and some news in the last minute, the american state department says that it the american state departmentlist, evan gershkovich, and americanjournalist, evan gershkovich, and they say that they are in touch with officials at the wall streetjournal. the publication for which evan gershkovich was working, and they have condemned moscow's actions towards the media. you are watching bbc news. hello there. good afternoon. for the last couple of days of march, the generally unsettled theme just doesn't change. more wet, really quite windy weather to come in the forecast for the next couple of days or so for many of us. more rainbows to be spotted today, too. it's a day of sunny spells and some heavy, possibly thundery downpours. the showers will tend to move quite quickly along with this brisk south—westerly wind, but we could see some lines of showers set up, particularly from the south—west of england, up through to north london. if you're underneath one of those lines of showers, it's going to be wet. but some dry sunny spells in between. drier across much of scotland today. and it's mild, t

i fully support what is happening instantly to the events in tbilisi, the american state department, sanctions, those responsible for the suppression of the protests. we have a number of tools that would allow us to hold anyone in any country of the world accountable. who is guilty of suppressing what can be called a universal human right, while in the states themselves, where the law on agents has been in force since 1938, for some reason they do not believe that in their country it contradicts and did it to democracy in the ruling party of the georgian parliament stated that all attempts to find a connection between the adoption of a legislative initiative and the future of the country, where is this speculation and now the bill has been sent for examination to the venice commission, this is an advisory body of the council of europe andrei mikhailov and alexei kozlov well, here is the urgent news that is coming from georgia right now, the bill on foreign agents has been withdrawn and the tass agency reports this from the parliament with reference to the right.

oh well, this is, so to speak, the definition, which, well, i would say that for the american state departmentt not very pleasant. and it is necessary, damn it, a movie . it would be some very good some, yes? well here he is to contribute. but as far as our foreign ministry is concerned, there is no way to taiwan , you change that, we need to, in fact, in theory , make such a note to the chinese foreign ministry because taiwan is part of china and therefore we must say why you have why it is important not they allow our tchaikovsky as for, as for netrebko, here we have to wait a little, because there is, so to speak, the soul and ate. yes, there are russian passports. here, in relation to the great, of course, the opera singer, in relation to her statements and assessment our policy, so to speak, which we are now pursuing here, one could wait a bit and see. how will it continue to happen there, but in itself, what china should now , in my opinion, is preparing to a greater extent from china , there is no person who was checked there, now there are people who can confirm what he has in his head

important, in particular , an important signal came from the secretary of state and the american state department we will talk about it in a little more detail, there is just such a seed right now, the united states will not agree to the peace plan of china, which plays into the hands of china khrystyna yatskiv and antin burkovskyi of the russian federation are working live in the espresso studio . we would like to remind you that you have the opportunity to support espresso journalists. with the help of patron the link you see now on the screen join our espresso community and get access to backstage from the studio with the hosts special live broadcasts with espresso editors the opportunity to ask video questions the opportunity to ask questions to espresso guests and in addition the announcement of special broadcasts and our guests will receive these and other exclusive bonuses by supporting ukrainian journalism, scan the qr-codes and add a kind of yes-yes-yes , join in, dear tv viewers . khrystyna yatskiv and i would like to thank you for what you made an incredible story in what - today the c

in fact, they financed all this analytics, more specifically , the american state department allocated study, but apparently in order to understand what needs to be added, however, the lag, as it has now turned out , is too far and, of course, it is not only the civilian industry, but also the latest developments in the potential of the chinese defense industry. even close to have no analogues in nato countries, take at least unmanned aircraft capabilities, which is ready to demonstrate to one breeder. probably, this is how the artillery of the future should look like. the launcher on a mobile platform looks like a multiple launch rocket system, only it doesn’t shoot missiles in the video. serves as such high-precision warping ammunition. or, as they are now called kamikaze drones, they are capable of circling in the air for several hours offline, and at the right time, dive at the target to thank. small in size, even one such drone is a relatively difficult target for that, but how to defend yourself if there are fifty of them at once is effective, because, well, if you were bitten by

american authorities lead you, when suddenly the international courts to some american, the american state departmentr the american authorities, they say we will solve you and there i don’t know and we will sanction my visa. we will put you on trial. we understand that this whole case, and everything that our judicial investigative committee did, had to make one more registration. we could, of course, be engaged, but you are just a garbage heap of this in general. you don't deserve us to do any more of this garbage. here it would be the most efficient. thank you, i think that this will be at least part of the russian answer, yes now, and now we are leaving for advertising and saying, i’m literally in a few minutes and we’ll talk about the chinese again. all professions are important, all professions are needed. and there is such a job to defend the motherland. stormtroopers from real men are real, who look death in the eyes when they open it with a smile. you know no one will let you down, we do not have all the weak strong guys you can rely on anyone. resistance, but our assault units are doing thei

