this weekend as the start of a week of protests and festivities, with the goal of being to stop the construction of this proposed $90 million, 85-acre police and fire training facility. it would be the largest of its kind in the country, if it ends up being built. and what according to police, they say happened, at least 35 people were taken into custody. they say several of those that were detained were from outside of the atlanta area. and this really has become a staging area for activists across the country to protest police and we have seen several acts of violence in recent months. listen to what police had to say at a press conference late last night. this is not appropriate. this is criminal activity. and the charges that will be brought forth will show that. when you throw commercial-grade fireworks, when you throw molotov cocktails, large rocks, a number of items at officers, your only intent is to harm. reporter: opponents of this fire and police training facil
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, though? reporter: as you guys were saying, this happened on friday in northeast mexico. it s four americans who were kidnapped and assaulted in this area. now, according to one u.s. official, this was a case of mistaken identity. the folks that attacked them didn t know who they were, presumably, possibly didn t know that they were americans. but according to that u.s. official, they were visiti
they say was a coordinated attack on a future police training facility. fireworks, rocks, bricks, even molotov cocktails thrown at officers according to police. dozens of people detained. what police say led up to it all. plus now, massive snowfall again on the west coast threatening to dump feet of snow on communities already buried and cut off after historic back-to-back storms. people in california s mountain communities trapped in their homes. some reportedly at risk of being snowed in for at least another week. we have neighbors who are panicking. they re without food, power, heat, medications. there s nine and ten-foot berms alongside these roads. this is the only grocery store east of crestline california, the roof collapsed from snow. residents writing help us in the snow. fire and brimstone at cpac. former president trump delivering a dark and at times bizarre speech before a sparse crowd at the annual conservative conference and vowing political vengeanc
american mainstream. i m talking about main street americans in their millions. they come in all sizes, shapes and colors. blue collar workers, blacks, hispanics, shoe keepers, scholars, service people, housewives and professional men and women, they re the backbone of america. we can t move america without moving their hearts and minds, as well. they want all electric stoves all over the country. but we don t have the electric power for that. we want electric stoves, but we also want gas stoves. it s april fools . why do they want that? cpac then and now. the conservative conference has shifted in recent years to grievance politics. those two speeches 41 years apart. now, led by former president donald trump who delivered a dark speech, telling a sparse crowd at cpac, quote, i am your retribution. we ll have more of his remarks and what they mean for the 2024 presidential race just ahead. plus, we ll get a live report from springfield, ohio, where another norfolk south
were close to him, everyone who thought they knew he was who he was, he fooled them all. don t let him fool you too. wow. everyone is fascinated. it is on the cover of people magazine. i really need to bone up on this. i m not following. it goes to the jury maybe today. so verdict could be very soon. we re glad you re with us. we re talking about really dramatic closing arguments in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. the defense gets a chance to close fist. but first, this. terrifying moments in the sky on two different flights. a cabin filling with smoke after fire breaks out. a retired firefighter jumping in help a crew put it out and also several passengers hospitalized this morning after severe turbulence on a flight from texas to germany. reports of blood even splattered on the seats. and at the airport. an alarming discovery. a plane loaded with an explosive before loaded on to the flight. what we heard about the device hid non the luggage. and