good morning, everyone. this morning we have the latest on what is happening in mexico. two americans are been rescued, two others found dead after being kidnapped at gunpoint in dangerous border town in mexico. we have new details on where they were found and what we are learning about the man who has been detained in connection to their abduction. a trove of private emails and text messages expose drama, division and alarm behind the scenes of fox news over the network s coverage of false election conspiracies. and the city of memphis preparing to release more video from the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. we will tell you what we re expecting to see and hear from the new footage. we begin with that kidnapping of four americans in mexico. officials found two alive in a wooden shack you see here, one with gunshot owounds, the other two found dead. soldiers with humvees and machine guns brought the survivors to the border in an ambulance as you see that here. t
day. also cops describing black citizens as monkeys, animals, boy. officials calling out police in a overnight u.s. city for racist abuses and practices. tesla under fire. questions about the self-driving feature about another crash. and an investigation into tesla steering wheels on one model, steering wheels that can potentially fall off. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with new heart breaking details about the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. we re learning that the two were immediately shot when gunmen approached their car, she watched them die. the autopsy of the two victims were finished this morning and the remains are expected to be returned to the u.s. soon. today the president of mexico pledged to see the investigation through and get to the bottom of what happened. diane gallagher starts off with more details on where the investigation stands now. feel good to know she s coming home. reporter: the mother of survi survivor latavia mcg
so good. yikes. good morning to furman fans and princeton fans in a good mood today. not so much arizona and virginia there. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. don and i are here. we are tracking major announcement from china confirming xi jinping will visit russia as the war is raging in ukraine. the pentagon s press conference is going to join news moments on that. and here at home an investigation underway into the death of a female soldier at fort hood. her family says she complained about sexual harassment but the army says no foul play is expected. exclusive reporting. dozens of mar-a-lago staffers have been subpoenaed in the special counsel s investigation of trump s handling of classified documents. we will tell you why they could be key witnesses. we begin this morning with the high-stakes meeting that could have major implications for the war in ukraine. this morning china has confirmed president xi jinping will go to russia on monday to meet face to
there s no way around it, that s just the best one. believe me, i ve tried it every which way, and it really doesn t get better than pete butt. but this would have never happened under my administration. people are saying i made the trains less safe. not true, okay? not true. i did a lot for trains. i made them bigger, faster, less safe perhaps, but yeah, perhaps you did. perhaps. saturday night live s take on donald trump s recent trip to east palestine, ohio. meanwhile, president joe biden says he doesn t have plans to visit the town devastated by the train disaster, and we ll have his comments on why. plus, the first lady seems to have given away the president s plans for 2024. we ll play for you what she said. also ahead, a weekend of deadly russian strikes in ukraine brings more attention to the debate over supplying ukrainian forces with fighter jets. and a new report from the department of energy on the origins of covid. good morning. welcome to morn
it turns out that ron desantis, florida governor popular, won by 20 points, who they thought was anti-trump in tone and substance, he sounds more america-first and first then ukraine for as long as it takes. earlier this week, desantis called ukraine a territorial dispute not dispute not in our national interest he slammed by his virtual blank check to ukraine and open-ended as long as it takes commitment without objective benchmarks for success. he noted that this war distracts from our many other challenges, and he rejected further escalation with long-range missiles or f-16s, because the nuclear risks he believes is unacceptable with russia. the pro-war coalition heard this and they went wild. now you might ve thought that desantis had pushed for, i don t know, russia to join nato as a reward for invading ukraine. the anti-woke guy ron desantis, his ideal is putin s russia, where there are no gay people or women in power, where there are no christians. that s how he