Going to make a return. Is it certain shes going to compete . Yes. She is slated to compete. A lot of people will be watching. Andy, thank you. The next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. 7 a. M. It went by quickly. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amarer walker. Im victor blackwell. The fight between the Special Prosecutor and donald trump heating up now after the former president posted this threat jerng, they say, message on his social media. Now the special counsel is calling on the judge in the january 6th case to take action. Authorities have identified another victim in the gilgo beach murders. It comes just a week after Rex Heuermann was identified. Could the killing be tied to the same suspect. Chaos in new york city. Thousands of people flood the streets after a social Media Influencer posts online about a give away. Shes back. Gymnast simone biles makes the return for the First Time Since the Tokyo Olympics. Well have the latest on tonights com
turning into terror. four americans taken into mexico, the car crash and the confrontation and new images offering a glimpse of the frightening encounter. and plus in a twist, d.c. backtracks withdrawaling the crime bill but that is not stopping the u.s. senate charging ahead with the vote to override what the d.c. city council wants. plus, scary moments on a southwest flight when a cabin filled with smoke and forced an emergency landing. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with the world lead. four u.s. citizens missing in mexico after they were likely targeted by armed criminals. mistakenly, the fbi said, the four drove from texas into the mexico city on friday where a gunman fired at their car. assaulted them and then abducted them. a u.s. official said the americans wither in mexico for medical procedures. video obtained by cnn appears to show individuals forcefully loaded into the back of a pickup truck on friday. the border city has been racked by
Advantage. cnn s kristin holmes reports. good morning, amara and victor, this was a very receptive crowd. he says if he were elected president again, first day in office he would appoint a special prosecutor to continue the work congress was doing looking into, investigating the biden family. he also claimed that the left, because he was doing well, was sicking rabid democratic left wing lawyers on him and claimed these charges were only brought because he was leading in the polls. one thing to keep in mind is that this is the playbook for these indictments, these charges. we have seen time and time again and it is not going to stop, they are claiming, trump and his team, this is election interference. this is something they believe they can sell to voters and particularly they believe this as we ramp up campaign season. they point to the fact that he is the front-runner but on top of that, there is a time in which these trials will
Hours following a years long legal battle. trump refused to release his tax returns when he ran for the white house. he fought every effort to get them released calling it abuse of power and a witch hunt but a congressional committee led by democrats is now forcing their release saying mr. trump was not properly audited while in office. as kristin holmes reports, the former president has a lot at stake here. reporter: after a years long legal battle the house ways and means committee will release trump s taxes on friday. here s what we are expecting to see. they ll return six years, 2014 to 2020. it will include irs audit materials. this is a big deal for a number of reasons. trump himself has built an entire brand on being a wealthy and, therefore, successful