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
and turkey issues an international appeal for help. we ll be taking a look at how world leaders are responding. welcome to the programme. we begin in turkey and northern syria, where two powerful earthquakes have killed more than 2,000 people. many more injured and still missing. we ll look at the damage done and the rescue operations. first, let s see where this happened. the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 the epicentre in turkey s gaziantep province. there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. a second major earthquake 130km north of the first one. these pictures show buildings collapsing in south east turkey. the country has declared a state of emergency. here s president erdogan. translation: we do not know how far the number of dead and injured - will rise as debris removal works continue in many buildings in the earthquake zone. our hope is that we will recover from this disaster with the least loss of life
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. i m jim acosta in the cnn newsroom. ukraine is entering the brutal fight against russia as the troops rolled across the border into ukrainian cities. many, especially those in russia, thought it would be swift and ukraine would fall quickly. but ukraine had other plans. they have surprised the world with its strength and determination. that defiance has come at a heavy price as it is estimated at least 8,000 ukrainian civilians have been killed since the war began. many wonder how long kyiv can continue to hold on in the face of so much russian aggression. days after his historic visit to ukraine, president joe biden spoke with abc news about how he sees the war progressing at this point and what he thinks about the idea of a negotiated settlement. nothing about ukraine without ukraine west won t dictate to
wraps up ice cream from theft. aishah: shoplifters are committing crimes all over the country. you won t believe how much retail revenue has been lost to crime in 2022 alone. number will give you sticker shock. rich: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m rich edson. aishah: even historic winter blizzard cannot stop the smash and grabs. videos all over the place appearing to show stores ransacked in buffalo, new york. we are going to have that for you all new this hour, but first this fox weather alert. no flights until the third maybe the 31st. we kept calling, you can t get through to anybody. four, maybe five cancels for the same flight. 500 people, nowhere to go. i never want to fly commercially ever, ever, ever again. rich: thousands of passengers stranded at airports across the country following the historic winter blizzard. aishah: southwest airlines is still struggling to get back on schedule, more than 90% of their fligh
In iowa, republican voters will gather across the state for its caucuses, where they state their preferred candidate, to kick off the partys nomination process. Donald trump is the frontrunner. It was mr and Sat Nav and keep left at the fork. The long, unpredictable road to the White House begins in iowa. Every president ial cycle, the quiet, Corn Producing Midwestern State gets swamped by politicians. And this year, a once in a decade winter blizzard. Its the first us state that gets to pick its partys nominees for president. The democrats have changed their schedule, so its all eyes on the republicans. And polls suggest the field is frozen. Donald trump dominates, despite his legal problems, and so much of the battle here is about who can take him on