to our attention. we wish you a speedy, speedy recovery. thank you very much for that. i'm wolf blitzer. we're live in geneva, switzerland. right now you can always follow me on twitter and inst instagram @wolfblitzer. i'll be back here in geneva tomorrow. erin burnett on "out front" starts right now. up next, the fbi with a chilling warning. qanon more bold than ever and prepared to engage in real world violence. what's drooiving it? plus president biden said he meant it when he called president putin a killer. a high stakes meeting. will biden follow through on those words? an american airlines passenger tries to take the flight down. let's go "out front." good evening, i'm erin burnett.

the qanon warning. cnn sent a message sent by lawmakers, warning that the qanon group may have more acts of violence taking real world action. according to the fbi, the group may want to harm, and i quote, perceived members of the kabul such as members of the sedition. we already saw this play out, many who had ties with qanon on january 6, when rioters, as an example, offered to hunt down nancy pelosi. >> we're coming, bitch! >> nancy! oh, nancy! nancy! where are you, nancy! we're looking for you, nancy. >> this warning comes after qanon followers have for months talked about a myanmar style

coup in the united states. here's what some of them told our donie o'sullivan at a trump rally. >> they took over and that's what happened. >> that could happen here, take control. >> you think that could happen? >> it could. >> would you like to see it happen? >> i would like to see it happen. >> you know why? because the election was stolen from us. >> reporter: the military is doing their own investigation, and at the right time they'll be restoring the republic with trump as president. >> and trump allies like his former national security advisor, michael flynn, a retired army lieutenant general in the united states of america, have stirred up these kinds of things. qanon crowds with comments like this. >> i want to know where what happened in myanmar can't happen here. [ cheers and applause ]

>> no reason. it should happen. >> no reason. i mean, it should happen. no reason. flynn, though, is suddenly trying to rewrite history saying he wasn't endorsing a coup, although the tape speaks for itself. one prominent qanon believer with more than 75,000 followers writing on line about general flynn's comment, said the quiet part out loud. that's accurate. some republicans still refuse to accept the reality of what happened on january 6. listen to senator ron johnson. >> we've seen plenty of video of people in the capitol, and they weren't rioting. it doesn't look like an armed insurrection when you have people that breach the capitol, and i don't condone it, but they're staying within the rope lines in the rotunda. that's not what an armed insurrection would look like. >> hmm. well, what does an armed

insurrection look like? well, there's about -- that's what happened, i guess. i don't know what he calls that. there's plenty of video to prove the reality. congressman clyde, you may remember him, because last month he equated the january 6 events to tourists. if you didn't know what it was, you would say it was tourists. he dodged that question when asked today. >> a lot of allies are pretty rattled by what happened on january 6, an attempted overturning of your election, and they may still be alarmed by the continued hold that donald trump has over the republican party and the rise of nationalist figures like him around the world. what do you say to those allies? >> it is a shock and surprise that what's happened in terms of the consequence of president trump's phony populism has happened. and it is disappointing that so

many of my republican colleagues in the senate, who i know know better, have been reluctant to take on, for example, an investigation because they're worried about being primaried. >> and that was president biden at a press conference today. he was asked about this very issue in brussels at a press conference because of some of those republicans, the vast majority of those republicans who have downplayed the events of that day. josh campbell is out front live in los angeles with more details on this fbi warning. josh, i know you have been talking to law enforcement experts tonight. how seriously are they taking these concerns about qanon taking action? >> reporter: up until this point, director christopher wray is saying the bureau is not investigating the movement qanon, but they're certainly

investigating individual ad adherents, and they talk about their concern that some of these actors could move to violence. the fbi is certainly likely to have additional suspects they will have to investigate, for our viewers who may not understand the nuts and bolts of this conspiracy movement, it's largely been based on this notion that this group q is going to face all kinds of government corruption. now what the adherents are saying is trust q. but these indigenous foot soldiers will not just espouse their believes but conduct violence. all these predictions this mysterious leader has taken up has fallen apart, the idea that the government is running that kabul of pedophiles. i can tell you i covered a lot of demonstrations in the last year, i engaged some of these folks. you ask them to show you proof of what they say, and they turn it around on you and say, give

