harry allen is the federal on-site coordinator with the epa.ecific materials are you looking for here? >> we look for any uncombusted paints, or any household custom chemicals, pesticides batteries, especially in electric vehicles, and other hazards, like unburned munitions, we may remove. >> reporter: the epa also monitors each property for asbestos and arsenic. this is painstaking work, as teams respond to what is the costliest natural disaster in u.s. history, and now crews facing mounting public pressure to work faster than ever before. this executive order from president trump calls for the epa to expedite the bulk removal of contaminated and general debris. the deadline for such a large-scale disaster is unprecedented. consider that in lahaina, the epa took more than four months to clear hazardous materials from 1400 homes. in southern california, the epa faces clearing nearly ten times that amount in just 30 days. do you feel the pressure, in general, to expedite this process? >> yes, of course. it's a lot more to coordinate and we have

i think hundreds, if not more, epa and epa aligned officials as part of this cleanup.do you want to change from what was happening before you came in? >> well, first we have to finish the cleanup. this has to get done urgently. there is a goal currently to have this done by this spring. i would love to see that deadline met. the people of east palestine deserve it. and we don't want to have to see shifting deadlines and dates long into the future. what we do need to see long into the future, as i had just referenced, is that health and environmental monitoring for for people to feel confident that they're not going to be abandoned for years to come. vice president vance has taken this effort quite personally. it was the first real high profile incident that took place after he was sworn in as the junior senator from ohio. he led he was on the ground. and when i was sworn in, i heard from the vice president immediately saying, your first trip, you're coming with me to east palestine. this is something that is very important to him. and in turn, it's going to be very imp

epa administrator, congratulations.or being a here, lee zeldin. >> thanks a lot, maria. great to be with you. maria: before with i get into your trip with the vice president tomorrow, president trump told metayour role is one of -- me that your role is one of the most important in the entire administration. can you tell us what your priorities are? >> well, so much of the president's economic agenda and his desire to the make sure that the federal government is not just being good stewards of tax dollars, but being responsive in making our country more energy dominant, making american a.i. capital of the world, bringing back american auto jobs. we have an important role to play working with other agencies to provide that american prosperity that the president campaigned on. the american people, many of them had never if voted for a republican in the past. they wanted to vote for president trump because they believe in his leadership after seeing the last four years contrasted with the president's first term four years e

harry allen is the federal onsite coordinator with the epa. >> we look for any uncombusted paints or any household chemicals, pesticides. we look for batteries, especially in electric vehicles and other kinds of hazards like unburned emissions we may even remove. >> reporter: the epa monitors each property for asbestos and arsenic. >> this is painstaking work. as teams respond to what is the costliest natural disaster in u.s. history, and now crews facing mounting public pressure to work faster than ever before. this as president trump calls for the epa to expedite the bulk removal of contaminate and general debris. the dead lynn for such a large disaster is unprecedented. considering in lahaina the epa took more than four months to clear hazardous materials from 1400 homes. in southern california, the epa faces clearing nearly ten times that amount in just 30 days. it's not just to move this toxic debris out, it's finding a place for it to go. last week the waste began arriving here, to be stored and processed. it's a park 15 miles from the a

before i take a few questions from the press, i want to invite first our new epa administrator and then governor dewine to say a few words. le.. e. [applause] >> i was sworn in the middle of last week. as soon as i was sworn in, i instantly heard from the vice president's office saying that your first order of business right away, your first trip we are going to east palestine. as someone who is watching this disaster strike two years ago, somebody who is watching from out-of-state, i saw then senator vance go to the site andlead to be a voice for people looking for leadership from all levels of government. it educated the rest of us around america what was going on, and that motivated all of us to want to be able to do our part, now knowing this tragedy and what it meant for this community. i know how much of a priority this is for vice president pence, and because it is such a high priority for him, i will make sure that for the epa it is our highest priority date in, day out, doing everything in our power to make sure this is completed as quickly as possible. anything that is left wi

