businessman and adventurer hey mish harden along with a pakistani father and son as well as others. brooke singman has the latest on the operationally. brooke, what do you know? brooke: hey guys that s right. a rescue mission is underway for the titanic tourist submersible that went mittsing in the atlantic ocean. the submersible similar to this opened by ocean gate expeditions was taking a crew of five people 12,000 feet under water as part of the tour of the 19 12 titanic ship wreck. the tour costs 250z thousand dollars per person. so far reported french navy veteran and crew member paul harvey is on board along with ceo and founder and his teen-age son. the family releasing a statement saying saying quote we are grateful for the concern being shown our colleagues and friends and would like to request everyone to pray for their safety. it s also believed uk billionaire hhammish harding is on the visit including his stepson tweeting my step dad hammish is on board the subm
hoping to ease tensions, as china s foreign minister says relations between the superpowers are at their lowest point in years. key issues include taiwan, spying and the dangerous military encounters. will blinken meet with president xi? matt rivers in beijing. a weekend of deadly gun violence. 20 people shot, 1 killed at a juneteenth celebration outside of chicago. two dead when a gunman fires randomly at a music festival in washington state. and a teenager killed in st. louis. new details in the investigation into letters containing suspicious white powder sent to kansas lawmakers. more than 90 letters sent. lawmakers tell abc news, most were sent to republicans. the cryptic message in those letters and the hunt for a suspect. pope francis makes his first public address since undergoing abdominal surgery, thanking the faithful for their prayers. his doctor proclaiming he s better than before. ukraine s counteroffensive. explosions ripping through a dozen russian amm
hello, everyone. good to be with you, i m chris jansing, the death toll from this weekend s extreme weather across the south has risen to six. half a million people remain without power across multiple states after a series of vicious storms and tornadoes and the extreme heat isn t letting up either we re on the ground in texas where temperatures have soared above 120 degrees in some spots. how residents are coping. and secretary of state antony blinken wrapping up his two-day visit to china, but how much progress was actually made in his high stakes meeting with president xi jinping meanwhile in florida, we have movement in the classified documents case what a magistrate judge just blocked donald trump from doing, and what options his legal team could be weighing to put the trial off for as long as possible and juneteenth celebrations underway across the country. how states are marking this federal holiday. but we begin with the dangerous storms in the south thatch l
indictment, attorney general merrick garland is voicing support for special counsel jack smith. we ll show you his new remarks. plus new polling shows that trump s support among republicans is standing strong despite his mounting legal troubles. we ll break down those new numbers. and the judge handling trump s classified documents case, aileen canon, is coming under new scrutiny for having very little trial experience. that new reporting and so much more is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment, we re now hearing from attorney general merrick garland. speaking to reporters yesterday, garland declined to answer questions about the case, but he defended special counsel jack smith, the man that he appointed to lead the investigation into the former president. so as you know i can t talk about particulars o
anthony joins us in just a few minutes. cb cotton is standing by in new york city. but first let s check in with bill live in brownsville, texas. jon, good evening to you. according to multiple sources border patrol agents in san diego sector arrested and afghan national who cross illegally on wednesday and was later a deed as a match on the fbi terror watch list. take a look at the map right here. sources tell me this arrest happened more indolent san diego county but i m told this afghan cross illegally with the group of migrants for their apprehended by border patrol for the render fingerprints of the station and in a database he popped up as a match on the terror watch list rental the fbi confirmed that match they are now taken the lead on this investigation for california congressman represents that a area. he released a statement to fox which is in part quote biden s open borders are not just a gateway to 5 million illegals in the deadliest drug crisis in our history.