I'm Tom Batsu with my colleague and friend, Selina Zitov, the Pittsburgh Post-Kazet, the

Washington Examiner of the New York Post, and praise of Representative Cory Bush, a

St. Louis Democrat, and Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican who have discovered

an amazing piece of American history, radio activity remaining from initially the Manhattan

Project of 1943-44-45. In a school district or in reach of a school, the Janet Elementary

School of suburban St. Louis, North St. Louis. Selina, this is shocking, but the fact that

Hawley and Bush have responded correctly. They've moved away to preserve what they can

of the surrounding area. How did this happen? Who made the decision to leave radioactive

waste in an area where they didn't police ever?

The federal government did. It's so sad. These instances where these kinds of things happen,

traditionally happen where there's very little political power, right? Very little ability

to make waves in Washington because it's happening in their backyard. That's exactly what

this little, the neighborhoods and communities around Colbert or Creek in North St. Louis

County. This is a majority minority community, very hardworking, very middle class to below

or on the poverty line. These are hardworking people that just like the rest of us want

the best for our children and radio activity residue was found on the campus, if you will,

of the school district and they immediately close the school. Okay, great. That's a great

idea, close the school. However, then what happens? You break these kids up into five different

school districts and you basically shatter a community, which is what government does all

the time. It shatters a community and just says, don't you know, figure it out. And these

kinds of things I have seen a year after year in my coverage, how they impact people. And

Holly and Bush and the Holly in the Senate and Bush in the House have been strident in

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