the train that derailed yesterday near springfield, ohio. the derailment of another norfolk southern freight train prompted a temporary shelter in place for nearby residents, and cnn s polo sandoval joins me now. polo, we re getting some new wrinkles of information about what was on that train yesterday. very interesting. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, jim. in the last couple of hours, we heard from an initial at norfolk southern, who is the owner and operator of the train that derailed in springfield, ohio, yesterday afternoon, confirming that the train was transporting hazardous material. however, that it was not on train cars that derailed. roughly 20 of the 212 train cars that were going south from northern ohio down to birmingham ended up leaving the tracks. officials there saying this accident happened in an area that does not have any protected water source. and most importantly, according to the state s epa director, that there was no release of any sort of c
Strike by the us on syria. We will get the inside track on how facebook is stepping up the fight against fake news and the rest of the weeks big tech stories including a story on tesla. Talking of fa ke including a story on tesla. Talking of fake news its currently a hot topic so today we want to know which stories have caught you out and how did you realise . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbc biz live. A warm welcome to the programme. The us president has been holding his first face to face meeting with his chinese counterpart. Trade and north korea were supposed to be at the top of the agenda but the summit has been overshadowed by the us carrying out missile strikes on Syrian Government air bases. Those were in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack this week. In florida, donald trump said discussions with xi had been long and he was confident they would develop a great relationship. They are the leaders of the worlds two biggest economies and they have been expected to
supporting donald trump. that was notable, if he s the gop nominee. listen to what he had to say. well, i think we ll have better choices, and i really trust republican voters to sort it out. yeah, that s not really committing to supporting trump. what did you think of that, olivia? well, i think you know, the reality is that is where the republican party is. like stephanie said, i don t discount trump. he is the front-runner. i think pence is hoping, hey, i m a better choice. the choice is me. and i strongly believe that he will run. but i think the reality is that the past victory there in the republican lane is very narrow for these other candidates outside of trump. and i think the republican party needs to decide whether they re willing to support someone else and really back that candidate. and i guess i want to ask you
his closest competitor, ben carson is 22% in nevada and south carolina. trump doubles him 36% to 18%. bob, is it time to begin saying that donald trump may be in this for the long haul and may be the party s nominee? i ve said for a long time, you can t discount trump. somebody that s got money like that. and somebody that s got the chutzpah that he s got and can take the political action out of a room. but having said, people forget their history. populists has been around since william jennings brown. you see it coming up in every two or three cycles where somebody like ross perot makes a big hit. i think the trump and ben carson and fiorina are populist in the sense, with the definition, they ve intrigued a lot of people. the question is what is going to start happening when they start answering questions.