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and new hope in saving off the debt default. and disney now scrapping plans for a new billion dollar campus in florida. did the war with ron desantis have anything to do with it. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday. i m christine romans. we begin with president biden and other world leaders unveiling tough new sanctions against russia at the g7 summit in japan. and they will be joined by president zelenskyy making a surprise trip halfway around the world to speak at the g7 in person kevin liptak is live on the ground. what more do we know? reporter: a source telling me that the ukrainian president zelenskyy will be making his way here. and i ve been told that that will be on sunday that he is meeting face-to-face with these other world leaders. and certainly he wouldn t be making this dramatic visit if he didn t think that there was something real to be gained in meeting these leaders face-to-face. certainly he will be ma ....
this train was almost 1.8 miles long and had 158 cars, 38 cars ultimately had derailed. 11 were containing hazardous material and there were some five toxic chemicals on board, including vinyl chloride. that s the one that has a lot of folks worried right now because even though it s colorless and you almost wouldn t know it or sense it or smell it, some can. and that was the one that would have normally alerted people along a path of the train carrying it that you ve got a train coming into town that s carrying it. now, there are different interpretations of the laws and requirements around that. be that as it may, norfolk southern has promised to provide whatever help the town needs. better that and million dollars has been distributed thus far and we don t know the details of that, but more money was coming. a lot of lawyers, some of whom i have been talking to, who are pondering class action suits saying that s a drop in the bucket with the obligation that norfolk s ....
my fellow americans, enough. enough. it is time for each of us to do our part. it is time to act for the children we lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry, let s meet the moment, let us finally do something. president issued several proposals including a ban on assault weapons, or at least raising the age to purchase them to 21. expanded background checks, new rules for safely storing weapons, new red flag laws, repealing the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability, and addressing mental health. his speech came at a night when democrats on the house committee passed a string of proposals that have little to no chance of getting passed republicans in the senate. this morning, the teacher falsely blamed for leaving a back door propped open ahead of the mass shooting at robb elementary school is speaking out. amelia marin says the accusations left her second guessing herself and feeling alone. cnn s om ....
were like, you know, this princess leia is a dud. let s give the emperor another shot. welcome to morning joe. you don t understand that, do you? nope. yeah, okay. november 7th. we ll have a lot to get to. something with star wars, right? thank you for saying it. there it is. i was worried she d say star trek. thank goodness she said star wars. ongoing confusion of those franchises, frankly, is unforgivable, star wars and star trek. mika, we can t have it. oh, really? before we get to the start of this, also unforgivable. i ll give him a lightsaber for christmas. that d be great. a little lightsaber light for the corner of the room. for the studio. also unforgivable for jets fans, willie, the situation at quarterback. it gets no better. in fact, much, much worse. yeah. they lost last night. i guess it was too late for the tabloids, but, yeah, lost 27-6. no offense to speak of. it is a shame. they have a great defense, but they r ....
the middle east. we begin with breaking news on the israel-hamas war. here s what s new at this hour. right now, thousands are gathering in washington d.c. to protest the war, and call for a cease-fire. we will have a live report from there in just a moment for you. secretary of state, antony blinken repeats calls for a humanitarian pause in israel s retaliation in gaza. but israeli prime minister met benjamin netanyahu says no, unless it s tied to the release of hostages. there are increasing reports of attacks on palestinians, and the occupied west bank, carried out by israeli soldiers and settlers, and the u.s. is advising all americans to leave lebanon now, fearing escalations in the war. and the idf has released this new video that it says shows soldiers attacking tunnels along the gaza strip. arab leaders meeting with secretary blinken in jordan today, joining the call for humanitarian pause, echoed by thousands protesting on the streets of london again today. and ....