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A highlight from THOUGHTCRIME Ep. 13 Willard Romney's Revenge? Dems Legitimizing Prostitution? Oliver The Fake?
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This is your warning. I'm just warning you that, yes, there is things in this episode that are not always appropriate for homeschoolers. Email us as always freedom at charliekirk .com and get involved with Turning Point USA at tpusa .com. That is tpusa .com. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campuses. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks. I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tonight's edition, this week's edition of Thought Crime. Are you ready to commit thought crime? Because we've got a lot. Let's go around the horn. I'm not even sure because we got a lot of craziness going on right now. Our gas prices are up almost a full dollar here since last week, almost. And I was in California about a week ago. And I think are you guys hitting about six, almost $6 a gallon right now? Yeah, we are. Yeah, it's about five. How do you do it? I mean, honestly, Santa Barbara is a small town, so we don't drive a whole bunch. We don't feel it as much as probably like, you know, our Los Angeles friends. But I mean, at the end of the day, I mean, California is and actually this, this includes Arizona, Nevada, I believe, Washington and Oregon are considered the same sort of gas island. So they are as it has to do with where the oil comes from. It has to do with where they're getting refined. California has all these special additives and regulations that the refineries, these these benchmarks that refineries need to hit. So it can only come from certain refineries. So it limits the supply even more. It's a whole problem. So Charlie will be here in a little bit. He's at the Pastor Summit right now. He's dealing with some stuff. He's taking care of business on assignment, of course, for Turning Point USA, the faith coalition. But we're here. We're going to hold down the fort until Charlie returns. So shoot us your emails freedom at Charlie kirk .com. Let's get into the first topic here. This one, I think we've all talked about it, but we haven't all mentioned it together. This one, the the revenge or should we say the elegy for Willard Romney? Willard Mitt Romney has announced he's quitting the Senate total rage quit right before the 2024 election. So he's going to serve out the remainder of his term. And of course, as befits his character, he's riding off into the sunset by having the globalists at the Atlantic publish a completely obnoxious passive aggressive interview, trashing his colleagues, trashing Trump, trashing the GOP base. So what is the final word on the GOP 2012 standard bearer, the man who was the nominee for president in 2012? And, Blake, I think you actually have an excerpt from the from this article that's by McKay Coppins in the Atlantic. Oh, well, yeah, exactly, Jack. It's it's amazing. So, of course, he's everything about Romney is, you know, the supposed like, you know, politeness and decorum and all the damage that Trump does to our democracy by being always the last Boy Scout. Yeah, yeah, the last Boy Scout. So naturally, what he does is he announces he's retiring. And then, you know, in perfect timing with it, McKay Coppins has this biography that he's putting out that's, you know, all about Romney and has all these like data points in it. And he's basically just like Romney doing like a drive by shooting on other members of the Republican Party as he leaves. Let's see, like one of the lines from it. This is a summary as Axios summarizes it helpfully for us. Romney shares a unique disgust for senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas, who he thought were too smart to believe Trump won the 2020 election. But, quote, put politics above the interests of liberal democracy and the Constitution. And then the even wilder one is for Senator J .D. Vance of Ohio. He says, quote, I don't know that I can disrespect someone more than J .D. Vance. That is a direct quote from Senator Romney describing Senator Vance, who he still has to, you know, share a Senate chamber with for the next year before he actually quits. But, you know, J .D., I mean, can can someone explain what what what is J .D. Vance done in his time in the Senate that's been so ill reputable? It could. Does anyone have what when he went to East Palestine and it seems it seems his crime is that went on there? I'm trying to figure this out. It seems his crime is that, you know, J .D. Vance came out of Ohio. He went to Yale, I believe it was. And then he was in finance and was, you know, and then wrote his memoir, which was very well received. And he's this up and comer on the coast. And then I guess he moved back to Ohio, started doing too many appearances on Tucker Carlson tonight. And like, according to Romney, it was like the transformation was just was just too jarring, like it was too too much of a transformation for for Mr. Romney, who himself has basically transmuted into this like Democrat, I guess. But that doesn't count. This is an interesting this is an interesting take on on all of it. And Andrew, maybe you can give us a sense of it, because what I think that Romney is really upset about here is that he's considering J .D. Vance a class a class traitor. He's calling him a class traitor and saying, look, you're allowed to make money in finance. You're allowed to make go to Yale. You're allowed to go to the great schools. But the one thing and you're certainly allowed to run for the Senate. But the one thing you're not allowed to do is actually go out to the people of your state, listen to the their interests and listen to their issues and then grow and go and try to actually represent them in the United States Senate. This I is think class traitor. I think that's really smart framing, Jack, because at some level, a lot of this is much more about vibe. It's much more about what Mitt Romney thinks is classy versus gross or respectable versus, you know, essentially untoward and beyond the pale. Right. So it's all based on his own little framework of of class structure, of decorum, those sorts of things. So it says here in this, he says he was also highly critical of Senator J .D. Vance, Republican of Ohio, who reinvented his persona to become a Trump acolyte after publishing a bestselling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy about the working class that Romney loved. So Romney loved the book. So at some level, I think it was just like, so I love this book. And how can this kind of become like a Trump bootlicker? Go ahead. Right. So I can there's there and just real quickly, it's kind of like because in the book, J .D. Vance's conclusions, I would say I don't offer this as criticism. I just say it's sort of it's an evolution on J .D. Vance's part because he sort of just says in the book, well, that that sort of that blase classic Republican line of, you know, and everybody just needs to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I can do it. So can you. And we should cut taxes for big businesses and the one percent pays most of the income tax and that that's kind of it. And then when he went to actually run for office and started really engaging with people politically, that's when he shifted, not socially. Right. But he shifted economically to become more of a populist. Blake, what you're saying? Well, what's so telling in this article is like some of the just a little specific anecdotes that it does pick. And I almost wonder if Coppins is like subtly trolling Romney. Apparently Romney lives by himself and his family in D .C. It mentions let me get let me get the line here. It talks about his his his pad that he lives in. And it says the place had not been Romney's first choice for Washington residents when he was elected in twenty eighteen. He'd had his eye on a newly remodeled condo at the Watergate with glittering views of the Potomac. His wife, Ann, fell in love with the place, but his soon to be staffers and colleagues warned him about the commute, which, by the way, it's like a mile and a half to the Capitol. So he grudgingly chose practicality over luxury and settled for the two point four million dollar townhouse instead. And then, of course, this is not good enough for for Ann. So she never visits him when he's in D .C. So it turns into a gross bachelor pad that has it mentions there's crumbs everywhere.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Sen. JD Vance Proposes Safety Standards for Railroads and Firefighters
"Let's bring in senator JD Vance from Ohio senator. Thanks for making time for us today. Good to be with you, Alex. So let's first talk about your real Bill. I think this is a big deal and I love that you're showing leadership here. Is this your first big Bill? I guess that's my first half question. And the other thing is noteworthy that you're actually not doing this to campaign for some higher office, you're actually trying to benefit the people of Ohio with it, which is nice. Explain what's going on and you're building a huge coalition. Give me the details. Yeah, so the basic idea is what happened in east palestin, Ohio, where you had a train crash, terrible chemical fire afterwards, and basically a chemical bomb that went off in northeastern Ohio. I don't think that was going to happen again, or at least we should do some common sense things to make it less likely. What I've tried to do here is basically create a couple of additional safety standards that railroads have to comport with. And then simultaneously make it so that the firefighters who are dealing with these chemical fires when you have the train crashes to begin with, they actually know what they're dealing with because that's something I heard from the folks of east Palestine and 99% volunteer firefighting force is they were going to this chemical fire. They didn't know what they were actually dealing with and how could they properly protect themselves or deal with the fire given that given that reality. So the bill addresses both of those things. And the thing that I try to remind people because I know a number of conservatives don't like the idea of doing anything that makes it harder for corporate America to live their life. The basic problem here is that the railroads socialize the risk of their business model. When they have a massive train crash, that costs a lot of money for Ohio taxpayers, it costs a lot of money for federal taxpayers. Think about the welfare benefits they're going to flow out through the door to the people of east Palestinian to healthcare benefits because of the health and economic consequences of what Norfolk Southern did. And if we're going to do that, and I think of course we should, we have to take care of the people of east Palestinian. We should expect Norfolk Southern and other real companies to hold themselves to a higher standard. And that's exactly what we're doing with this bill. It's pretty simple and straightforward. I know, you know, rightfully so people are focused on the border. People are focused on the debt ceiling negotiation. Those are all very important issues. But I think this is a small win that I can get for the people of Ohio that matters a lot to folks back
