i m scared. for my family. i m scared for my town. i grew up here. we went to the creeks and there are crews with black and white hoses all over the creeks. they re not telling us why. the this is daily. i m driving my children to school and pass this and they re asking me questions that i don t have answers to. and they need the answers. so many, many questions. good morning, everyone. anger, fear, and many questions in east palestine ohio. two weeks after a train packed with hazardous chemicals derailed. we re going to do a deep dive into the company behind the bill and one of the dangerous chemical that was onboard there, vinyl chloride. how long will it be a threat? and is it putting residents at risk of cancer. plus, did former president trump break the law when he tried to overturn election results in georgia? we ll find out new details today when the judge leases part of the grand jury s report. also, the gunman who killed students at michigan state university
median income is lass than $45,000. east palestine is overwhelmingly white and politically conservative. more than 70% of the voters in the surrounding counties supported donald trump in the last election. that shouldn t be relevant but you re about to hear, it very much is. 11 days ago, 150 car train derailed in east palestine and it spewed poisonous chemicals onto the ground and in the surface waters. after the crash, the ohio state epa found evidence of yabbial acura late in the water and streams and creeks that feed it. this was more of a concern for east palestine given the ohio river supplies drinking water to about a tenth of the u.s. population. this train derailment was a environmental disaster. not an environmental disaster like climate change is, but an actual environmental disaster, one that s hurting actual people. then it got worse. several days after the derailment, officials decided it was a good idea to set fire to the spilled chemicals. the result of that
high-profile problem. now, it s bursting into live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. tonight, as if the new bay bridge needed another high profile problem. now, it is bursting into flames. i m veronica de la cruz. liz has the night off. i m ken bastida. let s get right to our mark kelly. two fires in the traffic lanes this week. what is going on with the bridge? reporter: caltrans says after a comprehensive investigation, maintenance workers who left behind road flares are to blame for causing monday s fire and today s fire on the bridge s eastern span. caltrans called it an unusual set of circumstances. two fires just this week. one monday night, the other, around noon today. talking distance, both, relatively close. one of our engineers discovered the fire that was in relatively the same spot as the fire from monday evening. reporter: take a closer look, caltrans says it was likely road flares from workers that set this black rubber on fire. dr
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we want to get your forecast. amelia, seems like it is going to be hit or miss today. you are absolutely right. right now on storm team 4, radar in the d.c. metro area, not tracking any rain. a little bit of drizzle around annapolis. for the morning hours we will be mainly dry. as we get foot afternoon hours though, there may be hit or miss showers, maybe even a thunderstorms. 73 degrees right now, mostly cloudy skies across the area, mainly dry. 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. by 10:00 a.m., temperatures will be already around 75 degrees. news of isolated showers will develop. what you can expect this afternoon with future weather in ten minutes. we re learning new details about a crash involving d.c. council member marion barry. since we brought you this breaking news last night at 11:00, the former d.c. mayor posting messages on his twitter account saying he is okay. the crash happened last night along pennsylvania avenue just a few blocks from minnesota avenue in southeast d.c.