. >> todd: brooke singman has the latest. >> brooke: republicans are demanding answers from the bidenl" publishing exclusive report saying the department changed assessment based on new intelligence. a spokesperson says the department continues to support the thorough, careful and objective work of intelligence professionals and investigating origins of covid-19 as the president directed despite the energy department finding, top national security advisor jake sullivan says there is no definitive answer. >> there is variety of views in the intelligence community, some have reached conclusion on one side, some other on other, some are not sure. if we gain insider information, we will share with congress and the american people, there is not a definitive answer that emerged on this question. >> brooke: the media slammed tom cotton for pushing the so-called fringe lab election theory including "washington post," "new york times" and cnn. what matters is holding the chinese communist party responsible. and dr. nicole saphier's response three years later. >> most pandemics do happen from n

. >> ashley: good morning, brooke singman. >> brooke: senators are preparing for third degree's briefing on the chinese spy flight and next steps are respect to china. president biden says his administration is ready to deal with the fall out. >> president biden: we made it clear to china what we're going to do, they understand our position, we will not back off. we did the right thing. this is reality. >> brooke: we're learning the spy flight had the potential for explosives to detonate and self-destructs, senior government sources will analyze the remains at fbi processing lab. the airship flew over several military bases, weighed nearly 2000 pounds and was 200 feet tall. mike pompeo criticizing the biden administration for allowing something so dangerous to stay in the sky for a week. >> the chinese may have been able to blow this thing up themselves. imagine that, if you knew that, they didn't understand risk. >> brooke: the white house seems to be struggling to defend claims previous -- flew over in the trump administration. >> how is it possible this administration discovered three

brooke singman.mark daniels set to testify before the house judiciary committee today. thank you for getting up with us, you have a big day today. what do you expect to tell lawmakers today? >> good morning ashley and todd, i come straight for the community, it is not political. i come to d.c., to address what is going on in our community, talk about disruption array and the crisis on the border. there is no political spin, this is reality coming this morning. i appreciate chairman jordan bringing this committee together to address this today and have me here, looking forward to it. >> ashley: do you feel the biden administration has muzzled you and now you are getting a chance since the gop is in charge of the house? >> sheriffs across the country, west upper and southwest border, we have done everything to engage president biden and secretary mayorkas to work with us as community public safety leaders with no results. it is intellectual avoidance, intellectual abandonment with intended conseence re

brooke singman has details. >> brooke: possible debris from t the -- analyze the remains of the flight at an fbi processing lab. senators prepare for a briefing on the chinese flight. president biden is ready to deal with the fall out. >> president biden: no, we made it clear to china what we're going to do and they understand our position, they will not back off, we did the right thing. this is reality. >> ashley: the airship flew over several military bases, weighed nearly 2000 pounds and was 200 feet high. mike pompeo now criticizing the biden administration for allowing something so dangerous to stay in our skies for a week. >> the chinese may have been able to blow this thing up themselves. imagine if you knew that and the chinese could decide where to drop this thing, they didn't understand risk. >> brooke: the white house is defending their claim previous airships flew over the united states during the trump administration. >> how is it possible this administration discovered three previous baknow balloons, but trump officials didn't know it was happening? >> we have talked abou

brooke singman, thank you. kim gardner has until noon to resign today, after she failed to prosecute an armed robbery suspect who is accused of causing the accident on saturday. gardner is facing fierce backlash for dropping armed robbery charges in the case that landed him in house arrest last year. gardner says it is not her fault, it is unfortunate there are those that twist the facts for selfish motives, this is not the time for finger pointing. she went on for blaming the judge for allowing the suspect to be on the street. >> todd: suspects searching for two suspects from a smash and grab in new york city before making off with $500,000 stolen merchandise. the two pushed past a 79-year-old employee and the suspects punched, kicked and hit her in the head with a handgun. she's in the hospital in stable condition this morning. tracking a massive storm that is causing blizzard conditions in 25 states. it is midwest, especially minnesota expected to get the worst, declaring a snow emergency as they brace for t

>> ashley: all right, brooke singman, thank you.for the "new york post" who was at the post had the story about hunter's laptop was censored. like we said you were there. tell us what was happening in your newsroom when this happened. >> well, of course, i was on the opinion side of things. i was totally shocked, like everyone else that morning. mi thought it was a great scoop. it seems like we had reported it very thoroughly. and then we saw 10:00 in the morning facebook announced it would quote, ungovernment reduce circulation on the story pending fact checking. and twitter all together banned the story not only could you not share it on your public timeline but you couldn't send it in direct messages. and then they suspended the twitter account of "the new york post." america's oldest continuously published daily newspaper funded by alexander hamilton and kept it that way for two weeks. that's why it's extremely, i think, enraging and shameful to hear someone like representative alexandria ocasio-cortez call this a waste of time.

