live at the airport in allentown, pennsylvania, tonight. i know the suspect tonight charged with bringing an explosive to the airport and attempting to place it on the plane? >> reporter: that's right, david. and mark muffley is set to make his first appearance in court tomorrow. we are still waiting to find out what his motive might have been for allegedly trying to sneak that explosive device onto that plane, david. >> trevor ault leading us off tonight from pennsylvania. trevor, thank you. >>> we turn now to that horrific train crash overseas, the head-on collision. two trains on the same tracks. it's now the deadliest train disaster ever in greece. a passenger train and a cargo train speeding toward one another on the same track for a full 12 minutes before the collision in the middle of the night. and just now emerging, the images. a massive fireball when they collided. greek tv obtaining the images tonight. cars derailing, landing away from the tracks there. crews searching the wreckage. we are told some passengers are still missing t

anand, allentown. a state of emergency has been declared in more than a dozen counties in california after epic snowfall. it's so deep there's concern about food shipments getting through, but it's not the only extreme weather. more storms also hit the deep south overnight this morning. people in alabama are describing tornado sirens and booming thunder blaring throughout the night. the severe storms moving from huntsville and decatur forecasters issued tornado warnings for both cities. the same storm system hammered california earlier dropping record amounts of snow . the governor now activating the national guard, declaring an emergency in 13 counties can't even see my house. it's like all the way to the top tahoe, an avalanche nearly buried this three story apartment building. nearly 12 ft. piled up in the sierra nevada mountains in the past week, making it the snowiest four month period since 1970 yosemite national park closed with 15 ft of snow. in southern california emergency crews are scramblin

we begin tonight with the alarming discovery at an airport in allentown, pennsylvania. federal authorities say the tsa found an explosive device in a passenger's luggage, they say concealed into the lining. the bag tripping an alarm before it was loaded onto the plane. tonight here, what the tsa found inside. that suspect is now under arrest. the incident was on monday at the lehigh valley international airport in pennsylvania. the fbi and bomb experts rushing to the scene. and take a look at the surveillance tonight. images showing the suspect arriving at the airport with suitcases. one of those suitcases checked in, then triggering that alarm. the tsa paging him. instead of answering that call, authorities say the passenger is seen leaving the airport before the flight. they stopped that bag before it made onto that plane. tonight, inside that suitcase, powder and fuses. authorities say the device posed a, quote, significant risk to the aircraft and to passengers. abc's trevor ault leading us off in allentown, pennsylvania, tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the fbi says

i know allentown understands this. it's a city that's o the rise because he isuilding bridges welcoming folks to his community, growing the economy and making sure the government works for everyone. [applause] tino families are moving to allentown and helping create vibrancy and excitement in e lehigh valley. they chose pennsylvani now we have to help themucceed and bst the local economy. that's the kind of work we need to do now athe state lev. so for the first te ever the commonwealth is going to put a stainable state funding into what's known as the historically disadvtaged business program. [applause] we will provide long-overdue funding for minority owned businesses all across the commonwealth to support their growth and open up new doors of opportunity. i visited with latino business owners in redding who are trying to meet the community's needs they need access to a little more capital. just last month i spoke about this with black business leaders in pittsburgh. i want every pennsylvanian to know that our commo

. >> sandy freeman is live in allentown, pennsylvania this morning. and what more do we know about the suspect both in terms of what was found in the luggage and who he is. >> well, erica and jim, we are learning more about the suspect including some of the past experiences with the law enforcement, and a criminal history there, and we will get to that in a second, and what we know so far, mark muffley 40 years old from lanceford, pennsylvania, and little less than an hour away from the airport here, and he is the one that the fbi said that he put the explosive allegedly in the suitcase and tried to check it to a flight back to orlando. you know the story, that this bag did not get far, and tsa flagged it, and i will tell you what was discovered in there. it was a small capsule with powder and consistent with the commercial grade fireworks and butane, and a pipe with white residue on it and a wireless drill and two outlets taped together. a bomb technician saw it and he said significant risk to the aircraft and passengers and that is when everything s

danny freeman, cnn, allentown, pennsylvania. >>> still ahead, an attack on lgbtq rights as tennesseerestrict drag performances this year. the executive director of the national lgbtq task force joins us to discuss what this and awl means. roster ever assembled. the monster, the outlaw... and you can't forget about the boss. sometimes- you just want to eat your heroes. the subway series.s. the greatest menu of all timeme. she's feeling the power of listerine. he's feeling it. yep, them too. it's an invigorating rush... ...zapping millions of germs in seconds. for that one-of-a-ki whoa... ...which leaves you feeling... ahhhhhhh listerine. feel the whoa! how do i do it all? with a little help. and to support my family's immune health, i choose airborne. unlike some others, airborne gives you vitamin c and so much more. it's an 8 in 1 immune support formula. airborne. do more. you love closing a deal. but hate managing your business from afar. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit in

