ohio it is not eligible for federal disaster assistance in the after math of a toxic train crash in east palestine. good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. back by popular demand sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. fema shooting down the governor s request. the agency said the toxic bill in east palestine does not qualify as a traditional natural disaster. bill: the administration is sending funds to help with medical costs. the head of the epa was there for the first time. on the scene yesterday ohio senator j.d. vance. it is like chemicals coming out of the ground. let me show this to people. watch this. you can see the chemical pop out of the creek. this is disgusting. the fact that we have not cleaned up the train crash, the fact these chemicals are still seeping in the ground is an insult to the people who live in east palestine. sandra: health officials insist the water is safe to drink. but people who live there are concerned. i haven t s
because of what was said a couple of years ago and you want to hold us accountable for you need to hold everybody else accountable. now you see what happens when that doesn t happen. now we re in this crisis that we re in. sandra: it s remarkable what has happened to the police force there, leo. we can put it up on the screen for our viewers. at 1,641 officers currently, the police department there has 340 fewer officers today than it did in 2019. breed said the department would hire 541 officers just to be fully staffed, leo. and sandra, let s be clear about this. the democrats and this particular mayor have no interest in supporting police. tracy is absolutely correct. $27 million is to replace overtime officers who are working extra hours over and over again. why, sandra? because law enforcement is not supported in california. not just san francisco, in los