the state department works to find them. cnn s barbara starr has the latest developments. reporter: it was in the fighting north of kharkiv where two americans went missing last week, less than 5 miles from the russian border. the u.s. government working with ukrainian authorities to find them. i have been briefed. we don t know where they are, but i want to reiterate americans should not be going to ukraine now. reporter: now this photo from a russian blogger has emerged of alexander and andy appeared to be bound in the back of a russian military vehicle. video later emerging of an interview they did with pro-russian media. cnn is not showing the video as the two appear to be speaking under duress. now the state department is working to verify their status. they said that there is a photograph that is being circulated on the russian media, and they re working hard to verify it. we re very hopeful. reporter: retired staff sergeant druuke served in both kuwait and ir
circulated on the russian media, and they re working hard to verify it. we re very hopeful. reporter: retired staff sergeant druuke served in both kuwait and iraq. his mother, bunny, tells cnn her son wanted to lend his skills to train those who were coming to ukraine to fight. he felt if putin wasn t stopped now he would just become boulder with every success and that eventually he might end up on american shores. reporter: former marine cor cor cor cor corporal nygen. he told me he loved me very
city of kehrson but acknowledges they don t know if he s alive. he wanted to go out there and try to help. reporter: all three of the missing americans having served in the military puts them in unique danger if captured by russians. you routinely are swimming or immersed in these kind of sensitive programs. i m not certain the level of that exposure, but i can guarantee you the russians are going to try to extract that information. reporter: barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. and joining me now to discuss cnn military analyst and retired generals james spider marks and mark hurtling. generals, great to see you. i also want to reiterate cnn is choosing not to broadcast the video of the two men because it does show them under duress. general marks, let s start with you. talk to me what kind of person is being attracted to the battle
brothers out of this place. and it s going to be a rough few weeks coming up. the philadelphia mayor tweeting his condolences, writing in part grieving with the members of the philadelphia fire department and all of philadelphia who lost one of our own in the line of duty today. reporter becka hendrickson with cnn affiliate wpbi was at the scene a short time ago. reporter: we know this fire originally started just before 2:00 this morning. take a look at this video from the 300 block of indiana avenue where the fire started. just before 2:00 this morning it seemed like a routine fire and then around 3:24 it turned to tragedy when there was a collapse. we know several floors in the building collapsed. they described it as a pancake collapse meaning there were voids created during this, and several people became trapped under the rubble. five firefighters, one lni inspector. the other five people who were injured in this were taken to
when the officers arrived the gunman was shooting outside the school, and those officers felt they were under fire themselves and worried were they to open fire at this gunman and they missed, and unfortunately in that scenario may have hit a child, that may might have been blamed in some way for doing the wrong thing, so that hesitation, that moments sort of hesitation we re really talking about seconds here according to this deputy sheriff, that that allowed this gunman to go inside. reporter: the uvalde police department has not responded to the the times request for comment. in alabama a third senior citizen has died from thursday s mass shooting inside a church. the latest victim an 84-year-old woman who was attending a potluck dinner at st. stevens episcopal church in a small town in birmingham. her family has asked her name be withheld. we re also learning someone attending that gathering was able to grab the 70-year-old suspect and hold him until