welcome to cnn tonight. is it possible the u.s. shot down a hobby balloon or that the u.s. new something and said nothing. plus trains have become less safe. tonight we ll talk about the rollback of regulations that allow them to carry more hazardous material through all of our neighborhoods, just as they did through east palatine, ohio, causing that toxic spill. very hard to believe there is a particular path that can cause harm small community. and with smart home technology, are you the boss of your home, or is your home the boss of you? tonight i ll speak to one man whose smart home locked him inside without the code to get out. you might think you control your own heat and lights and ring cameras, but think again. we have natasha alford, l.v. granderson, josh barrow, and thanks so much for spending friday night with me. great to have you guys here. okay. let s start. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is missing a balloon tonight. it is missing
good morning, top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom i m erica hill. i m jim sueciutto. the head of the epa is headed to ohio two weeks after a train derailment that leaked chemicals into the air and the ground and the water. why are people getting sick? everybody that came here the rail company norfolk southern abruptly pulled out of last night s town hall, citing security concerns we ll go live to east palestine in a moment. standing by for news out of georgia this morning. the fulton county district attorney is expected to release parts of a special grand jury report on former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it is expected what will be released will be concerns that the panel had about witnesses lying under oath. we are monitoring that. we ll bring you those details as soon as it s released. let s begin in east palstein ohio. residents demanding answers in the wake of that train wreck. they packed a town hall meeting. railroad o
people we are hesitant whether we should open the barricade that we set up in the room. open it. get the. [ beep ] out! that s what was happening as all going on. it was horrific. some people lived through it once. others more than once. sadly, we ll talk to some of those people. it s unbelievable to think, is it the cop or someone that i should be worried about? is it a threat? yeah. so, good morning, everyone. poppy is on assignment. lots of questions, right? what would you do in that situation during a mass shooting? dozens of michigan state students barricaded in their classroom when there was a knock on the door, was it the police or the killer? yet again, president biden demanding action on guns to stop the bloodshed. why did the gunman have a pistol if he already been arrested for a felony gun charge? great question. we ll look into it further in the show. also this morning, the race for the 2024 gop presidential nomination is about to get a start with ni
good morning everyone. welcome, caitlyn is off. anger fear and frustration at last night s cnn town hall. a railroad ceo coming face-to-face with residents after a toxic train wreck released a toxic chemicals in their town. and a tv journalist shot and killed at a murder scene when learn about the shooting spree that left three day including a child. and the grand jury investigating donald trump is going deeper into his circle. but we begin with the train disaster in east palestine, ohio. and pete buttigieg is going to the scene. just hours from now federal investigators are expected to release their preliminary report as to why the train derailed and burst into an inferno. cnn analysts the video of the train leading up to the wreck. sparks flying from the wheels indicate they may have been overheating and the train slowed down dramatically but kept going for 20 miles before going off the rails. it raises the question, did the engineer realize something was wrong? and in
good friday morning to you. so solemn day of news today, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. today the nation will see exactly what happened to 29-year-old tyre nichols during a violent encounter with police in memphis, tennessee. the injuries he sustained during that traffic stop ultimately leading to his death, and some of those videos, including those from police body cameras, have been described as appalling, horrific and inhumane. right now five memphis police officers have been fired, charged with several felonies, including second-degree murder. this morning a remarkable one on cnn, cnn s don lemon spoke exclusively with memphis police chief c.j. davis revealing extensive new details about what you are going to see in the videos that will be released later today. the two meticulously walking through what led up to the traffic stop and remaining questions about that, the beating and the arrest of tyre nichols. also the ongoing investigations into the officers respo