there s no way around it, that s just the best one. believe me, i ve tried it every which way, and it really doesn t get better than pete butt. but this would have never happened under my administration. people are saying i made the trains less safe. not true, okay? not true. i did a lot for trains. i made them bigger, faster, less safe perhaps, but yeah, perhaps you did. perhaps. saturday night live s take on donald trump s recent trip to east palestine, ohio. meanwhile, president joe biden says he doesn t have plans to visit the town devastated by the train disaster, and we ll have his comments on why. plus, the first lady seems to have given away the president s plans for 2024. we ll play for you what she said. also ahead, a weekend of deadly russian strikes in ukraine brings more attention to the debate over supplying ukrainian forces with fighter jets. and a new report from the department of energy on the origins of covid. good morning. welcome to morn
why some germans are getting competitive about communing with nature. hello and welcome. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will be injerusalem later today, to discuss how to de escalate tensions between israelis and palestinians. on thursday, nine palestinians were killed during an israeli military raid in the west bank, followed on friday, by the killing of seven jewish settlers outside a synagogue in occupied eastjerusalem. israeli forces have now moved in to evict the family of the palestinian gunman who carried out friday s attack. nader hashemi is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver in colorado. thank you for being on the programme. thank you for being on the programme- thank you for being on the programme. first of all, give us our programme. first of all, give us your reaction programme. first of all, give us your reaction to programme. first of all, give us your reaction to these - us your reaction to these leaders
extraordinary effort to reassure americans that the u.s. banking system is safe plus, poland is set to become the first country to send fighter jets to ukraine. it comes amid new reporting that china s leader will visit russia next week. those new developments are also straight ahead. and donald trump goes off on a frenzied defense amid a series of investigations. we will have the latest on the probes involving the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 17th happy st. patrick s day. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. in the words of cnbc, wall street rides to the rescue 11 of the country s largest banks are depositing a total of $30 billion to first republic bank to avoid a third collapse of the u.s. bank in less than a week first republic serves a similar clientele as silicon valley bank and signature bank, both of which failed in recent days. those banks had a high number of uninsured deposits as d
of the american people. but make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. president joe biden addresses the chinese surveillance balloon and other objects shot down by the military in recent days. more of his comments and his message to beijing in just a moment. plus former president trump claims total exoneration following the partial release of a grand jury report on election interference in georgia. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. and also ahead the latest update from the epa on the major ohio train derailment which is now a focus of many conspiracy theorists. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, folks. we made it. friday, february 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning in washington where president joe biden spoke extensively for the first time yesterday about his administration s decision to shoo
hello, everyone, thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. and we begin in east palestine, ohio, where backlash is growing over the toxic train deraiment and pressure is mounting to do more. the epa stopping the transfer of millions of gallons of contaminated waste to michigan and texas as the agency reviews disposal plans. federal teams are now on the ground in east palestine, checking in on residents, door-to-door, passing out flyers with information on getting health assessments and clean water. but for many in the town, that is simply not good enough. residents are worried about their health and their homes. many are questioning how this even happened after an initial ntsb report said that the derailment was 100% preventible. cnn s jasmine wright is in delaware this morning where the president is spending the weekend. so what more is the administration planning to do for the people of east palestine? reporter: yeah, fred, well that door-to-door effo