both of the countries join. but they're not definitively saying they would totally be opposed to one joining before the other. >> which is interesting. they previously essentially argued that. also i know a lot of foreign ministers meeting in in india right now, this g-20 summit

happening. we're getting word that secretary of state blinken just met with the russian foreign minister. i believe that is the first meeting between a u.s. official and russian official since they announced their suspending part in the nuclear arms treaty. what are you learning about this? >> it's a major deal that secretary of state has now had a meeting on the sidelines of this foreign minister's g-20 meeting in india with the russian foreign minister. now as far as we know, publicly speaking, they haven't had a conversation, blinken and lavrov dating back to the summer when there were discussions about releasing brittney griner. it is hugely significant that they actually essentially just ran into each other as far as we can tell here. there wasn't a scheduled meeting. the fact that the secretary of state was able to in person deliver messages to the russian

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it was quite a day on the hull yesterday. on top of questions about hunter biden, also questions about fentanyl, sale of deadly drugs and social media and, of course, the ticketing issues around taylor swift's concert. paula reid live for cnn this morning in washington. what did you take away? >> one of the biggest take aways from yesterday's hearing, remember this is a contentious forum. i was surprised by how much substance was covered.

they talked about fept ntanyl, violent crime, child labor. it was four hours until they asked about the investigation of former donald trump. >> you were the attorney general of the united states. you are in charge of the justice department and, yes, sir, you are responsible. >> he warned he would not be able to reveal details of any on going cases. so we don't jeopardize our investigations and civil liberties of our citizens. >> he did not apoint a special counsel to handle a investigation into hunter biden. >> i promised to leave the matter of hunter biden in the hands of the u.s. attorney for the district of delaware who was appointed in the previou s

administration. >> they didn't bring up trump until four hours into the hearing. >> you overruled the fbi agents that did not want to do so. >> garland repeatedly defended the department against accusations of partisanship. >> i also want to at least respond to your characterization of the department which i vigorously agree with. the i believe the men and women of the department pursued their work every single day in a nonpartisan and appropriate way. >> as republicans hammered the attorney general on protests at the homes of supreme court justices and other conservative causes. >> your failure to protect the justices and families was an obvious product of political bias. >> garland said his decision to have u.s. marshals protect justices 24/7 was unprecedented. >> senator, you asked me whether i sat on my hands and quite the

opposite. i sent 70 united states marshals. >> let me try again. has the department of justice brought even a single indicate under this statute? it's a yes/no question. it's no the give a speech on the other things you did. >> the job of the united states marshals is defend the lives -- >> the answer is no. >> defend the lives of the justices. that's the number one priority. >> garland also engaged on a controversy that united states even the staunchest political adversaries. ticket master. multiple lawmakers brought up the justice department's reported antitrust investigation into ticketmaster's parent company following the botched handling of taylor swift concerts concerts, we know the importance of competition in this industry as in all other industries. and so you can be confident that in all of our work we approach it with an understanding that highly concentrated industries are problem for competition. >> did you catch that?

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deliberate poisoning. they may be tied to the recent protest that's we've seen going on in iran under the women, life and freedom movement. we're covering all this live from london. i know that you've -- we've heard from some of the schoolgirls themselves about their experiences. p what are you learning -- this is a particular where they were in calm who tells us her school came under attack three times. what else did you learn? >> this has been the epicenter of the attacks. that's why it's so important to speak to one of the girls subjected to this poison. i just want you to take a listen. it's uncredibly disturbing how she describes the chaos. >> translator: it was a terrible situation. girls had been falling on the floor and were crying. some were unable to walk. really didn't want to leave one another. >> and her school was hit three times towards the end of last

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three, two, one -- full power. and liftoff! >> isn't that always fascinating? >> always. >> such an awesome place. >> are you a spacey? >> i love cape canaveral. >> have you been there? >> i have. they get scrubbed a bunch. so you go and you wait. >> you probably -- didn't president trump go? >> yeah. >> i used to remember going to cape canaveral and you see all the alligators and stuff. >> yeah. >> i don't think you're supposed to get that close. that's a whole other thing. wait, we're on television. good morning, everyone! so four astronauts blasting off to the international space station after a successful spacex launch this morning. first we have this a suit cause packed with an explosive discovered