is now. raducanu s victory on the 20th anniversary of september 11th, this 18-year-old, whose dad is romanian, whose mother is chinese, born in canada, moved to london when she was 2, but is nevertheless, i think such a brilliant expression of what the multicultural side of britain. quite apart from the just extraordinary phenomenon of who she is. she is the 21st century londoner and it s a wonderful thing to see. beautiful. ed luce, stay with us. mike lupica, thank you for coming on this morning. the latest in his famous book series is robert v. parker s stone s throw and a new children s book defending champ about a girls versus boys soccer game after the girls
detention from media reports on monday. let s get more from cnn s martin savidge. reporter: good morning. you know, this may sound surprising, but actually the family of paul whelan was relieved to hear that he d been taken into custody by russian authorities. let me explain. they knew he was going to russia. come the 28th, last friday, he suddenly goes silent. he doesn t call home, even his friends in russia didn t know where he was. and given what they know about their son and about their brother, that is totally out of character. they were so worried, they actually thought maybe he d been the victim of violent crime, possibly even dead, which is why when the russian authorities said, no, he s alive, but we ve raf arrested him for spying, there was relief but a realization, wait a minute, spying? that is not the person they know. that s not his character. a bit about paul whelan he is canadian, born in canada, but he s an american citizen. actually served in the u.s.
wait a minute, spying? that is not the person they know. that s not his character. a bit about paul whelan he is canadian, born in canada, but he s an american citizen. actually served in the u.s. marines, served overseas in iraq. then worked in local law enforcement and now works as a consultant for private security for a major auto parts manufacturer here in detroit. he went to russia not for work but was there to be at the wedding of a fellow former marine. and then he gets arrested. so the initial fears the family have have been replaced by new ones that he may be a pawn in a kind of showdown between the united states and russia. martin savidge, thank you for that. what is russia saying? let s bring in matthew chance live in moscow for us. matthew? reporter: happy new year to
today marks the sixth day that russian authorities held an american citizen accusing him of spying. but two former cia officers are telling nbc news that it is, quote, inconceivable that he was serving as a spy. here s secretary of state mike pompeo this morning in brazil. we have made clear to the russians our expectation that we ll learn more about the charges come to understand what it is he s accused of and if the detention is not appropriate we ll demand his immediate return. the u.s. has been granted consular access to the detainee and today we learn more about paul whelan, born in canada and raised in michigan as a u.s. citizen. according to his brother he worked in law enforcement for a period of time and served in the marine corps reserve for 14 years. highest rank of staff sergeant and served in iraq just over a year across two deployments. in 2008 he was given a bad
ted cruz, born in canada. is he eligible to be president of the united states? if he was born in canada, perhaps not. that will be ironed out. i don t know the circumstances. i heard that, that s really his thing. trump seemed to have his questions answered by 2015. here s how he responded when asked the same question back in september? no, from what i understand, everything is fine. i hear that it was checked out by every attorney and every which way, i understand ted is in fine shape. you see my pal, john carl, has been on this story with mr. trump. trump s doubts have come roaring back. coincidentally as ted cruz has surged in the polls. here was trump this morning with our pals joe and mika. and it s a problem for him, and it s a problem obviously for the republicans because if the let s assume he got the nomination and the democrats bring suit. the suit takes two to three years to settle. so how do you run? it s certainly a concern, i