appeared the information that undisclosed sources from the netanyahu government stated that the american state department is being financed , this reminds me of how much the israelis' attitude towards russia's war against ukraine is changing, well, in connection with all these new factors that we are seeing and the morning of the iranian drones the chinese peace plan, to what extent israel is beginning to realize that this war is still closer to israel than it seemed at the beginning, well, look at the key partner for us here, the united states and several european countries, because well, simply on the european union, israel is not very responsive , but france, italy, germany plus britain - these are the countries that have a certain influence and definitely . days ago, at which, among other things, one of the main issues was the discussion of cooperation and assistance to ukraine in this war, that is, definitely . this affects the situation . yevgeny and we will sort you out because we are on our territory and it's already normal yes, it's normal, say how many words so that i understand if i can contin

in fact, they financed all this analytics, more specifically , the american state department allocatedor the study. well , apparently in order to understand what you need add, however, the lag, as it turned out now, is too large and, of course, it’s not only about civilian industry , but also about the potential of the chinese defense industry, whose latest developments are even close to have no analogues in nato countries, take at least unmanned aircraft capabilities, which it is ready to demonstrate in this. well, let's go. hello well, that they have already learned how to literally shoot drones like shot from a gun. yes, aleksey, the approach to china to uavs is extremely interesting and very promising, probably this is how artillery should look future launcher on a mobile platform. looks like a gold missile system. fire only shoots not rockets in the video, the chinese swarm alone does not serve as projectiles. these are high-precision bewitching ammunition. and as they are now commonly called kameez drones. they are capable of circling in the air for several hours autonomously, an

the militant mood of the crowd was supported by the american state department, the european bureaucrats. and zelensky is the last one given the situation in tbilisi in a report by alexander evstigneev. just jokes, the protesters spoke from a position of strength, the georgian parliament in a dense human ring, to the main demand to withdraw the bill on foreign agents , another ultimatum was added to release the detainees, the security forces refuse and the crowd is trying to take the parliament building as a navigator. they break through the cordon in order to block the parliament to prevent the deputies from holding the next session, at which it is planned to consider and consider the law on foreign agents, break windows, throw firecrackers at the police. also in due time. the maidan began in ukraine while the georgian security forces manage to push back, tear gas and water cannons are coming to khot, and in such circumstances, the president of georgia from the united states, where she is currently visiting, tells the security forces not to touch the protesters. let them refrain from an

there. bullying to the, to the world because that's how the night states jackie and the american state department. they are bullied just like in high school. and that's what they're trying. but now i think the next few years that's going to end. well, well stephen, as you well know, the chinese president here at moscow the other day final comments to vladimir putin . we are seeing the biggest changes in the world in a 100 years journalist stevens are we in a research with time. thank you very much. brazil and china have struck a deal to ditch the us dollar in favor of their own currency. the bilateral trade transact an agreement and setting payments in one has been signed with brazil, which greatly facilitates our trait. we are planning to expand cooperation in the field of food and mineral extraction, and to search for a possibility of exporting goods with high added value from china to brazil and from brazil to china. we deal enables china and the biggest economy in latin america to conduct financial transactions directly without converting the currencies into american dollars. the new arrangem

obvious the consequences of the russian pilots in this case acted as quite correctly notes the american state departmentrously provocative and created a dangerous president will stop this will stop the conduct of reconnaissance flights in the usa on the black color no will it have this is some kind of effect for the russian federation, because they are here to demonstrate the political effect, we are the hosts here. well, hardly always . and here is the thing that the ambassador of russia is now called to the us department because of this, or something. what will they say to him there and how can the russians react to it? the meeting took place for half an hour. there he made excuses and said that we were innocent , we did not fire any shots in the direction of this firewood of yours , he fell by himself well, here is such an explanation from, but they say that he was there for a long time, he made excuses, please ask the ambassador work should be taken into account, and not just he just justified it, he justifies that in russia and we didn’t dump any fuel there, but it can’t be, but no, well, if we did

state remains at level 4. do not we encourage americans to heed that. heed that advice. the state department renewing a warning for americans considering travel to mexico saying travelers should either not travel to reconsider or use increased caution in almost the entire country. authorities hammering down the point that, quote, violent crime such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking and robbery is widespread and common in mexico in 30 of 32 mexican states. there is some kind of travel advisory for u.s. citizens with 6 states, including sinaloa, the home of the massive drug cartel named after the state posting do not travel warnings. another state on the do not travel oli bus where unknown gunman captured 4 americans on friday. the u.s. ambassador confirming monday the violence included the killing of an innocent mexican. the state department attributes the do not travel advisories to crime and kidnapping issues. newsnation explored in an investigation last month. may be a time for us. the people to do something about it and then a method to the mexican government sent a message to the >> th

