there says it started yesterday in a semi trailer on the site and quickly spread to a building filled with plastics. health officials are urging residents now to evacuate. um these are very fine particles. and if they re breathe, then can cause all kinds of respiratory problems burning in the eyes tightening of the chairs, it could aggravate asthma. ah cause bronchitis and all kinds of things. so we are stressing to the public to honor the evacuation zone. cnn s sanjay gupta is standing by to break down all the possible health risks from this fire. but first , let s go and check in with cnn s omar jimenez, who was on the ground there in richmond, indiana. omar what is the latest about the status of this cleanup effort? yeah i mean, i mean, you can see the fire a little bit behind your the smoke. i should say it s a lot better than it was. but it s still does pose that risk. as the indiana state fire marshal has described with fumes that are def definitely toxic, so it s a lot
that is not as well known benzene. we know more about both in the short term and long term , it can cause people to have headaches. feel confused. it can affect their heart. just like the particulate matter. in severe cases, it can lead to unconsciousness as well. so again, i don t want to unnecessarily alarm people. and as omar mentioned so far, the testing has not shown evidence of this but keep in mind where those toxins potential toxins would be right now, if they are present is near the top of that plume of smoke where it s harder to do that testing. you gotta follow this to see is that start to come down literally down to the ground over time and where most likely falls in some of the lowest lying areas around the community. that testing needs to happen, you know, over the next several days, and even weeks, it could be a long road ahead for the folks living in that community, dr. sanjay gupta and omar jimenez, both of you, thank you very much. and now on to louisville, where inve
from the north. and then the warm air tried to ride on top of that, brianna. 3700 flights as of right now are already canceled. warnings and advisories from mexico all the way to canada. here s the snow here into st. louis. the problem with many areas is it rained, went to sleet and now it s snowing. as you are trying to get rid of the snow, there is a layer of ice on your driveway as you shovel, which was the original ice storm that already happened. yes, the snow is coming. it is still moving northeast into new england, into new york. many areas, indianapolis, to louisville. lexington, kentucky, going to have a significant ice storm there. could be thousands without power. maybe more than that. then the snow finally moves away. tomorrow morning there may be a glaze in new york, new jersey and the tri-state with a slight bit of freezing rain coming through by 8:00 tomorrow morning. could be a real difficult commute across the northeast.
comes back running on the plane and, i mean, yeah, he s in shock at this point. there s just no other way to explain it. john, what was it like after like, getting on this plane and having you guys waited there for, what, you were two hours late, correct? yeah, at least two hours, yeah. i think it s a four-hour drive. they could have driven, you know, to chicago from louisville yeah, to louisville. but what was it like being on this plane after this? i mean, this is unsettling. it is unsettling. i just brought my team back from athens where we were working with refugees so we were all exhausted as it was and so, yeah, it was unsettling. it was a weird flight back. i don t i don t know. you know, there were kids on that flight. there were students. and you think about the fact that it didn t have to get to that point.
months. but there is no question he had a significant role. he was the chairman of his campaign for three months. to say that he was barely involved is just it s hard to imagine that sean spicer could say that with a straight face. jackie, he is flying now, the president to louisville for a campaign rally event. his 2020 campaign is paying for it. a lot of us will be listening closely to see how does he deal with these bombshells today. he is supposed to be there to sell the health care bill. he is there with mitch mcconnell. he is there to push this effort that s going on in the house and later the senate to this major agenda item for republicans across the board. can he stayin on message? will he spend a lot of time talking about today and talking about the fact that the wiretapping as well as the investigation. we ll see how much if he pays a moment to that or whether he ll go on and on which he s