just ahead here on cnn newsroom. republican and nikki haley begins her run for for confidene the tests, politicians over 75 years old. could she be targeting president biden? or donald trump? our political analyst weighs in. plus, anger in eastern ohio as residents wonder if this small town is safe after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed. and, later, survivors still being found under the rubble more than a week after a powerful earthquake left parts of turkey and syria devastated. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. but first, we begin with new developments in the investigation into former president donald trump s role in seeking to overturn a 2020 election. cnn has now learned a special counsel has subpoenaed trump s former chief of staff mark meadows, who was witness to trump s actions during the insurrection at the u.s. capitol. cnn s evan perez has more details now from washington. donald trump s former chief of staff
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
good morning, top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom i m erica hill. i m jim sueciutto. the head of the epa is headed to ohio two weeks after a train derailment that leaked chemicals into the air and the ground and the water. why are people getting sick? everybody that came here the rail company norfolk southern abruptly pulled out of last night s town hall, citing security concerns we ll go live to east palestine in a moment. standing by for news out of georgia this morning. the fulton county district attorney is expected to release parts of a special grand jury report on former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it is expected what will be released will be concerns that the panel had about witnesses lying under oath. we are monitoring that. we ll bring you those details as soon as it s released. let s begin in east palstein ohio. residents demanding answers in the wake of that train wreck. they packed a town hall meeting. railroad o
state university as police are still trying to piece together the gunman s motive. this hour, i ll ask the michigan attorney general about the many unanswered questions in this investigation. also today, former vice president mike pence is speaking out for the first time about his plans to fight a new subpoena from the u.s. justice department. he s arguing that his effort to avoid testifying in the special counsel probe of donald trump is about the separation of powers. republican nike y haley kic off her 2024 presidential campaign. she says it s time for new leadership, taking veils swiped at former president trump. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with tonight s vigil for the victims of the michigan state university mass shooting. the pain and grief still very raw two days after the attack. miguel marquez is on the scene for us there. miguel, tell us more about this vigil and t
welcome to our viewers in the united states and watching around the world. i m jake tapper. the fact she grew up as an immigrant child. her parents emigrated to the united states from india. she grew up in a situation where she did face challenges because she was different in her words in a video she will put out yesterday and talk about her time leading this state of south carolina as the first female governor, two-time governor in this state, what she did to bring people together after the awful shooting at mother emmanuel ame church that happened in 2014 while she was governor. that s just blocks from here. she will likely talk about her time as ambassador to the united nations and told that in the context of having worked with trump in the trump administration, she will raise the former president, but what she s not expected to do is really take him on or criticize him in this speech. that is in line with what we ve seen from her in recent comments where she s talked abou