we need to hurry up, we need the speed. ukraine s president urging kiev s allies to speed up stands at a brace themselves. and a tense court appearance for the former police officer puts charged in the fatal beating of tyre nichols. his mother saying the defendant to say refuse to look her in the eye. plus nearly two weeks after the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, you ll hear from a survivor who says his young daughter helped keep him alive. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with paula nissan. few hours from now, u.s. vice president kamala harris is expected to deliver a major speak is the munich security conference where russia s invasion of ukraine is of course, dominating the agenda, the u.s. has been a big supplier of weapons and equipment to ukraine and harris is leading a large american delegation to the conference friday, she met with french president emmanuel macron who said europe s stability depends on beating ukraine. and they re meet
casting ballots for one of nine people running for mayor, but it could be weeks before we find out who wins. growing fears in east palestine, ohio. the head of the epa is there now taking questions directly from residents who say they will caught in a political fight. the gang of eight getting its first briefing on classified documents. found at the properties of joe biden, donald trump and mike pence. what they will and won t be able to find out. and a rare live report from inside russian occupied crimea. a critical area russia annexed back in 2014. ukraine s president says the war will not end until his country gets it back. our nbc reporters are across the globe following all of the latest developments. we start with nbc s chief international correspondent, keir simmons, in crimea. you re the first western journalist to enter since the invasion. talk to us about what you re seeing and finds out. reporter: there s a lot of talk about crimea, that russia and ukraine will
there s no way around it, that s just the best one. believe me, i ve tried it every which way, and it really doesn t get better than pete butt. but this would have never happened under my administration. people are saying i made the trains less safe. not true, okay? not true. i did a lot for trains. i made them bigger, faster, less safe perhaps, but yeah, perhaps you did. perhaps. saturday night live s take on donald trump s recent trip to east palestine, ohio. meanwhile, president joe biden says he doesn t have plans to visit the town devastated by the train disaster, and we ll have his comments on why. plus, the first lady seems to have given away the president s plans for 2024. we ll play for you what she said. also ahead, a weekend of deadly russian strikes in ukraine brings more attention to the debate over supplying ukrainian forces with fighter jets. and a new report from the department of energy on the origins of covid. good morning. welcome to morn
following a train derailment 12 days ago in ohio. hazardous chemicals contaminating air and water. some people are getting sick and some animals are dying. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom i m dana perino. bill is off today. good morning, john. john: i m john roberts. complex environmental disaster and many questions still unanswered. folks have been allowed to return to their homes. serious safety fears remain despite assurances the air is safe to breathe and concerns are spreading about the potential impact on the water supply as a plume of pollution spilled into the ohio river flows toward the mississippi. i think the residents have every reason to be concerned. we ll continue to dig. that s the importance of these testings, testing the water, testing the air. i know hundreds of tests have been conducted but still residents are reporting things that have to be answered. dana: we re covering this story from all angles. emily lives nearby and felt the effe