and the optics is that andrew g getting the royal home. and then getting andrew of the big houses but doesn't want to him him out of windsor entirely. he's a loose cannon. he didn't want him living anywhere which would be even more chaotic. >> yeah, i think it's very much seen by the royal family as a demotion getting him out of this massive grand house, as you described it, and into something a little bit more quaint, if you can call it that. but kate williams, thank you very much for all of that. >> okay. >> that does it for me on the "newsroom." thank you for joining us. but don't go anywhere yet, we have much more news right now on cnn. ♪ hello, everyone. i'm bianna golodryga. welcome to "cnn newsroom." >> i'm victor blackwell. michigan's attorney general says that she was one of the intended

victims in an alleged plot to kill, quote, anyone that is jewish in the michigan government. those words are from a man now in federal custody according to an affidavit. his first court appearance was wednesday on charges of making charges along state lines. >> and has tweeted the fbi has confirmed i was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter. it's my hope that they take this just as seriously as the federal authorities takes the offense just as seriously as my hate crimes and domestic terrorism unit takes plots to murder elected officials. he has three handguns and one that is an mia military-style weapon, polo sandoval has more. what have we learned? >> we actually see on the page, linked to jack and jane carpenter ii, the suspect in the

case. and not just anti-semitic and quite alarming especially this tweet that federal investigators saw back in february, february 17th to be exact. and what he allegedly wrote, including, quote, he would carry out death to anyone who is jewish in michigan's government. the very next day, the operational center is relaying this information to the fbi in detroit who then worked with michigan state authorities, it turns out were actually investigating him. knack, he did have a history, when you look back, at carpenter's history, there were previous arrests for assault in december. also had a protection order that was still outstanding against him. and perhaps what escalated this from disturbing to concerning was that he had at least three handguns recgistered ed in his

in the state of michigan. they spoke to his mother. and according to a colleague they were able to arrest him and during those allegations occur the justice reporting that he specifically named michigan's attorney general. the fbi then quickly alerting her. that's what brings us to today two weeks later as the investigation is still ongoing. it certainly paints a picture of avery disturbed is individual according to authorities nonetheless, authorities saw him as a threat that's why they sprang into action taking him into custody in a day and stopping what could have been a tragedy in michigan and michigan very familiar with the theft of political violence we saw that back in 2020 with the kidnapping attempt of the governor. >> yeah, several owe owe currents, thank you for reporting. a former official with the

department of homeland security, george, good to see, polo has mentioned, we've, of course, seen something like this before in michigan. i read earlier that michigan is one of the highest states in the country for anti-semitic transmissions. why is that. >> we've seen a practice here and pattern of increase in anti-semitic incidents not just in a state like michigan but, really, victor, across the country. calendar year 2021 was the highest year on record in nearly the past 40 years that adl has been tracking, recording and monitoring incidents of anti-semitism across the united states. so what we have here is the story we're talking about on the air today in the context of historic highs and anti-semitic incidents both in michigan and across the country. >> as someone who worked for the

department of homeland security, i'm you're use to get your thoughts about whether or not you think authorities are handling this at the level that they should be, and whether they have enough resources, and just this threat, but obviously, the increased threat that we've seen throughout the country? >> one of the things that the federal government learned, in my time at the department of justice, homeland security, and serving on the white house national security council staff is that the business of homeland security, or national security, isn't just that of federal government role alone. it's really a public/private partnership in many ways. and that's really part of the mission and function of the adl, as a nongovernmental organization, along with a large network of academics and nongovernmental ngos and researchers who really track and monitor these types of issues both across the real world and on social media channels. so the public/private nature of

anti-threat mitigation could be this public/private partnership of entities, nongovernmental, such as ours, as well as social media companies to alert on the threats that they're seeing on the platforms. >> george, one of the reasons we wanted to have you on is because there is this new counterviolence extreme lift task force that you're heading out to prevent violent extremism, not to counter once they happen, or to prosecute once they're discovered, but to prevent the radicalization. how is that? what's the formula there? >> sure. thanks for that question, just to clarify, that's a role i previously held in the obama administration. but the workch countering violent extremism really began in the early parts of the bush administration. when the federal government really looked across the board and said how do we prevent individuals from being

