some of their concerns. i want you to take a listen to when he told our ron allen. i also have to say to the folks of east palestine we see them. we hear them. that s why i m here on the ground, and we will hold norfolk southern accountable. reporter: another point of discussion is whether or not a disaster declaration will be declared so perhaps more federal aid can be districted to impacted residents. george, thank you for that update. the epa administrator is willing to talk to the folks there. the railroad wouldn t saying they re worried for their employees safety. look, is there also, though, potentially legal peril in letting them answer questions at a town hall? you could imagine a situation where they re having a meeting with the folks, and their legal department says the upside is not enough given the risks.
nbc s miguel almaguer takes a deeper dive. reporter: the new images inside the murky waters of the north atlantic reveal stunning footage of the titanic. never released before. two and a half miles below the surface, cameras floated past the expansive bow of the ship, peered inside the chief officer s cabin, and glided in the titanic s rust. such discovery and awe remains today when you watch the footage. reporter: in 1986, researchers dove to the titanic s final resting place, capturing details like the ship s chandeliers, the new footage from previous explorations coincides with the 25th anniversary of the block buster film. i m flying. why are people still so fascinated by the wreckage? the drama, the human drama of titanic, this is something that i think sits in the human
western alliance, courtney? reporter: well, according to a white house official she ll have a number of high level meetings including with france s emmanuel macron and germany s olaf scholz and with the leaders of finland and sweden, two countries trying to join nato, decisions they ve made since russia invaded ukraine a year ago. vice president harris addressed this conference almost exactly a year ago on the eve of the russian invasion. at that time she laid out what the u.s. knew about russia s potential plans for that invasion and any potential intelligence that the u.s. could share about how they worried that it could unfold. now, a year later, we will hear a very different speech from her. according to a white house official she ll talk about the resilience of the ukrainian people in the face of this brutal russian invasion and war, and she ll talk about how the u.s. will continue to support the ukrainian people in the face
reporter: yeah, one of the things they re mainly looking to see is if the crane operator, norfolk southern will be held accountable. the epa administrator here on the ground emphasizing that the epa has been here since day one since this derailment using some of their high-tech to monitor things, using things like aerial surveillance, stationary monitoring. the epa administrator noting that they have been inside numerous homes here in this town, and they ve so far surveilled somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 homes, but mind you, as you ve already alluded to, a lot of residents here are finding very little comfort in that as they are starting to report that they are starting to feel sick. they are reporting getting headaches, feeling nausea, getting some burning sensation in the eyes. you add to that that they are noticing some things in their waterways. local creeks are showing up with thousands of dead fish. one of the other things that the administrator pointed out here is that
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