us proof this does not exist. you can see it just moves you down this really dark rabbit hole, but what the fbi is concerned about is that you have these people that maybe because of their frustration will start to act with violence. i was just messing with a federal agent about this a short time ago, and she said we ignored these groups at our peril. she described a lot of these ad adherents as grievance collectors, that it's them against the world, but what is concerning law enforcement is all it takes is one person predisposed to violence to possibly cause something very deadly. a very serious issue. >> josh, thank you very much, and i think so well said. they just say prove to me that it isn't, right? it's pretty incredible. and the deepest part of this problem. out front, greg erie, now the vice president of law enforcement and analysis at the anti-defamation league which tracks extremist groups. and donie o'sullivan who has

closely been covering the qanon movement. you saw him in some of those sound bites. greg, let me start with you. what is your biggest concern about these domestic extremists? because that's what they are. >> erin, first, thank you for having me. jochensh encapsulated very well we're watching these movements change in front of our very eyes. it's the most in the years i've been working with extremism. everything they predicted did not happen and the truth became known. now they're desperate to keep this idealogy moving. what that does is make two different danger levels. one, and the fbi is warning about both of these, is this increased rhetoric online. does that resonate with somebody and influence them to become a lone actor in order to do something, commit a violent act? more importantly, and what we're seeing with qanon specifically but other eidealogies, but they

used these idealogies to create upset. >> there's a quarter of republicans in the entire united states agree with beliefs linked to qanon. according to the fbi report, people's willingness to believe in qanon is affected by a lot of things. but one of those things is the frequency and content of pro-qanon statements of individuals who feast on qanon narratives. that could be more than one person, but the predominant person that would refer to is the former president, right, one who pours qanon narratives. he's out there still saying it's fraud and he won and the whole thing was rigged. so how closely are people listening to him, donie? >> they're hanging on his every word, erin. i think when we talk about qanon, accord tentative qanon is

this belief in a pedophile ring, et cetera. really, what this is all about right now, and i think what the thrash right now is about is it's about the big lie. it's about the election. qanon believers talk less about the ring of pedophiles and satanists and it's more about the election being stolen, and they are being told that every single day by certain segments of the media and, of course, by the former president. and, look, it can be difficult to try and put yourself in the shoes of a qanon believer, but some people genuinely, genuinely believe this stuff. if you believe that your democracy, that american democracy has been stolen from you, then you can see it's not too many jumps to justify violence. >> so, greg, how difficult is this for the fbi when you have it growing at a speed you say we've never seen before, and yet there is no kind of technical public leader to the movement. it's not like al qaeda, for

example, where there were leaders, right? you could identify them and that would help you build out who to look for. that does not exist here. >> that's correct, and this is not what we would call a traditional investigation into an organization or group, as you referred to organized crime or a drug cartel with a set structure. that's difficult. this is an a mmorphous group. they are taking their own instructions and going on line to look for some kind of direction. the fbi is doing what they do best, but as director wray has mentioned, just because you believe in this idealogy or you're a member of qanon does not make you open to pred indpredicate for an investigation. it's very difficult, but the bureau is very good at it. >> donie, i just replayed some sound bites of people you spoke to, and they were very honest about their point of view, believing in so much of these

qanon tenets. i want to play another conversation you had after the insurrection. here it is. >> reporter: what are your thoughts on the violent insurrection incited by trump at the capitol? >> oh, my god, that's all such a lie. that was all the left. there's tons of proof. >> it is my hope that president trump comes back as the 19th president of the united states under the 1776 and that he is inaugurated on march 4th. >> i mean, of course, that didn't happen, donie. the fbi report, though, warns that qanon extremists may try to take matters into their own hands. some people say, well, when you hit this date and you hit this date, and we have talked torques i -- to, on this show, one qanon believer who did change her mind. there are some. but others keep moving the date, moving the event, right? so when you talk to people who believe in this, what are you

hearing about what's the next thing they're kind of pinning their hopes on? >> reporter: that's right, and if you invest as many qanon believers do, so much time and passion and energy into believing this conspiracy, right, and you spend hours or weeks or years online, it can be very, very difficult when those predictions don't come true to let go. we have seen some people say, no, this is b.s. but what we're seeing now, of course, as maggie haberman reported a few weeks ago, trump talking about this ridiculous notion advising others he may come back in august. this is not all just happening in dark corners of the internet, right? this is not all just happening in conspiracy theory blogs. all of this is being fueled by the former president. >> i guess that's the irony of it all, right, that there is a leader for q, right? it's him. and that makes it so much more complex at the same time. donie, greg, i appreciate you both. thank you. >> thank you. don't miss cnn's special