AP News Radio
Safety board: Alabama derailed train lacked needed couplers
"Federal safety regulators have determined why a Norfolk Southern train derailed an Alabama earlier this month. I Norman hall. The national transportation safety board says the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama lacked required alignment control couplers for two of its locomotives and federal investigators say a company inspection did not identify the absence of the devices. The notation comes in one of three preliminary reports issued by NTSB about Norfolk Southern train accidents, the safety board was already investigating the fiery February derailment and toxic chemical burn in east Palestine, Ohio, the safety board says future investigation will focus on Norfolk Southern communication, maintenance, and inspection practices, as well as locomotive and railcar positioning and train handling. I Norman hall
Mark Levin
Biden Bails out Silicon Valley, Continues to Ignore East Palestine
"The Washington times good paper Biden rushes to bail out Silicon Valley continues to ignore east Palestine Ohio He thought about that rich Isn't that amazing So the Democrats are always about bailing out Democrats The elite donors The bigwigs East Palestinian doesn't even merit a visit by this moron Now you think about that folks And there's going to be more about the money that's gone to the Biden crime family from the communist Chinese and admitted this is unbelievable to me that there's not an ongoing investigation Of Biden and his family forget about hunter hunter is just a little piece of it The big guy at the top none of this would be possible But for the big guy and yet they are covering up for this guy like there's no tomorrow But there's no tomorrow The Biden keeps talking about now that Republicans want to defund the police Because they didn't vote for his massive climate change bill that was dressed up as an inflation reduction bill That had all kinds of stuff in there and we get money to states and cities and he said that money could have been used to hire police but the Republicans voted against it therefore they defund it This is why this crackpot was failing in law school and had a plagiarizing cheat to get through a test Because he's an idiot But if you're an idiot in politics you're righteous If you know how to lie and lie often even if you're caught but you act like you're telling the truth you can become a Democrat party Apparatchik or an official as well It's just incredible to me
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Washington's Disconnect From Middle America
"Last question on this Dave McCormick, one of my comments yesterday flying cross country was billions for the blue bubble boys in Silicon Valley and you don't get the time of day if you're an eastern Ohio or western Pennsylvania on the derailment. Some people thought that wasn't fair, but I believe it's all of a sudden these connected VCs are on the phones of their buddies in D.C.. They get action in 48 hours. We still haven't got the president in east Palestine, and you know that area very well. I mean, you grew up there. You probably are closer to each Palestine than I am. It was 40 miles down the road from Warren, but it's probably less from where you grew up. Yeah. Well, you know, from where I was born, certainly. Yeah, I grew up in a different part of the state, but I grew up around Scranton, but I was born right near there and I've been talking to my Friends at beaver county. Who are most affected by it. And I agree with you a 100% in the following sense. The thing that I discovered on the campaign trail, the thing that I felt more visceral I should say on the campaign, the thing that I think president Trump tapped into in 2016 is that there's this disconnect where the people that are making policy in Washington and the excel a bubble between Washington, New York are completely disconnected and really not particularly focused on or care about the people that are living in mainstream America. And that certainly the case with and these Palestine thing is essentially a good example, not because the president is showing up would have changed the outcome necessarily or even change the policy. It would have been reflective of actually caring and being connected to the people that are most affected by it. And it's the same with fentanyl, it's the same with fracking. It's the same with inflation. It's the same with the open border. These are issues which are being felt by a huge part of America, and that was really the inspiration for the book.
AP News Radio
Senators are grilling the Norfolk Southern CEO over the East Palestine rail disaster
"The chief executive of Norfolk Southern railroad will have an apology when he attends a Senate hearing today. CEO Alan Shaw says in prepared remarks to the Senate committee on environment and public works that he's deeply sorry for the impact the train derailment has had on the community of east Palestinian Ohio. No one was injured in the crash, but stayed in local officials decided to release and burn toxic vinyl chloride from 5 tanker cars, prompting the evacuation of about half the roughly 5000 residents. Now people in the community say they're
AP News Radio
Norfolk Southern to pay millions for derailment: governor
"Norfolk Southern will pay Pennsylvania several $1 million to cover the cost of a toxic train derailment last month just across the border in Ohio. Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro says the railroad company will pay $5 million to reimburse fire departments for equipment contaminated or damaged and $1 million to beaver and Lawrence counties to help businesses and residents whose livelihoods were damaged. Meanwhile, the cleanup from the February 3rd train derailment continues in east Palestine, Ohio, and the EPA has ordered Norfolk Southern to cover those costs, concern over an explosion led state and local officials to approve releasing and burning toxic vinyl chloride from 5 tanker cars. No one was injured. I'm Julie Walker.
WGN Radio
"east palestin" Discussed on WGN Radio
"Eastbound and westmore traffic will be down to one lane and eventually two. Ramps and exits will also be impacted. So check for detours. The roads management companies has most of the construction will happen from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. The Pentagon is concerned that China could be using medical mechanical cranes to spy on U.S. ports. There is no proof of any suspicious activity, but Chinese made cranes are all over the country, including military bases. The Wall Street Journal reports they have surveillance capabilities and are usually cheaper than many American made cranes. That can provide the potential to track where sensitive materials are headed or perhaps disrupt the flow of goods entirely. A defense bill which recently passed Congress will acquire officials to determine if the cranes pose a threat. As residents of east palestin, Ohio have grown distrustful of the federal government and the EPA, independent environmentalists have decided to do their own testing, more from news nations Jorge Ventura. From the water that flows through the creeks to the air, now independent researchers from Texas a and M and Carnegie Mellon university releasing their new findings and elevated level of a chemical of concern called acrolein. The report said in some areas levels were three times higher than expected compared to a typical urban environment. Researchers add, they are not yet sure what the health impacts of this may be. Some residents have complained of symptoms such as breathing problems, rashes, and sore throats, which they blame on last most trained ailment. And an estimated $2 million was raised for this year's polar plunge. Thousands of people turned out yesterday in north avenue beach to take the plunge 19th ward dollarman mantle chase sits on the board of special Olympic Chicago. This polar plunge allows us to expand programs and communities all across the city. This was the 23rd year for the event, as designed to support more than
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Senator J.D. Vance Gives Us the Latest Out of Ohio
"Vance senator Vance, welcome back to Merck first. Thank you, Seth, how are you? Good, good, good, good. I wanted to play the clip we've been playing a view drawing that little stick through the crick and then seeing all those pollutants well up. Can you tell us what the latest is from east Palestine and how our Ohio, ohioans doing without the meaningful assistance from this administration. Yeah, well, a couple of big updates. So first of all, they still have not fully cleaned up the contaminated site. So you think about what's causing those chemicals in the water. It's the leaching from the soil, the soil is still contaminated, and they haven't cleaned it up. This is the second thing, of course, the Biden administration continues to largely be MIA, especially the Department of Transportation. The EPA has spent a little bit more time in east palestin. I've actually been happy about that, but everybody else seems to be ignoring these guys. Why is the president not going? If president Trump can take the time, why does Biden not go? Well, by the way, president Trump coming, I think, actually really forced the Biden administration to do more than they were doing at the time. So any action we've seen from them, we've seen in the last week since that visit from president Trump. Look, I think Biden thinks these people aren't his voters. He doesn't care about them. It's really that simple. I think the Democrats see American politics in a friend versus enemy kind of way. They didn't vote for him, so he's not going to pay him any attention. It's disgusting, but that's the way that he sees it.
