following a train derailment 12 days ago in ohio. hazardous chemicals contaminating air and water. some people are getting sick and some animals are dying. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom i m dana perino. bill is off today. good morning, john. john: i m john roberts. complex environmental disaster and many questions still unanswered. folks have been allowed to return to their homes. serious safety fears remain despite assurances the air is safe to breathe and concerns are spreading about the potential impact on the water supply as a plume of pollution spilled into the ohio river flows toward the mississippi. i think the residents have every reason to be concerned. we ll continue to dig. that s the importance of these testings, testing the water, testing the air. i know hundreds of tests have been conducted but still residents are reporting things that have to be answered. dana: we re covering this story from all angles. emily lives nearby and felt the effe
conway. the silence continues after the u.s. military shot down those three mystery objects flying over north america. three since friday. however, americans still are waiting to hear directly from the president exactly what they were and why they needed to shoot them down. i m not talking about the china spy craft. i mean the three things floating about us since then. lawmakers are losing patience on both sides of the political aisle. i m harris faulkner. it has been several days since the united states fighter jets shot down those objects over alaska, canada and lake huron. while the white house says those objects have yet to be identified, they say there is forplan for the president to address the nation. the president clearly has been briefed on a regular basis on this, on a daily basis on what has occurred in the last ten days or so. but i just don t have anything to preview as to if the president is going to be speaking on this in the upcoming days. harris: i wonder
when you as a television anchor throw your own personal interest in a story the tail becomes the tale and becomes richer. dana: the tail was wagging the story. did you have a run-in with barney? i saw him being walked every day. dana: harris faulkner is up next with the faulkner focus. here she is. harris: we begin with this fox news alert. nikki haley set to hold her first official presidential campaign if her home state of south carolina at any moment. she announced by video her run for the white house yesterday and reports say the twice elected governor and former ambassador to the united states under president trump is expected today to say that americans deserve to feel proud of their country. they don t now. it is time for a new generation of leadership. also this hour veteran pollster and former top advisor to president trump kellyanne