car but we were still close to the car because the whole time, you know, this car, we had no idea if it was going to blow up. obviously that would have been the worst, so, you know, i picked the guy up and, you know, we walked up 10, 15 yards away from the car, by then, you know, the firefighters had came and the police and everything and, you know, we were able to -- to rescue him. right place, right time, you know, i think, you know, like i said in my tweet, god is real and, you know, i'm happy i was able to do it. >> take a look at this, osbourne asked the three other heroes to take this picture after it all happened. they said they're planning to go visit the man at the hospital. >> that's like the plane, you never know what you're going to do in that situation, he jumped right in. passengers on a plane. >> i love that. >> what's the team again? they're next year's super bowl champion. >> crimson tide, i can't remember. >> the minnesota vikings. >> thanks for joining us this morning, we will see you again tomorrow. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> thank you, guys.

good morning. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm jim sciutto. this morning mexican authorities have just finished autopsies, sadly, on two americans killed in mexico, now their families are waiting for answers with just how this happened when a group of four friends were kidnapped just across the southern border, two survivors are now recovering in a hospital in texas. ahead, what we're learning about their ordeal, the effort to bring them home and broader law enforcement issues in mexico. plus right now lawmakers are gathering for a hearing on the origins of the covid-19 pandemic as the department of energy says they have low confidence in the lab leak theory. plus five texas women filing a landmark lawsuit to challenge that state's abortion laws, saying those bans nearly killed them, but the lawsuit isn't asking to overturn the law. what they are seeking, you're going to hear directly from one of the women about the impact of that law. we will get to all of that this

morning, but we do want to begin with the latest on this situation in mexico. the four americans who were kidnapped, two of them killed. cnn national security correspondent kylie atwood is at the state department. cnn correspondent rosa flores is in brownsville, texas. rosa, let's begin with you. in terms of what we are learning in the last 24 hours or so, specifically about the conditions of the two americans who survived, how are they this morning? >> reporter: well, according to the mother of latavia washington mcgee who spoke to cnn this morning she said that her daughter is expected to head home today. as for the condition of the other american who was shot in his leg, it is unclear. the hospital is not releasing a statement or conditions. we do know that the hospital that you see behind me is the hospital where the two americans were brought to once they crossed into the united states. now, all of this as we're learning more from mexican officials about the actual timeline of what happened in mexico.

mexican officials saying that the americans crossed into matamoros, mexico at 9:18 a.m. on friday and that they were lost for a few hours. they were trying to get signal, they were calling the doctor where washington mcgee was supposed to have her medical procedure, they were trying to get to the doctor's office, they couldn't get there, and at 11:45 a.m. is when that dramatic video was taken that shows the kidnapping, that shows individuals being dragged into the back of a pickup truck. now the mom of that survivor, latavia washington mcgee talking to cnn about those intense moments based on the account that she heard from her daughter. take a listen. >> they was driving through and a van came up and hit them and they started shooting at the car, shooting inside the van or whatever, and i guess she said the others tried to run and they got shot at the same time. shaeed and zindell, they got

shot at the same time. she watched them die. everyone that had something to do with it, i want them locked up. >> reporter: some very intense moments there that mother describing the moments when her daughter saw some of her friends die there in mexico. now, about justice and what the next steps are. mexican officials say that they have arrested, they've detained a 24-year-old that was doing some sort of surveillance of the americans, but mexican officials have an ongoing investigation and the fbi on the u.s. side has an ongoing criminal investigation. the fbi says that they are working with the dea, with hsi and with the department of state to get to the bottom of this. jim, erica? >> kylie, i know state department spokesperson ned price told you he wants to see -- the u.s. wants to see accountability. i wonder what he means by that. are u.s. authorities cooperating with mexican authorities right

