who is this gang that kidnapped christian missionaries and children. reporter: this is where the 400 mawozo gang s territory begins. o donnell: north korean missile launch: why it s a concerning advance for kim jong un s military. f.b.i. raid: agents serve the home of a russian oligarch close to vladimir putin and tied to u.s. election interference. affordable hearing aids: the steps the f.d.a. is taking to help the 37 million americans with hearing problems. and female trailblazers an artist teaching history by dressing young girls as pioneers. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with something we don t see often a plane crash where everyone survives. this private jet crashed through a fence before catching fire, and by the time emergency crews arrived, all 21 people miraculously had evacuated, including a 10-y
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,
states across the country to reach those still unvaccinated and convince them to roll up their sleeves. we re going to take you to the meat market that s serving up candy corn rat wurss. blah. i m with you on that one. how does it test? we ll find out. we re thrilled to have you bright and early this sunday, october 17th. thank you so much for waking up with us. let s start with what we are really watching this morning, this kidnapping of 17 american missionaries in haiti, north of port-au-prince. a source tells cnn the group was abducted by gang members. the missionaries are affiliated with an ohio organization called christian aid ministries. let s get to cnn s matt rivers. matt, reportedly, these folks were on a bus, and they had just left an orphanage. wha what else do we know about what happened? reporter: yeah. we were on the phone with a source of ours, basically late into the evening yesterday, trying to get a sense of what s happening here and what the
where 17 american missionaries, some of them kids, have been kidnapped. what we re learning about how this happened. the house set to make moves to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt for defying that subpoena from the committee investigating the insurrection. how this is expected to play out in the coming days. plus, a race to the finish. the virginia governor s race narrowing to within the margin of error. why latino voters could make the difference and how both parties are trying to attract them. also, the show will go on, the 11th hour deal that will keep thousands of film workers on set avoiding a costly and show-stopping strike. welcome to your sunday, october 17th. we are always so grateful to have your company. good morning, christi. great to see you. you too. we want to begin this morning to let you know about the kidnapping of 17 american missionaries in haiti north of the capital city port-au-prince. a source tells cnn the group was abducted by g
taken place since january according to a human rights group based in port-au-prince. a haitian transportation union has now called for an indefinite strike tomorrow in protest of the spike in kidnappings in haiti. cnn s kylie at wood joining me now from the state department. what steps are u.s. officials able to take? the state department says they are aware of these reports, but that s all that the spokesperson here at the department is saying right now. we haven t heard anything from the white house with regard to these reports, but, of course, significant that now this christian aid organization based in ohio is confirming the details, saying that there were 16 americans, one canadian, who were kidnapped in haiti while they were going to an orphanage. they were there, of course, for mercenary work. some of these folks that were kidnapped were children. five of them according to what this christian aid organization is putting out. all eyes on the state department, on the