welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm christine romans. we start with a pennsylvania man arrested by federal agents for trying to check a suitcase packed with explosives on to a flight to florida. according to court documents, an alarm went on alerts tsa officials that bag belonging to marc muffley contained

explosives. more now from evan perez. >> reporter: according to the fbi, he checked the bag and in routine screening happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found. they found powder that was in a plastic wrap, they found fuses. powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so the question is, you know, what was he doing with this. the airport tried to page him while he was still at the airport. he left. and he was later arrested that evening on monday by the fbi. the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don't mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that, something obviously

that the fbi was focused on the last couple of days. nothing like that appears to have emerged in that investigation. this is a very serious thing obviously. if you read the court documents, the fbi says that this powder that was included in this compound was susceptible to ignite from heat and friction and pose a significant risk to the aircraft and passengers. >> evan, thank you for that. seven passengers taken to the hospital after turbulence on a flight out of austin bound for frankfurt had to be tie inadvertented. passenger says it was like free falling from the top of a roller coaster with plates and glassware hitting the ceiling. the airline says injuries were minor. the biden administration has approved a potential $617 million arms sale to taiwan that includes missiles for fighter jets. and this will likely further

inflame tensions between the u.s. and china. the state department says the move is necessary. and kristie lu stout is joining us live from hong kong this morning. any reaction from the chinese government? >> reporter: we did get reaction from the chinese government and as expected, china firmly opposes this deal. on wednesday the biden administration approved the potential $619 million arms sale to taiwan. this includes hundreds of missiles for f-16 fighter jets. the principal contractors include lockheed martin and raytheon, two companies previously sanctioned by china for previous weapons sales to taiwan. a couple hours ago, we heard reaction from the ministry of foreign affairs in beijing, they slammed the deal adding, quote, stop arm sales to taiwan and stop creating tensions across the taiwan straits. china will continue to take firm and forceful measures to safe

guard its sovereignty and security interests. we also heard from the ministry of defense earlier in the day, of course they welcomed the purchase while adding that the provision of defense weapons to our country is the basis for preserving regional peace. some key context for you, this is not the largest u.s. arms deal to taiwan. that too being place in september of last year in a deal that surpassed $1.1 billion u.s. the last u.s. arms deal to taiwan took place in december of last year, but the latest one announced on wednesday will certainly continue to dive a wedge between the u.s. and china. back to you. >> kristie lu stout for us, thank you so much. rail workers in ohio report that they are getting sick. a union letter accuses norfolk southern of putting workers at risk in the latest fallout from the east palestine disaster. they continue to experience migraines and nausea days after

the derailment and they all expect exposure to these chemicals. pete buttigieg met wednesday with the administrator to ensure improvements. and after a deadly head-on collision between two trains in gr greece, teams are losing hope of finding anymore survivors raising questions about the country's less than stellar track record with railway safety. nada bashir is live for us. have investigators made a final determination about what caused this crash? >> reporter: the investigation is still very much ongoing, but at this stage authorities have said that they have arrested one man, the manager of a nearby rail station on allegations -- and charged now of negligence and mass death. and so there is now a focus on human error as the key cause

behind this deadly collision. but of course there are still questions around the safety measures in place around the country's rail network. take a look. >> reporter: a fireball ignites, a passenger train in greece carrying more than 350 people colliding head-on with a freight train killing dozens. in the aftermath, debris and carriages scattered across tracks. >> translator: what we're experiencing today is very, very difficult as a country. we are talking about an unspeakable tragedy. our thoughts today are first and foremost with the relatives of the victims. >> reporter: the crash happened shortly before midnight local time. and passenger train on its way to thessaloniki changed tracks before the collision. a manager has now been arrested

and charged with mass deaths and causing harm through negligence. firefighters meanwhile worked through the night to find and identify victims. rescued passengers describe the ordeal as a nightmare. >> translator: we heard a big bang. it was ten nightmarish seconds. we were turning over in the wagon until we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. and then there was panic. cables everywhere. the fire was immediate as we were turning over, we were being burned. >> reporter: more than 70 people were injured, and are now receiving treatment in hospital. most of the passengers were yo young. meanwhile rescue workers continue the desperate search for more survivors. >> one thing i can guarantee, we will find out the cause of the tragedy and do everything in our power to make sure that it never

