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this community safe? reporter: the mayor leading the meeting at times speaking through a bullhorn to answer questions from distressed residents still worried about returning to their homes despite evacuation orders being lifted last week. the railroad did us wrong. so far they ve worked with us and they re fixing it. but if that stops i will guarantee you i will be the first one in line to fight them. reporter: as many residents are demanding more testing of air, water and soil. we re not going to stop the testing until you re satisfied. that s when the testing stops. reporter: not present at this community meeting, norfolk southern, the company that owns the train that derailed sent a statement saying, we have become increasingly concerned about the growing physical threat to our employees. okay. well, if you re afraid that somebody from palestine is going to hurt your employees, what exactly did you do to us? it s not just the absence of norfolk southe ....
With the citizens of east palestine for as long as it takes. the federal government will be here for as long as it takes. reporter: this morning ohio s governor spoke with officials at the white house to request more federal assistance including help from the department of health and the cdc. as cleanup continues, results of air quality tests inside 474 homes were released. about 75 initially showed elevated levels of toxins in the air, but further testing showed no contaminants. and jake, you heard there in the piece there was talk about where secretary buttigieg stands in all of this. the transportation secretary has been tweeting about the derailment, saying that there will be accountability. he also talked about in his tweets about the need for congress to get involved and address rail safety. but i think from what we re hearing here on the ground is a lot of folks here in this ....