democrat mayor. london breed practically gloating over that. she s trying to score some political points and hit back at critic to s who ve beennd not blasting her city s unsafe a. e. i think that oftentimes because of social media, because ofre cameras and how people are abler to publicize things that are happening in a moment, it is taken completely out of context in terms of highlighting the entire city is being unsafe. that s not entirely true. it s sad because i think it s just san francisco has been use a target for so long and used as an example because we r be u innovative, we creative, wee-bo come up with out of the box ideas and a number of other things to push forward change in our communities. communitand i think that, sadlyu know, with the previous president , it was a target. oh, people are getting fed up wt with the nonsense, too. enselawrence jones actually wene to san francisco to talknt to democrats about tto talk faf measures that put criminals back on the
powerful quake that sent tremors across the entire region. the magnitude 7.8 quake struck before day break in southern turkey nearly the border with syria. the quake and aftershocks collapsing buildings. now a desperate search and rescue efforts under way to find people trapped in piles of rubble. cnn s scott mclean joins us from london. scott, this is one of the strongest quakes to hit turkey in a century, what do we know? reporter: that s right, this part of the turkey, christine, used to earthquakes but nothing like this. this happened in the middle of the night, so people were jolted out of bed with this terrifying shaking. they re finding themselves running out of their houses and apartment buildings into very cold weather. turkey is experiencing an unusual cold snap in that part of the country. andmalatya, they re working to get people of the rubble. with the cold weather, time of the essence, because people were not survive in this kind of cold. we re getting message
of the american people. but make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. president joe biden addresses the chinese surveillance balloon and other objects shot down by the military in recent days. more of his comments and his message to beijing in just a moment. plus former president trump claims total exoneration following the partial release of a grand jury report on election interference in georgia. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. and also ahead the latest update from the epa on the major ohio train derailment which is now a focus of many conspiracy theorists. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, folks. we made it. friday, february 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning in washington where president joe biden spoke extensively for the first time yesterday about his administration s decision to shoo
let us start in ohio. 1.1 million pounds of vinyl chloride was released into the air, following the derailment of the northern suffolk train two weeks ago, a chemical that can cause dna mutations and lead to long-term cancers, according to a lawsuit that s alleging all of that, and it is a big reason why residents of east palestine ohio say they don t believe officials who are telling them it s safe to go home, safe to breathe, safe to drink the water. the epa administrator was there yesterday. the governor was out there today. it s okay, they say, we ve tested the air. we ve tested the water. still, residents are complaining about burning in their lungs and their eyes. and unusual rashes. they re worried about their kids. can they bathe them in their bathtub. can they use the tap to mix formula for their babies. the federal government is setting medical teams to both examine residents and assess what dangers could still exist, an acknowledgment that the aftermath of this der
of united states his appointed attorney general, the direct or of fbi, the u.s. attorney also appointed by the president of the united states, and special counsel appointed by the attorney general of the united states, what do we do as a country if they stonewall the house of representatives majority of whom are republicans? what do we do as a country if the national archives, also part of the executive branch, is also stonewalling the republicans? in other words, what to we do if separation of powers is violated by the executive branch. and the executive branch is only body we think, that can enforce the law. it is the executive. we have reached this point. we have most dangerous fbi today since history of the fbi. we have most dangerous department of justice since it was founded by grant in 1870. we have the most dangerous attorney general since george washington hand-picked an attorney general in 1775. attorney general did not actually become a person who would be confirme