happens again. >> reporter: look, christine, the operation here is still ongoing. you can see the rescue workers behind me. first two carriages of this train completely engulfed by flames upon that collision. they are still trying to recover bodies here. of course no more survivors. but dozens of people injured in hospital with family members still waiting for news of their loved ones. >> just a tragedy there. nada, thank you so much. back to the u.s., the defense in the alex murdaugh double murder trial set to wrap up its case today. prosecutors delivered their closing arts wedneguments wedne after the jurors visited the property where the murders took place. randi kaye has more. >> on june 7, 2021, maggie and paul were brutally and maliciously murdered at the kennels by alex murdaugh.

>> reporter: just before closing arguments the jury visited those kennels, the crime scene up close for the first time. video of the scene, not the jurors, was allowed to be recorded by the media. the jury saw the small feed room where paul murdaugh was killed. >> he takes that shot to the chest but it didn't kill him. alex thought it did. he puts down the shotgun and pick up the blackout and startled by paul. and that is why the ankle is like that and catches paul like that and goes up into the ceiling as you've heard the testimony from kinsey. and blows his brains out. >> reporter: paul fell to the con creed after the second fatal shot. his brain hitting the pavement. as the jury could see at the scene, all of that was within sight of where maggie murdaugh's body was found on the grass near the shed. the pool reporter measured the two shootings were just about 12

steps apart. listen as the prosecutor recreates the alleged events including the use of the blackout rifle. >> because maggie sees what happens and she comes running over there, running to her baby. probably the last thing on her mind thinking that it was him who had done this. while he's picked up the blackout and opens fire. and she takes those two shots. and it crumples her over. >> reporter: and prosecutors zeroed in on how murdaugh lied about being at the kennels around the time of the murders. the video later found on paul's cellphone was recorded at 8:44 p.m. minutes before prosecutors say they were killed. alex murdaugh can be heard talking in the background though for 20 months, he denied being there. >> why in the world would an innocent reasonable father and husband lie about that, and lie about it so early?

he didn't know that was there. >> reporter: the prosecutor reminded the jury that the state's ballistics expert determined it was a family weapon, a 300 blackout rifle that killed maggie. he based that on the fact that shell casings found near maggie's body matched casings scattered all over murdaugh's hunting property. in other words, the gun had been used there many times before. >> a family blackout killed ma maggie. it was present just a couple months prior to the murders. it is gone now. a family weapon the defendant cannot account for killed maggie. >> reporter: the prosecutor left the jury with this -- >> we couldn't bring you any eyewitnesses because they were murdered. but common sense and human nature can speak on behalf of maggie and paul.

when you look at this in its totality, common sense and human nature can speak for them. and they deserve a voice. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, walterboro, south carolina. all right. now to the war in ukraine. russian troops laying siege to the donetsk region pounding the eastern town of bakhmut. but ukrainian soldiers vow to stand their ground. with both sides suffering severe losses, even the chief of the wagner group admits that ukraine has ferociously defended its land. >> tran >> translator: tens of thousands are fiercely repelling attacks. blood shed increases every day. >> clare sebastian is joining me. president zelenskyy said that ukraine's biggest challenge is defending bakhmut.

