for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's tuesday, march 7th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." kidnapped in mexico. the search grows for four americans taken at gunpoint. the latest on the investigation and the white house's response. safety upgrades. norfolk southern vows to make changes after two train derailments in ohio, but will it be enough to prevent another accident. breaking business news. more layoffs at meta. the tech giant is planning to slash thousands of jobs as early as this week. well, good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the urgent search for four americans kidnapped in mexico.

authorities believe they were caught in a deadly shoot-out while traveling for health care reasons. it happened just across the thning came under gun , texas. d w hly n. xildiend pe in matamoros have lined the streets to help with the search and the white house says it is closely following the situation. jarred hill is here in new york with more on all of this. jarred, good morning. >> yeah, this is really cascary anne-marie. law enforcement officials are telling cbs news that these americans didn't have any connection to mexican cartels, but this seems to be a misunderstanding. it's bringing to the forefront broader warnings and concerns about the type of violence plaguing some of these border towns. mexico has created a special task force to search for four americans who were kidnapped at gunpoint in the eastern border town of matamoros on friday. the gunmen shot at the group

while they were driving across the border in this white minivan with north carolina plates. a mexican national was killed in the crossfire. this video appears to show the moments armed men forced a woman into the back of a pickup truck and two others who were hurt were loaded next to her. >> the fbi is working very closely with mexican counterparts in an effort to safely recover these americans. beli trica traveled been tarted is. says closely follow >> these sorts of attacks are unacc unacceptable. our thoughts are with the families of these individuals. >> reporter: the city is a hotbed for cartel violence, and it's under state department level 4 do not travel advisory. that's the highest level warning issued for places including iraq, iran, and afghanistan. former dea official michael vigil says kidnapping is a cottage industry in parts of mexico.

>> you basically are playing with fire if you as an american citizen go into mexico. >> reporter: the fbi is offering a $50,000 reward for the safe return of the four americans and the arrest for those responsible. a couple of years ago it was not uncommon for american spring breakers to head up. now it's a point where shoot-out friday prompted local authorities to warn people to shelter in place. >> wow. jarred hill in new york. jarred, thank you. >> yeah. well, breaking overnight, defense secretary lloyd austin is in iraq in an unannounced trip. the pentagon chief landed in baghdad early this morning and it comes nearly 20 years after the u.s.-led invasion that toppled saddam hussein. he wanted to reaffirm the strategic partnership. he is the highest ranking cabinet official to visit the country during the biden administration. and after two train derailments in ohio just weeks apart, norfolk southern is

promising safety changes, but some believe more needs to be done. here's roxana saberi. >> reporter: dash cam video captured the harrowing moment another norfolk southern train came hurdling off the tracks this time in springfield, ohio. flinging debris into the air. >> you guys are so close to the tracks. >> very close. we were so lucky. >> reporter: lane martin was on his way to work when three railcars careened into the yard next door. >> my first thought was i hope that nothing hazardous was on that train. i hope everybody's okay. >> reporter: he says he derailment in east palestine over 200 miles away. but authorities say none of the 28 cars that went off the tracks in springfield leaked hazardous material. the train had 212 railcars. >> there were other cars that

with materials on them, but since they derailed, we don't have the serious situation we had last time. >> are we having more derailments? or does it seem that way. >> the short answer when you look at the statistics, the greater awareness is that they do happen. that's good because that means we'll continue to focus on safety. >> reporter: norfolk southern told us it's cooperating with investigations on recent derailments including this one in springfield. the company also announced it will include its sensors along the tracks that detect wheel bearings from overheating, which is what happened in east palestine. but transportation secretary pete buttigieg says tougher laws are needed. roxana saberi, cbs news, springfield, ohio. you're looking at cellphone video taken onboard a united airlines flight as a passenger attacked a flight attendant on a boston flight sunday. it happened on a los angeles to boston flight sunday. officials say 33-year-old

francisco torres of massachusetts had tried to open and disarm the emergency door in order to jump out. later he allegedly tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon. passengers tackled and helped restrain the suspect until the plane landed where he was arrested. nearly two dozen people are facing terrorist charges after attacking a police training section under construction in a wooded area outside of atlanta. only two of the 23 suspects in sunday's incident are from georgia. police released surveillance video showing protesters setting fire to construction equipment at the site activists call cop city. they also allegedly attacked officers with rocks, bricks, molotov cocktails, and fireworks. >> actions such as this is not tolerated. when you attack police officers, break equipment, you're breaking the law. this was a violent attack a very violent attack.

>> opponents of the project say it would damage the environment and further militarize police. this morning parts of northern california remain under a winter storm warning, and it comes as people in the mountains of northern california have been stranded in their homes for more than ten days after recent blizzards and record snowfall. residents are pleading for help as crews continue to clear the roads trying to deliver much needed food and medicine. >> 12 days, six days without power, three days without spectrum. i've had no lifeline to the outside world. our street has been unplowed for five days. >> a lot of the side streets, the smaller streets that people live on, they haven't been plowed yet, and so if you bring up a lot of these cars, they're going to get stuck, and it's going to make it even harder for the plows to get through. >> there's more rain in the forecast that could lead to flooding. >> breaking overnight, meta is reportedly planning to lay off thousands of more employees. bloomberg says the owner of facebook and instagram could

implement the cutbacks as early as this week. it comes after the company cut 11,000 workers in its first ever major layoff in november. meta has seen a slowdown in advertising revenue and has shifted focus to a virtual reality platform. a spokesperson for the company declined to comment on the plans. coming up, cruise ship death. a passenger is found dead on a carnival cruise ship. why it's being called suspicious. and a french landmark rises again. when the notre dame cathedral will open its doors. this is the "cbs morning news." . this is the "cbs morning news." emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. tremfya® is the first medication of its kind also approved for adults with active psoriatic arthritis... ...and it's 6 doses a year

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hospital. the aide says they discussed railway safety legislation and other business. he also said fetterman is well on his way to recovery, grateful for all the well wishes, and will be back soon. notre dame cathedral is set to reopen, and a cruise ship death is under investigation. those are some of the news reports on this morning's newsstand. the "post" and "courier" are reporting a death. a woman was found unresponsive on the cruise ship "sunshine." it set sail from charleston, south carolina, to the bahamas on february 27th. investigators say there was no threat to any other passengers on board. >> i feel a little uncomfortable that it was that well hidden the entire cruise. like the whole cruise, hayed no idea that it was even like a death in general. >> when the ship returned to charleston on sunday, the fbi

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