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Caller Judy Wants 'Policy, Not Politics' From Trump in 2024
"Back to your calls. Let's go to Judy in Brooklyn, line two. I think my voice is going to be as deep as Dan because I'm getting a cold, but let me tell you, governor de establishment, Jeff nailed it. I loved it. He is once. You didn't tell Jeff, did you? I sure did. He deserves it. Come on, come on. Really? It wasn't like mean it wasn't like it was perfect and to illustrate how perfect it is, listen to this. I heard this earlier today, I got to share with you what's his name, governor establishment, had a book signing in Florida over there. And guess what? Anyone who wore a Trump shirt or something with something. They did not allow in. Yes. I know. I guess we're on desantis doesn't like fellow conservatives. Well, could you establishment, remember? That was perfect. I remember don't eat courage, Jeff. I got a T-shirt for you if you want to hear. Go ahead. Here we go. Policy, not politics, and underneath Trump 2024. I love it. I love it nicely, John. I'm
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Why Is Biden Afraid of East Palestine? Lord Conrad Black Explains
"I'd like to talk about your piece on Ukraine and The Epoch Times. But as I look at the coverage on television right now, there are interviewing a resident of east Palestine on why Biden hasn't visited yet. And president Trump has visited, even before the transportation secretary, you've written books on president Trump and prior presidents, such as Roosevelt and Nixon, I'm sure they probably would have visited by now. What does it say? Is it an out of touch Ness? What is your analysis that more than three weeks in? The current chief executive hasn't gone to the side of this awful calamity. It's terribly hard to explain Sebastian. And he appears to be averse to going to any domestic setting that is unsatisfactory from his political standpoint. I mean, it has become, I think, a virtual national outrage that he has only made one visit anywhere near the southern border. Which he has turned into a sieve through which millions of past without documentation. And including a carrying amongst them, not every one of them, obviously, but amongst them, literally tons, tons of fentanyl. And he made one peremptory visit to an area that wasn't heavily traveled by illegal migrants and stayed for a few hours, and that was it. And he seems to have an aversion to visiting a scene that is unfortunate in itself. And potentially are actually politically problematical for him.
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Lord Conrad Black on Jeb Bush's Endorsement(?) of Ron DeSantis
"Perhaps we can start with this. A scion of one of the two political one of the two most powerful political dynasties in America, the Bush family. Jeb Bush made this endorsement at the weekend of president Trump's challenge at cut ten. Is this Ron DeSantis opportunity to run for higher office? I think it is. He's been a really effective governor. He's young. I think we're on the verge of a generational change in our politics. What kind of hope so I think it's time for a more forward leaning future oriented conversation in our politics as well. That was quite a hagiographic little interview with Jeb Bush, where he said, yes, yes, we need a new generation. Fascinatingly, lord black, early this morning, political, which is slightly beneath the gutter. Politico published the story that they had been emailed by the former governor Jeb Bush, who not quite a full retraction but stated, I did not endorse Ron DeSantis. I merely praised him. That reminds me of Mark Antony's speech at Caesar's burial. Isn't this peculiar presidential politics? I wouldn't want to mind read chip bush, but in fairness to him, I'd say two things. And look, he had a bruising battle and a completely unsuccessful battle with Donald Trump in 2016 for the Republican nomination. Anyone who followed it remembers what a shambles and a wreckage Trump made of the previously favored Jeb Bush campaign. He was thought by many to be the FrontRunner. And he was demolished. And he certainly vividly remembers the extreme antagonism of candidate Trump to the George W. Bush presidency, especially the Iraq War. I think it's fair to say president Trump's been generally much more respectful of the former prison bush, Jeb bush father. So he has that and I mean, whether one agrees with the Trump view or the bush view, I think we can all understand why Jeb Bush has his reservations about Trump
Northwest Newsradio
"east palestin" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"FM 97 7 you're information station. From ABC News I'm Dave packer that winter storm that's been crossing the country has been leaving a wake of death and destruction. In Kentucky at least 5 people dead power out to thousands of customers, governor Andy beshear calls damage in a state significant and widespread. Utility partners are working quickly to restore services, but this may take some time. This is very significant widespread damage throughout Kentucky. It is multiple utility providers that are working and it's going to take at least days to get power up. Now it's the same storm that dumped foot after foot of snow and the mountains of California, ABC's Tim pulliam, this powerful system, first hitting the west, Los Angeles, getting the type of snow it hasn't seen in decades. But in California's San Bernardino mountains, it's too much. Pals are snow burying towns. The roof of their grocery store collapsing, mini, riding out the storm, now trapped in their home. Residents of east palestin, Ohio, the side of the fiery train derailment and controlled burn of the toxic chemicals on board, growing increasingly angry as more insisted not being told the truth about the dangers they continue to face. ABC's Monaco serapis and east Palestinian. Norfolk Southern's apologies are falling on deaf ears here in east palestin. It has been over a month since that toxic train derailment and people say they are still living in a hotels and dealing with health issues. This as the EPA has ordered new testing for dangerous pollutants. The railroad Friday begun tearing up the tracks in the derailment area so that it could remove the soil underneath. Walgreens revealing it will not make abortion medication available in 20 Republican led states, the move comes after the company says there were threats of legal action, but abortions and the abortion pill are still legal in some of those states. The White House calling threats to pharmacies for selling FDA approved medication dangerous and unacceptable. Your listening to ABC News
Northwest Newsradio
"east palestin" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"Have a Powerball winner finally revealed 7 o'clock. From ABC News, I'm Brian Clark It feels like it's the end of the world or something. That's a situation for residents of the San Bernardino mountains in Southern California like dawn. They're still buried under snow in Lake arrowhead, Stephen Holyfield says they're not being told what they need to know. A lot of these problems could just be solved with information. But that information is not going out there. People are just being left out there to wonder. But authorities say most main roads have been cleared, but it could still be another week before all the side roads are clear. Across the country, more than 60 million people are under some kind of weather alert and storms have already been blamed for ten deaths in the south, Midwest. And east palestin, Ohio, keep out signs have been posted around the waterways following the train derailment and chemical spill. Friday marked one month since the accident, White House press secretary green champier asked if President Biden planned to visit said yes, he's planning to go there at some point. What he's going to do is we're going to want that happens. He's going to, we're going to coordinate with state and local officials to make that trip occur. He hosted German Chancellor Olaf shoals of The White House Friday the two countries are in lockstep when it comes to support for Ukraine. ABC's James longman in Ukraine with more on the new aid that's being sent to the country. $400 million from the United States, including 8 armored vehicles that are able to launch bridges, foldable bridges over rivers and other difficult terrain. And it's that continued support was a theme of conversations between President Biden and Olaf shouts, the German Chancellor at The White House, the western alliance that supports Ukraine. They are increasingly concerned about China's support for Russia and so they feel it's very important that they show this united front. Former president Donald Trump speaks today at cpac. He's trying to rally some of his most loyal supporters ahead of primary battles like this one. I'm just a common citizen. But in my opinion, there is no Republican Party with that Donald J Trump. You're listening to ABC News. My brother in law died suddenly, and now my sister and her kids
Northwest Newsradio
