missed the vote last night. he of course was in the hospital a week ago after feeling lightheaded after a democratic retreat. everyone of course is cautious about his health months after he suffered a near death stroke. of course that could lead to more episodes of seizures and other things that require urgent medical attention, but here it is his mind, his emotional state. here he is saying that he s been feeling depressed. he suffered from bouts of this during his life, his chief says. he met with the capitol physician on monday who urged him to go and check himself in and do some routine tests. at the end of the statement, it says after examining john, the doctors at walter reed told us john is getting the care he needs and will soon be back to himself. obviously a rocky start for the senator, freshman from pennsylvania who came off the heated victory in november, just in the senate for a little over a month now, but already having missed days of votes in the hospital, in
a very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. we begin this hour with new details about the victims and also the gunman in that deadly mass shooting at michigan state university. first, the three people killed who have now been identified and so young, 20-year-old brian fraser, 19-year-old arielle anderson and 20-year-old alexandria verner. the 43-year-old gunman we ve learned apparently did leave behind a note and a criminal history that includes a gun charge, but what is still unknown this morning, the motive, and also how he got the firearm, which was reportedly used in the shooting. you look at pictures of their kids you think of their poor families. also ahead this morning, former south carolina governor nikki haley makes the first stop of her 2024 presidential campaign, we re going to take you live to charleston, south carolina, and just in a key report shows that retail sales surged in january, beating expectations. more signs of a ve
msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this hour. first a community in mourning as michigan state university remembers three killed during a mass shooting monday. students still trying to process the violence. all of us are numb to the whole situation. we have lived this our entire lives. i m still processing it. i honestly don t know if i can ever take a step foot into na union anymore. you see it on the news, but you never think it s going to be your school. and in fact, it is their school. we re learning more about the victims now as well, 20-year-old brian fraser was the president of his fraternity, 19-year-old ariel anderson, an aspiring surgeon, and 20-year-old alexandria verner, an all state athlete studying biology. police are still investigating the motive. we are learning more about the suspected gunman, ahead, the details about his criminal background and the chilling details that his father is now sharing. also this morning, fear a
ohio has left a town on edge, fearing for their health and their livelihoods. tonight the residents of east palestine question the people in power. ohio governor mike dewine. all we can do is give people the facts. as we test, we ll tell people exactly what we find. norfolk southern ceo. we will be here today. we will be tomorrow. and we will be here five years from now. we will not leave this community behind. it is the first televised town hall where residents share their stories. all i know is our town needs help. and demand the truth. good evening and welcome to our cnn town hall on the cnn train disaster. tonight we will facilitate a communication between a community demanding accountability and the leaders charged with keeping them safe. in studio with me here are some of the residents of east palestine, ohio, joined by their neighbors along the ohio-pennsylvania border. they have spent the last 19 days frightened and frustrated after a hazardous derailm
company s failure to contain its toxic fallout. but before we go to the ceo of norfolk southern, let s bring in the mayor of east palestine, trent conaway, who joins me now. mister mayor, thank you so much for joining me here. really appreciate it. we ve heard from the state government. we ve heard from the federal government. we re going to hear from norfolk southern this evening. what more do you need from all three of them that you re not currently getting? right now, i think we re currently getting everything we need, except answers. we need some answers as far as the health concerns. our residents safety is number one. and we need to get to the bottom of these health concerns. we re being told the water is safe. i believe that, our municipal water is safe. we re told our air is safe. i think it s safe. my family is here. they ve been here the whole time. but there s definitely concern from some residents. and i have concerns as well, because paramount is our citizens s