Mark Meadows subpoenaed, toxic train anger, trouble in the skies

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

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CNN exclusive: Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who was in the room for most of the key events on January 6, has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former president’s alleged involvement in the insurrection. Plus, railroad officials back out of a community meeting as residents, who say they are getting sick, demand answers after the toxic train derailment in Ohio. And, Federal investigators look into a third potential airline runway collision in less than a month, as the FAA's acting chief faces a Senate panel on outages and near-misses.Also tonight: GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley calls for politicians over 75 to take a mental competency test, truth-challenged Rep. George Santos considers running for re-election, the Buffalo supermarket shooter is sentenced to life in prison without parole, and the Turkey-Syria earthquake has now claimed the lives of 41,000 people, but survivors are still being found after 10 days.Hosted by Alisyn Camerota. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening everyone, I'm Allison Kamerata. Welcome to CNN Tonight. We have breaking news.
0:13.7	A CNN exclusive. Mark Meadows, the former White House Chief of Staff for Donald Trump,
0:18.8	has been subpoenaed by the Special Counsel. Meadows was in the room for most of the key events
0:24.5	on January 6th and the days before, so we have more on that in a moment. Plus, what's going on
0:29.9	with that Ohio toxic trained derailment? The railroad officials behind that toxic trained derailment
0:35.9	just backed out of a town hall meeting tonight because of what they say are threats to their employees.
0:41.7	But people in the town of East Palestine are demanding answers and they say they are getting sick.
0:46.6	Are my kids safe? Are the people safe? Is the future of this community safe?
0:54.6	And another close call on the runway. We're just learning of a jet and a cargo plane almost
1:00.0	colliding last month in Honolulu. Why are these near disasters happening? Are we getting less safe in
1:06.6	the sky? And on a lighter note, the professional baseball player who walked away from a multi-million
1:12.3	dollar career to live on a sailboat in the Caribbean. He says he's stepping away from consumption
1:18.0	and competition and more money making. So what's your magical number to walk away from it all?
1:24.3	Our panel takes that on. But let's start with our breaking news. CNN Senior Justice
1:29.4	correspondent Evan Perez, he has our exclusive on the Mark Meadows Sapina. Evan, what are you learning
1:34.5	about this tonight? Well, Alison, Mark Meadows has received a Sapina from Special Counsel Jack Smith.
1:41.2	Now he's doing two investigations. One of them obviously is the January 6th investigation.
1:46.5	He's also doing one into the alleged mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
1:53.6	Obviously, Mark Meadows, because he was chief of staff, was a key witness to a lot of the things
1:58.4	that Donald Trump was doing to try to remain in power after losing the 2020 election. He was on
2:03.0	that infamous phone call with Georgia officials trying to figure out how to find more votes. He was
2:08.5	there helping Trump try to pressure the Justice Department, try to pressure members of Congress
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