you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary world. you re you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. nikki haley begins her run for competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. could she be target ing presidet biden or form er president donad trump. and later, survivors still being found under the rubble, more than a week after a powerful earthquake left parts of turkey and syria devastated. good to have you with us. the head of the u.s. environmental protection agency is expected to visit east palestine, ohio, in the coming hours, where a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the coming month. two weeks since the disaster, residents wait for answers from officials and the rail company on whether their community is safe. cnn jason carol reports. everybody that came here expected a whole lot more than what we re getting right now. reporter: frustration, anger and unanswered questions in east pales palestine, ohio. the railroad did us
cnn s chief national affairs correspondent reports on the debate faceoff that s making supporters of john fetterman nervous. the spotlight on pennsylvania intensified. a day after a debate between john fetterman and mehmet oz sharpened the stakes in the battle for control of the senate. i had a stroke. he s never let me forget that. the question is not what oz thinks of his rival. obviously i wasn t clear enough for you to understand this. but whether voters believe fetterman has recovered from a stroke in may and should be elected to a six-year term in washington. i don t think he has recovered from the stroke. jan welsh was watching closely and said she found fetterman s performance embarrassing. i had questions about oz earlier, but after listening with him against fetterman, it s definitely oz. but craig said he was turned off by what he saw as oz picking on fetterman. do you think he s healthy enough to be a oh, my. he gets healthier every day.
families by an average of $1,500 a year, put medicare and social security, medicaid excuse me, social security and medicaid, on the chopping block every five years. in other words, every five years, they re going to no longer exist unless they vote them back into existence. i disagree with that. what in god s name are they doing? i ll work with anyone, democrat, republican, independent, who have real solutions and savings for the american people. not take money out of their pockets. the other element i would like to address that has impacts on inflation is lower the deficit. the reason this matters to families is because reducing the deficit is another way to ease inflation. my friends on the republican side like to paint me as the big spender. let s look at the facts. facts matter. under my predecessor the deficit exploded. every single year he was in office. under my plan we re on track to cut the federal deficit this year, by $1.7 trillion. you hear me now. this year, $1
former chief of staff mark meadows has been subpoenaed by jack smith who is overseeing two investigations of the former president. the subpoena is seeking documents on testimony related to january 6th and trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and the move to subpoena one of trump s most senior aides in addition to the subpoena of mike pence, marks the latest step in this smalling investigation. smith is handling trump s documents after he left office. and meadows may be interested in the documents investigation. he played a role in months and months of discussions going on between the national archives and trump s representatives over returning government records in his possession. the subpoena could set up a clash with the justice department and meadows and trump over executive privilege. he was a witness to trump s efforts to pressure officials in the states and in congress to
okay to go into your house. you don t need to be a scientist to know you don t have to prove anything to know that when you walk into your home or your business, you shouldn t feel, like, sick. it s just like i don t know how can i make that any simpler, you know? valez says he is worried about what will happen next for his family, like others, who are staying in rental properties and running out of money following the disaster. now, to new developments in the investigation into former president donald trump s role in seeking to overturn the 2020 election. cnn has learned the special counsel has subpoenaed former chief of staff mark meadows, who was witness to trump s actions during the insurrection at the capitol. evan perez has more from washington. reporter: donald trump s