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FEMA's public message regarding residents' health concerns following the East Palestine train derailment was different from what they were telling the White House and other agencies. NewsNation's @RichMcHugh dives into what FEMA documents reveal. More: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/ohio-train-derailment/fema-white-house-east-palestine-exclusive/ https://t.co/5PtcgSHEWs
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Following the burning of five tankers of vinyl chloride in East Palestine, residents reported sickness and called for help. Documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act revealed coordination between FEMA, the White House, the National Security Council, the EPA, and the Department of Justice, expressing concerns about health, toxins, and unmet needs.
According to the Government Accountability Project, FEMA knew healthcare was the number one issue and that there was a toxic plume with the potential for cancer clusters. The agency acknowledged that the occurrence of a cancer cluster in East Palestine was not zero and discussed the need for a "tripwire" to identify them. These concerns were discussed internally, up to the White House level.
The unmet needs report was never released to the public or the media, and the FEMA coordinator sent by Biden allegedly wouldn't meet with residents and was nicknamed "the ghost of October." An email revealed that the FEMA coordinator was told not to engage with residents. Residents describe this as criminal negligence.
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Speaker 0: After officials burned five tankers, a 16,000 gallons of toxic vinyl chloride over East Palestine You ready? I'm ready. Let's get out of here. We basically nuked the town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open. Residents here were sick and crying out for help.
Speaker 1: My eyes feel like they're gonna fall out of my head. They're bulging out of my head.
Speaker 0: In September 2023, '7 months later, president Biden issued an executive order sending a FEMA executive to East Palestine to assess the unmet needs of the community. But new documents from FEMA obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show extensive coordination between FEMA, the White House, National Security Council, EPA, and the Department of Justice voicing serious concerns about health, toxins, and the unmet needs of East Palestine following the train derailment. But publicly, their message was nothing to see here.
Speaker 2: It showed that FEMA knew, health care was the number one issue.
Speaker 0: Leslie Pacey is an investigator with the Government Accountability Project. They sued to get these documents when FEMA refused to turn them over.
Speaker 2: They also knew that they called this plume a really toxic plume. They knew that there would be the potential for cancer clusters.
Speaker 0: The agency noted the occurrence of a cancer cluster at East Palestine is not zero and expressed the need for a, quote, tripwire to identify cancer clusters.
Speaker 2: It was only discussed internally, and it actually was discussed all the way up to the White House. There's White House officials and National Security Council officials discussing the dangers of the cancer cluster potential and the health issues and discussing whether or not to release the unmet needs report to the public and to the media.
Speaker 0: They never released the unmet needs report to the public or the media, and the FEMA coordinator sent here by Biden wouldn't meet with residents.
Speaker 1: A lot of us emailed and called that person and never got through. Eventually, was something said we he didn't need our anecdotal reports.
Speaker 2: He was nicknamed by residents, as the ghost of October because they were expecting him to be there in October, but never could get ahold of him.
Speaker 0: Now we know why. This email reveals that the FEMA coordinator was told not to engage with residents. Residents here say it's criminal negligence. How does that make you feel?
Speaker 1: It's infuriating. We're supposed to believe that's not how our country runs, and I'm starting to see that that's how our country has always run.
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.@BrianEntin and @TVAshleigh discuss reports that Bryan Kohberger was seen cleaning his car in Pennsylvania, and wearing surgical gloves to place trash in a neighbor’s garbage can. #Banfield https://t.co/ExOA5EZH7S
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Brian Koberger was observed deep cleaning his car at his parents' home in Pennsylvania before his arrest. He was also seen wearing surgical gloves outside, taking his trash to a neighbor's can. This trash was later collected and tested, revealing Koberger's dad's DNA.
The Coburgers told the public defender they were pulled over twice in Indiana, suggesting they suspected something was wrong.
Koehberger's cell phone pinged near the King Road residence at 9:15 AM the morning after the murders, before police were alerted. This detail is considered particularly "creepy." The phone was in front of the house for about twelve minutes. This could have been enough time to retrace steps and search for the missing sheath.
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Speaker 0: So, Brian, some new reporting out about Brian Koberger observed, in those days prior to his arrest at his parents' house cleaning his car. And not just a little cleaning. It's, you know, it's winter here on the Northeast, you know, in The States up here in the Northeast and it is cold, not the kind of time you want to go cleaning your car, but he was doing a deep clean.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was described as a deep clean. I remember there are reports that agents were following him for at least four days before the arrest in Pennsylvania when he was staying at his parents' home there in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. And during that process, when they were doing the surveillance, they say he did a deep, deep clean, of the car, of the Elantra that you see right there.
Speaker 0: -Also, some of the same reporting saying that, he was observed at that home of his parents outside wearing surgical gloves. And I think the specifics are, is that he was taking his trash out wearing surgical gloves. What more do you know about that?
