now waiting on an update from federal and local officials from east palace dean, ohio. where that train derailed. toxic chemicals then released into the soil and then the air about three weeks ago. a lot of folks complaining about being ill. the rail company ordered to pause shipments of contaminated waste. they want to be careful and make sure that it is safe. i am eric shawn this is a new hour of fox news live.

hi, are othello. >> the epa previously said nor folk southern was completely responsible for cleanup efforts. now the agency says they will review. it is set to start in minutes. we will go to senior correspondent live. >> communications breakdown has a cleanup stalled in a bunch of contaminated soil and water stuck with nowhere to go. particularly the water used to fight the fires was supposed to go till waste disposal company outside of houston. half a million gallons already delivered. a judge in harris county texas said no one told local leadership and until they can learn all the details harris county will not take anymore east palestinian water.

>> one thing that i want to share that i think the public should know is that i learned about this, not from a regulatory agency, not from the company, but from a member of the press and that is unacceptable. >> a lot of the soil, 15 truckloads, 210 tons went to a disposable facility in wayne county commission. they also were not informed on michigan. >> i don't know how you do that without contacting the local officials so that we can know how to respond to our communities and give advice in terms of routes that you may take in those other sorts of things. >> back to you. >> i will take it right here.

we will toss it over to that press conference. region five administrator from the epa. let's listen in. >> bringing in 15 stations within the community. i continue to be pleased that there've been no exceedances for residential air quality standards and outdoor air quality remains normal. we will continue to offer that air screening service to any resident within the evacuation zone that wants screening. i would like to remind the community that we recently set up a new hotline. it is posted on epa website and the number is (866)361-0526. members of the community can call to the dedicated phone line to be directed to various services including the opportunity to begin the intake

product process for scheduling cleaning services. finally, epa and other agencies will participate in a public meeting and open house later this week. more details would be coming soon. i announced moving forward waste disposal plans including disposal locations and transportation routes for contaminated waste would be subject to epa review and approval. today, i am pleased to announce that we have identified epa certified facilities and will be able to accept at least some of these waste. meaning that the railroad will be able to restart shipments tomorrow. as we work to identify additional options, some of the liquid wastes will be sent to a facility in ohio. where we will have them disposed

of in an underground injection well. tomorrow morning, nor folk southern will begin shipping solid waste to the heritage incinerator in east liverpool ohio. we are continuing to work with the railroad and our state partners to identify other solid waste disposal locations. all of this is great news for the people of east palace dean and the surrounding community because it means that cleanup can continue at a rapid pace. as i said yesterday, we owe it to east palace dean and residents nearby to move waste out of the community as quickly as possible and that is exactly what we are working to deal. at epa we have decades of experience dealing with hazardous waste. both from cleaning up contaminated sites to regulating the landfills where it is disposed of. we know that it is far better to

have it safely stored in a properly constructed and monitored disposal facility than remain here any longer than necessary. every aspect of hazardous waste transportation and disposal is closely regulated and overseen by federal, state and local governments. let me go into a little bit more detail about their protections we have in place to keep people safe. from the moment trucks and railcars are loaded until the waste is safely disposed of. both epa and the department of transportation have regulations that govern the transport of waste from the east palace dean site. additionally nor folk southern must comply with all federal, state and local requirements related to transportation.

these extensive requirements cover everything from waste labeling, packaging and handling as well as requirements for shipping documents that provide information about the waste and where they are going. >> as you can hear that epa administrator trying to reassure the folks about the safety of the water and the air and also the safety of the railroad companies transporting hazardous waste and other dangerous chemicals on the railroads across the country. saying they are taking steps to try to protect people. and a lot of folks there say they have respiratory issues, bronchitis and other ailments because of that derailment in the toxic chemicals fueled into the air. the investigation continuing for the people of east palestine. from the war in ukraine to inflation and the economy, fox news sheds light on how

americans rate presidents handling of the issues. the very latest on what we have found. lucas thomason live with all of that. >> it is safe to say these new fox news poles will not be presented tomorrow. let's take a look at the first slide. it shows that 57% of americans say they have less money in their pocket now compared to last year. only 12% say they have more cash. a majority of americans disapproving of the handling of other major issues. opioid epidemic, guns, the economy and inflation. biden announcing his reelection campaign. democratic primary voters some 53% want someone else. the oldest president in u.s. history running again. many blaming the coronavirus for wrecking the u.s. and global

