connected to a criminal organization nor would they share the number of people that they believe were involved. more now from rosa flores across the border in brownsville, texas. reporter: two of four missing americans are back in the yupd and receiving medical treatment after being kidnapped in mexico after what a u.s. official tells cnn was a case of mistaken identity. two were found dead and one of the survivors is severely injured with a bullet wound to his leg. according to u.s. and mexican officials. in the party of four, latavia mcgee and eric williams were killed. shaeed woodard and zindell brown were killed. and we extend our condolences to the families. reporter: they crossed the border into mexico for mcxwee to obtain a medical procedure. and they drove a white van and got lost while trying to locate the medical clinic where they were headed. before they were able to locate the clinic, disturbing video shows the aftermath of the kidnapping as heavily armed me
could perjury charges follow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. welcome to early start. we begin with what may be a clue that could help solve the mystery of one of those unidentified objects shot down by the u.s. military. a group of amateur balloonists says one of its small balloons is missing in action, its last reported location right over alaska on sunday the same day fighter jets downed three unidentified objects, one in that same region of alaska. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is not blaming the u.s. government for taking out its 32 inch balloon, but here is what president biden said yesterday. intelligence community s current assessment is that they were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research. jasmine wright is joining me live from washington. what else is the white house saying about balloons? reporter: the p
three more people charged with murder after a virginia man died in custody, his family calling for justice after seeing video of his last moments. and growing legal problems for donald trump. thousa now dozens of staffers at mar-a-lago are receiving subpoenas. here we go, friday, st. patrick s day, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with china s president xi jinping set to meet with vladimir putin next week in russia. the kremlin says the two will discuss strategic cooperation. this is amid fears that beijing might provide weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. kristie lu stout in hong kong for us. what else do we know about this meeting? reporter: chinese leader xi jinping will be traveling to russia to meet with vladimir putin from march 20th to the 22nd. according to a spokesman earlier day, they will discuss bilateral relations, regional issues, while drawing a blueprint for the two countries relation
predawn hours when most people were at home asleep in their beds. rescue crews are now scouring the region looking for victims trapped under tons of rubble that were once homes and businesses. the civil defense, meantime, is urging people to evacuate buildings and together in open areas as aftershocks continued to pose a deadly threat. the quake was felt as far away as cairo, egypt, and at one point a tsunami warning had been posted for italy. that warning has since been lifted. turkey by the way, is no stranger to powerful earthquakes. it sits on top of a major of several major fault lines. 18,000 people were killed back in 1999 when a series of quakes hit northwest turkey. we ll continue to monitor this developing story throughout the morning, an, and marianne rafferty we now return to our scheduled programming already in progress from that type of committee targeting women of color will ask our sunday panel about the political battle over who gets a seat at the table. plus
by gunman in matamoros was a case of mistaken identity. u.s. official tells cnn a mexican cartel likely mistook the americans for haitian drug smugglers when in fact they were tourists there for medical procedures. at least three of the victims were from lake city, south carolina. the mother of one says there is not much to to ndo now but pray wait. the waiting is the worst part. it has its advantages and disadvantages. but however, no news is good news. that is the way i m staying with it. no news is good news. reporter joining me live from bogota. what are the governments doing to get the americans back? reporter: the authorities are conducting search and rescue operations across the border area in particular in matamoros. and you can see from the images that yesterday there was increased police presence especially from federal mexican police. and at the same time the fbi is conducting their investigation on the northern side of the border. and they visited the hotel