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hello, everyone, thank you for joining me this sunday. i'm 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 health assessments and clean water. but for many in the town, that is simply not good enough. residen...

Letting students petition on an individual basis. an oklahoma school football team's 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 deliveries make it on time. they organize deicing for planes to setting satellite and radar monitors....

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. don't wait. don't 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. we will start here in the weather center with cnn meteorologist, chad meyers. chad, give us an ide...

Cars later and hundreds and hundreds and -- well, thousands of euros. hopefully we'll get home this morning, today. >> i think people are tired. i think people who managed to get on are happy to get on, but it's still a 40-hour journey, so it's not easy, but people have been incredibly resourceful on getting back. the shutdown cost airlines more than $1.7 billion through yesterday. and cnn's gary tuchman is near the volcano in iceland. so, gary, we hear the eruption seems to be calming down. >> reporter: well, that's right, fredericka. it's an incredibly cold day here and remarkably clear an...

Days and one of the things we're 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 that's the one we'll be watching as it makes its way over the lower 48 over the next couple of days. thanks so much, jacqui. arizona stirring up a hornet's nest with a tough new immigration b...