the weekend trail derailment poiseoned an entire town in ohio, the transportation secretary the man in charge of preventing train derailments held a press conference attacking white construction workers because they re the problem. it s 1952. our 80 year old president, meanwhile, 80 years old, he seems convinced it s 1915 and we re all living in rural alabama burning crosses in the front yard of terrified share croppers to amuse ourselves. we don t have tv. biden gave a speech the other day, in 2023, to denounce lynching. as if lynching is still happening in the united states. this all seems a little delusional. so it was with genuine relief that we saw today one of biden s to be cabinet officials janet yellen, sign off her twitter account leave washington and meet with actual flesh and blood human beings who are suffering. and not only did she meet with them, janet yellen brought with her a check for a billion dollars. and we were happy to see that, finally someone from t
what does that mean?ville well, we re gathering new information about this mass killing our own scout. upo we ll have a live update for us . but first, every day, more thani two billion people use a sociale media app called tiktok.r many of them are young people hd under the age of twenty four . if you had kids, you probably know already how tiktok works. u tiktok lets users upload shortpd videos. usually they re under 30 seconds. what s interesting is that the content of these videos varies a lot dependinges upon what country you re in. if you re in china or tiktokchir is headquartered, you tendou li to get more educational content. but if you live in this country, you get an awful lot of filth and propagandaagenda tailored for kids. anna i m not guessing about this. we ran an experiment to prove. it last summer. chinese watch the tick tock. the chinese residents childrena in china get to see is very different from the one your kids are looking at here. now in china, whe
developments this morning following the military s shootdown of the suspected chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi analyzing the pieces of the balloon as china sends a warning to the white house. our team is covering this story from multiple angels. plus, new details on that train derailment that sparked a massive fire in eastern ohio. officials now saying train cars contained hazardous materials. the latest on that cleanup effort. and the fbi offering a $25,000 reward for information about the attacks on two power substations. why officials say these stations are increasingly being targeted by extremist groups. and could artificial intelligence soon put us all out of work? you may want to polish your resumé. it s all ahead on cnn this morning. we are starting another week and we are grateful to have you. it is sunday, february 5th. thanks so much for waking up with us. amara, i don t think as much attention has been paid to a balloon since tha
welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. great to be with you. i m boris sanchez. several new developments following the military s shootdown of that suspected chinese spy balloon off a south carolina coast. the fbi now analyzing that wreckage as china sends a warning to the white house. our team coverage from this story is looking at multiple angles this morning. also, we have new details out of ohio on it that train derailment that sparked a massive fire. officials are saying the cars contained hazardous materials and the cleanup is underway. plus, banned by association. how facial recognition software is being used to keep some fans out of madison square garden. why some say this is a slippery slope. plus, the proposal that could soon cut major cities off from the colorado river. that s just ahead on cnn this morning. most of you are waking up to a much warmer weekend morning. it is sunday, everyone, february 5th. thank you so much for waking up with
ohio has left a town on edge, fearing for their health and their livelihoods. tonight the residents of east palestine question the people in power. ohio governor mike dewine. all we can do is give people the facts. as we test, we ll tell people exactly what we find. norfolk southern ceo. we will be here today. we will be tomorrow. and we will be here five years from now. we will not leave this community behind. it is the first televised town hall where residents share their stories. all i know is our town needs help. and demand the truth. good evening and welcome to our cnn town hall on the cnn train disaster. tonight we will facilitate a communication between a community demanding accountability and the leaders charged with keeping them safe. in studio with me here are some of the residents of east palestine, ohio, joined by their neighbors along the ohio-pennsylvania border. they have spent the last 19 days frightened and frustrated after a hazardous derailm