get. >> thank you so much. two last things i want to hit before we wrap up here. one, florida is still a hot state to move to. the largest population growth last year u.s. census 1.9% population growth. the other thing is very rich people are moving to florida so the realtors here have the opportunity to make a lot of money. two of the most expensive neighborhoods in the u.s. right here in florida. i'll send it back to you. >> john: madison with the latest from the sunshine state. thank you so much. >> bathing my children, cooking with any of it. >> the smell of burning plastics and chemicals in the air. issues with our dog. it is scary stuff here. >> it is nerve-wracking. it is the unknown, that's the worst part. >> we're looking for answers and we're not getting them. >> dana: a train load of trouble

following a train derailment 12 days ago in ohio. hazardous chemicals contaminating air and water. some people are getting sick and some animals are dying. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom" i'm dana perino. bill is off today. good morning, john. >> john: i'm john roberts. complex environmental disaster and many questions still unanswered. folks have been allowed to return to their homes. serious safety fears remain despite assurances the air is safe to breathe and concerns are spreading about the potential impact on the water supply as a plume of pollution spilled into the ohio river flows toward the mississippi. >> i think the residents have every reason to be concerned. we'll continue to dig. that's the importance of these testings, testing the water, testing the air. i know hundreds of tests have

been conducted but still residents are reporting things that have to be answered. >> dana: we're covering this story from all angles. emily lives nearby and felt the effects firsthand. michael reagan the epa administrator will be there. we'll be to garrett tenney in east palestine. >> it is interesting last night we spoke to a bunch of folks outside the grocery store here and a common thread in those conversations is that a lot of folks simply don't trust what they are being told by officials at every level about how safe it is to come back here. what's interesting is they told us all of this just a little bit after ohio governor mike dewine held an hour-long press conference with experts from a host of state agent agencies trying to clear up questions out there. the head of the department of health said those who live here should feel confident it is safe to come back.

>> we've got very good data as it relates to the air quality. i think people can feel very confident in that fact coupled with the fact there continues to be air monitoring. >> he also noted that the state still doesn't have the test results for a number of private water wells in the area. last night multiple people said one of the reasons there is a lot of distrust is that officials were so quick to declare the town is safe while there was and still is so much we don't know. a lot of folks who live here were seeing and experiencing side effects associated with those chemicals that spilled. >> to be honest with you, i do not feel anywhere in this town is safe. >> we're not safe. tell the truth. that's all. >> i don't want to live in this town. i will be moving. >> i'm not stupid. none of us are. don't play us. the railroad covered up nasty dirt to get those trains running. the almighty train and the last

buck for them. they're not about us. >> tonight we're expecting to hear more of the frustrations at a town hall meeting at the high school a couple of miles from where the derailment took place. >> dana: an important meeting tonight. thank you. >> john: for more on what it's like for people living in east palestine, ohio, the development director for the river valley organizing a grassroots community group. thank you for being with us. the ohio environmental protection agency insists the air is safe and believe steps are being taken to make sure contamination of the water does not get passed on to people. tiffany of oepa saying we're pretty confident these low levels of contaminants in the water are not getting passed on to customers. do you trust that the air is safe and water is going to be safe as well? >> you know, it's not so much an issue of trust. it is that we understand that

testing has not been completed enough to allow people back into their homes. so i was watching your reporting. thanks for it. it was very informative. one of the things i would like to say about it is they keep pushing that air quality testing is being done. that's true but there has been not complete water and soil testing. they did no surface testing. we have 100% confirmation that people were told they could go back to their homes and it was safe. all they received was an air quality test. not soil testing completed, water testing that was completed. they also did not receive any surface testing to decontamination help, haul away. anything of that nature. that's why people are not trusting this. this fire burned for three days. it went from that to having an explosion where then there had to be a controlled release on the third day of the fire, which

was done two hours late because it was supposed to be at 3:30. the governor announced. they actually evacuated him from the press conference and the controlled release went off two hours late and when it went off it was supposed to go off earlier because of winds. we had high forecasted winds and it took it everywhere. as you can hear my voice it is not back. i have been using it a lot but people -- dead animals everywhere, asthma symptoms, nausea, vomiting. >> john: we can see the black plume of smoke. people who read about world war 1, 1 of the gases was used to get soldiers in the trenches. the governor was asked yesterday if he would have heeded the go back to your homes evacuation lift.