economies. wall street journal today reporting the energy department concluded covid came from a lab leak. officials accused china for not helping the investigation. president biden's national security adviser was asked about this new classified report earlier. he refused to confirm or deny it. >> a variety of years in the intelligence community. some elements have reached on one side some on the other. a number of said they just do not have enough information to be sure. right now there is not a definitive answer on this question. >> our colleague will interview the fbi director christopher -- christopher wray tuesday night. >> new suspicions about a lab leak. we would like to hear more about that. lucas at the white house, thank you. >> ukraine taking a major step

towards retaking the port city of mary a pole. troops launching a surprise attack on russian forces and supply lines in the area. fox news chief correspondent is live with a very latest on this. what more can you tell us, steve? >> real gains may be weeks or months away. certainly a surprising development that ukrainians are hitting the city now controlled by russians. not clear with exactly what. long-range artillery. more than 60 miles behind the front line. it could be a sign that ukraine has and is using new longer-range artillery. out what some of the soldiers have around the city in the northeast of ukraine. they are offering firing rocket launches. designed about 60 years ago. a range of about 12 miles using

to attack russian positions. many of the soldiers working that say they hope for some upgrades from the west as soon as possible. [speaking in native tongue] >> my dream, you know, would move to high. one rocket is worth 40 here. >> stuck in the fighting zones along the front line. many of them spent their days and nights underground in basements. really just struggling to survive. >> today it has been nine days since my sister died. we don't have any water, nothing. getting rainwater to wash dishes and hands. >> the official death toll one year of war by the un stands at 6000. ukrainian officials say the real number could be 10 times higher. back to you. >> thank you so much.

>> we know we sell president biden's historic visit dealing with vladimir zelinski last month. it turns out he was not the only official to personally make that journey. it turns out that half a dozen republican members of the house also made that same trip. they are led by michael nicole. you see him hugging the president there. a met with president zelensky on tuesday, one day after the president sitting at that table as our next guest. meeting with president zelensky. he represents the third district north of dallas and is a member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman, welcome. tell us, what was your visit like? >> the visit was very meaningful to all of us. the president was very open about his priorities. he understands that defense,

while important, does not win wars. he needs the weapons to make a strike to the south to cut the russian supply lines to crimea and southern ukraine. we spent a lot of time with him. we preempted the italian prime minister meeting just following us because he wanted to make sure that we understood his priorities and our needs for support. >> do you think that his message to you was heard and do you think that ukraine is and will get all that they need to fight off a defeat. >> we are slow rolling support that we get them. we have a discussion about this weapon system and then we give it to them. we deny that and then we give it to them. this is a problem. we need to stop slow whirling the support and sent them the weapons that he needs to defend his country. >> we see you at the table

sitting there on the right on the video meeting with the president. what was his reaction to your message? how do we get the weapons at that ukrainians need to them faster now? >> we need a change in the executive branch of the united states government. just as joe biden open the border with the stroke of the pen's first day, we need him to change a policy with the stroke of a pen. we need to send them, you talked about high bars in your report. we need to send them to put on top of those high bars so that they have some extended range to get into the occupied territories. >> you know this very well. you went to west point. you are an army ranger. from your experience, how are they doing? were you impressed with his military thinking? what do you think they need to go forward? >> i'm very impressed with the

resilience of the entire population. they are tough people. they are as tough as the russians. they were known to be tough in world war ii. still the same people. what they need is offense of weapons. they can defend all day long with what they have now. they need offensive weapons to make a counter offensive to the south. they need to lead the west. some of our nato partners need to step forward and do more. we need to get them what they need for this offensive so that they can defend their territory. their sovereign territory. >> some members of the republican caucus see an opposite way. ten others have cosponsored a bill to completely cut off all military aid to ukraine. what do you think of that? on pullen's front door. >> we have had the threat to poland already.

i will tell you, ronald reagan referred to the soviet union as that evil empire. that evil empire of russia, china and iran scares me far more. that is now a worldwide evil empire. we need to keep our eye on the geostrategic politics in this thing. make sure that we've got a high enough level of military and political and diplomatic thinking when it comes to the proxy war that russia and ukraine are fighting because it has become a proxy war between the u.s. led by the united states against china and russia. this is a proxy war that we are involved in, china is involved in, they send in nonlethal support. we do not want this war to be escalated beyond the battlefield where it currently is. >> wrap up the weapons. that is the message. congressman, thank you for your service to our country in the

military. >> thank you for having me. >> good to see you. >> a legal showdown in st. louis where the city's top prosecutor is fighting a lawsuit seeking to remove her from office. ted williams weighs in.n. he is coming up.