Speaker 1: Surgical gloves, Ashley. I mean, why would he be wearing surgical gloves outside his parents' house? Very, very strange, taking the trash out. Apparently took the trash to the neighbor's trash can. Did not put it in his parents' trash can, took it to the neighbor's trash can.
I was in that neighborhood, earlier this week. Each lot, I would say, is at least three quarters of an acre to an acre. So to take the trash to the neighbors, it's not like it would be right next door. You'd have to walk a little bit to get to the neighbor's trash can. And then it was that trash, according to reports, that the agents later went through, got an item out of the trash.
That's what they tested the DNA against where, it came up with Koberger's dad's DNA.
Speaker 0: It's so fascinating, Brian, to know that Brian Koberger was doing that because he's in Pennsylvania for Christmas. He shouldn't know anybody's looking through anybody's trash in Pennsylvania. Maybe I'd understand it in Washington. Although I'm guessing, and this is just pure speculation on my part, that those two stops that happened on the trip home, you know, there was an Idaho State Police stop, and I think there was a sheriff or at least a county stop, maybe he got real scared. Maybe he got real nervous.
All of a sudden, out of the blue, two stops within an hour, very weird. If he's the guilty party here, he'd be terrified. And maybe if he's the guilty party, he would know, Oh, dear God, I left the sheath at the crime scene. I can't possibly let them get any of my garbage. I don't think this PhD student of criminology was thinking about his own parents' garbage.
Speaker 1: That is a really good point, and something that I think plays into that is when he got arrested in Pennsylvania, and we started a dialogue, and I started texting back and forth with the public defender there and he started talking to the media, one of the first things that he was told by the Coburgers was that they were pulled over twice in Indiana. That's how we found out about all of this through the public defender in Pennsylvania. So, clearly, that was top of mind. They they knew something was up, when when they were pulled over twice. At least that's the way it appears.
Speaker 0: Yeah. I suspect. Unless he was taking his trash out to the neighbors, all all the time in in, Washington state as well. Alright. One other thing I have to ask you about because the people are on fire right now about the the fact that Koehberger's cell phone pinged in the area of, 1122 King Road at 09:00 in the morning before the police were alerted, before according to, you know, all the reports from the police, the roommates even knew that there was any problem, that he was out in front of that house at nine in the morning.
What more do you know about it?
Speaker 1: To me, that is one of the creepiest parts of the affidavit, Ashley, to think that according to the police, he came back by the house the morning after to do a drive by apparently after doing what he did according to the detectives. So we know, that he pinged right there. I think it was around 09:15AM. And I think back to the roommate who saw him walk by, and didn't call until 11:58AM. I think this sort of plays into that too.
Maybe she had some kind of feeling that he was gonna come back. Perhaps that's why she stayed in that bedroom with the door locked and there was no call made.
Speaker 0: And but but calling the friends, there's so much more that we still need to learn. I keep thinking, you know, Koehberger's phone is only in front of the house for about twelve minutes. That's just enough time to come back, trace your steps into the house and out of the house to see if a sheath might have fallen on the ground. But the killer likely locked the doors of the, victim's bedroom, so it ain't like you're gonna go back in the house and get past those locked doors to start looking around at nine in the morn
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More than 6,300 migrants who are authorized to work in the U.S. have been moved to a Social Security list of people who have died after officials deemed them wanted by federal law enforcement agencies or security threats. More: https://trib.al/NhtK9ht
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) has added thousands of migrants authorized to work in the U.S. to a list of people who have been declared dead, making them ineligible for work authorization or government benefits. The SSA renamed its "death master file" to the "ineligible master file," now used for anyone the SSA deems ineligible.
This move by the Trump administration aims to motivate people to self-deport by eliminating their ability to live and work in the U.S. Over 6,000 immigrants who entered the country through a Biden-era parole program and were flagged for criminal or security concerns are having their access to jobs, banks, and federal programs revoked.
Critics argue that stripping migrants of their Social Security numbers sets them up for financial hardship and violates privacy laws. They warn that targeting immigrants could impact the broader public, including American citizens who have had their identity stolen or who have been neutralized.
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Speaker 0: And then the White House is also looking to bring other agencies not normally tasked with immigration enforcement into its mass deportation efforts. As part of that push, the Social Security Administration added thousands of migrants authorized to work in The US to a list of people who have been declared dead. So this makes them ineligible to obtain work authorization or receive government benefits. News Nation's Brooke Schaefer has the latest details on this story. Brooke, what's the logic behind this move?
Speaker 1: Well, Markey, we should really point out here that all of the people impacted by this do have temporary legal status here in The US. But this new move by the Trump administration aims to really motivate people to self deport by wiping out their ability to live and work here in The US. As you laid out there, the Social Security Administration recently renamed what is called its, quote unquote, death master file to the ineligible master file. Now that file, once used to track people who are deceased and can no longer receive benefits, will be used on anyone that the SSA deems ineligible. Being added to that list, it makes it nearly impossible for people to use banks or other basic services that require a Social Security number, and now more than 6,000 immigrants who entered the country through a Biden era parole program but were recently flagged for criminal or security concerns.
