abortions sued texas over its near total ban on the procedure. we ll hear from one of them who says she nearly died because of the law. we begin this hour with that breaking news out of mexico concerning those four americans who were shot at and kidnapped in matamoros, mexico. the governor of the state of tamaulipas says two of the four americans have been found dead while one more is injured. the fourth was found unharmed. disturbing video shows part of the kidnapping where you see the assailants dragging people into a white pickup truck. a law enforcement official confirmed. joining us now, nbc s ken dilanian, nbc s peter alexander at the white house, and the former head of the dea s operations. ken, what can you tell us? what the governor is saying is these americans have been recovered, two dead, two alive, one injured. they are in mexican custody and will be transferred to the u.s. this has not been confirmed by u.s. officials, but u.s. officials saying that they wer
this weekend as the start of a week of protests and festivities, with the goal of being to stop the construction of this proposed $90 million, 85-acre police and fire training facility. it would be the largest of its kind in the country, if it ends up being built. and what according to police, they say happened, at least 35 people were taken into custody. they say several of those that were detained were from outside of the atlanta area. and this really has become a staging area for activists across the country to protest police and we have seen several acts of violence in recent months. listen to what police had to say at a press conference late last night. this is not appropriate. this is criminal activity. and the charges that will be brought forth will show that. when you throw commercial-grade fireworks, when you throw molotov cocktails, large rocks, a number of items at officers, your only intent is to harm. reporter: opponents of this fire and police training facil
buttons dragging my remote kid it looks like your generation has evolved past traditional political symbols. and there s room for everyone. yeah puke rainbows when taken good morning you were alive in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington this morning millions of americans are in the grip of extreme weather, deadly wildfires, a record-breaking heat wave, and the first alert of a much feared atlantic hurricane season buckle up. everybody in new mexico, thousands of people are racing to escape two wildfires, at least one person has died, and the number of destroyed buildings has tripled in just a few hours, a short time ago on cnn, we heard from a man who made the gut wrenching decision to evacuate with his wife and their three-year-old daughter we don t know what s going to happen with our home and my daughter was called the patents that but she thought we were leaving that we ve never come back. and i said, no, we re not leaving. we re not given up the house. i
done anything to avoid. the crew of that plane, obviously, immediately returned to havana and landed safely. that s going to be the question, right? is there any connected thread through all these instances that the faa and ntsb can drill down on as they now are going to hold this aviation safety summit next week, jose. tom costello, i thank you so very much. now to capitol hill, where federal reserve chair jerome powell is testifying before the senate banking committee, giving lawmakers an update on america s monetary policy. but powell is also facing a lot of questions about the state of the economy and the fed s efforts to tame persistently high inflation. tomorrow, he ll face questions from members of the house financial services committee. with us now to talk more about this is cnbc s dominic chu. good to see you. what have we heard from the fed chair so far today? so, jose, what it comes down to is fed chair jerome powell is now trying to reinforce this idea, this notion th
the airline saying that birds hit the plane s engine and nose, a cabin filling with dark smoke and the pilots decided to turn around. no reports of any injuries, thankfully, there. in a statement, southwest says the pilots safely returned to havana, where customers evacuated the aircraft via slides. we commend the swift, professional actions of our pilots and flight attendants in responding to this event. we are getting the clearest preview yet so far of a possible trump/desantis primary matchup in 2024. they delivered back-to-back speeches over the weekend, trump headlining the conservative conference in cpac. desantis made the pilgrimage to ronald reagan library in california and now they re both heading to iowa in just a couple of days. desantis still hasn t announced if he will run for president. he is certainly positioning himself as a leading rival, though, for trump s bid for re-election. trump s 106-minute address to the right-wing gathering in maryland had its fair share o