. >> todd: brooke singman joins us live with the latest. >> good morning, the republicans demanding answers from the biden administration after the energy department reportedly admitted covid-19 originated in a chinese lab. "the wall street journal" with the exclusive report, the print don't make the new intelligence. a spokesperson for the energy department responding to the report to fox news saying the department continues with careful in objective work of intelligence professionals and investigating the origins of covid-19 as the president directed to. despite the energy department findings, top national security advisor spokesman james feldman said there is no definitive answer on the origins of covid-19. >> there is a variety of hues in the intelligence community and reach conclusions on one side, but a number of them said, they just don't have enough information to be sure. if we can gain further insight or information, we will share it with congress we will share it with the american people. but right now, there is not a definitive answer for the intelligence committee on this quest

. >> todd: brooke singman on the train derailment, brooke. >> furies for his community and residents have been left behind while president biden make his surprise visit to ukraine. >> that was the biggest slap in the face that tells you he doesn't care about us. he can send every agency he wants to, but i fill that out in the briefings he was in ukraine. millions of dollars over there and not to us. i'm furious. >> presidents' day and not in our country. >> he is over and ukraine, so that tells you what kind of guy he is. >> in the meantime epa administrators to turn east palestine to provide an update on efforts to address the disaster. he is expected to announce additional measures to the health and safety of the community and ways to hold norfolk southern accountable. several officials including ohio's governor for a press conference today 12:30 p.m. norfolk southern giving an update what it's done to address the prices. so far 15,000 pounds of contaminated soil and 1 million gallons of contaminated water have been removed from the derailment site. over 2,000 families have gotten

brooke singman joins us, good morning. >> ohio residents demanding answers last night at a town hallth toxic chemicals that has devastated these palestine. hundreds of people into a high school gym what health risks they faced as the city's mayor expressed his own frustration with the lack of aid for his town. listen. >> we are trying to get information. everybody is concerned, but you know, the epa, the people they are working with trying to get back into their home safe. >> ashley: what ohioans really in want to know they biden administration in transportation or a secretary know where to. >> i don't know. your guess is as good as mine. yesterday -- >> secretary pete buttigieg was on twitter and passing it on to the trump administration, "we are constrained by the law by rail regulation like the rule drawn up by the trump administration in 2018 because of a law passed by congress in 2018." we are using the powers we do have to keep the people safe, but safe is the last thing east palestine residents feel. >> for about 15, 20 minutes i had a sore throat. i vomit within 10 minutes of

brooke singman here with all the details, good morning, brooke. >> that is right, guys that house judiciarymittee led by jim jordan with the border crisis since republicans took control of the house and today lawmakers plan to zero in on fentanyl. this comes as cbp officers make three major fentanyl bus in two days. 200,000 fentanyl pills recovered in the car with another 458,000 hills stashed in the roof and gas tank of another vehicle. and at least 14 pounds of fentanyl powder found in the bumper of a car. meanwhile in the span of six days, the del rio sector 4200 got a ways that they know of. a bill melugin taken to twitter, approximately 40% of people coming across the border are successfully evading and escaping into the u.s. without apprehension in recent weeks. the gotaways will not be included in recent numbers. these will not be counted. one g.o.p. lawmaker is ready to bring articles of impeachment against secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> your remove someone from office to my republic domestic public official from office who is causing harm and that his impeachment. look at just th

. >> ashley: absolutely horrible, brooke singman, thank you. gardner has today to resign or will face removable bowl proceedings. the volleyball star lost her legs in a crash caused by a man with multiple bond violations. daniel rightly supposed to be on house arrest in the record show he violated over 40 times. no kim is fa very serious backlh against widely in the case that landed him in house arrest last year. in a statement yesterday, she defended herself writing, "it is unfortunate that there are those who twist the facts to take advantage of the situation for their own selfish motives. this is not the time for finger-pointing. she went on to blame the judge in riley's case for allowing the suspect to be on the streets. this is also for anyone who may have forgotten the same circuit attorney whose office didn't show up to a murder trial and they had to drop the charges. she has upwards of 3,000 cases backlogged. so i'm not quite sure what this attorney is doing. i don't know what the office is doing because it seems like nothing. todd, i c

