i m kristin fisher. i m jim sciutto, and top of the hour, alex murdaugh right there on trial for murdering his wife and youngest son is expected to take the stand and testify in his own defense. we will take you to the courtroom when it happens. plus any moment, the ntsb is egs expected to release a preliminary report on what led to that toxic train derailment today. and this morning pete buttigieg was there and this after citizens were demanding answers at a town hall overnight. i m 65 and a diabetic, and now, did you shorten my life now? i want to retire and enjoy it. how do we enjoy it? you burned me. we were going to sell our house, and our value went, vroom. jim, i am terribly sorry. what i will do is to get this right. we will get the cleanup right, and we will reimburse the citizens and we will invest in the long term health of this community. a chance there for the folks to confront the ceo of norfolk southern. and when we get a look at that report from th
jim, i am terribly sorry. what i will do is to get this right. we will get the cleanup right, and we will reimburse the citizens and we will invest in the long term health of this community. a chance there for the folks to confront the ceo of norfolk southern. and when we get a look at that report from the ntsb, we will get it to you. and now, the secretary of transportation pete buttigieg is going to be there to look at the scene, and is he is going to be meeting with the residents today? reporter: that is a big question, because we know that he has toured the crash site here, and in the tour earlier this morning he was shown where are the trench was dig out and where the hazardous materials