"east palestin" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"Wet flake moving through its 41 in downtown Seattle or northwest news time four 36. Well, we've heard time and again, the area is safe, yet the EPA has ordered testing for highly toxic dioxins at the site of that train derailment in Ohio. Scott dance, covering this for The Washington Post and he spoke with northwest news radio's Bill O'Neill. Scott the theme from officials including the EPA to the people of east palestin, Ohio has been everything is safe, so why this order now? Well, it seems like they are operating with sort of an abundance of caution and in response to a lot of the criticism that they've been getting from the community and around the country. There has been a chorus of academics, environmental groups and even some residents who are after hearing about the details of what was in these train cars and what was intentionally released to avoid an explosion could have produced these pollutants known as dioxins, which are very concerning, very persistent in the environment. And so EPA is saying that there's no sign from other different types of chemicals that they are monitoring for in the environment that there would be any dacs, but they have directed the Norfolk Southern railroad company to test for them anyway. I think just to give residents peace of mind and just be extra careful. Now let's talk about dioxins for a minute. I mean, they can be quite complex. They can be very dangerous and they can last in the environment for a very long time, can't they? Yes. So it's a class of compounds that is not that uncommon. They're produced in any kind of combustion and they come from the chlorine content and whatever is being combusted. When you're talking about these chemicals including vinyl chloride, which is a component in PVC plastic, there's just such a high level of chlorine and potential for production of the actin that it's particularly a large source of this pollution, the authorities are saying that as a gas it would have dissipated and that there wouldn't be any reason for high concentration in these Palestinian, but experts have been saying that it would have attached itself to dust particles in that huge cloud of smoke that everyone saw and settled to the ground. So yeah, it just kind of remains to be seen whether there is contamination of Dax and they're not. And of course, dust particles, well, they can disperse with the wind. They can be picked up by weather systems, is this more of a concern than just for east palestin, Ohio and the surrounding area. I mean, we don't have any reason to assume that, but it's possible. Right, like if it was in this cloud of dust and chemicals and smoke that was blowing for miles into Pennsylvania, then yes, it's possible that it could have spread beyond east Palestinian, but again, not any reason for alarm about that just yet, but still an open question. And we'll continue to watch it that Scott dance and you can read much more on this online. Just go to Washington Post dot com. And that's our Bill O'Neill. Northwest news time for 39. News radio 1000 FM 97 7. Are you ready? Make your best guess. Who is it? Who is it? Time for the afternoon sound bite. You know, the war, which we are trying to stop, and which was launched against us using the Ukraine. Ukrainian people all right, first color with the correct answer of who that is
Bloomberg Radio New York
"east palestin" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Hours a day at Bloomberg dot com and the Bloomberg business app. This is Bloomberg radio. A jury has found Alex Murdoch guilty of the double murder of his wife and son. Lead prosecutor crate and water says the verdict shows murder will not be tolerated in South Carolina regardless of who you are. Justice was done today. It doesn't matter who your family is. It doesn't matter how much money you have or people think you have. It doesn't matter what you think how prominent you are. If you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in South Carolina. The once wealthy high profile South Carolina lawyer was also convicted of two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He said to be sentenced Friday morning. Hundreds of thousands of people are without power in north Texas as powerful storms hit the area Thursday night, wins in excess of 80 mph were reported some roof damage was reported along with trees and power lines being knocked down. Nearly 300,000 utility customers are in the dark across Texas, with most coming in the Dallas area. There's still no consensus in the federal government on the origins of COVID-19. That's what National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Thursday this comes after the Department of Energy and FBI said it's likely the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. Residents of east palestin, Ohio, are letting officials know they're tired of hearing how good the air quality is and want immediate help getting away from the contaminated area. This is not something we asked for. I'm begging you by the grace of God. Please, there are people out there. Yes.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"east palestin" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Verdict guilty. The once wealthy high profile South Carolina lawyer was also convicted of two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He said to be sentenced Friday morning. Winds in excess of 80 mph were reported as storms blew through the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex tonight, some roof damage was reported along with trees and power lines being knocked down as the storms blew through. Nearly 190,000 utility customers are without power across Texas. Residents in east palestin are making sure that federal state and Norfolk Southern officials know they are angry and frustrated in the aftermath of last month's hazardous waste train derailment, residents expressed their grievances Thursday evening during a public meeting that included EPA CDC and fema agents as well as Ohio congressman Bill Johnson and a representative from Norfolk Southern. Republicans want to give the Biden administration the authority to ban the Chinese owned social media app TikTok. Lisa Taylor reports Republicans in committee advanced the bill, but every Democrat voted against it in Texas congressman Michael McCall said there's some irony here. Well, I don't understand why if we deem it it's dangerous enough to be taken off of our phones and Congress, why the Democrats would want to allow this to take place on our children's phones. There's growing concern, TikTok is being used by the Chinese to spy on Americans, TikTok calls the attempts to ban the app, political theater. I'm Lisa Taylor. Tennessee is the first state this year to enact a law that will restrict public drag show performances. The bill signed by Republican governor bill Lee on Thursday prohibits adult cabaret performances on public property. I'm Brian shook. SpaceX crew 6 mission is finally off the ground. Trey Thomas reports three, two
The Charlie Kirk Show
Benny Johnson Talks About His Recent Visit to East Palestine, Ohio
"Joins us. We've done some fun things together. Penny has really been a critical ingredient to turning point USA's explosive trajectory over the last couple of years and he's the host of the beni show and Benny gets very fired up and is incredibly effective. And generous, by the way, giving a lot of money to the residents, east Palestinian. Benny, why don't you tell our audience about that as we get started? You went to east Palestinian and actually gave money to the residents there. Tell us about it. So I gave nothing. I gave merely the social media monetization that came from all of you watching our program. Subscribing to our show every single morning. And so we thank you. We simply gave away our revenue for that month to the people of east palestin because, well, it's really evil to monopolize and monetize someone's pain and then do nothing for them, I think. And so based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and based on being just a simple Christian, not trying to start a movement or a church here or anything, just trying to do what God asks us to do, which is to be light onto the world, to be salt and light. And those people, they've gotten plenty of salt, they need some light. And so we went there to help out the 20 people closest to the Bern, the toxic burn. One of the men who I walked up to his doorstep, knocked on his door, handed him the envelope. He said, come around back. I want to show you something. And behind his house, Charlie was the wreckage of the train. Smoldering. Wow. Noxious, at burning to the eyes, and it was the entire thing was bent open like it was an Avengers movie. Like it was a marvel movie, right? It was like the train had melted in his backyard. And he has to live with that. He's a poor working class American. He doesn't have anywhere to go. And no
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Why President Donald Trump Chose to Visit Ohio
"President Trump welcome back to the Salem news channel. Well, thank you very much, Sebastian. And your show is doing great. And it's an honor to do it with you. Really great honor. Thank you, condi sir. I couldn't believe it that our team said it's now the 5th time you've been on the show. We have the full previous ones that made the news one in which you called a merely a woke traitor. You talked about the stealing of the election. Let's see if we can make some news today. First things first, mister president, could you comment on why it took a former president to go to Ohio. We have the amazing footage from you in that McDonald's. Why did you get there to help the suffering suffering people of east Palestine before forget Pete boot edge edge before even President Biden went, mister president? Well, it seemed a very natural thing to do. I was watching the news and I saw this incredible explosion and it really is having very devastating effect on water and air and everything else as you know as you've been covering it very nicely. But I saw it happening. And I was told that the fema and that the Biden administration will have nothing to do with it. They actually said, we'll have nothing to do with it. It doesn't come within the parameters of fema. And I will tell you, Phoebe is great. You know, we had a fantastic relationship for tornadoes and hurricanes and everything else he worked on. And they were told not to do it. And as soon as I announced, I didn't do it for this reason, but it worked out to be pretty good because as soon as I announced that I was going, then the Biden people announced that they were going to go and that fema was going to be there and fever was going to help them out, et cetera, et cetera. That happened. But I went there and they're incredible people. The mayor was great. The whole place was really great. And they're working very hard to get rid of that problem. It's a big problem.