. >> allentown, pennsylvania. matt target. i'm glad that you guys are talking about the, particularly. but i'm talking to comments that commissioner ramsey made earlier regarding major development. i think it is important inferior sit hear what you're gonna say. obviously the police focus leadership development program and training -- there has been one thing we've done in allentown to make sure our police are involved in the need for broader municipal leadership development. making sure that our chief is alongside our department of public works folks. our community and public development folks as they learn to better coach the team better at about the teams and making sure that when we do broad citywide initiatives that we have police joining us. it does have that cross sector within a municipality. cross departmental decisions making police part of this broader public safety initiative. i was curious about your thoughts. i know you run a training initiative around leadership applying those initiatives of management to police

this is allentown, pennsylvania.s is where the cartels can have influence all across the country. take a walk over here, crime is one thing, the drugs is a different thing, dana. these products are made in china, shipped to southern ports of mexico. they are produced in mexico and then transported across our border and you are seeing the fentanyl from the major cartel areas in mexico. >> dana: there is the human smuggling of which this could have been a part. the trafficking of humans is a profitable enterprise for cartels, that is another thing we're looking at and michael waltz, a congressman from florida, former green beret, u.s. patriot, he will be up next. >> bill: congressman michael waltz is on standby. right now on the hill, house republicans holding their first hearing on the origins of the pandemic. here to talk about that, former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe. good morning to you. you were in the trump administration during early days of covid, you have certain insight many do not have.

. >> greg: when i was in bed in my apartment in allentown and i heard this noise above my head, and itreg: is flying really lobe of my head. >> kat: that's so cool! >> greg: my landlord came in and he had, like, a quaker oats container duct taped to a broom. [laughter] >> michele: such a great picture! >> greg: bob smith, great guy. he came in and put it up there and the bat just went in and he just walked out. he didn't say anything! i said, "there's a bat in my room!" i said, "i'll be up there." >> michele: that could have used that in d.c. for the bugs. >> greg: i felt bad for the bat, but hey. i don't know what to say now. [laughter] up next, does unwanted noise make you lose your poise? [applause] ed. you're just gonna stand there? or are ya gonna take your lawn back. we're gonna take it back. we're gonna take it back. with scotts turf builder triple action! it gets three jobs done at once - kills weeds. prevents crabgrass. and keeps your lawn growing strong. glorious! -agggghhhhhh! -aaagghhhh. no no no. get a bag of scotts triple action today, it's guaranteed. feed your lawn. fee

with the officer is at fault officer is a billing there is a famous video i don't a few seen from allentowna when two officers subdue a man and tased him and he gets back to his car, takes the guns out and shoots officers. the point is you don't see the stuff you only see the one that everybody says we need to define law enforcement. >> exactly he could had a pistol in his pocket and the minute he stops he turned around and shoots at them. those officers are risking their lives on the streets to keep people think they don't even know. >> is an officer that risks his life were debating why he didn't call animal control he's a hero. >> look at the officer that decides alligator. miami-dade police department from february they get a call and alligator is loose people called the police, that to you call and i call social worker and you're right. i attend intimate bodily harm to think about engaging in an alligator. >> of medicine enough youtube videos to convince myself that i've got this. >> i believe that pretty did not expect to be wrestling alligators when he got up in the morning and there

learn more about the charges and the positive motive at 1:30 this afternoon when he is in court in allentown. back to you. >> that is unsettling. danny, good to see you and welcome to the cnn family, danny freeman. >>> one month after the toxic train derailment in ohio, they say that railroad workers are at the site and falling ill. up next, i will talk to a state senator who is representing east palestine about the health impact of this disaster and the changes that he wants going forward. >>> this is my home. this is where i live. i have eight or nine employees who live in east palestine. my son's basketball team plays here. so when the cameras go a away, people are doing be hurting. ma. and that's... how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merririll, a bank of f america company. do you s struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional nerve aches, weaess and discomfort. try nervivenerve relief. my modate to severe plaque ps

