and cnn this morning continues right now. good morning, everyone. we are following breaking news this hour out of greece. a train full of passengers colliding head on with a freight train. so far at least 36 people have been confirmed dead. we are hearing harrowing stories from survivors who say that the train cars quickly filled with smoke and with flames. worried that the death toll could go up. one of america s prominent mayors, lori lightfoot, defeated. and the price of insulin, that is just moments away. we begin with that devastating train crash that we were talking about in greece. it has killed more than 36 people and injured dozens of others. you can see the images here of the aftermath. it s a passenger train. it was carrying about 350 people at least. it collided head on with a freight train. multiple cars derailed and several caught fire north of athens where this happened. it it left carriages and heaps of debris in the wake. both were traveling on th
Chicago. it made national headlines and became a talking point for republicans and the former president. shootings and murders dropped last year, but other crimes, including carjackings and robberies are up according to police. so the candidate who won the most votes had a tough on crime message and made it a focus of his campaign. omar jimenez live in chicago, the windy city. called the windy city not because of the wind but because of the hot air and politics and now that is coming to the fore. good morning to you, omar. reporter: good morning, don. yeah, politics in chicago is a unique scene when it comes to major cities. when you look at what happened here, i mean, violent crime has been an issue, obviously, for a long time in the city. i spoke to mayor lori lightfoot midway through her administration and she told me if people don t feel safe, literally nothing else matters. and this appears to be at least
Are appearing on state tv saying they are concerned about the overall process, the modernization of the railway systems. 350 people, kaitlin, were on that passenger train and we are waiting for more news. rescue efforts are on the go, three days of national mourning also announced. yeah, there will be major questions about the decisions that were made here. thank you so much for that update. now to chicago where the mayor there losing re-election. in a race that was dominated by the issue of rising crime. lori lightfoot failed to make the cutoff for the runoff. a democrat who was endorsed by chicago s police union received nearly double her votes. i am grateful we worked together to remove a record number of guns off our streets, reduced homicides and started making real progress on public safety. under mayor lori lightfoot s watch violent crime spiked in
In part a referendum on that. she was the city s first female black mayor. she was the first openly gay mayor here in chicago. now is set to be the first full-term incumbent mayor in 40 years to lose re-election here in chicago. this comes on the other side of what she described as a once-in-a-lifetime set of challenges from the peak of the pandemic, spikes in gun violence in places here and across the country as well, civil unrest and more. first time in 40 years. the last one was jane burn. she didn t win because she didn t plow the streets during a storm. always politics in chicago. let s talk about the two men who are going to be facing each other in april. brandon johnson and then paul valles. one is a progressive, a progressive teachers union support, the other has the support of police, really tough on crime stance. what do we know about them? reporter: yes. essentially, turning into a battle between the police union and teachers union.
Paul valles former head of schools in chicago and philadelphia. he ran largely a campaign on public safety. brandon johnson a cook county commissioner and former teacher has the support of the teachers union. take a listen to them both as they celebrated their projected victories. we will make chicago the safest city in america. [ cheers and applause ] months ago they said they didn t know who i was. well, if you didn t know, now you know! reporter: and johnson, obviously, very excited and went on to talk about how he wants to end the tale of two cities here in chicago where one side of the city sees investment and the other doesn t. both of them headed to an april 4th runoff. that s going to be interesting to watch. omar jimenez live in chicago. thank you, and stay warm. this morning the devastating