WTOP
"east palestin" Discussed on WTOP
"21 this is WTO news. 7 45, I'm John Aaron. And I'm Michelle bash. Norfolk Southern officials are expected to attend a public meeting in east palestin, Ohio, to allow residents to ask questions of the rail operator after one of its trains derailed while carrying toxic chemicals through their community nearly a month ago. Locals remain frustrated about potential long-term health effects from that derailment and subsequent fire. The EPA ordered train operator Norfolk Southern to meet with residents tonight last month, railroad officials backed out of a town hall citing threats against their employees. In addition to locals who have reported health issues since the derailment, crews involved in the cleanup have also reported symptoms to government officials. Plenty of us are anxious about our tax refunds this year. A new report from bank rate dot com says 69% of Americans who are expecting a federal tax refund this year have at least one worry about it among those expecting a refund 34% fear the refund won't make as big of an impact because of inflation and rising costs, 33% worry the refund will be smaller than usual. Also, 75% of people who expect to get that federal tax refund this year say, the money is important to their overall financial situation. That is up from 67% last year. Dealing with a mental health problem can sometimes lead to an emergency room visit. And a new study finds that happens more frequently among black Americans. It's a study from the CDC looking at hospital data from 2018 through 2020. It found that black adults went to an emergency department for a mental health issue at a rate of 97 visits per 1000 adults each year. That is nearly double the national average, and it's above the numbers for white adults who had 53 mental health related emergency department visits per 1000 adults. Researchers didn't get into the exact reasons behind that, but they did point out that black adults are generally less likely than other groups to receive routine treatment for mental health disorders. Now
The Charlie Kirk Show
How Washington Remains Overwhelmingly Pro-War in Ukraine
"Yellen made a surprise visit to Ukraine, not east Palestine. Not actually our own country. Ukraine might as well be part of America now. We're spending more money on Ukraine and it sure seems we're spending on our own citizens, play cut three, please. Let me make clear the United States and the allies are support for Ukraine will be lasting and is unconditional. We stand with Ukraine and want to support Ukraine. Of course, is the immediate need for military equipment. In addition to that, they need ongoing economic support. We've already provided $13 billion in support and there's an additional 10 billion that we expect to provide over the next 9 months. Unbelievable. Matt Gaetz unconditional Matt, no matter what they do, unconditional your thoughts. The only love that is truly unconditional. Seriously. Love between the Biden administration and Ukraine where we are currently now funding the pension liabilities within the Ukrainian government. We have firefighters and police in this country in dilapidated areas where they wonder whether or not their pensions will be fully funded. But we can do that in Ukraine. Tomorrow, we will have leading officials at the Department of Defense before the House armed services committee, and they will lay out their vision on Ukraine. And we will hear a lot of that information. One of the witnesses will be the DoD inspector general. And this is the question I will ask. Have we followed U.S. law with the monitoring end to end of U.S. material and munitions? And military equipment. And to Ukraine. And if they are honest, the answer will be no.
ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes
Rep. David Kustoff: Committee Members Should Visit the Border
"So that's another thing that I plot our Republican leadership doing what you just talked about is taking the committee out of Washington D.C. Todd and taking him to really to real America to the border. My committee, the ways and means committee had a hearing a few weeks ago when Petersburg West Virginia and we've got another one coming up next week and in Oklahoma. But taking the hearings, Jim Jordan taking the judiciary committee to the border. I know Mark green's going to be taking his Homeland Security committee to the border. So that the members of Congress could hear directly from border control agents, local law enforcement, everybody. So that when we're looking at legislation and things that we can craft, try to address these problems that we're not operating in a vacuum, we're hearing from again from people with experience. And I'm glad that Biden went to what do you create? But you ought to go to the border. The ought to go to he ought to go to Ohio to east Palestine and talk to real people who have been afflicted by all these issues, including the border, which when I talked to local law enforcement, not only do they know about migrants, but the drugs and the fentanyl that are in our communities, whether it's my district or anybody else's, they're coming Todd directly through the southern border. They're being transported by a number of these people and the cartel. So bottom line is we've got a seal off that border.
