orion for orion peace of mind and we ll continue to do that. arthel: norfolk southern ceo allen shaw promised the company is here to stay until the village is made whole. do you believe that and what will it take to make you whole? i hope they do. do i it s something they ll have to do long term and this town will need long-term testing and a lot of people who don t want to stay and really can t blame them. they have young kids. i don t know that if i have young kids, that would be a concern for me and what are we subjecting them to? but i hope that they would. whether they will, we ll have to see.
rail company in east palestine, ohio, today, is meeting with residents and rail workers there. one of its freight trains derailed in the town two weeks ago, sending toxic chemicals into the air, water and soil. norfolk southern tweeted it will stay as long as it takes to help east palestine recover, but some people who returned to their homes are reporting rashes, sore throats and headaches. which they fear are linked to the chemical spill. cnn s polo sandoval is tracking developments for us. polo, what is the latest for us on what we know so far. we know that allen shaw, the ceo of norfolk southern is back in the community of east palestine again. he visited that community last week, officials say basically conning with the message to the community that they are continuing to work with local officials as the massive clean up effort is underway. you mentioned the tweet from the company reemphasizing their commitment to say to be in it
town hall where they were supposed to get the chance to confront the people responsible company let a train full of chemicals fly off the rails and lit it on fire ceo of norfolk southern alec shaw shown right there just decided to back out of the meeting. allen shaw and rail company won t even show their faces. primetime has a producer out there, so we will be giving you updates throughout the hour. can you imagine how angry these people are? the company responsible for potentially cancer clustering the town is hiding from them. after they were riding the rails with bad parts. surveillance cameras caught the train sparking unjust 20 minutes before derailing. but now alan shaw and his rail company seem pretty comfortable turning their backs on ohio. is it because they line the pocket of every politician in ohio? probably. maybe norfolk southern didn t have the spine to face their