subpoenaed by the doj. meadows one of the highest ranking trump aids to be subpoenaed. this is the trumps counsel we are learning is locked in mortal court battles. the details next. in a battle brewing in texas tonight after university professors were asked to give a statement on their commitment to diversity before they re hired. the story you ll see first up front. plus, russia adopting thousands of ukrainian children in a massive re-education effort. it s a damning new report, saying some of them are up for adoption, others being trained now to join the military. let s go out front. and good evening. welcome to a special edition of out front. i m erin burnett, and we begin with the breaking news tonight. trumps former chief of staff, mark meadows, subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former president s attempt to cling to power. now, of course, remember, meadows helped lay the groundwork for from s election life, which ultimately fueled the violence and
see first here on out front. massive reeducation effort. it s a damning report, saying some of them are up for adoption, others being trained now to join the military. let s go out front. good evening, welcome to a special edition of out front. i m erin burnett. we begin with breaking news, tonight for trump s former chief of staff mark meadows subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former presidents attempt to cling to power. of course, remember, meadows helped lay the groundwork for trump s election lies, which ultimately feel the outrage and violence that we all saw on january 6th. he was literally by trump side during the insurrection itself. much more on that in just a moment because there is so much breaking developments here tonight. we also have other breaking news this hour from the justice department. we are learning that the special counsel investigating trump s locked now in at least eight secret court battles. the special counsel jack smith tryin
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
i m scared. for my family. i m scared for my town. i grew up here. we went to the creeks and there are crews with black and white hoses all over the creeks. they re not telling us why. the this is daily. i m driving my children to school and pass this and they re asking me questions that i don t have answers to. and they need the answers. so many, many questions. good morning, everyone. anger, fear, and many questions in east palestine ohio. two weeks after a train packed with hazardous chemicals derailed. we re going to do a deep dive into the company behind the bill and one of the dangerous chemical that was onboard there, vinyl chloride. how long will it be a threat? and is it putting residents at risk of cancer. plus, did former president trump break the law when he tried to overturn election results in georgia? we ll find out new details today when the judge leases part of the grand jury s report. also, the gunman who killed students at michigan state university
this community safe? reporter: the mayor leading the meeting at times speaking through a bullhorn to answer questions from distressed residents still worried about returning to their homes despite evacuation orders being lifted last week. the railroad did us wrong. so far they ve worked with us and they re fixing it. but if that stops i will guarantee you i will be the first one in line to fight them. reporter: as many residents are demanding more testing of air, water and soil. we re not going to stop the testing until you re satisfied. that s when the testing stops. reporter: not present at this community meeting, norfolk southern, the company that owns the train that derailed sent a statement saying, we have become increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees. okay. well, if you re afraid that somebody from palestine is going to hurt your employees, what exactly did you do to us? it s not just the absence of norfolk southern tha