okay. we begin with the latest developments in that breaking news story we re covering out of haiti. a group of 17 christian missionaries abducted by gangs outside of port-au-prince. the washington post reports one of the victims posted a call for help on the whatsapp messaging service while they were being kidnapped. ohio-based organization called christian aid ministries has confirmed that the victims are members of its group. and we got more a little earlier from cnn s matt rivers. reporter: so this is basically very much an ongoing situation at this point. but what i can tell you is that we were doing stories about kidnappings months ago when we were there after the haitian president was assassinated back on july 7th and this has been an issue that has plagued haiti for a long time, but this year significantly, a significant spike in kidnappings. and i have a couple of statistics i can read for you. since january, at least 628 kidnappings have taken place. 29 of whom,
the worst is that they re lost 13,000 feet below the ocean s surface. south of newfoundland, canada, either way assuming the submersible remains intact and assuming that they re still alive, the crew and its passengers aboard the tiny oceangate titan are sealed inside with a limited oxygen supply that is dwindling. about 32 hours left as of right now. and again, even assuming the very best, their trip to the wreck of the titanic could easily still become its own disaster. tonight cnn s jason carroll is monitoring the search effort and joins us now from boston. jason, obviously we ve been tracking all of this. what is the latest that you re seeing right now? reporter: well, kaitlan, as i m sure you ve heard, the biggest challenge facing search and rescue at this moment and all day and in fact since this rescue operation began is timing. it s really time and time at this point just not on their side. at this point less than 35 hours left of oxygen. and what you add to tha
he d get off roseanne, lose 60 pounds and gain it back and hopefully these lifestyle changes stick and we wish him luck keeping it off. thanks for joining us. ac 360 starts now. good evening. tonight on 360, the race to prevent another titanic disaster. five people in a tiny submersible. hunter biden s plea deal on tax and weapons charges. republicans say he got a sweetheart deal. tonight we look at the facts. the kremlin plot to kill a high ranking official. good evening. we begin tonight with a desperate search for the ocean gate titan. a miniature submarine with five people inside. they had hoped to visit the wreck of the titanic in the north atlantic but now they face a disaster of their own. their air slowly running out, that is, if they are still alive. we do not know. all communications have been lost. even if the craft is somehow able to surface on its own, it can t be opened from inside so rescuers have to locate it before those on board run out of oxygen in
five people in a tiny submersible last known whereabouts, 13,000 feet under the sea. some 33 hours of air left. also tonight, hunter biden s plea deal on we look at the effects. and the plot to assassinate a russian defector on american soil. good evening, we begin now with a desperate search for the oceangate titan. a miniature submarine with five people inside. they hoped to visit the right of the titanic on the ocean floor in the north atlantic but now they face a disaster of their own. they re slowly running out of air. that is, if they are still alive. we simply do not know. all communications have been lost. even if the craft is somehow able to surface on its own, it cannot be open from inside. rescuers would need to locate it before those on board run out of oxygen in some 33 hours. this is what five people aboard the missing oceangate titan are up against right now and what charges know all too well. joining us from st. john s, newfoundland, where the submerssible l
dwindling. as of again, even assuming the very best, their trip to the titanic could easily become its own disaster. tonight, cnn s jason carroll is monitoring the search effort, and we hope what is the latest you have been seeing? well, caitlin, as i m sure you have, heard the biggest challenge facing search and rescue at this, moment, and since this rescue operation at the end is, coming it is really time and time at this point not just on their side. at this point, less than 35 hours left of oxygen, and when you add to that is the time it is going to take so many more of these additional resources, and assets to this part of the atlantic ocean, which is a very, remote far from any point where they can readily access these types of assets. the coast guard announced a little earlier today, caitlin, that what they have been able to do today is bring in one of these so-called remote operated vehicles, with a camera on board, that can look into certain parts below the s