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.
his, quote, work among the poor and kiss advantaged disadvantaged and his pro-life activism. they say they were struck by his kindness and his goodness. the archbishop of new york, well known cardinal timothy dolan, mentioned o connell today during sun mass as he addressed the sunday mass as he addressed the ongoing violence in this country. i heard early this morning my brother bishop, the auxiliary bishop of los angeles, david o connell, hot down on shot down on streets of los angeles he was renouned for his work with gangs. want me to keep going? i didn t think so. reporter: again, no word on any suspects or a motive in this disturbing case, but we now know that this is being handled by authority as a murder investigation. eric? eric: yeah. and, you know, the bishop got his reputation after the 199 92 riots following the acquittal of the police officers with rodney king. he worked in south-central los