at the top of the hour i bid you all a very good day from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports, we have a panel of reporters and analysts joining us to go over today s major developments for you. we re gonna get to those, but we do have some breaking news to share as just moments ago, vice president kamala harris leaving munich after giving a keynote address to the annual security conference. now, as a war on ukraine s year nearing one year, the vice president reiterate the united states commitment to ukraine, while standing a strong new message against russian aggression. the united states has formally determined. that russia has committed crimes against humanity. and i say, to all those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. meanwhile, the u.s. is ending the search for debris from two objects shot down by the u.s. over alaska airspace and lake huron
deploy resources to the region after saying hours the agency will be a no-show. their most typically devolved in disasters where there s tremendous home or property damage. that s why we do not expect that fema will come to east palestine. the governor, not turning his it s time now for u.s. congress to take a look at rail safety in this country. lawmakers on capitol hill responding, a senate committee spearheaded by u.s. senator marie cantwell initiating an inquiry into railroad s handling of hazardous materials. the committee sending a letter to seven of the largest railroad company ceos, requesting details and documents about safety practices. on that list, nor forks other, trade operation of this latest derailment. they have to clean up their mess, they made the mess, they need to clean it up. the company promising to stay in pay through the cleanup, say they have paid out more than 2 million to residents. i can t say it s fixing, it but it s at least the start. i t