state remains at level 4. do not we encourage americans to heed that. heed that advice. the state department renewing a warning for americans considering travel to mexico saying travelers should either not travel to reconsider or use increased caution in almost the entire country. authorities hammering down the point that, quote, violent crime such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking and robbery is widespread and common in mexico in 30 of 32 mexican states. there is some kind of travel advisory for u.s. citizens with 6 states, including sinaloa, the home of the massive drug cartel named after the state posting do not travel warnings. another state on the do not travel list. i'm ali bus where unknown gunman captured 4 americans on friday. the u.s. ambassador confirming monday the violence included the killing of an innocent mexican. the state department attributes the do not travel advisories to crime and kidnapping issues. newsnation explored in an investigation last month. may be a time for us. the people to do something about it. and then a message to the mexican government sent a message

of whether someone has received a wrongfully detention designation, the state department seeks consular access for all americansre held abroad. that is a commitment from the state department and from this president and that's what we are working on right now for evan. >> two questions, first, related to the president's trip to mississippi, rolling fork is a city that is predominantly black and the median income is $38,000. many communities like rolling fork are, you know, susceptible to these by climate change. what does the administration say to these type of communities who are concerned that they could see the same type of devastation that we saw in rolling >> we've been very clear. our hearts go out to those families who lost so much. as we all know, it's one of the poorest areas in the country. that is something that the president understands and that his administration understands. i think it is important to also note that that's why the president's economic agenda is so important. that's why the president has been very clear on how he sees this economy growing. making sure we don't leave communities like

happen in the states themselves in the near future about this, see the new issue of arkady mamontov's program american method heroes of this issue political analyst, former employee us departmente jim jatra track. watch right after the short ad. pentalgin extragel against pain in muscles and joints it contains the highest dosage of a substance from more inflammation and a special component for better penetration into the focus of pain bank branch right now. 50% discount on the second item of built-in appliances in the grundig kit for 62.99 rubles. in m.video and eldorado , there is a solution for every day from vtb with cashback up to 30% this is a reason to be happy with every purchase, to please someone else , turn ordinary coffee into a pleasant acquaintance and the opportunity to change plans for life and every day it will become better. hello on the air american method today our guest is a political analyst adviser to the us republican party, one of those employees of the state department who worked in the ussr at one time, jim jatters. now we are with you at 21:30 on january 22, us department of state for the ussr , this entrance is for staff only today analysts in any c

americans. us state department issued its highest travel advisory for six mexican states, including where the americans were abducted, and two of them killed. other countries with the level four warning include. ukraine iraq, afghanistan russia, sudan, syria , officials say they worry spring breakers won't think about checking travel advisories for a quick trip across the mexican border, not drive across the border. if you want to go to mexico, certainly coda mexico but be careful fly in go to the tourist areas. that's where you're going to be the safest carry that cell phone let people know where you are. don't wear jewelry. don't flash cash don't dress so much like an american wearing, you know, beautif. forms from baseball teams or football teams. the state department is advising spring breakers going to popular destinations such as cabo and cancun to exercise increased caution travels to puerto vallarta are encouraged to reconsider their travel to violent crime and gang activity , and travel experts say visitors who want to go to mexico should plan to go to resorts where there are gates and securit

introduce a law similar to that existing in america, which caused dissatisfaction with the american state departmentilisi, why then not against themselves again, this is another grigory yemelyanov about the flexibility of western standards set by those who bend. sometimes it seems that from the point of view of western-style democracy, any democratic will. of the phenomena should be supported by a good fight. the short history of georgian law and agents is a long story. fight first in parliament. but then, having fought, they nevertheless accepted it in the first reading, then they fought on the streets, and here at deputies of the georgian dream of the majority party, who promoted this law, nevertheless lost their nerves at the next vote, the project deliberately failed. the echo of the massacre echoed even in the mountains near the upper lars, as it all began at the now famous checkpoint traffic jams formed again. now in the opposite direction towards russia officially due to bad weather. this is where an analogy comes in. here is a certain crowd in a certain city storming the parliament building.

