From New York Times, I'm Micah Bavaro. This is The Daily.

Today, we look at how a derailed train in East Palestine, Ohio, evolved from a local crisis

into a national story that has now commanded the attention of Bruce Parry's in Congress.

My colleague, Emily Cochran, has been reporting from East Palestine.

It's Monday, March 6th.

Emily, I want to begin this conversation with a little bit of candor, which is that we

have struggled here on the show to figure out how to cover the story of this train derailment

in East Palestine, Ohio, because it's really been a story dominated by a lot of unanswered

questions. But that is now starting to change, and the story is moving into the halls of

Congress. And that makes you really the perfect person to talk to, because as it happens,

as listeners will remember, you're a former congressional reporter for the Times, who has

just become a national correspondent, now covering this story in Ohio.

So, let's begin with the basics of what exactly happened here.

So, this begins the night of February 3rd, as this nearly two-mile long train is making

its way through Ohio. And it's carrying a bunch of cargo, but most notably, some toxic

chemicals. And as the train is progressing, a wheel bearing starts to overheat. So, a sensor

records that rising temperature and sounds an alarm on the train. And as soon as the alarm

breaches the crew, the crew slows the train down, but that's not enough to stop it from

going off the tracks. And they see fire, they see smoke, they separate their locomotives,

the crew is okay, but now this train is derailed on the outskirts of a little village called

East Palastin in Ohio. And what do we need to know about this village,

East Palastin? It's roughly 4,700 people. It's sort of in the rust belt of Ohio right

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