whirlwind of action on capitol hill this wednesday morning. you could say it s a congressional hearing palooza on a slate of urgent topics from the origin of covid, the safety of air travel, the u.s. evacuation of afghanistan, and threats from around the world. that last topic is the focus of a hearing set to begin any second with the senate intelligence committee. we ll hear testimony from the nation s top intel chiefs including dni avril haines, cia director bill burns and fbi director chris wray. we can expect them to dive into a number of topics including new threats from china, questions about mishandling classified documents and concerns over domestic extremism. our team is monitoring this closely. meanwhile, in a different senate hearing, acting administrator of the faa is just moments away from testifying after weeks of disturbing headlines from the not so friendly skies, including a united passenger recently caught on camera attacking a flight attendant and threate
busy wednesday morning. we re keeping a close eye on capitol hill, where right now the nation s top intelligence officials are testifying about the biggest threats to worldwide security. we re learning more about the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. the two surviing victims are back on u.s. soil and now we re hearing from their families. plus, top republicans speaking out, criticizing tucker carlson s portrayal of the january 6th attack, but how speaker kevin mccarthy is defending releasing the tapes to fox news. also, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas speaks out on whether the biden administration could bring back family detention centers. florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz weighs in. and we begin this very busy hour with a very latest on capitol hill, where right now lawmakers are hearing from top leaders in the intelligence community for their annual worldwide threats hearing. and this year, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are laser focused o
responsible for the accident. joining us now, george solis, in east palestine, ohio, and julie grant, managing editor and reporter for the allegheny front also and has spent a lot of time in that area. we are awaiting the governor of ohio to speak any minute. when he does, we will bring you that live. george, i want to start with you. what do we expect to hear from the governor this morning? reporter: good morning, jose. we are expecting to hear what plans may be in place, should the rain start to move in here into town. that s a big concern as we know some of the runoff could contaminate the water ways further. the governor said there are response teams here in place to prevent that from happening. there is also talks of building dams to keep any water ways from being further contaminated. there is also going to be a question or two about any chance of more federal aid or if federal disaster declaration will be declared here to get more aid. they will be on the ground he
we re live with and we re following breaking news this morning. that could have a major impact on the nation s opioid epidemic. the life-saving treatment the fda is approving for over the counter use. new details in one of the investigations surrounding donald trump. what mike pence is saying after a judge orders him to testify before a grand jury. and we are live in ukraine where the head of the nuclear watchdog has crossed fierce battle lines in hopes of preventing a nuclear disaster. we begin this very busy hour with new details out of nashville where police are still searching for a motive in the devastating shooting at the covenant school that killed three adults and three children who were just 9 years old. police say the 28-year-old shooter was under a doctors care for undies closed emotional disorder. the shooter s family told investigators the shooterer should not have owned any weapons. they thought their child had one firearm, but had sold it. the family told p
rocked two countries. more than 2,200 are dead in turkey and syria. thousands more injured. we ve got the latest details. a new republican criticism this morning of how the biden administration handled the suspected chinese spy balloon drifting for days over the u.s. before the military shot it down over the weekend. all this as president biden red december to address the nation tomorrow. a huge night for a star-packed grammy awards. that s bad bunny. we ll tell you who made history. we begin with that breaking news, a deadly catastrophe unfolding right now in tour key and syria. two powerful and devastating earthquakes striking jurs hours apart. 7.92 earth kwair quake near the city of gaziantep in turkey. that number only expected to rise as the tremors toppled buildings across the region. take a look at this moment. look at this. this whole building just comes down in the city just outside the epicenter collapsing in a matter of seconds. bystanders fleeing the scene