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president, not george w. bush, his father. im christine romans, this is "early start." just hours from now, transportation secretary pete buttigieg heads to the site of that train derailment in east palestine, ohio. buttigieg under pressure as residents and critics worry about the toxic chemicals. alex shaw faced some of that head on in a cnn town hall last night. >> im 65 years old, diabetic, hearts disease, everything. did you shorten my life? i want to retire and enjoy it. how are w...

transportation secretary pete buttigieg will visit that ohio train derailment site one day after donald trump. "the lead" starts right now. big names descend on a small town, east palestine, ohio, the scene of that toxic train wreck. norfolk southern vows to help but critics know how much the company is giving victims versus company investors for stock buybacks. plus after the speeches and fanfare, ukraine left with the realities of war. >> do you have any idea how many bodies you ha...

Now is the time for shorter trains, more crew members and better braking systems, proposed rules advocates say were rolled back by the trump administration or killed by lawmakers. >> when they are anare able to back on common sense safety regulations because it will improve their bottom line, this is the kind of thing that we end up with. >> reporter: it is the latest plea to fix failures in ohio by addressing them in washington. pete buttigieg insists that his inaugural visit on thursday will n...