report "assault on democracy: the roots of trump's insurrection." washington may not be doing an investigation, but we are. drew griffin talking about rioters, those now in prison, professional staffers, police and others. what led to the insurrection? can another one be prevented? this is something you need to see this sunday, 9:00 eastern. now on "out front," next, biden calling putin a killer as he prepares to meet with him. they say they're in the dark issuing subpoenas targeting top democrats. none of them knew anything? now we know the white house counsel's records were also subpoenaed. who was behind this? an alarming surge in gun violence across the united states. in new york city alone, 21 shootings since friday. i'm going to ask mayor yang what

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new tonight, president biden speaking out about his high stakes showdown with president putin. when he found out what he could accomplish when negotiating with putin, who laughed when biden described him as a killer, here's what biden said to jeff

zeleny. >> i'm laughing, too. i believe he wdid, in the past, acknowledge that there were certain things he would do or did do. when you write a treaty with your allies, you don't say i trust you, you say, this is what i expect. >> kaitlan collins is with the president. people are waiting to see how his meeting goes with putin. what's the message ahead of the summit biden is sending? >> reporter: yeah, they're really both kind of trying to set the stage for that showdown in geneva. i think what president biden was trying to do tonight, especially with that answer to jeff zeleny just there was de-escalate, really. remember, in that abc interview he answered pretty quickly when he was asked if he thought putin was a killer.

the white house said they stand by that. tonight he said he did stand by it but he seemed to sidestep ray li -- a little bit when he said putin seems to stand by it. he said he doesn't want to create conflict because it seems like he's going to go there and push and push and push when it comes to russia. he often said there are areas we think we can cooperate. they're trying to set the tone in that way. but, erin, they're also not having expectations for this summit. president biden is not trying to visualize what he can walk out of that room and have in his hands, they're saying they don't expect any concrete achievements, but this does come with skepticism as to why this me meeting is happening now. he said the ones he spoke to at the g7 summit and at nato today,

they did not have one ounce of concern about his sit-down with putin. instead they said they welcome it. i think this is how world leaders feel about that, because there are a lot of european leaders who think russia is more of an issue than china is. you have seen, of course, a lot of biden's focus has been on china. but, erin, one last thing on alexei navalny who is now sitting in jail in russia. president biden said if navalny dies in prison, then it does show that president putin has no regard for human rights. former cia deputy chief of operations. once biden was asked if putin is a killer, and he said yes, he

hasn't backed down on it. knowing that's what you said and putin responded to it, is this something you push, that you just have to keep doubling down on it? >> i don't think there is any value or use to go back to that discussion. what is relevant is what president putin has been doing around the world. in particular in europe, but not just in europe. and there is where, if i were recommending to president biden, president biden should go into that meeting and be very clear and be very blunt and very direct about the problems that we have, that the united states has, that the europe ans have. he just came from a meeting with the g7 ask nnd nato. he's coming in with a strong backing from all his allies, and he can let putin know what they're all concerned about. they're concerned that president putin has invaded his neighbor.

they're concerned that president putin tries to annex his neighbor's territory. they're concerned that president putin is after navalny. they've got real concerns about what his actions are. that's what president biden should go in with. >> so, john, when it came to talking about alexei navalny, the chief opposition leader in the country, putin wouldn't even say his name leading to this exchange. >> his name is alexei navalny. people will note that you aren't saying that. >> i don't care. i don't care. >> reporter: as he's leaning b back in his chair, the body language is all part of it, john. putin said he doesn't plan to discuss navalny with biden. what should biden do? >> i don't think putin wants to speak about navalny at all because he sees it as a domestic

issue. but the problem is that this shows weakness. navalny -- i apologize, i'm getting feedback here and it's making it hard for me. so as you know recently, bellingcat just put out a report saying that the same people who tried to murder navalny in russia also went after an opposition poet. as far as i'm concerned, this shows the weakness of putin inside russia. the fact that he's so concerned about these people that he's willing to murder them and jail them, i think it's going to be up to biden to bring this up, to make it clear that it's unacceptable to the west, but he's going to have to understand that putin is going to push back against this. but that doesn't mean he shouldn't discuss it. >> so it's a great point he's going to push back. there is a whole bunch of people related to navalny in that entire incident -- i don't mean