radicalized by a certain type of ideology in the post-9/11 landscape, it was a radical islamist ideology. and in the threat landscape today in the homeland, it's of a domestic nature across the ideological spectrum. so the work of countering extremism or preventing violence or ideologically motivated attacks, the work that i've been applying in my time, both in the federal government previously and outside the government now is really one that brings community and the federal government and state and local public safety and public security officials together. that's really the only way that we can keep our community safe. i can share with you all on this call today that adl has a long-standing close partnership with the fbi. we've been on touch with them on this specific instance of threat reporting. and it's really these types of public/private partnerships that

need to be expanded nationwide. >> i know you said that the onus is not just on the federal government. but to go back to my previous question about whether or not enough is being done, it really stems from the tweet that we read from the attorney general where she said it's my sincere hope that the federal authorities take this offense just as seriously as my hate crime and domestic terrorism group takes this for elected individuals. in your view, going off this specific defeat, is this being held at the same level of anti-semitic attacks and threats throughout the country? >> i think there's two ways to answer that question. the left of seriousness and focus of this fbi and this justice department i think make first hand attestation that the level of seriousness is there. what i can say that more work needs to be done on is on the size and scale of resources across the federal government, department of homeland security, fbi, department of justice. the size and scale of programs

and resources that are being devoted to preventing and intervening in ideologically motivated violence needs to increase. we've been on that trend to increase those resources for the past ten-plus years but that acceleration ofresources needs to continue at a quicker pace. >> thank you. a man in pennsylvania just had his first court appearance after allegedly trying to take expositive on to an orlando-bound flight monday. police say marc muffley checked his suicide at the airport, and out of abundance of caution the immediate area of the airport was evacuated. >> tsa paced muffley by the airport system and asked him to report to the security desk. but he did not show up. soon after, agents caught muffley leaving the airport and

was arrested at his home. danny cevallos is there. danny, what are we learning about the developments? >> reporter: as you said, that first court appearance just wrapped up. i want to tell you what we know so far about the suspect and where he comes from. perhaps give you clues. we're talking about marc muffley, as you said, a 40-year-old from landsford, pennsylvania, less than a mile where we are at lehigh international airport. and the fbi said he tried to check a bag on monday morning, at this airport that contained explosives. this is what prosecutors and the criminal complaint says. of course, that bag did not get far. they can able to catch that bag. and what they found with the fbi, bomb officials on the scene, powder consistent with quote, commercial grade powder, a lighter, a wireless drill and two outlets taped together.

as you said, the bag actually had a luggage tag on it because it was being checked. folks knew the name of the suspect, mr. muffley, they called his name but security cameras showed mr. muffley leaving after that name was called out. the fbi was able to get his name, get his address up in landsford and apprehend him that same night on monday. as i said, the hearing just wrapped up, the first court appearance. there was a lot of back and forth between the prosecution and the defense attorney over the specific charges. ultimately, they were approved by the judge and arguing over detention as well. i'll give you that update as soon as we have. people are watching that feed as we speak. the charges that this man is facing is possessing an explosive in an airport and attempting to place an explosive on a plane. again, this is just wrapping up, very developing at this moment. we'll give you the latest as soon as we have. back to you. >> danny freeman for us there. thank you so much. let's turn now to john

miller cnn cheech law enforcement and intelligence analyst. there are still so many things that we're going to learn as danny has said. your first takeaway from what we know so far? >> the good news is the system worked which is he checked the bag and they put it through the sniffer machine and it lit up. and they get positives all the time, it can wear you down. they went into the suitcase, they don't see anything. they go into the lining then they discover there is this hockey puck size wax paymenter with black powder inside and a futures. then they start paging the owner of that bag. the sign, bianna, once you check your bag where you have explosive powder, flash bouder, black powder together in a package and they start calling your name. there's two things you can do, one thing is to say that's my bag or run off from the airport. >> and they found him later at