AP News
"east palestin" Discussed on AP News
"Creeks and streams running out of their banks. At this RV park in Valencia, several motor homes plunged into the Santa Clara river as the bank collapsed. Carissa Johnson tells K ABC, she's worried about her home too. Back and forth to work. For a couple of days and also I'm just kind of afraid we're going to have to evacuate if it gets any worse. And now the storms are heading east with the threat of tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma and Kansas. At the World Trade Center site, a ceremony that commemorates the 30th anniversary of the first bombing of the building by militants. Governor Kathy hochul was there vowing New York doesn't shrink in the face of danger. We will always stand to defend our democracy, always, always, always. Some GOP members of Congress are pushing the Biden administration to provide the F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine is asking for. Alaska Republican senator Dan Sullivan, on NBC's meet the press, says Ukraine doesn't have time to wait. That has been a pattern with this administration from the beginning where they have slow rolled critical military weapons systems. The EPA says it's taken over the disposal of hazardous waste from the site of the train derailment in east palestin, Ohio. Millions of people who are getting their health coverage from Medicaid could be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. The government is reviewing eligibility. This is AP news. Entertainment awards handed out this weekend. I'm Archie's are a letter with an entertainment update. Everything everywhere, all at once, won the top award at the producers guild of America Awards over the weekend, four of the 5 past winners of that award have won best picture at the Oscars. Yeah. I guess Angela Bassett did the thing. That is Angela Bassett, accepting the entertainer of the year honor at Saturday's NAACP Image Awards on BET. She also won a TV acting trophy for her role on 9-1-1. Black Panther Wakanda forever was named best motion picture, Abbott's elementary won best comedy series. I honestly love it. Australia held a state memorial Sunday in honor of Olivia Newton-John, who died in August. Her husband, John easterling, told the crowd he had never even seen Greece when they met, but every day with Newton John was a bit of magic. I'm Archie's arleta, and I'm Jackie Quinn. AP news. Thank you for listening to the AP radio network. For news on the go, try the AP mobile app, get breaking U.S. international news from the world's most
AP News
"east palestin" Discussed on AP News
"Creeks and streams running out of their banks. At this RV park in Valencia, several motor homes plunged into the Santa Clara river as the bank collapsed. Carissa Johnson tells K ABC, she's worried about her home too. Back in her to work, the couple of days and also I'm just kind of afraid we're going to have to evacuate if it gets any worse. And now the storms are heading east with the threat of tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma and Kansas. At the World Trade Center site, a ceremony that commemorates the 30th anniversary of the first bombing of the building by militants. Governor Kathy hochul was there vowing New York doesn't shrink in the face of danger. We will always stand to defend our democracy, always, always, always. Some GOP members of Congress are pushing the Biden administration to provide the F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine is asking for. Alaska Republican senator Dan Sullivan, on NBC's meet the press, says Ukraine doesn't have time to wait. That has been a pattern with this administration from the beginning where they have slow rolled critical military weapons systems. The EPA says it's taken over the disposal of hazardous waste from the site of the train derailment in east palestin, Ohio. Millions of people who are getting their health coverage from Medicaid could be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. The government is reviewing eligibility. This is AP news. Entertainment awards handed out this weekend. I'm Archie's are a letter with an entertainment update. Everything everywhere all at once won the top award at the producers guild of America Awards over the weekend, four of the 5 past winners of that award have won best picture at the Oscars. Yeah. I guess Angela Bassett did the thing. That is Angela Bassett, accepting the entertainer of the year honor at Saturday's NAACP Image Awards on BET. She also won a TV acting trophy for her role on 9-1-1. Black Panther Wakanda forever was named best motion picture, Abbott's elementary won best comedy series. I honestly love you. Australia held a state memorial Sunday in honor of Olivia Newton-John, who died in August. Her husband, John easterling, told the crowd he had never even seen Greece when they met, but every day with Newton John was a bit of magic. I marches are a letter, and I'm Jackie Quinn. AP news. Thank you for listening to the AP radio network. For news on the go, try the AP mobile app, get breaking U.S. international news from the world's most
WTOP
"east palestin" Discussed on WTOP
"The Environmental Protection Agency is now overseeing waste removal operations in east palestin, Ohio, nearly a month after an overloaded train derailed and spilled tons of toxic chemicals. Regional EPA administrator Linda shore. We have identified EPA certified facilities that will be able to accept at least some of these wastes, meaning that the railroad will be able to restart shipments tomorrow. The state says truckloads of ways have already been delivered to licensed disposal facilities in Michigan and Texas. The U.S. is now watching China and warning it not to help Russia in Ukraine. CIA director William burns tells CBS face the nation, it's an open question as to whether China will provide lethal aid to help Russia. We're confident that the Chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment. On ABC, Texas Republican representative Michael McCall said he supports increased U.S. Military aid for Ukraine. I know the administration says, as long as it takes, I think with the right weapons, it shouldn't take so long. Nicole also said it is unfortunate that the Biden administration has been holding off on sending F-16 fighter jets. Linda canyon, CBS News, Washington. Hundreds of thousands of people still don't have power following a major ice storm in Michigan. WWE's Greg Bowman is there. 230,000 homes and businesses in metro Detroit were still in the dark many for the third day in a row at DTE spokesperson towns some homeowners won't see their lights back on till Tuesday, nearly 4000 crews are working on restoration efforts right now. More heavy snows expected in the Midwest tomorrow, severe thunderstorms are threatening the south
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Biden Blasted for Visiting Ukraine Instead of East Palestine, Ohio
"Welcome back to America first. Thanks very much to Benjamin. Now somebody has written various tomes on various American presidents from an apolitical perspective. Could you just react to the idea of an American president going to another nation in a war zone albeit like Kyiv and Ukraine at a time when politics is so divisive at home and people are suffering in the east Palestine, Ohio. What are the presidential optics of this like? I have to say, and you and your listeners would know, I tended to be highly critical of this president, but I think he was right to go. And I commend him for going. I think it is hyperbole to compare it to the most publicized visits of president Kennedy and president Reagan to western Berlin. And they were outstanding speakers and mister Biden is not. But I think I would defend him on the charge of going there when there are bad things in the United States and I think it's a scandal that he has not gone to east Palestine, Ohio. But you can do both, you know. But on president's day on premises, is there something a little bit piquant about him going on president's day? I thought that was maybe I'm being naive, but I thought that was more or less of an accent. I mean, it just a scheduling thing. The fact that he went on president's day, I wouldn't read a great deal into that. I mean, it's as good a day as any other to go. And there's no reason that a president can't be out of the country on that day. And presidents do travel and part of their mandate is to uphold the American position in the world and defend American national interests in the world. And
WTOP
"east palestin" Discussed on WTOP
"Without power since the ice storm hit on Wednesday. Crews are working to restring 8000 lines that were brought down by the ice and trees. Three weeks after a train derailment in east palestin, Ohio, the transportation of toxic wastewater to Harris county, Texas, for disposal has been paused. Democratic congresswoman, Sheila Jackson Lee. I thought it was wrong to bring toxic waste to a community 1300 miles away with no notice to our local officials. Transportation of the wastewater to Michigan has also been paused, Wayne county executive Warren Evans. It's something that has got us all very, very irritated. Nobody more irritated than me. The U.S. has earmarked 2 billion additional dollars for Ukraine one year after Russia invaded the country. CIA director Bill burns explains why it's needed. And the short term, there's obviously a lot of concern about Putin's war in Ukraine and doing everything that we can. To support the Ukrainians. The entire interview will run on this morning's face the nation on CBS. 5 people were killed when a medical transport plane crashed in northern Nevada, CBS Matt piper. The care flight crashed your stagecoach Nevada east of Reno, the crash is prompted an investigation by the NTSB, which says on Twitter that it will host a media briefing on Sunday regarding the incident. The 5 people on board were a pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient, and a patient's family member. Care flight provides ambulance service by plane and helicopter. The company says it's halting flights to focus on helping
WTOP
"east palestin" Discussed on WTOP
"That train wreck in east palestin, Ohio, stay with WTO for more on these top stories in just minutes. It's 8 48. Traffic and weather on the 8th back to Ralph Fox and the traffic center. And we're looking for some issues out there on the major roadways and to be honest with you at this hour, we're having problems finding them, which is great news for those of you who are out and about, the capitol beltway seems to be moving at speed, no reported problems on 66, two 70, 95 on the Maryland side, both in great shape, no reported problems on the Baltimore Washington Parkway as well, 50 clean and green as they say. Here's the minor issues to watch for in the district. Stanton road southeast, both ways it's Sheridan road of reported crash with police response there, also in seat pleasant, central avenue westbound at Garrett Morgan boulevard also Richie rode at the left side blocked a caller tells us that the guy was stuck on a traffic island with all wheels off the road so it may take a bit of a time to get that one cleared out down on the Virginia side, north George Mason drive northbound at north Henderson road the right lane block due to police activity and also have the left turn lane blocked was between Carlin springs road and Arlington boulevard on the southbound side. Thanks to players like you, the Maryland lottery's first 50 years have been golden, so they're celebrating with new gold multiplier scratch offs, over $41 million in total cash prizes. Please play responsibly. We're all Fox WTO traffic. Starting our way through the rest of the weekend with this forecast from storm team four, meteorologist, prince of valley. The storm system that brought today's earlier wintry precipitation is on the way out, so this evening in tonight just looks mostly
The Trish Regan Show
Trish Shreds Biden for Not Going to See the People of Ohio
"Is the biggest mistake of Joe Biden's career. What he has just done going to Ukraine instead of going to visit the people of east Palestine, Ohio. I'm sorry, but this is a guy that is also he is no substance. That's the way he's always been. And why should we ever expect anything more? Consider his dramatic exit out of Afghanistan, which was absolutely deadly, absolutely awful, poorly planned, but he demanded it. And for some reason he also demanded to go to Ukraine, rather than bother with the environmental disaster going on, right here at home. I mean, he wouldn't even send Pete, right? He wouldn't even send his secretary of transportation, not until now. Not until now, and oh, everyone's got an excuse for that, right? Here's Pete's. In retrospect, should you have come a little sooner? So again, in terms of the timing of the visit, I'm trying to strike the right balance, allowing NTSB to play its role, but making sure we're here in that show of support. Leave it to the Democrats to have tons of bureaucracy to get in the way of actually helping people.
