hand. this warning comes just hours before a republican-led committee holds a hearing on the chain knee communist party s threat to america. let s start with cnn s manu rash. tonight will be the first prime time hearing that any he republican has held since january. what are republicans telling you about why this is such a top priority? this is one of the rare bipartisan initiatives in a very polarized institution, the u.s. house. but kevin mccarthy has indicated to me and others that this is a bug priority of his to make sure that both sides are on the same page when it comes to the threat of china. that is the same approach the lady verse the committee, mike gallagher on the republican side, and the democrat both are trying to pursue this on a bipartisan basis. he indicated to me this will be an overall scene setting hearing to try to make clear about the threat from china poses, not just abroad but also here in the united states. we expect to hear from key witnesses, s
protection agency visited east palestine, ohio, today, his third visit there since the disastrous norfolk southern train derailment. 38 cars derailed including 11 cars carrying hazard to u.s. more than 1 15,000 gallons of toxic vinyl chloride was at risk of exploding once the train derailed. officials say that s why they ended up doing the controlled burn on february 6th, three weeks ago yesterday. that burn, which formed a giant black cloud over the city. getting rid of the soil and water polluted by the disaster is proving to be one of the more difficult issues. miguel marquez is in east palestine, ohio, for us. the governor is complaining, of indiana, miguel that he didn t know some of the hazardous waste was being moved to a facility in his state. what s the epa doing there? reporter: yeah, so this is so indiana, michigan, and texas, they ve all sort of complained about the soil or water being shipped from east