oh you re no fun. [lock clicks shut] all five passengers on the missing titanic sub are suddenly dead, starting now, the titanic wreckage area, the site of yet another tragedy after debris believed to be from the missing submersible is found with the passengers feared dead and wreckage on the ocean floor. rescue operations now shift from rescue to recovery. safety concerns flagged well before the operation, one contractor that worked with oceangate says there was an experimental decision during construction of the vessel, and in the wake of this tragedy, cnn is going to examine deep- sea exploration and the inherent dangers that come along with these kinds of curious mind expeditions. welcome to the lead time jake tapper, the world lead, a tragic ending to the search for the missing sub, the missing coast guard confirmed debris has been found on the seafloor near the wreckage of the titanic, the rear admiral says the debris field is consistent with a quote catastrophic
happened. china is still the enemy. what now? i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. secretary blinken says his talk with china s foreign minister and other officials was constructive. earlier after his meeting with the president of the communist nation, blinken said this. united states is committed to doing that. in the interest of china and unities and the world. we covered a broad range of subjects. i appreciate this opportunity to discuss this with you. harris: i pay way more attention to they do than what china says. the white house said it didn t exist and cleared up last week there is in fact a communist chinese spy base in cuba watching the united states. there are remaining tensions over the chinese spy craft that flew across the continental u.s. sending intelligence back to china realtime. china s ramped up aggression toward taiwan. so was it good to meet now? mixed reaction from republicans. despite our differences and despite the ratcheting
bill: a plot to get to. shannon: this vehicle that bill mentioned has now made it to the floor of the ocean and we talk about these banging noises. they say they are in the area where they were heard. although other people say sometimes the sounds echo from very great distances. so it is tough to say. this is part of the last ditch effort to rescue these passengers in the final hours. bill: great question coming up. the vessel went missing sunday with a dive to the titanic. the search has grown roughly twice the size of the state of connecticut at this point. martha: the experts say the sub may have drifted. it depends on what its navigational ability is at this point whether it has battery and technology to control it in any direction. they also say it may have attached or hooked onto part of the wreckage. there are many pieces of the stern, the bow of the titanic and all sorts of pieces that fell off during that wreck. that s one of the problems in trying to find
a story we followed for years it comes to what appears to be a conclusion at least on these two stories. on these two. good morning. i think you re right, that this really was not that big of a surprise. there were a lot of people who predicted that this may happen specifically on the tax charges and the gun possession charge. and that charge essentially goes away being diverted, the gun charge. the two misdemeanors he will plead guilty to. this does not stop the investigation into what else is there and the alleged bribery scheme the house republicans are going after pretty intently. i do think that this is another step in the road but one that was predicted and obviously it goes to the president saying he has faith in his son, he never believed he did anything wrong but you heard in that statement from the white house they love him and he is essentially they want to move on. dana: they want to move on. can they move on will be the question. if the justice department has
to bed. wow! one of the most famous whistleblowers in u.s. history, daniel elsberg. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. racist and unconstitutional policing in minneapolis. the lead starts right now. u.s. attorney general merrick garland has a rebuke of the minneapolis police department. the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. a multi-year investigation finds systemic abuses and zrem nation by police and we ll break down what it said about the eek qual justice in the united states. and then guilty on all counts for the man behind the deadly assault on jews. a federal attorney debated whether the tree of life shooter will get the death penalty for taking 11 innocent lives. plus only on cnn, relentless fights in the streets of sudan. terrorism turns to genocide as we report on the disturbing connection between the mercenary group waging war in ukraine. welcome to the lead, i m alex marquardt in today fo