ice and snow and conditions not seen in some spots in 30 years. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start in east palestine, ohio, where the fallout from that toxic train wreck starts to get messier by the hour and i don t just mean the cleanup under way right now and testing water, air and soil for dangerous chemical. the biden administration is now promising to make norfolk southern, the train operator, pay for every cent of the cleanup process and possibly even more. but the small town near the ohio pennsylvania border has also become a focal point of the political universe. today former president donald trump visited east palestine blasting the biden administration for what he is calling a lack of response to the crisis. this comes just after the city s mayor on monday attacked president biden for visiting ukraine but not the site of the derailment. that was a biggest slap in
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blizzard. we know it was a very high number that continues to get lower in terms of homes without power. but with those temperatures, that is how we saw this get so deadly. even though the snow totals were less, it was so much colder. negative 20-degree windchills which meant a large number of people who were found dead were either outside or stuck inside a home that didn t have heat or stuck inside of their vehicles. that is something that is on the minds and weighing heavily on crews as they re working on the cleanup process here. they re looking ahead to the weekend. temperatures are beginning to warm up. we re expecting temps in the 40s and 50s. we re seeing snow melting as we approach temperatures in the high 30s. with the high temperatures they re expecting a very fast snowmelt and some rain this weekend. we know flooding is the next major concern. back to you. our thanks to marissa parra. concerns about the health of
used to. tz we are among the best in dealing with snowy conditions, but this is not normal the storm in november was historic for our community and this 2022 blizzard perhaps the worst storm that buffalo has seen in over 50 years. and some people are saying might be the worst storm in recorded ri thank you for being with us we wish everybody there a lot of luck as you continue the cleanup process. still ahead this hour, counting down to a decision on title 42 just how quickly could the supreme court take up the closely watched immigration rule and what would it mean for the growing number of migrants stuck in limbo in a very cold el paso, texas. later, brand new jaw-dropping admissions on the record by a gop representative-elect santos accused of lying about his