this community safe? reporter: the mayor leading the meeting at times speaking through a bullhorn to answer questions from distressed residents still worried about returning to their homes despite evacuation orders being lifted last week. the railroad did us wrong. so far they ve worked with us and they re fixing it. but if that stops i will guarantee you i will be the first one in line to fight them. reporter: as many residents are demanding more testing of air, water and soil. we re not going to stop the testing until you re satisfied. that s when the testing stops. reporter: not present at this community meeting, norfolk southern, the company that owns the train that derailed sent a statement saying, we have become increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees. okay. well, if you re afraid that somebody from palestine is going to hurt your employees, what exactly did you do to us? it s not just the absence of norfolk southern tha
trump s document the buckle of mar-a-lago. but i have news for them, it is not the same. plus, is america going to be fault on its loans this week? treasury secretary janet gallon sent a dire warning to members of congress. what could that mean for the u.s. economy? and whether republican-led house will avert a crisis or intentionally create one? i ll be talking to diane macron across woman omar and brandon williams in just a moment. as today we began our new series, living black history. or we are celebrating people who have been catalyst of change in our country. people like reverend jesse jackson who is joining us later this hour. i am simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. what a week y all. the pace of politics in washington is set at warp speed, let s start with some breaking news. just a few hours ago, we learned that more pages with classified markings were found in president biden s home in delaware. this is one day after is inculpated found in a box c
She we are following the breaking news out of israel. The Israeli Military and hamas fighters are currently engaged in active battles in the gaza strip and inside israel. Earlier today, Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, declared that israel is in a state of war following a surprise both overnight attack by hamas in what is being called the worst attack in israel in 50 years, since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Overnight, hamas which controls gaza, launched an all out assault by land and see it, Infiltrating Southern Israel with at least 1000 fighters. While gaza based fighters launched more than 2200 rockets into israel. Israel said it responded with air strikes out at least 21 targets in gaza. According to local reports, at least 100 people have been killed inside of israel. We are trying to the Emergency Management services have said there are 70 people who have been killed in israel. Were getting conflicting reports on that. The Gaza Health Ministry says at least 198 palestinians ha
whenever his age, which is 80, is mentioned. tell us about that. reporter: when you talk to advisers they acknowledge it s an obvious reality, one the president is very aware of. he s the one who wakes up every morning at the age of 80. and yet part of the reason there s a level of sensitivity there is because they believe and he believes so much has been accomplished in these last two years, he s been able to get most of his agenda passed, he s been able to move things through congress, deal with covid, work on a different foreign policy than his predecessor had, and perhaps that s diminished by discussion about whether or not he s too old to either serve in office or to run again. now, just a few moments ago we got the results, a memo from the president s physician related to that visit to walter reed. the first physical as you you noted since the end of 2021. those results say president biden remains, quote, healthy and vigorous. it also says he is fit to successfully execute the
russia launched a, quote, massive missile attack overnight. at least 36 missiles according to ukrainian officials. one russian strike demolished an older couple s house in the eastern city of plavorad. a local official described the husband and wife as quiet and friendly. they said they liked to grow grapes. the 79-year-old woman died on the spot. let s bring in cnn s david mckenzie. david, do officials there think this type of assault is going to continue every day until and beyond the one-year mark? reporter: yes, i think the short answer is they do think that, jake. there s been this strike of missiles overnight. most of those, at least half of them, taken down by air defenses here in ukraine. you saw those horrible pictures from east of where i m standing of civilian areas destroyed by those missiles. there s also been very fierce fighting around bakhmut in the eastern zone of this fight. a ukrainian officials say they are fighting hard there, digging in, that the russians are ge