two to three years ago. look, everybody here is holding out hope, hoping that they return safely. perhaps no one more than tae mcgee s six children, hoping that their mother comes home safely. rosa, officials in mexico are working to locate these americans. one, do we have a status update on the search and can you tell us more about the circumstances that investigators believe led to this here? reporter: well, mexican authorities are not saying much about their search other than saying that it s all hands on deck to try to find these americans. now, i want to take you to the video, jim, because that s what s going to show us the circumstances of this kidnapping. we have to warn you the video is very graphic. what we know from the fbi is that these americans crossed over to mat more rows mexico on friday with a white minivan with north carolina license plates. in the video you can see the white minivan, all the doors are open and you also see a woman next to that minivan, we re seei
americans who were abducted just absolutely terrified right now by what has happened, two of those families have identified the four americans as la dave i can t washington mcgee, woodard, brown and their friend eric. they are a tight-knit group of friends, three of the four grew up in the lake city, south carolina, area. we re told they traveled down to mexico together because one of those friends, tae mcgee, was set to have a medical procedure there. her mother says that on friday morning she never showed up for her doctor s appointment and then on sunday the fbi told her that her daughter had been abducted and was in danger. she says the fbi said if your daughter calls, you need to call us right away. now, mcgee s aunt says she actually saw a video on sunday where she recognized her niece being kidnapped, she said she recognized her blond hair, also recognized the clothes she was