particularly long distances does expose you to potentially new bacteria and viruses and increase overall infection rates, but overall we suspect the medical risks are relatively low. hmm. all right. we have 30 seconds left, but just, you know, for anybody who s thinking of going overseas or specifically to mexico for health care, what advice do you have for them? well, it truly is buyer beware. most people get their access to information through the internet, of course. but several studies have shown overall that about a third of information on the internet is out of date. a third is incorrect. it s only about a third of the information you read about health care on the internet is accurate and up to date, and many people are taking to crowd sourcing of information through various forums, social media or from their family and friends to find out. so it s truly a buyer beware situation, before you make that
administration s immigration policy looks like the one under donald trump. a closer look how this is playing out at one small school. reporter: in a deep canyon in tijuana, mexico, just south of san diego the dreams are children like this 9-year-old from guatemala. what s your biggest, biggest dream? to arrive in the u.s.? reporter: the flaws in the u.s. imflation system come into focus. little and bigger hands. yeah, yes. so we serve preschool age and elementary age children. reporter: lindsay opened this school for migrant children three yearation and say the border policies have migrants waiting in mexico to seek asylum in the u.s. my biggest concern is the toll these policies are going to take on children. do you like science? yes. reporter: arthur arrived in december saying the wait is depressing and sad. why is it sad?
translator: it s fear of where do we go with the kids, because we don t have anywhere to go. we came to check our home but they won t let us in. millions in california, more rain expected throughout the weekend, and as more details come to life from that deadly kidnapping in mexico, we ll look at the growing business of medical tourism in the country. plus the bbc s soccer coverage plunged into chaos from the gary lineker partiality in the uk. this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour in california where a series of deadly storms unleashed historic snow falls and massive flooding across much of the state. the white house telling us the president spoke with
a week since four americans from south carolina were attacked and kidnapped in mexico and two tragically killed. three women living in texas believed to be missing after crossinged border over two weeks ago according to police. authorities say the women are two sisters and a friend who crossed into mexico february 24. they were headed to the city of m montmorose to sell clothes at a mexican flea market. 80 agents from law enforcement agencies are looking for the women. regarding the kidnapped americans, new video shows all four of them just hours before they were attacked an march 3rd. a live stream video taken by one of the victims. the images show the group driving to a medical appointment from brownsville, texas, but never made it there. mexico is the second-most
in comparable numbers in europe show about 4% of all europeans travel across borders for health care. there s was a university of michigan research study that showed that the violence in mexico is perhaps dampening their total tdp by upwards of 21% and about 46% of that total difference is caused by violent crime. so there would be many more people traveling for health care, i suspect, if it wasn t for the the threat to safety and security. yeah. and this latest incident certainly won t help. although the government is very quick to say, you know, this is an isolated incident. people don t have to be scared to come, but the cdc, the center for disease control and prevention, they say it s risky going abroad for medical care, for medical reasons. so what are those ricsks?