will finish the cleanup during this administration under the great leadership of lee zeldin, our new epa administrator who stands behind me. i also think part of that means the long-term economic development of this community. we know a lot of local businesses and a lot of local people lost a lot when that train disaster happened a couple years ago. we are committed not just to finishing the environmental side of the cleanup but hopefully seeing east palestine build back better and stronger and more prosperous than it was before this disaster happened in the first place. that's not going to happen overnight of course. i'm a realist about this. but i just want the people to know here that president trump, me, and the entire administration are committed to ensuring the people of east palestine, that their community, their government does right by them and will keep on working at it in the months and years to come. before i take a few questions from the press, i want to invite first our new epa administrator and then governor dewine to say a couple words. lee? [applause] >> i was just sworn

it was incredible. >> trace: meantime back in california the epa administrator went with l.a. mayor to the fires, at the palisades to check all of this out, i think as you look at these pictures, they will do more for the state of california than karen and gavin and the rest of them put together because they are in the process, they are in an administration once to get stuff done. >> absolutely, you can see her turning the wheel very quickly, as demands are being made by the residents that have been a disgruntled, located and cannot get back to their homes because of the debris, the mayor kept saying we will get it done quickly and you could see epa administrator presence there really forcing the mayor, the county and the state to actually get things done for them. >> trace: they really are, great to have you on the show, thank you for coming. coming up the president spoke to run the doj, pam bondi shaking up the city, watch. >> not only did we sue the city of chicago, we sued the state of illinois, we sued the mayor, we sued the governor and we sued others and let me be very

and notified 1000 staffers that they can assume be out of a job, he is epa administrator, joining me see you today, i think i would love to ask you both about the global cuts to personnel across washington, d.c.,, and how that affects or how it inspires, what you take over epa what i believed to be, essentially some anticipation of 1000 out of what? 50,000 employees could soon be cut back. >> well, we have some people who are taking president trump's fork in the road, that allows them to leave and get paid until the end of september, we also initiated something called a voluntary early retirement so some people are deciding to retire early, others just deciding on their own it's time to go. then we will be able to assess those numbers and what the impact is. we have core statutory obligations, congress, sets out that in the environmental protection agency, they have to follow a mission of protecting human health and the environment. right now, we have responses going on in california, the largest fire response in the history of the epa, yesterday i was with vice president vance and e

and so while we can always make the epa more. regulatory efficient, make sure that people can get their get their laws passed in a way and get the budgets to work in a way that that works better. what we now know, though, is that's not what's happening. they're not trying to fix the epa. they're not trying to fix usaid. they're trying to destroy them in some way. the chaos that's happening. so we've got to figure out as a country, how do we do this in a way that doesn't go too far, doesn't move too fast, and isn't too mean, right? >> well, i mean, they were clear with usaid. i mean, at least elon musk was i mean, he wants to kill it. so congressman buck is a former prosecutor. and and you've been in congress and you've sat there, you know, with trump. right. understanding the what they're dealing with right now, do you believe, congressman, that trump will do what the courts tell him to do? >> yes, i believe. >> the. >> that president trump will do what. >> the courts tell him to do. >> i also believe we have a $36. >> trillion d

this is the epa's largest wildfire cleanup in the agency's history.st week in conjunction with his visit, he signed an executive order directing the epa to safely remove all the hazardous materialses from the burnt-out location within 30 days. those materials include potentially damaged lithium ion batteries, propane, oils, greases and chemicals used for pesticide. >> we a want to make it safe for people to come back and look through the remains of the fire without having to worry about explosion hazards and fire hazards or chemical injury. >> reporter: the epa has already surveyed more than 5500 properties. there's nearly 740 epa personnel here on the ground working these fire zones already, and more than 1,000 of them are expected to be here in the field by by the end of the weekend. they're assembling teams of 60 to clear out materials from more than 13,000 residential and 250 commercial properties impacted by the fires. enter the pressure's here, you know, people want to the return to work and they want to return home. they want to come in and see

