kind of considered taking a question. this were a number of shouted questions. then decided he said something about you can come see me in my office or something like that. departed. so here s a bit of the new details about the objects that were shot down over canada, alaska and lake huron. the intelligence committee s current assessment is these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private company that studied weather or other scientific research. martha: he spoke about the chinese spy flight, the balloon, whatever you want to call it. he said he expects to speak with president xi. watch this. we seek competition, not conflict with china. we re not looking for a new cold war. i make no apologies and we will compete. we ll responsibly manage that competition so it doesn t veer into conflict. martha: that s something that the president says a lot. he wants competition with china, not conflict. he said he expects to speak with president xi about this. it s
the epa administrator also visited east palestine tied and met with a woman that begged for help from president biden. watch. the president called the governor directly and said whatever federal resources the governor needs, if he asks he s not talked to us. he talked to the railroad. i talked to the governor last night. he s talked to the white house this morning. so we re working hand and hand, trying to be sure that this information gets down to president biden, this is bigger than what people are understanding. martha: with that, we bring in jessica helpe. she is staying at a hotel now. tell us what your family has experienced in this?
now. trisha, i m sure you hear the emotion in jessica s voice and i m sure it s the same kind of emotion that you re hearing in a lot of places there. what can you share with us from the site of all of this today? the site i m not at the crash site. i at an area where the epa administrator just spoke. if you see the blue containers, that s part of the cleanup. these are all over the place. the person that you just spoke with, a lot of people are saying the same thing. they have headache, nauseous, crashes. the trains are still going 24 hours a day because the trains that were broken are pushed over in to these gullies in people s back yards. those people are physically ill. when i first arrived here, i kept saying is this in my head or am i getting sick? i was actually nauseated. last night i had a headache. it s stronger at night. anybody that says that they
i thought i was going to pass out because it made me light-headed. my other son doesn t seem to show symptoms right now. it s strange. because there s people that say i haven t smelled it since i got here. i m leak how do you deny that over 100 people on a social media thread are saying i have a rash, a visible rash, a rash on my arms now. you know, i m having headaches and dizziness. everybody is having the same symptoms but we re being told it s safe. it s not fair that our best interest is not at heart after everything we ve been through from this. it almost seems like the highest interest is getting the railroad back moving again. martha: jessica, you know, i mean we just keep covering this story. we hope that we can keep bringing a tension to it and that you all get what you need. our hearts go out to you and your family and very strong and