i m lindsey reiser. we have a lot to get to this busy tuesday, starting with a terrifying kidnapping in mexico. the fbi now offering a $50,000 reward for the safe return of four u.s. citizens taken at gunpoint. this video you re watching now shows part of that kidnapping according to a law enforcement official. a gunman appears to drag people into a white pickup truck, one of whom was in mexico for cosmetic surgery. the u.s. ambassador to mexico saying an innocent mexican citizen was killed in all of this. what we re learning about the kidnapping victims and what is being done to bring them to safety. plus, more terror in the skies, caught on camera, federal charges have now been filed against the man you see here, accused of trying to stab a flight attendant on a cross country united flight with a makeshift blade. and trying to open the emergency exit door midflight. i will kill every man on this plane! how passengers jumped in to save the day. and a desperate race t
do with any other kind of medical issue, is you have to ask, am i sick enough for treatment? it was infuriating. reporter: three days after the diagnosis, amanda s health deteriorated. doctors performed an abortion, but serious infection led to sepsis and amanda spent three days in the icu. because of the law, i very nearly died. nothing about this is pro life. reporter: now, amanda is part of a group of seven plaintiffs, represented by the center for reproductive rights, who plan to file a lawsuit against the state of texas tonight. until there is a legal fight, nothing is going to change. something has to change. reporter: but john siegel, president of texas right to life, who crafted the texas heart beat act, says the law is clear as written. doctors like amanda s are misinterpreting it. if they re saying they have to delay and wait the days like you re talking about, that is medical malpractice. but it is uncertain that this child may survive or may not,
people need. the supreme court has long said state officials cannot ban abortions that early. so the texas legislature handed off enforcement to private individuals, making it hard tore challenge the law in court. it allows anyone to sue any doctor who performs an abortion or helps out. those suing can collect at least $10,000. supporters say it works. we know that the texas heart beat act saves about 100 lives per day from abortion. texas is urging the supreme court to rule that because of none of the officials do anything to enforce the law, they can t be sued. but the justice department says their lawsuit should go forward and state court clerks and judges should be blocked from doing anything to carry out the law. the biden administration says texas should not be allowed to use its novel law to nullify a constitutional right to abortion. just passed the law empowering complete strangers to