clearly the lawmaker and gretchen whitmer read these by laws.ou would have to know what the company's operations are going to be. this is nowhere near any of our car manufacturer, automobile manufacturesers. so what are they doing in this rural area in michigan? we now know about 250 to 300 will be housed at the local university there. chinese nationals. these are not going to be american jobs. they are bringing chinese nationals in to take these jobs. they will be housed at the local university where the local university just so happens to be telling people this is such a good idea. you have to have this corporation here. so how much money are the chinese going to give the local university? >> tucker: and gretchen whitmer. someone got paid for this. do we know who? >> we need to find that out. obviously lots of people are involved in this. you have lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. we have said from the very beginning this is suspect. now you have the community rising up. big rapids actually said, do you know what? we don't want this in our

injuring five, was the wrong kind of right moment to catapult gun control to the top of governor gretchen whitmer'ser may be days away from signing what she calls common sense gun measures into law. >> universal background checks. safe storage. and extreme risk protection orders. >> reporter: msu was the second mass shooting on whitmer's watch. in november 2021 a 15-year-old killed four and injured seven at oxford high school north of detroit. nothing changed. the difference between then and now? now in her second term she has e actn hurry to . >> been incredibly productive. >> reporter: passed already this year, tax breaks for the working poor and seniors, protections of lgbtq rights, a rollback of restrictions on labor unions. how did it happen? gretchen whitmer pulled off a big blue trifecta in last november's elections. >> we need a governor who's going to stand up for our voting rights, our civil rights, and make sure michigan is a place for everybody. >> reporter: she beat a donald trump-endorsed maga republican. dmocrats riding her coattails took both houses of the state legislature, somethi

and michigan democrat governor gretchen whitmer, she now suddenly criticizes her own pandemic lockdownsand cbs reveals government documents show the m the ih paid double for dangerous virus research and china despite dr. fauci's denials. i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ elizabeth: okay, let's get you updated on the action. check out stocks, they're up on hopes the fed will -- well, they're not up, they mended mixed -- ended mixed. there's hope that the fed will stop raising rates, but cpi comes out tomorrow, that's the turning point there. trading in more than a dozen regional banks were halted today due to record drops and volatility even after the president spoke and after the u.s. stepped in to backstop svb, the bank for silicon valley and tech start-ups and after signature bank failed. the fed and jpmorgan also stepped in to help first republic. credit suisse is having problems too. susan li's got the story, she's here in new york with more. >> that's right, not much relief. we had the s&p 500 banking index actually seeing its worst day since 2020. now

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you have lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, but you have gretchen whitmer.and we have said from the very beginning, this is suspect. and now you have the community rising up. so big rapids actually said, you know what, we don't want this in our in our town. we don't we want this to move out. goshen said . we're going to move to the town next door. they're still pushing you still to see local people coming up and saying this does not make sense for us . we don't want the arm of the chinese communist party right here in our small town . but think about this. this is truly an organization. it clearly states it has to be the chinese communist party setting up in the middle of the country. you're surrounded by . wisconsin has an air force base. you have a lot of opportunity to spy on the united states if you're right in the center of the country. and their writings clearly stating that they are spying on the united states . i mean, it's michigan, a state that used to build things right to self-respect. it's got its so sad to see to it. it's great to see china. th

and the other thing worth remembering and this is pint worth making is that people like gretchen whitmereople i think we forget that people in politics are real people, they have families and lives. they wake up thinking what is going to happen to me, am i putting myself at risk, might be i killed, might i be wounded or injured? this is a reality in our lives right now. and so this -- the tendency that we have is to think of them as entities or institutions this is a very, very personal thing. and i think it's important to keep remembering as we have this discussion about, you know, is -- is political violence a danger into this country, we only need to point at what's already happened on january 6th and what almost happened to gretchen whitmer >> i love charlie's point, jen, about humans and humanizing and the other side of it is that the study of extremism is to -- it starts with dehumanization it is the sort of gateway to encouraging people and creating a structured act on extremism, the next level is violent extremism. i wonder what your thoughts were of governor gretchen whitmer as

