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
How is that putting safety first? jake, this investigation is being run by the ntsb. i m prohibited from talking specifically about anything that caused this derailment. i m very much looking forward to the preliminary results, which should be coming out very soon. i want to bring in some of the east palestine citizens here with me. is a former chemistry teacher, this week, the governor in the epa administrator in visited his house in drink tap water from his kitchen sink. before you ask mr. shaw question, did that reassure you at all? them drinking the water from your sink? absolutely. it did. that s good news. you have a question for mr. shaw? yes, i d like to go back to that safety subject that you mentioned just a moment ago. in ohio, we have great rigorous inspection of highways. rigorous inspection of bridges, rigorous inspections of public
And that s a down payment. we re going to continue. and we re going to be here today. we re going to be here tomorrow. we re going to be here a year from now. we re gonna be here five years from now. that s my commitment to this community. i want to see this through. and each and every day, i m going to do the next right thing. katie rothman, you haven t had a chance to speak yet. and i would love for you to be able to ask your question. sure, thank you for being here. so, each day that passes, the chemicals are sinking deeper into our land and water and further poisoning our residents and environment. what is the timeline for cleanup and can we expect to see a sense of urgency in remediation efforts, like we saw in opening the tracks? yes, katie, thank you for the question. you know, as you heard earlier, there is been hundreds of tests. by our independent contractor, by the epa, by local health authorities. and they all come back and say the air quality is clean, water