derailment in east palestine, ohio, that added chemicals. but now there s fear onsite, but also where the waste from all the chemicals, where that s headed. governor of indiana is pushing back against shipments of contaminated materials headed to his state. roseville, indiana is one of four designated facilities. and the only one in ohio. last week, they prompted the epa to look elsewhere. the mayor of east palestine gave this response a short time ago. i definitely think we re on a good path. there s definitely say lot of questions that still remain to be answered. as far as people from the other states, they knew the facilities were in their states. and i understand their concern, but at the same time, it s governed by the federal epa. so, therefore, you know, it should be safe for all of the citizens there. east palestine s mayor met with epa administrator michael regan who is on his third visit to the disaster zone. cnn s miguel marquez joins us from east palestine.
some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. let me give you anybody who doubts that contact my office. i ll give you a copy i ll give you a cop yf of the proposal. oh, yeah. it was on last night. good morning, everyone. here we are in washington, d.c. live on capitol hill this morning. some republicans jeering and booing and heckling the president. but biden punched back during last night s heated state of the union. we ll break down the key take aways. and we re going to speak to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who were there. plus this. children rescued from the rubble but countless people remain trapped and buried alive. more than 48 hours after the catastrophic earthquake in turkey and sear yachlt we ll take you for the search for survivors. the death toll is near 11,000. also, we have updates in memphis. the five police officers charged with murdering tyre nichols have now been accused of beating up another young black man just days before. we l
hello, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. president biden is taking his state of the union pitch on the road. right now he s speaking in the battleground state of wisconsin focusing on his administration s effort to boost manufacturing in america. this is part of a two-day swing. biden is also going to tampa, florida, to reinforce last night s message which is seen as a preview of his expected 2024 re-election campaign. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now. so what more do we expect to hear from the president today? i know he s feeling good from that speech last night. i don t think white house officials could be happier in the wake of the speech last night, not because they feel like they delivered on the extensive remarks they spent months probing and in the off-the-cuff moments he had with republicans back and forth where they felt the president demonstrated a level of vigor they wanted him to show but als
right now. breaking news. an american reporter has been arrested in russia accused by russia of espionage. we re talking about an american citizen who has now been arrested for what you can assume is doing his job. two black hawk helicopters crashing overnight in kentucky, sudden old house something pop loud, loud bang helicopters from 101st airborne division were on a routine training mission when the incident happened resulted in quotes several casualties. concerns for the health of pope francis as the 86 year old is hospitalist tests showed that he does indeed have a respiratory infection. it s unclear if the leader of the world s nearly 1.4 billion roman catholics will be able to lead the celebration of this weekend s pump. sunday mass and holy week ceremonies the vatican leading up to easter on april 9th. children are dying. there are six people are dead in that school, including three children, because you guys got rid of the assault weapons ban. talk about protecting o
happening now, new fears that russia s war against ukraine is about to get a very serious boost from china. i ll acquit white house national security official john kirby whether beijing is actively considering sending lethal aid to putin s forces. also tonight, a new assessment on the origins of the covid pandemic is stirring up major controversy. we ll tell you why the u.s. energy department now believes the virus likely emerged from a chinese lab. and breaking news, new legal filings in the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fox news. the fox chairman rupert murdoch admitting underoath that popular tv hosts endorsed false claims about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the war in ukraine. the deepening alliance between russia and china sending chills throughout the u.s. intelligence community. our senior national secur