concerns over crimes for the race for chicago. calling out her top rival for wanting to defund the police. republicans are blaming democrats for not doing enough to stop the ongoing violence in the streets. charles watson is live with the very latest on the race. >> good afternoon. some of the candidates including current mayor lori lightfoot are changing course and trying out a new tough on crime stance. among them his front runner paul hill has the endorsement of the police union and centers his campaign around the city's rising crime and public safety. calling for more police on the street and accuses the mayor of failing to provide the resources they need. >> we are down police officers.

406,911 calls did not have a car available. there is a lack of police officers. >> like many large cities across the country, crime skyrocketed after the death of george floyd in the pandemic. chicago is no different. murder at a 25 year high with more than 800 homicides. a double digit drop in 2022. homicides were still up compared to pre-pandemic levels. now as lightfoot she is using a surprising attack. accusing one of her biggest challengers brandon johnson of wanting to defund the police. also defending her record on public safety. her efforts to hire nearly 1000 new officers. >> i believe we have made significant progress, but i also recognize that while homicides are down year-over-year,

shootings are down 20%, carjackings are down 10%, people in the city still do not feel safe. >> mayor lightfoot is actually running third behind two other candidates. it could be the case that after tuesday she has not even involved in the likely runoff. >> while. charles. charles watson. >> at this point in time the circuit attorney has willfully neglected her legal obligations in office and has done so to the extent that it is actually a violation of law. a continuous pattern of behavior of a failure to inform victims of the hearing dates for their cases. it is creating more victims. somebody has to put a stop to it. >> missouri attorney general accusing st. louis circuit attorney kim gardner of neglecting her duties. he has now filed a lawsuit to remove her from office.

basing outrage over the prosecution of daniel riley. speeding through an intersection when he hit 16-year-old jenae edmondson causing the teenager to lose both of her legs. authorities say riley was supposed to be on house arrest for armed robbery charges and had violated his tracking device more than 50 times before the crash. gardner claims her office try to revoke riley's bail. >> to say that we did nothing is only disingenuous. what is willfully ignorant of the reality of our court system. my office cannot force a judge to revoke bond for a defendant. >> let's bring in ted williams now. fox news contributor and former detective. ted, how do you see it? fair or foul play? what is the burden of proof and who has to prove it?

>> the caution is who was looking out for the citizens they are in st. louis? you have a 16 year old child who has lost both of her legs as a result of a repeat offender. this guy should have been in jail. think about it. he violated his bail at least 51 times and nobody caught him. so, when you look at what is happened here, this goes beyond just kim gardner. it goes to the system as a whole that he failed a child and he is also failing the citizens they are in the city of st. louis. >> so, what happens next? >> what will happen next, there were 22 of the judges there in

st. louis. they have recused themselves from this case or the case of kim gardner will be heard by a retired judge, the court of appeals there. the supreme court has set a hearing. the judge will set a status hearing and there will be a hearing at approximately six months down the road. the big question is, will she be let go in her office? i can tell you, you have a high burden of proof here that has to be, not only negligent, but just about gross negligence and it is rare that such an action will concede. >> you know, when you started there, i was going to end on it. what about jenae edmondson?

she is a teenager. now she has lost both of her legs after being hit on this 21-year-old that was out on bail after violating multiple bonds multiple times. what about jenae edmondson? >> you know, that child will never be the same again, unfortunately. as a result of that her and her parents are possibly looking at bringing a lawsuit against st. louis. i think that they could very well be successful. it is no doubt about it, there was negligence here. it goes all the way around. the prosecutor can only prosecutor bring a case before the court. it is up to a judge to keep that person in jail or release them. in this case, this guy was released and then for 51 times they continued to allow him to be out after he had violated his

bail doubt many times. i think that the city clearly will be on the hook here. money will never bring this child's legs back and that is the unfortunate situation that we are facing here in this particular case. >> this is true. let's hope and pray that this tragedy can somehow turn into a triumph for jenae edmondson and her long life ahead. ted williams, always appreciate your analysis. thank you so much. take care. >> thank you. >> counters at the southern border have already topped 1 million this fiscal year. signs of a slow down. many are wondering, will it last next on what is happening right now on the southern border.