state remains at level 4. do not we encourage americans to heed that. heed that advice. the state department renewing a warning for americans considering travel to mexico. >> saying travelers should either not travel to reconsider or use increased caution in almost the entire country. authorities hammering down the point that, quote, violent crime such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking and robbery is widespread and common in mexico in 30 of 32 mexican states. there is some kind of travel advisory for u.s. citizens with 6 states, including sinaloa, the home of the massive drug cartel named after the state posting do not travel warnings. another state on the do not travel oli bus where unknown gunman captured 4 americans on friday. the u.s. ambassador confirming monday the violence included the killing of an innocent mexican. the state department attributes the do not travel advisories to crime and kidnapping issues. newsnation explored in an investigation last month. may be a time for us. the people to do something about it. and then a message to the mexican government sent a message to the

state remains at level 4. do not we encourage americans to heed that. heed that advice. the state departmenting for americans considering travel to mexico saying travelers should either not travel to reconsider or use increased caution in almost the entire country. >> authorities hammering down the point that, quote, violent crime such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking and robbery is widespread and common in mexico in 30 of 32 mexican states. there is some kind of travel advisory for u.s. citizens with 6 states, including sinaloa, the home of the massive drug cartel named after the state posting do not travel warnings. another state on the do not travel oli bus where unknown gunman captured 4 americans on friday. the u.s. ambassador confirming monday the violence included the killing of an innocent mexican. the state department attributes the do not travel advisories to crime and kidnapping issues. newsnation explored in an investigation last month. may be a time for us. the people to do something about it and then a method to the mexican government sent a message to the >> that, you know,

shoigu again expressed the idea that he voiced the day before and which is repeated in the state department. american planes will continue to fly wherever international law allows reaction? tina , the drone incident seems to some in the states too soft, even calls sound shoot down russian planes, to which our diplomats have already responded. this would be a declaration of war and the states reports alexey veselovsky the pentagon insists on its version that two russian su-27s deliberately tried to prevent the american drone from continuing to fly. what the military department is not sure about. is it intentionally that one of the russian fighter jets hooked the vintron, which led to its fall into the black sea. we know the interception was intentional, we know the harassment was intentional. we also know that he was extremely unprofessional and unsafe when it comes to physical contact between a russian aircraft and a drone. in the intention of it. we 're not sure yet, we'll look into it. was it an act of war? i will not go into this incidents occur, we do not want an armed conflict with russia and i

that you mentioned are the six that americans have to keep in mind when you look at the mexican map, there's 32 states the departmentll rank them between one and four, one meaning americans that go there should exercise regular precautions. number four is the do not travel you can see in the image there most spring breakers, a majority of the spring breakers will go to places like cabo and khan queue which are not part of the six states those are in a level two advisory which asks them to exercise increased caution the advice for americans is to look at department of state's website and understand it's different depending on what part you're going to. some advice for people, turn on location services. >> i want to ask you about the chaotic scene at an el paso bridge hundreds of migrants rushing the port of entry what happened there? >> reporter: a large group of migrants attempted to force their way into the u.s individuals, women and children included, forcing their way in, pushing even mexican soldiers out of the way they were stopped where they reached the middle of the bridge where american authorities were read

americans. so former us state department official political analyst and some kind of prophet jim jatters, and the situation in ukraine in russia and in america of course, indeed this is a trap for russia that was prepared at the beginning of 2022 earlier. for the past 30 years, us policy has been to reduce russia to the level of a vassal and ultimately split it, ukraine was given the most important place in this regard. the us was able to turn ukraine into a nato base used against russia to undermine it security, as well as use it as a springboard for regime change in moscow in 2022. russia proposed two documents with demands on nato and the united states, but they were not even discussed. i don't think the kremlin seriously hoped that westerners would be willing to discuss these concerns about russia's strategy. the west was to draw russia into a military conflict in ukraine and create another afghanistan, such a conclusion suggests itself after president biden's statement that the united states will destroy the ruble and destroy the russian economy. well and so further. as a result of these unp

americans back to the u.s. for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> raquel, is the biden administration ramping up any travel warnings following this incident? >> well, the state department is announcing in the further changes, but they do say that this mexico was already on heightened travel advisory. so they're saying that americans need to be vigilant. check the state department website before traveling to mexico and be aware of the different advisories. all right. raquel martin live for us in washington, d.c., thank you. >> turning now to our local weather flood watch has been issued for the entire bay area as another atmospheric river heads in our direction. the national weather service says expect significant rainfall and potential flooding. kron. meteorologist kyla grogan here with more details on that. kyla. but fortunately, we do have this coming our way. and again, as you can see, this is bay area wide. it starts on thursday afternoon and goes through sunday morning. >> and the problem here is we're going to get so much rain quickly, but that isn't happening until thursday. we do still have some rain to contend with tonight in the overnight hours. i want to tal

us authorities are warning american high school and college students about traveling to mexico for spring break following the kidnappings, the u. s state departmentr six mexican states, including where the americans were abducted. other countries with the level four warning include. ukraine iraq, afghanistan, russia, sudan and syria. officials worry that spring breakers won't think about checking travel advisories for a quick trip across the mexican border. do not drive across the border. if you want to go to mexico certainly go to mexico. but be careful fly in go to the tourist areas. that's where you're going to be the safest carry that cell phone. let people know where you are. don't wear jewelry. don't flash cash don't dress so much like an american wearing, you know, uniforms from baseball teams or football teams. the state department is advising spring breakers going to popular destinations such as cabo and cancun to exercise quote increased caution. travelers to puerto vallarta are urged to reconsider their travel due to violent crime and gang activities are time now. 6 17, a massachusetts man is now facing federal charges for disrupting a

