hello, everyone, and good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, february 26. i m amara walker. good morning. i m boris sanchez. we are so grateful that you are spending your morning us with, starting your week with us. i am pumped to be alongside amara. how are you doing? same here. good to be with you. it s our friday. i am doing great. plenty to get to this morning. here is what we are watching. one thing that has been made clear to me is that everyone wants this contamination gone from the community. the epa stopping the removal of all contaminated material from that toxic train derailment in ohio as a battle now looms over how and where it should be moved. there is an outcry from neighboring states and the white house is responding, too. the war in ukraine is now in its second year and marked by fierce fighting in the east. our alex marquardt is there with troops from around the world who joined the front lines to fight russia s invasion. see
good morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. is there movement on capitol hill? we are watching closely this morning as standoff over who will be the next house speaker has now entered its third day. california republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure the votes needed after a total now of six rounds of voting, but, after furious negotiations last night, lots of coffee, new major concessions to his hard line opponents, mccarthy s speaker bid could be showing new signs of life. hard line members who is held out against his speakership are still meeting behind closed doors. these new concessions include what was once a red line for mccarthy. once a red line. agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member to call for a vote to oust a sitting speaker. but even with that concession, it is not clear at this hour if mccarthy will ultimately be able to lock down the votes he needs. do you have a deal with those guys right now? a lot of progress. he s
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