the epa has more than 15,000 employees. president trump is shutting down the u.s. agency for international development known as u.s. a i d. >> employees were told to stay home today. this comes after elon musk's announcement yesterday that president trump agreed to shut the agency down usa id oversees foreign aid funding for health care, clean water and disaster relief worldwide. this is the latest move by the department of government efficiency, which musk leads. he says usa id does little to help other nations and is quote, beyond repair. it's unclear if the white house has the authority to shut down a federal agency without congressional approval. strike has been averted after the company and the teamsters union reached a tentative contract showing about costco here. >> it now needs member approval to be finalize the agreement was reached shortly before the previous contract expired on friday. the deal will keep workers at 56, costco, locations from heading to the picket lines. union members say that they wanted an increase in pay to reflect the company's profit

an epa spokesperson says the goal here is to create a more effective and efficient federal government that serves all americans. the epa administrator says anyone who is not committed to following trump's directives should not work at the agency. the epa has more than 15,000 employees. >> the state assembly advances 2 bills aimed at taking on president donald trump. capitol correspondent eytan wallace. i'll give you a closer look at the legislation let you know about the fierce >> welcome back. our top story at 6.30, is the rain moving through the bay area. once again, the wet weather is going to be here for the next few days, says we take a >> live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero where a cruise ship has joined us. yeah, the busiest man in the building, lawrence karnow. we're running today right january off. but, yeah, i that in fact, it was so quiet. but boy, all of a sudden the weather is really kicked into gear and it's going to pretty ferocious out there overnight tonight and tomorrow. >> it is going to be a wicked day outside that storm system rolling to dangerous wea

now, to the epa and warnings that pink slips could be coming. i want to bring in nbc news white house correspondent gabe gutierrez. this obviously was a scary email that employees got. what's happening? >> yeah that's right chris. look around 1100 employees received this email saying essentially that they could be dismissed immediately. that's because the employees were identified as, quote, probationary, meaning that they worked at the epa for under a year and therefore had less job protection. now, union representatives say that no one who received the email has been let go just yet, but that the email itself is very scary for these employees. they want to know what's going to. happen next. and of course, this comes as the federal, the trump administration has offered federal employees buyouts as seeking to eliminate usaid, as you were just discussing. so there are a lot of questions about the future of these 1100 employees. now, we should point out that an epa spokesperson says that the goal here is to be open and transparent and to create a

and fred, about 1000 workers from the epa are already on site now doing that kind of cleanup. and here at the community in altadena, we are at the pasadena community job center. it's been a hub for aid distribution just around the corner. we're hearing that 175 workers from this community and beyond are now being trained in disaster work so that they can come in after the epa and start getting those people back into their homes. fred. >> all right. that's incredible. all right. julia vargas jones, thank you so much. coming up, rfk junior's hhs secretary confirmation hearing remains up in the air after hours of senate hearings. a congressional reporter who attended those hearings, joining us with analysis. >> this part. >> changed my life. >> superman is now nominated for a bafta award for best documentary. chris wanted to change the world. >> people are literally walking because of him. >> superman the christopher reeve story tomorrow at eight on cnn. amazing. jerry, you got to see this. saying that, trust me, after 15 walks gets a little old yeah. >> stop waiting. start inves

vice president jd vance and epa director lee zeldin will visit the area to commemorate the disaster.week, the village of east palestine and norfolk southern announced a $22 million settlement, resulting, or rather resolving, all of the village's claims from the incident this morning, with the palisades and eton wildfires fully contained, cleanup efforts are now underway, closing a chapter on historic blazes that wiped out entire neighborhoods and forced mass evacuations. >> cnn's julia vargas jones joined epa crews in altadena as they work to remove the dangerous waste left behind by the fires. >> sifting through altadena's ashes., what were once homes. now piles. >> of toxic. >> waste. >> the cleanup after the deadly eaton fire is just beginning. >> so we put a white x to mark that. we've checked it, and it doesn't have anything dangerous in it. >> weeks after flames decimated thousands of homes and businesses, crews and hazmat suits roam the ruins. the environmental protection agency, carrying out what they call phase one of painstaking process removing all that is hazardous in the

