former january 6th committee member adam kinzinger here to wee in. a flight attendant attacked by an unruly passenger. federal investigators say this man tried to open the emergency exit door during a flight from los angeles to boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon. other passengers tackled him to the ground and he was zip-tied until the plane landed. cnn s pete muntean with more on this. good morning to you. he told investigators he wanted to jump out of the plane? reporter: yeah, good morning, don. this is the second high-profile incident of an unruly passenger we have seen in as many weeks. department of justice now looking into this. you know, it s really interesting here is that the number of unruly passengers went down by half over last year, but this has to be one of the most dramatic we have seen recently. the flight crew became alerted to this when this passenger tried to open the emergency exit door and they got a
to boston. tell them to shoot me because because we re going to have to shoot me down today. where are they diverting us because wherever it is there s going to be a blood bath everywhere. that man is in custody after attempt to go stab a flight attendant and opening a door mid flight. details on the incident coming up. china s foreign minister warning the u.s. of catastrophic consequences if washington does not change its tone on a number of incidents including u.s. support for taiwan. what we re learning from this key communist party meeting. we will get to that all of that. we want to begin this hour with the four americans kidnapped in mexico. rosa flores from houston, dianne gallagher is in south carolina where three of the missing people grew up. these are close friends we re told. what more do we know about them? i know you ve been speaking with the families. reporter: you know, erica, these four families of these americans who were abducted just absolutely t
ends in a tragedy. just a short time ago, all four were found, but two were dead. authorities have not identified the victims, but we do know that a mother of six from south carolina crossed the border from texas with three of her friends for a medical procedure, but investigators believe that once they were in the city of matamoros, they were kidnapped. we have disturbing footage. it shows the terrifying moments friday when at least one of those americans was shoved into the bed of a pickup truck at gunpoint in broad daylight, and not far from the united states border. our correspondents are covering this from all angles. josh campbell, you are getting information from your law enforcement sources about the condition of the victims and where exactly they were found. reporter: yeah, abby. i have been talking to sources since this incident began on friday, and to a person, they said, look. we re holding out hope that we will find these four, but the situation was very grim,
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
it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, hello everyone. new developments into the investigation of the four americans abducted in mexico. officials say one person has been detained after two victims were found dead earlier today. the two others were found alive and back in the u.s. translator: two of them were dead, and two has no injury and eric has has been shot, and was injured in his leg. both have been given medical treatment at the clinic. all four were found at what appears to be a medical clinic in a border town of matamoros. one survivor suffered a bullet wound to the leg, the other not injured. the group went missing after traveling to mexico from south carolina so that one of them, a mother of six, could under go a medical procedure, that s according to family members. the victims got lost and reached out to the doctor s office for directions but struggled with poor cell phone service. authorities say that s when a group of unidentified gunman shot a