you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. and we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and its global implications. the director of the cia confirms what cnn has been reporting that the u.s. is confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russian troops in ukraine. the agency does not believe a final decision has been made. and today, the white house is urging caution. you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds. whether tell provides military assistance. but if it goes down that road it will come at real cost to china. and i think china s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. but let s begin with the latest in the fighting in ukraine. alex marquardt is there for us. reporter: jim, some of heaviest fighting, with some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces before the mercenary groups of convicts and co
good morning, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday. april 22nd. i m amarillo walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your day with us. we re creeping towards may i just realized i didn t just realize that hopefully my husband s not up yet. it s our 11 year anniversary second. i mean, it was our anniversary six am not six p.m. so you re good. you re good. not too late. what we re watching for you today a major victory for abortion rights supporters after the supreme court, hands down a decision to protect a widely used abortion pill, but the battle is not over. so where does the legal fight go now? fierce fighting in sudan despite a 72 hour ceasefire now, u. s officials say preparations are being made in case diplomatic personnel need to be evacuated. we will have a live report next. and a cnn exclusive. lawyers for hunter biden set to meet with the department of justice next week as scrutiny around a longstanding investigation intensif
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
it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, hello everyone. new developments into the investigation of the four americans abducted in mexico. officials say one person has been detained after two victims were found dead earlier today. the two others were found alive and back in the u.s. translator: two of them were dead, and two has no injury and eric has has been shot, and was injured in his leg. both have been given medical treatment at the clinic. all four were found at what appears to be a medical clinic in a border town of matamoros. one survivor suffered a bullet wound to the leg, the other not injured. the group went missing after traveling to mexico from south carolina so that one of them, a mother of six, could under go a medical procedure, that s according to family members. the victims got lost and reached out to the doctor s office for directions but struggled with poor cell phone service. authorities say that s when a group of unidentified gunman shot a
deeper trouble, and two credit firms downgraded first republic bank to jump status. though they gave back some ground by the close the dow industrials and s&p 500 still ended the day down significantly. shares of regional banks including first republic were down sharply, in first republic s case by more than 21%. big banks which are more tightly regulated also took a hit with citi group shares down 5%. we ll have more in a moment on what this means to markets and the economy. chris tone romans and phil mattingly with me for that. first we re joined by senator bernie sanders. senator sanders, how much confidence do you have in the banking system right now? and should people watching be worried about their bank and their savings? well, i think we re all concerned about what happened at silicon valley and we re looking at other banks around the country. and i think our hope and our prayer is that there s not going to be contagion. and i think it s imperative that the congress