welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with joe biden heading off to poland tomorrow. he will deliver a message of solidarity just a few days ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s full-blown invasion of ukraine. he will reaffirm support for that country. this comes on the heels of the munich security conference where the u.s. staked out some hard-nosed positions, accusing russia of war crimes and warning china not to give russia lethal aid. we saw the vice president, secretary of state tony blinken all delivering these messages to russia and china. tell us more. reporter: and white house officials have said it s a crucial time as we hit that one-year mark of russia invading ukraine. and joe biden will mark that with his trip starting tomorrow in poland. and during that time, he plans to reinforce the unity and support behind ukraine. now, he will be meeting with the polish president during his visit there, as well as a group of nato
georgia, where the former president lives just ahead. but first tonight to east palestine, ohio, where a train derailment and toxic chemical spill have residents and lawmakers demanding answers about the safety of the air and drinking water. garrett tenney is live in that small ohio town near the pennsylvania border. garrett. reporter: yeah, jon, it s now been more than two weeks since that train derailment, and a lot of people here are still feeling sick despite officials saying the data shows the air and water are safe. and these are just the short-term symptoms from chemical exposure with. what is even more concerning for a lot of folks here is the long-term effects, what things could look like 10-15 years down the road potentially as a result of this disaster. i think we coneed to be concerned about the long-term effects of exposure to this chemical. back in 20 the 12 is the there were hundreds of people who went to the e.r. in the aftermath of that train derailment
tomorrow night, joe biden goes to poland to deliver that message himself. this comes on the heels of the munich security conference where the u.s. state will have hard nosed positions on several fronts, warning china not to provide lethal aid to russian troops to ukraine. let s go to the white house. priscilla, tell us about the new emergency funds for earthquake relief before we get to what s been happening on the foreign policy front. reporter: secretary of state blinken announced that they are going to provide $100 million in disaster relief aid to turkey and syria, which have been devastated by the earthquake. that money is going to be split between emergency response, as well as humanitarian assistance. now, secretary blinken was able to survey the damage himself, and he said the efforts to recovery are very, very challenging. but, again, the u.s. is bringing more aid into this country. it would bring it to a total of $185 million that the u.s. has provided so far. jim
tomorrow almost one year to the date of russia s invasion full-blown invasion of ukraine. the president pledging uncavering u.s. support for ukraine and nato allies and it comes after the u.s. sent an unmistakable message to two an tag nifts at the u.n. security council. vice president kamala harris accused of the wrussia of the wr and talk about the trip the president will take. very important and coming at a time when the world is marking this one-year anniversary, if you want to call it that, one year since this full bloen rus blown invasion of ukraine and one russian president vladimir putin wouldn t have predicted. the president ushered much of the aid to ukraine. reporter: and warning of a potential russian offensive in the next weeks or months. crucial moment, you laid out. president biden headed to poland tomorrow reinforcing support among allies and make it clear they still stand by ukraine and will be providing as they have been humanitarian and security assistanc
i m yasmin vossoughian. if you re just joining us, welcome. it s great to see you. if you are sticking with us, we thank you for that. trying to return to normal after the unimaginable. michigan state university students about to resume classes after a weekend spent mourning three of their friends and classmates gunned down in yet another mass shooting. it was just overwhelming. i had the victim s names and faces going through my head, all the trauma, hearing the screams and all of it. we are moving forward, we are not living in fear. we are not just bound the actions of some people, we are one with all the community. in a couple minutes, i want to speak to michigan congressman debbie dingell about the tragedy in her home state and what she tells those students demanding action. i m also going to ask her about that ohio train derailment. a new one in michigan revealing the danger on the rails. we are also looking into those bombshell revelations showing the biggest stars