epa administrator, michael regan, and ohio s republican governor mike dewine drinking the water in east palestine, ohio today, we re trained real meant three weeks ago dumped untold amounts of hazardous chemicals into that small ohio community. many residents are still experiencing symptoms like rashes and burning sensations that are consistent with exposure to dangerous chemicals. and they are skeptical about governments ability to both ensure their safety and hold the rail company responsible for this crash. that skepticism is not unwarranted. during the obama administration, both companies lobbied to narrow you safety rules governing the transportation of dangerous chemicals. one of the companies behind that lobbying campaign was norfolk southern, the company whose train was carrying the toxic materials that were dumped in east palestine. and during the trump administration, the white house rollback those safety rules. just last year, rail workers across the country threatened to st
so, we don t feel like being your guinea pig. and we don t mind cheers to cheers to you. thank you. that was president biden s epa administrator, michael regan, and ohio s republican governor, mike dewine drinking the water in east palestine, ohio today, where a train de-railment three weeks ago dumped untold amounts of hazardous chemicals into that small ohio community. many residents are still experiencing symptoms like rashes and burning sensations that are consistent with exposure to dangerous chemicals. and they are skeptical about governments ability to both ensure their safety and hold the rail company responsible for this crash. that skepticism is not unwarranted. during the obama administration, rail companies lobbied to narrow new safety rules governing the transportation of dangerous chemicals. one of the companies behind that lobbying campaign was norfolk southern, the company whose train was carrying the
we believe in science. we don t mind proving to you. okay. that was president biden s epa administrator michael regan and ohio s republican governor mike dewine drinking the water in east palestine, ohio, today where a train derailment three weeks ago dumped untold amounts of hazardous chemicals into that small ohio community. many residents are reportedly still experiencing symptoms like rashes and burning sensations that are consistent with exposure to dangerous chemicals, and they are skeptical about government s ability to both ensure their safety and hold the rail company responsible for this crash. that skepticism is not unwarranted. during the obama administration rail companies lobbied to narrow new safety rules governing the transportation of dangerous chemicals. one of the companies behind that lobbying campaign was norfolk southern, the company whose
of course it is not workable. thursday was the deadliest day for palestinians in the occupied west bank in nearly two years and jerusalem says one of the worst terror attacks in recent years. and officials are escalating the lobbying campaign for f-16 fighter jets saying they are urgently needed to defend against russian attacks. scott mclean is tracking the latest developments. why is the west so reluctant to provide ukrainians f-16s? reporter: first off, the door is not completely shut here. yes president biden said no, the german chancellor said no, but the dutch prime minister said his country was open to it and the french have said anything is on the table at least in principle. the ukrainian defense minister is in france at the moment and yesterday he said that he was optimistic about his country s chances of getting these new weapons saying that he has heard
i counted. reporter: those two members i referred to, and crane is an incoming freshman. rosendale is a republican member from montana. both of them voted for jim jordan in this these past ballots. they are the ones who are the subject of a pretty swintense campaign, the lobbying campaign to win over at this moment. i m told they have been concerned about the politics of supporting mccarthy, particularly crane saying that may not be good to support him, especially if he faces a primary in the next cycle. rosendale, somebody who is eyeing a senate bid in 2024, and a potential opponent, ryan zinke supports mccarthy. perhaps there are political issues there that they need to sort them out, but they believe they can, and there are different it rations of how they can get there. maybe they can convince one or two of them to vote present. that could change the calculus and lower the voting threshold.