he also described the epa as extremely responsive. so on some level there s the practical and the political why the republicans in the state say the federal government is responding but on the political we hearing? else. without question. in the white house they say they are slow to recognize the optics of this. the president does not go to every disaster site. it is not possible. there with reseren t any fatali this. there s about 1,000 train derailments every year in the country. this is different. yes, there are serious questions and ramifications about the soil, water. this became seized upon by the right wing media in many respects and fanned the flames
are you planning to travel to ohio? probably not. i have spoken with every single major figure in both pennsylvania and in ohio. and so the idea that we re not engaged is simply not there. what do you make of that? should he go? as jeff said, presidents don t travel to every disaster site. he traveled to ukraine at this point. probably politically smart for him to travel to ohio in order to sort of remind people that, yes, it is not just the agencies here but also me that is here for you. this is a county that the president, former president trump carried by a significant margin. if there s one thing we know about former president trump, he enjoys shoring up the base. he talked to his people. it is not a surprise he went out
currently suffering from physical symptoms after inhaling the chemicals. they re facing the stress of how it s going to impact in the future. and one resident joining us now from ohio, from her home, which is supposed to be a safe haven. mandy, thank you for joining us. so you live about 10 miles away from this disaster site and you and your 4-year-old son are starting to see physical, some serious symptoms. tell us about it. yeah, we live 10 miles and immediately two days after my son, he started to have serious sinus and respiratory issues, and has continued since. he he s been sleeping next to a cool mist humanfiers and suffering from migraine. my sinus isn t as bad because
america that the president isn t there, buttigieg isn t there. bill: he is the governor and deals with these things. chris sununu out of new hampshire among the critics turning up the heat of the biden officials to visit the disaster site in ohio. notably absent after the train derailment and chemical spill. mike tobin brings us the latest today. it s a miserable, cold, rainy day in east palestine filled with tension and uncertainty as former president donald trump is expected here as it has become a bitter partisan issue with residents saying the biden administration has failed to stand up in the face of this crisis. but meantime ohio governor mike dewine along with epa administrator reagan drank the tap water to say they trust the testing. the governor says he understand people who are reluctant to drink the tap water. he also told our neil cavuto the
thinks visit? reporter: there is enormous amount of political motivation here. donald trump doesn t have to do the same things that the current administration has to do. he gets to just show up, make remarks, and leave, because he doesn t have any of that power. aides and advisers said there were two things they wanted to accomplish with this trip. the first was making donald trump look presidential. he is running for president in 2024. this really looked like it mimicked a white house presidential disaster trip. he was flanked by local officials, he visited the disaster site, he met with first responders. he thanked them and gave remarks. then he announced a major donation that he was making toward east palestine that included water and cleaning supplies. the other thing they were hoping to accomplish was to use this opportunity to contrast trump to biden, and really double down on trump s america first agenda. they were painting a picture here of trump as the person who