now on finding those responsible? >> reporter: yeah, well, first as to, you know, the u.s. working with mexican authorities, the state department said yesterday that they are very grateful for the joint efforts of the mexican authorities working with the u.s. so it does look like things are working there in terms of, you know, the mexican officials taking the lead on this investigation and then of course sharing and allowing the fbi and the dea and others to be involved in that. that's an area of course that we will continue to watch. but when it comes to accountability, the state department, also the white house yesterday calling for accountability, calling for justice, but when i asked state department spokesperson what that will look like he said that the state department doesn't want to be prescriptive at this moment and said it's going to fall to law enforcement to design what that accountability looks like. i think it's a little bit early because we know that this investigation is still really kind of in the depths of trying to figure out who was responsible and how this all went down, but at the same time

there are calls on capitol hill, particularly among republicans, who are saying that this mexican gang should be designated as a terrorist organization. now, state department spokesperson ned price didn't count out that possibility, said the department will use all tools available to it to try to crack down, of course, on gang activity along the board, but that is something we should watch for in terms of if there is forward movement on that, if the state department does want to join with republicans and push for that. we don't know if they're headed in that direction but certainly that's something that folks on capitol hill are calling for. >> kylie and rosa, thank you both. also joining us this hour former fbi agent in charge frank montoya jr. if we pick up where kylie left off there, this push by lawmakers, questions about whether the state department could, in fact, designate cartels as terrorist organizations. what would that actually change? what would that change on the ground, especially for fbi

agents, for example, who work out of that mexico city office? >> yeah, it might open up -- and it's a great question -- it might open up some other avenues of approach when it comes to dealing with these cartels, but the reality of the situation is we are not going to be able to operate unilaterally against these targets in a place like mexico. it's just too fraught with bad history, it's also -- this is a problem that is primarily a mexican problem. they could use our assistance. i love what congressman gonzalez said yesterday when he talked about our neighbor's house being on fire and they need our help to put it out, but it is largely a mexican problem. however we move forward in terms of trying to deal with this, it's going to require a joint activity, a joint -- a joint effort by both sides of the border because there is so much intended in terms of how you address these really dangerous cartels. >> frank, you've described mexico as becoming a failed state. that's an appraisal i've heard

going back more than a decade now. you're talking about that description of our neighbor's house being on fire. what does that mean for americans? americans travel back and forth all the time for vacations, to visit family, for other reasons and what does it mean about how the u.s. should be responding? >> well, it goes back to just how powerful these cartels are and how much control they have over certain parts of the country. when you look at the border region, and i started in the fbi in 1991 in san antonio, so i got to see a lot of this firsthand even back then, and then when i ended my time in the bureau 26 years later in seattle of all places, we continued to see just the spread of the cartels' influence around -- different places around this country. when i talk about the failed state nature of that, it's the inability to control the criminal enterprise that is occurring down there. we would like to be able to do it as a country, the united

states would like to be able to do more, but we're still dealing with a sovereign nation and the challenges that they are facing right now in terms of trying to get it in control, it really reflects not just an inability, but so many other systemic issues that prevent them from being able to get control of this situation. and that's where that idea -- and i'm not the only one that feels that way, there are a lot of guys who work in law enforcement and in the intelligence community who feel that way because of the things we have seen over the last couple of decades in mexico. >> and you've noted the mexican administrations in your view animosity towards the u.s. right now and how that factors in. listen, a lot of threads there we will continue to cover. frank montoya jr., thanks so much. happening on capitol hill right now the new republican-led panel investigating the origins of covid-19 kicking off its first hearing. we do expect there will be testimony from three gop witness who is said the virus may have accidentally escaped from a lab

in china. a department of energy report came to the same conclusion of the lab leak being the cause of this, though that intelligence assessment was given with low confidence. cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona joins us with the latest. melanie, you know, this is a highly politicized issue as well. i wonder is the testimony today going to be about digging in for answers here or is it going to be more of a political back and forth? >> reporter: i think we're going to see a mix of politics and substance here because the big question that has plagued both health officials and intelligence officials is where did this virus come from, and that is something that republicans have vowed to dig into with their new majority. we will see the first step in that process today, the house select committee on the coronavirus pandemic just kicked off a hearing moments ago with opening statements about to get under way here, looking into the origins of covid-19. and the three witnesses that republicans have called are robert red field, the former cdc director under donald trump,

