abortions sued texas over its near total ban on the procedure. we ll hear from one of them who says she nearly died because of the law. we begin this hour with that breaking news out of mexico concerning those four americans who were shot at and kidnapped in matamoros, mexico. the governor of the state of tamaulipas says two of the four americans have been found dead while one more is injured. the fourth was found unharmed. disturbing video shows part of the kidnapping where you see the assailants dragging people into a white pickup truck. a law enforcement official confirmed. joining us now, nbc s ken dilanian, nbc s peter alexander at the white house, and the former head of the dea s operations. ken, what can you tell us? what the governor is saying is these americans have been recovered, two dead, two alive, one injured. they are in mexican custody and will be transferred to the u.s. this has not been confirmed by u.s. officials, but u.s. officials saying that they wer
mexico s government and an update on the survivors. this hour, panic in the skies after a united airlines passenger threatens a flight attendant and tries to open an emergency door mid-flight. tackled by passengers and crew, adding to a string of problems confronting the faa. the battle over reproductive rights. california s governor cutting ties with walgreens for refusing to sell abortion bills. they are refusing to sell them across the country, even where it s legal. in texas, they are challenging the restrictive laws. jay powell saying they will raise rates to tame inflation. controlling inflation will require more unemployment. good day, everyone. i m andra mitchell in a busy washington. the local governor in mexico says two of the four americans are dead. merrick garland is addressing it. i ve been briefed by the fbi, which is working with mexican authorities. senior department officials are working closely with our counterparts at the state department. during
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done anything to avoid. the crew of that plane, obviously, immediately returned to havana and landed safely. that s going to be the question, right? is there any connected thread through all these instances that the faa and ntsb can drill down on as they now are going to hold this aviation safety summit next week, jose. tom costello, i thank you so very much. now to capitol hill, where federal reserve chair jerome powell is testifying before the senate banking committee, giving lawmakers an update on america s monetary policy. but powell is also facing a lot of questions about the state of the economy and the fed s efforts to tame persistently high inflation. tomorrow, he ll face questions from members of the house financial services committee. with us now to talk more about this is cnbc s dominic chu. good to see you. what have we heard from the fed chair so far today? so, jose, what it comes down to is fed chair jerome powell is now trying to reinforce this idea, this notion th
19 past the hour. another scare in the skies. a united airlines passenger facing federal charges this morning. authorities accused a man of attacking a flight attendant with a broken spoon and trying to open a plane s exit door. part of the incident was captured on video. now, after a string of incidents and close calls, the faa is calling an aviation safety summit for next week. nbc s tom costello joins us with the very latest. tom, what exactly is going on these days? reporter: well, i think you have to delineate between this individual on this flight from l.a. to boston, who clearly seemed to have some sort of a psychological issue and tried to attack a flight attendant, stabbing her with that broken off spoon. he was tackled, i should say, by multiple people on board and subdued. that is separate from the other incidents which we ve been talking about for several weeks. we ve had six cases, six cases