a massive inferno blankets richmond, indiana, with no end in sight of the toxic fumes

forcing thousands to evacuate. what the epa is saying about the cancer-causing chemicals tennessee lawmaker justin pearson reappointed after republican lawmakers expelled him for protesting gun violence on the state house floor why he says the fight for gun safety is far from over. nothing brings people together like country music. just ask senator joe manchin, the supposed songbird of west virginia, inside his overseas trip to kyiv with brad paisley and the terminator saying ah sta lavista, baby to potholes. i'm phillip mena >> i'm cori coffin a toxic fire is burning in indiana after a warehouse containing plastics went up in flames prompting evacuation of the epa says it has detected particulate matter in the air. the agency said in a statement

it has started collecting debris samples to determine whether dangerous substances may have left the site. our maggie vespa is on the ground in richmond >> reporter: roughly 2,000 people have been forced to flee their homes within a half-mile of that toxic, hazardous fire, and its black plume of smoke here in richmond, indiana. officials saying it is definitely toxic they're worried about potentially canter-ccer-causing chemicals that can be released when plastic burns they have not found evidence of the chemicals in the air but they're asking everyone to take caution and evacuate if they're close enough we're wearing masks out of abundance of caution we are far enough back and downwind, so authorities say we safe at this point but again they say this fire will be burning for days they want people to stay away from their homes if they're close enough until further notice, and all schools in the

richmond area are closed today with districts urging people if they can to shelter in place maggie vespa, richmond, indiana. justin pearson, the tennessee lawmaker expelled for joining a loud anti-gun protest on the state house floor will be reinstated shelby county commissioners voted unanimously in favor it comes two days after justin jones, who also protested, was reinstated by unanimous vote in his district for more on this, we go live now to d.c. and drew petramoix what's next for these two lawmakers. do they just go back to work now? >> reporter: yeah, essentially they can, while pearson unlike jones has not yet been reseated, that's just a formality. cameron sexton who preside over the expulsion of both men says he will seat both pearson and jones. it is important to note that both these votes to reinstate only fill those house seats, those vacancies temporarily.

when a lawmaker is expelled a special election has to be called, and that still is the case here. so justin jones and justin pearson are their own interim replacements until the elections can be held later this year. they do intend to run again to get their seats restored fully both men ran unopposed in their original election. no word on if there will be any challengers in the special election meanwhile, the fallout from the unprecedented expulsion continues. majority litereader chuck schum has asked the justice department to look into whether the action taken violated the rights of jones and pearson. >> after all this we understand there is movement now on gun legislation in tennessee what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, we have some movement coming from the governor republican bill lee has issued an executive order strengthening background checks for firearm

c purchases. he also called on the state general assembly to pass a so-called red flag law requiring court orders to take away guns from people who pose a threat to themselves or others, but it is not clear fif the republican legislature would take up the bill in the session it is currently in mcnally says i support the second amendment unequivocally and believe that a law-abiding armed citizenry is the the grea defense against criminality and tyranny. they do attempt to address some specific concerns from the covenant school shooting on march 27th the shooter came, was under emotional care but was able to store guns at a family home.

so a lot to see over the next few weeks of the legislative session in tennessee if the legislature's able to come up with any consensus and pass bills regarding gun control. >> still plenty of developments this morning drew petramoix, we appreciate the update hundreds gathered in louisville for a public vigil to mourn the five victims killed in the mass shooting at old national bank. state and city leaders joined the community to honor the lives lost governor andy beshears spoke about losing a dear friend and commended the quick response from police. in newly-released 911 calls you can hear desperate desperate or help from within the bank. >> eight or nine people have been shot? >> yes >> are you near anyof them >> yes, i'm hiding >> is that shots fired >> yes

>> just stay quiet, okay? >> the family of the shooter tells nbc news in a statement no words can express our sorrow, anguish and horror at the unthinkable harm our son inflicted on innocent people former president trump is back in manhattan this morning the 45th president set to appear for a deposition in a civil lawsuit being brought by new york attorney general letitia chams. the case concerns allegations that the trump organization falsified financial statements in order to obtain loans mr. trump's return to manhattan comes just over a week after his arrest and arraignment on 34 counts of felony business fraud in a case spearhead by new york d.a. alvin bragg on wednesday bragg was sent a threatening letter that contained a white powder which was later determined to be harmless but this marked at least the second letter of this kind that has been sent to bragg since his case ramped up for the last month. also on wednesday trump filed a $500 million lawsuit against his

former lawyer michael cohen, alleging breaches of contract. cohen has been a key witness in bragg's investigation of trump trump and his legal team have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing dianne feinstein is facing growing calls to resign. ro khanna tweeted, quote, we need to put country ahead of personal loyalty saying that feinstein is no longer able to fulfill her duties the 8-yea9-year-old has served s senator for 30 years she has been on medical leave for shingles and has been missing judiciary committee votes. she asked chuck schumer to appoint a replacement during her absence. jury selection continues in

dominion's lawsuit against fox news fox was sanctioned by the judge. an attorney for abbey grossburg, a former fox news producer who sued her old employer said lawyers for dominion played recordings she made during 2020 which were not handed over during discovery fox news said the company produced the supplemental information from grossburg when they first learned it. the judge's sanction gives the voting machine company a chance to conduct another deposition at fox's expense. president biden's set to deliver remarks at the irish house of parliament today. during his first day in ireland he traced his irish roots, touring a castle where his grand parent live and stopping by a local restaurant he visited northern ireland briefly and visited with british prime minister rishi sunak

a launch by north crakorea to confusion and panic in japan. north korea launched a missile and the missile landed in the sea of japan claudio lavanga joins us from rome with more was there anything different about this missile launch? >> reporter: good morning, phillip. what we know so far is that missile traveled about six miles before it fell into the sea of japan. what is different about it this time according to state media in south korea is that the north may have tried or test add new missile system, now, as analysts or experts are still analyzing the launch, they suspect it involves an intercontinental ballistic missile propelled by solid fuel, which makes rockets easier to transport and faster to launch than liquid fueled ones also what is different compared

to recent missile tests is the fact that as you mentioned, the government in japan issued an evacuation order on the island of hokkaido in the north of the country, telling everyone there early this morning to seek immediate shelter, causing of course panic among the population and the order later on was lifted when it became clear that the missile landed in the sea of japan away from the island of hokkaido and outside japanese territory >> claudio, thank you. >> as you mentioned before, a very windy rome. >> you can hear it, yeah >> from the windy parts of that part of the world to the very warm weather that we are experiencing here, let's check in with angie lassman. it certainly does not feel like the beginning of april >> did you notice how claudio was wearing a jacket and most of the country now doesn't need that jacket we're ditching it if you live really for most of the east. summertime conditions have settled in for a lot of places it's not going to stay like this

permanently. but notice green bay ends up at 80 degrees, minneapolis headed for the 90s. detroit at 84. running way warm for this time of year. we'll take a run at record-break temperatures for the afternoon hours. new york tomorrow 84 degree, 20, 30 degrees above normal for this time of year we start to moderate out by the time we get to sunday with upper 60s expected for deal with showers as well as thunderstorms stretching through montgomery and mobile and plenty of rain still on the way for parts of the gulf coast. not quite the nice forecast that we have there. we'll talk about it coming up, guys >> angie, thank you. and we are back in a minute as

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