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
jamie metzel a former fellow for the atlantic council and nicholas wade, he is a science writer. all three of these witnesses have given some voice to the theory that the coronavirus may have originated in a lab. of course, their system is coming amid this intensifying debate over whether the coronavirus originated in a lab or if it was because of humans exposed to an infected animal. now, the intelligence community does remain divided over this subject. there is no conclusive evidence on that front, but the department of energy did recently come to the conclusion that it may have been the most likely cause of the coronavirus. i do expect republicans to focus a lot on that specific theory. you have fire brands on the panel like marjorie taylor greene who have been really animated over this. i expect that she will try to claim vindication. we could see some fireworks, but overall, jim and erica, i will say that there is a bipartisan agreement here on capitol hill that figuring out the o