his home and arrested him did this explosion cause any risk to the airport itself? >> so, it certainly would have to the people around it had it gone off, but more importantly, to the aircraft, it would have gone in the cargo hold. now, there was no initiator that involved a demand detonator or timer that it was set to go off. but, we're talking about explosives on an airplane that are sensitive to friction, to heat to impact. it's basically a hobby fuse tied to a quick match. and if something set that off, you don't want, basically, the contents -- think of a fireworks that we see on the fourth of july, commercial grade firework. you don't want that going off in the cargo hold of a plane going off. extraordinarily dangerous. >> did this appear to be a bungled attempt to take a bomb that could be detonated on the plane? or did he haved ingredients but they weren't compiled in a way

that they could be detonated? >> well, they were compiled in a way that they could be detonated and that's why this is so serious but let's look at the two possibilities as you frame them, one, was this a test run to see can i get a bomb on the plane so the next time he travels he use us the same system because he succeeded. if that was the case, this is a failure. and they've been going through muffley's background and they determined is there any connection to any group, they haven't found that. let's go in the far other direction which is he's had a lot of contact with the local police. a lot of run-ins over the years. they know him, he's a local character, is he going to florida, bringing his dismantled firework that they're going to set off along with the pipe with residue on the bottom and a big can of butane and a lighter?

this is more in the fireworks elm, unfortunately, it's in the danger realm. >> and airport screenings can be tedious this is another example of why they're so important. >> if you have any idea, the tsa, for all of our viewers you can subscribe to our weekly email where they show a picture of everything they collected in the course of that week. >> it's jaw-dropping. >> it is snp. >> john miller, thank you so much. >> thanks. a surprise meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counterpart. it's the face face-to-face since russia began its unprovoked inindication of ukraine. what the two leaders discussed. that's next. and rail workers working of the cleanup at the ohio state train derailment, complained of headaches the days after and ahead we'll speak with a union leader about this troubling development. stay with us.

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>> we're going to take you live to capitol hill where the president is meeting with senate democrats. let's listen in. >> mr. president -- >> i've spoken with every official, democrat and republican, i'm going to continue the case as in pennsylvania i've laid out what i think the answers are

together. a and i will. >> mr. president -- >> all right. that's president biden there, course with the majority leader chuck schumer, with a meeting with senate democrats to discuss the path forward about the debt ceiling, we heard about the president's commitment to east palestine, after the train derailment, he said he spoke with officials in the state of ohio and also in pennsylvania. you see the president there speaking with other members there of the democratic caucus there. we will, of course, bring any headlines from this meeting that happened. or this happened just a few moats ago. meantime, overseas, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken secretary of state had a meeting with sergey lavrov. it took part on the sideline in new delhi, india, and marks the first between the two since

russia's invasion of ukraine. >> i told the foreign minister what will i and so many others said with the united nations and what so many g20 foreign ministers said today, and this war of aggression. engage in diplomacy that can be peace. >> kylie atwood is with us now. what more do we know about this conversation? >> reporter: well, listen, it was a surprise meeting just yesterday, the secretary of state was asked if he was going to meet lavrov for this meeting and he said there were no plans to do so. the fact that it happened demonstrates that it came together at the last minute here according to a senior state official. it lasted about ten minutes on the sideline in these meetings in india. we know that the secretary of state focused on the ukraine war, urging russia end its war of aggression. the secretary of state said he

told lavrov that, and he also reinterated the support for ukraine. when it comes to the new s.t.a.r.t. agreement that russia said it's no longer participating in the secretary of state urged foreign minister lavrov to reverse that decision. talking about how the united states and russia have engaged on arms control previously during tough times even during the cold war. listen to what he said. >> lastly, i spoke briefly with russia's foreign minister lavrov on the margins of our g20 meeting today. i urged russia to reverse its irresponsible decision and return to implementing the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty which has verified the limits of the nuclear arsenals on the united states and the federation. mutual compliance is in interest of both of our countries. >> reporter: now, a senior state department official after his meeting, however, said that there is no signal that there's going to be any change in the

near term. the number of issues that blinken and lavrov spoke about during this meeting. so it signals this wasn't a diplomatic breakthrough, but quite significant that the secretary of state was able to deliver that message. >> and blinken has put forth a serious proposal with detaining the american citizen. what can you tell us about that? >> yeah, we previously herd u.s. officials talk about ongoing negotiations with russia to try and get out paul whelan wrongfully detained in russia four years now. but with the secretary of state with a proposal it indicates that there is an actual offer that the united states has put on the table. it's not just conversations about what they could do. it's an actual offer that the united states, that blinken said, he is urging the russians to accept. so, we're obviously trying to figure out a little bit more details about what that offer is.

