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most of the year. [laughter] pete: yeah. and the groundhog did the see its shadow, so it's lots more winter -- rachel: i love wisconsin, but i love it even more in the summer. it's the most beautiful place in the world in the summer. pete: the most beautiful place in the world in the summer? rachel: my little cabin on the lake is a little slice of heaven. if you've been there -- will: take that, hawaii. [laughter] rachel: yeah -- pete: take that, caribbean. hayward, wisconsin. rachel: yeah. pete: it is legit, it's beautiful. for sure. rachel: it's also a little bit retro. it's slowed...

kidnapped in mexico. look at the video. you can see a man with a gun as people are being loaded into the back of this pickup truck. you also see a second man in a black shirt. you can see him in the video. he appears to be pulling the people into the bed of that truck. >> now the fbi says unidentified gunmen abducted the victims friday, shortly after they drove into the mexican border town southeast of mcallen, texas. cnn's kylie atwood joins us live from the state department. mexican authorities are expected to give an update any minute now. what are you hearing from u.s. officials,...

is it time to pop that balloon? i'm michael smerconish. it sparked kshs about national security regarding beijing. is it more a about symbolism? secretary of state antony blinken was due to travel to china this weekend. he postponed his trip calling the infiltration a, quote, irresponsible act that created conditions that undermine the purpose of the trip. the public first learned of the balloon's existence thursday while it was over montana, which is home to ballistic missile silos and bomber bases. china is saying it's all innocent. a spokesperson for the chinese foreign min city s...

i'm bianna golodryga, welcome to "cnn newsroom." >> i'm john berman. we begin with breaking news. a russian fighter jet has forced down a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force says the jet damaged the propeller of an mq-9 reaper drone. >> the aircrafts were operating over international waters when one of the jets intentionally flew in front of the drone and began dumping fuel. the white house says president biden has been briefed on the situation. cnn's oren liebermann is at the pentagon. we also have mark kimmitt. what are you learning? >> this played out early this morn...

a russian lieutenant who fought in ukraine has fled putin's army and he's out front to talk about it. the lack of equipment, training, boiling rabbits for food, the atrocities he says were committed by russian fighters. you won't want to miss this interview. breaking news, the pentagon right now is tracking a chinese spy balloon flying over the u.s. president biden asking for military options. what are the chinese doing? plus, fbi agents investigating congressman george santos for allegedly scamming a veteran out of thousands of dollars meant for his dying dog. that veteran is ou...