organizations experienced in dealing with exactly this kind of material. the timeline here, the waste removal was paused over the weekend following complaints from texas and michigan officials who said they didn t know the waste would come to their jurisdictions. why didn t they know what was coming their way? i don t know all the details of the environmental cleanup process. what i know is that there are ways that are set up for states to communicate with each other about this. and there is often a private sector role as contractors who have that extremely rigorous epa certifica certif certify step up to do that challenging work. this is both in responding to disasters like this and in routine operations. it happens a lot, which is why it is regulated so tightly, so carefully and closely. and epa has taken over the process originally led by norfolk southern to make sure that it s going to be handled well. of course, every situation, politics playing a role in this. som
table because they are the groups that have multinational employees all across the globe and we need a surveillance system that works with the private sector to really under what is happening in countries that are not transparent. all right. dr. birx, that s a scary warning that the united states is not doing enough. thank you for joining us this morning. you do believe this is a significant update from the energy department. appreciate your time. thank you, kaitlin. great to hear from her. a big voice during the height of this pandemic. as you prepare your morning coffee or your tea, there is a new health concern about a very popular zero calorie sweetener. why it could be dangerous. we ll tell you ahead. and some guy named jake tapper is going to sit down with another guy, another comedian, telling the country, you know, why he is telling the country i told you so. i m talking about bill maher.
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