. >> ashley: brooke singman has details. >> brooke: former twitter employees facing tough questions yesterday for censure shop of the 2020 hunter biden laptop story. admitting they did not consider the outcome of the censorship. >> over the course of that day, it became clear twitter had not fully appreciated the impact of that policy on free press and others. >> brooke: despite sound verification, alexandria ocasio-cortez says the story is half fake, calling the hearing a waste of time. >> a whole hearing about a 24-hour hiccup in a right-wing political operation, we account be talking about abortion rights, voting rights instead talking about hunter biden half fake laptop story. >> brooke: the consequences could be severe. >> i think you guys wanted to be taken down, you meet with the guys every week and they send e-mails and documents and you get information, you wanted to take it down and got played by the fbi. >> fbi used its relationship with twitter to suppress criminal evident, that is bad news, it will get worse. this is the investigation part, later comes the arrest part. >> brooke:

brooke singman joins us. >> brooke: members of the community are searching for answers from the bidenc train derailment. dewines -- dewine requests for the cdc to send to the crash site expert medical assistance, doctors who can evalmembers of the community who have questions or experience symptoms. more residentses complain of symptoms. jd vance sharing this video from a creek in the area. >> there are dead worms and fish in this area. if you scrape the creek bed, it is like chemical is coming out of the ground. >> brooke: chemicals are coming up from the ground in a creek miles from people's homes. residents plead for help and residentses are putting the blame on the railway company. >> we'll get to the bottom of this and try to figure out what occurred and hold norfolk southern accountable. >> we will hold norfolk southern accountable, i promise you that. >> you can't get ahead of an investigation that is ongoing. they will have to answer from the environmental side. >> brooke: residentses say the problem is out of the railway's hand and calling on the biden administration to send

brooke singman has details. >> brooke: that is right, hunter biden and his legal team are calling forempts to weaponize the data found on his laptop. hunter's attorney calling out several allies of president trump along with the shop owner who discovered the content. the data was used against hunter. his lawyer says this failed dirty political trick exposed and manipulated mr. biden private and personal information. here is what we know about the laptop discovery. december of 2019, repair shop owner discovered the laptop and sent it to the fbi. in october of 2020, "new york post" was given a copy of the hard drive exposing content related to hunter biden and yesterday hunter biden's legal team came forward and admitted the laptop belongs to him. the repair shop owner says the timing is interesting and told "new york post," with congress starting investigations next week, it is a scare tactic. the house oversight hearings into president biden and his family are set to begin next wednesday, february 8th. james comer says the scope of the investigation will include hunter's art deals and

. >> todd: brooke singman is here. >> brooke: that is right.ce grassley claim, hunter biden's attorney denied the request for documents related to foreign business deals made by hunter and james biden and hunter's business partner saying pedalling your own inrack rat and baseless conclusion under the guise of a real investigation turns the committee into wonderland and you into the queen of hearts, shouting sentence first and verdict afterward to invent legislative purpose thinly veiled at best. republicans are determined to get to the truth. chairmans james comer is calling on the key players to testify under oath. he says hunter biden, james biden and swearen are key in the investigation of joe biden's involvement in his family's business schemes. the biden family sold around the world to the chinese communist party. fox news poll reveals americans are concerned about business dealings and 39% believe president biden and hunter actually broke the law and president biden spending much of this week downplaying the investigation. listen. >> pres

. >> ashley: brooke singman has details this morning. >> brooke: 20 days later and biden transportationretary finally touched down in east palestine. pete buttigieg toured the site of the derailment getting a first-hand look at what ohioans have been facing the past month. he was met with pushback from residentses who questioned why it took so long. and even pete buttigieg admitted he could have acted sooner. >> i could have acted sooner, i was taking pains to upon are the role i have and do not have. >> brooke: pete buttigieg addressed what he thinks the next steps should be, improving rail regulation and holding norfolk southern accountable. he was quick to ignore questions on the federal government's lack of urgency, press secretary stepping in refusing to answer questions most are asking. watch this. >> mayor pete, why did it take you weeks to get here, will you apologize to the residents of the city for the slow response, to the government's slow response, do you have any apology? >> i'm the press secretary -- >> why did it take three weeks to get here? >> i don't want to be on cam

