watch how president biden reacted to that. the members of this community were singled out because of their religious affiliation. now three young children are dead. three educators are dead. you believe that christians were targeted? i have no idea. josh hawley believes they were. what to you say to that? i probably don t then. i m joking. i have no idea. martha: well, laugh about that and saying that if that s what josh hawley thinks, he probably disagrees. we ll get into that with katie pavlich and fox news contributor and geraldo rivera, co-host of the five and fox news correspondent at large. great to have you with us right now. katie, let me start with you. what did you think of that response from the president in that sound bite? well, it came after the president s first response to this horrific situation when he talked about ice cream at the white house during his first remarks about this situation. so i think it shows that he s clearly more interest
by gunman in matamoros was a case of mistaken identity. u.s. official tells cnn a mexican cartel likely mistook the americans for haitian drug smugglers when in fact they were tourists there for medical procedures. at least three of the victims were from lake city, south carolina. the mother of one says there is not much to to ndo now but pray wait. the waiting is the worst part. it has its advantages and disadvantages. but however, no news is good news. that is the way i m staying with it. no news is good news. reporter joining me live from bogota. what are the governments doing to get the americans back? reporter: the authorities are conducting search and rescue operations across the border area in particular in matamoros. and you can see from the images that yesterday there was increased police presence especially from federal mexican police. and at the same time the fbi is conducting their investigation on the northern side of the border. and they visited the hotel
everywhere. you can all run away. i won t kill you. just a terrifying moment again in the sky, we re glad you re with us this morning. it s tuesday. look at what happened on that united flight. a passenger accused of trying to stab a flight attendant. we ll speak with the person on that plane who actually filmed that video. plus, americans kidnapped at gun point in mexico. possibly a case of mistaken identity. and it looks like weight watchers could be in the ozempic weight loss craze that s been happening. good morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us. another terrifying incident in the sky. this man tried to open an emergency exit door on the plane and tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon during a united flight from los angeles to boston yesterday. other passengers tackled and restrained him. watch this video. put your hands up here. don t approach me. i m taking over this plane. oh, my god. ih-oh. i m telling you right
developments this morning following the military s shootdown of the suspected chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi analyzing the pieces of the balloon as china sends a warning to the white house. our team is covering this story from multiple angels. plus, new details on that train derailment that sparked a massive fire in eastern ohio. officials now saying train cars contained hazardous materials. the latest on that cleanup effort. and the fbi offering a $25,000 reward for information about the attacks on two power substations. why officials say these stations are increasingly being targeted by extremist groups. and could artificial intelligence soon put us all out of work? you may want to polish your resumé. it s all ahead on cnn this morning. we are starting another week and we are grateful to have you. it is sunday, february 5th. thanks so much for waking up with us. amara, i don t think as much attention has been paid to a balloon since tha
we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. i m ari melber. the top story rocking conservative politics and fox news tonight is a huge new leak about this moment in 2020 when fox news accurately reported biden won arizona, which stoked a maga backlash which upended the network, fed the series of journalists that fox now is facing potential accountability for, potentially over a billion dollars in lawsuit fines. it s also now led to the absolute blockbuster leak to the new york times. if you re think, or i heard about other leaks, this one is different and new and narrates a secret meeting between fox execs and hosts about that arizona call. an internal freakout where viewers were mad and bailing on fox because they reported in that instance, one, undeniable fact about the election. and the executives and anchors, great bare and mar that mccollum, on this call they discuss they were losing viewers because they correctly called arizona for biden. and the