hello, everyone, thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. and we begin in east palestine, ohio, where backlash is growing over the toxic train deraiment and pressure is mounting to do more. the epa stopping the transfer of millions of gallons of contaminated waste to michigan and texas as the agency reviews disposal plans. federal teams are now on the ground in east palestine, checking in on residents, door-to-door, passing out flyers with information on getting health assessments and clean water. but for many in the town, that is simply not good enough. residents are worried about their health and their homes. many are questioning how this even happened after an initial ntsb report said that the derailment was 100% preventible. cnn s jasmine wright is in delaware this morning where the president is spending the weekend. so what more is the administration planning to do for the people of east palestine? reporter: yeah, fred, well that door-to-door effo
delaware this morning where the president is spending the weekend. so what more is the administration planning to do for the people of east palestine? reporter: yeah, fred, well that door-to-door effort you just spoke with federal teams under the direction of president biden is key. because it is a federal government trying to show local residents they are there for them as the biden administration tries to contain the fallout. now that is in the face of his heavy criticism and also potentially house oversite committee probe that is being threatened. now, we heard from transportation secretary pete buttigieg over the weekend who slammed what he called misinformation surrounding the community in east palestine as well as saying that the administration s response has been very well coordinated. now james comer of house oversight asking for pete buttigieg to turn over a tranche of documents related to his correspondence on this issue. and president biden weighed in and said that this wa