why? >> well, christine, it seems certainly this morning if you judge by the account from the ukrainian general staff that the momentum is on the russian side. they say the russians are continuing to advance assaulting the city, that backed up by the study of war which is a think tank that tracks these movements on the front line. but that we know according to the ukrainian military that wagner is still deploying they say some of their best trained units. untold resources there into this battle for a city which by the way was not even a city, a town really, population of around 70,000, before the war. not even particularly strategically placed. but has become something of huge significant ce for both sides. ukraine has said this week that they believe the town is not encircled, they say they have fortified the west of the town which even if russia does take bakhmut which should prevent them advancing too quickly further west. there is another wild card though which is the weather

here. the spring is starting in ukraine, the ground that was frozen breaking up. and the mud that that creates could potentially slow down russian tanks as they try to advance. that may be why we see ukraine holding on even as they face questions around the merit of doing that given the scale of the losses that they are taking. >> clare sebastian, thank you so much. still ahead, sirhan sirhan making another plea for parole and the decision is in. and after a failed inspection at a key nuclear base. and liftoff for the latest mission pairing nasa with spacex. mune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustaiain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals,s, and enensure complete with thirty grams of protein. i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. ♪things are getting clear♪ ♪i feel free to bare my skin♪ ♪yeah, that's all me♪

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were bigger? columnist from the "washington post," you are writing a series of columns looking at things in democracy that have been pulling us apart. and trying to find solutions to putting us back together. so is one of these solutions i guess more voting members in the house to better represent the people? >> thank you so much, i appreciate the chance to look forward. i know it sounds crazy, but, yes, a bigger house would help us a lot. the house was always supposed to grow with the population, that would give flexibility. dynamics can change as population changes. the fact that it has been stuck for 100 years is partly why we have a rigid frozen system. >> and so i guess what are your reasons for more people would be

better in this branch? >> well, it is really important to remember where we started. when we started the ratio was for every representative, 30,000 people. so think of that standard, it meant it was actually really possible to know your representative. they had to be directly accountable to the people. odds are we can't get back to that ratio, but we can bring it town and that should give us a chance for more direct connection, better constituency services. and more direction to the people. what they called due dependence on the people, ordinary voters. smaller districts will be cheaper to campaign in and it will also therefore bring down the impact of money and politics. >> and the flip side of that, could it make it harder to pass bills and get things done, would it be unwieldy? >> certainly the case that you could operate at a bigger scale. british parliament is larger than we are.

buddhists are larger. so a lot of places are already operating at a higher scale even though their populations are smaller than ours. >> and you write lack of proximity to representatives leave constituents in an information vacuum easily filled bipolarizing narratives and misinformation. would an expanded house meaning we have more voices spreading misinformation? >> it really means because representatives would be closer to their constituents to get more through first and second degree of connection. so more local knowledge that is actually well informed can directly affect the conversation. right now people are so removed but they have to rely on national sources. it is that vacuum that permits the misinformation to get traction and hold sway. >> all right, danielle, thank you so much. and we look forward to reading more of your pieces this year. thank you.

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deliver food and medicine to residents trapped in their homes. chad myers has the forecast for us. chad, is more snow headed to california? and how damaging are the tornadoes looking to be? >> there could be some very big tornadoes today and i'm concerned about the dallas area up toward little rock and texarkana. maybe late, late tonight almost by tomorrow morning this time, something rolling through northern louisiana, but snow in the four corners, storms in the middle and snow still in new england. so let's get to it right now. most of the storms from overnight have calmed down. there was quite a bit of activity overnight from arkansas and into tennessee, even northern alabama and northern georgia. but we're watching the next storm system that will develop west of there. the next one that will bring the potential for severe weather today. dallas, shreveport, maybe to your north up toward little rock, hot springs. here is how it plays out. we work our way into noon. storms beginning to fire west of dallas. all of a sudden stevensville and

up into dallas, texas, some could be very large. i know you see the area here of the biggest threat to the east of there is, but i think that that could push to the back. i think in a few hours they will say hey, wait a minute, dallas, tarrant county, you will have to watch this up toward denton, these are the areas that will see the initial rotation with these storms. and then later on this afternoon, it moves a little farther to the north. and a squall line rolls toward shreveport about midnight tonight. and then the big storms here overnight on up toward st. louis, maybe even southern indiana, illinois, through kentucky. tornado threat today, yes, a hail threat, a wind threat, all of the above are possible for today in that aim saer. but also widespread rain. even if you don't get severe weather, you could see 4 to 6 inches of rainfall here and that could cause some flash flooding. we'll watch it for you today. it will really start to ramp up around 2:00 or 3:00 this

