restrictions. plus peng shuai surface, the chinese tennis star holds a face to face call with the president of the olympic committee but questions remain about her safety. and later, a trail blazer in tune with her career path. i never thought about the gender, i thought about the function within. this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we begin with breaking news tonight. we have learned that two of the 17 americans and canadians seized in haiti by a criminal gang have been released. while there have been no official confirmations, the christian aid ministries, a group that sponsored the hostages said this in part. we are able to report that the two hostages who were released are safe, in good spirits and being cared for. we cannot provide or confirm the names of those released. the reason for their release, where they are from, or their current location.
he was abducted thursday morning while serving in their community near the capital of haiti. i want to bring in cnn national correspondent athena jones for the latest on this. what are officialsg about this alleged abduction? reporter: hi, frederica. we know u.s. authorities are working with our haitian counterparts and agencies to try to resolve this crisis. we don t know or it is unclear who is responsible for this kidnapping and whether they ve made any demands, whether for ransom or anything else. we do have a statement from the christian humanitarian organizationriginally from new hampshire that alex was working for. ey say alex is a deeply comp compassionate person. she has worked tirelessly to bring relief to the suffering of people of haiti in the name of jesus. their highest priority is to return safely alex and her child. they want to limit the information they provided. they say it happened thursday morning at the campus near the capitol of port-au-prince. the co
Rescue teams transported the other two passengers on board to the hospital where they remain in stable condition. and in new hampshire beach-goers had a big scare as a small plane towing an advertising banner landed right there in the ocean. this video showing the aircraft hitting the water nose first and they be flipping upsidedown just feet away from swimmers in hampton beach. lifeguards rushing to the water to help the pilot who despite the harsh landing did not suffer any injuries. rescue personnel towed the craft out of the water and the ntsb says it will investigate the cause of the crash. hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with the overseas kidnapping of an american nurse and her child. a christian ministry group say
We will see you back here and a half hour with new is always on her website. see you at 6:00. captioning sponsored by cbs duncan: breaking news tonight, hostages released. a christian ministry group says two of its 17 american and canadian citizens kidnapped by haitian gangs are now free. breaking news tonights an suv speeds through a holiday parade route in waukesha, wisconsin, injuring mult pem people. people. multiple people. covid concerns the biggest surge since the pandemic began is expected this week. that s prompting health officials to warn of a post thanksgiving covid surge. i m lillian luciano where some flyers worries about the unvaccinated among the crowd. duncan: and european wave, the w.h.o. expressing new concerns after several countries report record high infection rates leading to tough new
Restrictions. plus peng shuai surface, the chinese tennis star holds a face to face call with the president of the olympic committee but questions remain about her safety. and later, a trail blazer in tune with her career path. i never thought about the gender, i thought about the function within. this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we begin with breaking news tonight. we have learned that two of the 17 americans and canadians seized in haiti by a criminal gang have been released. while there have been no official confirmations, the christian aid ministries, a group that sponsored the hostages said this in part. we are able to report that the two hostages who were released are safe, in good spirits and