president, not george w. bush, his father. i m christine romans, this is early start. just hours from now, transportation secretary pete buttigieg heads to the site of that train derailment in east palestine, ohio. buttigieg under pressure as residents and critics worry about the toxic chemicals. alex shaw faced some of that head on in a cnn town hall last night. i m 65 years old, diabetic, hearts disease, everything. did you shorten my life? i want to retire and enjoy it. how are we going to enjoy it? you burned me. we were going to sell our house. our value went jim, thank you for those comments. i hear you. i m terribly sorry that this has happened to this community. what i can do and what i will do is make it right. we ll get the cleanup right. we re going to reimburse the citizens, we ll invest in the long term health of this community. miguel marquez has more from east palestine. reporter: a massive effort under way to clean up creeks and water flowing in an
that could take place in april or may. on wednesday, the russian leader vladimir putin said that the relationship with china was reaching new milestones. and wanting to double town on t that sentiment, they said it stands the test of the changes in the international climate.to that sentiment, they said it stands the test of the changes in the international climate. and it is under a lot of sdrut any. wednesday we heard from the pentagon spokeswoman saying that they are warning china of consequences if china proceeds with giving lethal support to russia during this campaign in ukraine. china has repeatedly pushed back and countered those allegations, but the fact is ever since russia invaded ukraine, china and russia have been moving closer together economically through the purchases of russian energy, even more transactions taking place inside russia. large scale military drills taking place, one taking place right now this week and also
Politics should not affect the right of athletes to participate in international competitions, so there is no reason to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the Olympic Games