danny freeman cnn allentown, pennsylvania. >> the fbi uncovered a disturbing plot out of michigan whereent. michigan attorney governor confirms she was one of the people targeted. court documents revealed a man with a court handle tempered reason said he was heading to michigan to quote carry out the punishment of death of anyone jewish in the government, it was tweeted to jack eugene car's tier the third, stating he was starting a new country where u.s. laws wouldn't apply, he was arrested a couple of weeks ago in texas with multiple guns in his vehicle, carpenter is represented by a public deferred cnn reached out to his attorney for comment. u.s. house lawmakers are moving forward with an ethics investigation against embattled congressman george santos facing a litany of problems after lying about much of his life history during his campaign last year. melanie has more. >> the problems are only getting worse for embattled congressman santos. he was already facing investigations at local state level facing calls to resign we learned that the house ethic committee, a panel made up of e

that of all left us, but living in allentown for the pennsylvania we never found. just want make sure that as a look at our trade policies, i think one of your former colleagues uses a we want to sing from the same hymnal. we just have to make sure we are singing from the same page. a couple of items i just wanted to touch on. we look at rare earth materials. there's really nothing about rare earth. it's just where we can get a permit for a lot of these rare earth materials, and also get the financing to develop them. secondly, as we do this rush to the renewable energy, wehe haveo be cognizant in the fact and that's i'm glad jimmy brought it up but we've got to look at our regional partners when it comes to developing lithium. if anybody has a google or youtube video of cobalt viney, the environmental practices there are tremendous. the youth labor, child labor. and the fact that 14 out of the 16 companies that have the mines are all chinese, so as we move to this economy we've got to be very cognizant of that. i'm going to divert real quick like i do have one que

danny feedman is in allentown, pennsylvania. what do we know about the suspect? if you're hiding it in the lining you're trying to sneak it past. what kind of explosives? >> reporter: these are the questions that fbi investigators are working through now. why these explosives were in the suitcase. i'll tell you what we know about mark muffly, 40 years old from lanceford, pennsylvania, about an hour from where we are here at the lehigh valley airport. he had the explosives allegedly in his suitcase and tried to board a flight to orlando on monday. but the suitcase didn't get far. i'm going to tell you what the tsa and a bomb technician found. they found powder, a can of butane, a lighter, a wireless drill, and two outlets taped together. at that point federal agents said this was a significant risk to the aircraft and passengers. now once the tsa found this bag, they looked at the luggage and the luggage had a luggage tag on it with mr. muffly's name, they paged for him over the airport pa system on that point he was seen on security camera turning around and leav

people like elizabeth strong owns a hair salon on liberty street allentown.veled last month to join me as i signed executive order in improving certification processes so i no longer prevents someone like her n from getting the small business off the ground. people like elizabeth worked hard, she deserves certainty and the state government that works as hard as she does. people like this porter, third grade teacher, stand up. people like daszak porter, a third grade teacher from pitturgh. [applause] works hard every day toive her students the skills and knowledge they need to sceed, give them a shot and opened up e doors of oortunity regardless ofheir zip code. ... quality education and a safe, healthy, learning environment. just the stories of more than 13 million pennsylvanians to defy the wk we do here in the scapula. this is a people's chamber on the th and governor humbled by the trust their trust in me and committed to repaying that trust by showing them t government can be a positive productive fce for >> i believe in myourt when i said fair well to my

it happened at the airport in it allentown, pennsylvania. the bomb squad rushing into the scene there. and the fbi later arresting this man seen on surveillance video. here's the breakdown of what happened. the fbi saying the suspect arrived at the airport monday morning and checked in his suitcase. after an hour, about an hour later, investigators say tsa agents found an explosive device hidden inside of that suitcase. according to the fbi, the suspect left the airport when security started calling for him over the intercom. the fbi's bomb technician who responded to the scene says the device was circular, wrapped up in wax like paper and plastic wrap and hidden in the lining of the baggage. he says there were two fuses, quick fuse designed to ignite explosives quickly and a so-called hobby fuse that burns slower. straight now to our senior law enforcement analyst and former deputy director of the fbi. good morning, andrew. -- andy, i should call you. this is really scary stuff. what is your impression of the device allegedly found in this

