georgia, where the former president lives just ahead. but first tonight to east palestine, ohio, where a train derailment and toxic chemical spill have residents and lawmakers demanding answers about the safety of the air and drinking water. garrett tenney is live in that small ohio town near the pennsylvania border. garrett. reporter: yeah, jon, it s now been more than two weeks since that train derailment, and a lot of people here are still feeling sick despite officials saying the data shows the air and water are safe. and these are just the short-term symptoms from chemical exposure with. what is even more concerning for a lot of folks here is the long-term effects, what things could look like 10-15 years down the road potentially as a result of this disaster. i think we coneed to be concerned about the long-term effects of exposure to this chemical. back in 20 the 12 is the there were hundreds of people who went to the e.r. in the aftermath of that train derailment
an increase in illegal crossings mostly from mexican citizens since fiscal year 2023 began. and what this has allowed is it s now allowed the cartels to target our northern border. why? because it s all tied to profits for them. now, they can increase their profits potentially twofold by attack thing not only the southern border attacking not only the southern border, but also the northern border. reporter: now, internal e-mails obtained by fox reveal border patrol is asking agents to volunteer for redeployment up north to assist with that surge. this, of course, raises an obvious question, are there enough resources to go around especially when you consider they are struggling so badly at this border. jon? jon: casey stegall live in mission, texas. casey, thank you. four more for more on this, let s bring in texas republican congressman mike cloud, a member of the house oversight and accountability
generally didn t want to get into details, saving that for the president. but again, indications the president s planning something with an iranian response that might not be military, might be all economic. we ll see. meanwhile, democratic lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to bashing joe biden. let s get the read from new york city councilman joe principle and fox contributor cath kat ti. what s very clear is they don t want to wreck the party. it s clear some party leaders are saying don t go light on joe, but don t press joe. what do you make of that? right, absolutely. well, that s just one of the many reasons why it s very difficult for an opposing party to defeat an incumbent, because president trump, he s just kind of chilling right now while a lot of them are attacking him, sure, but they re attack thing each other. and attacking each other. of it s funny that everyone s going after biden including bill
and whether he s been fair to the president of the united states. i wonder, this is someone that has repeatedly said he s not political. but the statement he put out sounds political to me. that s the one concern i have. if you read his statement, read it in detail, it s extremely political. that s concerning, especially for somebody that is not supposed to be political. i get the whole attack thing. what the people are saying, what he s saying about the president. how the president has been on the attack. i have never seen in my 30, 35 years in this business overwhelming evidence that there was an attempt to sway the election and to possibly take out the president of the united states by people at the highest levels of the fbi. that doesn t speak for the fbi in general. the whole agency. but there s a problem. bernie, stand by. we re going to come back in just a moment. we re not going away. we re all over this big breaking
and whether he s been fair to the president of the united states. i wonder, this is someone that has repeatedly said he s not political. but the statement he put out sounds political to me. that s the one concern i have. if you read his statement, read it in detail, it s extremely political. that s concerning, especially for somebody that is not supposed to be political. i get the whole attack thing. what the people are saying, what he s saying about the president. how the president has been on the attack. i have never seen in my 30, 35 years in this business overwhelming evidence that there was an attempt to sway the election and to possibly take out the president of the united states by people at the highest levels of the fbi. that doesn t speak for the fbi in general. the whole agency. but there s a problem. bernie, stand by. we re going to come back in just a moment. we re not going away. we re all over this big breaking