here is what he said. listen here. >> look, i this i that i would be drinking the battled water. and i would be continuing to find out what the tests were showing as far as the air. i would be alert and concerned, but i think i would probably be back in my house. >> john: we have heard before from the environmental protection agency it is safe to be in a certain area. the pile of rubble at the base of the world trade center comes to mind on 9/11 and then we find out years later it was toxic. >> i would like to make a point for this. the first responders, if you see they are pictured all over the internet and news is not even having hazmat suits on 1500 feet from this fire. not having their firefighter masks on because they are going through so much.

i'm not blaming the city or anyone. 85% of our first responders are volunteer and they don't have that gear on them. that's why we want our governor, governor dewine is telling people to keep drinking battled water and the epa is saying the water is safe. what we want our governor to do is when he is in these conversations with the biden administration, we want fema in here. fema should be in here. we need federal help. but the governor of our state has to request that. that is something we really want to happen. i also -- >> john: we did show pictures there of people who were wearing hazmat suits so at least some of them were protected. >> the national guard. yes. >> john: we're out of time. sorry. >> i need you to give me 30 more seconds and then i'll let you go

okay. river valley organizing is going to be offering free water testing, free soil testing. we'll have a public meetings next thursday and be there to help out during this. our area is full of layered environmental degradation for decades at every level. this keeps happening to us in appalachia. we're not the people that can usually advocate for ourselves. so we need help. thank you so much for giving me that extra time and also i saw you had bill johnson on your program. we have reached out to his office at least ten times in the past several years and the organization to work with him. i challenge him to we'll be emailing again reaching out. i challenge him to come back and talk to us. the sixth district really needs him. >> john: message delivered. thank you so much. we'll keep watching this and see what develops. >> dana: now for a look how the federal government is handling it let's bring in the add min is

strartors of the environmental protection agency. the residents on the ground say they don't necessarily trust the information they're being given especially if the air is being declared safe now or the water safe now, will that continue to be true down the line? does a testing actually deal with that? what can you do about this lack of trust from the people on the ground there that say this has been happening to them for decades? >> thank you for having us, dana. let me just say we have been on the ground since day one partnering with the state. we have to be transparent. we have to provide data. that's what we're doing. listen, we have mobilized a very high-tech airplane. we mobilized mobile vans and stationary air monitoring and been in over 460 homes testing the air quality. we'll test 28 more homes today and there will be 27 left to

scheduled the air quality tests. there are no elevated levels and we are relying heavily on that data and want the community to know and have access to that data. as governor dewine said yesterday the state is doing water quality testing. the epa is providing support for that water quality testing. for those homes that have not been tested, the state and governor are advising to remain on bottled water. we want to provide all of the resources we can to the state so they can test all of the water. >> dana: do you feel satisfied with the efforts being done not having seen it firsthand? >> i do. i feel very confident with the resources we deployed and i'll see it firsthand later this week. i wanted to be sure we were not diverting any resources to addressing this issue on the ground but yes, i want to see and verify for myself.

i have complete confidence in the partnership with the state leadership on water quality testing and our ability to support that water quality testing. the air quality monitoring data that we're providing is done with the highest technologies available, air, mobile, and stationary air monitors to give us realtime data 24/7 so that we can insure safety. >> dana: governor dewine said yesterday if he were to be in that area in the home that he wouldn't drink the water. he said he would drink bottled water. what about you? would you return to these homes now and feel comfortable bathing your children in the water or drinking that water? >> based on the results of those homes that have been tested, if those test results have come back and said the air quality is okay and water is okay, i would remain in my home and drink the water. but there are some homes that have not been tested for water quality and for those homes, they should continue to use

bottled water until the state comes in and tests that water. we have very solid data. now we have to be sure we're transparent and get that data to the community who is rightfully concerned. >> dana: they are concerned. one of them -- all of them have said we want more communication. a quick look at the twitter feed from the epa over the recent days there is a lot but not much on this. you have a pin tweet about this but other than that we talk every other issue like even valentine's day, greenhouse gas reduction funds, how much epa employees love working there. that's part of your job. the leader of the organization. with a town hall coming tonight could you commit to those people that are asking for more and direct communication? i understand the state is in the lead here but everyone is also turning to the biden administration saying we need help. asking the governor to ask fema to come in because people are living in other towns so that

