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hello, everyone, thank you for joining me this sunday. im fredricka whitfield. and we begin in east palestine, ohio, where backlash is growing over the toxic train deraiment and pressure is mounting to do more. the epa stopping the transfer of millions of gallons of contaminated waste to michigan and texas as the agency reviews disposal plans. federal teams are now on the ground in east palestine, checking in on residents, door-to-door, passing out flyers with information on getting he...

Letting students petition on an individual basis. an oklahoma school football teams hail mary. frederick a douglas high school lost by one point to locust grove after a blown call takes away the touchdown. he is asking him to get the win by asking them to replay the final 64 seconds of the game. the final game postponed until the judge hears from both sides later today. a oo santa claus has rudolph to guide his slay but they use weather nerds. they use weather data to make sure your christmas de...

heading back to washington, d.c. a day ahead of schedule. earlier he called irene a historic storm. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of the hurricane, you have to take precautions now. dont wait. dont delay. we all hope for the best but have to be prepared for the worst. >> irene is on track to follow the northeast corridor right up to new england and beyond. cnn is there. reynold wolf is in new jersey, and athena jones is in annapolis, maryland. ...

Cars later and hundreds and hundreds and -- well, thousands of euros. hopefully well get home this morning, today. >> i think people are tired. i think people who managed to get on are happy to get on, but its still a 40-hour journey, so its not easy, but people have been incredibly resourceful on getting back. the shutdown cost airlines more than $1.7 billion through yesterday. and cnns gary tuchman is near the volcano in iceland. so, gary, we hear the eruption seems to be calming down. >> re...

Days and one of the things were dealing with is a nuisance for you and nothing severe here. we are seeing scattered showers and downpours at times and we can see airport delays in d.c. and baltimore as a result of those showers. and our storm system is out here today across parts of the west, frederick a bringing wind gusts around 40 miles per hour to southern california as well as the four corners and thats the one well be watching as it makes its way over the lower 48 over the next couple of d...

Hoops, not nukes. his family lives in iran. >> im not happy about my family, but im thinking about my job. my job is basketball. >> hadadi got in against jersey eventually tying his season record for playing time in the victory. hes really looking forward to the summer when iran would play the favored united states in turkey. >> did you tell him that? >> i tell him that often. >> who will win the united states or iran in the world championships later this year? >> i dont know. well see. >> hadad...

Foothills of the himalayas on the tibet an plateau. that gives you an idea to the plateau. jeidu, is thhas the most amountf people. what we have been told is there are thousands of people who are simply without a house right now, and i can tell you that the higher we get, the colder it gets. there are some gale-force winds blowing as well and theres also been the occasional snowfall. so as we head into night here, its just after 10:00 at neat, those people who dont have a home and some people ha...

>> fredericka, theres a large iranian man battling americans and others across the country for the last six month, but hes quite nice and youd never want to sanction him. the end of the long grind of an nba season is in sight for ahmed hadadi, the 72" center, is the only iranian to play in the nba. on this night hadadi and his team, the memphis grizzlies are on the road in new jersey playing the worst team in the nba, the nets and that means a better chance for hakad ito get in the game. >> what...

That the companies are confident where the economy is going and for good reason. both companies reported big first-quarter profits. j.p. morgan made more than $3 billion last quarter. the bank ceo says the economy is, quote, showing clear and broad-based improvement. he expects that to continue. also intels earnings nearly quadrupled coming in at more than $2 billion. so what a relief to bring good news like this. >> yeah. thats great relief. >> how about any other expected hiring announcements?...

Earn less than they could in public school. parents or guardians also must make a commitment to be involved in their childs education. >> we say that you have a responsibility to no, not just e student. we expect you to be at parent teacher meetings and that the childs homework gets done. >> it involves three cs, a culture of education, commitment to learning and community, a nurturing environment embracing parents and professionals willing to mentor the children. >> reporter: they have plans to...