to boston. tell them to shoot me because because we re going to have to shoot me down today. where are they diverting us because wherever it is there s going to be a blood bath everywhere. that man is in custody after attempt to go stab a flight attendant and opening a door mid flight. details on the incident coming up. china s foreign minister warning the u.s. of catastrophic consequences if washington does not change its tone on a number of incidents including u.s. support for taiwan. what we re learning from this key communist party meeting. we will get to that all of that. we want to begin this hour with the four americans kidnapped in mexico. rosa flores from houston, dianne gallagher is in south carolina where three of the missing people grew up. these are close friends we re told. what more do we know about them? i know you ve been speaking with the families. reporter: you know, erica, these four families of these americans who were abducted just absolutely t
attacks on the fbi by congress members and the former president, just two days before what the white house says will be a primetime presidential address on the soul of the nation. if that weren t enough, his new tough talk comes just as the documents case is about to take another turn, with the justice department about to file new court papers tonight, aiming to block attempts by the former president to slow it down or stymie it. that is the backdrop to what joe biden said today in northeastern pennsylvania. let me say this to my maga republican friends in congress, don t tell me you support law enforcement if you won t condemn what happened on the 6th. don t tell me. can t do it. for god s sake, whose side are you on? whose side are you on? meantime, on his social media outlet, the former president today launched one post after another about the 2020 election, which he now says should be rerun, and the fbi. now, without specifically leveling blame, joe biden today spoke
Well, you can argue about who started it, but there has been a decided deterioration in the governments relationship with the eu in the last few days. The Prime Minister thinks there are people in brussels not from all the other Member States but brussels itself whove been stirring things up, and in the process, interfering in our election. If that was the case, the effect has probably been to help her. But for the europeans, the point is simply that they have now agreed their shared negotiating position that was over the weekend and if it appears tough well, thats not their doing, thats brexit. You might say this is alljust the dynamics of nationalism one side asserts itself, then so does the other. But has it poisoned the atmosphere for the real negotiation about to hit us . Well hear eu and uk perspectives, but first heres nick watt. Dont know why theres no sun up in the sky, stormy weather. The outlook for theresa may in this election has so far been pretty benign but an ill wind l
and add that to the list of despicable moments that have sadly been captured on video and other war crimes that have been documented. of course, the real question is when and if they will be held responsible. i do have to ask you, though, about what is actually happening in ukraine. what is happening in bakhmut. as jim pointed out in that video that we saw, i mean, the city itself is decimated in terms of what s left and we re hearing that from the few remaining people there who are getting out now. i understand why ukraine wants to hold on to it. when you look at how this battle is playing out, what is the calculus there in terms of how long they keep up this fight, how long they can keep up the fight? erica, what i suggest is ukraine is trying to hold the russians by the throat in this area. the russians continue to attack, they lack, by the way i ve often talked about principles of war and in this case they are lacking they, the russians
general of florida at one point. what more can you tell us about this hire and what it means for the president s legal strategy. reporter: this is a lawyer now joining the trump legal team. we expect him to represent the former president in court on thursday. he is the former florida solicitor general, someone who has argued cases before the supreme court. he worked with florida governor ron desantis on his transition, and he s been working for a decade plus at a law firm, although he s left that firm. but this is someone who has a good reputation, seen as a respected lawyer, who knows the florida courts, which is very important, because that is where this legal battle is playing out. and frankly, it s someone who is coming into the game a little late. the trump team has been looking to a lawyer for weeks, so this is someone they are hoping will bring the kind of expertise and gravitas and knowledge of the local courts to the trump team in order to represent the former president. i