you watching as here in the united states it states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. i head on cnn newsroom scared, frustrated, and terrified for their safety ahead of u.s. environmental protection agency is promising accountability for the toxic derailment in palestine, ohio. but many residents are skeptical. signs of life believe it or not, people are still being rescued from the quake zone in turkey. we are live in istanbul with the latest. and defense and diplomacy the war in ukraine tops the agenda as well leaders, including the u.s. vice president, gather in munich almost one year since russia invaded. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we kim brunhuber. we are getting a better sense of what happened in the moments leading up to the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, that s build toxic chemicals all over the community two weeks ago. have a look here. take a look at the top of your screen. apparent over before pass through
united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. to see that i couldn t stop it, it was the worst thing. they were like my kids. we will go through this process with the citizens of east palestine for as long as it takes. just happened to hit some good shots finally and made a couple putts. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, february 17th. in washington, d.c., u.s. president biden is finally speaking publicly about those unidentified objects shot out of the sky by the military. he says nothing suggests these objects are related to china s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance objects from any other country. it is important to note the u.s. has not been able to recover any of the debris because of the remote locations and severe weather. phil mattingly r
coming out of the ground. could we show it? let me show this to people. watch this. just see that chemical pop out of the creek. this is disgusting. that s what the senator is saying. also this morning we are seeing new surveillance video that shows sparks flying from the train less than an hour before it crashed. this is important because it could give investigators key clues about what happened, what led this. this is in alliance, ohio. the train on the right hand of your screen 57 minutes before it crashed. the train keeps going down the tracks. by 8:12 p.m. it s in salem. you can see the sparks from an apparent wheel bearing overheating. and another surveillance camera here, same time, same town, the train keeps going for 20 miles after that headed for east palestine. that is where it derailed at 8:55 p.m. a full 43 minutes after we first saw though sparks? salem. jason carroll is live on the ground in east palestine. jason, this is going to be a cause for concern. i
david is with us. the highlight of the president s announcement, three objects shot down since friday not tied to any enemy nations but private companies, bringing up the possibility that the administration may have over reacted after the chinese spy balloon in february. i gave the order to take down these three objects due to commercial air traffic and because we could not rule out the surveillance risk of sensitive facilities. white house officials and all the way to the president insist there will be changes in the works. whatever you want to call them, he said he ll share with congress the policy parameters when they re done but that ll remain classified so we don t give a quote, road map to our enemies to evade our defenses going forward. i expect to be speaking with president xi and i hope we ll get to the bottom of them. i make no apologies for taking down that balloon. you can see right here this exchange when a reporter asked him about chinese business
ohio it is not eligible for federal disaster assistance in the after math of a toxic train crash in east palestine. good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. back by popular demand sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. fema shooting down the governor s request. the agency said the toxic bill in east palestine does not qualify as a traditional natural disaster. bill: the administration is sending funds to help with medical costs. the head of the epa was there for the first time. on the scene yesterday ohio senator j.d. vance. it is like chemicals coming out of the ground. let me show this to people. watch this. you can see the chemical pop out of the creek. this is disgusting. the fact that we have not cleaned up the train crash, the fact these chemicals are still seeping in the ground is an insult to the people who live in east palestine. sandra: health officials insist the water is safe to drink. but people who live there are concerned. i haven t s