federal prosecutors accusing him of helping to plan the deadly afghanistan bombing at kabul airports. abbey gate during the u.s. withdrawal, 13 u.s. service members and more than 150 civilians killed. tonight, three american skiers trapped and feared dead following an avalanche, buried in up to 40ft of snow. the remarkable discovery tonight. a boy kidnaped when he was just seven years old. tonight found seven years later. alive. and where he's been discovered. tonight there's news in the idaho college murders case. the suspect, brian kohberger's attorneys. and what they're now saying about one of the victims and dna allegedly discovered. tonight, a teenage son, now a person of interest, found 800 miles from home with a gun. authorities suspect he killed his mother and stepfather and took off. the arrest tonight. authorities say a couple that had missed the boarding of their flight. arrested after trying to force their way on what they were accused of doing. there's news tonight about a popular weight loss drug and the price cut by nearly a quarter. nba star lebron james in the moment.

they have installed, like, more than 90,000 security cameras in kabul.o, they are watching everyone. donald trump promised to get the ukraine war sorted on the first day of his presidency. it may not have been quite as soon as that, but it does look as though it could happen within the first few weeks. the pace has been remarkably fast. some of the basic principles of 80 years of american and western policy. making ukraine pay for us financial and military help by handing over some of its key mineral resources is something which seems new in western experience, though, in fact, it isn't. newsreel: 50 million | mouths had to be fed... britain paid very heavily indeed for the support it received from the us in the second world war, but at least britain won its war. when i spoke to the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg, he was clear that the winner of the three—year war there was vladimir putin. john, i don't know if there's an equivalent expression in russian for "all his christmases have come at once", but that's basically what's happened for vladimir

that day in afghanistan, that week in august of 21, when we saw kabul fall to the taliban was one oft heinous days in foreign policy in modern american history. why the biden administration didn't privatize getting this guy for the past three years, i don't know. what i do know is people like sam gorka and mike walton the cia and the dod, everybody for the past five weeks put all of our intelligence researches on finding this guy and working with the government of pakistan and other governments to make sure that we can get him in u.s. custody. i think this sets a really important tone for president trump. he is going to go out of his way and do everything he can to get american hostages home. believe at least 11 american hostages brought home in just the first five weeks of his administration. keys also going to go out of his way to go after the terrorists that tried to do kill americans. if you are maric dust terrorist prior -- >> bill: hundred 70 afghans killed in that suicide bombing picking started a picklist talk about ukraine. it appears to me the ball is in zelenskyy's court a

has arrested one of the militants behind the bombing at kabul airports. abbey gate during the drawdown, 13 u.s. service members and at least 170 afghan civilians were killed in that attack in 2021, and a fight over misinformation. scientists know vaccines are the best way to stop measles, so why would the trump administration back treatments like cod liver oil and vitamin a? we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central breaking news into cnn. >> we just learned that president donald trump and canadian prime minister justin trudeau have spoken amid an escalating trade battle between the two nations. let's go straight to cnn's alayna treene, who is live for us outside the white house. elena, what are you hearing about this call? >> well. >> boris, you're right. i'm told that. >> they spoke this morning at some point this morning. but obviously on the tariffs and what they can do, really what canada can do to try and find a way out of this. but very light on the details. i was told that we should

high school and spent six years as an intelligence analyst and 10 years in national security and in kabul, afghanistan, i used the s.b.a. to write a business plan for the cleaning business. my dream was to one day help people start and run their own business and i have been very passionate about this work. so for the better part of eight months i have supported others at the agency that helped me when i came home from afghanistan. i know what it is like to be a veteran. i became a resource to help those people. and last month when i received an email saying i was fired because of my performance that is a lie. my termination was not based on performance. and i am now one of tens of thousands of federal workers wrongly terminated. i am here to speak up on behalf of all federal workers who are being treated like garbage and who are feeling scape goated. i am here to speak up for the people who lost their jobs if a lie. these are the folks that put life into our cities and they make it worth living in them, cities like minneapolis every single day. these people, my people, walk pass the ameri

i spent almost 10 years in national security and in a tent in kabul, afghanistan, i used resources to write a business plan for a cleaning company to start a different life. the sba helped me get my cleaning business off the ground. my dream was to one day help people start and run their own business. and i have been very passionate about this work. for the better part of eight months, i've supported others at the agency that helped me when i came home from afghanistan. i know what it is like to be a veteran feeling like there aren't a lot of options in the world for us. i became a resource to help those people. until last month, when i received an email saying i was fired because of my performance. that is a lie. my termination was not based on performance. and i'm now one of tens of thousands of federal workers wrongly terminated. i'm here to speak up on behalf of all federal workers who are being treated like garbage. and who are feeling scapegoated, rightfully so. i'm here to speak up for the people who lost their jobs wrapped up in a lie that their performance was inadequate. the