brooke singman has the latest. >> brooke: the mayor of east palestine is furious, residents he say have been left behind, while the president visited ukraine. listen. >> that is the biggest slap in the face, that tells you he doesn't care about us. he can send every agencies he wants to. i found out he was giving money to ukraine and not to us, i am furious. >> on president's day in our country, he's in ukraine, that tells you what kind of guy he is. >> brooke: biden's epa director is expected to return today to address the disaster. expected to announce additional measures for the health and safety of the community and ways to hold norfolk southern responsible. there is a press conference today at 12:30 p.m. and norfolk southern is giving an update on what they have done. water has been moved from the derailment site and 2000 families have gotten help and the company committed over $5 million to the community, but while the railway company touts this, residents are struggling to feel safe. one family can't even make formula for their newborn baby. >> we are unable to use tap water to m

brooke singman has the latest. >> brooke: department of defense is on heightened alert after shootingown a fourth object over lake huron. they shot two others down this weekend, one in canada and one in alaska on friday. the u.s. air force general tasked with safeguarding air space says the military has not identified what the three objects are, how they stay in the air or where they are coming from. >> i will not categorize them as balloons, we are calling them objects for a reason. the chinese spy balloon was clearly a balloon. these are objects and i urge you not to attribute it to any country, we don't know. >> brooke: biden administration claims they haven't ruled out possibility it could be connected to aliens or extra terrestrials, he is ignoring questions about the incident, watch. >> mr. president, were you able to recover the object, was it a balloon, mr. president? >> brooke: republican lawmakers sounding off on danger of the objects and what it means for our national security. >> the motivation and intent is clear, they want imagery on military capability, particularly nuc

brooke singman has more. >> brooke: president biden was briefed on the epa saying they will hold norfolkble after the toxic train derailment. officials will work with residentses to make sure they feel safe to return home in east palestine. the epa and governor went into a home to drink the tap water to prove they believe it is safe, watch this. >> we believe in science, we don't feel like we are being your guinea pig, we believe the water is safe. >> okay, i appreciate that. >> here's to you. >> brooke: the epa chief promised the agency will hold the railway company responsible calling for norfolk southern to reimburse them for clean-up efforts. >> if the company fails to complete what is ordered by the epa, the epa will step in, do the work and force norfolk southern to pay triple in cost accordance to the power granted by my agency. >> many are still wondering where president biden and his transportation secretary are, pete buttigieg giving a vague answer when he'll show up for ohioans. >> i am planning to go and our folks were on the ground from the first hour. the focus will be on a

brooke singman has the latest. >> brooke: three weeks after the toxic derailment and biden's epa says they will take -- that with biden and the federal government who has failed them from the beginning, the former president is expected to donate thousands of gallons of cleaning supplies and thousands of bottles of water to the community. ashley brooke, thank you with that. let us bring in these palestinian resident tommy powers who worked right down the tracks from the derailment. tommy, you heard in brooks piece there. people saying he had the time is in right yet for him to show up to your embattled town, saying when he does get there, his focus is going to be on train safety. look we all want the trains to be safe. but a shouldn't he be there? i don't know. three weeks ago and two shouldn't the focus be on getting you the help you need to survive? yes i totally agree with that. um the time is now, um so i feel like i don't know, just kind of feels like robert like profits over people and corporate greed is going on right now. so we need to tackle it head on and just get out in fron

. >> >> todd: that is the worry and brooke singman live in new york, brooke. >> that is right.ay there is a pair of hearings on capitol hill 1:10 a.m. with the foreign affairs committee and also later tonight prime time hearing for the china select hearing. take a listen to this. the president made trying to find the origins of covid a priority when he came into office and he has done a whole government effort designed to do that. there is not a consensus right now in the u.s. government about how exactly it started. there is just not just not in the intelligence community consensus. >> ashley: white house karine jean-pierre document assertions that leave the lab leak theory or conspiracy theorist. listen. >> there was not so long ago a point where anyone asking questions, whether a lab leak was a credible theory which we looked into. a lot of those people were divided as french, conspiracy theorist. are there lessons learned about how we discussed theories when we don't have all of the answers? >> the president's commitment to get to the bottom of this peer that is the most im