. >> item number seven treasure island a mobility management agency epa grant overview directors as i mentioned following our last meeting the treasure island mobility management agency and one treasure island were successful in getting this this securing this grant opportunity and turn it over to alex pan from tema to to give you an overview of what we hope to deliver. >> hi everyone i'm alex a transportation planner with cta and tema. i'm happy to be here today with now gonzales is the executive director of one treasure island to present item seven a quick update on the epa community change grant for a collection of projects called treasure island connect. >> this is an information item the epa community change program grant program is designed to help equity priority communities tackle environmental and climate justice challenges through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience and build community capacity. >> it is funded through the environmental and climate justice program part of the inflation reduction act signed by president biden in 2020 to. we'r

the epa is undergoing the largest wildfire hazardous waste cleanup in the history of the agency. teams will clear materials from more than 13,000 fire impacted properties. we know from recent studies that there are at high levels of lead asbestos scoring another particulate matter right after the fires. >> and people are worried. >> monday, local leaders called for action urging the qnd and fema to create a joint task force because families across the southland want to know that their neighborhoods are safe from dangerous pollutants. >> we're requesting epa take the lead in this effort by forming a task force together with federal state and local government to monitor the air quality in the la area and test for pollutants. asked where this information to be communicated to the public regularly and transparently. sitting at 500 on the season. welcome in the orlando magic town tonight. now the mandate currently on a three-game ski. it looking for when to keep from falling out of the spot in the eastern conference while the warriors will they have their sights set on getting back in

up next, a sugar factory is on the sour side of the epa. we're going to tell you about the federal orders hitting the new c and h refinery, which is in the east bay. based in contra costa county. epa officials say they have ordered the company to stop dumping raw sugar into the carquinez strait that's located between crockett and martinez in the east bay. the report says cane sugar has done that at least three times last month. environmentalists say raw sugar can change the water quality and endanger fisish and sea life. te agency says c and h sugar responded, agreed to update its wastewater system and fix its sugar offloading system. officials for keana sugar have not responded to a request from comment for us. heartbreaking news at the san francisco zoo. oscar the gorilla has unexpectedly died. the 43 year old endangered gorilla lived at the zoo for 21 years. the zoo says he went in for a medical procedure yesterday and was in recovery when he suddenly stopped breathing. his exact cause of death is unknown. visitors could usually find osc

the epa is ordering cane sugar in crockett to stop dumping raw sugar into the carquinez strait, accordingo the agency. ships docking at the refinery discharge sugar into the waterway at least three times. officials say sugar can rapidly deplete oxygen in the water, endangering fish and other aquatic life. epa officials say cn has agreed to modify its offloading system and update its stormwater pollution prevention plan and sugar management practices. now to the latest on the bird flu. new york's governor has ordered all live bird markets in new york city and surrounding areas be closed temporarily after detection of avian flu in seven live birds in a new york city market. a nationwide outbreak has led to millions of birds being euthanized and has caused egg prices to skyrocket. here's abc news reporter alexis christoforous with the details. >> new york state issuing an order on friday requiring the cleaning, disinfection and temporary closure of all live bird markets in new york city, westchester, suffolk and nassau counties over the last week, inspectors have detected multiple cases of b