jamie metzel a former fellow for the atlantic council and nicholas wade, he is a science writer. all three of these witnesses have given some voice to the theory that the coronavirus may have originated in a lab. of course, their system is coming amid this intensifying debate over whether the coronavirus originated in a lab or if it was because of humans exposed to an infected animal. now, the intelligence community does remain divided over this subject. there is no conclusive evidence on that front, but the department of energy did recently come to the conclusion that it may have been the most likely cause of the coronavirus. i do expect republicans to focus a lot on that specific theory. you have fire brands on the panel like marjorie taylor greene who have been really animated over this. i expect that she will try to claim vindication. we could see some fireworks, but overall, jim and erica, i will say that there is a bipartisan agreement here on capitol hill that figuring out the origins of

the coronavirus is important in order to determine and make sure this never happens again. >> melanie zanona, i appreciate it. keep us posted on the developments through the hearing. well, on the pandemic the u.s. is planning to relax covid testing restrictions for travelers from china and those changes could take effect as soon as friday. >> a source telling cnn the move comes amid a drop in covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths in china. if you're saying, wait a minute, testing restriction, you may remember this only went into effect at the beginning of january, that was after china did away with its controversial zero covid policy leading to a surge in cases. just ahead here in the "cnn newsroom" we're joined live by one of five women suing the state of texas over its restrictive abortion laws, a law which she said led to her facing a life-threatening complication after doctors denied her care. details on what that lawsuit is arguing. plus stunning revelations

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the lead president says she nearly died when her brother broke just 18 weeks in her pregnancy. doctors, though, at that time told her there was no way to save her daughter's life. she was initially denied an abortion. because of that new law. she had to wait until she developed sepsis days later, a life-threatening emergency emergency. amanda eventually needed a blood transfusion and the infection also caused one of her fallopian tubes to permanently close impacting her future fertility. amanda joins us along with the president and center for reproductive rights. the advocacy group behind the lawsuit. amanda, you've been very public about what happened to you, the very real concerns about your life in those moments. i know one of the reasons as i understand it that you have wanted to share your story so publicly is that you don't believe your experience is unique in the state of texas. what have you heard since you first became -- or went public, rather? >> yeah, absolutely.

thank you for having me, first off. but to answer your question, it's definitely not as rare as people think and every time there's any sort of story or headline or awareness that's brought up around what happened to me, i hear from women and men not just in texas, but across the country, sometimes across the globe of similar stories. and people are afraid to speak out and i'm hopeful that by speaking up and by putting a face to what's going on that it will give courage to other women to speak up about what's happening to them as well. >> nancy, when it comes to this lawsuit i think some people might be surprised that the goal of this lawsuit is not to overturn the law. what is the goal? >> well, right now on behalf of the five women who are plaintiffs in this suit, but beyond that is to clarify that

under texas law that people who are experiencing pregnancy complications that are serious, that their doctors can exercise their good faith judgment in consultation with their patients to be able to provide the care that they need, including abortion care. right now it's not happening in texas, texas is a dangerous place to be pregnant right now, and so the lawsuit is seeking clarity to be sure that what happened to amanda and the other plaintiffs in this case does not happen to more people in the state of texas. >> is this essentially pushing the state of texas to say that abortion is, in fact, health care? >> absolutely. it makes clear in these cases that these women experienced and i will say in the lawsuit we also document other reported cases in texas and other states, ohio and alabama, louisiana and more that it is clear that you need to be able to have the option of abortion when you are

