welcome to bbc news i m lisa marie misztak, our top stories. the bbc hears from two leaders, on opposing sides, of the war in ukraine. president zelensky warns neighbouring belarus against helping russia launch a new offensive. it will be big mistake, for him and for belarussia, it will be a historical mistake. but belarus leader, alexander luckoshenko tells foreign journalists he would be prepared to allow his territory to be used again for any new invasion. translation: yes, i m ready. you say invasion, we have different views of this. i m ready to provide territory again. in other news, the state of ohio asks washington forfederal support after a train derailment releases toxic chemicals into the air, soil and water.
welcome to bbc news i m lisa marie misztak, our top stories. the bbc hears from two leaders, on opposing sides, of the war in ukraine. president zelensky warns neighbouring belarus against helping russia launch a new offensive. it will be big mistake, for him and for belarussia, it will be a historical mistake. but belarus leader, alexander luckoshenko tells foreign journalists he would be prepared to allow his territory to be used again for any new invasion. translation: yes, i m ready. you say invasion, we have different views of this. i m ready to provide territory again. in other news, the state of ohio asks washington forfederal support after a train derailment
here on the state of ohio and i ve not didn t follow the hearings today. so. how is the community in east palestine doing with that derailment and the chemical situation? they re doing well. you know, we had so many volunteers. the fire department that is made up of almost all volunteers did a phenomenal job. we had the national guard come in to be of assistance as well as the highway patrol. but people just rallied together and the end of the story, it s not over, but people were able to go back in their houses yesterday and, you know, i worked with my friend across the line in pennsylvania, you know, the governors and i talked a lot because a lot of the people affected were in pennsylvania. and i think it was a good a great effort by a lot of people. and things look good. this thing could have turned out
at 10:00 p.m. who knows what will happen at 10:00 p.m. you have to be willing. if you re a member of congress, you re elected by your representatives not to come with your personal feelings. we like the sausage. sometimes we don t like seeing how it s made. for the concerns of the country, your district, that s what you have to be focused on. martha: i ll tell you one thing, people have gotten to know about congress and coming to feel things differently. it has shed a lot of light on the sausage making and people may understand it better. thanks, representative perry. they re about to do the final count on the floor here for the 13th round. and we will get the tally guys, maybe you can tell me if the clerk has read the numbers or about to. the honorable jim jordan from the state of ohio has received six. no member elect having received the majority of the votes cast,
0 heroic law enforcement officers. as congressman bennie thompson said, a man of honor himself eloquently said about these officers, he said you held the line that day and what was on the line was our democracy and history will remember your names. history will remember your names. they ll remember your courage, they ll remember your bravery. they ll remember your extraordinary commitments to your fellow americans. it s not hyperbole. it s a fact. it s a fact. folks, history will also remember your instincts to respond to do something as you did. as we all watched, all america watched it. watched it on television and saw it repeated and repeated. the past months we ve heard you testify to the nation about what happened that day. what you were thinking of at the time it was happening, what you re thinking now, the threats, the violence, the savageness of what happened. the trauma. all real. it s not exaggeration to say america owes you, owes you all. i really mean this. a debt a debt