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Trump Visits East Palestine, Ohio
"Get cut number two with some classic Trump? But we're going to find time to come back if necessary. If they don't come back and give you the treatment that you need, we will be back. The Biden administration should ensure that every family has the option of moving and homes and everything else until this thing is straightened out. I do want to especially thank some of the incredible people that helped us because we're bringing thousands of bottle of water Trump water, actually. Most of it, some of it we had to go to a much lesser quality water. You want to get those Trump bottles, I think, more than anybody else. But we're bringing a lot of water. You know, sometimes sometimes he's just Trump and he's still amusing. Now, this is a great day for Donald Trump. I've been criticized because I'm a rhino, and I love Soros, and all rhinos because I criticize Donald Trump. And I criticize Donald Trump because he screws up a lot. Okay? His ham handed attacks on Ron DeSantis, are ridiculous and embarrassing. But I praise him when he does the right thing. And this was huge.
Northwest Newsradio
"east palestin" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"Record challenging warmth. That's the nation's weather. I'm actually with a dot com meteorologist hi Ericsson. It's 23 till, this is America in the morning. I'm John trout. A train derailment in Ohio continues to capture national attention. Correspondent Linda kenyon reports that the federal government is now demanding that the rail company gets more financially involved with helping residents there. This says Ohio governor Mike dewine and the Environmental Protection Agency administrator both volunteered to drink tap water on a visit to a woman's home in east palestin, Ohio. It was an orphic southern train carrying hazardous materials that derailed in the town of east palestin, Ohio, February 3rd, residents were forced to evacuate. But now that they're back, the damage remains. Norfolk will pay for cleaning up the mess that they created and the trauma that they inflicted on this community. At a news conference in east Palestinian EPA administrator Michael Regan said if it doesn't, there will be consequences. If the company fails to complete any action ordered by EPA, the agency will immediately step in, conduct the work ourselves and then force Norfolk Southern to pay triple in cost accordance to the powers granted by my agency. A statement from the railroad says the company has been paying for the cleanup activities to date and will continue to do so. Ohio senator JD Vance is not impressed. This is disgusting. On Twitter, Vance described a creek in east Palestinian. And the fact that we have not cleaned up the train crash, the fact that these chemicals are still seeping in the ground is an insult to the people who live in east palestin.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"east palestin" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Wall Street. I'm Karen Moscow, and the renewed surge in treasury yields is keeping stocks under pressure with geopolitical tensions and dire forecasts from bellwethers Walmart and Home Depot also weighing on the moods of investors. We check the markets all day long here at Bloomberg. S&P 500 down 9 tenths of a percent are about 35 points. It's at 40 44. The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 9 tenths of a percent or 314 points at 33,503, and the NASDAQ is down 1% or a 116 points at 11,669. Ten year treasury down 27 30 seconds 3.92%, they yield on the two year 4.70%. Nymex crude oil is up 9 tenths of a percent or 71 cents at $77 5 cents a barrel. Comic school down to tenths of a percent or $3 ten cents at 1846 90 announced, the Euro one O 6 5 three against the dollar the N one 35 O 9, looking at Walmart this morning, it's down about 1.3% after its profit forecast for this year fell short of analysts estimates and Home Depot is down almost 5% after the home improvement retailer forecast a fiscal year profit decline alongside plans for a $1 billion wage investment for hourly workers. That's a Bloomberg business flash Tom and Paul. You Karen thanks so much. Shout out to our producers for doing this because I've had a lot of mail Paul saying, why aren't you covering this train wreck in the eastern Ohio? Eastern Ohio, south of Youngstown, it is a place that is economically struggled for years. And it's where trains with chemicals go through. And there has been an uproar about the coverage of it. Liliana byington has been on this for Bloomberg government and transportation and all she joins us now with an update. Liliana, let's start with a why. Why was this undercovered early on? Was it because no one died? I think in part parts partially because of that, there are also a lot of trained derailments every year. So that kind of also played a role into whether or not this got a ton of coverage at the beginning. But it's also a smaller town east Palestinian Ohio. So I think that that also played a role, but there has been coverage from the beginning about the accident. I think it just got a lot more national coverage as of recently. I mean, what's important to me, liliana is this is airplanes, and heaven forbid. But the companies out visible, the executives are out visible, have we seen the railroad companies and I believe it's Norfolk Southern here. Have they been visible in this? Or is this just another day at the races? Yeah, I think because it's gotten so much attention. We have seen a lot more visibility, more folks southern CEO was in east Palestinian this past weekend. And we're starting to see more Biden officials also going to east Palestinian to kind of show face after we've seen a lot more residents raising major concerns about the uncertainty they've seen about their own health and the safety of the water and the air after these chemicals were released into the air. So liliane, I'm just reading an article on the Bloomberg terminals by Dow Jones Marco watch. And here's a headline that Norfolk Southern can't enjoy. Norfolk Southern, which spent $4 billion on stock buybacks last year, creates $1 million fund for Ohio train derailment victims here. What's the feeling in east palestin about what Norfolk Southern is doing to help the situation? Because boy, that doesn't sound good. Yeah, I think there's a lot of animosity right now. They want to see more effort from both the federal government and the state government as well as the company. They created that fund and they EPA and the state are testing air and water. But I think you're going to see a lot more kind of rage over this because people want to feel like their community is safe and there's still a lot of uncertainty about that right now. Let's go to square one. Is it safe? I mean, I get, you know, I woke up with a rash this morning and decided it was because, you know, vet Bill kissed me, but you know, to be done, there's no jokes about it, but we all agree these are horrific chemicals. We all agree it was in the middle of nowhere, but is there toxicity issues here? Date and federal officials have repeatedly said that they have yet to detect dangerous levels of chemicals in the air or in the water, but a lot of residents aren't really trusting that right now. They feel that they are experiencing things like headaches and rashes and they've reported that there is still smells of chemicals. And so there's some residents that are turning to private testing if they can afford it and things like that because they want to be sure before they bring their family back into communities, some of the people evacuated, that it is a 100% safe and not just that there isn't dangerous levels of chemicals in their direct water. So liliana, you're the transportation reporter for Bloomberg government. You have a lot of experience in this area. I guess one of the questions is, is there a feeling within government within the regulatory environment? Maybe within the rare industry in general, that the railroad industry does enough to ensure safety. I mean, you mentioned there's a lot of derailments, I guess that's just part of the business. But is there a sense that amidst all the stock buybacks and then other places they spend their money that they're spending enough on safety? I think that going forward, what we're going to see is in the past where the railroad industry like many other industries lobbied for deregulation and has had some success in that. And so I think going forward, we're going to see a big push for more regulation on freight railroad industry when it comes to derailments and other safety precautions. Secretary Buttigieg this weekend sent a letter to Norfolk Southern kind of hitting on hit them for lobbying against certain regulations that they believe would be safer at a time when they are making a good amount of operating income. So I think that going forward we're going to see a push from lawmakers and the federal government to crack down more so on regulations, which can affect companies bottom line going forward since a lot of the railroad industry has lobbied the kind of have more of the efficiency and flexibility when it comes to regulation. Liliana, thank you so much. Slowly on a byington with this Bloomberg government transportation on east palestin, Ohio. Paul, I want to talk about the equity markets and the redo here. There's a lot of caution out there making a splash this weekend. We have Edward Hyman with his tomorrow, which will be exciting as well. I assume were the more optimistic construct, but you've been through this a million times, Paul. Sure. Where people show pretty good earnings or even organic revenue growth. It's better than good. And yet they go, you know, we're really not sure of