the democrats swept that, gretchen whitmer, at the top of the ticket, i'm intrigued by that.s gretchen whitmer as blueprint for what remember rebecca is talking about. and how much of that is the democrats in michigan were running against some pretty extreme republicans. >> i think there's a little of both. i want to give, as they like to call her greenwich, the credit, governor gretchen whitmer is strong and passionate. and is a wonderful role model for women everywhere. who want to lean on the subjects. also, the republican party in michigan, is a good example of where they really embrace the far-right extreme. and all of the militia action up there, even her being threatened by kidnapping, all of that played into the hands of most michigan voters, who want to be somewhere where we can see the middle. not necessarily, i mean it's fine to have really progressive values, but most people wa , and you combine that with a passionate strong leader, on issues like individual freedom when it comes to deciding what to do with your own body, then you have a winning combination. and s

after a string of mass shootings, i travel to - for a wide ranging conversatio with governor gretchen whitmer about guns, the threats agains her abortion rights an yethonat, as republica candidates running for president. later, i took a selfie rid with new york city mayor eri adams. i asked him about donald trump dealing with crime in a bi city and also his weeken routine. for more than a week now, we'v been hearing that donald trump may be indicted by the manhattan da's office an yesterday, trump himself weighed in in an all caps tirade on his social media site, truth social, the former president said he will be arrested on tuesday of next week. even more ominously, he also encouraged his supporters to quote protest. and take our nation back and then he doubled down wit another post saying quote, protests, protest, protest. if that's unfamiliar to you, i really should. it is eerily similar to th language trump used before january 6th in the days leadin up to it and we all know how that ended that's why it's important to b extra vigilant about the impac his works could have but it's also cruc

there you guys are we also know you have michigan governor gretchen whitmer joining you on sunday. so excited i spent with day with gretchen whitmer yesterday. for all the dysfunction in washington, they're actually doing a lot in michigan. they're about to get a package of gun legislation through we talked about that, abortion rights, her own future aspirations. you'll have to tune in on sunday she had an interesting thoughts, jonathan, and sobering, i'll say, about trump's hold on the republican party in michigan so i think we're going to play a clip of that >> so there's a little bit going on in presidential politicians right now. >> i've heard. >> yes, of course. michigan is always a state that you will get lots of visits from, from many, many presidential candidates. looking at the field and just talking to people in michigan, republicans in michigan, are they tired of donald trump, or are they still having the same kind of support for him they had in 2016 or 2020? >> what's interesting, in michigan, republican party politicians, for a long tomb, has been controlled by the dev

gretchen whitmer's gonna be kidnapped and held trial. dana nessel's gonna have to confess.ncy pelosi's gonna have to confess. earlier this year a trump superfan infield republican candidate was charged with organizing a string of shootings that targeted local democratic lawmakers in new mexico. miraculously no one was hurt. and in washington at the highest levels the republican party there is an air of permissiveness about this behavior, or pretending to ignore. you can see how, you can see it and how they treat the january six insurrectionists who tried to violently overthrow the u.s. government by force and said they want to challenge the sitting vice president. according to one report, republican marjorie taylor greene who claims the insurrectionists are personnel political prisoners, -- to give video to tucker carlson. mccarthy could've made those videos public instead, something green had previously called. forbidden studies going alleges buddies republican state tv desirous clips you should see and how it should be edited. and just this week, a senior aide to kevin mc

