the area are reporting headaches, nausea and respiratory issues after the train ran off the rails earlier this month. good afternoon, mike. mike: good afternoon, mike, it looks like a communication breakdown has halted the clean-up of contaminated material here from east palestine. much of the contaminated dirt and water were being move today hazardous material handling facilities in wayne county michigan as well as harris county texas but officials on the receiving end said say that no one told them that the hazardous material was coming to their state. 15 truckloads or 210 tons of contaminated dirt have arrived in michigan. wayne county executive is not pleased. i don t know how you do that without contacting the local officials so that we can number 1, know how to respond to our communities and number 2, give at advice in terms of routes that you may take and those sorts of things. 5 truckloads or 70 tons contaminated have been returned to east palestine. expected
family members tell me this memorial behind me means always remembering and never forgetting. back to you. mike: never forget. cb cotton, thank you so much. the trial of alex murdaugh could be nearing a conclusion after the south carolina attorney took stand in his own defense earlier this week. we will bring you expert review of his testimony just ahead. life. doesn t stop for diabetes. be ready for every moment, with glucerna.
murdaugh on the stand? well, it s actually kind of twofold. i think that in terms of the content of his testimony he didn t necessarily help himself because his explanations for things didn t make a whole lot of sense. he doesn t remember certain times where he was during times when you d think he would and he remembers with clear recollection times when he wouldn t necessarily. he was caught in a couple of lies, in the 911 call he said he checked the bodies and then called 911 and he testified he called 911 and then he checked the bodies. the content of testimony wasn t great but what might have happened with one juror because that s all we need or that s all he needs is the fact that he came across as likable and i hate to say that about an accused murderer but i m not the only that s saying that. his body language was good. he wasn t combative with the prosecutor, he has snowed a lot of people over the years so it s really not surprising that he turned on the charm for the