gillian: days after the plan to ban gas powered vehicles. they face the threat of rolling blackouts. john: first, fox news alert on the killing of eliza fletcher in memphis. the suspect now ordered held without bond on charges of first-degree murder and a number of other murder-related charges. john roberts in washington, and good wednesday to you. gillian: great to be with you after the labor day weekend. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. ex-con cleotha abston is in court the second time for allegedly kidnapping and murdering the mother of two friday. john: it shows him cleaning his suv outside an apartment complex three hours after fletcher was abducted. the suspect, no stranger to police. gillian: not at all. criminal record back to when he was 11 years old. fox news digital confirms he was charged with rape at 14, and at 16, kidnapped an memphis lawyer at gunpoint. john: former homicide detective pat dias joins us, but first, jonathan is live outside the
obtained by cnn suggest otherwise. cnn s sam kiley has more on a potential diplomatic breakthrough in an attempt to avoid a nuclear disaster. here s more from sam. yes, it could be seen as some kind of diplomatic breakthrough that the russian president has endorsed the idea that the international atomic energy authority, the body responsible for inindividuallating, if you like, nuclear power stations around the world, should be allowed to go to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and check it out, and install and reinstall the monitoring systems. the fact of the matter, though, is that this is a repeated russian offer and amidst a russian rejection of the international community s demands that they demilitarize the nuclear power station and the town around it. the reason the international community wants to see that is that this has been the locus of fighting. it s effectively on the front line. we know for an absolute fact, jim, that there are missiles being fired out o
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