joint convention, i present to you the governor of the great state of michigan, the honorable gretchen whitmer. [applause] governor whitmer: thank you. thank you. thank you. good evening, michigan. it is so great to be back here at the capitol and it feels even better to be making history. i am honored to stand between speaker joe tate and the majority leader. both are firsts -- the first black speaker and the first woman majority leader. [applause] they will certainly not be the last. speaker tate, majority leader brinks, minority leader hall, minority leader nesbitt, i look forward to our partnership centered on problem solving. it's what the people of michigan deserve. let's also take a moment to honor our michigan state police and our michigan national guard. [applause] they and their families make sacrifices to keep us all safe. we will always have their backs and we mean it. we are calling on the biden administration to keep supporting our guard members, their families, and the community. and continue together to continue to base a fighter mission at selfridge air national guard base in

i would suggest to the democrats they pick a shapiro-gretchen whitmer ticket.re are more registered democrats than republicans. republicans will probably never win the popular vote again. but the map is tilted towards republicans because the democrats cannot win the flyover zones. it all depends on the swing states. if they pick shapiro and whitmer, they win pennsylvania and michigan and it is over. that is really all i have got to say. host: what are you concerned about with president biden? why couldn't he appeal to voters in pennsylvania and michigan? caller: well, because of the way it was set up,, they can challenge those. we are going to go through the same thing we went through in 2020, just like in arizona. it will just be another mess. i don't think they could challenge. witmer was reelected. shapiro in pennsylvania. i don't think the challenges hold water as much as they do if those people win, somebody like that. host: got it. adrian in pittsburgh, good morning. is it president biden or someone else in 2024? we lost the call. we will go to nancy in p

i would suggest to the democrats they pick a shapiro-gretchen whitmer ticket.re are more registered democrats than republicans. republicans will probably never win the popular vote again. but the map is tilted towards republicans because the democrats cannot win the flyover zones. it all depends on the swing states. if they pick shapiro and whitmer, they win pennsylvania and michigan and it is over. that is really all i have got to say. host: what are you concerned about with president biden? why couldn't he appeal to voters in pennsylvania and michigan? caller: well, because of the way it was set up,, they can challenge those. we are going to go through the same thing we went through in 2020, just like in arizona. it will just be another mess. i don't think they could challenge. witmer was reelected. shapiro in pennsylvania. i don't think the challenges hold water as much as they do if those people win, somebody like that. host: got it. adrian in pittsburgh, good morning. is it president biden or someone else in 2024? we lost the call. we will go to nancy in p

. >> so, if you are someone like a gretchen whitmer or newsom in california, and throw in pritzker inhe mix, why would you not throw your hat in at this point? i think the most likely democratic nominee is governor whitmer of michigan. she's a woman and she's very liked on the left, she's done everything she could for laborer. she represents a key swing state. she's formidable as a potential democratic nominee. pritzker on the other hand, there is a huge difference of being a governor and being a presidential candidate. pritzker on the national state will be absurdity. you look at the things they have done in illinois, every single one of them is opposed by 70% or 90% of the american people. the most procriminal state in the country. >> he's a nightmare. >> you go to california, let's get serious. newsom can't survive east of the california border because the truth is he's a goofball who runs the state that's not working. >> meanwhile, we don't know who's running the country right now. direct aim at congressman jim jordan. so congressman jordan is here to respond next. >> wait until y

you talked about gretchen whitmer. do you feel like you are missing out on anything by not being on it? >> it's a great question. the reality here we have to talk to people where they are. whether it's tiktok, instagram or snapchat. the reality is on any social platform, it's never going to be the best people are the was this going to fall -- whether they love us or hate us and so often the people we need to talk to about the impact of our agenda or the issues of the day are not there at all. the folks that are going to be more impactful have bigger audiences. the campaign has a sort of instructive version of this. it was our number two video platform because we were taking people think there are plenty of opportunities. >> second row. >> how social media has changed to medication, particularly in places where it's important to have accurate information quickly. hopefully, an environment where you may not know information immediately. how do you handle fast-changing situations? >> i really love this question. you alway

