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fema, the ckc and and health and human services are heading to east palestine as we speak today. but despite additional assurance, resident fears are mounting and mounting fast. they're still reporting illnesses, they're still suffering symptom from the air, and many are still worrying about the safety of the water that's right around them. we're going to the hear from members of the community today. we'll also hear on a separate issue from house foreign affairs committee chairman mike mccall, why he's not at all satisfied with the handling of this chinese spy craft and the three obj...

A degree of comfort in the rural water operators and municipal have to be the ones that say this is safe, and they've9 got to instill that sense of safety to the people that they serve. so, you know, if the folks in east palestine are telling us that they're not comfortable drinking that water, i think we've got to take their word for it. neil: congressman, thank you. we'll see how this sorts out. again, we should remind viewers that representatives from the epa and fema and health and human services are going to be fanning out throughout the area. we don't know exactly what they're looking fo...

Bills and day-to-day necessities. >> for others who represent districts we high unemployment, the extended unemployment benefits is attractive. they want them to be able to see their doctors so they had to fix something that would have punished doctors known as the doc fix in medicare. >> as you said, mike, the bill had blende of support in the house and senate. explain some of the no votes. >> it was interesting because of some the democrats who represent the washington, dc area did not like the idea of paying for part of this package by asking new federal employees to contribute more to thei...

Bill. some democrats had reservations as well, but in the face of strong voter support for extending the tax cuts, the bill passed with bipartisan support. an election year legislative victory for president obama who says it's necessary to support the country's economic recovery. mike, this was a long time coming. what finally got them to agree? >> the vote in the house was 293 to 132. in the senate, it was 60-36. so they had plenty of votes for a lot of lawmakers, the idea was don't raise taxes while the company is still recovering, here's a california democrat on why she was a yes. >> this w...

Extend the program here to give you the so-called tax break. it's a shell game and it is going do have to be repaid. >> in the end, it passed. lawmakers are now going on their president's day holiday recess, and we expect the president to sign the bill into law in short order. >> and they soon will. mike, thank you. fox news sunday anchor chris wallace is in washington. it has widespread support but the republicans saying it has to be paid for. it wasn't paid for so they gave up. >> absolutely. this is a triumph when we talk about republicans politics over policy, a lot of people don't think t...