by blood but related to the navalny incident who are dead -- which navalny could bring up as well. here's what putin did say when navalny came up in the interview. i don't care, i don't care, i won't say his name. but then he brings up the insurrection at the u.s. capitol. here's what he actually said. >> translator: do you know that 450 individuals were arrested after entering the congress, and they didn't go will to steal a laptop. they came with political demands. isn't that persecution for political opinions? >> so, ambassador, i know that's what john is referring to, right, that putin is going to come prepared. and he's going to come prepared to throw biden off his game. how can biden be prepared? >> president biden will not take the bait. as we all know, that's ary a ridiculous move. president biden has to stay on the offensive, not being

aggressive or nasty, but just to be direct. there are concerns that the international community has, and president biden can maintain that position, again, being supported by all of the allies, that it's the russians, it's president putin who has to defend his actions. and if he doesn't, if he continues to take these actions that we find offensive and troubling to our security, then president biden can say, look, president putin, i have put on sanctions on you based on what you did before. i can do that again. and he has credibility when he says that. >> so, john, biden's tough talk is a stark departure from former president trump who actually tried to cultivate a friendship with president putin. here's how biden has talked about putin over the years. take a listen. >> so you know vladimir putin. you think he's a killer?

>> uh-huh. i do. i made it clear to president putin in a manner very different than our predecessor that the days of the united states rolling over in the face of russia's aggressive actions, interfering with our elections, cyberattacks, poisoning its citizens are over. >> i don't believe we're a nation that bows down to vladimir putin, for god's sake. >> so, john, do those words matter? >> well, the words matter, but the tone also matters. so president trump for the last four years thought he would befriend and it would change the way we did things, but it really got us nothing. president biden, when he was vice president before, he's known him for a number of years and he's had these tough talks before. i think he knows that talking tough to putin is not going to change his behavior. putin has been under five u.s.

presidents. we've done everything to bribe him, cajole him, talk to him, and he has decided this relationship in his interest. it's probably in his interest because it gives him someone to blame for the weak economy and the problems he has. i think biden is smart. i think he understands he's not going to change his behavior, but nevertheless, he has to be very clear about these issues so he can make it clear where the united states stands and what consequences there will be going forward. >> so on that front, should there be more consequences? you're both talking about why words matter. biden's words are night and day to trump's. but as far as policy goes, there is quite a bit of consistency. there's been some change but quite a bit of consistency. should biden lay it out? i actually am going to do a lot more policywise. >> i think so. i think it is very clear, and president biden has said this and jake sullivan has said this, that they are looking for stability and they're looking for predictability.

as we know, president putin is not looking for stability, he seeksinstability, and he's unpredictable. invading his neighbor, unpredictable. what both president biden and jake sullivan and others have said, if president putin is not willing to have a stable, predictable relationship, then there will be consequences, and again, he has put his money where his mouth is. he has put sanctions on president putin for the actions that the russians took against our elections, against navalny and other things. and against invading ukraine. so that will continue. >> both of you, thank you so very much. i appreciate it before this crucial meeting. the house committee talking about invading the accounts of

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breaking news. house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler announcing he will investigate the trump era justice department issuing subpoenas. those subpoenas targeted democratic congressman, specifically adam schiff and eric swalwell, others as well. they said possibly these are isolated cases, and it's possible this is merely a first glimpse of a coordinated effort by the trump administration to target his political opposition. if so, we must learn the extent of this gross abuse of power. the judiciary committee sending a letter to merrick garland demanding answers, sending copies of the subpoenas as well. the story, it's sinister and yet it's bizarre, right? we don't know how many people were targeted. we do know around those people, people related to them, even a minor child was targeted, all of this, and yet the attorneys

general, barr, sessions and rod rosenstein, the former deputy attorney skgeneral, all say the knew nothing about it. how could it be that you have all these families targeted and no attorney general ever hears about it? >> yeah, look, that's the emerging likelihood, even the possibility or likelihood that that is the explanation. i think one of the things that you heard from merrick garland, the attorney general, he finally made a comment about this today in a prepared statement, and one of the things he says is's lease mo monaco, the deputy general attorney, are looking for where the bodies are buried inside the building. there is a lack of trust that even the current leadership understands what they knew when. i think that's why they're so slow in providing evidence to congress. they said they are serving

