Cspan, the senate on cspan2 when they come back into session. Our next guest is from alexandria. His zachary terwilliger. U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of virginia. Thank you for joining us. Guest thanks very much for having me. What start by reminding us exactly u. S. Attorney does. Guest i am proud to have 92 collects. There is 93 u. S. Attorneys across the country. We are the chief federal Law Enforcement officers in our respective districts. We have two in the Eastern District of virginia. If you draw a line down the blue ridge mountains, that would be the Eastern District. Of league has the west rest of virginia. Our goal is to service the chief federal Law Enforcement official or our respective areas. That is bringing together our Law Enforcement partners and prosecuting any manner of criminal violation as well as defending the government on the civil side. Host as we look at the coronavirus, how has your job changed since the pandemic and what are your Biggest Challeng
The hearing was held amid ongoing concerns from u. S. Lawmakers w. H. O. It was was impy influenced by china through the covid19 pandemic. This is about two and half hours. It was not. [background noises] these select a subcommittee of the coronavirus pandemic will come to order but want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection the chairman to clear recess at any time. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today the select subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization. And our relationship with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. Played a key role in eradicating smallpox and is significantly reduced in the cases of polio around the globe. And yet when the world was faced with the outbreak of covid19 and the pandemic we saw w. H. O. Does not always serve all of its members equally. We saw its not an organizat
human rights and continuing to teach sunday school at his church in his hometown. a person of faith, president carter said he is ready for what comes after his death. jonathan is joining us from georgia with more on former president carter s health condition. reporter: the carter center said that former president is moving to home hospice care. his grandson, jason, a former georgia state senator, tweeted saturday. i saw both of my grandparents yesterday, they are at peace, and always their home is full of love. the spokesperson from secret service tweeted, rest easy mr. president. we ll be forever by your side. in 2015 mr. carte cart er carter he was the perfectly at ease with whatever was to come. we responded well to treatment at the time. and presumed his active schedule that included international travel, his work. and continued to work through his nonprofit, he founded with his wife rosa lynn in 1982. the carter center. providing election monitoring services in the wor
georgia, where the former president lives just ahead. but first tonight to east palestine, ohio, where a train derailment and toxic chemical spill have residents and lawmakers demanding answers about the safety of the air and drinking water. garrett tenney is live in that small ohio town near the pennsylvania border. garrett. reporter: yeah, jon, it s now been more than two weeks since that train derailment, and a lot of people here are still feeling sick despite officials saying the data shows the air and water are safe. and these are just the short-term symptoms from chemical exposure with. what is even more concerning for a lot of folks here is the long-term effects, what things could look like 10-15 years down the road potentially as a result of this disaster. i think we coneed to be concerned about the long-term effects of exposure to this chemical. back in 20 the 12 is the there were hundreds of people who went to the e.r. in the aftermath of that train derailment
disaster. the epa says it has not detected any contaminants in the town s drinking water and says tests have shown the air is safe to breathe. but, you know, many residents in east palestine and other nearby towns, they re concerned about the potential long-term health effects. this town is going to need long-termest thing term testing. there s a lot of people who don t want to stay and really can t blame them. a major concern for me would definitely be the water. i think they should have dredged the creeks that are going out because, you know, it s spreading into other communities. arthel: garrett tenney is live in east palestine, ohio, with the very latest. garrett? reporter: yeah, arthel, that is such a tough question that a lot of folks are naysing now. facing no. with so much uncertainty about what the future of this town looks like, do we stay or do we go? to answer that question, it s going to take some answers, and some of those answers are going to take time.