service members outside kabul airport in afghanistan has been arrested. the economy was the main topic of the night. president trump defended putting new tariffs on imports from canada, mexico, and china, and he pledged to put reciprocal tariffs on other countries next month. >> tariffs are about making america rich again and making america great again. there will be a little disturbance, but we're okay with that. >> reporter: michigan senator elissa slotkin delivered the democratic response. >> america wants change, but there's a responsible way to make change and a reckless way. >> reporter: a cbs news poll showed that a heavily republican audience approved of the president's speech. now following this speech, commerce secretary howard lutnick spoke to reporters on capitol hill last night and said the administration might modify the tariffs against canada and mexico. he didn't give details but said that it could happen as soon as today potentially, and said that the administration was speaking to canada and mexico all day tuesday. michael? >> all right.

revealed last night the arrest of one of the suspected planners of the 2021 bombing attack outside kabul that killed 13 u.s. service members in afghanistan. that suspect is due in a virginia courtroom this afternoon. >anne>well, focusing on those tariffs today, the white house announced that president trump is granting a one month exemption for u.s. automakers. the 25% tariffs on goods from canada and mexico were expected to hit the auto industry very hard, because a lot of vehicle parts are imported from those countries to make cars here in the u.s.. the delay comes after the trump administration spoke with the big three u.s. auto dealers. the dow rebounded and is now up more than 500 points on that news. meanwhile, america's closest neighbors are responding to those tariffs. mexico's president says that her nation may shift trade alliances if necessary. she and president trump are set to have a phone call tomorrow. canadian prime minister justin trudeau has already announced 25% counter-tariffs. he and trump are set to speak later today. chinese leaders also hitting back beijing, annou

basically casing. >> the area. >> where that attack on at abbey gate at kabul airport in 2021. during that chaotic u.s. withdrawal. that attack killed 13 service members and many other afghans, and he is accused of basically investigating, looking for where a route for the attack that took place and that he allegedly received funds and a motorcycle from isis to take part and to help plan that attack. >> dan delucia, thank you so much. now to capitol hill, where former transportation secretary pete buttigieg met with senate minority leader chuck schumer about a possible michigan senate bid. nbc's sahil kapur is following that story. there has been a lot of speculation about what pete buttigieg his next step might be. what more do we know about this meeting? >> yeah, that's right chris. >> we know this meeting took. >> place last week between pete buttigieg and. >> chuck schumer. that is according to a source with. >> direct knowledge. >> of it. >> pete buttigieg has. >> not officially made. >> up. >> his mind. >> as. >> to whether he's going to run for the seat. that's according

in fact, he went below 50% as kabul collapsed, never to rise above it again during his presidency. what would it look like? uh, for world opinion and u.s. opinion? uh, if kyiv ultimately does collapse, if trump does walk away and let putin have his way, you know, many european analysts have reacted to this, um, confrontation by saying that it could be counterproductive for trump in that it will embolden putin to think, why make a deal? i can keep going, and eventually the u.s. will pull out and leave ukraine to fall. so obviously the europeans want to put this back together. there's reporting today. the british prime minister is encouraging zelenskyy to make the minerals deal. um, but i think this fits into that larger category. we are getting trump unbound. and that is not an unmitigated blessing for either him or for the gop. >> and we are going to hear from him on tuesday as he, uh, does his first joint session addresses his first joint session, does his first address to a joint session of congress in his new his second term. how do you think that's going to play out? >> well, i

martha: the united states now has in custody and ices terrorist who allegedly helped to plan a 2021 kabulhe lives of 13 of our u.s. service members. the suicide bombing was executed during a chaotic exit from i've got a stan, a withdrawal that president biden called a success. >> the extraordinary success of this mission was due to the incredible skill, bravery and selfless courage of the united states military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. >> martha: here is president trump announcing the capture of mohammed, also known as jaffar. watch. >> president donald trump: this was a very momentous day for those 13 families who i actually got to know very well. most of them whose children were murdered and the many people who were so badly, over 42 people so badly injured on that fateful day in afghanistan. what a horrible day. such incompetence we showed. >> martha: taylor hoover was killed in that bombing. his mother says that their firstborn and only son was the light in the room, the one everyone always went to. he wanted to be a marine since he was six years old, his fami