WTOP
"east palestin" Discussed on WTOP
"Walking around and just feeling like I'm not a safe sometimes because of who I am. 28 year old Jamie trans been charged with two hate crime counts. Resonance in east palestin, Ohio, do not feel safe in their town, breathing the air or drinking the water two weeks after a train derailed carrying toxic chemicals. But authorities say everything is fine. Environmental and consumer advocate Erin Brockovich says a letter from the EPA dated February 10th reveals the chemicals are still being released into the error. Nor folk being in charge chose to dig a hole and they took the liquid hazardous materials from the train cars and dunked it down that pole. Now that's just going to go straight to the aquifer. Many residents have reported breathing issues and headaches. Two people, including a neo Nazi were indicted earlier this week for allegedly plotting to attack 5 power substations in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Kenneth wainstein is with the Department of Homeland Security. Some of these shootings are also being done by domestic violent extremists. They want to take down the energy grid. And if they take down the energy grid, they believe that society will then collapse and then out of the collapse society will rise a white nationalist government. The FBI says there are nearly two dozen crimes related to the power grid right now under investigation. A mistrial in the double murder of a former Pentagon police officer. Here's a WTO piece Kyle Cooper. Lauren dimarco, spokesperson for the Montgomery county state's attorney's office, says the jury in the case of former officer David Dixon had a lot to consider. The legal instructions were among the most complicated that this courthouse has ever seen. Dixon, who was off duty, says he was acting in self defense when he fired into a car leaving his apartment complex. This is CBS News
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"east palestin" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"Harris is at the editor's desk here's what we're following the air and water in east palestin, Ohio is called safe, according to governor Mike dewine after EPA testing people in the village have been complaining of illnesses and animals dying after a train de Roman on February 3rd resulted in the release of hazardous chemicals. Meanwhile, 6 people are dead and the suspect in custody after a series of shootings in northwest Mississippi, they happen in the town of Archibald and take county just south of Memphis. One of the shootings happened at a local store. Now to continued concerns about toxic trained URL in Ohio earlier this year and we'll get you the details on that in just a moment, but U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland and his Justice Department are poised to help communities like Seattle plagued by gun and other violence. Barry Stein is covering for this with The Washington Post and we'll get more on that a little bit later on. We now have official explanation of those mysterious objects shot down over North America in the aftermath of that Chinese balloon crossing over the United States. President Biden acknowledging the three flying objects were not a national security threat. The intelligence community's current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studied weather or conducting other scientific research. The administration had deemed the objects a threat to civil aviation. So sent fighter jets to shoot them down. One after another, over Alaska, Canada, and Lake Huron. The balloons were detected after norad and adjusted radars to track smaller slower aircraft at high altitudes in light of that Chinese and Persian. But there are hundreds of balloons over the U.S. every day. Thousands and thousands globally with few regulations in place. The president is saying that will now change, calling for a better and accessible inventory of unmanned airborne objects, better measures to detect objects in U.S. airspace and updated rules for launching those unmanned craft. A daunting set of goals that will not be done quickly. In the meantime, the U.S. is trying to recalibrate the radars so they pick up legitimate spy craft while weeding out benign balloons. And meantime, the administration is finding valuable information from the recovery of the payload from the Chinese spy balloon as for the other three small balloons, the search at Lake Huron has now been suspended because of what they say is the low probability of recovery. In fact, a U.S. official tells ABC News that given the remote areas where the balloons were shot down, they may never find any of them. That's ABC's Martha radzi as we said concerned, continued concerns about the toxic train derailment in Ohio. People in east palestin, Ohio, bracing for a new threat stemming from the toxic crash site or a Norfolk Southern train carrying vinyl chloride derailed two weeks ago, fearing heavy rain could spread contamination, officials built up dams along the crash site. All families need to know that they are safe. All families deserve access to clean air and safe drinking water. The slow moving chemical plume from a controlled burn at the site is expected to drift into West Virginia today, but the EPA says the contaminants are well below the 5 60 parts per billion that the CDC considers hazardous. The state of Ohio and EPA are working hand in hand. And if we say that the water is safe and the air is safe, we believe it because we tested it in the data shows it. But residents say they're skeptical and scared by mixed messages on water and air safety in the last two weeks. Some reporting sore throats, vomiting, and other symptoms. We should not have been let back into town until all of this was done. You don't bring families that with their kids in their loved ones, and then tell them to scrub
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"east palestin" Discussed on WTOP
"Four obtained a report prepared by prince George's county police. It shows that between April and October of last year, no drivers photographed traveling 90 mph or more were issued a speeding citation. Former triple-A spokesman John Townsend says a technical problem could be preventing police from being able to definitively identify which car in a photograph is speeding. The most important thing is to have the camera. But when you have anomalies in the system where drivers are going a 140 mph and they're not ticketed, that shows a lack of confidence in the data. The vendor of the cameras, conduit, declined comment, county police say the ultimate goal is to reduce speed on that road and they say that's happening. Some Montgomery county residents are fired up about a proposed plan to take lanes away from another busy area road. It's part of an effort to make it safer for pedestrians and cyclists. The so called road diet pilot program would reduce tuckerman lane in North Bethesda from four lanes down to two, with a single lane in each direction between old Georgetown road and Rockville pike. The pilot program would last a year after which a decision would be made on whether to make the lane changes permanent at a virtual meeting yesterday, several residents spoke out against the idea. Seems to me that what's going to occur here is only going to cause traffic jams. It is dangerous. I agree. But this is not the solution by any means. The debts, the injuries, no one wants that. And so I understand and appreciate that you're trying to do something about that. However, and I hope that you're listening, I don't think this is the way to go. Now lanes were recently taken away from nearby old Georgetown road to create bike lanes. It won praise from bike riders, but it raised anger and frustration for many residents and drivers. The head of the EPA will be visiting an Ohio village today where toxic chemicals spilled in a train derailment nearly two weeks ago. Last night residents of east palestin, Ohio, and nearby communities pat to school gym, hoping to get answers about whether they're safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off. Kathy Dyck lives in nearby negli. This is so much bigger than just in the water. Our environment are wildlife animals. New waterford resident Danielle deal says so far, she has not been happy with the answers she's getting. It was just a big run around. State officials are insisting that testing has shown that the local air is safe and that air and water monitoring would continue. I'm Donna water. It's ten 44. When you see smoke on the horizon, you turn on double TOP. Because WTO is first with the news when seconds count. Day or night, how reporters are