problematic measures deserving of high level review. it's extremely possible, because of the way this investigation happened, maybe even the investigators, the agents who were sending these subpoenas, did not initially know whose numbers and whose e-mails, necessarily, they were trying to get or the data. >> wow. >> it's not clear when they found out. clearly they did, and they still did not brief the people higher up. >> right, which is incredible, because at some point, someone knew who they wanted to get because somebody went to somebody and got all the e-mail addresses and phone numbers and everything else to put in there. there were a whole lot of somebodies who knew something. is it possible, evan that schiff, swalwell, mcgahn and anyone else involved here that we don't yet know were swept up in a larger investigation that didn't have anything to do with trump's enemy list, or is that too hard to believe? >> no, i think that exactly what you just said is the emerging likelihood or possibility here,

that this is an investigation that began looking at perhaps a congressional staffer, and initially the investigators, the lawmakers weren't certainly the initial targets, but when the investigators find out or figure out that now they've obtained the records belonging to these two democratic lawmakers, the question is, who did they tell and why did they -- did the top officials in the department claim that they were not informed of it? and certainly when they went to renew these gag orders, erin, three times in the case of the apple. apple said they renewed these gag orders three times. why did no one brief the top political officials about what happened? i think that's one of the things that is still very puzzling about this. g >> evan, thank you very much. an unbelievable mystery, but i hope we get to the bottom of it. next, an inside look at the

biggest mayoral race in the united states. one that's raising questions of how to address the raging gun violence that's surging across this entire country. what is candidate andrew yang's solution? he's up next. and people are asking whether his words are corrupt, stupid or naive. but it gets c. bring a friend every month and get every month for $5. boom! 12 months of $5 wireless. visible, wireless that gets better with friends. this past year has felt like a long, long norwegian winter. but eventually, with spring comes rebirth. everything begins anew. and many of us realize a fundamental human need to connect with other like-minded people. welcome back to the world.

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and it is front and center in new york city's mayoral race, which is tonight's inside look as new york city struggles for what its future will be. a new poll out tonight shows brooklyn borough president eric adams is leading the field. we spoke to mr. adams friday night and are talking to all the candidates. out front right now, mayoral candidate andrew yang. you've talked about addressing this rising crime. it's a surge and everyone in this city feels it. you suggested, quote, a massive drive for reflective police officers. are you planning to increase the police budget to pay for this massive recruiting drive? >> thank you, erin, it's great to be here. public safety is the number one issue in new york city for a good reason. we need to replace 5,000 police

officers who already filed their retirement papers. the investment ws we're going t make are going to help crime get under control, but the first problem has to be solving the shootings as they're happening. right now three out of four shootings in brooklyn are going unsolved. imagine that. you have 75% of the perpetrators of these shootings still walking around. we'll never get crime under control. we have to dedicate the detectives and the resources to the crime division to make sure we solve many more shootings than one out of four. >> that's a pretty stunning statistic. when you talk about a major recruitment drive, some people may think that makes sense, but others may veryhemently disagre. andrea wiley received an endorsement from alex ocasio-cortez. she wants so shift a billion dollars away from the nypd budget to social services.

here's what she said about that in your last debate. >> we were all in brownsville for an interview with interrupt o interruptors who said no more police officers. the safest they ever felt was the five days they asked the police department to step back so they could prevent violence. >> why do you disagree with that approach? >> i believe in investing in communities, erin, but short term we need police officers on the ground in these communities to help address rising rates of violence. this is true when you talk to new yorkers. 72% of new yorkers want more police officers. i talked to community leaders in jamaica, queens, which is a black neighborhood, and they were agitating for a new precinct in their community. so i wanted to invest in communities, but the immediate concern is getting the shootings down, and for that we're going to need officers. >> so you have taken on rival mayoral candidate eric adams

with questions about whether he actually lives in his brooklyn apartment or a townhome he owns in new jersey. this has been a lot of back and forth in this race. here's how adams responded to you. >> how dare andrew yang say, a retired captain, a borough president can't be an educator. we can't have two homes? he has two homes. you don't see a hint of racism in that, that i can't have two homes? >> a hint of racism. what is your response to that? >> race has nothing to do with it, erin. this is centered on trustworthiness and integrity. the fact is people are debating whether eric adams lives in new jersey, and that's remarkable given where we are in this race. but even more powerful is that today, as you mentioned, i received the endorsement of the police captains of new york city. the union that eric adams was a part of, the officers that know