. >> when they announced the capture of the master behind behind the 13 killed at the kabul airport.hey just sat there these are winning. >> lawrence: for the country. >> steve: not for republicans. for america, for the world. >> ainsley: we did notice that overall it was a common sense speech. it was a great speech. he talked about what he is going to do for america. i think we just need to give him a chance. it's been five or six weeks. come on, america. best line what we played at the beginning of the show when he is talking about the border. the media and our friends democratic party kept saying we need new legislation turns out all we needed was a new president. >> lawrence: that was the line of the night. >> ainsley: 14 minutes. brian do you want to say anything. >> brian: nancy pelosi didn't stabbed for that either. that didn't surprise me. >> steve: it was a relaxing night for her. none of them really did much. >> ainsley: elizabeth warren caught up on all of her texts. that was so rude. >> steve: she was called out. >> ainsley: 15 minutes after the top of the hour, swing sta

ask you about something else the suspect involved in the planning of that 2021 terror attack at the kabul airport that tragically killed 13 service members, american service members is now in the u.s., and you're learning some new details about, um, how he was apprehended and what comes next. >> yeah. that's right. and actually, it was intelligence from the cia that they shared with pakistan that ultimately led to the arrest of this individual. we've identified him as muhammad sharif ullah, and he is somebody who was on the radar of intelligence community, it seems, for several years. and an indictment that was unsealed last night suggests that he was recruited by the terror group i.s.i.s. back in 2016. he was ultimately again approached about taking part in the 2021 bombing at the abbey gate. and he was really, it seems, based on the description in the indictment, more of a spy. he is somebody who went to the airport, surveyed the scene and basically told the bomber where he could go without being detected by american or taliban checkpoints. so this is somebody who is now in the u.s. in

it goes back to kabul, afghanistan, and debbie gate.ee and a half years ago isis terrorists killed 13 american service members and countless others in the abbey gate bombing during the disastrous and incompetent withdrawal from afghanistan. we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity. he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of american justice. [cheering and applause] >> bill: as you answer that, look at what cash patel sent out late last night. this was the arrival back on u.s. soil. justice for abbey gate terrorist jaffar officially now in u.s. custody. go-ahead, senator. >> i mean, what an incredible moment. that disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan sent shock waves. not just in that region, but literally across the entire world. one of my first things as united states senator was to travel and meet with world leaders. there was not one world leader that didn't mention this. they said the weakness that was shown was just insurmountable. we know what that lead to. we understand what peace

service members outside kabul airport in afghanistan has been arrested. the economy was the main topic of the night. president trump defended putting new tariffs on imports from canada, mexico and china and he pledged to put reciprocal tariffs on other countries next month. >> tariffs are about making america rich again. and making america great again. there'll be a little disturbance. but -- we're okay with that. >> reporter: michigan senator elissa slotkin delivered the democratic response. >> america wants change. but there's a responsible way to make change and a reckless way. >> reporter: a cbs news poll showed that a heavily republican audience approved of the president's speech. yeah, again that survey found that most of those tuning in from home last night were republican, but of those who watched, a big majority of those according to the poll said that they liked what they heard when it comes to immigration, cutting government spending, two-thirds also said they believe the president has a plan to reduceinflation. as for the democrats who did wat

embassy in kabul that killed ten embassy guards. >> both director ratcliffe and the attorney general were out to thank the agents as this monster got off the plane and is being brought to justice. >> he's also accused of providing material support to last year's terror attack at a russian concert hall that left 130 people dead there. sharifullah was arrested in pakistan last month and turned over to american officials. new developments now, with ukrainian president zelenskyy saying there is positive progress to report in his country's relationship with the united states. he said the two countries hope to meetd again in the near future, to finalize a deal towards a just and lasting peace. that after the contentious oval office meeting last week with president trump and vice president vance. the white house says zelenskyy sent president trump a letter thanking him for u.s. support, and also indicating he was ready to sign a deal to ensure future american support. >> all right. we're checking back right now with stephanie sierra. this half hour at seven on your side's tax check continue

