i am alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. breaking news. a cnn exclusive. mark meadows, the former white house chief of staff or donald trump, has been subpoenaed by the special counsel. meadows was in the room for most of the key events on january 6th and the days before. so, more on that in a moment. plus, what is going on with that ohio toxic train derailment? the railroad officials behind that toxic train derailment just backed out of a town hall meeting tonight because of what they say are threats to their employees. but people in the town of east palestine are demanding answers and they say they are getting sick. my kids, are they safe? is the future of this community safe? and another close call on the runway. we are just learning of a jet and a cargo plane almost colliding last month in honolulu. why are these near disasters happening? are we getting less safe in the sky? and on a lighter note, a professional baseball player who walked away from a multi millio
it could take two minutes before the backup car knows to slow down. and so, it becomes the slinky from heck that slammed into the cars that have already stopped. of course we have eight miles trapped in the 21st century. it s called electronic controlled pneumatic brakes. they basically stop every car at once. immediately. much more efficient. and in 2014, the obama administration wanted to make that mandatory. after a bunch of derailments just like this in new jersey. and the industry and norfolk southern fought even though they had put some on their trains and were screaming about the benefits. they said if we put that on our trains, they should be exempt from all other inspections because they re so safe. but they thought it was too expensive to invest in that. do you know if these folks have gotten a response from norfolk southern yet? have they replied? i ve not heard anything on that. i read that they have set up a 1 million dollar fund for the