experiencing a serious pregnancy complication. >> amanda, you chose to use your full name and since you have been public with your story you've done so. in this day and age i know a lot of people would have pause doing that because, frankly, of the way people react to strangers and the threats that come along with that potentially for you and for your family. has that happened? >> no, i would say by and large the outreach that i've received has been just overwhelmingly supportive. as i mentioned before, people are very grateful and very thankful that we're kind of paving the way so that hopefully others can use their voice and a big part of my decision in using my name is because they don't want me to, right? our lawmakers would be happy for the general public to think that this isn't real or this isn't happening but by putting my name out there and putting my face

out there it's helping people understand that this is real and it is really happening and it could happen to their wife or their daughter or their aunt and i think that's what's really needed in order to make a change. >> nancy, as doctors like amanda's doctor frankly struggled to navigate what this medical exception means, whether they decide to somehow speak in a code, which it sounds like has happened in different cases. what would your legal advice be to an o bchlb/gyn in texas whend with a complication like amanda was facing. >> you know, there are also two obstetricians who are plaintiffs in this lawsuit because they've come forward to say we can't practice medicine the way we are trained, we can't give the care that we know that our patients deserve to have. and, look, they're stuck in an unacceptable position because they want to give the care to their patients, they know that abortion care is part of what needs to be done in a pregnancy

complication and yet the state of texas has imposed a prison sentence on abortion, up to 99 years, that's a life sentence. so it's understandable that they feel caught in this just unacceptable situation. so they have also joined the lawsuit to say we've got to have clarity. >> amanda, you just said one of the reasons that you decided to use your name is because you feel that there are, perhaps, lawmakers who don't want your name out there, who don't want these stories out there. what do you think is missing? the word abortion is immediately divisive in this country. what do you think is missing from the conversation in this country? >> i think what a lot of people don't understand is that abortions are just standard health care and in some cases it's needed to save lives. in my own case, for example, one of my other fellow plaintiffs was pregnant with twins and she needed an abortion of one to save the life of the other. i think you're exactly right,

the word has become so stigmatized that people immediately put up their guards when they hear the word and they don't understand that it is simply health care and it's health care that women in the state of texas and across the country deserve access to. >> amanda zuroskki and nancy northup, thank you for joining us this morning and we will continue to follow the developments. thank you for your time. i do want to note cnn has reached out to the defendants here, we have reached out to texas attorney general ken paxton, the texas medical board executive director as well as texas governor greg abbott specifically about this lawsuit. as of this interview and this moment we have not yet heard back. such an important story. in california a separate battle over abortion rights is brewing, this after walgreens announced it would stop dispensing abortion medication in 21 republican-led states, california's governor gavin newsom now says his state will not do any business with the drugstore. >> the democratic governor

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a new trove of texts and emails revealed in a lawsuit against fox news shows that while the hosts actively promoted 2020 election fraud conspiracies on the air, they were very much doubting those claims in private. >> yeah, very clearly doubting them. the revelations just the latest and dominion voting systems $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against fox. paula reid has more. >> reporter: new internal communications from some of fox news' most prominent figures show concerns and misgivings some had about then president donald trump's claims of election fraud and the company's handling of the 2020 election results. according to court documents, host tucker carlson texted a producer on january 4th, 2021. we are very, very close to being able to ignore trump most

nights. the conversation continues, referring to trump carlson says, i hate him passionately. i can't handle much more of this. the private communications from carlson are a sharp contrast to his public support for the former president, as seen on his program that night. >> the president as you may have heard believes the election was stolen from him. georgia's secretary of state whose job it is to oversee elections disagrees. you can listen to the call yourself. it's online, you can make up your own mind. >> reporter: the text messages are a part of a trove of documents and communications released tuesday from dominion voting system's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the right wing network. fox responding to the latest document release in part, saying, dominion has been caught red handed using more dis distortions and misinformation in their pr swain cpa inn to fox

