On down to wharton, they say. We can use every hand. Reporter martin savidge, thank you very much. And thanks to you for joining us. Our breaking News Coverage continues now with ac 360. Houston. A week after Hurricane Harvey came ashore, the reminders that this is not over keep coming and theres a new one that just happened. Explosions and a massive fire at the Chemical Plant 25 miles northeast of houston. It began with flooding, followed by a power outage, and the equipment to keep explosive chemicals cool shut down. Early yesterday morning came the first fire. Late today, a large explosion, followed by the large fire that has thankfully died down again. For obvious reasons, cnns brian todd is not here but joins us with the latest. What do we know exactly about this fire . Reporter we can tell you that officials have told us for
most of this week they expect that incidents like this to occur and they just posted a statement moments ago saying that the redundant Refrigeration Systems
for nine days, russian forces have surrounded this southeastern city. tens of thousands have been trapped under heavy artillery strikes. humanitarian aid can t get in either, and there have been continued reports of no running water, heating, and food running low. the temperature outside is below zero, but people are happy because they have snow and the possibility to collect some snow and to melt it to water. fighting has continued across ukrainian cities. in chernihiv to the north, two steady hands and a bottle of water used to diffuse an unexploded bomb. in kyiv, army chiefs claim they ve launched counter strikes against invading troops on the outskirts of the city, taking out a number of tanks. the capital is russia s ultimate prize, and they re said to be still very much focused on surrounding it. but, still, only one major city has fallen to invading forces in this war. a conflict that is getting
the picture of what s happening to people there has been brought into sharp focus. authorities say three people have been killed and 17 injured after this children s and maternity hospital was heavily shelled by russian troops a move condemned by world leaders, including ukraine. translation: war is never isolated. it always hits both the victim and the aggressor. only the aggressor realises it later, but he always does, and always suffers. moscow claims what it calls ukrainian nationalists had set up firing positions in the hospital. for nine days, russian forces have surrounded this southeastern city. tens of thousands have been trapped under heavy artillery strikes. humanitarian aid can t get in either, and there have been continued reports of no running water, heating, and food running low. the temperature outside is below zero, but people are happy
evacuation route out of the city of mariupol has failed. the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs claims russian shelling ended plans to get people out and badly needed aid in. 200,000 people are stuck in that city alone, surrounded and cut off, no power, no running water, food running low. in the capital of kyiv where they re bracing for a huge fight, thousands of people have been coming into the city, escaping russia s relentless attack on its suburban areas. my feeling is that i m afraid about tomorrow, not now. i m worried about tomorrow. what s the next day. what s our future here. our families, our businesses, here. i have lived a good life. i don t know what s my future, what s going to happen. hundreds of checkpoints have been built across the capital with sandbags, concrete barriers and stacked tires. also in the capital, ukrainian
she told me she heard the bombs drop last night. she knows friends of hers that lost their homes in that attack, and to wake up to news of a cease-fire, she didn t believe it. she said if she left she was worried russians would use it as a provocation to attack her. so she was staying put, despite ukrainians saying that the cease-fire is holding and evacuations are under way. just an example of the uncertainty and terror facing ordinary ukrainians trapped in these cities. another woman said she ran out of food, ran out of water and power. she reached a point where she knew if she stayed there, she was going to die. she decided to run for it with five others. they managed to get out, but she doesn t know where she s going next or what to do. as you point out, 2 million of these stories and counting out there. it is the largest refugee crisis