norfolk suffolk rail derailed. vinyl chloride, a highly flammable carcinogen. concerns of a possible explosion the governor ordered an evacuation and crews conducted a controlled burn on five of those cars filled with hazardous chemicals and intentionally leaked them into the air to prevent them from blowing up. bill: the people who live are getting sick. also concerned fish and other animals being found dead. despite all this the environmental protection agency says it hasn t detected contamination at levels of concern. the people who live there just are not buying it. local fish in our creeks have died. oily scenes and colorations in the water. chemicals in the air. it is half of my family lives in east palestine. you have all these toxins, all the chemicals basically that is going to cause cancer. we ve all been exposed. it is not a one mile thing. test the water is it safe? the fish are dying. how should i feel safe bathing my children, cooking with any of it?
the cartels will take advantage any way they can. the fentanyl, methamphetamine, the human trafficking. i spoke to a nicaraguan national at the border and he owed the cartel 8,500 to go to minneapolis and has to pay them $1 thousand a month as soon as he gets there. if he is late with the payment it is a $3 hundred penalty. if he doesn t pay, they will kill his mother and father and take their home. what do you think that individual will do in minneapolis? find somewhere somehow something to do to get that money to the cartel. and this is how they own these individuals. a lot of them all over our country. and guess what? the cartel is there present in minneapolis and everywhere in the country supervising and looking after not only the drug product they re pushing but the people they control and some that traffic as well. john: it is extraordinary.
as hillary clinton describes minute by minute the courageous s.e.a.l. team mission and what one moment had her holding her breath. sequel search. director of hunger games saying he won t come back. cnn new hearing from him this morning. we re catching fire via box office bust. clooney, spielberg and dog from the artist a white house correspondents dinner to remember. this morning the clock is ticking and the tension is building in the trayvon martin case. a few hours from now the parents of the unarmed teenager will hold a news conference with civil rights activist al sharpton. also this hour, we expect comments from u.s. attorney general eric holder. the feds have been investigating whether the fatal shooting could be prosecuted as a hate crime. angela corey says she ll release new information within three days all of this unfolding as the shooter, george zimmerman, remains in hiding and out of touch with his own attorneys. they say his disappearance forced hem for
bales wife. he says her husband would not commit the crimes he s accused of. he loves children. he s like a big kid himself. tossed, handcuffed and dragged out. is how a trip to the oklahoma city airport ended for one man and it looks like you can see him there, he is face down. now police are under investigation. campaign ad or horror movie? hard to tell the difference. welcome to a place where one president s failed policies really hit home. welcome to obamaville. stephen king. you got nothing on rick santorum. the candidate s new ad says this grim horror will be reality if the president is reelected. call this a susan boyle moment. only this fintime the voice bels to a 17-year-old boy. you don t have to look like a star to sound like one. he is so good. he took the smirk off simon cowell s face. this morning we start with a monumental legal fight that gets under way at the u.s. supreme court in about an hour. the issue is president obama s health care law