questioning today in the aleck murdaugh double murder trial, and closing arguments could come within days. we re learning more about what the feds are now doing to help the people of east palestine, ohio, the scene of that toxic train derailment, and now health concerns are spreading beyond ohio. we ll explain. plus, the department of energy says it found the likely source of the covid outbreak, but the intelligence community still doesn t agree about the origins of covid. and new reporting this morning on how child migrants are being dangerously exploited working brutal jobs in factories that made products we use every day. we ll talk to the journalist behind this new york times investigation. this morning 56 million americans remain under winter storm alerts as huge parts of the country are recovering from a weekend of extreme weather. right now tens of thousands are still in the dark after a string of storms caused destruction in the heartland with nine tornad
Forecast for the total eclipse just in a new our of Cnn News Central starts now not only can you see it, but you can feel it if youre in The Path Of Totality, tens of millions of americans are preparing to see a total Solar Eclipse. The dramatic celestial show set to begin just a few hours from now and the United States, bracing for the real possibility of a wider war in the middle east, iran vowing revenge for an apparent israeli airstrike right that killed top iranian commander and another big attempt at clearing Student Loan Debt, the Biden Administration unveiling details on a new plan they say could benefit more than 30 million americans. On sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. This is Cnn News Central this morning, the existential question, if there is a total Solar Eclipse in the sky, but it is too cloudy to see does it make a sound . We are just about t minus six hours to show time. Everyone scanning weather reports to figure out if they will get a view roughly 32 gil
And responses you mentioned there. But in response to i should say, that is really air strike in damascus that killed multiple top iranian commanders. Now, the us and israeli governments have been on high alert. Theyve also been in close touch and knowing that this could happen and going so far as to say that they see it as quote, inevitable. Now, were not clear on how this attack would unfold nor when it would happen exactly. But officials and dissipate that it would target us or israeli assets in the middle east. And so Senate Majority leader chuck schumer, making clear that the us is preparing for any outcome care, take a listen i know the president and his team are working hard to prevent escalation. And our bare to defend any attack and response with leave if necessary, tensions in the middle east are very high thats why we want to pass the National Security supplemental. Its critical. And we are all urging speaker johnson to put it on the floor of the house now according to offic
just elected its first female president in a 200-year history. that s according to projections. the women she says helped get her there. plus, pride policy, president biden s campaign is zeroing in on lgbtq plus voters this pride month. the strategy to tackle growing concerns over waning support. and could less be more when it comes to treating cancer? the new research on scaling back treatments to help patients feel better as they re getting better. our nbc news reporter are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with nbc s ken dilanian who s outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware, and, ken, i know we re in a lunch break just a few minutes ago, where do things stand right now in picking a jury? reporter: greetings, chris. they have actually moved through this jury selection process rather quickly. they ve got 34 qualified jurors of 36 that they want to get to in order to go to the second round where they really get down to brass tax and start wi
chris. aaron gilchrist, thank you. let s go to mexico now where the future is female. after claudia sheinbaum won the presidential election. nbc s guad venegas is following this story from mexico city. what more can you tell us about the president elect and what the reaction is there? reporter: chris, well, she was the favorite coming into election day. mexico has gone through a lot of change over the last few decades. if you look at the legislature, half of congress are women in mexico. both leading candidates were women. today we can say that claudia sheinbaum is the president-elect. she took about 58% of the vote. we can expect the president, who is an ally to the current president, to continue with a lot of the same policies that focus on helping the under served communities, low income