to the crash site covered in dangerous debris. this is what it looks like and still in the cleanup process in ohio. nearly a month since the norfolk southern freight train derailed in east palestine. it carried hazardous material and overturned spilling toxic and possibly cancerous chemicals into this town. the epa handed norfolk southern the cleaning bill. epa is going to 600 doors knocking on doors and talking with residents about health concerns that continue to grow here. right now the agency insists the air quality is normal. i continue to be pleased that there have been no exceedenss for air quality standards and outdoor air quality remains normal. officials are sending the soil to epa approved dump sites around ohio. even with some of that cleanup underway residents are worried
that the house was moving that there would be damage, and she is beginning the damage, jim. you look there and it is a long cleanup process and we forget that in the wake of these. thank you, ed lavandera. and the u.s. is warning china that there are real costs ahead if it gives russia weapons in the wake of this war with ukraine. and so in the talks the with beijing, they are laying out the stakes and the consequences, and sources have said that washington has new evidence that china is considering providing russia with drones and ammunition. kylie atwood is at the state department with more. ky kylie, does the u.s. have a strategy where they make public intelligence at least it seems to influence china before it makes a decision, and does the u.s. know how close china is going forward this is not really.
there for the moment. and the u.s. is warning china that it is going to face stiff consequences if beijing goes ahead to give weapons including drones and ammunition to russia for the ongoing invasion of ukraine. this is two ukrainian worker were killed amid a fresh wave of russian attacks. and we have the late west the storms overnight. at least seven tornadoes touching down in oklahoma. we have ed lavandera in norman which is south of oklahoma city. you been doing a good job this morning to showing people what it looks like in the wake of one these, and tell us what you are seeing now? well, the sun is up, and the residents here are beginning to go through the neighborhood, assess the damage and begin the cleanup process, but you can see the magnitude of the car, and
rough night for the residents of oklahoma, who watched this fast-moving storm line blow through and rip across the state. 12 people injured. the good news is, no deaths being reported. and the various storms that were dropping out of the sky throughout much of the night. we are in norman, oklahoma. this is where one of the confirmed tornadoes touched down. the sun is out. residents are now starting to come out of their homes or come back into the neighborhood to begin the cleanup process and to really kind of assess the magnitude of the damage here. and you can see just how ferocious the winds and the debris flying through the air, smashing car windows, this piece of plywood stuck in the tree was ripped off of a home, somewhere around here. and it is just stunning to see the site, in many of these homes, there s cars flipped over a few blocks away from where we were. we were just at one house a little while ago that had the entire back part of the house ripped off. the refrigerator was
backyard. just, you know, stunning sights. and this was a neighborhood that took a direct hit from this tornado that touched down here in the norman, oklahoma, area, just south of the oklahoma city area. but this is a storm line, jim, as you mentioned, that really kind of started in the texas panhandle and blew through the state last night. it was moving incredibly quickly. you talk about the wind. there was 114-mile-per-hour wind gust measured in the texas panhandle town of memphis, texas. and all of that system moving through here. so it was a treacherous, dangerous night for many people here, as they are beginning the cleanup process. and of course, this is a rare outbreak of tornadoes in february. this is the kind of scene and site that people here in oklahoma are used to seeing in late april, in may, perhaps into early june. but this is just kind of the way things are right now, when it comes to these weather patterns, the intensity and the ferociousness of the storm is still very