but i do think it's important to note that paul whelan has been left behind multiple times now, when there have been other prisoners swapped for trevor reed early last year, for brittney griner late last year, he's remained in prison. of course, his family is welcoming the news that the secretary of state took it responsible himself to raise this in the short interaction he had with the foreign minister. guys. >> show, it's a top priority for the administration to bring him ohm kylie at woo, thank you. blinken's warning to lavrov that washington would support ukraine for as long as it takes, comes the a critical time according to u.s. intelligence sources. a senior fellow at carnegie endowment for international peace. alex, it's great to have you on. not only are you an expert on everything russia, but also china. and i know were you skeptical at this point, that china would provide russia with legal aid. why? >> i think that china tries to portray itself as a nuclear

player. it stays not only the fence but the great wall of china which is quite comfortable it put out a peace proposal which is not an accurate road map. you cannot build peace on that. but that at least portrays china as the only council permanent member that is neither engaged in act of aggression like russia, nor is it providing weapons to the other party of the war that the united states, uk and france are doing. and if china actually delivers some weapons to russia, that will definitely vanish this very well positioned. >> and also that china delivers the weapons or used the weapons as leverage so that the united states wouldn't be inclined to provide weapons for taiwan. how big of a game-changer would that be, if that took place? >> i think that china, indeed,

is unhappy that what china perceives is red lines on taiwan issues are crossed all the time. it proceeds that the one china policy is being eroded. and delivery of weapons is something very sensitive. so if china believes in this compartmentized nature, that the u.s. moves on the red lines with the weapon sales that china can counter that with issuance of drones, that will be very dangerous because it perceives that the u.s. will back down and not provide military aid to tw taiwan, so we will have backly a proxy war where both will provide weapons to parties at war. >> but the president has said if china aid ed them that they woud

come to that. you can give us a state of what the relationship is between he and vladimir putin. there's a plan summit and xi soon. are they still pretty close? >> they are pretty close. and the closeness doesn't really matter. it's really crude pragmatism on both sides. there's no love lost between russia and china. it's beneficial and increasingly asymmetrical. that was true before the war. now it's symmetry, steroids and favors china. china is ultimately the senior partner in this relationship and vladimir putin is ready to accept this because he's blindly obsessed with this war. war in ukraine is organizing principle of his foreign and domestic economic policy. as long as the junior partner of china delivers means to continue this war, he's ready to play

games with beijing. >> has the last year in russia's performance with nato and western allies have been able to come together in a united front has that changed xi's calculus at all on taiwan and his sights on taiwan, especially what's happening domestically and economically with the country as well? >> i think that china definitely learns lessons from this. and will continue to learn lessons, as bill burns, director of the cia said xi jinping has a goalpost of 2027 for his army to take taiwan. that's not a political decision. that's more a milestone in military buildup. but the lessons china takes home are never be overconfident in your military. we need to go deep and study its readiness. never underestimate the readiness of the western alliances with the u.s. at its core to stand up and defend partners. and never overestimate your

ability to be a fortress china when it comes to supply chain and your invincibility of your financial system. if there are crippling economic sanctions, china will be hit very hard. that doesn't mean that china makes kind of a conclusion that it shouldn't use military means to occupy taiwan. if china's line is crossed. it may consider that vladimir putin is dumb and that russia was very stupid and sloppy the way tell executed its summation and china can do better. >> china military hasn't been test in a massive war in decades either. thank you so much. great to have you on. >> thanks. this just in, the house ethics committee announced that it is officially moving forward with the probe into embattled congressman george santos' activities. we are live on the hill with an update, just ahead.

