Thanks britley ritz for that. Sorry, our lights are a little bright right there. Its almost like being outside, very bright. Im fredricka whitfield, good to see you. We begin this hour with the overseas kidnapping of an american nurse and her child. Alex was reportedly abducted thursday morning while serving in their Community Ministry in haiti. The two were taken from the organizations campus near portauprince. She is married to the director of the christian humanitarian aid group. Pa Paula Hancock is following the story for us. Reporter the charity did confirm the abduction and the details are quite disturbing. Remember, this was a nurse from New Hampshire, working for the charity. She was abducted along with her child and this was actually on what they call is the campus of this charity close to p portauprince. They said shes a deeply passionate person who considers haiti as her home and her passion. She works tirelessly to bring relief as she loves to serve the people of haiti in the name of jesus. They said the u. S. Embassies have no greater priority abroad than the safety and security of u. S. Citizens overseas. It is interesting here that the u. S. Had already asked for all americans to leave haiti. They made that call again on thursday, on the day that this nurse and her child were abducted. But also they made it seem as if it was much more urgent for americans to leave and that is because they also evacuated nonemergency personnel that worked for the u. S. Government there from haiti. Now, this is unfortunately a state of terror that so many haitians live in day after day. Many people are released sometimes for no reason, sometimes for ransom, but clearly this is a dangerous situation for this family. The charity at this hour saying that they are asking for everybodys prayers and they are also asking for privacy. Paula hancocks, thank you. I want to bring in our haitian journalist, the founder and editor for the Haitian Times and joins me live from indianapolis. Gary, in your view, why are these kidnappings happening . Well, they have been happening for quite some time now. I think whats happening is that they feel that the gang leaders, they feel that their days are numbered. There is talk about sending some kind of intervention, troops, police force to pacify the situation. So i think now is the most dangerous time to be in haiti because anything can happen to you. And who is generally behind these alleged kidnappings . Well, there are several gangs scattered throughout the capitol city of portauprince. Nobody has taken responsibility for the kidnappings so im not sure who the culprits are. You have the g9 gang. It could be anybody. Depends exactly where they were abducted. And generally what are among the demands . Well, money and lots of it. They start at 2 million american dollars and they maybe settle for 200,000. It depends on what value they put on their kidnapper. And in your view since the u. S. State department has put out the highest warning against people traveling to haiti, recently asking americans who are there to leave haiti. Generally how has that been received among americans who are doing Missionary Work there when the travel alert warnings are elevated . I was surprised to hear that american missionaries were still going to haiti. If you remember last year, a group of american and canadian missionaries were kidnapped and held for a long time and they were able to escape, according to their account of it. And so the other thing is the u. S. Embassy is getting its personnel out, nonemergency personnel out of haiti. So the situation is very dire right now, even by american diplomat with all sort of security. And the other thing thats happening now, this is the season where you have a lot of hom ho homecoming. We had a story at the Haitian Times last week talking about the dangers of that. People are still going despite the warnings. I guess the draw of haiti, the magnificence is so hard that people are still going. Are you at all torn about the ongoing needs there in haiti and people who want to travel there, americans who want to go, whether its part of Missionary Work or maybe its backed by some other organizations, they want to assist but at the same time the dangers are great. How do you strike that balance . Where are you on this . Well, you know, i just say its really tugging at everyones heart. At the same time we want to see haiti restore some sort of normalcy and at the same time its dangerous. We have friends that have been kidnapped, colleagues that have been kidnapped, our staff in haiti had one of our reporters had to flee her neighborhood because it was dangerous. And so people just want to be home and this is, you know, as bad as things are, people just want to be home. They miss haiti, they want to be there, they want to see family, but you take a high risk. All right, gary pierrepierre, thank you so much for joining us. We are all wishing for the best possible outcome for this american nurse and her child. Thank you for having me. Still ahead, a dramatic drone attack in moscow that was caught on video. Russia says ukraine was behind it. Well go live to the region for the latest. Wiwith bounce pet, you can n cuddle and brush that hair off. Bounce. Its the sheet. sfx Engine Revving ok, dad, next take more speed. Mo speed. The best performance high performance. Find it at the lexus goln opportunity sales event. meet three students all learning to save and spend their money with chase. Freedom for kids. Hungry . Thank you, chef. Control for parents. Nice. One bank for both. Chase. Make more of whats yours. The minute you drive off the lot. Or more. Thats why farmers new Car Replacement pays to replace it with a new one of the same make and model. 