wow. you know what? they re angry. they every right to be angry. they re not getting a lot of answers. their health, lives are in jeopardy. good morning, everyone. good to have you back. good to be back. i missed you guys. we know. we like having the threesome back. she didn t miss us. of course i missed you. we have outrage growing in ohio after a toxic train crash. families demanding to know if their own homes are safe. we take you to east palestine. plus, a cnn exclusive this morning. the special counsel investigating former president trump subpoenaed his former white house chief of staff mark meadows. we ll tell you why he could be a crucial witness. and a blackhawk helicopter fell from the sky and crashed in the middle of a alabama highway. what we re learning about the tragic training flight two killed two national guardsmen. we begin in east palestine, ohio. there are reports of fish and animals dying. air smells like chemicals. residents demanding an
You are watching bbc news. Martin hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down after being injured in the Manchester Arena bomb blast. But he reached the summit of kilimanjaro in an epic five day charity climb in a specially adapted wheelchair. Bbc breakfast reported on his amazing achievement. Gentle string music i wanted something that people looked and thought, hes doing what . its hard enough for somebody with legs to do it, and heres a guy doing it in a wheelchair. It is a risk. Im putting my life on the line doing it. One, two. It was such a relief to get there. And know that wed done it. Just so proud, just so proud. Clapping and whooping thank you, thank you. Goodjob, goodjob, goodjob. Hello, hello, hello how are you doing . Im good, and ive got all of our stuff, as well. How are you . 0k . Martin hibbert has set himself an unbelievable challenge to climb the highest mountain in africa, kilimanjaro, in a wheelchair. In thejungle, the mightyjungle, the lion sleeps tonight. The
hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we re tracking this massive winter storm sweeping across the united states. it is impacting the vast majority of americans today. just two days before christmas. the storm is bringing blizzard conditions. i mean i don t need to say it. you could see it. blizzard conditions and ice freezing rain and very strong winds to cities coast to coast. areas near the great lakes could see up to three feet of snow like buffalo. but the cold, record-breaking and life-threatening. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alerts. the storm has not knocked out power to at least a million customers so far and travel is starting to get back. more than 3700 flights have been canceled today and more than 2,000 others have been delayed. that is not even to speak of what the roads are like right now. we re going to get to. we have reporters stationed across the country. let s start with meteorologist al alice isson chinchar. up an dow
public outreach to state officials to try to get them to overturn their election results. the gop electors are on the governor s certificate. i m not going to get into a political debate. reporter: the investigation also discovered a nearly 23-minute phone call between someone at the white house and john eastman on the same day the conservative attorney wrote a now infamous memo laying out how pence could block the certification of the electoral college vote. state election officials ignored or violated state law in order to put vice president biden over the finish line. we know there was fraud. reporter: the call came after eastman emailed a trump assistant that he wanted to talk to trump to update him on our overall strategic thinking. trump latched onto this theory and used it to press his reluctant vice president in the days leading up to january 6th. mike pence is going to have to come through for us. reporter: the committee is also calling for lawyers
co presenter of a major network tv news programme in the us. now on bbc news, martin s mountain: conquering kilimanjaro. gentle string music. i wanted something that people looked and thought, he s doing what?! it s hard enough for somebody with legs to do it, and here s a guy doing it in a wheelchair. it is a risk. i m putting my life on the line doing it. one, two. it was such a relief to get there. and know that we d done it. just so proud, just so proud. clapping and whooping. thank you, thank you. goodjob, goodjob, goodjob. hello, hello, hello! how are you doing? i m good, and i ve got all of our stuff, as well. how are you? 0k? - martin hibbert has set himself an unbelievable challenge to climb the highest mountain in africa, kilimanjaro, in a wheelchair. # in thejungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.# the first thing i saw when i came out was my trike, so i m happy. i don t even care if i don t got underwear, as long as i ve got my trike i can do it. t