Subcommittee will come to order. Ranking member whitaker, colleagues and guests, welcome to the first hearing of the subcommittee on chemical safety, Wastey Management and Screen Irmtel Justice and regulatory oversight in the 117th congress. Todays hearing will explore critical issues of environmental justice and adverse impacts on atrisk communities. Its fitting that these important issues are the subject of our first hearing as just earlier in yearr the Term Environmentalee Justice was add to the name of the subcommittee, highlighting the Growingng Awareness of and public conversation around environmental justice in america. As climate changene ravages our country and our planet, from the 80 fires burning across 13 states, the biggest Bootleg Fire in my Home State of oregon, coastal communitiesnf confronti flooding, theor ever more frequt powerful destructive storms, we cannot ignore the fact that whilenc we all feel its effects the worst consequences of pollution and the ravages of
Happening again . With the u. S. Out of afghanistan, what are the Terror Risks . From Al Qaeda to isisk. And authorities at home who now warn the greatest Terror Threat may come from right here. Martha raddatz and Pierre Thomas live from the Pentagon And Justice department. And the coronavirus tonight. President biden doubling down on his Vaccine Mandate that will affect up to 100 Million americans, including federal workers, companies with 100 workers or more, and healthcare workers, too. Rachel scott asking the president about republicans threatening to sue. The president s response tonight. The u. S. Now reporting about 140,000 new cases a day and more than 1,100 covid deaths every 24 hours. Tonight, there is also major news from the cdc, the new studies on Vaccine Efficacy. Which vaccine performs best at keeping people out of the hospital . Dr. Jha standing by to answer your questions tonight. Overseas, a second Rt Cchar Flight now leaving afghanistan. Americans among the passenger
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president trump. his lawyers take part in a meeting at the department of justice. the special counsel could be getting closer to a decision on an indictment. plus, scrambled jets, a not sowic boom and now a mystery. what led to a mid air scare over washington, d.c. and a fatal plane crash with four people aboard. a grisly scene now leaving investigators with few clues. and a cnn exclusive. ukraine sabotaged agents inside russia. secret cells orchestrating attacks, armed with drones given to them by kyiv even as the u.s. officially says it doesn t support these attacks. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. we are following major developmentes into the investigation of donald trump. lawyers for the former president just finished a meeting at the justice department. this is video from just moments ago showing trump s attorneys as they left the building after an extensive face to face with doj officials.