gretchen whitmer at. of the ticket. i'm intrigued by that.was that a blueprint of what rebecca tracer is talking about if. >> i think there's a little bit of both. i want to give gretch the credit. she's strong and passionate and is a wonderful role model for women everywhere who want to lead on these subjects. also the republican party in michigan is a good example of where they really embraced the far-right extreme and all the militia action up there and her being threatened by kidnapping all of that played into the hands of most michigan voters who want to be somewhere where we can see the middle not necessarily -- it's fine to have really progressive values but most people want there to be some normalcy and they don't want extremes. when republicans keep nominating very extreme people and you combine that with a compassionate strong leader with individual freedom to decide what to do with your own body then you have a winning combination. she's still did a great job as did the rest of the ticket pointing out how extreme and unacceptable t

gretchen whitmer's advisers think so. >> this is jill. this is my lady amy. this is brianna, you know why we call her brianna, right? it's a long story. helga. >> that's one way to keep the kidnappers at bay. by making them nauseous. but dems love their tiktok and distraught that the white house might ban it, now joe finally admitting that china is in our enemy. they planted a spy on every cell phone in america, it's not racist to notice that. just the name of the app alone gave it away. tiktok as is time is running out on world dominance, america. speaking of china, covid-19, yes. was a lab leak. not too long ago you weren't allowed to speculate that the virus made by human hands especially the tiny ones of anthony fauci when he wasn't practicing his autograph. >> evolutionary virtual network evolution air virologist thatisn animal to a human. we've got to keep a completely open mind. >> oh, okay, so now it's okay to have an open mind. because remember, it wasn't before, you know, it was bat soup or you're a racist. so, there is an entire multibillion dollar

democratic governor gretchen whitmer has promised to sign the legislation, which will make michigan the first state in nearly 60 years to roll back a so-called right to work law. since the law took effect, michigan unions have seen a decline of about 40,000 members. 26 other u.s. states still have right-to-work policies in place. in georgia, special grand jurors investigating interference in the 2020 election have heard audio of a phone call trump placed to then-house speaker david ralston, in which the president asked the fellow republican to convene a special session of the legislature to overturn joe biden's electoral college victory in georgia. that's according to new details of the grand jury's probe published in the atlanta journal-constitution, which reports speaker ralston responded to trump, "i will do everything in my power that i think is appropriate." ralston did not call a special session, and biden's win in georgia was ultimately certified despite trump's efforts. in january of 2021, trump was recorded asking georgia's republican secretary of state to find enough votes to

gretchen whitmer uses only on burner phone because she's aware of national security risks and how americans on tiktok. they love tiktok. personally i am not but if the democrats move forward or in a bipartisan way move forward and say, listen, tiktok is no good, communist enterprise, we have to ban it, who is going to suffer most? >> it would technically hurt them because that's half of the white house guest list. seriously, how many tiktokers have been at the white house in the last year. the reason people like it here is because tiktok is a hand held mental institution, you go on there, i'm smarter than this, given it a lap dance on the couch, he's got issues. china is using in two ways, they are stealing information, our son lincoln is not allowed on tiktok. we have one kid as you know, we decide today stop breeding after first report card and get a dog. they are punking us in two ways, they are stealing our information, two, they are clowning us. do you know china's tiktok doesn't do this? it's used for academic purposes, limbed to one hour a day. they don't have people like we do, like

pritzker, phil murphy, gretchen whitmer, and eric adams to travel for joe, attend rallies for joe andv for joe. the star studded line up will be identifying as joe biden for the 2024 presidential campaign. that way biden can be everywhere at once and anyone, male, female, black, white, everything to everybody. all at the same time. that way joe can stay home. biden just doesn't have what it takes to zigzag through the rust belt, fly west to arizona and compete in florida. usually when joe leaves the eastern time zone it takes him at least a day to recover. so, joe's going to bank on pritzker and murphy to fire up crowds. crowds joe has never been able to fire up himself it. worked for him last time. >> joe biden has had a blessing this campaign. the basement campaign has been a blessing for democrats. >> what we have seen is joe biden himself does virtual fundraisers almost every night and they have actually proven much more successful than i think anybody anticipated. >> the virtual campaign has been somewhat more effective given, you know, the fact that the coronavirus pandemic is s

