president, not george w. bush, his father. i m christine romans, this is early start. just hours from now, transportation secretary pete buttigieg heads to the site of that train derailment in east palestine, ohio. buttigieg under pressure as residents and critics worry about the toxic chemicals. alex shaw faced some of that head on in a cnn town hall last night. i m 65 years old, diabetic, hearts disease, everything. did you shorten my life? i want to retire and enjoy it. how are we going to enjoy it? you burned me. we were going to sell our house. our value went jim, thank you for those comments. i hear you. i m terribly sorry that this has happened to this community. what i can do and what i will do is make it right. we ll get the cleanup right. we re going to reimburse the citizens, we ll invest in the long term health of this community. miguel marquez has more from east palestine. reporter: a massive effort under way to clean up creeks and water flowing in an
i m kristin fisher. i m jim sciutto, and top of the hour, alex murdaugh right there on trial for murdering his wife and youngest son is expected to take the stand and testify in his own defense. we will take you to the courtroom when it happens. plus any moment, the ntsb is egs expected to release a preliminary report on what led to that toxic train derailment today. and this morning pete buttigieg was there and this after citizens were demanding answers at a town hall overnight. i m 65 and a diabetic, and now, did you shorten my life now? i want to retire and enjoy it. how do we enjoy it? you burned me. we were going to sell our house, and our value went, vroom. jim, i am terribly sorry. what i will do is to get this right. we will get the cleanup right, and we will reimburse the citizens and we will invest in the long term health of this community. a chance there for the folks to confront the ceo of norfolk southern. and when we get a look at that report from th
deadly rampage. police say the suspect in the murder of a 38-year-old woman later returned to the scene and shot and killed a 24-year-old reporter who was covering the story before fatally shooting a 9-year-old child in a home nearby. for the journalists in orlando, it s a story that hits unbelievably close to home. this is every reporter s absolute worst nightmare. coming up, the details we re learning about the 19-year-old suspect and how the community is trying to make sense of this tragedy. plus, any second we expect to get our hands on the national transportation safety board s preliminary report on the ohio train derailment that led to the controlled burning of hazardous chemicals. it could offer new clues about what went wrong. there are still lingering questions about the health is and safety of the air and water. this land is everything to me. we have a stigma here that we re dirty, and it hurts everybody here. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is i
thank you for being here, everyone. i m kate bolduan. president biden is wrapping up his momentous trip overseas to mark the one-year invasion of ukraine. he is meet welcome the bucharest nine in warsaw. the president declaring his unwavering support for the alliance. commitment of the united states and nato, and i ve said it to you many times and i ll say it again is absolutely clear. article 5 is a sacred commitment the united states has made. we will defend literally every inch of nato, every inch of nato. that meeting is one day after president biden accused russia of committing crimes against humanity when he was in ukraine. vladimir putin is having his own series of meetings with china s top diplomat around the time that president biden was in ukraine, russia tried to test a ballistic missile and let s begin with phil mattingly once again in warsaw. what s to come of biden s meetings today. it s interesting. this is not the dramatic symbolism of the monday surpris
thank you for joining us. right now, more than two dozen states and 65 million people are on alert as a powerful winter storm hits coast to coast. conditions are slamming flagstaff, arizona, and this man was barely able to stand as the wind gusts whipped the binding snow around him. in 29 states they are in the path for this storm. the snow warnings stretching to southern california. flakes even possible on los angeles beaches. and in utah, miles and miles of dicey driving. you can see cars stranded as crews worked to clear the roads. in minnesota the national weather service is warning of historic snow possibly the most in decades. meteorologist jennifer gray is standing by for us. but first, cnn s adrian brodas is in minnesota. what s happening where you are there? i see some really ice eye streets behind you. reporter: there s a break right now when it comes to snowfall. the plows have been moving along this stretch of highway behind us. but we saw the first phase of thi