it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, hello everyone. new developments into the investigation of the four americans abducted in mexico. officials say one person has been detained after two victims were found dead earlier today. the two others were found alive and back in the u.s. translator: two of them were dead, and two has no injury and eric has has been shot, and was injured in his leg. both have been given medical treatment at the clinic. all four were found at what appears to be a medical clinic in a border town of matamoros. one survivor suffered a bullet wound to the leg, the other not injured. the group went missing after traveling to mexico from south carolina so that one of them, a mother of six, could under go a medical procedure, that s according to family members. the victims got lost and reached out to the doctor s office for directions but struggled with poor cell phone service. authorities say that s when a group of unidentified gunman shot a
denied the care they need to survive. now, five of those women are fighting back, bringing th landmark case against the stat of texas for denying the lifesaving care. and while they re at it, they re exposing one of th most insidious lies of the antiabortion movement. and, california congressman an u.s. senate candidate, ada schiff, talks about trumpism the future of democracy, the war in ukraine, and more velshi starts now. good morning it is sunday, march 12th i m ali velshi we begin today with an insurrection although probably not the on you re thinking of and an important warning, th biden administration i publicly announced that russia actors, some with direct tie to russian intelligenc operations, are seeking to sow political unrest and protest i moldova, a nation that was formally part of the sovie union. according to the nationa security spokesman, it is quote a manufactured insurrection against the moldovan government, and quote the biden administration adds, quote
let ukraine down but in the future we have to take all measures to make sure this will not happen again. not happen again. hard security on the ground, does not happen again. hard security on the ground, does this - not happen again. hard security on the ground, does this mean | on the ground, does this mean troops on the ground? big su ort troops on the ground? big support of troops on the ground? big support of the troops on the ground? egg support of the conventional literary of ukraine, of course, yes. it literary of ukraine, of course, es. , , yes. it will definitely be interesting yes. it will definitely be interesting to yes. it will definitely be interesting to follow - yes. it will definitely be interesting to follow up| yes. it will definitely be i interesting to follow up on this story especially as we see this story especially as we see this meeting in paris. very quick last question, what you expect to come out of meeting between these leaders? i expect . reat be
the ukrainians what they nee to protect themselves, let alone when this war. so doesn t implodes john, let me ask abou bakhmut, this is a city that the ukrainians have held for a long time, it is a zer strategic importance to anybody, but the russians haven t taken anything, yet they re usin their wagner group which i their mercenary group, wagner populated by prisoners, they now decided to pull th prisoners back and put actua soldiers in to try and win this lisa haven t, got it but the might. ukrainians said the other, day there are more russians goin into government to fight thi thing than we have ammunitio to deal with him and, that is sort of the recip these, days russians are literally throwing people ou of this war. but the ammunition issue i real, the ukrainians are sayin we are running short, of at th russians are also running short, of it and there is some talk about the chinese providin ammunition to the russians that could be in the short ter a game-changer it very we
so it s a psychological victory for ukraine having held this for so long, much like earlier in the war the battle of mariupol was. the longer they continue fighting for bakhmut, the question arises as to whether it will impact the planned spring offensive which is expected to be in the south. they obviously have an ammunition issue at this point, and they re losing a lot of troops as well. it s not just the russians. so how are you looking at what a spring offensive may look like, the longer that ukraine remains in bakhmut? it s a great question, and i would answer that from the standpoint of a military commander on the ground. how i would judge the situation. i don t know how much i m not privy to classified information. i don t know how much ukraine is pouring into this fight, but they have certainly drained the russian forces more than they have been drained. sometimes unfortunately that s a consideration on the