. >> talking to us from kabul, afghanistan. haseeb is not his real name. and that, of course, was not his real voice. >> i have no job, no income and no way to provide my family and my children go to bed hungry and i cannot look. look them in the eyes without feeling like. like i have failed them. >> you're a combat veteran. i know this issue is something you care about deeply and meaningfully. your former colleague, former colleague, former congressman, now national security adviser mike waltz. this is something that he cared about a great deal when he was in congress. i assume he still cares about it. now. he has a different job. we asked him for comment. he hasn't yet commented, but haseeb says he's not asking for favors, simply the promise made to be honored. what do you think of all this? >> yeah. any american who put on the uniform and served overseas in my three combat tours in iraq and afghanistan, what service members know is when you deploy downrange and you're in, you're in the thick of it. we always work with local folks. you know, they interpr

. >> just in a terror suspect involved in the planning of the deadly bombing at kabul's airport in 2021 has now arrived in the united states. president trump announced his capture during last night's speech. the attack killed 13 u.s. service members and at least 170 afghan civilians during the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan as the taliban swept in. cnn's zachary cohen is joining us now with more details. what can you tell us, zach? >> yes, sarah, i'm learning that the cia shared the intelligence with pakistan that led to the arrest of an individual we've identified as mohammad sharif ullah. now, as you mentioned, sharif ullah has since arrived in the u.s. after he was extradited by pakistan. he will face criminal charges here in the united states, criminal terrorism charges for his alleged role in helping plan the abbey gate bombing bombing that killed 13 u.s. service members and at least 170 afghan civilians. now, look, obviously donald trump referencing this arrest during his speech last night, and top trump officials have been really celebrating this arrest as evidence of donald

and any minute now, the man suspected of planning the suicide bombing at the kabul airport that killed

women like them are running this country, when they're marching in in islamabad and in tehran and in kabul, that's how, you know, when the extremists are defeated. and it just it's that war of ideas, right? that i thought was so powerful. but, you know, that our default in washington is to throw more money, more tanks, planes, ships or divisions at a problem. and that's the kind thinking i, i try to get to and hard truths they can lead like a green beret to think about these problems differently. and so thinking about these problems, i mean, obviously there's the election and you're on the short list of names for secretary of defense if if dieppe were elected. yeah, everyone i'm talking to. and so. right, at least i mean, you you know, you're you've close to the former president. you spoke at the rnc. you know, obviously in the book you mentioned that you had multiple meetings with them. and, you know, you shared your advice with them and you took some of your advice and and listened to you. so under a trump administration, if you're in the administration or not, what would you see? what w

has taken into custody a key suspect involved in the 2021 bombing at the kabul airport, which killed 13 u.s. service members and at least 170 afghan civilians. >> tonight, i am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity, and he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of american justice. and i want to thank especially the government of pakistan for helping arrest this monster. >> now, that man, an afghan national, was allegedly involved in planning the attack, and a source says that he will be charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support for terrorism. still ahead, we have new reaction from trump, from china to donald trump's tariff increases. we'll have a live report from beijing straight ahead. and smoke grenades and fighting in serbia's parliament as opposition lawmakers lash out at what they say is a corrupt government. that's ahead on cnn newsroom. we'll be right back. >> when it. >> comes to rooting out corruption. >> do the. fbi's ends justify the means? >> it was humiliating. >> it's an e

. >> of kyiv falling to russian tanks, which is like kabul. falling to the taliban. >> it is. but but, but. >> but we've reached a point where. >> all sorts of, of american people are saying kyiv. >> not my problem. >> not realizing. >> what. >> it actually means long term. >> that's true. and that's. >> the. >> sort of brilliant messaging here. i mean, i give zelensky credit. i think they didn't offer him security guarantees, and he had the guts in the oval office to push back. yeah. and to say, you know. >> because he. >> is worried he. >> can't. >> trust him. >> but the. >> but. >> the question is you had. >> two european leaders. >> earlier in the week. >> go in there and try. to manipulate. trump into loving them. and it seemed and. >> again. >> it's trump. so we don't know if it will continue. >> this way. >> but that seemed to have worked really well. so the. >> question is like, did he come. to this already. >> with a plan? >> i just have trouble. he's not a plan on. >> the right, but. >> he now. >> has an administration, right? >> that's all. >> on board. for this. >>

one of the alleged masterminds behind the deadly 2021 bombing at kabul airport, now in u.s.tody. >> he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of american justice. >> mohamed sherif ullah is accused of orchestrating the abbey gate bombing, which killed 13 u.s. service members during the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. and pope francis will miss today's ash wednesday activities. he's battling double pneumonia in the hospital. this morning, the vatican said he's in stable condition and that he slept well overnight. and retailer target is being targeted with a boycott. and atlanta megachurch pastor is leading a 40 day spending freeze. he tells cnn it's in protest of the company scrapping its diversity, equity and inclusion policies. and how about this? scientists have genetically modified mice to give them traits previously seen in the wooly mammoth. they call them wooly mice, and their hair can grow three times longer than that of a regular lab mouse. the company behind the project hopes to use this technology to bring back mammoths and other extinct animals.