huge eucalyptus tree came crashing down in saratoga's allentown neighborhood during the big windstorm one week ago. that tree came dangerously close to some homes and forced the closure of alan dale avenue for several days. some neighbors are now worried more trees could come down in the same area during today's storm. all. you know, covered in in that tree. you worried these trees could fall? yeah. i mean, these are the ones right across the street . those eucalyptus trees, um, they're going to it's going to happen again. pgd crews are also keeping a close eye on down trees and power lines with the weather. we want our customers to know that were out in full force. we are going to be working around the clock once the storm starts, and we're really focusing in on those hardest hit areas here in the bay area, that's the peninsula and the south bay that we're anticipating. now once again. pg any is reminding everyone stay away from downed power lines and call 911 immediately. people all across the bay area are once again and getting ready for the possibility of power outages. with all t

> greg: it was what you did when you were single, get some indian food on macarthur boulevard in allentownmelling the popcorn, buying licorice, that was my life for ten years. but it's longer than 7 minutes. if you are looking for something today, it takes longer than the movie to find the movie, it's like, why am i doing this? why am i doing this? why can't this be better? they have tried to fix it but i get so angry when i am there. looking at netflix, looking at amazon, looking at paramount, all lined up. you know what, i'm just going to go and look at little podcasts. that is what i do. i sit and look at little podcasts. >> jessica: jesse, you watch little podcasts? >> jesse: no, i don't do any of that. i like blockbuster. you go, and it was disappointing sometimes because you see stuff that was good and it was checked out. >> jessica: are you had to get there early. >> jesse: you had to get there early and crawl under some crummy movies and settle for something. you asked the guy behind the counter, is this any good? and he had seen it all because he had no life, but he had good taste

it happened hin allentown. the suspect here on surveillance camera checked in a piece of luggage that had an explosive device hidden in the lining. the tsa, it transportation security administration, discovered it before it was loaded on to a flight to florida. investigators say the suspect ducked out of the airport after scrutiny, after security , excue me, called him over the overcome. he was arrested at his home. the bomb technician says it was circular and wrapped up in wax-like paper and plastic wrap. there were two fuses, a quick fuse designed to ignite explosives quickly, a hobby fuse that burns slower. >>> seven people recovering in the hospital this morning after injuries from severe turbulence in the sky yesterday. this is what it looked like inside the plane. food, papers, luggage scattered after lufthanza flight from texas to germany was forced to make an emergency landing just outside of washington, d.c., at dulles. the woman who shot the video was five months pregnant. she says she just finished e

. >> and there was an larming discovery at an airport in allentown, pennsylvania. fbi saying a passenger checked in a suitcase with an explosive device hidden inside the lining. they intercepted the luggage before loaded on to a flight to florida. the bomb squad rushed to that scene. investigators say the suspect left the airport when security started paging him over the intercom. he's now under arrest and set to appear in court hours from now. what is going on here? danny freeman live at the airport where it all went down. welcome to cnn. what are we learning about this explosive device and the suspect? >> thank you, don. good morning. first, let's talk about that suspect. we're talking about 40-year-old mark mufly. he's from northwest of lehigh valley international airport where we are now. the fun fib says he was the man who checked -- i should say tried to check a suitcase into the airport on to this plane back on monday. but as you said, tsa agents were able to discover something unusual in that suitcase explosives. they found powder consistent with commercial

a huge eucalyptus tree came crashing down to the ground and saratoga's allentown neighborhood during the big windstorm one week ago came dangerously close to some homes and forced the closure of alan dale avenue for several days. some neighbors are now worried. more treats could come down in this same area. during today's storm. all. you know, covered in in that tree. you worried these trees could fall? i mean, these are the ones right across the street. those eucalyptus trees, um they're going to it's going to happen again. cruiser also keeping a close eye on down trees and power lines. we want our customers to know that were out in full force. we are going to be working around the clock once the storm starts, and we're really focusing in on those hardest hit areas here in the bay area, that's the peninsula and the south bay that we're anticipating. once again pg news, reminding everyone to stay away from downed power lines and call 911 immediately all right time now to check the forecast because the rain is moving and hitting some areas pretty hard right now. we're going to look ou