61% of americans disapprove of president biden's handling of immigration according to the latest fox news poll. sources tell fox news migrant encounters at the southern border have already topped 1 million in this fiscal year which began in october. matt finn is live in mission texas with more on this. >> 1 million plus the medium-sized group we saw cross into the eagle pass area this morning. a group of a couple dozen migrants was processed by border patrol. something we see almost as a daily basis. historically it has been very busy. we have seen a slow down and larger migrant groups. we understand that that could be seasonal. it is expected to pick up over the next few months. texas dps tell us they are seeing upwards of 1000 migrants per day and that eagle pass

area. right now they are coming in smaller, staggered groups. we are monitoring an investigation into a use of force incident yesterday outside of eagle pass. using force on one person taken to the hospital. that person's exact condition is not known right now. border patrol and law enforcement agents a border patrol agents shot a female who refused to pullover may have put agents lives in danger. it is not often we see border patrol agents use their weapons. we are also following a deadly high speed chase yesterday. a person failed to yield and ended up crashing their car into a utility pole ejecting six people, killing two according to a local newspaper. it was a dangerous saturday yesterday for border patrol agents and migrants here along the southern border. >> matt finn lived there in mission texas. thank you, matt. >> the border encounters finally

appear to be slowing down. dp pd data shows that failed in 150,000 in january. february's total likely to be around or even below that number. the administration says last month's flow dropped 40% from the month before because of new tell for border policies by the president. will that last? vice president of the council joins us now. crossings were up by 40%. the administration targeting migrants from cuba, haiti, nicaragua and venezuela. if they expand that what it means a decrease would be that much more? it is not in their political will to do that, honestly. that got away numbers are still there. continuing to lead the entire country and got a ways. a lot of it is because agents

have been moved from areas at the border. whether or not processing. december is still a big number compared to other decembers. but come out the weather has a lot to do with it. when was the last time you saw that it was snowing in arizona. the weather has a lot to do with it. a lot of it is smoke and mirror by this administration to try to cover up the bigger problem. fentanyl is still coming in, heroin is still coming in. agents are still being moved. that is the big issue. the cartel, i cannot stress this enough, the cartels are the ones are controlled this pattern. they know exactly what they are doing. it has gone up. even last week.

an agent, the vehicle went towards the agent to try to strike him. at that time the agent also i do use his weapon. >> we salute the agents and thank them for being on the line. talk about that cat and mouse game. because of redeployment the last agents on the front line, the border patrol agency is not here to respond to that. from your point of view on the ground, what does that mean? >> it means that they know what they are doing. they know the gaps that are being left open. they need to be a little proactive as well. the administration lacks a political will to defend our nation's border of spirit a lot on the operational groups run by the agency had speared that is where a lot of the problem is. moving in from areas that are high-volume from other areas. they can report the numbers that they want. at the end of the day you have to have the manpower they are to count the numbers.

it does not mean they are not coming through, it just means -- that is a reality of what is happening on the other side of the border. >> on tuesday they announced a new proposal to actually turn back migrants who have not applied for asylum before they get here. if they cross and have to apply for asylum, they will immediately deport them. do you think that the administration will actually do that? >> look at the actual law. all these individuals need to do was ask for a court date with an immigration judge. then they are processed through that. having to ask for an immigration judge. i am telling you, it is just smoke and mirrors by this administration. the small percentage that still approves of their immigration policies, they need to actually start paying attention.

this administration has done nothing to help the immigration policies in this country. >> vice president of the national border patrol council. good to see you. thank you. >> a solemn ceremony held at the 9/11 memorial in new york city today marking 30 years since the 1993 world trade center bombings six people lost their lives that day when a terrorist detonated a bomb inside of a van below what the north tower. the islamic terrorist were brought to justice thanks to the dedicated work of the nypd and the fbi. joining us live from a new york city newsroom with more. >> good afternoon. today's ceremony was held at the new york city nine memorial

museum. on february 26, 1993, a bomb went off in the public parking garage beneath the north tower of the world trade center. six people including a pregnant woman were killed. more than 1000 injured. we spoke to the son who told us he was with his father in the morning hours before the attack. he says that his dad was a mechanical engineer for the world trade center. >> he took such good care of my family and i. he worked hard to support us. he gave us everything that he could. i come at you know, i miss him. i miss the thought of what if he were still with us. >> during today's ceremony a moment of silence was observed for those who died there followed by a reading of their names. democratic senate majority leader chuck schumer, kathy holcombe and eric adams also