. >> harry allen has been with the epa for more. >> than. >> 20 years and helped in the recovery after major wildfires. >> in napa, sonoma, woolsey fire here in l.a. lahaina. um, yeah. this one is larger than those. >> but this time around, another danger lurking amidst the rubble, partially damaged batteries. >> inside that battery, it can get hot and the gas can ignite and cause a fire. >> just on its own. >> on its own. and if you watch videos of this, they look like little roman candles. if you're familiar with that firework, and the fire comes out like a jet from the battery, and it can be very harmful. >> once epa crews remove these dangerous items and dispose of them safely, phase one is complete. >> what happens. >> after that? >> once that phase one is fully completed. phase two can start, which is either public or private. contractors will come in and remove the debris from each property. >> the scope of the disaster and the magnitude of the work ahead now coming into focus on these blocks. gas and power just starting to come back online. beyond them, thousand more residences

the trump administration has already closed the epa's dei office. so what is the environmental justice office do and how many workers could be impacted? >> right. so this is an office. it's the environmental justice as well as the external civil rights office. and these are individuals who are making sure that grant's policies are keeping in mind that there are certain communities that could be facing disproportionate impacts from things like climate change and pollution and making sure that federal funding and programs are equitably distributed so that they can prepare themselves to make sustainability plans for their communities, as well as resilience for their communities. so that's at the heart of the work that they do there. but the trump administration sees work like this as an extension of dei. however, many of the employees i speak to don't view themselves as dei employees. they actually see that this is work that's being done to make sure that all communities have access to the resources to protect themselves from things like pollution and

role and didding epa.many aspects of federal government going to be involved in rebuilding los angeles for people there and for the olympics coming up, he needs the president's help but remember, right now sitting on gavin newsom's desk for his signature is a bill that was just passed by the california legislature super majority of democrats to trump-proof california and literally fighting the policy that people voted for and as far as i'm concerned, one condition of any help that the president will give or federal government should be forgavin newsom to veto that bill. stuart: yeah, trump thinks the bullet train was terribly mismanaged. think it'll be shut down? >> my response was you think? it was the most catastrophic project in history and supposed to be open six or seven years ago and they're barely even gun to build the thing and they've spent $30 billion and whole thing was supposed to cost $30 billion. the fundamental point it is a state project and yes, there's federal money and they've had -- the

barging into the education department, the epa and treasury department. terrorizing government workers to protest president trump and elon musk's doge. they're trying to cut massive government corruption and waste and fraud. why are democrats planting a flag on that? so they can stay in power and over them and demand more spending and larry elder joining and yous fired up about this and whether hard working americans care about what they're doing and he'll talk to us about it. he'll take it on in just moments. >> bernie sanders making a post about how donald trump is trying to silence independent media was the wildest [bleep] i've ever seen from a politician. independent media [bleep] cbs and cbs that edit that had kamala harris interview to look like she had a good point? >> alex soros reposting it claim that basically you have an unelected kabal wielding power. >> that's you, alex. that's you. that's your dad. liz: that's joe rogan and his guest going after democrats and complaining about billionaire elon musk. he's trying to fix the government, stop al

we will see an overreaction today in the stock market that's why yesterday i asked newly confirmed epa lee zeldin as was senator from wyoming and the majority whip in the senate john barrasso about the impact of the tariffs yesterday, use what they said. >> president trump has done this once and it worked and will do it again president trump has thought this through we saw with the usmca for president trump's first term which was a huge success replacing nafta and there is a moment where it feels like friction and uncertainty but president trump leadership in the strength the power of the american economy. he is not going into the spying he wanted once and of do it again this time to are you worried this will undermine the other policies that are positive out of this demonstration. as a pro-growth group of policies and cutting government spending and government waste in the blood that we have at our federal government right now all of these are programmed to get a healthy economy. >> are you going to expected to retaliate tomorrow they do not tweet us fairly, properly. >> the senator f