news. dominion saying the emails, texts and deposition testimony speak for themselves. the communications reveal fox corporation chairman rupert murdoch who was furious fox news called the 2020 election and wrote to an email to the former new york post editor and chief cnn declares and fox coming in minutes. i hate our decision desk people and pollsters, some of the people, i think. more than a month after the 2020 election fox news' d.c. managing editor wrote in a private message to a colleague he feared that the network's coverage of trump's election fraud claims were becoming an existential crisis for the company. murdoch conceded in an email to tox new ceo suzanne scott in january 2021 that some of fox's top talent went too far in their coverage. during his deposition murdoch asked, do you believe that dominion was engaged in a massive and can coordinated effort to steal the 2020 presidential election?

murdoch replied, no. >> dominion has made an effort to show that rupert murdoch was hands on, that is, that he was aware of what people were saying on his air, that he had the ability to stop these guests from appearing and repeating these things. >> reporter: both sides have asked a judge to resolve this case in their favor. there's also a small chance this could settle but if none of those things happen this case is scheduled to go to trial next month in delaware, it is expected that it will last about five or six weeks. jim, erica, this would be a blockbuster case. >> lots of money involved as well. paula reid, thanks so much. john avalon joins us to discuss. this contrast between what fox hosts said on the air about election fraud lies and what they said privately, there are numerous examples. here is another one, the conversation november 18th, a couple weeks after the election, tucker carlson claimed he caught powell, sidney powell who had

propagated some of these theories lying to which laura i think graham called powell a complete nut. that same night, though, on her show ingram criticized those who were dismissing trump's lies as conspiracy theories, she said the following. have a listen. >> rush limbaugh had a great show today where he went through all of these affidavits from people who have been working in ballot counting for 20 years who cited really disturbing things that they had seen. >> so this has been exposed multiple times saying one thing on the air, saying something very different privately. what are the consequences of this and are fox viewers hearing that -- those revelations as well? >> no, they're not. and that's consistent with what fox has been doing according to these documents over this entire period. the lies, the hypocrisy, the lying to your audience and saying one thing in private, which is completely antithetical

to anything resembling journalistic ethics. of course, the larger stakes aren't just the misinformation being fed to fox viewers, it's the degrading of our democracy, our ability to reason together, and that's why this trial matters so much. it's not a corporate scandal, this is something that affects the whole country. what's been revealed is that fox is not primarily a news organization, it is a partisan political operation and it is far closer to "the national enquirer" than the national review. >> you know, to that point it's interesting as we're seeing -- you know, there's a lot of speculation about this, but as you're actually seeing in what's been released how the sausage is effectively made, what those programming decisions are, that they are not based in fact, there's also a moment where we learned rupert knew dock questioned sean hannity and laura ingraham, two of his hosts saying maybe sean and laura went too far, and yet it continues. to your point, john, we keep showing this b role, this video

of the exterior of fox news channel in new york city and they have a billboard up that says america is watching. america may be watching, parts of america may be watching fox, they are not getting this story, their media correspondent said over the weekend that he can't even -- he's been told he can't address this. does it ever break through? even if this goes to court, does anything change? >> look, we have to hope that the truth matters, that facts matter, that a loyal viewer who thinks they're getting news realize that in the court when you follow the actual legal arguments that they have been lied to systematically for a long time. a former confirmation bias fed by fear and greed and ultimately what's been revealed is that these fox hosts were afraid i have their audience, afraid of losing ratings. so they were willing to back a lie that they knew that was a lie. the reckless disregard for truth is the technical term that this comes very apparently close to.

we will see what the actual financial repercussions are, but this is -- i mean, the audience has been treated with contempt by being gaslighted continuously and continually. one would hope that they would realize that they had been fed a steady diet of lies and would actually choose to get their news from people with a commitment to telling the truth above all. >> we should note we have another election cycle coming in 2024 and that same gaslighting is happening with the january 6 -- the events of january 6, that's something we will dig into more next time. >> we will. >> john avalon, appreciate it. thank you. still to come here, some encouraging data on u.s. jobs just coming into us here. so how does that square with what you're hearing from federal reserve chairman jerome powell about the economy? we will take a look next. asn't . i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed meme everywhere. between the high interest, the fees... i felt trapped. debt, debt, debt. so i b broke up with my credit card debt and consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan fromom sofi. i finally feel like a grown-up.

