mexico with the deceased victims now laid to rest, fearful family members have returned to the u.s. wondering what comes next. reporter: the last victim of monday s massacre in mexico now laid to rest. christina langford-johnson gunned down while protecting her 7-month-old baby faith who was later found unharmed. her family in mourning after a roadside ambush that killed three american mothers and their six children. their remains found in bullet-riddled vehicles. one vehicle burned out after the gas tank exploded. four of my grandchildren are burnt and shot up. they call them nine angels. women and kids. we just can t understand that level of evil. reporter: now a family split by fear. dozens of mormon decedents fleeing the community of la mora in mexico just days after the massacre. took everything we could fit in the vehicle to get across the border because we definitely
funerals will take place today for six more american victims of the massacre in mexico. three other victims were laid to rest yesterday. this as cnn has obtained audio that captures the confusion among family members immediately after the attack. cnn s patrick oppmann has more. reporter: there were three mothers and 14 children driving to a wedding. it was supposed to be a moment of joy for this american community of mormons who have lived just across the border from the u.s. in mexico for generations. but according to the mexican government s timeline, at 9:40 on monday, shortly after leaving lamora, a region controlled by warring drug cartels, the first car driven by renita miller was ambushed by gunmen. she and her four children were
sessions is expected to announce run for old alabama senate seat. sources tell fox news he will likely make the announcement today before tomorrow s filing deadline. sessions would join several republicans trying to unseat democrat senator doug jones. sessions joins tucker carlson tonight for first interview since stepping down as attorney general. funerals begin today for the nine americans killed by a drug cartel killed in mexico. hundreds of mourners are now in the mexican state of la mora where their loved ones will be laid to rest. they got a firsthand look at the bullet-riddled car lit on fire by the cartel. nine americans shot and killed by the ambush attack this week. six of them were children. secretary of state mike pompeo meeting with u.s. troops in germany overnight. the visit commemorates the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. today, pompeo is scheduled to visit the u.s. army base where he served as a tank commander in the 1980s. he will also give a speech in
members? i don t know of any hostages. i don t know if that s something that s not true or something being misreported. i have not heard of any hostages. all of our family is accounted for. brian: last question. have you ever traveled down that road before and have you ever felt threatened before? i grew up in lamora and i have traveled over that road in innumerable times. we traveled women and children didn t matter. we have been there for decades and decades and we have never the langford and the miller and the johnson family in this community of lamora, we have never felt unsafe. we have never had an incident with the cartels of any type and you know that
who was there, but the wait staff actually agreeing to do that? sometimes you have to speak up for changes. reporter: outrage after racist treatment during a trip out to eat. ron mott, nbc news, chicago. all right. now to our nbc news exclusive. inside syria with the u.s. troops on a new mission, protecting the country s oil fields nbc s courtney kube with a rare access inside the u.s. base. reporter: we re inside syria with u.s. troops who have been moving into a remote base, including a national guard unit from south carolina. the u.s. is still working with kurdish allies known as the syrian democratic forces, or the sdf u.s. military leaders say the mission here continues to be to defeat isis, but the footprint has changed. many u.s. special operators who are here targeting isis have left, replacing them ar infantry troops, including national guard soldiers with these bradleys we go up for an aerial view with major general eric hill, who commands the special