turning into terror. four americans taken into mexico, the car crash and the confrontation and new images offering a glimpse of the frightening encounter. and plus in a twist, d.c. backtracks withdrawaling the crime bill but that is not stopping the u.s. senate charging ahead with the vote to override what the d.c. city council wants. plus, scary moments on a southwest flight when a cabin filled with smoke and forced an emergency landing. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with the world lead. four u.s. citizens missing in mexico after they were likely targeted by armed criminals. mistakenly, the fbi said, the four drove from texas into the mexico city on friday where a gunman fired at their car. assaulted them and then abducted them. a u.s. official said the americans wither in mexico for medical procedures. video obtained by cnn appears to show individuals forcefully loaded into the back of a pickup truck on friday. the border city has been racked by
the border city has been racked by violence and organized crime since the drug wars broke out if full force in 2006. it is the gulf cartel that is into competing violent gangs. i want to bring in rosa and kaylee atwood. what do they have to say? reporter: well these mexican officials are gathering evidence to try to find the americans. perhaps what the mexico president said is most telling. he gave the best account. he said that they believe, mexico authorities believe they were on the mexico side of the border getting a medical procedure, buying medicine and that they were caught in a confrontation between two groups and that is when the kidnapping happened. now according to a u.s. official with knowledge of the investigation, that is exactly what that official is telling cnn, confirming that according to documents that were found inside of the americans vehicle, it confirms they were
and then it says the commanders gave the president and the vice president an update on the plans to develop wayings to target isis-can i. it says the next few days will be the most dangerous period to date. that is something officials had been warning about. it s blunt here in the readout about what the next few days are going to look like given the pentagon said today there are still about 5,000 troops on the ground in kabul. yeah. appreciate it. we ll check in with you. we ll be giving this press briefing at any moment. kaylee atwood has new reporting about getting remaining embassy staff out. the u.s. diplomats on the ground at the kabul airport, it s expected a large contingent are going to leave over the weekend. there are also plans underway for the remaining diplomats in the country to leave. the secretary of state hasn t signed off. the preparations are underway. with the expectation that these diplomats cannot remain in the
i think that is the number one thing that we haven t actually seen the pentagon identify them yet. they have said it is likely. that is what their intelligence over the last week has been showing. and so how he would respond to that really does remain to be seen. what are the options being presented is another question reporters would have. there was supposed to be a press briefing with the press secretary right now. of course, that has also been delayed as part of the schedule. i believe we ll probably likely hear from the pentagon before the white house press secretary as they are gathering information on this. kaitlyn, appreciate it. kaylee atwood is at the state department. what the state department has been warning about has occurred, it seems. kylie, any announcements from the state department? last night when the state department told americans not to go to the airport, citing the fact that there was a threat at the airport, citing some of the specific gates they should stay
we just learned the biden administration is expected to take action against cuban officials as the regime is cracking down on the biggest anti-government protest in decades there. pat trick ottoman is live for us. what will this mean, patrick? reporter: well, it s tough to say. the trump administration sanctioned so many cuban officials. and the biden administration must be having a tough time finding new people to sanction. one of the groups that my colleague kaylee atwood has learned will be sanctioned are special forces, troops i saw yesterday. there was a protest that was supposed to happen in havana when troops like this show up. not surprisingly, protests don t happen. it s a little bit like sending the seals or delta force to break up a ride or protest. these are the most elite cuban soldiers they are.