state remains at level 4. do not we encourage americans to heed that. heed that advice. the state departmentwarning for americans considering travel to mexico saying travelers should either not travel to reconsider or use increased caution in almost the entire country. authorities hammering down the point that, quote, violent crime such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking and robbery is widespread and common in mexico in 30 of 32 mexican states. there is some kind of travel advisory for u.s. citizens with 6 states, including sinaloa, the home of the massive drug cartel named after the state posting do not travel warnings. another state on the do not travel list. i'm ali bus where unknown gunman captured 4 americans on friday. the u.s. ambassador confirming monday the violence included the killing of an innocent mexican. the state department attributes the do not travel advisories to crime and kidnapping issues. newsnation explored in an investigation last month. may be a time for us. the people to do something about it and then a method to the mexican government sent a message to the >> that

americans. a 3rd element also out of the state department, was the introduction last summer of the d for wrongful detention indicator. so this is applied to a limited set of countries in the world where we want americans to be very clear that they face a heightened risk of wrongful detention. should they make the choice to travel there, which of course, we urge them not to do already. the state department had warned about that risk in the, the language of their travel advisories. but making this even clearer with that d, clearly a fix to certain countries we think can help to warn americans and thus prevent some cases from arising in the 1st place. i mean, we do have a graphic here, you know, showing that iran, china, venezuela, syria, russia, all engage in this practice. but that what is really remarkable is in 2011 when you had an average of america for us nationals being taken a year. that number is going up dramatically and rather being non state actors. here we have for $211.00 a year right now. and i guess the question is it's, it's great to hear about international norms in to warn people.

state remains at level 4. do not we encourage americans to heed that. heed that advice. the state department renewing a warning for americans considering travel to mexico saying travelers should either not travel to reconsider or use increased caution in almost the entire country. >> authorities hammering down the point that, quote, violent crime such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking and robbery is widespread and common in mexico in 30 of 32 mexican states. there is some kind of travel advisory for u.s. citizens with 6 states, including sinaloa, the home of the massive drug cartel named after the state posting do not travel warnings. another state on the do not travel oli bus where unknown gunman captured 4 americans on friday. the u.s. ambassador confirming monday the violence included the killing of an innocent mexican. the state department attributes the do not travel advisories to crime and kidnapping issues. newsnation explored in an investigation last month. may be a time for us. the people to do something about it. and then a message to the mexican government sent a message to the

also fact that state department has been clear to american tourists. go to the state department, read their travel note -- notifications they will tell you there are parts of mexico that are very dangerous. where these individuals went is very dangerous, you have to be mindful, we need to do everything in our power to ensure wherever americans travel they can be safe, but when you travel into harm's way, unless america gets in war with every country, then we have to be mindful. kennedy: we have got our hands full with conflicts right now, shane has worn the uniform, i know that vice president and our border czar have been busy looking for the root causes, you like to sum things up what are some root causes to the devolving situation in mexico? >> if you want to look for a terrorist organization lindsey graham, look at the cia, fbi that was running guns with eric holder and barack obama administration. if we're looking at really solving this problem, what we have to do is look at what we're doing with our own american domestic and foreign policy on drugs

americans trying to seek medical treatment ending in a tragedy. with this cartel mistaking them for drug smugglers. >> a loft what wt of what we're is from officials. what are you hearing? >> reporter: the state department said the two that survived then incident have returned to the united states and the bodies of the other two americans who were murdered have been recovered. the state department isn't saying who has the bodies it's our understanding they're in mexico still but recovered by u.s. officials. when it comes to the u.s. working with mexican authorities on this. i asked the state department how satisfied they are in terms of the joint efforts and they express deep appreciation for the mexican authorities working with them to get the two bodies and the other two americans back home. there are also questions now about justice and accou accountability. we heard from the white house earlier, the state department just how pressing that the united states wants to see justice and accountability. what they aren't doing, though, is being explicit about what that could look like. they are pointing to u.s. law enforcement officials to look at the contours of what justice could look like. and one report

airfield, as soon as the first reports of the incident got into the american press , the russian ambassador was called to the state departmenttonov at the exit. the press surrounded the diplomat with an american plane and the ships had nothing to do near the borders of the russian federation. this device flew with transponders turned off, and it entered the zone, which was determined to be a zone of a special military operation through international channels. we warned russia all about it. i think this is a real provocation. it provoked us somehow a certain action. uh, after which it would be possible to blame e russia of the russian military for any non-professionalism, the full name of the mq-9 reaper drone in english, this is a reaper with a hint of the expression grim reaper, that is, death the drone is capable of inflicting almost two tons of weapons, he and strike reconnaissance multi-purpose and also costs a lot of 30 million dollars. the price of each biden sample has been notified that the us has lost one of its drones. how the government stitch on it well i'm pretty sure briana the government will respond to it’s p

