by gunman in matamoros was a case of mistaken identity. u.s. official tells cnn a mexican cartel likely mistook the americans for haitian drug smugglers when in fact they were tourists there for medical procedures. at least three of the victims were from lake city, south carolina. the mother of one says there is not much to to ndo now but pray wait. the waiting is the worst part. it has its advantages and disadvantages. but however, no news is good news. that is the way i m staying with it. no news is good news. reporter joining me live from bogota. what are the governments doing to get the americans back? reporter: the authorities are conducting search and rescue operations across the border area in particular in matamoros. and you can see from the images that yesterday there was increased police presence especially from federal mexican police. and at the same time the fbi is conducting their investigation on the northern side of the border. and they visited the hotel
details from our west coast newsroom tonight. good evening, jonathan. good evening, bret. speaker pelosi s office just released that statement confirming what they called the successful surgery on 82-year-old paul pelosi and saying his doctors at san francisco general hospital expect a full recovery following the violent attack. it was 2:27 this morning when police were alerted to an incident at the pelosi home in san francisco officers apparently arriving so quickly that the assault on mr. pelosi was happening as they got if there. our officers observed ms. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from ms. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disharmd him. took him into custody. it s not clear from the police chief s comments who was initially holding the hammer. whether the suspect brought it into the house or whether mr. pelosi had, perhaps, grabbed it for self-defense. polic
Tonight, and he is coming off a summit with some of the people who were his strongest detractors during the campaign. Senior National Correspondent john roberts is outside trump tower again tonight. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. It was the highest Profile Summit yet at trump tower, which is directly behind this bus behind me, and also the highest dollars. Donald trump played host to hightech billionaires, most of whom actively campaigned against him in the election. Well, i just want to thank everybody. Reporter it was a crowd that just weeks ago had been openly hostile to donald trump. Amazon founder jeff bezos who during the campaign claimed trump was eroding the democratic process. Apple ceo tim cook who raised millions for Hillary Clinton. Facebook coo Sheryl Sandberg also backed Hillary Clinton, as did tesla and spacex founder, elon musk. Today trump urged them all to put political differences aside and focus on growing the economy, Point Out Tech Stocks have been
Jay Powell is staying hyper-focused on a numeric inflation goal that originated with an off-the-cuff remark in New Zealand 36 years ago despite pushback from Democrats.
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