hot holiday season is right around the corner, so as my friend gretchen whitmer likes to say, let's fix the roads. [applause] >> look, protecting our environment is also a priority. i am especially proud of the important bipartisan progress we made over the past four years. together we have reinvigorated the future program which conserves 37 new projects, preserve thing working waterfront's, farmlands and forests and the largest -- areas ever. [applause] >> it really is. we have led the nation in combating fast can --pfas contamination, forcing schools to switch to bottled water. farmers were left in financial shambles and fishermen were questioning whether the wildlife they are harvesting might be contaminated. in all, with your help, we have dedicated more than $100 million in the past two years to address pfas. funding environmental testing and remediation, creating a trust fund to assist farmers. installing more than 300 drinking water treatment systems and establishing temporary standards to protect drinking water. now i am asking you to approve an additional $6 million in state an

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next sunday night here on cnn when my guests are the rising democratic star, michigan governor gretchen whitmer

a lot of us are reminded of that kidnapping plot targeting the governor gretchen whitmer, and the man who led all of this was convicted to 16 years in prison back in december, but i guess that my question is why michigan? i guess that we are seeing it seems like a lot of political violence aimed at the michigan officials as of late, and on top of that, michigan is seeing the highest number of anti-semitic incidents as well. >> it a complicated picture in michigan. this not necessarily unique to michigan, but whether it was during the pandemic that we saw individuals whether extreme or not extreme kind of coalesce around the mask mandate or other history issue, and there a wide range of sort of historical incidents that have happened in that area. what we are seeing now frankly, a lot of it in this case seems to incubate online and start and spread in those spaces where the individuals have been signaling back to others in the communities and frankly no matter where they are in the country, and michigan is representative to what we are seeing around the country, and frankly unfortunate

after a plot to kidnap governor gre gretchen whitmer was foiled. >> this is right in the wheel housek is the most dangerous and most concerning threat that they face on the counter terrorist side. >> reporter: the suspect allegedly posted a declaration of sovereignty claiming a country he called new israel according to the fbi encompassing a nine mile radius around his home. the fbi says he believed because of this no one in the government or law enforcement had authority over him. tweeting, any crime that's been claimed i committed i am, one, immune from prosecution anyway, two, all the evidence is fake. this isn't the first time law enforcement has seen a claim like this. >> it seems to fit the profile of a lone wolf. >> reporter: he is a former senior counter-terrorism official for the u.s. government. >> whether this threat gets manifest bid single individuals posting online like in this particular case or larger groups come together like they did leer in michigan with the plot to kidnap governor whitmer to the extreme end of the insurrection of january 6. we've seen the differen

the bills were passed narrowly by the democrat-controlled senate and have gone to governor gretchen whitmerwas invalidated decades ago when roe v. wade took effect. but it has remained on the states books and would have prohibited abortions even in cases of rape or incest, except to save a woman's life. five women are suing the state of texas to change its ridge tricked of abortion law. they want abortions allowed if a physician makes a good-faith judgment that the pregnant person faces serious risk of death or a risk to their health. one of the plaintiffs developed consultations complications during her pregnancy. she says she ended up getting septicemia and needing a blood transfusion before she could receive abortion care. >> i cannot adequately put in towards the trauma and despair that comes with waiting to either lose your own life, your child's life, or both. >> lindsey lee is the women's co-chair and regional chair of the democratic national committee. and she joins me now from philadelphia. i appreciate you being with us. >> thank you so much for having me, rosemary, especially on