americans dead, the other two were found alive. drew petrimoulx is live in washington. a warning for people who might be traveling for spring break. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. the u.s. state department warning americans not to travel to certain parts of mexico due to the risk of organized crime and kidnappings. we're learning more about the group of four childhood friends from south carolina who were kidnapped south of the border. investigators say the group crossed into mexico last friday and cameras captured gunmen loading them into the beds of a pickup truck. family members confirmed shaeed woodard and zindell brown did not survive the attack. this is the mexican state of tamaulipas, which is under factions of drug cartel. the state department warns americans not to travel there and many schools are just about to go on spring break. two other victims, latavia washington mcgee, and eric williams, survived the ordeal. williams' brother is speaking with "today's" morgan chesky this morning about when he first learned eric was safe. >> what went through your head first? >> the first thing was that i was a relieved, but i just had faith that he's a tough guy and that he would pull thr

when were you first notified by the state department your services to be to help evacuate american citizens never received direct notification from the state department that our help would be needed. >> to your knowledge or either you or our american allies were they aware of anything before basically the embassy evacuated in the night without notice? >> note congressman august 15 is when every thing started for us. >> okay so in the eight months between the departure president trump in the hasty withdrawal the night without telling our nato allies, that there was planning it certainly did not come to those who then took it on themselves to help get american citizens out, right? >> i think that is correct congressman. >> okay want to course numbers right quickly. do your knowledge, you and the other partners that were helping, get americans out, you total names and numbers of people. was that a handful of people that you totaled up that were left behind as of august 15? >> it was a much larger. >> was 50 or 100? >> it was in the hundreds probably pushing closer to 1000 not in pineapple with

it's a very dangerous time to be an american in russia. the state department warned against americans traveling there. there's that new law that was passed last year in russia, cracking down on independent journalism. a very difficult time to do an important job in that country. mike memoli, we have not heard a formal statement from the white house on this yet. obviously it's the kind of thing they're going to be monitoring very closely. what do we know about the administration's posture here, especially after everything they went through to bring home brittney griner, one of the last high profile americans charged with a crime in russia. >> yeah, that's right, garrett. i think the best way to capture where the white house is at this moment is information gathering mode. they're gathering information on two fronts, one specifically about gershkovich's case. where was he captured? what are the circumstances moving forward, what possible role could the administration have in trying to secure his release very quickly, and the second round of questions have to do

at the level of our employees not because we really want to meet every day with american employees of the state departmentican firms, but because questions arise. washington, er, opened any doors. uh, according to my knowledge, this was written several times, he also had difficulties with the adjustment. here are such daily contacts. uh, i didn’t talk to him about this, but according to him remarks during our talks on his press conference, which he gave on the opening day of the regular session of the chinese people's congress. i didn't notice any. well, you don't know the changes in the course that was determined in the russian-chinese bilateral documents. e, the whole package of these documents and one of the most important are now in force a year ago on february 4 during president putin's visit to beijing , in conjunction with the opening of the olympiad, the an official document of the un and which underlies all our further actions. you mentioned, uh, meeting in new delhi and uh, on the sidelines of that meeting. eh, you had as i understand it. a short conversation with the state secretary. why? it wa

state department says americans should not travel to that area. >> we're standing ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance. we do also remind americans about the existing travel guidance when it comes to this particular part of mexico. the travel advisory for that time state remains at level 4. do not we encourage americans to heed that. heed that advice. >> the fbi is offering a $50,000 reward for the victims return and the rest of the kidnappers. lawmakers in washington say they are keeping a close eye on china. democrats and republicans say they are concerned. beijing's recent actions could signal trouble ahead in ukraine and taiwan are group reporter raquel martin has the latest from washington. the state department says it's working through diplomatic channels to try and deter china. >> after recently, u.s. intelligence officials warned china could be considering giving lethal weapons to russia. >> lawmakers in washington are warning china to back down. we have never had a potential adversaries like china. no question. it's a serious threat on nbc's meet the press and