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Reporter increasingly coming to terms with the fact that it appears ukraine as drones are able to Reach First The Kremlin and then the expensive suburbs of the city and now moscows city as its called itself, a financial glass tower of the district, thinking it was invulnerable to the damage that russia was inflicting on ukraine, struck by Throw Droness are one intercepted, two taken down by electronic jamming, russianing officials saying they intercepted all of them but the damage is from the fragments of those drones itself. The cycle is extraordinary, especially being told this would be over in a matter of days and now nearly 18 months in its the capitol of russia being hit. That is just a flavor of what ukrainians get every sing night. H single night. Here in zaporizhzhia, two dead and two inches from a russian barrage and north near the russian border, two dead and 20 injured from another russian barrage against a school, a high rise and russia continually pounding civilian areas over the past months, possibly because they think theyre trying to hit Military Targets or possibly because they simply dont care and want to panic. Zelenskyy points out progress in the east, slower, more gradual progress in the south and a sign that war is gradually returning the russian territory. Ukraine like often with cases of attacks against russias mainland has not directly claimed responsibility but their air force quite obliquely said theres always something flying in the sky of russia and the tranquility of its back waters was very much now in question. So a psychological impact but the brutal thrust of ukraine here in the south trying to break the Crimea Peninsula away from the mainland thats occupied parts of ukraine. 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Even with all of Donald Trumps legal problems worsening this past week, within of his k gop primary opponents not only continues to defend trump but is repeating his pledge to clear trump. New charges were placed against donald trump on thursday. Trump talked with an aide who later told the i. T. Director at maralago that, quote, the boss, end quote, wanted the footage deleted. You said repeatedly you would pardon trump in this documents case. Given this new information, would you still pardon him if you were president . The standard i use as our next president is what moves our country forward. What is the right thing for the United States of america . And would having a president like this move it forward . I would pardon him. I intend to be our next president and, yes, i do believe i will move us forward. I think one of the right ways to do that is to pardon the former president of the United States from what is clearly a politicized prosecution. Ill share a view with you, is kasie. Our general norm is you should not prosecutor somebody of a Process Crime without evidence of you think destroying evidence is a Process Crime . It is a Process Crime. Any legal scholar will agree that is definitely a Process Crime. It would not have existed but for the existence of an investigation. If we look ourselves in the mirror over the last several years and the acquittals, i think its a bad habit our fbi and d. O. J. Have gotten into, intervening and creating crimes that would not have existed but for their actions. I absolutely think the right answer for the country is to put the grievances of the past behind us, to pardon President Trump so this we can move forward as one nation rather than marching to a national divorce. He may be a newcomer to the field of national politics, but he is winning over some trump fans. Reporter he is a 37yearold extremely wealthy pharmaceutical Entrepreneur Running for president as a republican. He captured conservative attention after writing a book on wokeness. At a conference where he was speaking, it was attended by 6,000 conservatives, mostly who cheered wildly for donald trump. Im excited by him. I see a newness in him. I like his values and what he said. I came to know vivek from the speech at the nra convention. Hes getting praise among supporters of donald trump, who he has promised to pardon, if elected. Theyve got a wall here where people can put postit notes what they say about each candidate. You cant even tell this is trumps head anymore, daddy, handsome, save us, youre our last hope. Here we have mike pence. Generally negative tone. Weve got interetraitor, you lo loser, we have vivek, have my children, future president , i like you but youll never win, possibly vp. Tell me what you wrote. I wrote great guy, great vp. Why vp . Im not sure hes seasoned enough. I think trump is going to win but im voting for vivek. The path is very similar to the trajectory he took the last time coming in. The debates havent even started. I think the debate stage is going to be critical. I think that both him and trump have a fighting chance. Do you think hed do well on a debate . I think hed sweep the floor with ron desantis. Woke capitalism is bad for capitalism but it also bad for american democracy. A big part of viveks messages is woke capitalism. What do you think about his campaign against woke capitalism. A lot of these Big Companies like disney push agendas. Theyre so large, you cant avoid them. They give pride month. Reporter what do you think of the argument that gay people were historically marginalized, couldnt even have their own bars, got raided all the time so pride month now exists not to give them a leg up but to say, yes, you are equal members of society. I think thats a fair point that they were treated unfairly throughout history, but at what point does pride month go away . When does pride month become two months . When does it become two years . Reporter hes known for giving a lot of interviews. The new woke left, they blow what i call woke smoke. When you talk about antiwokism, my objection is not let me stop you. I feel like you keep putting words in my mouth. I never talk about wokism i talk about antiidentity. Wokism its a symptom of cancer. A symptom of cancer is not a positive thing. Its a symptom. Its not that there arent annoying people on twitter. Of course there are. But there are problems of racism in this country and i have concerns that what youre telling the audience is like actually, no, there isnt. Theres no more problems, theres nothing that needs to be addressed, there are no more disparities. You dont have to worry about that anymore and you can even be angry that someone asked you to worry about that. I think the right way to deal with what i view as the last final burning embers of racism is to let them quietly burn out rather than trying to put that fire out by only Throwing C Kerosene on it. But those dont go out k quietly, which was evident at his event. And theres 1488 that is also a nazi joke. We got two nazy jokes here. Everything else, though, pretty positive. When cnn pointed out these note, a Turning Point spokesman took them down. Youre not responsible for the people that put that up but it was a stark reminder that bigotry still exists. I cant speak to that particular instance. Have i experienced racism in in country . Yes, i have. I reject the myth that racism i