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
Governor about the two kidnapped americans having lost their lives now. they are working to provide new details to us, working with their mexican counterparts right now. we have heard from the white house over the course of the last 24 hours, though. karine jean-pierre, the press secretary here, describing these attacks as unacceptable, saying that the president and the thoughts of the white house are with the families of the individuals, that they re going to be providing all the appropriate consular assistance they can. the u.s. and mexico working in tandem on this, trying to coordinate the return of those individuals that, as ken reported now, appear to be in american custody, which is to say they will be in some form coming home. obviously, two of them sadly were killed here. it s worth noting that the fbi has been asking for more information to try to make arrests in this situation. the state department over the last several days reupping what
Asylum in a country through which they are passing before they reach the united states. we know from the recent news, we ve seen the four americans kidnapped and matamoros, that mexico remains a very dangerous country, especially for migrants and people who are in a state of vulnerability on the move. lauren and monica, thank you both for being with us this morning. up next, five women sue the state of texas over its near ban on abortions. one of them tells us her heartbreaking story. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. inner voice (graphic designer): as a new small business owner. .i ve learned that trying to be the “cool” boss. .is a lot harder when you re actually the “stressed” boss. inner voice (furniture maker): i know everything about my new furniture business. well, everything except. .the whole “business” part. not anymore. with quickbooks, you can confidently manage your business. new business? no problem. yeah.
Tamaulipas. we know that corruption exists within the state police and local police in mexico. yeah, i was struck by that same thing, mike, at that video. just to think, i mean, what a tragedy, two people dead, one injured. they went in for a medical procedure, and this is how they re treated. i mean, what a tragedy. and that video also, mike, i was struck by just how the autos, the cars that were around there that had just witnessed a shootout or a shooting, there was no urgency. it was just almost like a regular traffic jam that people are almost used to. what a tragedy. mike, peter alexander. you know go ahead, mike. take a look at that. look at the cars. yes. one of the things that i would mention is that these cartel gunmen, jose, go to terror schools where they re trained to
Become human killing machines. one of the rules that they re taught is that when they kill people, that they should take the bodies with them. because if there s no bodies, you know, they feel that they can t be charged by the mexico government. that is one of the reasons they load up even dead bodies and remove them from the scene. what a horrible tragedy. mike vigil, peter alexander, morgan chesky, thank you very much for being with us this morning. up next, terror in the skies. what the faa is doing after a string of dangerous incidents on board planes. later, we ll go live to california where some people are now rationing food and medicine, trapped by feet and feet and feet of snow. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports. king the s. ok i did it.