. >> todd: brooke singman live with the latest, brooke. >> residence evacuating with a shelter in placeh acid spill against tucson. a truck tanker which rolled on its side for this liquid nitro acid peer residents across the city directed to turn off their air conditioning to avoid breathing in the chemical. arizona authorities warning person of interest remain closed in both directions this morning. evacuees are still in the dark when we will be able to return home. following the crisis in east palestine ohio as the city plans with a town whole tonight of a toxic chemical train disaster. yesterday fox news fox news questioned officials on the safety of ohio and the return home. >> look i would be drinking the bottled water in continuing to find out what the test are showing as far as the year. >> we have no indication the supply is not safe, however, we do have testing that is pending. i think it is a relatively easy thing to do to use bottled water for a short window of time. >> but residents are raising more health concerns saying they are experiencing symptoms from the toxics, liste

brooke singman is here with details. >> brooke: hunter biden and his legal team are calling for an investigationting to weaponize data found on the laptop. the attorney calls out several allies of former president trump, along with the repair shop owner, claiming the shop owner unlawfully accessed the data, which was used against hunter. his attorney says this resulted in exposure, exploitation and manipulation of mr. biden private and personal information. here is what we know. december of 2019, repair owner matt isaac discovered the information and sent to the fbi. the "new york post" was given a copy of the hard drive and yesterday's hunter's legal team coming forward and admitting it belongs to him while calling for a probe. the repair shop owner responding to allegations, saying the timing is interesting, he told "new york post," with congress starting investigations next week, it is a scare tactic, it is heaviest when you are over the target and the hearings into president joe biden and his family will begin next wednesday, february 8th and james comer says the scope of the investigation w

brooke singman joins us with the latest. brooke?some answers last night following the toxic chemical spill that has devastated east palestine. the city's mayor also expressing his own frustration with the lack of aid for his town. listen. >> trying to get information out there. everybody is concerned. i'm concerned, but, you know, it's not norfolk southern here. the e.p.a., the people been working with us trying to get our citizens back into their home safe. >> but what ohioans really wanted to know is why the biden administration and its transportation secretary were nowhere to be found. >> where's he been. >> i don't know. your guest is add goose as me. yesterday was the first time i heard anything from the white house. >> transportation secretary buttigieg was not at the meeting, instead, he took the twitter passing the blame onto the trump administration. he said we're constrained by law on some areas of rail regulation like the braking rule withdrawn by the trump administration in 2018 because of a law passed by congress in 201

brooke singman joining us live with all the details. brooke?ing in place following that acid spill in south tucson. the crash involved a tanker truck which rolled on its side releasing this nitric acid. residents in the city now being directed to turn off their air conditioning a void breathing in the chemical. authorities warning a portion of the interstate 10 will reremain closed which morning. still in the dark about when they will be able to return home comes following the crisis in east splin ohio. following the train disaster. the safety of ohioans who have returned home. listen. >> are look, i think that i would be drinking the bottled water and i would be continuing to many find out what the tests were showing as far as the air. >> we have no indication that the municipal water supply is not safe, however, we do have testing that is pending and i think it's a relatively easy thing to do to use bottled water for a short window of time. >> but we spoke with residents who evacuated east palestine and they say their symptoms are bad enough

. >> ashley: brooke singman will break this down, if you can, brooke, good morning. >> brooke: that ism are denying the laptop existed, even after calling for a criminal investigation this week. hunter biden lawyer wrote letterses calling for investigations into multiple trump allies and john paul mcisaac, who discovered the laptop. hunter biden's team say the letter does not confirm a laptop. mac isaac and his attorney responding on tucker last night. >> i've been dealing with intimidation for the last coupler yoos, this is not as bad as being accused of being a traitor and working with russia to affect an election. >> this is someone with so much money going after someone who is really the little guy, he is doing it purpose, trying to intimidate. >> brooke: i spoke to john ratcliffe, who says this is a cover-up. in october of 2020 on behalf of the u.s. intelligence communities, ratcliffe said there was no intelligence to support the laptop was part of a russia dissemination campaign. he pointed to people claiming the laptop was part of a russian smear campaign, telling me you have ha