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a floral or fruity smell is still lingering in east palestine, ohio, that smell according to ohio's epa was spilled during last month's toxic train derailment. >> hundreds of solid waste has been moved. cnn's miguel marquez is in east palestine. miguel, how much more is there to take out of this community? >> reporter: tons. it's going to take a very long time. and people are running outside of patience. but this was just a massive spill. and it's going to take a long

time to get the mud, the toxic waste, and the fluids out of the immediate area, but also here, we are were here last week, they increased the number of houses that they have into this stream. this is one of the runs that goes through east palestine. they're cleaning out the fillers right now. but they have these things running 24/7, this run, there's another run, both of them are contaminated. this all runs into the ohio river at some point so that caused great concern. on the upside, the head of the ohio wildlife division said some of the wildlife fish, amphibians, some of the fowl that died in the aftermath of the toxic derailment. it's starting to come back upstream, about four miles where the train derailed a short

distance from here. so they are starting to see life come back. the streams are getting cleaner. but it has just been long difficult hard work to deal with this one bit. the governor of ohio saying it may take as much as 30,000 trucks of that toxic mud before they get it all out from underneath the tracks. the water on top of that, millions of gallons, not only the spill, but millions of gallons from the firehouses that were used to put out this fire. so all of that has to be cleaned. you we're a month on, just about a month on, people are very, very tired of it here. and they are hoping to hear answers soon. but it's going to take some time. back to you, guys. >> miguel marquez for us in east palestine. meanwhile, leaders of 12 railroad unions they met with transportation secretary pete buttigieg yesterday to address the derailment and safety improvement. now, the same day, the teamsters sent a letter to the secretary and governor of ohio. they say that norfolk southern

put its workers at risk by not providing protective equipment. days after, railroad workers experienced symptoms. cnn has reached out for comment on that letter. let's talk to tony cardnell, the president of the union, tony, thank you for your time. first, talk to me about these symptoms. are your members experiencing them? and what are they? >> yeah, thanks for having me on, victor. yeah, our members are experiencing symptoms, headaches, eye irritation, throat irritation, nausea, sickness. they were put on scene shortly after the derailment. and working on the scene for quite a while after, fixing and repairing the track. that's what our workers do, fix and repair the track. ultimately they were put on the scene. and we were told they were not provided the properly personal

equipment. they were work out there in street clothes, leather boots and shoes, and obviously, those aren't appropriate barriers for contaminantses on the ground. >> and they're experiencing symptoms on the scene. are they still weeks later still feeling those symptoms? >> we are receiving reports that they are. unfortunately, it's not just limited to just you at the workplace, it's also brought home with you to the families. we're concerned about the families, with those folks as well. we hope there are no residual etkes from this. but it's hard to believe considering the contaminants they were exposed to. >> so you say that norfolk southern did not provide the protective equipment. we've reached out as i said and have not gotten comment from the company. you have reached out and had any communication with norfolk southern about that element specifically? >> we did, as soon as i found out, we had an immediate safety

standdown. they said they were going to investigate the matter. they did seem concerned and seemed that they wanted to figure out what we were saying was true. they should have already known this. they didn't deny what happened. what we said happened was reported not by one, not by two, but 30 or 40 workers told us this is what was going on. the reports that we provided them, simply stated they were going to review them at the scene and talk to the folks. i don't think that's been done. i would hope they would do this in a more timely manner. it's important that our members are protected and i do believe they were exposed in a way they shouldn't have been. we asked for them, you know, to be taken offsite. and they told us that they weren't working at that time. this is two days ago. we were told they weren't working at that time onsite. and they wouldn't bring them back onsite until they could bring the proper ppe and testing

and assurance given to them that there wasn't permanent damage done. unfortunately, i believe, that, you know, what had happened is going to be a problem for these folks for a while. and i hope that we can do whatever we can to get it corrected. and norfolk southern has to be more responsible for their employees in an unsafe work condition like this, it's just totally unacceptable. >> i understand that you were one of the union heads that met with secretary buttigieg, calling for more protections. tell me about the meeting. what are you asking for? what was his response to this? >> yeah, sure. it was a great meeting, first of all, it was a historic meeting, where we were able -- in fact, i don't think it's ever happened before, where we've had the opportunity to express our concerns. you know, we obviously represent the folks on the ground. they know the most about these issues. and they have the most experience and knowledge on how to correct these issues.

