respond to these disasters, the official same boat but these policy needs is more expensive than what fema can provide. fema is on the front lines when there is a hurricane or tornado, this is different. apparently the federal agency reconsidered. they are finally showing up but i think it s a little late. i m glad they are coming but i think they should have been here long before this. they ve told us the responsible parties this is the most job, it s not a natural disaster. our residents take years before we know the effects. the ceo met with east palace seen earlier and told reporters he was there to quote support the community. all right, let s start this off, charlie, i spoke earlier today with one of the residents, we have a situation where these residents are told the water is safe yet they can see for themselves the film and standing water. here is a montage of what the residents have been saying. our town looked like a war zone for five days and then we were to
station. why didn t sirens go like a tornado? off likethat could have put it ? it s safe to say it is heartbreaking. the administration s response to this derailment has been abysmal. biden s epa administratorup i finally showed up inn ohio the today. that was p only because ofub the public outcry and mounting political fallout. and today there was yet anotherr derailment of a train carrying. hazardous materials, this time just outside of detroit. is it just me or does it seem like there have been a lot of train derailment lately?sed or are we supposedas to believe this is all part of the new normalt of? i of course, this is not normal. it is totally unacceptable until we at fox and a handful of other journalists started to demand answers. the biden team seemed to beo fairly unfazed by all of this. so when they finally do speakpru out under political pressure, rethey have zero credibility.. they ve left behind suchie a trail of lies on all subjects that i wasn t surprised
hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. any moment now, president biden is expected to update americans on the recent and unprecedented shootdowns of objects over north america. the president has been facing growing pressure to bring more transparency to the issue that has gripped the nation for the last month. let s get straight to jeremy diamond in washington. what are we expecting to hear from the president? this is the first time we hear directly from president biden in a formal setting on the downing not only of that chinese spy balloon but the three objects brought down between friday and sunday. to get to this point, a couple of things had to happen because the white house has really been in discussions over the last several days about the wisdom, the merits of the president potentially addressing this issue. they were wary at first of making this a bigger issue than it actually is. and they were also wanting to make sure the president waited until
since then i have the chemical burns and reaction rash on my face. i could smell the chemicals and like, it s obvious something is not right. before two days ago you could not stand here without getting a headache. it s travelling to inside the ground, it s a very rural area where this happened, these people have farms and livestock and it s going into the waterways. sandra: begin america reports with that train derailment up ending people s lives in a small ohio town where there are lingering safety questions at this hour. almost two weeks after the disaster. hello, welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. hi. john: happy wednesday to you, john roberts in washington. people in east palestine, ohio hoping to get some answers during a town hall meeting, after a train went off the tracks 12 days ago carrying hazardous chemicals. a toxic fire spent plumes of toxic smoke for days. sandra: some residents are worried about water and air quality. people getting sick, f
politicsnation. tonight up in the air. right now, many americans have their eyes on the skies. watching for more than just a super bowl flyover. president biden ordered the u.s. military to shoot down another on identified object over the great lakes today. according to a congressional source briefed on the matter, and to u.s. officials. it is the fourth high altitude object shot down in north america airspace over the past week. just a minute, i will spoke to a member of the house foreign affairs committee about the latest developments. and as possible foreign threats loom, culture wars are raging at home. i am headed to florida this week as head of national action network to join in demonstrations against governor ron desantis s effort to suppress african american studies in the sunshine state schools. i will be talking to a leading scholar at the center of the ongoing debate just ahead. and later, a big game and a major milestone for the nfl. two black quarterbacks will