you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary world. you re you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. nikki haley begins her run for competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. could she be target ing presidet biden or form er president donad trump. and later, survivors still being found under the rubble, more than a week after a powerful earthquake left parts of turkey and syria devastated. good to have you with us. the head of the u.s. environmental protection agency is expected to visit east palestine, ohio, in the coming hours, where a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the coming month. two weeks since the disaster, residents wait for answers from officials and the rail company on whether their community is safe. cnn jason carol reports. everybody that came here expected a whole lot more than what we re getting right now. reporter: frustration, anger and unanswered questions in east pales palestine, ohio. the railroad did us
[ shouting ] right now, fallout, people who live near a toxic train wreck demand answers. and plus a military chopper plunges to the ground, there are no survivors. and moments ago, vice president harris touched down in munich, more on her mission to germany. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around of the world. the head of the epa travels to ohio today to assess the ongoing federal and state response to a devastating toxic train derail the. michael regan will meet with city, state and federal leaders and he might get an earful from people who live there if last night s town hall is any indication. is it okay to still be here? my kids say, other people say is the future of this community safe. we all know the severity of that question. what is at stake. i m a mayor of a town ever 4700 people. if you think that i can fight against the arare railroad or e, you re crazy. jason carroll has more. we re strongly recommending those who have not yet had t
i m scared. for my family. i m scared for my town. i grew up here. we went to the creeks and there are crews with black and white hoses all over the creeks. they re not telling us why. the this is daily. i m driving my children to school and pass this and they re asking me questions that i don t have answers to. and they need the answers. so many, many questions. good morning, everyone. anger, fear, and many questions in east palestine ohio. two weeks after a train packed with hazardous chemicals derailed. we re going to do a deep dive into the company behind the bill and one of the dangerous chemical that was onboard there, vinyl chloride. how long will it be a threat? and is it putting residents at risk of cancer. plus, did former president trump break the law when he tried to overturn election results in georgia? we ll find out new details today when the judge leases part of the grand jury s report. also, the gunman who killed students at michigan state university
top of the hour, this thursday, i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill, and any moment, officials in michigan are going to give an update of the investigation into the deadly mass shooting into michigan state university, and we will bring that to you when it happens, and share the disturbing details about the note that the gunman left inside of his backpack detailing other possible targets. at some point this morning, a georgia court is going to release special report of president trump s efforts to overturn the election. we will expect to learn more about that. and we will learn more about the mass shooting and one of several in the last few weeks. we will learn more adrian there in lansing, michigan, and what are we expecting to learn? it is expected to learn more at any moment, and now, i have learned from a university spokesperson dan olson, and he said that we will learn this morning the updates on the students who were physically injured. at last check we told you that t
this community safe? reporter: the mayor leading the meeting at times speaking through a bullhorn to answer questions from distressed residents still worried about returning to their homes despite evacuation orders being lifted last week. the railroad did us wrong. so far they ve worked with us and they re fixing it. but if that stops i will guarantee you i will be the first one in line to fight them. reporter: as many residents are demanding more testing of air, water and soil. we re not going to stop the testing until you re satisfied. that s when the testing stops. reporter: not present at this community meeting, norfolk southern, the company that owns the train that derailed sent a statement saying, we have become increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees. okay. well, if you re afraid that somebody from palestine is going to hurt your employees, what exactly did you do to us? it s not just the absence of norfolk southern tha