state department is warning americans about the dangers of flying to mexico. this is. >> at a time when many people are certainly planning on making the trip south for spring break. most unfortunate 13 states and mexico are either in the do not travel or reconsider travel warnings. >> harper's rob nesbitt joins us now live from sfo with more on why the warnings are in place and what you should consider before boarding your plate. >> grant and vicki, the warnings were issued after 4 americans were kidnapped and 2 of them killed in northern mexico by drug cartel. i've been talking with travelers going to mexico from sfo all week. some of them did not notice a difference. and others say there's a noticeable change in mexico. >> the 2 reasons listed for travel warnings and mexico are crime and kidnapping. 2 americans were killed earlier this month after they were kidnapped by members of the gulf cartel that area's one of 6 mexican states on the state department's do not travel list. john trainor with aaa of northern california says spring breakers will want to pay

americans being detained by the taliban. we are working to secure their freedom. the families have asked we protect their identities and don't speak publicly to their cases. >> blinken says since last august the state departmentas helped 975 americans leave afghanistan. united states withdrawal in 2021 led total ban's rapid seizure of the country, a chaotic evacuation from kabul, including a terrorist attack in kabul's airport that killed more than a dozen u.s. service members. congressional republicans have been investigating the u.s. withdrawal. house foreign affairs committee chairman has just subpoenaed the state department requesting a july 2021 cable from a dozen officials working in the kabul embassy. ahead of the troop withdrawal, they warned of the country's collapse. from the state department confidential dissent channel, raise concerns about official policy. they say the state offered the foreign affairs committee a briefing on what officials wrote in the cable. he is demanding the actual cable and secretary blinken's response. sandra. >> sandra: live from washington. rich, thank you. >> there's really an underreported arms race in the western pacific right now, these countries are arming themselve

into the american media and yesterday, by the way, saying, uh, the americans themselves leaked that they invited me to the state departmentp of american journalists. eh, i was expecting entrance to the state department. of course, russian journalists also went. who is, unfortunately it. uh, we can't get a visa. uh yes for our uh journalist so that he comes back and back uh washington well, i did an interview gave an interview in russian and in english so that there is no distortion of what it is. the essence of the being uh, the russian position and a was very much attention and as far as i know that the american media were forced to call it differently, but to quote uh, the statement in regarding the nature of the activities or actions of this very drone, which collected intelligence information for needs, including, uh, asu. anatoly ivanovich, the last question, the most secret video that washington promised to make public today, they showed you how it flies, and we are either from above, or from below, or with kerosene, or somehow it falls. have you seen him yet. i really want to believe that they will really show it t

united states drone over the black sea so the united states state department has summoned the russian ambassador over the incident with the american drone in the black sea according to a state department spokesman the inappropriate behavior of russia is not acceptable the incident requires immediate decisions about the situation urgently informed nato members and the commander of the alliance forces in europe, general christopher cavoli, a russian su-27 fighter jet collided with an american drone over the black sea in the morning of march 14. as a result, the us air force drone was damaged and fell into the black sea. the white house noted that russian aircraft often intercept united states aircraft over the black sea, but this situation could lead to the crash of both aircraft, two russian su-27s behaved dangerously and unprofessionally in relation to the american reconnaissance drone mq9, which was in the international waters of the black sea some time before that, the fighter dropped fuel in front of the uav and then came so close to it that it actually damaged the mq9 propeller, according to our estimates. this probably also c

learn more from the state department as to what happened here, what questions remain, i think it's also important to note that it's not just the state department that warned americans against traveling to this region of mexico due to the criminal activity, due to the gang violence and the murders that happened there. it's also the cdc that has warned americans against traveling there for medical tourism saying that there could be many complications that arise from those procedures. we know that it is a cosmetic procedure that led this group of four to travel to the he on. >> let me try to button it up this why. this is one of the best known longest running, longest in power cartels the state did the has told americans it's not safe. this is supposed to be to put these cartels out of business. why this one is so frustrating and so deadly? >> this is all about making money ta that cartel generates. not in the millions, but in the billions. those are the main suppliers of fentanyl, which is killing americans here. based on chemicals they get from china and then money they launder with chinese organized grcrime groups on the way out. the mexican government has face ed

the underside of the american dream department of housing construction the united states published remarkable statistics according to this agency in the country today there are 582,000 homeless , the absolute leaders are the two metropolitan areas of lusangeles and new york. more than 60,000 registered homeless live in each of these cities, the emphasis on the registered is important, except for this category of the unfortunate. there are still tens of thousands of people who do not have a roof over their heads and who are not noticed in the statistics by another 6 million. a person is under the threat of eviction can be thrown out into the street at any moment the number of homeless people is currently extremely high and is approaching the sad record that was set during the great depression. the connections of the belarusian extremists, terrorists and mercenaries are being worked out by the fighters against organized crime on the frames of the operational video of the detention of those who contain the extremists in particular, as the governor reports to them. it is known that the members of

