gillian? gillian: garrett tenney live in east palestine for us tonight, thank you. a lowftd the controversy surrounding the government s response to the derailment is center on one official in particular. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is on capitol hill tonight. and he hasn t done his job. on the ground in ohio, congressman bill johnson now the latest republican to call for transportation secretary pete buttigieg to step down over the east palestine train disaster. he ought to get out of the way and put somebody in that seat that cares enough about the people to come and see. senator marco rubio sent a letter to president biden on thursday requesting pete buttigieg s resignation. writing that the secretary has repeatedly demonstrated a gross level of incompetence and apathy that is detrimental to the safety and prosperity of the american people. buttigieg appeared to down play the disaster this week. there are roughly 1,000 cases a year of a train derailing. a
mike? mike: garrett tenney live in east palestine, ohio. garrett, thanks very much. words about high inflation and interest rates sent stocks down the dow lost 431. the s&p 500 fell 57. nasdaq lost 215. federal regulators have pressured tesla into recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its full self-driving system. the software has had problems around intersections and does not always follow speed limits. the nationa national traffic hiy safety administration says tesla will fix the concerns with an online software update in the coming weeks it. says tesla agreed to the recall but does not agree with an agency analysis of the problem. up next, republicans say big tech colluded with the biden administration to censors conservatives and freshman senator checks himself into walter reed medical center. we ll have an update. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. the tennessee national guard is identifying its two pilots killed in yesterday s helicopter crash
electoral votes are awarded. so a growing numbers of states are and banding together to award their vote to whoever wins the vote. on friday, colorado is the 12th state to join the national popular vote interstate contact. together, they make up 181 electoral votes. the compact will take effect if enough states to sign up to reach the goal in 270. delaware and new mexico is pointed to join there as well. republican controlled legislatures are not hot on this idea of changing the electoral college at this point. shepard: garrett tenney live. investigators have done it again. used genealogy to catch a cold case murder suspect. if you re a veteran homeowner who needs cash,
and to prove that he is not one of those men. and he s asking the voters in virginia to give him time to do that, and he is standing by his decision not to step down. jon? jon: garrett tenney live in richmond, thanks, garrett. so claims of racism rock another political career, but we ve been here before. jackie heinrich has a look back at political scandals centered on charges of racism. reporter: well, jon, this scandal in virginia comes on the heels of yet another black face incident that cost the florida secretary of state his job. just last week mike ertel had a photo that came out, he d been in his position for just under a month. governor desantis said i don t want to get mired into side controversies. i felt it was best to accept the resignation and move on. i want people to be able to lead and not have these things swirling around them. and then earlier in january congressman steve king of iowa was stripped of his committee seats after defending his
and to prove that he is not one of those men. and he s asking the voters in virginia to give him time to do that, and he is standing by his decision not to step down. jon? jon: garrett tenney live in richmond, thanks, garrett. so claims of racism rock another political career, but we ve been here before. jackie heinrich has a look back at political scandals centered on charges of racism. reporter: well, jon, this scandal in virginia comes on the heels of yet another black face incident that cost the florida secretary of state his job. just last week mike ertel had a photo that came out, he d been in his position for just under a month. governor desantis said i don t want to get mired into side controversies. i felt it was best to accept the resignation and move on. i want people to be able to lead and not have these things swirling around them. and then earlier in january congressman steve king of iowa was stripped of his committee