police focused leadership development, programs and training, but what one thing that can be done in allentown to make sure our police are involved in more broader, municipal leadership development, to make sure our and community and economic development folks to coach their teams, to better develop their teams, and make sure when we do broad citywide initiatives around innovation that we have police running them. it does have that cross-sector, within municipalities, kind of cross-municipality support, making police individuals feel like they are part of the broader public safety initiative. i was curious about your thoughts, i know you run a training initiative around leadership. applying those lessons is management leadership to police, broadly speaking, should we keep them focused on police-centered leadership development? >> i think you raise a good point, mayor. personally, i think the more you expand a person's knowledge in terms of leadership and actually sitting next to people in an entirely different occupation, even outside city government, private business and so forth, that really

scared.hen i was wheni wa i was in bed in my apartment in allentown.nd i heard this thing above, my head and it was a bad flying above and it was just flying like really low above my so cool. it was nice. nice.. anyway, my my landlord came in and he had like a quaker oats, i container duct taped to a broom and he came in, bob smith, ure! great guy came in and he putd t the he put it right up there and the bat just went in there and then he just walked out, didn't say anything, just said i there's a back in my room. i'll be upah, there. my bedrooi saidmp like that. >>>> m i could have used that ia dc. yeah, the bugs. yeah.t in d i felt.c. for the bad for the . but hey, i don't know what to say now. all right. up next, does unwanted noiseax o make you lose your poise? >> this tax season? jimgriffin with the all new eps and rapid receipt smart organizer. it's the easy way to scan, digitize and organize your tax documents. goreceipts and other paperwork receipts go in. ner and the stress goes away. when tax time rolls around, my clients need me to be ready

, to my dear friends from pennsylvania that of all left us living in allentown for the pennsylvania we never felt that i just want to make sure that other look at our trade policies, i think one of your former colleagues used to say we want to sing from the same hymnal. we does it make sure we are singing from the same page. so a couple of items i i just wanted to touch on. we look at rare earth materials. there's really nothing about rare earth it is just rare that we can get a a permit for a lf these rare earth materials. and also get financing to develop them. secondly, as we do this rush to the new, the renewable energy, we have to be cognizant of the fact, we've got to look at our regional partners when it comes to developing lithium. if anybody has googled or youtube video of colemont -- cobalt mining, , the environmenl practices there are tremendous. the youth labor, child labor. and the fact that 14 out of 16 companies that have the mines are all chinese. and so as it moved to this economy we've got to be very cognizant of that. i'm going to divert real quick the custody of one

. >> my parents watching in allentown, pa. >> for jack's ninth birthday >> my friends and professors appreciate you g with us on this wednesday morning. happy hump day to you. >> yes >> sheinelle and i are here while hoda and savannah are out. >>> we will try to get outside in a minute. it is a little chilly outside but folks are still braving the cold we're happy they're here. >>> let's get to your news at 8:00, rescue teams are still searching for victims and survivors following a catastrophic train crash in greece overnight at least three dozen people have been killed after a crowded passenger train collided head-on with a freight train molly hunter has been following the story overnight. she joins us now with the latest molly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we have new details since we spoke in the last hour we now understand there has been an arrest. greek police say the station master has been arrested they have also detained two others for questioning the crash happened overnight just before midnight in tempi valley, a big george, 255 miles north of athens, it

saw so many of the factories close down and i was almost going to quote the old billy joel song allentownlooking at the trade policies we want to sing from the same hymnal we just have to make sure we are singing from the same page. we look at rare earth materials. there's nothing about rare earth. it's just rare that we can get a permit for a lot of these materials and also get the financing to develop them. second, as we do this to the renewable energy, we have to be cognizant of the fact for developing lithium if anybody has google or youtube day video. as we move to this economy we've got to be cognizant of that. i'm going to diverge quick because i have a question i want you to answer and give as much time as you can. some have been reported to me is avoiding by selling directly to american consumers under demint ms. it's estimated the u.s. imported about 128 billion in shipments last year. this treatment that gives foreign e-commerce commitment a leg up on many of the retailers. we are paying millions in tariffs for the same products however if a balancing act of trying to level the