just ahead on cnn they were buying medicine and they were caught in a confrontation. i would have told him don t go any further. more close calls on the ground and more runway incursions experts say are the result of an overloaded system. and it was just a big shake. they accuse the united states of plotting to create an asia pacific version of nato that could risk a repeat of a crisis breaking out in the region. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, march 7, 9:00 a.m. in london, 3:00 a.m. in eastern texas. matamoros, mexico where investigators are working to track down four americans believed to have been kidnapped by a mexican cartels. and two families in south carolina have identified them. a relative contacted the fbi on sunday as soon as she found out the group is missing. they haven t spoken to their loved ones in days and are hoping for the best. felt a little uneasy because i told them i had a dr
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
crashing near huntsville, alabama, killing everyone onboard. the images just coming in. growing concern tonight about airline safety. the head of the faa testifying before congress about the cause behind a nationwide ground stop last month. the faa promising action following a series of dangerous close calls, including a fourth incident we re just learning about in honolulu. gio benitez standing by. days of mourning on the campus of michigan state university. vigils honoring three classmates shot and killed during a shooting rampage. students protesting at the state capitol, demanding gun reform. dramatic testimony in the alex murdaugh murder trial. for the first time, jurors seeing the moment he denies killing his wife and son. detectives asking, did you kill maggie? did you call paul? murdaugh asking if he s now a suspect. the catastrophic earthquake in turkey and syria. at least six survivors pulled from the rubble today, buried for roughly 200 hours. heartbreak
alabama, killing everyone onboard. growing concern tonight about airline safety. the head of the faa testifying before congress about the cause behind a nationwide groundstop last month. the faa promising action following a series of dangerous close calls, including a fourth incident we re just learning about in honolulu. gio benitez standing by. days of mourning on the campus of michigan state university. vigils honoring three classmates shot and killed during a shooting rampage. students protesting at the state capitol, demanding gun reform. dramatic testimony in the alex murdaugh murder trial. for the first time, jurors seeing the moment he denies killing his wife and son. detectives asking, did you kill maggie? did you call paul? murdaugh asking if he s now a suspect. the cat strofic earthquake in turkey and syria. at least six survivors pulled from the rubble today, buried for roughly 200 hours. heartbreak over the more than 41,000 dead. many of the in mass grave
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