. >> that's haseeb talking to us from kabul, afghanistan. haseeb is not his real name. and that, of course, was not his real voice. >> i have no job, no income and no way to provide my family and my children go to bed hungry and i cannot look. look them in the eyes without feeling like. like i have failed them. >> fear not unfounded. in the midst of the disastrous u.s. withdrawal. reports of gruesome killings and tortures of those who collaborated with the u.s. started to surface, such as sohail pardiss, a translator who worked with the u.s. army for 16 months who was dragged from his car and beheaded by the taliban in 2021. as for haseeb, he was waiting for his medical exam and was likely just two weeks away from flying to the u.s., according to the massachusetts afghan alliance. >> i could have order relating. >> then president trump took office and signed an executive order titled reevaluating and realigning united states foreign aid for haseeb, that's when the updates stopped. that executive order has a direct effect on sivs or special immigrant visas, according to

military and more than 160 civilians at kabul's airport. as the u.s. attempted to withdraw from that war stricken country. mohammed sharifullah, described as an isis operative, was expected to arrive in the u.s. at a washington area airport overnight and could be in court as early as this afternoon, sources telling abc news. the cia developed information about sharifullah and shared those clues with pakistani intelligence officials who arrested him and turned him over to u.s. authorities. according to a criminal complaint obtained by abc news on sunday, sharifullah allegedly admitted to the fbi his role in the terror attack, stating that he conducted surveillance so that he could prepare the suicide bomber and transport him to the target area. the bomber then detonated what amounted to a suicide vest, killing those soldiers and so many civilians. >> george pierre. thomas, thanks. we're going to turn now to the major cross country storm. at least ten tornadoes were reported in the south, as mardi gras celebrations in new orleans were disrupted due to th

i spent almost ten years in national security and in a tent in kabul, afghanistan,, i use these resourceso write a business plan for for a cleg company to start a different life. the sp help me get my cleaning business off the ground. my dream was to one day help people start and run their own business. and i have been very passionate about this work. so for the better part of eight months i supported others at the agency that helped me when i came home from afghanistan. i know what it's like to be a a veteran feeling like there are not a lot of options in the world for us. i i became a resource to help those people. until last month when i received an e-mail saying that i was fired because of my performance. that is a lie. my termination was not based on performance and i am now one of tens of thousands of federal workers wrongly terminated. i am here to speak up on behalf of of all federal workers who are being treated like garbage, and/or feeling scapegoated, rightfully so. i'm here to speak up for the people who lost their jobs, wrapped up in a lie that their performance was inadequat

when you go to kabul, kabul is a very, very busy city.5 million people live there and you get almost everything in the shops, on the streets. but the only problem is that people cannot afford to buy anything, because there is obviously no jobs. the poverty is there. and what i saw was... like, personally, for me, it was heartbreaking. you would see men, women, young and old, begging on the streets. you would see women with their young babies standing in a crossroad, stopping cars to give them anything they can. women? i mean, do you see women without hijab? no, you can't see any woman without hijab. and you would not see women walking alone. they walk in groups, or they are always accompanied by a male guardian. girls still can't go to school? no. there are thousands of religious madrassas. they have filled the gap. i visited a couple of madrassas as well, and for me, it was unprecedented. i had never seen anything like it before. women... ..believing that they should be in the service of men. and the stuff they are taught in these madras

when you go to kabul, kabul is a very, very busy city.round 5 million people live there and you get almost on the streets. but the only problem is that people cannot afford to buy anything, because there is obviously no jobs. the poverty is there. and what i saw was... like, personally, for me, it was heartbreaking. you would see men, women, young and old, begging on the streets. you would see women with their young babies standing in a crossroad, stopping cars to give them anything they can. women? i mean, do you see women without hijab? but i spoke to so many people, and they were saying and relationships with their neighbouring countries, especially central asian states like uzbekistan, and they have good relations with russia, china and iran. and their envoys, they come to afghanistan, and they travel to these countries — to iran, centralasia, china — all the time.