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
a frightening look at what our future holds if nothing is done to fix the crisis. and we will get to those stories in a moment, but first the latest developments in the breaking news 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. an ohio-based organization called christian aid ministries has confirmed the victims are members of its group. we get more now from cnn s matt rivers. we spoke to him earlier. so this is basically very much an ongoing situation at this point. what i can tell you, though, is that, you know, 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
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