martha: a heartbreaking scene at the funeral for victims of the cartel ambush on three women and six young children. they were all members of a small close-knit mormon community in northern mexico and this attack has raised a lot of questions about the extreme violence in mexico, an average of a hundred murders a day just on the other side of our border. missouri senator josh hawley calling for sanctions against mexico, saying they look the other way of the cartels. the mexican ambassador to the u.s. fired back, saying that is not true, and hopes to speak personally with the senator about this matter and she wrote, handwrote at the bottom, including how to reduce drug demand in the united states. here now, david close, and family member of dawna langford.
comes in from canada, filled with arctic air. 150 cold record weekend temperatures could be set from the weekend into next week, as well. the numbers will look like this: by monday morning, 7:00 a.m., fargo feels like 1 below zero when you factor in the wind. dallas feels like 50 and 24 hours later it feels like 16. boston feels like 50 degrees. tuesday at 7:00 a.m. by 8:00 a.m. on wednesday, it feels like, right there, 7 degrees. the takeaway, norah, two-thirds of americans should break out the winter coats tomorrow and keep them close by. o donnell: i was just thinking about that. time to gets the coats out. thanks, lonnie. now to this story. under tight security, people gathered today for the nine the funeral of nine women ad children massacred this week in mexico. a mother and two sons were laid to rest. more will be buried in the coming days. manuel bojorquez is across the
border tonight in ciudad juarez with the latest update on the eight children who survived. reporter: the first victims of the ambush to be laid to rest were carried in coffins handmade by relatives, tailored to the small bodies of those who are gone. two-year-old rogan, 11-year-old trevor, and their mother dawna langford were buried. the six others will be laid to rest in their hometown. this should not have happened to three women and the children. reporter: a small army of heavily armed mexican security forces provided protection for the grieving family. the horror of monday s massacre is palpable. in voice messages family member kendra lee miller sent to others first obtained by cnn. dear god, pray. dawna s suburban was blown up by the hill. everyone, please pray. dear god, pray for us all. reporter: robert lebaron traveled here for the funeral. my personal belief is if we can t protect our women and our children, you re no longer a country. reporter: while mexican off
with four of her several children to tucson, arizona, to go shopping for the wedding. 43-year-old dawna langford and her two children were in another vehicle, and 29-year-old christina johnson and her 7-month-old son were in a third vehicle. seven children overall were injured in the attack and are now hospitalized. none of my grandchildren made it out. they burnt to a crisp, and my daughter-in-law. and they re about as innocent as they come, and i m not saying it because she s gone. but she was a good mother to those children, and they re innocent as the day is long. reporter: the victims are all members of a mormon community in northern mexico not affiliated with the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. u.s. president donald trump weighing in on twitter saying in part that now would be the time for mexico to wage all-out war on the drug cartels, offering u.s. assistance should mexico want to wage that fight. but the mexican president responded saying he spoke to president
including 8-month-old twins. the uncle of one of the victims is here with me tonight, and he has a message for president trump. joining me now is david cloes. he s the uncle to dawna langford. david, i don t have words, except obviously, sympathy, and my families prayers to everything that you and your family are going through. the sheer horror of this. the president said he wanted to wage war on the cartels. in mexico. what is your message to him? you know, i reached out too him yesterday, i didn t know how effective it would be. because in my mind, president trump is somebody that s not afraid to tackle difficult problems, and this is a difficult one. the people that often challenge the cartels, the end of the dead, the politicians that try to do that, if i understand the fear, that is associated with challenging these folks, but it seems that president trump is willing to do something. because just doing nothing is not an option, i don t believe. my niece needs justice. and also,