him best endorsed me to be the next mayor of new york city because they know that i will keep new yorkers safe. that says volumes about eric adams, his trustworthiness, his integrity. the people that know him best don't believe in his leadership. >> you talk about that endorsement, and it is a significant one. but voting has already started, as you're well aware, right, early voting in new york. obviously the formal day is still coming, but early voting has begun. cnn went and spoke to voters who were at the early voting polls this weekend. and i wanted to give you a chance to respond, andrew, to one concern that we heard about your voting history and how it impacted these voters. let me play that. >> you know, while i like andrew yang as a person, you know, i'm just not convinced that he knows what he's doing yet. he's never voted for mayor. >> i'm concerned about things like andrew yang never voted in a mayor contest.

>> they keep bringing up that you never voted for mayor. what do you say to that? >> erin, 76% of democrats were like me where you voted in gubernatorial and presidential elections. we all need to get more engaged. but the issue of this election is public safety, and both the police captains and the firefighters who safeguard our lives and property every day have endorsed me. so if you think about what this means, it means that the people who, again, know the city the best, know who the contenders in leadership are have decided i'm the best bet to help push new york city in a better direction, and i'm excited to get started. >> andrew yang, thank you for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you. weup next, trump lashing ou at democrats asking if they're stupid, corrupt or naive. plus an off-duty flight attend allegedly chokes a crew

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fascinating to find out but yeah, we didn't. we couldn't see anything so we're not sure what they're looking for. >> reporter: the arizona spectacle coming after two previous reviews showed no evidence of wide spread fraud spear heading the effort, karen fann who says she's been cheered on by former president trump. >> i don't know what's legit, what isn't legit but why wouldn't we want to answer those questions? >> reporter: while the audit is under quite spread criticism, republicans are still trekking in from states like pennsylvania, georgia, alaska and virginia. eager to bring audits to their states and prove trump's lie that he actually won the 2020 election. josh mandel who is running for senate in ohio and often pats himself on the back for being a loyal trump supporter making his journey to the audit site monday. following in the footsteps of others like besh rt jones who supported efforts to overturn the results in his state. >> it was very orderly.

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tonight new details about what diverted ad delta flight ad forced it to make an emergency landing threatening to take the plane down and took several passengers to subdue him. one witness saying the strange behavior started early in the flight. the flight attendant was actually wearing a hockey helmet at boarding. dan simon is "outfront".

>> help me! >> reporter: the struggle and screams coming from the most unlikely of passengers. an off due the delta airlines flight attendant aboard a flight friday night from los angeles to atlanta. the pilot asking for quote all strong males to come to the front of the aircraft to handle a problem passenger. >> i am very thankful that it did not end badly. >> reporter: passengers saying the man who police identified as a 34-year-old man of atlanta made an announcement over the plane's p.a. system telling everyone to take their seats and prepare to put on oxygen masks. >> that created quite a stir amongst everyone around and it became tense. >> reporter: the plane diverting to oklahoma city. according to the police report, the off duty aden dattendant ma statement about being seated next to a terrorist. ignoring orders from the flight crew, he allegedly assaulted a

crew member and when another off duty crew member tried to intervene, he pushed her against the wall and put both hands around her neck and began choking her. cnn has reached out to duncan, it's not clear if he has legal representation. on thursday, another delta flight this one from l.a. to new york was forced to land in detroit after another passenger became disruptive and earlier this month, a third delta flight from l.a. to nashville forced to make another emergency landing with a passenger trying to breach the cockpit. these incidents the latest in a string of unruly behavior in the nation's skies. the faa reporting it received 3,000 reports of unruly passengers since the beginning of the year. majority related to people not wanting to mask up. >> what we're seeing on board really is an outcome of the stress of this pandemic. people have been stretched to their limits. >> reporter: for now, the question is whether things could get even uglier with summer

travel and passenger numbers starting to approach prepandemic levels. dan simon, cnn san francisco. thank you for joining us. you can watch "outfront" any time at cnn go. "ac 360" starts right now. good evening. there is breaking news from president joe biden overseas about what he thinks are the consequences of his predecessors hold on the republican parathe i a -- party and fascinating m discussions with vladimir putin before they meet in two days and talked about threats to democracies around the world sometimes from within and phony populism. >> prove to the world and to our own people that democracy can still prevail against the challenges of our time and deliver for the needs of our people. we have to root out corruption