lithium batteries are challenging but the epa has confidence that they can stabilize, pack them up androblem it has posed a problem probably more in the palisades. >> it is indeed. thank you for your time. we are praying for your community. that is all for us. fox news sunday with shannon brame is next. i am griff jenkins. thank you for watching. ♪ the freestyle libre 3 plus sensor tracks your glucose in real time, and over time it can help lower your a1c. ♪ this is progress. learn more and try for free at freestylelibre.us ♪ mirajoy: the overwhelming relief after miralax® helps you “go” miralax® works naturally with the water in your body. putting you in a supernaturally good mood. miralax®: free your gut to free your mood. ♪ believe it or not baby... at university of phoenix... you... you... you... you could earn your... master's... for under than 11 thousand! 11... yes! 11! master's degree for under 11k in less than a year. some things are too obvious to be a coincidence. earn your competency-based master's at university of phoenix. i am a shannon bream tragedy of the potomac we get

epa, broader administration take those health and safety concerns seriously. i promise the people of east palestine, we are taking those promises seriously, and we will do so for the remainder of president trump's administration. god bless you all. thank you for being here. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> can you unplug me? ustice, now represents the state in the u.s. senate. >> he will administer the oath of office. >> raise your right hand and repeat after me. >> i solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of west virginia and that i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of governor of the state of west virginia to the best of my skill and judgment so help me god. >> congratulations, governor. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, governor morrissey. >> thank you and have a seat. ladies and gentlemen, family, friends, s

there is an epa rule on charges for methane emissions, hhs rule on headstart, epa rule on drinking water and lead pipes. there is an fda rule on tobacco and minors. you might look to our website, certainly members of congress have talked publicly about rules that are on their radar so to speak. there are groups around town who are advocating for particular positions, who are also circulating their lists of rules they would be interested in targeting under the congressional review act. noting that, one last thing i will say is there have been a handful of resolutions of disapproval introduced already in this congress, and some of those are rules that i've mentioned, the leadpipe rule for example. some i would expect, why we are here today, in this look back period that started last friday, this is that limited window and congress can take action to actually use the tool to disapprove rules. what i would expect to have happen after this look-back window closes in a couple of months, then you will see democrats using the cra as a messaging tool to signal the rules coming out of the current

lee zeldin at the epa, chris wright at energy, the interior secretary doug burgum, who described duringfirmation hearings how the trump administration will do things differently. >> when energy production is restricted in america, it doesn't reduce demand. it shifts productions to countries like russia and iran, whose autocratic leaders not only don't care at all about the environment, but use revenues from energy sales to fund wars against us and our allies. president trump's energy dominance vision will end those wars abroad, make life more affordable for every family in america by driving down inflation. president trump will achieve the goals while championing clean air, clean water, and protecting our beautiful lands. geoff: this raises the question of what it means for president biden's achievement on the inflation reduction act. >> president trump, one of his first actions was an executive order that deals with terminating the green nude deal. that is how he refers to these efforts. that ordered all federal agencies to pause any of the money appropriated under the inflation reduct

vance and i and senator moreno p governor dewine and new epa director lee zeldin will be there to talke that people know that the east palestines of the world -- not just east palestine, but any community in need -- is going to be supported by this administration. joey: what is the state of the town, the village two years later in i know that the original controversy wasn't just that it derailed, but there was a decision to release a bunch of dechemicals for safety reasons, and the railroad company, they pushed that. they pushed that decision. finish now the ntsb says that might not have been necessary. so that's the real rub there, is the release of the chemicals after the derailment. what is the state of the town in do do they have water? are people who had houses there, are they able to come back? where are they? >> well, for the most part, life is back to normal except for some of the residents whose homes were really close to that site. they've relocated. but you hit the point that was the problem, is during the biden administration there was -- i remember this distinctly. governo

