hello, i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m bianna golodryga. a tragic discovery in the search for the four americans abducted in mexico. two of them were found dead and two are pack on u.s. soil. they were all found in a medical clinic in a boerder town. one of the two survives is injured. the group was traveling from south carolina so one of them could undergo a medical procedure. authorities say a group of unidentified men shot at the victims vehicles and took them away. investigators believe the americans were targeted by a mexican cartel that likely mistook them for haitian drug smugglers. diane dgallagher is in south carolina, kylie atwood is monitoring the situation from the state department. diane, let s start with you and what we re learning about the victims and what happened. reporter: victor, i m in lake city, south carolina, which family says is where three of the four americans who were abducted grew up here together. they describe them
strengthens alliances with adversaries. vladimir putin meeting with syrian president bashar al-assad and a planned meeting with chinese president xi shipping next week. lucas tomlinson life in washington, good morning, lucas. good morning ashley and todd the russian warships may be spending hours looking for peace is at that $32 million rack andy will find much according to the u.s. military top brass. the russian seem to agree saying, i don t know if we can recover it or not, but we will certainly have to do that. we will have to deal with it. still not sure if the russian fighter jet meant to collide with the american drones and crashing down into the sea 75 miles south southwest of crimea. we know it landed in the plexi. probably 4,000 or 5,000 feet of water. the recovery efforts would be difficult at that depth. there is a pattern with aggressive actions being conducted by the russians. we know the intercept was intentional. we know that aggressive behavior was inte
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
going to do now? we may get some early answers when the white house briefing starts just a few minutes from now. and we have some brand-new information about the two americans who survived. plus, one republican lawmaker calling bs on tucker carlson s narrative that january 6th was a peaceful protest. another republican calling it flat out a lie. the capitol police are going further, insisting it invites the prospect of more antigovernment violence. and president biden s big pitch for 2024 that he s the only one who can save medicare. how it fits with his larger message to voters and contrasts with maga republicans he says are intent on making things worse. but, we begin with that breaking news. two of the four americans kidnapped in mexico just a few days ago have been murdered. two others are alive and we just learned minutes ago that they are now back across the border to the u.s. one of them, though, injured. a state department briefing is scheduled next hour with ke
on and colliding with a u.s. drone over the black sea we ve got exclusive reporting on what s behind the aggressive actions. plus, new details about georgia s investigation into whether former president trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results we re learning the grand jury has heard a new trump phone call and in texas, we could soon get a ruling surrounding a lawsuit that aims to ban an abortion medication that women have been using safely for decades. right now on capitol hill, treasury secretary janet yellen is testifying before lawmakers as concerns are growing that now first republic bank could be the next to fall shares of first republic fell 30% when the markets opened this morning after suffering major losses on wednesday. this after two major banks collapsed over the weekend and swiss regulators overed a lifeline to credit suisse. she insists americans deposits are safe i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and