pritzker, governor gretchen whitmer, governor wes moore, governor phil murphy, senator elizabeth warreno khanna, chris coons from delaware, lisa blunt from rochester, veronica escobar, and it was karen because many in los angeles. -- karen bass in los angeles. he's trying to bring these people in. meanwhile, the actual person who's thrown her hat in the ring is marianne williamson -- will: who's been dismissedded already as a joke candidate. rachel: i don't think she's a joke. will: democrat party is not entered -- pete: and if rfk jr. gets in, do they actually treat them as candidates? and you put out a list like this to say i'm the nominee. that's what joe biden is trying to say. michigan newsom a big name on there, elizabeth warren as well. he hasn't announced he's going to run, but you put out something like this, and it basically seems to say that's what's coming. rachel: right. i'm glad you brought up rfk jr. if he's allowed to debate joe biden, if joe biden comes out of his basement during the campaign, that will be fascinating. will: political leaders will be asked to travel, at

several men were recently sentenced for plotting to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer. paula palo sand volume is tracking this. >> i had an opportunity to read through the pages linked to the defendant in this case. when you read some of the messages, they can be described as anti-semitic, but bizarre, unhinged and really alarming, including this particular post we want to show you that dates back to february 17th. that's what fbi agents first noticed when they allegedly went on twitter and wrote that he would, quote, quarter out punishment of death to anyone that is jewish in michigan government. the very next day, the fbi's national threat operations center relayed that to fbi agents working with state place that were able to speak to the mother who told investigators she believed her son was in texas and that had access to multiple firearms. they put use to the phone they were able to track them down and arrest them. we're still working out the details on a timeline, but everything does suggest he was taken to custody extremely quickly, preventing a tragedy here. the

before making its way to governor gretchen whitmer's whitmer's desk.she plans to sign a bill into law. activists in mid michigan inhibit trying to codify civil rights for lgbtq for years. as before is a reintroduction of an identical bill from the previous legislative session. under the prior republican controlled legislature, the bill never received a hearing. you know that saying, elections have consequences? it's true. progress is possible when people turn out to vote for it. and now, to quote annexed guess, with the passage of s before, democrats in michigan are telling lgbtq youth that they have a future. >> 18 years ago, when i was 18 years old, i did know who i was or what i was going to be. that year michigan voted for one of the harshest marriage bands in the country that had previously mentioned. i thought i had no future. not just no future here in michigan, i thought i had no future. what kind of life calais possibly live just by existing my life was unlawful. i've come a long way to get here. a community has come a long way to get here. i

. >> reporter: governor gretchen whitmer the target of a kidnapping plot in 2020 the anti-definitioneague reporting anti-semitic attacks reached a record high in the u.s. in 2021, up 34% from a year before. >> this is right in the wheel house of what the fbi and director wray have told us they think is the most dangerous, the most concerning threat that they face on the counter terrorist side. he's heavily armed. he might be mentally unstable but nevertheless has decided to act out his animus, his grievance for the jewish leaders of michigan. >> reporter: we learned carpenter is a former employee at the university of michigan, according to a spokesperson for that institution who said between 2011 and 2021 he worked there as a system administrator intermediate. they would not speak to the circumstances about his departure. however, wolf, when you read some of those unhinged ramblings that according to federal prosecutors were actually written by carpenter, he writes he was fired for refusing to take what he described as an experimental medication. so that certainly speaks volumes. mea

joey: yeah, we've interviewed others from michigan on the, and gretchen whitmer, obviously, has supportedng. what does the say for the politicians that are currently running the state of michigan? >> that they have no idea what they're talking about. jee do you think your fellow residents share this sentiment with you? >> i know quite a few that do. joey: you know, i've always -- i'm friends with ted knew gent, i've gone hunting with him, i've always been a fan of michigan, i drive a ford myself. detroit, that's america's city right there. so much of our industrial base was founded there when it comes to the automobile. do you think michigan as a state is going to stand for this for much longer? >> i have no idea. i know what i'd like to say, but i don't know how true it is. a lot of people who are down to earth, you know, i think we all see the writing on the wall. joey: yeah. well, listen, matthew, thank you for your service, thanks for joining us, and most importantly, thank you for standing up for america. >> thank you. joey: all right. coming up, protests continue across paris over a