. >> environmental protection act seizure disorders uses and new approvals and epa pesticide programing challenges challenges >> newt rent levels in the soil and -- nutrient levels and going for the levels and high increase and fertilizer cost calls for tough management decisions. the farm ring ands areas. i'm proud to be a american peanut grower and thankful to contribute to the nation's food supply. going to continue for the policy with >> early intervention programmed to thank chris to much for his work with the national barly association and -- barley association and we're proud of our barley in minnesota and i'm looking forward to asking you a question. now coming up is kim deal, senator smith mentioned fourth generation farmer and he serves on the american trigger peak grower association board and vice president and going for them contributing more than $23 billion annually and americans benefit from a safe, high quality and reliable supply of sugar for process and refining here at home. our industry has built a strong resilient supply chain in 90 strategic a fail seizure disor

through federal government agencies like the epa, through his appointments, cabinet's, energy, interiorive orders. couple of examples. on day one, he declared an energy emergency, which basically tells every federal agency to do everything they can to ramp up oil and gas production on federal lands. trump also pulled out of the paris climate accord. the global treaty to bring down emissions. he's back out of that again. he's targeted biden's push for electric vehicles. the list goes on. there's a lot of efforts to go on this front. geoff: we know with president trump, personnel is often policy. who are the people in his administration backing him up? >> the argument his cabinet secretaries and he has been making all along is the biden administration held back domestic energy production. oil and gas production in america is at record highs. it became so under the biden administration. all of trump's cabinet picks are you biden did not do enough on the front and promised to do differently. lee zeldin at the epa, chris wright at energy, the interior secretary doug burgum, who described dur

this is the largest wildfire cleanup in epa history.told it's assembling teams to clear hazardous materials for more than 13,000 residential and 250 commercial properties impacted by the fires. >> we want to move as fast as we can to get people to the next step, so they can remove their debris and start envisioning their new their new home. these are hazmat technicians, which unfortunately have a lot of experience with wildfire cleanup. going back to chico. even other fires in malibu, certainly. lahaina, maui. >> president trump visited fire ravaged areas in the pacific palisades ten days ago and signed an executive order directing the epa to remove all hazardous materials within 30 days. those materials include chemicals for pesticides, paint, and lithium ion batteries. >> firefighters are working to help the la area recover from wildfires, were visited by dogs from a canine support nonprofit group. first responders at the noble creek center welcomed the respite from their round the clock duty on the fire lines. a catering company also

trump's epa has placed employees from the environmental justice program on leave. all right.ut on leave, and what's the significance of this this? lauren: about 170. well, they worked in the department that reduced environmental harms to poor or minority communities, and some of them worked to administer the $3 billion in grants under biden's inflation reduction act. so these are the type of jobs that are wrapped up in president trump's efforts to end diversity initiatives across federal government. so it's hitting the environmental justice team at the epa. stuart: it's everywhere. thanks, lauren. check futures, please. i see a little bit of green. not that much, but new. dow up 40, small gains s&p and nasdaq. the opening bell is next. ♪ ♪ morikawa on 18. he is really boxed in here. not a good spot. off the comcast business van. into the vending area. oh, not the fries! where's the ball? anybody see it? oh wait, there it is! back into play and... -oh no, it's in the water. wait a minute. are you kidding me? you got to be kidding me. rolling towards the cup, and it's in the ho

epa administrator lisa elden is now tasked with getting his palestine back to normal. >> i will make for the epa is our highest priority day in day out, doing everything in our power to make sure that this is completed. vice president vance says the administration is working to get a real safety bill. passed in congress reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> still ahead on kron, 4 news at 4 glitz and glamour at the grammys, how they honored la firefighters next. >> leland vittert is bringing on balance to prime time. we welcome you to the farish network on television new time st. and we never back down from the trip on balance. coming to find time next. monday at a new time, 9 eastern on newsnation to fi >> and the grammy goes to cowboy carter. >> the 67th grammy awards 7 last night in la beyonce continues to reign. supreme there. she won both album of the year and best country album for cowboy carter. she now has 35 grammys making her the most awarded and nominated artist in grammys history. wow. sabrina carpenter went home with her first grammy for best pop album. best new artis

