median income is lass than $45,000. east palestine is overwhelmingly white and politically conservative. more than 70% of the voters in the surrounding counties supported donald trump in the last election. that shouldn t be relevant but you re about to hear, it very much is. 11 days ago, 150 car train derailed in east palestine and it spewed poisonous chemicals onto the ground and in the surface waters. after the crash, the ohio state epa found evidence of yabbial acura late in the water and streams and creeks that feed it. this was more of a concern for east palestine given the ohio river supplies drinking water to about a tenth of the u.s. population. this train derailment was a environmental disaster. not an environmental disaster like climate change is, but an actual environmental disaster, one that s hurting actual people. then it got worse. several days after the derailment, officials decided it was a good idea to set fire to the spilled chemicals. the result of that
palestine, ohio, we have toxic chemicals killing animals and fish, causing people to be euld from a controlled burn of chemicals that could be seen on end. sara is on ground in ohio, she has been with the people all day. the situation is not good. we will hear from her in a moment. we should hear from the president of the united states, the white house. it s not a retirement home, joe. being the commander and chief is not a life of leisure. if joe sun willing or incapable and unable to work around the clock to communicate with you the american people he needs to get back to delaware and fire up the heated blanket and retire. there is no excuse for biden s lack of action and no excuse for the american people being kept in the dark when our military is shooting down objects we can t put a name. two we have no idea what he shot out of the sky this weekend. now intel say they re probably not tied to the chinese spy balloon program. how do they know that? why were they shot down?