after a strange of deadly storms barreled through the region, leaving at least six people dead and dozens of others injured we re in a texas community still picking up the pieces. later highway collapse pennsylvania s governor vowing to reopen that busy stretch of interstate 95 through philly within weeks let s begin with the breaking news out of china this morning. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken just departing beijing after that high-stakes meeting with china s president xi jinping. that included the secretary s crucial two-day visit aimed at stabilizing the spiraling relationship between the two countries, upended recently by the downing of a spy balloon and this tense encounter by a chinese fighter plane and a u.s. jet. plus the encounter with military ships. let s discuss with janis mackey frayer in beijing as well as nbc senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell standing by in washington we know the meeting between blinken and xi lasted about 35 minutes,
across the country some experts now warn the perfect storm of troublesis putting the country s national security at risk new inflation numbers this morning were better than expected what it says about where the economy is headed and what it means for your wallet. and right now, toxic smoke is filling the skies over eastern indiana, as a recycling plant burns and thousands are forced to flee how long could that fire keep burning. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments to that breaking news first in eastern indiana, a massive warehouse fire is forcing families to leave their homes, schools are closed maggie vespa is in richmond, iowa the state fire marshal says the smoke is definitely toxic. obviously you re wearing your mask what is the situation, what is the major concern there right now? reporter: of course the biggest concern is basically what could be lingering in the air right now. i want to be clear, we re wearing a mask out of an over
shapiro saying he expects cars along this stretch of i-95 to get back on there in about two weeks. he made that announcement alongside president joe biden in town for a campaign stop the president saying there is no more important project happening right now. this morning the race to get traffic moving on one of the nation s major northeast highways is on. i can state with confidence that we will have i-95 reopened within the next two weeks. reporter: over the weekend, pennsylvania governor josh shapiro vowing to get the job done in record time. the incredible pace coming just over a week since a crucial stretch of interstate 95 in philadelphia collapsed after authorities say a tractor-trailer hauling more than 8,500 gallons of gas flipped over an off-ramp and cost fire. the resulting explosion causing the northbound lanes to buckle and damaged the southbound lanes beyond repair. the initial estimate to reopen
is just an excuse to go in a pub and have a guinness. i hope you get one, mike memoli thank you so much. flames are tearing through central new jersey, a rare but massive wildfire erupted yesterday afternoon in manchester township about 50 miles east of philadelphia a wall of fire with 200 floot flames has forced mandatory evacuations after those flames jumped a major highway as of this morning, authorities say 3,900 acres have burned so far, and the blaze is only 50% contained. we have a new development in the norfolk southern train derailment saga. a tractor-trailer hauling 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil that they took from east palestinian, veered off the side of the road, struck a ditch, and hit a pole, and overturned on a highway in eastern ohio, according to state officials. it s now been more than two months since the derailment brought toxic chemicals and
good morning, we re happy you re with us this morning. welcome to early start , i m zoraida sambolin. we re bringing you the news a to z, get it? big story in d.c., roger clemens to be judged by a different group of people, baseball writers, the men and women who choose the hall of famers after he was acquitted on all of the charges in his perjury trial yesterday. the rocket denying all along he ever used performance enhancing drugs. yesterday his attorney insisted again that his legendary pitching career is not tainted. i hope those in the public that made up their mind before there was a trial will now back up and entertain the possibility of what he has always said, using steroid and hgh is cheating and totally contrary to his entire career. joe johns is live in washington and so, joe, long fight, four years, millions spent. big investigation. big prosecution and i suppose a big headline today a bad two weeks for the doj, first john edwards and now this. it has be