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derailment have been prevented? if so, how? the answer to that question will eventually come from the ntsb, which is currently investigating the crash, but we can and should take a look at the conditions of rail freight across this country and the allegations that across the industry safety is being sacrificed for profit. we spoke with one 40-plus year veteran railroader and certified accident investigator who told us what happened in east palestine was the logical outcome of precision schedules railroading. and that without change it will happen again. we re going to explain what that means in a moment with greg reagan, the president of the transportation trades department of aflcio. it s important to understand the operating conditions because the crash itself is becoming a political football. donald trump is touring the derailment site, and the mayor of east palestine who told us on this show the other day that he didn t want president biden to visit because the secu ....
Investigation by the ntsb. the preliminary findings will be released tomorrow morning as to why this derailment happened. we re waiting for those answers. residents continue to have concerns about their health, the skepticism about the safety in this community, and i want to give you an update on the clean up at this point. according to the ceo of norfolk southern, who did a sit-down interview with cnbc, one of the few interviews we have seen from the ceo, he said they have removed about 450 cubic yards of contaminated soil and secured 1.1 million gallons of contaminated water. amid that, the pennsylvania governor said his office made a criminal referral on this matter, and the ohio governor has hinted out the possibility of legal action by that state as well. so a lot of different sectors of society intersecting in this small community which is dealing with a very challenging and concerning situation, and there ....