fighter jets as of yet. despite the ask, the continued asks over the last year from president zelenskyy that they in fact do. well, what i will tell you is that, no disrespect to the president. my assessment is, if you want the ukrainians to defeat the russians today, then we have to give them all the equipment that they need. that means attack helicopters, air defense, missiles, long-range artillery. and, if you want to go after those rockets that are being fired on the key infrastructure and the people, f-16s are perfect for doing that, they re also perfect for destroying villages sticks have of the russians. they are perfect for destroying the communication centers of the russians. and so, my assessment is they need the f-16s. the other thing that is key about this conversation is, of course the ukrainians will need training. they are going to need equipment to repair parts for these f-16s. it takes somewhere between 8 to 10 months to train a pilots on flying an f 16. so
norfolk suffolk rail derailed. vinyl chloride, a highly flammable carcinogen. concerns of a possible explosion the governor ordered an evacuation and crews conducted a controlled burn on five of those cars filled with hazardous chemicals and intentionally leaked them into the air to prevent them from blowing up. bill: the people who live are getting sick. also concerned fish and other animals being found dead. despite all this the environmental protection agency says it hasn t detected contamination at levels of concern. the people who live there just are not buying it. local fish in our creeks have died. oily scenes and colorations in the water. chemicals in the air. it is half of my family lives in east palestine. you have all these toxins, all the chemicals basically that is going to cause cancer. we ve all been exposed. it is not a one mile thing. test the water is it safe? the fish are dying. how should i feel safe bathing my children, cooking with any of it?
since then i have the chemical burns and reaction rash on my face. i could smell the chemicals and like, it s obvious something is not right. before two days ago you could not stand here without getting a headache. it s travelling to inside the ground, it s a very rural area where this happened, these people have farms and livestock and it s going into the waterways. sandra: begin america reports with that train derailment up ending people s lives in a small ohio town where there are lingering safety questions at this hour. almost two weeks after the disaster. hello, welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. hi. john: happy wednesday to you, john roberts in washington. people in east palestine, ohio hoping to get some answers during a town hall meeting, after a train went off the tracks 12 days ago carrying hazardous chemicals. a toxic fire spent plumes of toxic smoke for days. sandra: some residents are worried about water and air quality. people getting sick, f
it s a family s worst nightmare. it s happening far too often in this country, far too often. while we gather more information there s one thing we do know to be true, we have to do something to stop gun violence from ripping apart our communities. president joe biden marks another deadly mass shooting by once again calling on congress to pass gun reform legislation. we ll bring you the latest on the victims and the investigation in just a moment. plus evacuations, toxic chemicals, and now thousands of dead fish. a train derailment in north eastern ohio has a community still on edge nearly two weeks after the crash and massive fire. and the white house says it s not aliens, so just what are the three objects that were shot down by the u.s. military over the past several days? well, a possible explanation from the intelligence community just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your
msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this hour. first a community in mourning as michigan state university remembers three killed during a mass shooting monday. students still trying to process the violence. all of us are numb to the whole situation. we have lived this our entire lives. i m still processing it. i honestly don t know if i can ever take a step foot into na union anymore. you see it on the news, but you never think it s going to be your school. and in fact, it is their school. we re learning more about the victims now as well, 20-year-old brian fraser was the president of his fraternity, 19-year-old ariel anderson, an aspiring surgeon, and 20-year-old alexandria verner, an all state athlete studying biology. police are still investigating the motive. we are learning more about the suspected gunman, ahead, the details about his criminal background and the chilling details that his father is now sharing. also this morning, fear a