hello, again, everyone. this is cnn newsroom sunday. i m frederica whitfield. we begin with the fallout from that toxic train derailment in ohio. residents of east palestine frustrated, angry and demanding answers after being exposed to highly dangerous levels of vinyl chloride. the epa halting millions of gallons of contaminated waste shipments to michigan and texas as the agency reviews disposal plans. federal teams are on the ground and they re checking in on east palestine residents, door to door, passing out fliers with information on getting health assessments and clean waters. for many in the town, that simply is not good enough. residents are worried about their own health and their homes. and many are questioning how this even happened after an initial ntsb report said the derailment was 100% preventable. cnn s priscilla alvarez is at the white house for us. how is the administration responding to these concerns and what is next? well, they re saying that they ar
my gosh, this is my husband s worst nightmare, how did you do it? my husband absolutely just i mean, he stepped in and did what needed to be done. we are just we re grateful we were able to figure it out and have support from the best out there. so did you mama. you get a lot of credit, too. this is the last time we re going to call you for many months. enjoy this precious time. we will see you soon, friend. thanks, guys. told you, best morning moment. thank you for being with us this monday, we will see you tomorrow. cnn newsroom is now. good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. hello, erica. good morning, jim. nice to see you this morning. good to have all of you with us as well. happening now, officials are investigating after a southwest flight was forced to make an emergency landing, this as smoke filled the cabin. look at these images here. [ speaking non-english ] an engine failure just moments after takeoff. cover your nose, i don t know if that
john berman. this is cnn tonight. our headline, several classified documents from president joe biden s time as vice president discovered in a private office. he periodically used it in washington. they tell cnn a fewer than a dozen documents were found by biden s own people. his lawyer say they found him, some with the sensitive department designation. they found them on november 2nd. this is a notify the national archive immediately. they took possession of than the next morning. the president ignored, showed questions in mexico from corners tonight. now, there are questions tonight about how the documents got there. who knew they were there, what exactly they contain. the u.s. attorney in chicago who is a trump appointee there are important distinctions between this and the swirl of controversy around donald trump in the documents at mar-a-lago. biden s lawyer said immediately turn over documents and cooperated as soon as they found them. it took several asks, subpoenas
found in his private office the source tells cnn that fewer than a dozen documents were found by biden s own, including some they found them on november 2nd. they say the white house counsel s office notified the national office immediately in the archives took possessions of them the next morning, the president ignored shouted questions in mexico from reporters tonight [inaudible] now, there are questions about how the documents got there, who knew they were there, what exactly they contained. the u.s. attorney in chicago, who by the way is a trump appointee, is conducting a damage assessment. but there are important distinctions between this and the swirl of controversy around donald trump. and the documents at mar-a-lago. biden s lawyer say they immediately turned over the documents and cooperated with the doj as soon as they found them. it took several asks and subpoenas to get the documents that trump had. not to mention the search warrant. in that case, there is a
that cia director william burns made a secret trip to ukraine to brief president volodymyr zelenskyy and share u.s. intelligence on russia s next moves in the war. actor and producer alec baldwin now faces criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a crew member on the set of the film rust. our legal experts are weighing the evidence and whether the involuntary manslaughter charges will stick. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the partisan showdown over raising the debt ceiling and fears of an unprecedented default by the united states. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju explains where this critical fight stands tonight. reporter: tonight congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. the white house and congressional democrats say no negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and no conditions