2.5 million passengers today alone, amid questions of whether the system can handle it after last year s summer travel meltdown, and the roads are just as packed. plus, imagine if this was your pilot locked out of the cockpit climbing in through the window. also tonight, we ll show you the terrifying new video. a passenger apparently opens an airplane door midair. the wind whipping through the cabin. how it was able to happen. the new deadline just announced when the u.s. will default on its bills if there is no debt ceiling agreement. are we any closer to a deal? new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who intervieiewed him face-to-face just yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs. patients being turned away from their
start with an arrest of historic proportions. it s the first time an american journalist has been detained by russia since the cold war in 1986 the year after i was born wall street journal reporter evan gersh co ceviche. was arrested and is now in custody in moscow on accusations of espionage. he covers russia, ukraine and the former soviet union for the paper. in a statement, the wall street journal said it vehemently denies the allegations from the fsb and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family. espionage charges in russia can carry prison sentences of up to 20 years. court has ordered 31 year old gorshkov itch to be initially detained until may. 29th the white house says the state department has been in direct touch with the russian government at any moment. now we expect his attainment to be addressed at the white house press briefing. of course, we will take you there when it begins. evan gives
senate nomination is one of the most extensive of this election cycle. it is at the moment of three-wa tossup. and endorsement from former president trump seemed to put doctor oz in the driver seat. each candidate making their closing argument in the race they could be decided by the smallest of margins. on the old boys, president trump called out that we need t have the washington, d.c. to represent our pennsylvania values for it to get the media is smearing my name. there is this information in order to suppress my vote and yield a selection from me. i ve worked very hard to be who i am and to be where i am. it matters who you pick for president and it matters who yo pick for senate seat. this is the most important election. just outside of philadelphia this campaign has been going on for several months and i m sure people are ready to get the primary day underway. no doubt about it. good morning, the republican senate primary race is a type tight three-way race
Smugglers, on dangerous journeys across Central America. Others took a shorter but treacherous route. The nearest point to cuba is about 70 miles. The South Florida Straits can turn deadly very quickly. There are sharks, there are jellyfish, storms can pop up unexpectedly. Hundreds have died or gone missing. This is the story of three cubans who risked everything to leave their island for florida. Ola. In 2019, elian was living in varadero with his wife and daughter. It was the maker of tourism for communist run cuba. For years he had been Teaching Diving and water sports to tourists. With a strict trading embargo imposed by the usa since the 1960s, tourism brought a vital source of foreign currency to cuba, around 12 Billion Us Dollars in 2019. For 30 years cuba was supported by its communist allies, the soviet union. But when the Socialist Bloc collapsed in the 1990s, cubans faced a daily struggle to survive. Elian had recovered from bowel cancer, but after surgery he could not sourc
Others took a shorter but treacherous route. There are sharks, jellyfish, and storms can pop unexpectedly. Hundreds have died or gone missing. This is the story of three cubans who risked everything to leave the island for florida. In 2019 he was living in the country with his wife and daughter. It was the mecca of tourism for communist run cuba. Foryears, he had been Teaching Diving and watersports to tourists. With a strict embargo until the 19605 with a strict embargo until the 1960s brought money to cuba, around 600 million in 2019. For years it was supported by its commonest ally, the soviet union, when the Socialist Bloc collapsed in the 1990s, cubans faced a daily struggle to survive. Elian had recovered from bowel cancer, but after surgery he could not source enough colostomy bags. But complaining against the cuban regime was difficult. Growing up in santiago de cuba, 22 year old celimar learned this from a young age. Celimar s father was a dissident. That had repercussions for