town hall where they were supposed to get the chance to confront the people responsible company let a train full of chemicals fly off the rails and lit it on fire ceo of norfolk southern alec shaw shown right there just decided to back out of the meeting. allen shaw and rail company won t even show their faces. primetime has a producer out there, so we will be giving you updates throughout the hour. can you imagine how angry these people are? the company responsible for potentially cancer clustering the town is hiding from them. after they were riding the rails with bad parts. surveillance cameras caught the train sparking unjust 20 minutes before derailing. but now alan shaw and his rail company seem pretty comfortable turning their backs on ohio. is it because they line the pocket of every politician in ohio? probably. maybe norfolk southern didn t have the spine to face their victims. i wake up every day. i have been sick with my upper congestion. this morning i wok
ian now setting its sites on the south carolina coast, as we come on the air, with the tropical storm expected to strengthen back into a hurricane as it moves, look at it there, very slowly across the atlantic and back towards the east coast, after a trail of destruction in florida. people there are reeling now from one of the worst storms that has ever hit them, and doing what they can to start picking up the pieces. sanibel island, captiva island, a storm surge, with a huge chunk of the causeway there, that is the only way in or out, in a state overall, more than two and a half million people are without power and look at where that deep red is, some counties in southwest florida are totally we re live with officials, from across florida, as well as somebody from part of the federal response to this storm. cabinet secretary, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, hallie jackson in washington and we have the team covering every angle, and every location, and steve p
$70 million. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has told america that better days lie ahead after a year of lockdown and loss following the coronovirus pandemic. in his first prime time televised address since his inauguration he s said all adults would be eligible for a covid vaccine by may 1st and insisted the country would have enough supplies to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of may. he also laid out a pathway towards july. he also laid out a pathway towardsjuly. he said people would be able to celebrate independence day onjuly the fourth only in small gatherings with their family or their friends and neighbours. he also reminded people of the dark days behind them. i v e i ve told you before, i d carry a card in my pocket with the number of americans who have died from covid to date, it s on the back of my schedule. as of now, total deaths in america, 527,726, that s more deaths than in world war i, world war
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has told america that better days lie ahead after a year of lockdown and loss following the coronavirus pandemic. in his first prime time televised address since his inauguration, mr biden said the country would have enough supplies to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of may. he said he hoped people would be able to celebrate independence day onjuly 4th with their families but he also reminded people of the dark days behind them. i ve told you before, i carry a card in my pocket with the number of americans who died from covid to date. it s on the back of my schedule. as of now, total deaths in america, 527,726. that s more deaths than in world war i, world war ii, the vietnam war and 9/11 combined. here s the bbc s david willis. this was, as you mentioned, joe biden s first prime time address since taking office just 50 days ago. it came from the east room of the white house, laste