they re striking over plans to raise the retirement age. rising tensions, tough new talk from china s foreign minister who warns that u.s. and china are headed for confrontation and conflict, unless the u.s. changes course. state of emergency. the situation increasingly dire in communities in the southern california mountains. residents remain trapped after that unprecedented snowfall. and we re about to get an update from the state department on the late news that two of the four americans kidnapped in mexico last week are dead. what we re learning now about the whereabouts and conditions of the other two americans. our nbc news reporters are around the country and world with the latest developments. we want to begin at the state department where we re about to hear from those officials for the first time since we learned of the american deaths in mexico. nbc s morgan chesky is in brownsville, texas, just north of where the americans were kidnapped. what are the big un
we can understand what happens in mexico. the problem is, what do you do about it? the mexican authorities, the marine corps in particular, army to some extent, will strike back at the cartels if the president tells them to. they tried that arresting a significant cartel figure in the last year. there were 700 armed mexican cartel members with automatic weapons, anti-tank weapons, armored vehicles, that came out to attack the army when they conducted the operation. control of the mexican countryside is in tenuous hands right now. it s a dangerous place. general mccaffrey and ken dilanian, thank you very much. florida governor ron desantis delivering his state of the state address, providing fresh clues about what to expect if he runs for president.