they can feel safe. >> you know, the president has called the governor directly and offered all of our resources. we've been on the ground since day one offering all of our resources. yes, we can commit that we will communicate effectively. we will communicate all of the results that we have. as a former state regulator i also want to say we're also respecting the state has in leading. local, state and federal employees should be communicating responsibly and i can commit we'll do that. >> dana: michael, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> john: you can see there is not a lot of trust people in ohio have in the federal government pronouncement. >> dana: or in the state. what michael is saying is correct having gone through some of these disasters the state is in the lead but the federal government if they take over or

do more they have to have the permission of the state or governor has to ask for it. do you see that happening today? >> john: i don't know. we'll see. ilhan omar lit a fire under pete buttigieg who hadn't said anything about it until she said this: there is almost 0 national media attention. we need congressional inquiry and direct action from pete buttigieg to address this tragedy. after she tweeted that he took to twitter and said a few things. still hasn't got any plans to go out there. >> dana: twitter isn't real life. there is a town hall tonight and that's real life. john we'll be following it. senate gearing up for another classified briefing on the china spy craft. we'll ask senator todd young when he plans to ask at that briefing. a showdown over homelessness in the nation's capital. how protestors are pushing back in an effort to clear out an encampment. david spunt is in the middle of it and he is coming up next.

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>> dana: the national park service appearing to clear out d.c.'s largest homeless encampment today. some are pushing back saying evictions are out of bounds. what's going on, david spunt? >> warnings continue to go on right now on loud speakers telling people to leave mcphearson square. a live look what's going on in the park. threatening arrest if people don't leave. to be clear, this was supposed to originally appear en april 12th and moved up two

today. where i am is a couple of blocks away from the white house. a hub of business and tourist activity remains here and drugs a serious concern in this area. the original date april 12th. per city rules people must be notified 14 days before a shutdown. they were told at the end of january to move out. earlier this week groups held a protest to try to stop the cleanup effort arguing these people have no home and if they leave the area they'll go somewhere else in the city only serving as a temporary band-aid. >> it won't be better. it will be worse. if you up root these individuals. they'll move somewhere else. that's what we did. they'll move to another place. >> the national park service out with a statement in recent months law enforcement and social service providers reported increasing levels of violence, illegal drug use and criminal activity associated with the encampment. records show three dozen arrested in the last year, three people died related to drugs in

the last six months. >> we're here to ask national park service to reconsider its decision. hopefully reverse it. >> what we cannot allow is for dangerous encampments to grow in our city. >> the mayor, this is more about -- than just one square block in washington, d.c. a nationwide problem that we're seeing. however, people are criticizing the administration saying the biden team wants to end homelessness but they believe this is a slap in the face and doesn't solve the problem. >> dana: fascinating. david spunt. thank you for being there this morning. >> john: acting head of the federal aviation administration facing questions from a senate committee over last month's computer out age the forced the first nationwide stoppage since september 11, 2001, and comes

following several near collisions of jets at airports across the country. connell mcshane has the details for us in new york city. >> the faa blamed a contractor for that outage saying there were files that were unintentionally deleted from an alert system. we expect that system to come under scrutiny this morning called notice to arrow emissions. pilots have to read the alerts before they take off. today's hearings you look at the hearing room live now is underway in washington with opening statements before the commerce committee. billy nolan will be testifying throughout the day. he is the acting head of the faa. he said already late last month the faa has taken some steps since the outage to make the system more resilient as he has

put it. we'll hear more on that today. officials have said the system is antiquated. nolan is only in place because the pick to head up the date phil washington has yet to have a confirmation hearing. you mentioned some of these high profile near misses, fedex cargo plane that came close to colliding with a passenger jet in texas. united airlines plane that came within 775 feet of the pacific ocean after it took off from maui. no word yet on direct connection between those incidents and this system. but just the power outage alone raises plenty of questions for the faa to answer today. we'll monitor it. >> john: on america reports later today we'll have a passenger on board the plane that came within a few hundred feet of crashing into the ocean off the coast of hawaii. dana, that's a terrifying event.

>> dana: i'll watch that this afternoon. we have exclusive intel on the dangers of human smuggling as our own reporter finds himself in the middle of a high-speed chase. >> this is real life.

