the future of their community after the toxic train derailment. it has up ended life in the quiet town of east palestine. as health workers scramble to open medical clinics to help those affected by the disaster, biden administration is facing growing backlash for a response critics say too little too late. whether it s a growing pattern of the administration ignoring concerns of middle america and mollie hemingway with sound off. the scene a lot of americans woke up to, america reports with president biden making a dramatic visit to ukraine s capital city before that country marks one year since putin invaded. good afternoon from new york city, on this president s day, i m bill hemmer and jacqui, good to be with you. good to be with you, too, bill. john and sandra have the day off. the president s risky trip to the war zone was in secret due to security services. air raid sirens sounded above, his meeting with president zelenskyy to show continued support. bill: it
derailment have been prevented? if so, how? the answer to that question will eventually come from the ntsb, which is currently investigating the crash, but we can and should take a look at the conditions of rail freight across this country and the allegations that across the industry safety is being sacrificed for profit. we spoke with one 40-plus year veteran railroader and certified accident investigator who told us what happened in east palestine was the logical outcome of precision schedules railroading. and that without change it will happen again. we re going to explain what that means in a moment with greg reagan, the president of the transportation trades department of aflcio. it s important to understand the operating conditions because the crash itself is becoming a political football. donald trump is touring the derailment site, and the mayor of east palestine who told us on this show the other day that he didn t want president biden to visit because the security d
got one. that s what you ve got. you need a leader who s going to understand and works for you. let me tell you, i think you co should hire her. thanks for your time. ana cabrera right now. hello. great to have you with us. i m ana cabrera in new york, and we re following several major stories unfolding this hour. president biden is campaigning in the swing state of pennsylvania where a critical senate race is getting tighter and tighter. the president hopes to boost democratic senator nominee who plans to talk about infrastructure next to branl that collapsed earlier this year. meantime a shakeup with america s closest ally, prime minister liz truss announcing her resignation after 44 days in office. she ll become the shortest serving prime minister in british history. a country wrestling with a deeply troubled economy. and will there be another mar-a-lago search? sources tell cnn former president donald trump may go along with a supervised search of its mar-a-lago p
of an official event to tout a legislative accomplishment. sitting in the front row behind me was lieutenant governor john fetterman. he is of course going to be participating in another event separately with the president later in philadelphia. now, there have been a lot of questions about the president and how he has been spending his time leading up to the midterms and the fact that as you pointed out, victor, he hasn t been doing a lot of sort of rallies and separate events with some of the most vulnerable democrats, but we are seeing how the white house has been making sort of the best political use, they think, of the president. that is to talk about these kinds of legislative accomplishments and to really sort of set the tone for what he believes the democrats have been able to achieve, and the other important piece of this is of course raising money. they think he has been good at that, that has certainly been very helpful for the party. all right, mj lee, traveling
The federal government has closed railroad crossings in two Texas border towns, raising concerns about the potential impact on cross-border trade and American consumers. Customs and Border Protection announced Sunday that it would temporarily stop railroad operations in Eagle Pass and El Paso starting Monday. It did not say how long rail operations would be paused.