afternoon. keep your weather radio on or make sure your apps on your phone are working because there will be quite a few warnings today. >> dangerous situation potentially there. chad, thanks for the report. if you are not one of the nearly 100 million users of chatgpt, you might soon be one. developer is expanding by allowing companies liken take instacart to add it to their applications. samantha kelly, you've been doing a lot of work seeing all the ways that it is changing how we are writing and doing our own jobs. and all this comes after the by asses and misinformation. why are so many companies motivated to integrate it into their services? >> that's right. changing technology right in the

forefront of their apps and services. snapchat is allowing it to be used almost like a chat box, instacart using it more casual language finding what they want. so why do companies want to do this? for one, it is a really fun interactive new technology, it is a way to get people excited and from the user engagement, of course companies are collecting advertisers or market more directly. >> and microsoft is making its ai tool even more accessible in their new update even though they faced scrutiny over inaccurate and emotionally reactive responses. will there be improvements? >> absolutely. there has to be especially for a company like microsoft and being with a search engine where people go to the search engines for reliable trusted information. so when there is information that isn't accurate and we're seeing some, you know, biases,

some tone challenges as well, these systems are always learning and so they need people to continue to interact with it so it will get better and change over time. >> what have you seen? you've used it a lot. does it get creepy? you say the tone can be weird. >> i was using bing maybe about a week or two ago and i was asking it for help and it was very nice and felt very assumed and assumed -- supported and seen. and then it eventually called me rude and disrespectful, it shared a story about a colleague that was very concerning. and inaccurate. so there are a lot of problems that these systems have to work out. >> and so the ceo of media group that owns politico and insider wrote to his employees, artificial intelligence has the potential to make independent journalism better than it was ever. or simply replace it. only those who create the best original content will survive. for those of us who write and

report for a living, how stark of a warning is this that ai may replace jobs including journalists? >> yeah, that is not a company memo i'd want to get as a journalist for sure. but these companies are saying that it can help free up journalists to do more exclusives or get in touch with sources more or do commentary, more investigations. and so many companies are aggregating the news. so in theory by freeing people up to do deeper dive reporting might not necessarily be a bad thing. but the inaccuracy issue is of course a problem. so a lot of things have to be worked out and fact checking has to come in as well. >> and the misinformation and internal biases, it is only as good as gis whawhat goes into i. all right, thank you so much. and one of the top prospects in the nfl draft faces criminal charges in connection with a crash that killed a teammate and

football staff member. andy scholes has the "bleacher report." >> yeah, so former georgia defensive lineman jalen carter booked and released from jail last late night on charges of reckless driving and racing. so the wreck initially reported as a single vehicle accident but now carter, projected to be picked in the top five of the nfl draft, was racing against another suv just hours after the bulldogs celebrated their national championship in january. the driver of the other vehicle, a recruiting staffer, reportedly had a blood alcohol kept level more than twice the legal limit. the suv was traveling at 104 miles per hour when it slammed into power poles and trees killing the two. and carter said there is no question in my mind that when all of the facts are known,full

any criminal wrongdoing. and kevin durant making his long anticipated debut with the suns. kd playing for the first time since hurting his knee in early january. he looked great. 23 points. and devin booker had a game high 37 points as little suns beat the hornets 105-91. here was durant after the game. >> today i was neverrvous, new team, new group.wanted to play hard for them and be coachable. but once the ball was tipped, my teammates were incredible and making me comfortable so just tried to play my game. >> and milwaukee hitting a season high 26 threes against the magic on their way to their 16th straight win last night. giannis scoring game high 31 points. the bucks' best win streak ever 20 in a row back in 1971.

they have a big match-up against the 76ers on saturday. and joe montana in not one, but two, super bowl victories has sold for more than $1.2 million at auction. just obliterating the record for a football jersey. and montana first wore this jersey in super bowl xix and then again four years later in super bowl xxiii best known for that march down the field for the late game winning score against the bengals. previous record for a jersey was $480,000 paid for a 2021 tampa bay buccaneers jersey worn by tom brady. but this is fascinating for many reasons. one because of the amount sold for, but, two, he wore the jersey in two different super bowls four years apart. his wife got it out and was like hey, this jersey worked for you before, use it again. that is why he did it. but players don't even wear jerseys for two halves anymore. >> if it worked, you have to

