segment on the infamous chinese spy balloon. gillian: well, attorney general merrick garland has made a significant decision now about the investigation into president biden s son. house republicans are pressuring garland to make multiple people involved in the investigation available for transcribed interviews. so far, garland is not giving in. david spunt joins us from the justice department tonight hi, david. hi, gillian, good evening. we are waiting to hear what that decision is from the attorney general. i m told a decision has been made. there are still some discussions going on and a response is being worked on. perhaps we are waiting for that to get over to capitol hill before we can actually see a copy of that written response to a request for the attorney general to make roughly a dozen people connected to the hunter biden probe available for transcribed interviews. house judiciary chairman jim jordan oversight chair james comer and ways and means chair jason
you could join us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. there has been no immediate reaction from kyiv to those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15 month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last few minutes, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. this comes on the heels of the us agreement to allow ukrainian pilots to train in american made f 16 jets. a move moscow had criticised. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counter offensive against russia. it s been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic t
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
aid. so far, the united states has appropriated $113 billion of your dollars for the ukrainian war effort with no end in sight. that s all joe biden will say. this will never end. florida congressman matt gaetz told foxnews.com, on president s day, i m not surprised that joe biden is ditching america for ukraine. they can keep him. sure can. gaetz was referencing the disaster in east palestine, ohio which had been ignored from this administration. no visits from biden or pothole pete or anybody else. until recently, fema, the federal emergency managing agency has been mia until they were shamed to deploying a team two weeks later and moments after donald trump said he would be visiting. under biden, serious problems have atten tendency to fester. at home and abroad. communist china continues to descyber rattle all over the wo and refuses to apologize for flying a balloon across on country. you just got out of a meeting with wong li of china. we have read the read-out. what