it s a family s worst nightmare. it s happening far too often in this country, far too often. while we gather more information there s one thing we do know to be true, we have to do something to stop gun violence from ripping apart our communities. president joe biden marks another deadly mass shooting by once again calling on congress to pass gun reform legislation. we ll bring you the latest on the victims and the investigation in just a moment. plus evacuations, toxic chemicals, and now thousands of dead fish. a train derailment in north eastern ohio has a community still on edge nearly two weeks after the crash and massive fire. and the white house says it s not aliens, so just what are the three objects that were shot down by the u.s. military over the past several days? well, a possible explanation from the intelligence community just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your
what we are learning from this. hi, sandra. 11 days ago, still chaos on the ground. people are getting sick, pets are dropping dead and no telling when it will be cleaned up and if this small village and border town on the border of pennsylvania can ever get back to normal. february 3rd in east palestine, an mile from the p.a. border. a freight train derailed and exploded. 50 cars were involved, ten had hazardous materials, including that vinyl chloride. some others that are carcinogens, cause skin burning and irritation. neighbors continue to complain about a myriad of health issues. you had vinyl chloride, and other bad chemicals. vinyl chloride itself. the epa is on scene and will be to test the town in the coming weeks and months.
tweet since last night, when he broke his silence about this. 11 days since the tragedy happened and he chose to tweet last night not in front of cameras or talk about it when he had the opportunity earlier in the day yesterday. this happened on february 3rd in east palestine, a mile from the pennsylvania border. a freight train derailed and exploded, around 50 cars were involved, ten had hazardous materials including vinyl chloride. and neighbors continue to complain about a myriad of health issue, and the toxic chemicals continue to burn and has been burning off for more than ten days. buttigieg last night tweeted i continue to be concerned about the impacts of the february 3rd train derailment and the effects on the families, lives were up ended through no fault of their own. it s important they have accurate and useful information. he spoke yesterday in front of
chloride and phosgene, and the immediate danger may have been listened, the long time sequelae of this, the risk is have he high and short-term monitoring is not sufficient for the local residents. john: in terms of the evacuation, folks in a one-mile radius were evacuated for a number of days but then allowed back in. i remember a huge, i used to live in toronto, canada, 1979 there was a huge train derailment, they literally evacuated the entire town, 250,000 people for 6 or 7 days because of the threat of chlorine gas. did they let people back here in east palestine too quickly? you know, that s a great question. i can tell you the immediate threat of a severe explosion causing shrapnel to go at this point is likely not there anymore, that s why they did the controlled burn. what is still lingering in the