. >> griff: brooke singman has more exclusive reporting and kicks things off for us on this monday morningy, brooke. >> with the gang of eight will be meeting as her list tomorrow for the briefing on the chinese spy balloon floating across the mainland last week. navy divers are working to recover debris after air force after air force f-22 fighter jet shut down the balloon on the coast of south carolina on saturday. according to senior u.s. defense officials, the balloon launch from china january 21st and crossed into alexis go january 28th. idaho on the 21st and several states including a handful of military bases before it was finally shot down. let's take a close look at the five air force bases the chinese was spotted near. two in north dakota, one montana, another wyoming, and another nevada. i spoke to senior administration official who said another chinese balloon crash near hawaii four months ago and the same official telling me, "the surveillance balloons with the transit united states during the prior administration went undetected. the official tell me the information on those

brooke singman is live with the latest in this breaking story. hooter did not have any affiliation to the university and authorities confirming he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. his name has not been released to the public. there are reports the bomb squad is outside of the home of the suspected shooter, police have yet to confirm this activity. the first shots were fired on the north end of the campus inside berkey hall before opening fire at the msu student center. one student recording this terrifying video from his dorm as he watches students run for their lives on campus. another student says his friend saw the whole thing unfold, listen. >> another kid i know left his phone in the cafeteria, he saw multiple people get shot and most of the people i heard told me they were in the union when the shooting happened and they saw it. >> brooke: shelter in place order has been lifted for students and the surrounding community. classes have been suspended for 48 hours. police are working to uncover a motive. all five victims are

. >> ashley: brooke singman is live with this breaking story, brooke. >> ashley and todd, the suspectedoter did not have affiliation to the university. authorities confirming he was found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound off-campus. his name is not yet released to the public. the play say the first shot shot apm north end of campus berkey hall before opening at the union student center. the victims found inside each building. both buildings easily accessible to the public and did not require special access. a student recording this terrifying video from his dorm as he watched the students running for their lives on campus. another student said his friend so the whole thing unfold. >> i know that he left his phone in the cafeteria because he ran out so fast. purity so multiple people get shot. most of the people i've heard talk to me personally about it told me they were in the union when the shooting happened and that's when they saw it. speak with the children place order has been lifted for the michigan's students and the surrounding community but the classes activities have bee

. >> ashley: brooke singman to break it all down, good morning, brooke. >> hunter biden and his legalg the laptop existed after calling for criminal investigation this week. and he rode letters to the justice department and delaware attorney general calling for an investigation into multiple trump allies as well as john paul come with a repair shop owner that discovered the laptop. hunter's team arguing "these letters do not confirm conversions of a laptop." the conduct of seeking, manipulating and disseminated what they alleged to be biden personal data wherever they claim to have gotten hit. his attorney responding on tucker last night. >> i've been dealing with intimidation from all fronts for the last couple of years. i've gotten used to it. this isn't as bad as being accused of being a traitor and working with russia to an effect of an election. >> distance really someone someone with so much money were acting like they had a lot of money, going after someone who is really the little guy. he's doing it on purpose. he's trying to intimidate. >> and i spoke with john ratcliffe excl

. >> ashley: brooke singman, thank you. the president waiting an hour to address china during his address and never uttered a word on the spy flight that traveled across the united states. >> todd: lucas has more washington. >> lucas: seven sentences on china in the president's prepared remarks at the end of the speak. no mention of the spy flight that was blasted out of the sky you hava the coast of south carolina. >> president biden: we see competition, not conflict. i will make no apologies, we're investing to make america stronger. today we're in strongest position in decade to compete with china or anyone else in the world. >> lucas: fox news reported a separate craft crashed months prior. steve scalise wants to know why the latest spy flight wasn't shot down sooner. >> balloon flies over the united states and the president sits by, says he gave the order on wednesday to shoot it undo, did he send it through the mail service? who did he give the order to? if you gave an order on wednesday and it didn't happen until sat

brooke singman with all the details, good morning, bro. >> t pete buttigieg touching don east palestinen derailment that has been affecting thousands of americans. pete buttigieg was left at the side of the derailment getting a firsthand l look at what ohioans have been facing the past month here this long awaited method from a pushback from residents why it took him so long to come see the disaster for himself. the transportation secretary even admitted he could have acted sooner, listen. >> i felt strongly about this and could have expressed that sooner. again, i was taking pains to respect the role that i have and don't have. but that should not have stopped me from weighing in. about what was happening in the community. >> buttigieg took time to adjust rail regulations and holding norfolk southern accountable. he was quick to ignore many reported questions on the federal government's lack of urgency. press secretary or even stepping and refusing to answer the questions most ohioans are asking. >> mayor pete, why did it take you an entire two and a half weeks to actually get here to

