Us. Were waiting tonight for the doj police raid on joehous bidens house. E, maybe waitinges for that. Were getting g more details on that story in just a minute. Meantime, good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight. So think back. N. Two years was two years ago that pete buddah, judge of south bend, indiana, was in a very hard place, really. He was unemployed. Hebe was pushing 40. Staras staring down the barrel of a grim and nonproductive middle age for mayor pete. Prod the back nine diucd not looke promising, but then helpp arri arrived in the unlikely eithdoddering form Oved Daughtfn ,either because of his innate decency or because he is a nasty sense of humor. Joe biden may put a judge the federal Secretary Of Transportation, despite the fact that people, a judge had no decency relevant experience with transportation of any kind, apart from Occasiona L Riding A bicycle with a little helmet. This was a huge promotion from unemployment to the white house cabinet. And understa
toxic chemicals. welcome to fox news live, i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkens. lucas tomlinson on the ground in east palestine, lucas, what do you have for us? griff, state and local and even federal officials like epa say the water is clean. many residents simply don t believe them. in the last few minutes a truck pulled up to distribute bottled water from salvation army and private owners. yesterday i spoke to a resident by the creek, this is what he said about the water. it s tainted and it would never be the same. i would never let me kids walk in this. ever? ever again. lucas: now representative bill johnson who represents east palestine in congress, he responded to that sound. the epa, both the federal and the state have made the valid case that the water is clean. this community has a city water system that is routinely tested anyway. it does not get its water source from that creek. lucas: the epa has deployed teams like this to clean the nearby s
connection to slavery. hello and welcome to bbc news. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. our correspondent david willis has more from washington. officials here are saying that this chinese balloon was brought down about six miles off the coast of south carolina by a single missile fired by a us fighterjet. now, president biden had apparently given permission for such a strike on wednesday, that is a day before the actual presence of this balloon was made public. military officials decided to hold back for fear that it could spray debris down onto the mainland and hurt people on the ground below. then, today, as it was crossing the coast of south carolina, they closed loca
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
company s failure to contain its toxic fallout. but before we go to the ceo of norfolk southern, let s bring in the mayor of east palestine, trent conaway, who joins me now. mister mayor, thank you so much for joining me here. really appreciate it. we ve heard from the state government. we ve heard from the federal government. we re going to hear from norfolk southern this evening. what more do you need from all three of them that you re not currently getting? right now, i think we re currently getting everything we need, except answers. we need some answers as far as the health concerns. our residents safety is number one. and we need to get to the bottom of these health concerns. we re being told the water is safe. i believe that, our municipal water is safe. we re told our air is safe. i think it s safe. my family is here. they ve been here the whole time. but there s definitely concern from some residents. and i have concerns as well, because paramount is our citizens s