the state department warns americans should not travel there. this comes right before many schools are starting spring break. now, two other victims, latavia washington mcgee and eric williams, survived the ordeal. williams' brother is speaking to "today's" morgan chesky this morning about when he first learned eric was safe. >> what went through your head first? >> like the first thing was that i was relieved, but he's a tough guy, like you said, and he would pull through and that he would want to live. i know you can't always control that. i knew the desire to live would be there. >> reporter: you can catch the full interview with williams coming up on "today" right at 7:00 after "today in the bay." now, u.s. officials are not saying much about who the suspects are in this attack, but experts say law enforcement agencies will work to figure out who the gunmen were first and then work on figuring out who they were working for. reporting from washington, i'm drew petrimoulx. back to you. >> let's hope they uncover a lot more information. thank y

returned safely to the home airfield as soon as the american press got the first reports of the incident, the russian ambassador was summoned to the state departmentatoly antonov at the exit. the press surrounded the diplomat with an american plane and the ships had nothing to do near the borders of the russian federation. this device flew with transponders turned off, and it entered the zone, which was determined to be a zone of a special military operation through international channels. we warned russia all about it. i think this is a real provocation. it provoked us by some specific action. eh, then you can it would be to blame the russian military for any non-professionalism, the full name of the mq-9 reaper drone in english, this is a reaper with a hint of the expression grim reaper, that is, death the drone is capable of carrying almost 2 tons of weapons, it is also a reconnaissance multipurpose attack also a lot of 30 million dollars. the price of each biden sample has been notified that the us has lost one of its drones. sees on it. well, i'm pretty sure briana's government will take it quite calmly, i think they'll condemn it, but this i

american patient. >> the state department did issue a broader spring break travel alert for mexico, warning "counterfeitication is common and may prove to be ineffective, the wrong strength, or contain dangerous ingredients." estimated 1.2 million americans travel to mexico every year for medical tourism. >> john: did they say how to tell what a reputable establishment is? >> and that's the question. no. you have experts telling you none of them are so don't try it. >> john: word of warning. >> get good travel insurance if you go and get back to the u.s. >> sandra: several environmental groups filing a federal lawsuit against the biden administration for the decision to approve a massive new drilling project in alaska. called the willow project, and could bring in thousands of jobs and billions in tax revenue to that state. alaska's governor has praised the project but has backed off on other limits to drilling in the state. joining us now is alaska governor mike dunleavy. thank you very much for joining us. why do you think the president ultimately approved this after promising during his campaign to b

americans were there to buy medicine. of course, we're trying to learn more about those circumstances, but it's worth noting that the state departmentwarned americans against traveling to this state in mexico. specifically because of the criminal activity that takes place there, citing kidnappings that have taken place there on the state department website. so this is an area that has a history of being very violent and very dangerous for travelers. now, what we are learning is that mexico and the u.s. are working tremendously hard to try to figure out what exactly happened here, where these americans are because we still don't know where they are right now or what their identity is. and we heard earlier today from the u.s. ambassador to mexico, ken salazar saying officials from various u.s. law enforcement agencies are working with mexican authorities at all levels of government to achieve this safe return of patriots. we're watching that and the fbi is also offering up to $50,000 for any information that could lead to arrests or the locations of these americans. >> kylie, i know there are still lots of questions here. i understand

shoigu again expressed the idea that he voiced the day before, which he repeats in the state department. americanlanes will continue to fly wherever international law allows, the reaction of the american authorities to the incident with a drone seems to some states to be too soft even calls to shoot down russian planes sound too soft. to which our diplomats have already responded. this would be a declaration of war and the states of peredah. aleksey veselovsky the pentagon insists on its version that two russian su-27s deliberately tried to interfere the american drone to continue flying, which the military department is not sure about. is it intentionally that one of the russian fighter jets hooked the vintron, which led to its fall into the black sea. we know the interception was intentional, we know the harassment was intentional. we also know that he was both extremely professional and unsafe in regards to the physical contact of the russian aircraft with the drone. in the intention of it. we're not sure yet, we 'll look into it. was it an act of war? i won't go into it incidents happen we we

american military biological programs, including officials of the us department of defense of american biotech companies and pentagon contractors today we would like to supplement this list with representatives statenstitutions and private companies of ukraine involved in the implementation of american military biological programs. this is sergiy morgun, head of the sanitary department of the armed forces of ukraine and one of the organizers of the interaction between the ministry of defense of ukraine and the threat reduction department. didra was one of the project leaders. up-8 oversaw research on hantoviruses previously held by sergiy lithuanian, who conducted risk-to -life and health testing on ukrainian military personnel as part of the study of the congo virus crimean fever and hanta viruses volodymyr kurta, the head of the public health center, carried out general control and management of the interaction of ukrainian specialists with gir, organized the selection of biological props from ukrainian citizens and their transfer abroad. the head of the reference laboratory of the public health center of the ministry of health of ukraine acted as an intermediary in interaction with pentagon con