former january 6th committee member adam kinzinger here to wee in. a flight attendant attacked by an unruly passenger. federal investigators say this man tried to open the emergency exit door during a flight from los angeles to boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon. other passengers tackled him to the ground and he was zip-tied until the plane landed. cnn s pete muntean with more on this. good morning to you. he told investigators he wanted to jump out of the plane? reporter: yeah, good morning, don. this is the second high-profile incident of an unruly passenger we have seen in as many weeks. department of justice now looking into this. you know, it s really interesting here is that the number of unruly passengers went down by half over last year, but this has to be one of the most dramatic we have seen recently. the flight crew became alerted to this when this passenger tried to open the emergency exit door and they got a
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
surreal, and, look, she even has my mole. see? bailey growing emotional as her post was met with widespread celebration, even the iconic barbie brand commented they believed it was well-deserved. nice. look at that. cnn newsroom starts now. good morning, i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. this morning an urgent search in mexico for four american friends kidnapped at gunpoint in broad daylight. cnn is now learning new details such as why the friends were in mexico in the first place and why investigators think that what happened here is a mexican cartel mistakenly targeted the group thinking they were drug smugglers. plus, terrifying moments on board a flight from los angeles