Lines of Transportation Committee will come to order. For the purposes of a hearing. We are here this morning at the full for improving a rail safety and response to the bailment. The witness table. [background noises] [background noises] good morning everyone. They hearing will come to order. On february 3, the town of East Palestine, ohio experience a Hazardous Material event that no community should have to suffer from a Norfolk Southern train carrying Hazardous Materials crash just outside the town 38 cars, more than a quarter of the train was derailed. Plastic pellets for monday drilled cars caught fire engulfed other railcars including five carrying vinyl chloride. After burning for two days, authorities became concerned the vinyl chloride was undergoing a Chemical Reaction that made it bigger and more dangerous. They then initiate a controlled burn of the chloride and five tanks to create greater catastrophe pre2000 residents were forced to evacuate and a eight community was for
congress. plus, the ohio governor is visiting the site of this toxic train derailment in east palestine at this hour just as there s news of another train crash that s killed dozens of people overseas. and tiktok taking what it considers a major step to limit daily screen time for young people. how far does it go? this is what we re watching at this hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. we begin on capitol hill where attorney general merrick garland is testifying before the senate judiciary committee at this hour. he s facing questions on everything from gun violence and social media regulation to the fentanyl crisis and that s just in the first few minutes. he is also expected to be asked about the special counsel investigations into president biden and former president trump and their handling of classified documents and there s more already facing questions about the ongoing investigation into president biden s son hunter that republicans are pushing on. paula reid is
and lucas got a chance to ask him a question, i understand? that s right, one of our colleagues asked him that question. and that meeting just wrapping up just moments ago in this building right behind me, jacqui. he spoke to fox very briefly though. to support the community? like i said, very briefly. fema now supplying a small team to east palestine and we heard from ohio s governor who said hhs and c.d.c. will be deploying officials here as well to set up a small free medical clinic, including toxicologists and medical personnel to treat some victims in town. in a joint statement, ohio s governor and fema saying, quote, fema will supplement federal efforts by deploying a senior response official along with a regional incident management assistance team, support ongoing organizations, including assessments, a potential long-term recovery needs. now, one local resident, kayla miller who lives just three miles south of here, tells us she lost animals on the farm, chicke
just ahead here on cnn newsroom. republican and nikki haley begins her run for for confidene the tests, politicians over 75 years old. could she be targeting president biden? or donald trump? our political analyst weighs in. plus, anger in eastern ohio as residents wonder if this small town is safe after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed. and, later, survivors still being found under the rubble more than a week after a powerful earthquake left parts of turkey and syria devastated. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. but first, we begin with new developments in the investigation into former president donald trump s role in seeking to overturn a 2020 election. cnn has now learned a special counsel has subpoenaed trump s former chief of staff mark meadows, who was witness to trump s actions during the insurrection at the u.s. capitol. cnn s evan perez has more details now from washington. donald trump s former chief of staff
you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary world. you re you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. nikki haley begins her run for competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. could she be target ing presidet biden or form er president donad trump. and later, survivors still being found under the rubble, more than a week after a powerful earthquake left parts of turkey and syria devastated. good to have you with us. the head of the u.s. environmental protection agency is expected to visit east palestine, ohio, in the coming hours, where a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the coming month. two weeks since the disaster, residents wait for answers from officials and the rail company on whether their community is safe. cnn jason carol reports. everybody that came here expected a whole lot more than what we re getting right now. reporter: frustration, anger and unanswered questions in east pales palestine, ohio. the railroad did us