spoke. family members place roses on the memorial. the man accused of being the mastermind of the attack was found guilty and was sentenced to 240 years in prison. prosecutors said the bombing was carried out as a punishment to the united states for its united states with the middle east. a seventh conspirator remains at large. >> innocence was destroyed also. a sense of safety was destroyed back then. things like this can happen. >> absolutely horrific. loved ones hope that by holding this annual ceremony more people will come to learn about the first terror attack at the world trade center. an attack that the fbi has called a deadly dress rehearsal for 9/11. >> we will never forget.

thank you. more news in a moment.

the ntsb investigating what caused a medical plane to crash in the mountains of nevada friday night. it went down about 45 miles southeast of reno. all five people on board were killed including a patient. christina coleman is reporting. >> the aircraft went off the radar near stagecoach nevada at 945 friday night in a mountainous area in northern nevada. none of the five people on board will survive. care flight is a company that provided the transport flight. those on board were a pilot, flight nurse flight paramedic, patient and a patient's family member. it is unclear what caused this crash.

>> it sounded pretty crazy. i actually told my wife that it sounded like a ship sinking. the noise of it. and then we heard a big motor and a big boom. >> officials say the wreck was not close to any homes and they do not believe it posed a threat to the public. a national weather winter storm warning was in effect for nevada wind gust up to 65 miles per hour were expected in addition to heavy snow. >> smaller mountains in the area obviously, further into dayton you at the mountains and between dayton and carson area. it is a pretty mountainous region especially with the weather being the way that it is right now it's not very good. >> the president and ceo of care flight as part of the safety process. our priority now and in the coming days.

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we are now one year away from the 2024 presidential primaries and republicans have thrown their hands in the ring. former president trump led the field with governor ron desantis alexandria half with more on this story. >> the fox news poll republican primary read a list of 15 names most of them just being potential contenders at this point. former president trump easily top the list with 43%. governor ron desantis is a choice for 28%. 7% went to nikki haley and vice

pants. former congressman liz cheney and support of 2%. trump and haley are the only among that group that have announced a run. haley weyden today on on "sunday morning futures." >> they need to go on a diet. we need to start building things in america again. >> 1% of those polled picked other possible candidates including glenn young kim and south carolina senator tim scott. here is how they both answered the lingering question today. >> my focus is still on the mission of making sure every single american belief that the american dream is achievable for them. >> i continue to be very humbled when this question is asked to me. i continue to be very focused on virginia be not looking at the second choices over those who ranked trump as their number one. opting forward desantis as their

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mass in spacex getting ready to launch for astronauts to the international space station. they will do that in the early morning hours this long to make history. joe live in cape canaveral, florida with the very latest on why. hey phil? rex hi eric. as far as a space launcher goes the weather could not be more spectacular. 95% favorability from nasa on the weather being good for launch. three astronauts one russian cosmonaut up to the international space station. it is a night launch technically

it's early tomorrow morning at 1:45 a.m. eastern time. launch pad 39 a you can see the falcon nine rocket. that belongs to spacex as well as the dragon capsule on top. in about seven hours maybe six hours the new crew will be climbing on in and climbing into their seats. the new crew replaced four others have been living on board the station for about six months. they've been training for this for more than a year of the johnson space center in houston. they'll doing science research as well as maintenance for the next six months. there nasa astronaut steven bowen and warren woody holberg. russian cosmonaut and the first air astronaut ever from the united arab emirates. the first six time they've wants astronauts for nasa replacing the space shuttles were sure retired a decade ago. that first timer is absently

hyped. again, weather is looking spectacular. according to nasa all systems for a launch are a go. 1:45 a.m. eastern time. >> it should be spectacular, all right fill in cape canaveral thanks so much. can you imagine that? >> as always. going to be great that's it for us thank you for watching. ♪ hello everyone. i am and need a logo guy benson, nicole saphier and gianno caldwell. welcome to the big send that show. the big story tonight, the lab leak theory which many scientists and conservatives were slammed for suggesting the origin of covid-19, now being accepted as fact by the energy department wall street journal citing a classified intelligence report r