making, but silicon valley s implosion is the biggest such failure since the collapse of our entire financial system 15 is years ago.o down next, and we ve got you covered in los angeles with kelly o grady on how all of this happened, at the white house with lucas tomlinson on what they hop next, in washington with former fdic chair sheila bair on why this won t be another financial meltdown, she hopes. and in florida with home depot cofounder bernie marcus who says that doesn t mean this still won t be a big confidence meltdown no matter what happens next. all that and nikki haley on cracking down at the border by sending u.s. troops to the border and a portland, oregon, businessman who was trying to make a living amidst a crime wave that is soaring, and city officials all but ignoring. busy show, busy weekend, and it all starts right now. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. very good to have you. now to the our biggest story, that bank collapse and what it could portend fo
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
top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. we begin this hour with the new reporting of the chinese surveillance balloon, and the state department is confirming that this device was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. that is likely one of the new details that lawmakers are learning this morning. the biden administration is giving classified briefings on the issue on capitol hill a short time ago, and we will give you more of what we are learning in a moment, and with reclosely following what is happening in europe. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling on the european allies to step up the assistance and talking about specifically what they could do in his mind game-changers. fresh off of the sales pitch in wisconsin, president biden is headed to florida to expect to drive home his pledge in particular to protect social security and medicare, and we will have more on that message from the white house ahead. first of all to nat
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.
the dutch government says it will restrict the export of some equipment used to make microchips, citing national and international security concerns. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to be within uk and abroad. we begin in georgia, where large crowds have been protesting against new laws which critics say will limit freedoms. the biggest demonstrations have been in the capital, tbilisi. police have been using water cannon and tear gas to try to disperse crowds. our correspondent, rayhan demytrie, is in tbilisi and sent us this report. every big moment in history has its iconic image. this may be georgia s. on tuesday, thousands of protesters stood for europe, and stood their ground against water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray. and they even fought back. 55 police officers were injured. protesters have been outraged by what s been happening in parliament pro government mps spoiling for a fight with the opposition, and then backing a controversial foreign agents bill. th