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of narcotics seized in arizona including 24 pounds of fentanyl. that is enough to kill millions of americans. one final note, john. today later this evening actually the energy and commerce committee will hold the first house hearing here in the rgb and we'll bring it to you when it happens. >> john: looking forward to that. he is in mission, texas. >> dana: senators receiving classified briefings at fly objects are being shot down across the country saying it is not enough and there is a growing demand from both parties for more transparency. here is senator kennedy saying this last hour. >> i get the impression that had a civilian not sighted the balloon and reported it to the media, that the biden administration would have -- would not have said anything. the president needs to talk straight up to the american people. >> dana: todd young has been in the briefings and joins me now. i noted yet that marco rubio from florida said 99% of the

information could have been made public and be declassified. do you agree? >> i do. it is an unfortunate habit this administration has. in fairness we see it the previous administration. 95% of the information is read about in the newspaper afterwards. have the president speak to the issues clarify what's going on and what intelligence gaps are. if he needs additional resources from congress to empower him to clamp down on these unidentified objects let us know. he has a lot of questions to answer and hopefully we'll get some of those answers from his representatives in a further classified hearing today. >> dana: that's happening today. do you get the sense -- do we have the sense of a new policy? is our policy to shoot down these unidentified flying objects before we know what they

are? >> it's unclear. it is unclear exactly what the policy is. dana, over 250 of these unidentified objects were found last year. unclassified from our director of national intelligence. none were shot down. we have a balloon flown over alaska ends up being shot down over north carolina and sudden le we shoot down three. seems to me those were similar. has there been a change in risk calculus or change in policy, do we know something about the three that followed the balloon that we didn't know about the previous 250? all of these are unanswered questions and need to be answered by the president. >> dana: vice president kamala harris is on her way to the munich conference where a lot of people gather to talk about national security. one question is about china and how do you think she should present our concerns about china especially with allies in the region? >> well, if the president is not going to speak publicly about

these issues then kamala harris should do so. reestablishing deterrents. how do we put in the mind of president xi it is ill appropriate and ill-advised and a danger to him and his security to send balloons and other fen on may over our farms and schools and houses and military bases. so that's exactly the sort of information she needs to provide and what i want to hear. someone who wants to prevent these activities in the future as opposed to enduring countless more unidentified objects in the future. >> dana: in the briefings you've had and information you gather are you more or less concerned than before? is there an overreaction in terms of the shooting down of these uaps or do you think it was warranted?

where do you stand now? >> you know, i'm probably a little less concerned with the three that were found after the balloon. at first i heard they were chinese communist party objects. it remains to be determined but i am leaning no on the answer to that question but much more concerned about the inability of our national security leadership to even get in touch with the chinese leadership after all of this happened. the risk of miscalculation and escalation and future military conflict is great. why haven't our presidents -- this president established lines of communication during the colder war to avoid that sort of incident? >> dana: good questions. great to have you on the show today. thank you. >> thanks. >> john: drama in the courtroom for a sentencing hearing for a

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they have stories and all gunned down. we knew the families had a lot to say here but spoke directly to the defendant in this hearing. we expect the teenager who pled guilty is expected to serve life in prison without parole is supposedly going to apologize according to police sources toward the end. the victim statements came first. one of the victims family members said i would like to come across the room and choke you. you took my 72-year-old sister. she would have never hurtt anybody. very emotional day in court. >> john: you can understand t the anguish of the families. >> dana: should congress pass new laws to hold the industry accountable for social media for kids. >> it should not take grieving parents filing lawsuits to hold

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>> dana: rare sign of bipartisanship. senators on both sides of the aisle criticizing social media and kids. what senator josh hawley said. >> as a parent, it would put me much more in the driver's seat if the law was you couldn't have a phone -- you couldn't get on social media until 16. that would help me as a parent. >> dana: you could say it's the law. >> drinking, driving, all of it. if it's the law it gives parents another argument with their kids. right now there is rule apparently that these companies will be imposing you have to be

13 to be on social media. you know, i know, that doesn't happen, right? there are 10, 11-year-old kids all over social media. i think it feels like we get to this whole conversation much later than we should have. there is so much damage that's already been done. i do think you will see bipartisan support for this bill. it will bolster parents' ability to say to their kids no. parents need oh to be the front line of defense. parents say i don't want to isolate my child. get over it and don't give babies phones to play with. you are teaching them that this is something that they have a relationship with. that they are communicating with. take phones away from babies and little kids and give them toys. we were talking about play. kids want to play with soft books, balls. the more we can keep them away from these things and the later we can do it the more judgment they'll have when they get

