foregoing medical treatment and deciding instead to receive hospice care at his home. we will take a look at the 98-year-old s health and reaction coming in from around the world. plus top diplomats from the u.s. and china meeting after the shoot down of that suspected spy balloon. live in munich and tokyo to help repair strained relations. and secretary blinken on his way to turkey to assess the damage of the deadly earthquake. we will take to you istanbul for a preview of his upcoming trip. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. on this sunday morning across the united states people from georgia, across the u.s. and around the world are praying for peace and comfort for former u.s. president jimmy carter. a statement from the carter center reads in part, after a series of short hospital stays, former u.s. president jimmy carter has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of add
one person confirmed dead and five others who are currently in critical condition. we are learning the remaining victims have since been released from area hospitals after they got treatment and we are till trying to gather details and figure out what led up to the shooting but what we know so far from police is that they believe the two scenes are connected. we are told police officers responded first responded to shooting of address of establishment in white haven section of memphis. when officers arrived they located two shooting victims. five additional shot left thecan and taken to area hospitals in private vehicles. as officers dealt with the initial scene they received reports of more shooting victims of location a mile away. upon arrival one male victim was located and pronounced dead at the second scene. three victims were taken to area hospitals for treatment of gunshot wounds. memphis police and you mentioned this at the top, mike, just released photos of the 3
disaster. the epa says it has not detected any contaminants in the town s drinking water and says tests have shown the air is safe to breathe. but, you know, many residents in east palestine and other nearby towns, they re concerned about the potential long-term health effects. this town is going to need long-termest thing term testing. there s a lot of people who don t want to stay and really can t blame them. a major concern for me would definitely be the water. i think they should have dredged the creeks that are going out because, you know, it s spreading into other communities. arthel: garrett tenney is live in east palestine, ohio, with the very latest. garrett? reporter: yeah, arthel, that is such a tough question that a lot of folks are naysing now. facing no. with so much uncertainty about what the future of this town looks like, do we stay or do we go? to answer that question, it s going to take some answers, and some of those answers are going to take time.
joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom they screwed up our town, they will fix it. it has been two weeks now and we have no plans of going back to our house. xw a key witness to a lot of the things donald trump was doing. if jack smith wants mark meadows testimony, jack smith will get mark meadows testimony. they have just unloaded the tents here. they is one of the hardest hit areas in the quake zone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is february 16, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in east palestine, ohio where in a few hours the air will be tested. this was the scene three days after the train derailed. federal investigators are reviewing numerous videos and data from the so-called black box and despite ohio s governor saying it is safe to return home, many residents have evacuated their homes and businesses out of concern for their safety from the toxic chemic
this is an unimaginable tragedy for our community is mary greenberg mentioned dana eckert passed away last night. a truly lovely woman. jim tut. is no longer with us. josh barrack. is no longer with us. the woman who was the maid of honor in our wedding. and for whom we are the godparents of two of their children called me yesterday from the barracks house and said, i m with jessica barrick. she hasn t heard from her husband. can you find out if he s alive? i called el npd, and as they did everything yesterday were quick in their response. i had to call back and say i cannot confirm anything. he is not on the list of survivors. and she had to tell their two small children. that their father would never come home from work. juliana farmer. there s no longer with us. tommy elliott. my friend. there is no longer with us. because it s louisville. i didn t just know tommy. a new tommy. well his wife. even worked with my wife. for a time at a company here in town. their lives have