years ago after the police killing of breonna taylor, the 26-year-old who was shot and killed by the louisville police department who were serving a no-knock warrant and her name and face became a rallying cry in the movement calling for policing reforms. as soon as garland begins we ll be bringing that to you to learn what this means so stand by for that. let me turn now to the investigation into the kidnapping of four americans in mexico which ended with two of them killed. the two survivors, latavia mcgee and eric williams, they are now in a texas hospital receiving treatment. they were found tuesday in a wooden house near the border of matamoros where they were kidnapped at gun point last week. the bodies of the other two were also found at the scene. latavia mcgee s mother told cnn this morning that she watched her friends die. their cause of death has not been revealed and their families are still waiting for their bodies to be returned. let s turn to diane gallagher an
good morning. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. this morning mexican authorities have just finished autopsies, sadly, on two americans killed in mexico, now their families are waiting for answers with just how this happened when a group of four friends were kidnapped just across the southern border, two survivors are now recovering in a hospital in texas. ahead, what we re learning about their ordeal, the effort to bring them home and broader law enforcement issues in mexico. plus right now lawmakers are gathering for a hearing on the origins of the covid-19 pandemic as the department of energy says they have low confidence in the lab leak theory. plus five texas women filing a landmark lawsuit to challenge that state s abortion laws, saying those bans nearly killed them, but the lawsuit isn t asking to overturn the law. what they are seeking, you re going to hear directly from one of the women about the impact of that law. we will get to all of that this morning, bu
nashville metro police say shot through the doors of the covenant school in a calculated plot. before being neutralized and killed by officers, the former art instructor named maria column in said. for the last year, hale had grieved online over the death of a girl who used to play basketball with her. and calling me also told cnn. it was around this time that he ll wanted to be referred to as he him and go by the name aiden. call me says that hale was apparently suffering now. police have yet to release a motive for the shooting. they re still investigating that going through writings and videos and messages sent by the shooter. but no one person was hails target, they say it s still not clear exactly why hale attack the elementary school. as of right now, we don t have any indication that there was any problems at the at the scol cou8 years old and still living at home with her parents, but we can t confirm any type of problems at this time. we want to take you to nashville
top of the hour this wednesday. i m jim sciutto. and i am erica hill. right now several key hearings happening on capitol hill. a pretty busy day in washington. this hour lawmakers will grill active administrator billy nolan after multiple close calls on the runway and some of the aviation incidents sparking safety concerns. also federal reserve chairman jerome powell appearing before lawmakers for the second day defending his decisions to raise interest rates in an effort to tamp down inflation. we re also watching the top u.s. intelligence officials testify, among them fbi director chris wray, the director of national intelligence avril haynes as what they see the biggest global threats facing the u.s. today. cnn s melanie is live on capitol hill today. several events and several bits of testimony on the hill today. walk us through what you re watching. yeah. a very busy day here on capitol hill. we are tracking a number of high-profile hearings, and i want to walk yo
the rubble in a desperate search for survivors. meanwhile here in washington president joe biden will deliver the state of the union address tonight. we ll go through what we will and won t hear from the president. and we ll have the latest from ukraine where more signs are pointing to a major offensive campaign coming from the russian army. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the death toll following that powerful earthquake in syria and turkey has now passed 5,000 people, and it continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude tremor hit the region early yesterday along with multiple after shocks including a 7.5 magnitude quake that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured, and search and rescue efforts are under way to find people who may still be trapped under the rubble. more than 6,000 buildings collapsed in turkey. some of that footage was caught by bystanders