around to it. parents need to be the front line. >> dana: do you think the market drivers will make the companies decide to do something on their own before that? >> they might. this 13 to 16 age range is gold for advertisers. >> dana: that's where you get the teenage girls to buy stuff. >> they will push back in a big way. they need to reach those 13, 14, 15-year-olds and get in their heads with these products. it will be a battle with these companies but i do think it is coming and one of the things you will see bipartisan support for. during covid kids doubled their time, screen time. another thing we should have understood would happen when you lock down schools you send kids in their rooms in front of the screens and bond with those screens even more than they already have. when you look at all the damage that covid did toss it up as another huge negative from covid

that we have to break and unwind. we'll talk to governor mike dewine today at the top of the show about what is going on in ohio. a great interview with the epa person. we'll have that, too, to play for him because this is some -- again, feels like we're a little late to help these people and giving them clear indications. >> dana: interesting to see if the governor will ask for more help. sounds like they need it. we'll watch at 3:00. >> john: on the no screen time for barrels i applaud you. more barrels about to be released from the strategic oil reserve. why president biden is making the move now. details straight ahead with phil flynn.

>> harris: we know he likes to whisper. has the president lost his voice? we haven't heard from him yet. american people need to know about the three mystery objects our military shot down. senators say a classified briefing on that left them with few answers. they want more transparency. ambassador nikki haley speaking live for first time after announcing she is running for president. health officials say it is safe for people to go home after the train derailment. people are worried. some of them are very sick. dr. marc siegel, kellyanne conway, pete hegseth, "the faulkner focus" top of the hour.

>> the biden administration announcing it will sell 26 million more barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve despite the supply being at the lowest level since 1984. phil flynn is hear to discuss this. this is being done by the administration to try to forestall price increases heading towards summer. is that what this strategic petroleum reserve is supposed to be used for? >> no, it's not. not supposed to be a price control mechanism but the biden administration is doing it again. right now they front loaded some barrels for the oil 26 million barrels they will release them sooner than they were supposed to be released in a sign of desperation because they realize that gasoline prices are probably headed back to $4 a gallon or higher this summer. so once again the biden

administration is intervening in the marketplace by using these government supplies purely for political purposes because they fear the backlash of what could happen if those prices start to rise again. >> john: it is at its lowest level since 1983 and supposed to be used in times of national crisis or national security threat. what would happen at this level if there were an actual national security crisis related to petroleum? >> well, the spr is going to be less adept at meeting a real emergency, right? the supplies aren't there. they are already releasing the barrels. the problem is that if you look at the big picture, it makes the global oil marketplace less secure because if you look at the united states, not only are they a refiner for the united states but really for the world. when our energy security is less secure, the entire world becomes

a less safe place. >> john: president trump wanted to top it off back in 2020 when oil prices crashed. the democrats said you can't do it. the energy department is saying now about filling it up. they're focused on replenishing it the way that provides the best deal aiming to purchase crude at a lower price than sold for and a way to help encourage near-term production. they might be able to fill it, phil, for less than it was sold for but certainly not in the mid 20s which is what president trump wanted to buy it for. >> right. you are talking about billions of dollars of taxpayer money and a missed opportunity. shows the difference between a businessman president and a politician president. and this plan to refill the spr, you know, the plan was to fill it back when oil prices got back to $70 a barrel. guess what? they missed that opportunity. if you look at the price of

crude oil going on many years they won't come close to refilling the reserve for many years to come. so while they can talk about hey, what a great trade. we sold high and bought low, you aren't out of the trade until you buy it back. >> john: good to get your thoughts. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> dana: all right, john want to see some before we go? check out presidential dogs on fox nation now. i we look into the history of dogs at the white house and providing love and levity for the commander-in-chief. here is someone you knew. >> it's time for barney kam. are you ready? whats the plot about? i can see from the look on your face you hadn't thought about the plot. >> dana: it's available now on fox nation. it was a fun project to work on. i got percy in the promo.

>> john: this was something right up your alley, dana. when you as a television anchor throw your own personal interest in a story the tail becomes the tale and becomes richer. >> dana: the tail was wagging the story. did you have a run-in with barney? >> i saw him being walked every day. >> dana: harris faulkner is up next with "the faulkner focus." here she is. >> harris: we begin with this fox news alert. nikki haley set to hold her first official presidential campaign if her home state of south carolina at any moment. she announced by video her run for the white house yesterday and reports say the twice elected governor and former ambassador to the united states under president trump is expected today to say that americans deserve to feel proud of their country. they don't now. it is time for a new generation of leadership. also this hour veteran pollster and former top advisor to president trump kell