They're having their access to jobs, banks, and federal programs and benefits all revoked. The White House, they are selling this change as a common sense decision. A White House spokesperson saying in part, president Trump promised mass deportations, and by removing the monetary incentive to come and stay, we will encourage people to self deport. The Social Security Administration, though, it says that an incorrect death report, it can cause serious financial hardship. Markey?
Speaker 0: And Brooke, this latest Trump administration tactic is already getting some pushback. Who's speaking out against this?
Speaker 1: Yeah. And really sort of on that same note there, the critics of this change say that stripping migrants of their Social Security numbers is really setting them up for financial murder, one person said, and, that moving living people to the so called death list violates privacy laws meant to protect people's personal data. They warn that targeting immigrants could impact the broader public. A Senate Finance Committee ranking member said that this move will victimize American citizens who've had their identity stolen or who have been neutralized. So really a big conversation here.
A lot of back and forth already happening this morning, Markey
Speaker 0: all right Brooke Schaefer, thank you so much for the latest there.
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A former Black Hawk pilot whose son was a co-pilot in the deadly Washington, D.C., crash tells @ChrisCuomo many pilots don't know that they were causing or a part of near miss collisions because data isn't shared between the DOD and the FAA. More: https://trib.al/9LqRsr1
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The speaker expected a high number of near misses at the airport but was surprised the number was 15,000, meaning 1 in 62 landings were too close to a helicopter. They requested analytics with all the data from Secretary Duffy. The speaker wants to assure the audience that flying is safe, noting thousands of safe flights happen. There are gaps that need to be closed, and data needs to be shared between the DOD and the FAA. Pilots in the twelfth aviation didn't know they were causing near misses because the data is not available to them. The speaker believes this is something that will get done.
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Speaker 0: And I know that a part of the closure for you was making sure that there's accountability and that things get right going forward. What do you make of these early indications of what you're hearing on the military side as well?
Speaker 1: Well, I gotta tell you that I I expected that number to be high. I didn't expect it to be 15,000. To put that perspective, that is one in 62 landings at that airport were too close to a to a helicopter. One of the things that we asked secretary Duffy for was analytics with all this data. And sure enough, that's one of the things he talked about today was we needed to analyze this data.
There's other airport where things like this might be going I wanna assure your your audience that flying is safe. I fly in the back of airplanes. I fly in the front of airplanes. I'm flying all the time. Thousands of safe flights happen.
There are some gaps that need to be closed, and this is one of them. What we need to do also is we need to share this data between the DOD and the FAA. I'm talking to pilots that were in the twelfth aviation. They didn't even know that they were causing or part of all these more misses because that man is just not here. This is something we gotta work on, I believe it's it's gonna get done.
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Trump assassination attempt: The Butler County DA insists the allegations officers left their posts overlooking the rooftop where Crooks fired at Trump are untrue. MORE: https://trib.al/ZzV3cgb @BrianEntin
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The Pennsylvania state police colonel testified that ESU officers left their post to search for a suspect, leaving the roof unguarded. However, another speaker contradicted this, stating that the officers stayed at their post but couldn't see the suspect's location. The vantage point didn't allow them to see where the suspect was shooting from. The discrepancy in accounts was deemed serious, as the officers' actions were under scrutiny.
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Speaker 0: The Pennsylvania state police colonel, he testified yesterday and said that they left. Right. He's wrong. He's wrong about that.
Speaker 1: He's wrong about that.
Speaker 0: Because he said that they when they spotted him, that they left to go look for him, and that's why the roof wasn't covered.
Speaker 2: To your knowledge, those ESU officers left that the location where they could look out the window to go in search of this person? That is my understanding. Before so sometime before the time he was between the time he was spotted on the ground and identified as a as an someone suspicious until the shooting, they had left this that that post to go look for him. Is that what you're saying? My understanding is, yes, along with other, municipal officers that responded to
Speaker 1: that area. No. That's that's not true. They they stayed where they were. They could not see where he was located when he was on the roof.
Their vantage point was they would literally had to have been leaning out the window looking over to where he was located, but they were still where they were supposed to be. And they just they couldn't get they couldn't find him. He had walked around the building, and they had called it in. So they they didn't leave their posts. I I don't know why he said that.
But, I mean, that was
Speaker 0: a pretty serious thing to say Yes. To congress.
Speaker 1: Well, yeah. It was. And I'm not saying he wasn't telling it. I mean, maybe he was told that and that's what he believes happened, but that's not that's not what happened. They did not leave.
They just couldn't see where he was from where they were. The the vantage point, did not permit them to to see where he was shooting from.
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