flight attendant attacked a passenger as he tried to open the door in flight. i m kate bolduan, and we are looking at the breaking news. officials say they have located four americans abducted last week. sadly, two of them are dead. the video of the kidnapping is so troubling and terrifying, that you can see what investigators believe are members of the drug cartel loading the group into the back of the truck. this happened in broad daylight as you can see after a shooting that left one bystander dead. a source close to cnn said that the kidnappings here are a case of mistaken identity and the families were traveling from south carolina to mexico for a medical procedure. we go to josh campbell who has the very latest coming in. what are the official saying now? i have been talking to the officials familiar with the investigation since the investigation began and though they were holding out hope to rescue the four american victims they said it is looking very grim, becaus
hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. any moment now, president biden is expected to update americans on the recent and unprecedented shootdowns of objects over north america. the president has been facing growing pressure to bring more transparency to the issue that has gripped the nation for the last month. let s get straight to jeremy diamond in washington. what are we expecting to hear from the president? this is the first time we hear directly from president biden in a formal setting on the downing not only of that chinese spy balloon but the three objects brought down between friday and sunday. to get to this point, a couple of things had to happen because the white house has really been in discussions over the last several days about the wisdom, the merits of the president potentially addressing this issue. they were wary at first of making this a bigger issue than it actually is. and they were also wanting to make sure the president waited until
all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this is early start. we begin with ukrainian forces struggling to hold on in the eastern city of bakhmut, as russian troops close in from three sides. ukrainian officials say the situation in bakhmut has grown much tougher. they say their forces may need to retreat to avoid being trapped by encircling russians. cnn s scott mclean is tracking this story for us from london. and, scott, what are the chances the ukrainians will be able to turn this around? and if they can t, does that mean russia is back on the offensive. so, christine, good morning. it really depends on who you ask. because last week there were plenty of indications that the ukrainians may in fact be forced to withdraw from that area. a drone reconnaissance university has been ordered to retreat from the area. you also had a key bridge by the russians kiting off the ukrainians final supply routes in and out. a
provocation in the skies. the u.s. says the wreckage of the unmanned drone may not be recover. but russia commits to finding it. top biden administration officials lashed out, calling russia s actions recollectless and escape. russia to says it shouldn t have been flying during a special military operation. natasha, what are we learning about this incident and also the wreckage? the race is on, really to find this wreckage. what we are told is apparently the u.s. does not have any navy assets in the area that could readily go and pick up that wreckage, so it would be difficult to large a rescue mission for the drone. it s appearing more likely that it will not be covered by the u.s. russia is now saying they intend to try to find the drone s well. with the secretary of security council, saying they do intend to launch a mission to try to find a drone, landed in the black sea after being harassed by two fighters jets on tuesday. however, we told the u.s. did take steps to er
learned. law enforcement is about to arrest a suspect tied to the leak of a trove of highly secret government intelligence, which is embarrassed the us and strained multiple alliances. today. several blockbuster reports expose who the suspected leader is. the new york times has named him as a 21 year old member of the massachusetts air national guard. cnn has not independently verified his identity, and it s not currently naming him both the times and the washington post said the man is the leader of a chat group on the online platform discord and his older than most members of the group of gamers who call him o. g. one of his friends who spoke anonymously on camera to the post obtained parental permission to do so. because that friend is underage. take a listen. he was. he was a young, charismatic man who loved nature . god who loved shooting guns and in racing cars. he did see himself as the leader of this group, and ultimately he was the leader of this group, and he wanted