tracks and crashed and fire from it burned for days, releasing those killer chemicals into the air. norfolk southern train corporation and the transportation secretary pete buttigieg failed to show up. the city s mayor says buttigieg is missing in action. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. new problems we re hearing from people that we ve been interviewing in focus. they waited too long to evacuate people and let them go home too quickly knowing how bad it was. now thousands of people are living in fear. i mean even the governor says he is going to drink bottled water. problems are building. people are having trouble breathing. their pets are dying. thousands of dead fish in the local streams. still transportation secretary pete buttigieg seems to have lost his ability to speak on this disaster. the community wants to know where is pete? emotions running high at the so-called informational open house. they re telling us that everything is fine. we re
good thursday morning i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. we are following breaking news this morning out of michigan. cnn learning disturbing details about a plot aimed at killing jewish elected officials in the state. among those targeted the michigan attorney general. we ll break down the details of that plot. coming up. plus today a pennsylvania man is expected in court after investigators say he hid explosives inside his luggage headed for orlando. investigators arrested him after he fled the airport. the latest on that case and the growing skcrutiny facing the aviation industry. and meeting with sergey lavrov for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. we ll bring that conversation to you. we want to begin with the breaking news out of michigan. the state s attorney general confirming she was one of the targets in a plot to kill jewish elected officials in that state. polo sandoval and john miller joining us now. polo, first tell us the details of the plot as
case to voters. among the former president barack obama is rallying in wisconsin right now for this after he made her stop in michigan earlier today. in a moment we ll talk with susan on with the former president will be a difference maker in the home stretch. but first fox news team alive it covers the battleground states that include pennsylvania were critical senate race is now in a statistical tie. rich edson is live in philadelphia with more that when a rich. hey good afternoon, eric. john fetterman the democrat is trying to get out of space. try to get democrats about here. he met with union members earlier this morning. on than just this afternoon at temple university to try to get students out to vote. had a rally here in the student center pre-temple is a north philadelphia which is where he spent a good chop of the afternoon. his campaign themes pushing access to abortion, increasing the minimum wage and ripping republican challenger dr. oz for his wealth and focu
42-year-old man who allegedly assaulted paul with a hammer overnight in the pelosi home. the house speaker was not there. she was in washington. now a source tells cnn that the intruder yelled, where s nancy before the attack. cnn has also learned that the suspect posted conspiracy theories online about the january 6th attack and the 2020 election. but the police chief has yet to confirm a motive. he detailed what the three officers encountered when they reached the house. when the officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and mrs. pelosi s husband, paul. our officers observed mr. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup, and rendered medical aid. now the chief said both paul pelosi and the intruder then went to the hospital. the speaker s office says her
with a hammer. he was a 42-year-old man, nbc news is reporting, according to sources, depeppi was in fact looking for the speaker herself, shouting where is francy, where is nancy. it is the same chant that some rioters on january 6th said when they broke into the capitol. pelosi s husband paul was in the hospital. her office says he should make a full recovery. but will our politics? joining me now from outside the pelosi home in san francisco is nbc s jacob ward, we also have nbc s ben colins who is with me on the set. he s going through the social media profile. we have nbc s ryan nobles, as well, at the capitol and former secret service special agent charles marino, he is here with all of the analysis and the context, he served under lee presidents to assure individual and family safety. joining me now is nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter as well. we will have him in a moment. i m sorry. let s go to you at the scene of where this happened. we heard from off