on we also have leader hakee jeffries, and gretchen whitmer on this weekend.ve, wher they spend their time, so th public can get to know them little bit better. >> jen, do you know how long we've been trying to get hakee jeffries on this program this is getting tough to watch here the competition -- >> leader jeffries, please g and learn [inaudible >> i concede i concede! we don't have a chance against your star power pulling thes people and so, jen, sundays at 12 but it looks like you didn't manage to [inaudible this job down to the hour of television it looks like you're working o it all week. >> we are going to be launchin a show on peacock later in may record to be doing a sho that is on youtube where w hope people are gonna be abl to ask questions of me and our guests and we also have a newslette that is launching the saturday to lots of different pieces o content out there. lots of ways we're going to be shedding some light on what' happening with our polic makers >> jen psaki, please join us here whenever you half the tim in that incredibly bus schedule

. >> governor gretchen whitmer, the targeting of a kidnapping plot in 2020, the antidefamation leagueeporting anti-semitic attacks reached a record high in the u.s. in 2021, up 34% from the year before. >> this is right in the wheel house of what the fbi and director wray have told us they think is the most dangerous, the most concerning threat that they face on the counterterrorist side. he's heavily armed, he might be, you know, mentally unstable, but nevertheless has decided to act out his animus, his grievance towards jewish leaders in michigan. >> we have learned that carpenter is a former employee at the university of michigan, according to a spokesperson at that institution who added that for ten years he worked there as a system administrator intermediate but couldn't say why that employment came to an end, john. however, when you read over his completely unhinged writings on social media, according to federal prosecutors, he does write that he was fired over his refusal to take what he described as an experimental medication. so that's certainly telling. meanwhile, he does re

. >> governor gretchen whitmer the target of a kidnapping plot in 2020, the anti-defamation league reportingecord high in the u.s. in 2021, up 34% from the year before. >> this is right in the wheelhouse of what the fbi director wray have told us, they think is the most dangerous, the most concerning threat that they face on the counter terrorist side. he is heavily armed, he might be mentally unstable, but nevertheless, has decided to act out in his agreements towards the jewish -- >> polo sandoval, cnn, new york. >> and we just want to add that carpenters being represented by a public defender, and cnn has reached out to his attorney for comment. cnn has obtained an image of an alleged explosive device that a man in pennsylvania is accused of trying to bring on to a plane. officials say the device contains powder with commercial grade fireworks along with a fuse and other components. according to court documents, it was in a suitcase that checked out lee valley in national airport on monday for a flight to orlando, but tsa agents caught the explosives and he was later arrested in pennsylva

that thwarted plot that we all reported about not that long ago against the michigan governor, gretchen whitmer. what do authorities think is behind this awful trend that we're now seeing? >> well, wolf, there's nothing new about anti-semitism. but it has become kind of a go-to dish at the salad bar of gripes, you know, that include white supremacists, accelerationists who want to topple the government, people who are trying to take down the power grid as we saw a few weeks ago, people who have it against the media, anti-vaxxers. you've got all of those. but including, you know, qanon conspiracy theories. almost 100% of them have that thread of anti-semitism running through them. and while that's always been there under the surface where people who would find like-minded anti-semites, the problem that has brought it to the surface is in these chat rooms, in social media, in places like telegram where they can find each other in large numbers, it has now become normalized in a way we haven't seen at any time before. and if you talk to groups like the adl, they'll verify that. and if you look at

