facing tough questions over the railway company s safety practices in the wake of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, and now he has explaining to do before congress. shaw has apologized more than once for derailment, and he has said that the company is making changes, and they will do right by the people of east palestine. and let s get to the testimony from washington. and sunlen, what have you heard so far? some frustration from the residents of east palestine, but we did hear from the ceo of norfolk southern, and the company and the person who has specifically had so much criticism in the aftermath of this train derailment, and we have heard from mr. shaw. he said that he is deeply sorry of what happened, and he promised to see this through, to get it right for the residents there, and he said point-blank, it is clear that the safety mechanisms that we had in place were not enough. this is more of what he had to say. i am determined to make this right. norfo
there are people [inaudible] [applause] neil: you guessed it, tempers are not easing right now, in fact, they were flaring this week in east palestine, ohio, where norfolk southern ceo alan shaw skipped this town hall. a company representative was there, he became more of a piñata. meanwhile, shaw himself is going to be facing senate questions on wednesday, but what about residents who want their questions answered like today, like now, like soon, like please? we ll talk to a concerned citizen who was at that town hall. and the national transportation safety board chair who says this whole cast was 100% preventable. jennifer holliday is here and only here. plus, forget the grand old party, is president biden s own party revolting on his promise to raise taxes in a new budget plan to be released next week? we ll hear from key democratic senator joe manchin who says you can t tax your way out of this debt. and dangerous storms wreaking havoc across the u.s. at least 10 are d
carrying on his climate agenda, despite the supreme court ruling that curbs the powers of the environmental protection agency. and we re live from the weather center on what could be a rocky start for travelers this fourth of july holiday weekend aloss the u.s. we begin in ukraine, where a weapon is starting to gain action on the battlefield. ukraine has used the rocket launchers to take out russian command posts and other targets. four of those systems are in ukraine with four more on their way. meanwhile, president zelensky is accusing russia of terrorism, following missile strikes on a residential area near odesa. he says no one should buy russia s usual spins on attacks like this one. here he is. translator: three missiles hit a residential building, where no one hit weapons, military equipment or ammunition, as russian propaganda and officials tell about such strikes. i emphasize, this is a deli deliberate, purposeful russian terror, not a mistake or an accidental
uber drivers in the uk will be classed as workers, not self employed, with big implications for global employment rights. and the 99 year old duke of edinburgh returns home to windsor, after a month in hospital he s said to be in good spirits. sweden and latvia are the latest eu member states to suspend use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, following concerns about possible side effects. france, germany, spain and italy have all said they re awaiting the conclusions of an investigation by the european medicines agency, which are due on thursday. but the agency has already said today there s no indication that the astrazeneca vaccine causes side effects such as blood clots. our medical editor fergus walsh has more details. this vaccine saves lives, of that there is no doubt. and yet in the middle of a pandemic, with thousands dying every day in europe from covid. germany, france, italy, more than a dozen eu countries have temporarily suspended using the astrazeneca jab.
and the duke of edinburgh returns home and is said to be in good spirits. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with harrowing testimony from one community in syria, one of the many shattered by the conflict, which started a decade ago this week. tens of thousands had taken to the streets, calling for change. the government tried to crush the protests and the country descended into civil war. the united nations estimates more than 250,000 people have died in syria s conflict, although the true number could be much higher. at least 6.2 million syrians have been forced from their homes. another 5.7 million have left the country, and, now, a decade on, after all the bloodshed, president bashar al assad is still in power. in aleppo in 2013, iqra school was bombed by a fighterjet. some children were killed instantly. 0thers died of their injuries in the days and weeks that followed. a bbc panorama team were filming nearby when the attack happened.