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this just into cnn, and, boy, more signs of a strong u.s. economy. private companies added some 242,000 jobs in february, much higher than expected. more than double those the month before in january, the numbers coming from payroll processing company adp. it seems like we get news like this every other day. >> that data of course coming in as we're waiting to hear from jerome powell who is back on the hill for a second day today testifying before the house financial services committee. made a few waves with some of his responses to a senate panel yesterday. cnn's christine romans has been watching all of this for us. first as we look at these new numbers, what do they tell us? >> well, i can see a lot of hiring in leisure and hospitality that has been across the board we've seen that. people are coming out of the covid crouch and are spending money on experiences, going out in restaurants and bars and

hotels are hiring, hiring because of the strong u.s. consumer. this is from adp, so this is sort of a little bit of a foreshadowing for friday when we get the big jobs report. sometimes they are not always in lockstep, but we have seen strong hiring, strong job creation and when you talk to ceos, one of their biggest concerns is not having enough workers. it's hiring, retaining top talent is still a big problem from grocery stores to big box stores to offices, even though you've seen all of those headlines of job losses in tech and a little bit in finance, overall, guys, we have still a very strong job market and we will get the jobs report from the government on friday. >> listening to his testimony yesterday there were some tense moments, particularly when the issue of jobs themselves came up. have a listen. >> if you could speak directly to the 2 million hard working people who have decent jobs today, who you're planning to get fired over the next year,

what would you say to them? >> i would explain to people more broadly that inflation is extremely high and it's hurting the working people of this country badly, all of them, not just 2 million of them, but all of them are suffering under high inflation and we are taking the only measures we have to bring inflation down. >> i mean, he's basically saying the biggest problem for workers is inflation. >> yeah. >> senator warren is saying, hey, but as you raise rates are you going to kill the job market in effect. a lot of people will lose their jobs. does anybody have confidence the fed is going to get that balance right? >> and that 2 million she's talking about, jerome powell doesn't want 2 million people to be thrown out of work and he has said that but they are penciling in a higher unemployment rate as the interest rates work their magic in the u.s. economy and start to cool things off. look, the job market is so strong that it is feeding into the inflation picture. inflation at 6.4% jerome powell and any economist will tell you is dangerous to the stability of

the economy overall. they have to get that under control, that is job number one. now, the question is cuff a tradeoff where you have maybe a slightly higher unemployment rate -- remember, it's 3.4%, the lowest in 53, 54 years, it is very low right now, two job openings for every available worker. do you have a situation where the unemployment rate can rise and you can cool off inflation but don't have mass dislocation in the economy and the job market. >> that would be the sweet spot and that's what -- i mean, that's what the fed is going to try to engineer if they can. >> they didn't get the sweet spot going in. >> they did not. >> whether they get it on the way out, that's a big question. christine romans, thanks so much. >> you're welcome. overseas now, ukraine claims that russia is taking heavy losses this morning as that fierce battle around bakhmut intensifies. military leaders say they repelled more than 100 russian attacks tuesday on the front line in the eastern part of the country. >> the head of russia's private

military company wagner is claiming the entire eastern part of bakhmut is now under their control. in an exclusive interview president zelenskyy tells cnn if russia were to capture the city it could open a door to even larger territories in ukraine. >> translator: this is tactical for us, we understand that after bakhmut they could go further. they could go to kramatorsk, it will be an open road for the russians after bakhmut to other towns in ukraine in the donetsk location in the east of ukraine. >> cnn's melissa bell is live in kyiv this morning. so western officials, melissa, also learning that wagner may be running out of prisoner, which you know they've been using. so what else is happening with in a group there? >> reporter: well, for the time being ukrainian forces continue to hold and just picking up there on what president zelenskyy had to tell cnn yesterday, we've also been