you know gretchen whitmer won pretty handily there and marmot lost in pennsylvania so with that beingd it's way too early to talk about this part of it, but i think it's very likely if it is a rematch between trump and biden it will come down to three states and in many of those states biden probably has a bit of an edge. >> gillian: garrett, final thoughts to hear. you could say, you know, if the president was doing so well and only three states were up for grabs he wouldn't be so busy trying to reshape the calendar and reshape the map. >> garrett: i agree. again, we do have problems as the incumbent president and over half your party doesn't want you to run again. also voters in pennsylvania and michigan, voters in wisconsin, they don't like 8% inflation, they don't like gas prices being up at $6 a gallon. they don't like crime or what is happening at the board of. >> gas prices are not $6 a gallon. >> garrett: they've been up to 9% at $6 a gallon. >> richard: right now the average price is $3 and inflation is at 6%. >> garrett: which are both higher than they were when president bi

i am pleased to announce and i want to thank gretchen whitmer personally for this that our next roundtable will be in detroit, michigan, april 19. april 20 and 21. i think the thank the governor. on that point, i also want to thank my wife, tammy murphy, stand up and take a bow please, tammy murphy. [applause] i don't want laura kelly to get mad at me but josh soup euros -- josh shapiro is not here because he's rooting for the eagles. and i'm just stating a fact, go chiefs. we are likely to be hosted a single day when we convene in philadelphia sometime in may. we can't wait to welcome everyone to the great garden state in july, for the -- july 12-14 for our annual summer meeting. that will be in atlantic city. as i have said to many of you, bring your dancing shoes and your wallets. not necessarily in that order. the roundtables exam are parallel initiatives on maternal and infant health. she has done outstanding work on this issue in our state and she is doing an excellent job leading this initiative nationally. these two initiatives share so much common ground like the challenges to aff

next sunday night here on cnn when my guests are the rising democratic star, michigan governor gretchen whitmer and actress and business mogul, jessica alba. thank you for watching and good night. >>> welcome to this special 8:00 hour of the "cnn newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington and we begin this hour with an emotional anniversary of a pivotal moment in american history. on a busy weekend when the race for the white house was taking shape. president joe biden was in selma, alabama, today for the anniversary of bloody sunday, and a speech before some of the country's most prominent civil rights leaders. while outside washington, a very different scene in a very different speech, as former president donald trump spoke to the conservative political action conference, vowing retribution in his words. and earlier today in california, the politician who could be trump's biggest rival for the gop nomination in 2024, florida governor ron desantis, speaking at the ronald reagan library. but we begin in selma, alabama, with arlette saenz. arlette, what can you tell us? >> jim, president biden used

course the january 6th attac of the united states capitol the plot to kidnap michiga governor gretchen whitmerul pelosi with a hammer author and executive editor at the atlantic adrian law friend writes in part, in recent years, americans have contemplated worst-case scenario which th country's extreme and widening divisions lead to a second civil war both countries experiencing an out and will likely continue t experience for generations o more, something different. the form of extremism way face a new phase of a domesti terror when characterized by individuals with shape ideologies willing to kill their political enemies. unchecked, it promises an er of slow motion anarchy adrian joins us now. her caucus or in the atlanti is titled, a new anarchy america faces a type o extremist violence it does not know how what to stop. adrienne, thanks for being wit us to talk about this this morning. before we think about some solutions here, and how we might change the trajectory we are on, let's talk about how w got here and how bad it is you really went into some deep reporting for the story an when w

first episode, gentle be joined by house democratic leader hakeem jeffries michigan governor gretchen whitmer sedan with governor whitme covered a wide range of topics including the high volume of threats the governor has received well home in the stat of michigan. including that infamous plot back in 2020 to kidnap her take a look. >> beyond the political threats, you have also been targeted by militia groups you talked about this a fair amount there was the plot to kidnap you back in 2020 that was thankfully stopped by the fbi. does this creep into your head militia groups or groups tha would not be proponents of gun legislation. does it creep into your head a you are thinking about pushing this forward and getting thi past and what the opponents of it may think or do >> yeah, i'd be lying if i sai i don't think about all th threats that i have received o that my family has received or that other public official have received. it is so scary and so common i this country right now for people to just threaten someon with whom they disagree. that's not what this democracy is all about it needs