brooke singman has the latest, broke.the department of defense hat is on heightened alert after shooting down fourtd unidentified object in michigan. the military took it down shortly before 3:00 p.m. yesterday after shooting two others this weekend. one in canada on saturday and another in alaska on friday. the u.s. air force general who is tasked safeguarding our airspace says, "the military has not been able to identify what these three objects are, how they stay in the air, or where they are coming from," peerless end. >> i will not categorize and they called him objects for reason. certainly the event of south carolina close for the chinese by balloon, that was clearly a balloon. these are objects. i would be hesitant and urge you not to attribute to any specific country. we won't know. >> while the biden administration claims they haven't ruled out the possibility that objects could be connected to a lands or extraterrestrials, the president himself is ignoring questions about the incident. watch. >> mr. president,

. >> todd: brooke singman has the lead on this disaster, brooke. >> that is right palestinian officialsrching for answers from the biden administration after this toxic train derailment. ohio governor mike the wind with emergency help on the ground from the cdc after president biden rejected the request for disaster assistance. dewine sent the cdc to the expert size, expert metals including doctors and professionals to evaluate members of the family who had questions or are experiencing system. it comes as more residents complain of symptoms and reactions from the top stomach toxic chemicals through the air and ohio center j.d. vance showing the video from the community. >> hey, guys dead worms and dead fish all throughout the water, something i just discover is if you agree that mike scraped the creek bed it is like criminal bill nye filmic chemicals coming out of the ground. >> ashley: chemicals coming up from the ground miles from people's home. and the residence plea for help, white house officials putting all the blame on the railway company, listen. >> we are going to get to the b

pete: brooke singman is here with the latest. >> reporter: good morning.ox news exclusion is live capturing the moment that the chinese balloon was shot down yesterday. watch this. >> we were not able to deter it. >> general keane, excuse me, general keane i'm not sure if you can see this. we have a live shot now of this balloon going down. this balance has been taken down. >> that is great. >> it is falling from the sky. >> reporter: air force f-22 fighter jet shot down the fighter plane that floated down across the u.s. last week. shortly after president biden claimed he wanted to shoot down the balloon earlier was overruled. president biden: on wednesday i briefed on the balloon i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided to do that when it got over water, within the 12-mile limit. >> reporter: the 12-mile limit biden mentioned that the coastal states right to claim 12 miles of nautical ocean as their territory. closing the airspace around the balloon, closing air traffic from wi

pete: brooke singman is here with the latest. >> reporter: good morning.t the chinese balloon was shot down yesterday. watch this. >> we were not able to deter it. >> general

will: brooke singman has the latest. >> reporter: fox news exclusively capturing the moment the chinesealloon was shot down, an air force f-22 fighter jet shot down the balloon. shortly after, president biden claimedded he wanted to down the boon earlier but was overruled. listen. >> on wednesday when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided that the best time to do that was when it got over water outside of, within a 12 the-mile limit. >> reporter: now, the 12-mile limit is referring to coastal states' right to claim 12 nautical miles of the ocean as their territory. the faa temporarily closing the air space around the balloon and causing all air traffic through wilmington, charleston and myrtle beach air space to be the shut down. the first chance to target the boon where it floated over water. officials i could have fired at the balloon while it was floating over montana, but they doesn't out of an abundance of caution. chinese foreign ministry responding, quot

here now with the latest, brooke singman. what do you know? >> reporter: good morning, rachel. were two more incidents involving foreign objects in north american air space just yesterday. the faa temporarily closing air space over montana after authorities spotted a radar anomaly over a shawl town -- small town. now, montana congressman matt rosendale tweeting that he is in direct contact with norcom and monoor thing the latest issue -- monitoring the latest issue. earlier in the day an american f-22 fighter jet shot down a different object over the yukon territory in northern canada. a senior u.s. official telling fox news early this morning that object a appears to be a small metallic balloon with a tethered payload. canada's defense minister says this object was smaller than the one shot down over the south carolina coast just last week. >> the object was flying at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet. it had unlawfully entered canadian or air space and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian night. >> reporter: canadian prime minister justin trudeau saying

brooke singman here with all the details, good morning, bok