this train was almost 1.8 miles long and had 158 cars, 38 cars ultimately had derailed. 11 were containing hazardous material and there were some five toxic chemicals on board, including vinyl chloride. that s the one that has a lot of folks worried right now because even though it s colorless and you almost wouldn t know it or sense it or smell it, some can. and that was the one that would have normally alerted people along a path of the train carrying it that you ve got a train coming into town that s carrying it. now, there are different interpretations of the laws and requirements around that. be that as it may, norfolk southern has promised to provide whatever help the town needs. better that and million dollars has been distributed thus far and we don t know the details of that, but more money was coming. a lot of lawyers, some of whom i have been talking to, who are pondering class action suits saying that s a drop in the bucket with the obligation that norfolk souther
interior department. it acknowledged that charging fossil fuel companies less in royalty fees to krill would likely mean greater energy security, but the memo recommended keeping those fees high to fight climate change. let s go to lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the very latest. lucas. reporter: some are all called this leaked memo a negligent discharge. now, earlier on fox we had lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who shared hair opinions about this leaked memo from the biden administration. they have an agenda, and that agenda is the green new deal agenda. and it doesn t involve oil, it doesn t involve gas, it involves batteries and the things that we depend on from china. we need to make sure that we re moving as aggressively and rapidly as we can towards energy independence and renewable energies all actually. reporter: all at the same time. reporter: it shows the biden administration recommending higher royalty piece on oil and gas permits d
on track to hit florida sometime this week with the panhandle in the entire west coast at risk. standing by. let s start with meteorologist tracking it all. where is it going to go? it does not look like a whole lot right now. lifting its way up towards the gulf of mexico. that is when this thing really strengthens. you only need 79-degree water to fuel a storm. suddenly this thing kind of explodes and become a big monster of a storm. hurricane morning s currently in cuba because this is where it will headfirst before lifting into the gulf of mexico and then we focus on florida. tuesday and wednesday, probably even thursday running up to the florida panhandle where this may make landfall. that would be a category four hurricane. this would be a strong one. you will kind of see as a storm comes together begins to strengthen, and i wall over the island of cuba on early early tuesday morning. even if you are not making landfall right away on the west coast of florida, gettin
reporter: u.s. attorney general merrick garland the latest biden cabinet member to come to ukraine. ukraine is trying to build up criminal cases existence russian officials as well as soldiers who say they have committed atoes is, killing and torturing civilians for future prosecution. eric and arthel, back to you. eric: and cause for war crimes against putin himself. steve, thank you. arthel? arthel: well, steve and eric, meantime, that new 400 million in military aid to ukraine comes as the biden administration if is reportedly considering slapping sanctions on china if beijing gives military support, military support to russia. let s bring in dr. rebecca grant, president of iris incompetent research and a national security and military analyst. so, dr. grant, if china sends fresh weapons to russia, what should president biden do and how much unilateral power does the u.s. have? biden has been soft on china, but if china sends new lethal
started slapping sanctions on companies, you know, like raytheon, and lockheed martin and next week we could see a new round of restrictions on our part, on chinese companies and china doing the same. do you think this escalates into an economic war? well, we ve been in a great power competition with china for quite some time. neil, the important point, you have a spy balloon committing espionage that has american components in them. technology parts made in the united states that have gone into their spy craft. the same thing happened with the hypersonic missile that orbitted the world, landed with precision that can carry a nuclear payload. that was built on the backbone of american technology. so, my committee, as chairman of foreign affairs, we re going