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roman numeral this morning, 82 cents. women on average earned 82 cents for every dollar a man earned last year. it was 80 cents two decades ago, so two cents in 20 years. is that progress? women are more likely to achieve almost pay parity when they are younger but then that number slips. asian markets slowed down, european markets are lower. stock index futures also mixed

here i'd call that, stocks fell as bond yields rose. economic news coming in strong meaning inflation and interest rates could stay higher. mortgage applications fell to 28 year lows as home buyers are pulling back there. on inflation watch, gas prices rose a penny overnight, $3.37 a gallon. and jobless claims are expected to stay below 200,000 for a september weeseventh week in a . and it is tax time and your return might look different. first expect a smaller refund.m. and it is tax time and your return might look different. first expect a smaller refund. many tax breaks have changed. for tax year 2022, the maximum child tax credit is $2,000 per kid if your income is below $200,000 or 400 grand filing jointly. above those levels credit starts to phase out. and that is at least $1,000 less than the covid era enhanced child tax credit that expired at the end of 2021.

and it is not the only pandemic provision to sunset. the child and dependent care credit also smaller. that is the credit the working parents can use to pay for child care or for the care of an adult dependent. and earned income tax credit for those without children has notably shrunk too. standard deduction is bigger this year, 12950 for single filers. and that is good news since most taxpayers don't itemize. but if you do take the standard deduction, you can't subtract charitable contributions. that is a change from the last two years. you also have a few extra days to file this year. the deadline is april 18th for most taxpayers. that is also the cutoff to file for a six month extension if you need a little more time. let's bring in industry analyst ted grossman.

we laid it out there. you need to expect a smaller tax refund this year because of so many of these sun setting provisions. you did a survey and that is one of the things that tax filers are worried about. >> that's right. people are worried about seven in ten people expecting refunds are worried about something this year. they are worried that their money won't stretch as far because of inflation. unfortunately that is probably true. they are worried also that that refund might be smaller. and as you outline, that is probably the case. the irs says so far this filing season, the average refund is down 11% from last year. the good news, it is still about $3100. so it is still a nice chunk of change. >> down about 11%. at the same time grocery prices are up about 11% so you can see why there are some of the worries here. we have seen from some of the data that inflation appears to be peaking here. but people not feeling that yet in their bank accounts. will these refunds i guess help improve finances for americans?

what do they say that they will do with their refund? >> i think that the refund will help. it won't solve everything of course, but most people will use this very practically. the top answer was to pay down debt. which i think is a great choice especially credit card debt. those rates are approaching 20% on average. so using some of your refund money to pay off credit card debt is a great idea. second most common answer is to boost your savings. that is a great choice as well in part because that is your buffer against future credit card debt. the next time that you have some big unexpected expense or also just to help with everything that seems to cost more on a day to bay basis. >> and let's talk more about those interest rates on credit cards. because you guys know this better than anybody. some of those numbers are bonkers. and the numbers for the store credit cards, i mean, almost onerous. you should not put anything you can't pay for immediately on a store credit card in my view.

>> some store credit cards have processed had 30% threshold whereas the national average for all cards is more like 20%. it really just calls to mind that it is so important to pay these credit card bills in full if you can. about half of cardholders do. if you have debt, get a 0% balance transfer card. don't worry about rewards for now because you don't want to pay 20% in interest just to get 2% cash back or airline miles. if you have debt, put that interest rate first. >> yeah, interest rates are probably going to keep rising. so that means that it will cost more money to borrow. be careful everybody about those credit cards. ted, thank you. nice to see you. all right. eli lilly lowering the price of the most commonly used insulin by 70%, this will cap out of pocket for $35 for people with private insurance. insulin is relatively inexpensive to make but the cost has been a problem. the cdc says more than 16% of

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