his visit to palestine. and his response to criticism about the way that he has handled this derailment. plus, a member of ukrainian parliament joins us to talk about a year of war that is devastating her country. we will ask her about president biden s surprise trip to kyiv and what ukraine needs to defeat russia. i am simone sanders johnson, and i have something to say. fear, worry, and anxiety. that is what east palestine residents have been feeling since the norfolk southern chain went on the tracks, causing one of the most environmental disasters that we have seen an a while. right now we are waiting for a briefing from federal state and local leaders and east palestine and it is set to begin any moment. we will bring you any updates we learn from it as they have been. today, residents in east palestine, some of their concerns about the long term safety of the air they are breathing might be valid. daughters right, researchers at texas a&m took a closer look at epa
lawyer is testifying in a matter of hush payments in a federal court in west texas behind closed doors, no cameras, no audio recordings. we start there because what happens in this courtroom and this judge decides could ultimately have consequences for every single woman and every single family in america oral arguments took place in a case brought by anti-abortion groups challenges the completely legal, completely safe long-ago approved routine and decades old use of medication for abortion those groups today asked a judge to order a stop to the use of an abortion pill as their case makes its way through the courts it s reported at the hearing the judge, quote, asked government lawyers on wednesday about what he characterized as an accelerated process for approving one of two drugs used in most pregnancy terminations nationwide in response the justice department lawyer said there s tremendous evidence showing this pill as safe, even when a doctor does not administer it it s
moscow where putin spent this morning trying to justify his war in ukraine to the russian people. you know, keir, for his part, president biden seemed to speak directly to the russian people, saying putin chose this war. the west was never planning to attack russia, but my understanding is russian tv didn t air biden s speech. so what did the russian people hear from their president? reporter: for president putin, it was an uncompromising and at times, hard to comprehend speech, chris. he used the word, war, a number of times and folks who pay close attention will know that s usual for putin. he calls the invasion of ukraine his special military operation and described this as a war with the west. a war for russia s survival. suppose you could say in that one respect, one word, there was agreement between president biden and putin. the word war. and i suppose you could also say some agreement that this is more now than a conflict over territory. it s a conflict over ideas.
now it s interesting because in that summit between president biden and lopez ope obrador the there was nothing out of his mouth about any intentions to try and cooperate with our country on getting it done. the state department says is the world s second largest criminal industry. we spoke to a former lawmaker in mexico from mexico and she was simply saying that it is getting worse, human trafficking in her country. listen here. we have 26,000 children missing in my country. to hear the families of these girls and boys that are missing, it s something that it s a nightmare. we also spoke to a sex trafficking victim. her name is carla and held for four years and rosa rescued her when she was 16. this is what she told us. there is no words to describe the pain that one feels as a human being. i would tell the citizens of the united states that we re also human. they were just batting down our position. a blackhawk helicopter operated by the national guard as part of
tonight will be at buckingham palace. and the king s visit is a reminder of the history in the region marched by the violent sectarian conflict between loyalists and irish nationalists known as the troubles. and embodied by the 2012 photo of elizabeth shaking hands with the deputy first minister, a former commander in the irish republican army, the group responsible for assassinating her cousin in 1979. it was an event that rocked the royal family. that is the challenging historical context charles finds himself in as monarch, and the question now looming over his reign, what does the future of the region look like under his rule? any moment now, king charles and queen consort camilla will be heading to the airport to leave belfast to return here to london. here, where i am, we have seen it everywhere. the city is gearing up for unprecedented crowds. according to the associated press, security staff are preparing for millions of people to pay their respects to the late queen