former ambassador to finland, now professor of diplomacy at occidental college, derek shearer, thank you for be, on the show this morning. one last development to get in. law enforcement in fiji has seized a massive $33 million mega yacht belonging to a sanctioned russian oligarch. these are pictures of the 348-foot-long luxury vessel the u.s. says is owned by a multibillionaire with close ties to the putin government. the seizure was made at the request of the u.s. government and coordinated with a justice department task force. by the way, i just checked on it. the distance between the finnish border and st. petersburg where putin was born, about the same distance between new york and philadelphia. it s about a two-hour drive. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. thanks so much for watching.
presidency for donald trump for another four years. all right. congressman raskin, appreciate your time. i always do and thank you. thank you for having me. and next, a man accused of calling for the assassination of election officials is now the first to be charged by a justice department task force. will he be the last? plus, the spike in covid hospitalization forcing the cancellation of countless lifesaving surgeries. and coming up, i am going to speak to a woman battling stage 4 cancer in limbo, her surgery has been cancelled earlier this month. ve nausea, heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach. diarrheaaaa. try pepto bismol with a powerful coating action. for fast and soothing relief. pepto bismol for fast relief when you need it most. with directv stream i can get live tv and on demand anywhere. look, serena williams. matrix. serena. matrix. serena. matrix.
campaign. i want to bring in justice correspondent pete williams. reporter: remember what was going on in georgia at the time this ad popped up on craigslist. this was the day that georgians were going to the polls to vote in the senate runoff election and according to the fbi this ad popped up on craigslist offering $10,000 to shoot georgia election officials and other officials. it also said it s our duty as american patriots to put an end to the lies of these traitors, it used the word exterminate in the ad and said one good loyal patriot deer hunter in camo and a rifle can send a clear message. he is charged with sending a threat in interstate communication, that is a federal felony, can be punished by up to five years in prison. this is one of the first charges to come from a justice department task force that was set up to investigate these very kinds of threats against election officials that had just ee plowed since t p lking at so
he does not have a brother. the justice department task force is going to task threatennings, the first charge should come out of georgia. georgia really has been ground zero for harassment of election workers. because it s been grounds zero for donald trump s company to overturn the election and undermine the elections for the next time around. i mean, this guy in texas didn t wake up one morning and decide he would ran domly kill election officials in georgia. he did not think of it on his own. a pressure campaign against elections officials has consequences. consequences that were warned about all the way back if december 2020 by georgia s top elections administrator, a republican. you may remember this moment. i am going to do my best to keep it together, because it has
waving, and i want to show you this moment near the start of the speech. the entire chamber gave a standing ovation for the ukrainian ambassador to the u.s., the ambassador clearly emotional, the ovation lasting nearly a full minute. now, when it comes to concrete plans to confront russia, president biden laid out steps, announcing american airspace will be close to russian aircraft. a justice department task force will target russian oligarchs and what biden called ill gotten gains, and announced the u.s. will lead dozens of countries in releasing 60 gallons of oil to ease the pain at the gas pump. day seven of the invasion stepping up attacks, trying to put a strangle hold on some of ukraine s largest cities. mariupol is surrounded, so is kharkiv, slammed, nonstop by rocket and air strikes and a russian convoy is closing in on kyiv. the mayor telling residents to stock up while the russian