so we can echoing our members' sentiments. and secretary buttigieg was extremely courteous, and i believe that he was going to take these things serious. he assured us that he's going to look into these different issues sand he has been working on these issues and it seems as though we're going to get some results out of his staff, his team. in the white house. and it's exciting to be working with folks that are willing to work with us to be reformed to the industry that obviously needs it. we've been warning of this for years and years, and warning that the railroad trend, precision scaling and operating system needed to be corrected. it's unsafe for the communities, it's unsafe for our workers and it's not good for the customers either. right now, you hear the customers complaining all-time highs, they're extremely frustrated with the carriers, the railroad carriers and their operating system. and it's come to fruition,

unfortunately, caused damage, in a community, you know, in an unsafe situation. and it's our hope that the reform comes swift and comes quickly and the industry changes so that, you know, it's a safe place to work and it's more importantly safe for the communities that they operate within. >> tony cardwell, listen, thank you for your time. of course, we hate to hear what's happening to the members of your group. we'll check back with you to see if you are getting what you were promised in that meeting with pete buttigieg. tony thanks so much. >> thanks for having me, victor. >> sure. >> important to hear what they're going through, those members. disturbing developments out of iran to tell you about. there are reports that hundreds of school girls across the country have been poisoned. how the white house is responding. that's next.

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the white house is now calling for investigation into iran after the disturbing reports of school girls falling ill across the country. >> hundreds have been sickened over the past few months. some have had to go to hospitals. we're talking symptoms like muscle weakness, numbness and shortness of breath. cnn's chief international investigative correspondent joins you more, some senior officials, nima, and local activists call this intentional poisoning, tell us more about that. >> reporter: that is genuinely a huge concern. and we've seen a pattern emerge that many of the incidents have overlapped in schools where girls have taken to the streets or recorded themselves against the hijab rules that the regime

is forcing on girls. i think what, victor and bianna, we have to get the audience to understand, the chaos of these incidents in general. we were able to speak to one student caught up inside an incident inside of her school. take a listen to this. >> translator: it was a terrible situation. girls had been falling on the floor and were crying. some were unable to walk. really didn't want to leave one another. >> reporter: we could absolutely hear the fear in the voices of the students we were speaking to. and in the voices of the parents and the real heartbreak here is within the framework of the limited freedoms that girls and women have in iran, the right to school and right to education was the one that so many were holding on to. around whether or not these attacks are linked to an attempt to force girls out of schools. the practical reality is that many parents are now keeping their daughters home because they are terrified what could happen if these incidents continue, victor and bianna.

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melanie zanona joins us with more. your reporting on the house ethics committee? >> reporter: yeah, the problems are only getting worse for george santos. he was already facing multiple investigations at the state level, local level, federal level, and facing calls to resign. and now the house ethics committee, a panel made up equally of republicans and democrats, is officially moving forward with the probe. here is what they're investigating. they're looking into whether santos engaged in unlawful activity with respect to his 2022 congressional campaign. they're looking into whether he failed to properly disclose required information on statements that he filed with the house. they're looking into whether he violated federal conflict of interest laws in connection with his role in his firm providing fiduciary services. finally, they are looking into whether he may have engaged in sexual misconduct towards an individual seeking employment in his congressional office. so not a small list of things.

george santos for his part said he is fully cooperating and will not be commenting further. where does this all go? the house ethics committee does have the power to levy fines and make recommendations about disciplinary action from kcensue to enpulgs. so far gop leaders say let's wait and see how the investigations play out before we move forward. >> that's one half of today's george santos stories. now let's talk about this treasurer, just appointed a week ago to the campaign. people don't really know who this guy is? no, and we tried to answer that question but all it left us with is more questions. according to new york state election officials, andrew olson has never worked for another committee, another campaign. the same is true when you look through federal election filings. santos' first treasurer, nancy

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