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The Fox News Rundown

A Crisis of Health and Trust In East Palestine, Ohio

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On February 3rd, a Norfolk Southern Railway train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, and officials elected to burn the chemicals days later to prevent potential explosions. Residents within the burn area were soon told it was safe to return; however, weeks later, citizens are concerned and demanding more answers from their local and federal government. Russell Murphy lives in East Palestine and owns a small farm there. He joins the Rundown to explain the fear and mistrust that are rampant in his community following this incident and why the residents are demanding accountability. Hazmat specialist Sil Caggiano joins later to break down the dangers the burned chemicals pose to the environment and those who live in East Palestine. The former Governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, made news this week with the launch of her presidential campaign. Haley formerly served as the United Nations Ambassador during the first two years of the Trump administration, making her competition with the former President in the 2024 race even more notable. Haley's announcement has created speculation about who else may populate the GOP field. FOX News Sunday host Shannon Bream joins the Rundown to discuss what challenges Nikki Haley may face later in her campaign, other candidates that could enter the race, and other races to watch out for in 2024. Plus, commentary by Fox Nation host Tammy Bruce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Brian Kilmeade. I'm Kennedy. I'm Sean Duffy and this is the Fox News rundown Friday, February 17th, 2023. I'm Jessica

0:12.2

Rosenthal. They say the air is clear and the village well water is safe, but Ohio residents who live near where a trained

0:19.4

derailed and where toxic chemicals were burned off are skeptical. If you see black smoke that's incomplete combustion. So some of this

0:27.4

stuff was going into the air, not totally burned. And we don't know what that cloud contained. I'm Chris Foster.

0:36.3

Nikki Haley's running for president, saying mostly it's time for generational change. She's not the only Republican

0:41.1

younger than Joe Biden or Donald Trump. You can't run for the GOP nomination and not say why you're the one of the

0:47.3

GOP field who is the best to take on whoever the Democrats have to offer. So she's going to have to start getting into

0:53.5

policy and some tougher questions about Trump. We're speaking with Fox News Sunday, host Shannon Breen. And I'm Tammy Bruce. I've got the final word on the Fox news

1:01.2

rundown.

1:06.1

residents who live in and around East Palestine, Ohio remain worried about the effects of chemicals burned off in their

1:11.5

town following a trained derailment. The Norfolk Southern trained derailed February 3rd officials removed and burned

1:17.9

off the dangerous vinyl chloride chemical February 6th, fearing if they did not, the chemicals might explode. But the burn

1:24.2

off sent up a giant plume of black smoke and residents like Lisa Marie Sopco could feel it. We feel, you know, our eyes burning

1:32.1

and, you know, we could feel like our skin, our exposed skin, the kind of burning. And so it definitely, it was

1:40.1

terrifying. Governor Mike DeWine said Wednesday air monitoring village well water testing show the area is safe. They

1:46.1

told people though to hold off on drinking from private wells until testing was done on those, but residents remain

1:51.4

suspicious. Jenna Giannis, who lives outside the previously evacuated area, started a Facebook group to help. And she

1:58.2

started to see people who were told they could return home, not wanting to go home anymore. We have chickens, foxes, fish cats, like dying. They

2:08.1

were all near, like near the area, but not necessarily in the evacuated area. We've had a lot of parts of the

2:16.0

community come together to help get some of those larger animals outside, like outside of the area. But I don't think anybody knows what's

2:23.9

far enough away. That is on the minds of many who are in and around the evacuation zone. Should they stay or leave

2:30.2

again? Thursday was the worst day yet. This is the first time I've ever smelled it in my house. Russell Murphy lives in East

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