the u.s. taking the space race to the next level by exploring the beginnings of the solar system . first, we have new details on a breaking story that we ve been covering out of haiti. an ohio-based group called christian aid ministries has confirmed that 17 missionaries and family members abducted in haiti on saturday are affiliated with it. that comes in a report from the washington post. a source in haiti security services told us earlier that 14 adults and three minors were kidnapped north of port-au-prince. we have more details now that we spoke to matt rivers a little earlier, take a listen. reporter: so this is basically very much an ongoing situation at this point. 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 specifically, a significant spike in kidnappings. i have a c
russia s offense ministry is vowing to increase missile strikes on kyiv after the sinking of the moskva vessel. u.s. officials claim it was hit by two missiles while russia claims a fire broke out on the ship. this comes amid the horrifying discover of 900 bodies following russia s withdrawal from an area. most of the civilians were executed and bodies abandoned in the streets. overall the united nations has recorded 4,633 civilian casualties in the country so far and that number is climbing. russia s bombardment of the key port of mariupol has left the city in ruins. the city has been able to with stand the kremlin s attack this far, weapons and supply shortages could weaken the resistance efforts. the governor said the city has been, quote, wiped off the face of the earth by russian forces. with that in mind, president zelenskyy is ask the biden administration to designate vladimir putin as a state government of terrorism. nbc news raf sanchez is in ukraine where the gover
weapons systems to ukraine are adding fuel to the conflict and there could be, quote, unpredictable consequences. brianna. let s begin in mykolaiv which is where ed lavandera is. ed, can you tell us the latest from that region? reporter: well, good morning, brianna. it has been a hectic night here and morning in the city of mykolaiv, just east of odesa. we have been hearing bombardment throughout the night in the distance. and this morning, in the mid morning hours, a cluster bombs going off here in a residential neighborhood. this is a park where we are told several people were walking around. and you can see the impact on the ground from various of these cluster munitions that detonated in a largely residential neighborhood. apartment buildings behind me. this is an orthodox church. we will walk you back over to one of the impact sites. two dead so far in the explosions and the attacks going on this morning. in fact, here at this church, they have spent the morning cl
close ally in the country. and shanghai s brutal lockdown. people scream in agony over a lack of food and medicine. our reporters part of the only american television crew living inside the shanghai lockdown and tell you what s happening tonight, let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. and out front tonight, we begin with the breaking news. putin s prized warship is underwater. russia just admitting that the flagship of its black sea fleet sank after a major explosion on board. the russian state news agency is saying this, right? this is the government saying it sunk while it was being towed. now, ukraine claims the explosion was due to a ukrainian missile strike. claim the united states believes is credible. make no mistake, the sinking of this warship is a major blow to putin. this is the 50th day of his ukraine invasion. he only has three of those shipsle only has three. so now, a third gone. poof, gone, sunk, bottom of the black sea, along with a lot of the we
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