we cannot do if we do it together this hour, we will bring you new developments in the criminal and civil cases against former president trump. i will ispeak to a top former diplomat who negotiated peace deals. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington we expect to hear from president biden this hour at a gathering of his strongest supporters here in washington, members of the building and trade unions. the president s first public remarks since announcing his re-election bid in the online video featuring vice president kamala harris and highlighting his record on the economy, abortion rights and the fight to preserve democracy when i ran for president four years ago, i said we re going to battle for the soul of america we still are the question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less. more rights or fewer i know what i want the answer to be i think you do, too. this is not a time to be complacent that s why i m running for re
it s 10:00 a.m. here in washington. i m garrett haake, and we are following breaking news in kentucky. new details this morning about a deadly crash overnight involving two military helicopters during a training exercise. right now at least nine people are reported to be dead according to the new york times. and we re expecting an update momentarily. an american journalist detained in russia. russia claiming the wall street journal reporter was caught red handed. the paper vehemently denies the allegations. what the white house is saying about this latest escalation. another fiery train derailment, this time in minnesota forcing evacuations of a nearby town. some of the roughly 22 cars carrying ethanol. this just weeks after that toxic disaster in east palestine, ohio. we ll have the latest on the continuing efforts on the ground. and a wild story from the halls of capitol hill, sources telling nbc news a food service worker was arrest ds and accused of recording au
questioning today in the aleck murdaugh double murder trial, and closing arguments could come within days. we re learning more about what the feds are now doing to help the people of east palestine, ohio, the scene of that toxic train derailment, and now health concerns are spreading beyond ohio. we ll explain. plus, the department of energy says it found the likely source of the covid outbreak, but the intelligence community still doesn t agree about the origins of covid. and new reporting this morning on how child migrants are being dangerously exploited working brutal jobs in factories that made products we use every day. we ll talk to the journalist behind this new york times investigation. this morning 56 million americans remain under winter storm alerts as huge parts of the country are recovering from a weekend of extreme weather. right now tens of thousands are still in the dark after a string of storms caused destruction in the heartland with nine tornad
responsible for the accident. joining us now, george solis, in east palestine, ohio, and julie grant, managing editor and reporter for the allegheny front also and has spent a lot of time in that area. we are awaiting the governor of ohio to speak any minute. when he does, we will bring you that live. george, i want to start with you. what do we expect to hear from the governor this morning? reporter: good morning, jose. we are expecting to hear what plans may be in place, should the rain start to move in here into town. that s a big concern as we know some of the runoff could contaminate the water ways further. the governor said there are response teams here in place to prevent that from happening. there is also talks of building dams to keep any water ways from being further contaminated. there is also going to be a question or two about any chance of more federal aid or if federal disaster declaration will be declared here to get more aid. they will be on the ground he
officers. we have the latest on a very painful weekend. a new nbc news poll shows just how concerned americans are over president biden s and former president trump s handling of classified documents. steve kornacki is back at the big board with a look at the numbers. students are back in class at a virginia elementary school for the first time since a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher. we ll tell you about the new safety protocols now in place. moments from now, secretary of state antony blinken will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the midst of the worst explosion of israeli-palestinian violence in years. back at home, the super bowl lineup is set, the eagles versus the chiefs. buffalo bills player damar hamlin speaks out for the first time since collapsing on the field earlier this month. it s just been a lot to process. i can t tell you how appreciative i am of all the love, all the support and everything that s just been coming in my way.