hello, i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m bianna golodryga. a tragic discovery in the search for the four americans abducted in mexico. two of them were found dead and two are pack on u.s. soil. they were all found in a medical clinic in a boerder town. one of the two survives is injured. the group was traveling from south carolina so one of them could undergo a medical procedure. authorities say a group of unidentified men shot at the victims vehicles and took them away. investigators believe the americans were targeted by a mexican cartel that likely mistook them for haitian drug smugglers. diane dgallagher is in south carolina, kylie atwood is monitoring the situation from the state department. diane, let s start with you and what we re learning about the victims and what happened. reporter: victor, i m in lake city, south carolina, which family says is where three of the four americans who were abducted grew up here together. they describe them
i m victor blackwell. and i m bianna golodryga. in moments the nation s top defense officials are expected to take reporters questions, this after the pentagon says russia downed an american drone over the black sea. a high-level russian official said russia will try to retrieve the wreckage, while white house officials say finding the debris may be impossible. the u.s. military said on tuesday a russian jet dumped fuel on the unmanned u.s. aircraft which it says was doing routine operations in international air space. the russian jet then hit the propeller of the reaper, forcing its remote pilots to bring it down in international waters. the pentagon says the move was part of a russian pattern of aggression, but the kremlin gives a different version of events and declared today that u.s. and russia relations are at their lowest point and in a deplorable state. cnn s oren liebermann is standing by at the pentagon waiting for the press conference to begin. you have new de
russian fighter jet crashed into an american drone forcing the military to ditch it in the black sea. john: it marks the first direct encounter between the two countries since putin s war began a year ago. a whole lot of questions that demand answer as america reports rolls into its second hour. i m john roberts in washington. here we go again. sandra: john, here we go again. lot of live events expected this hour. we ll be watching for them. we re gonna bring you that news conference live right away. attorney general kellogg is standing by. he said he is fired up. he will be here to react to what we hear from that news conference. first this fox news alert. john: massive selloff continuing on wall street as investors get more skit tisch about the banking industry. painful inflation showing no signs of letting up. there could be more trouble for the banking industry on the way. right now fear is growing that switzerland s second largest bank, credit suisse, could be on t
at this hour stock sell-off. the u.s. market sharply lower at this hour because of worries about a europe-based bank. what s happening and why republicans hold a hearing with the border patrol chief at the texas border but all 15 democrats on the committee skipped it the latest sign of the immigration divide also in texas new details from inside that courtroom where a trump-appointed judge is hearing arguments over whether to pull an abortion pill off the market nationwide. presidential prescription. president biden in las vegas about to push his administration s new plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs. we ll bring you his remarks as soon as they start our reporters are fanned out all across the country following the latest developments. but we begin in the battleground state of nevada where any minute now president biden will speak about his plan to lower prescription drug prices mike memoli is traveling with the president. i think that state has one of or the
rogue, we ll explain how it may complicate things for the d.a. what a nightmare. come on. literally. wow. president joe biden is back at the white house this morning following his momentous, three-day trip to eastern europe. before he left, the president took time once again to reassure allies that america will not tolerate russian aggression into nato territory. we ll also play for you president biden s comments on vladimir putin s decision to pull out of a nuclear arms treaty with the u.s., and we ll show you how former president trump turned his trip to east palestine, ohio, into a branding operative. well he didn t throw paper towels, did he? not paper towels. he brought trump-branded water bottles. did he throw it? i don t know. pallets of trump-branded water. it s just tap water, guys. so fascinating week. i ve got to say, historic. people are going to remember, an american president going into a war zone, risking his life to show support for t