contaminated? o was groundwater contaminated? they have not done any of that.f okay a that s another thing that residents are complaining about a lot because they don tlo kno t know if they can trust wir their own tap water. they don t wanps and at turn onu taps. a lot of these people do haveth wells, but they have no clue ifd they re groundwater has been contaminated. it s it s. tucker: it beyon. this is america. this is a first world country. i mean, yeah. or was next. i sure appreciate that reporte n from the scene in east palestine. thank you.stine, ohio. thank you. for over two so for over two years now, weabn have been treated to endless lectures about democracy. i m defending democracym . s the firs well, if you want to destroyu do democracy, what s the first thing you would do? let people fro fm other countries you choose your leaders?d th that s up to bankruptcy, ofat course, is the scracy, i opposi. but democrats are openly trying to do that. now, let s let the reside
0 ke what? visionworks. see the difference. lamarca had the hiccups. i m watters and this is my world. tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. east paalestino, ohio s not a huge place. it s about 5,000 people and east palestine was the place that produced dishes and cups and pitchers for america s hotels and enormous ceramics works there employed much of the town and it s all gone and the town is much poorer for it and the 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 co