hearing from the head of the wagner group, you mentioned him, in that video released today that the world hasn't yet seen the full force of the russian army and should bakhmut fall, that is what will follow. now, that's important because western officials have been confirming to cnn the very important role that his men have been playing in the progressive capture of bakhmut, moving towards the near center of the town and that indeed is where he sent his chilling message from in front of a world war ii monument that they took only earlier this week confirming their forward movement. he had this message for the ukrainian army. >> translator: the only request, take out the elderly, children and send here normal combat-ready units. we need to deal with you here now. >> reporter: a chilling confrontational message even as he moves towards the center.

what we've been hearing from western officials is that the russians do appear to have taken the city from three sides, but they explained that is because ukrainian forces have chosen to trade space for time. that's been their point. to try to gain as much time as they can by holding on to the center of bakhmut for as long as they can. just on those western officials and what may follow next, they've also been telling cnn, jim and erica, and i think this is important, they're looking beyond bakhmut. there seem to be no substantial reserves of russian forces in the wider donetsk or luhansk regions. that is important in terms of what happens next. again, what has been key strategy of wearing down the russian war machine in bakhmut, gaining time in the hope that that may prevent or lessen the russian ability to mount any further substantial offensive moves in the weeks and months ahead. >> strategically the ukrainians have often beaten others as they've made decisiones in this war. melissa bell, thanks so much. you can see more of wolf

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policing in the wake of the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. those changes include a plan to conduct an annual review of the mpd training academy also requiring that police only use marked law enforcement vehicles when they conduct traffic stops. >> so all of this coming as we are also waiting for memphis to release additional video from that beating. it's expected to be released later today and this is also on the heels of learning a seventh police officer was fired. cnn's shimon prokupecz has been following the story and has following the updates and the doj now also getting involved. >> this is just being released from the department of justice.

they just put out a press release saying they will announce the review of memphis police department's use of force and de-escalation policy. so that is a very significant development. this is something that the community leaders in memphis have been asking for and obviously, a lot of questions over the stop of tyre nichols, how that was conducted and what type of training these officers undergo and the force that was used in the body camera footable of footage of the stop and community members really wanted that. the other thing in the department of justice is in the wake of tyre nichols' death they will also be reviewing specialized units all across the country. they said that they had heard from police chiefs across the country who are assessing the use of specialized units and where used, appropriate management, oversight and accountability for such units. this, of course, comes because of the scorpion unit that these officers were part of, and this

was a plain-clothes unit that was used to aggressively fight crime and memphis and we know other police departments across the country used these specialized units and so now the department of justice is looking at units across the country. the practices and how these officers conduct these stops and what they do and the training is obviously going to be significant. what we're waiting for, erica, is the video in memphis that the city is expecting to release this afternoon and it will be 20 additional hours of video on top of what we have seen and the violent nature of the car stop and then the -- their interaction between officers and tyre nichols. today's video, i expect, will be some of the chatter, the talk between the officers on scene. we also think we're going to see video of tyre's mother and her interactions with the police --

>> when they went to her door. >> when they went to her door possibly and she comes to the scene and she's actually talking to one of the officers and explains to her what happened. so we expect to see some of that as well and that will certainly be interesting. >> important, too, the specialized units, scorpion, that was disbanded after tyre nichols. >> people arc cross the country are saying all of these units need to be disbanded. they are an important part of crime fighting and police departments need to find balance. >> that's always important, my friend, thank you. >> still ahead, we are learning about more details about what happened to those four americans kidnapped by a cartel in mexico. two were killed, two survived and now being treated in a hospital in texas. we will hear more from their families comining up.

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