. >> the epa is saying that it will complete phase one of the debris removal cleanup by the end of theonth. you know, what do you make of the local and federal response to this disaster? to be able, i guess, to clear the air, you know, and the minds of people about being on the road to recovery? >> well, i'd like to say that the army corps of engineers has been working, as i can see, very diligently with the community and with local government to start that cleanup. um, i know that the local elected officials, the l.a. county officials, as well as the state have held numerous meetings to help educate and hold the hands of those who are most impacted to understand the epa's process for fema's process, as well as the sba. and and this is all very hard for families to focus on, but they have to nonetheless. and so i give a lot of credit to the state for putting 2.4 billion into try to help in the recovery for l.a. county fire victims. and also the county for its and local government for its efforts to try to make sure that the process was as seamless and and and understandable as possible

this is the largest wildfire cleanup in epa history.sembling teams of 60 to clear hazardous materials from more than 13,000 residential and 250 commercial properties that were all impacted by these fires. over 5500 properties have already been surveyed. >> we want to move as fast as we can to get people to that next step, so they can remove their debris and start envisioning their new their new home. these are hazmat technicians, which unfortunately have a lot of experience with wildfire cleanup going back to chico, even other fires in malibu, certainly. lahaina, maui. >> president donald trump visited fire ravaged areas in the pacific palisades nine days ago. he also signed an executive order directing the epa to remove all hazardous materials within 30 days. those materials include chemicals for pesticides, paint, and lithium ion batteries. >> a u.s. senate committee is scheduled to vote on tuesday on whether to advance robert kennedy jr's nomination to lead the department of health and human services. now, if confirmed, kennedy would

. >> the epa is ordering cane sugar in crockett to stop dumping raw sugar into the carquinez strait, according to the agency. ships docking at the refinery discharged sugar into the waterway at least three times. officials say sugar can rapidly deplete oxygen in the water, endangering fish and other aquatic life. epa officials say cn has agreed to modify its offloading system and update its stormwater pollution prevention plan and sugar management practices. >> coming up on abc seven news at four report card on california's coast and the many species living in the deep sea. a look at the threats they're facing and the steps people are taking to conserve them. we're marking one month since the devastating l.a. wildfires. we'll tell you how you can help those who lost everything and try to recover and rebuild. and 80 years of serving the east bay to berkeley, letter c to maintenance anything, so it's very scary for me because i have everything i love in this home. so, we've now implemented drone technology. how is that safe for me? it enhances the inspection, so it allows us to see thi

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the budget that the usda has is pretty much in salary for positions and then in the work order for epa and the work order for i guess i've got to be as well as 84 computers you know the basic services that are done for the city it's pretty much been reduced to a small amount of funding that's available to be able to really hire or do anything with the budget at this time we're not sure what's going to happen with the budget in the future. >> we're still waiting for some additional instructions from the mayor's budget office and as we get that information we'll be able to relay it and hopefully we'll get some more information as we go on for the next budget hearing or the budget presentation on the seventh. >> but primary budget really is the work orders and the two positions that are on there right now. do you have any questions? i will go to my colleagues first. >> do you have any questions? nope, no questions. >> seems pretty straightforward and i wanted to ask a question just to make things clear to the public. the department of police accountability has really been shoring us up an

this is the largest wildfire cleanup in epa history. teams to clear hazardous materials for more than 13,000 residential and 250 commercial properties impacted by the fires. >> we want to move as fast as we can to get people to that next step so they can remove their debris and start envisioning their new their new home. these are hazmat technicians, which unfortunately have a lot of experience with wildfire cleanup going back to chico, even other fires in malibu, certainly lahaina, maui. >> it's been ten days since president trump visited fire ravaged areas in the pacific palisades area and signed an executive order directing the epa to remove all hazardous materials within 30 days. those materials include chemicals for pesticides, paint and lithium ion batteries. >> all right, let's get out the door here. 841 or better yet, let's just stay inside in our jammies all day, which is what i think many people did on sunday. steve. >> why not? it was one of those kind of patterns. day or drizzly, rainy all day long. and we have more a lot of