this train was almost 1.8 miles long and had 158 cars, 38 cars ultimately had derailed. 11 were containing hazardous material and there were some five toxic chemicals on board, including vinyl chloride. that s the one that has a lot of folks worried right now because even though it s colorless and you almost wouldn t know it or sense it or smell it, some can. and that was the one that would have normally alerted people along a path of the train carrying it that you ve got a train coming into town that s carrying it. now, there are different interpretations of the laws and requirements around that. be that as it may, norfolk southern has promised to provide whatever help the town needs. better that and million dollars has been distributed thus far and we don t know the details of that, but more money was coming. a lot of lawyers, some of whom i have been talking to, who are pondering class action suits saying that s a drop in the bucket with the obligation that norfolk souther
toxic chemicals. welcome to fox news live, i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkens. lucas tomlinson on the ground in east palestine, lucas, what do you have for us? griff, state and local and even federal officials like epa say the water is clean. many residents simply don t believe them. in the last few minutes a truck pulled up to distribute bottled water from salvation army and private owners. yesterday i spoke to a resident by the creek, this is what he said about the water. it s tainted and it would never be the same. i would never let me kids walk in this. ever? ever again. lucas: now representative bill johnson who represents east palestine in congress, he responded to that sound. the epa, both the federal and the state have made the valid case that the water is clean. this community has a city water system that is routinely tested anyway. it does not get its water source from that creek. lucas: the epa has deployed teams like this to clean the nearby s
shawn. the executive rails visit as a people living in the crash site say they are frustrated both the state and federal response for their also blaming a railroad for this disaster. this is fema is sending a support team to the area after first denying ohio governor mike to winds at for a disaster declaration. eric is live the site with the very latest. actually where the meeting was. what do we know about fema s response and what they are doing today? the incident response team will be arriving here today that is a welcome news for folks here who have been asking for all of the help they can get in response to this disaster. here is the america east policy this morning on fox and friends. i guess they are finally showing up. i think it is a little late. i m glad they re coming but they should be here long before this. also in town as you mentioned ceo of the railway responsible for this disaster that is sent cancer-causing chemicals into the town s air, water, soil. o
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life sentences for capitol murder and attempted capital murder linked to mexican mafia. take a look these are photos from morning of may 12th later that day while riding a prison bus to medical appointment lopez escape handcuffed somehow able to cut through a caged metal door and stab the bus driver. authorities say he eastbound tried to take control of that bus until another guard was ail to shoot out tires lopez reportedly took off running and he s not been seen since and hundreds officers looking for lopez on foot horse back with dogs and even by helicopter but after continuing to narrow search to no avail man hunt for lopez expanded statewide investigators say lopez has a, quote, complete disregard for human life. and that they will do whatever it takes to get him back behind bars tonight. a reward for information leading to lopez s arrest has jumped to up to $50,000 this weekend. back to you. thanks so much jackie. more on this man and asian who hunted down elle l ch