whirlwind of action on capitol hill this wednesday morning. you could say it s a congressional hearing palooza on a slate of urgent topics from the origin of covid, the safety of air travel, the u.s. evacuation of afghanistan, and threats from around the world. that last topic is the focus of a hearing set to begin any second with the senate intelligence committee. we ll hear testimony from the nation s top intel chiefs including dni avril haines, cia director bill burns and fbi director chris wray. we can expect them to dive into a number of topics including new threats from china, questions about mishandling classified documents and concerns over domestic extremism. our team is monitoring this closely. meanwhile, in a different senate hearing, acting administrator of the faa is just moments away from testifying after weeks of disturbing headlines from the not so friendly skies, including a united passenger recently caught on camera attacking a flight attendant and threate
a tragic end after a mother s trip to mexico with friends to get a medical procedure. now two in the group are dead. two others found alive. how the group got lost and ended up in the hands of armed criminals. plus i m taking over this plane. taking over this plane, he says. terrifying moments on a cross-country flight when a man threatens to hijack the plane. the video as freaked out p passengers tried to react. plus, cnn s upclose look at how the chinese will go to control its country s messaging. welcome to the lead. and we start today with our world lead and new details in tin vest game into those four americans kidnapped in mexico last week. local officials say one person has been detained after two of the u.s. citizens were found d dead. the two others are thankfully alive, though one is severely injured, according to a u.s. official, and those two have returned to the united states for medical treatment and observation. family members say that the four were
driving away, kidnapping all four at gunpoint. for about three days we didn t know what happened or where that group was until that unfortunate update yesterday. as of right now, you mentioned that home, that small wooden building where they were held, where those two americans that are still alive were found and then brought back to texas. we do know that the bodies of those two americans whose lives were lost at last check are still in matamoros, mexico. there are still ongoing questions on how to repatriate those remains back to the united states, and we are awaiting official autopsy results as well. as for those two americans that survived, la taif ya washington mcgee and eric james williams, we believe they re recovering at this hospital. no word on their current status, but we do know i did speak to the older brother of williams last night, lindsey, he tells me that his brother is a fun-loving but tough guy and that despite
identity. two members of the party was found dead, another found severely injured. in the party of four, la taif ya washington mcgee and eric williams survived. zindell brown and shaheed woodword were killed. they crossed the border into mexico on friday for mcgee to obtain a medical procedure. they drove a white mini van with north carolina plates across the border and got lost while trying to locate the medical clinic where they were headed, the friend told cnn. before they were able to locate the clinic, disturbing video shows the aftermath of the kidnapping, as heavily armed men loaded them into a white truck and transported them to various locations to evade capture, according to mexican officials. the mexican president saying today during a news conference that those responsibille will b found and punished.