joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom they screwed up our town, they will fix it. it has been two weeks now and we have no plans of going back to our house. xw a key witness to a lot of the things donald trump was doing. if jack smith wants mark meadows testimony, jack smith will get mark meadows testimony. they have just unloaded the tents here. they is one of the hardest hit areas in the quake zone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is february 16, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in east palestine, ohio where in a few hours the air will be tested. this was the scene three days after the train derailed. federal investigators are reviewing numerous videos and data from the so-called black box and despite ohio s governor saying it is safe to return home, many residents have evacuated their homes and businesses out of concern for their safety from the toxic chemic
i d be alert and concerned, but i think i d probably be back in my house. reporter: but kathy says they have few choices. just pray and keep drinking bottled water until we know for sure. reporter: and she s still drinking that bottled water. in terms of what happened here at east palestine high school after that town hall, still a lot of unanswered questions, some of those we spoke to still have questions about testing of well water and how long the epa will be here on the ground doing its testing. the head of the epa, the epa administrate, to michael regan heading in from washington, d.c., he will be on the ground on thursday to assess the situation. jason carroll, cnn, east palestine, ohio. it is often the case with these crises that they are compounded by communication problems and can t even get through the phone number just makes everything worse. and they don t have many other options. they are being told to stay in
and they are still suggesting those with private wells to get their water tested. in the back of your property they found yeah, dead fish. reporter: and kathy says she has been drinking builbottled w instead of well water ever since she saw dead fish in the creek. air-wise, i feel okay. we re-wise, no. there is just too many chemicals that were spilled that they still don t want to identify completely. reporter: ohio department of natural resources official estimates some 3500 fish in the state have died following the train derailment. these people saw the flames from their homes and worried that their neighborhood still may not be safe. i don t recommend you put anything in the ground. vegetables or tomatoes or anything this year because we don t know. i don t think that they will do enough.
their homes not knowing whether what they are drinking or breathing is safe. and texas police meanwhile have two suspects in custody in connection with a deadly shooting at apple p el paso mal wednesday. this is security camera footage from a bar inside the mall. at least one person was killed and three others hospitalized. police say an off duty officer working security at one of the scenes arrived at the scene in minutes and took the suspect into custody. security camera caught the final sene final sends s final seneconds of a deadly helicopter crash in alabama. it shows it tumbling to the ground. and then there was a plume of black smoke. the crash killed two u.s. national guard members on wednesday.