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ohio it is not eligible for federal disaster assistance in the after math of a toxic train crash in east palestine. good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. back by popular demand sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. fema shooting down the governor s request. the agency said the toxic bill in east palestine does not qualify as a traditional natural disaster. bill: the administration is sending funds to help with medical costs. the head of the epa was there for the first time. on the scene yesterday ohio senator j.d. vance. it is like chemicals coming out of the ground. let me show this to people. watch this. you can see the chemical pop out of the creek. this is disgusting. the fact that we have not cleaned up the train crash, the fact these chemicals are still seeping in the ground is an insult to the people who live in east palestine. sandra: health officials insist the water is safe to drink. but people who live there are concerned. i hav ....
time for the midterm elections. white house is calling opec s decision short sighted look at alternatives to wall street to reporting the administration is preparing to ease sanctions on venezuela and its dictator nicholas in an effort to increase the supply of oil on the market. let s bring in our panel also journal columnist kempster also, editorial board members kyle peterson. so why did saudi arabia make this a judgment after all the president had gone to the country earlier this year to try to persuade the crown prince there to produce more oil. now they are going in the opposite direction, what happened? from saudi arabia s perspective you have to consider they are looking at two factors. once the long-term alliance with the united states and hopefully try to keep that altogether. but they also have to look at their bottom line. and frankly, if you look at the signal sediment coming from all corners of the economy recently it looks like a 20 a pretty major slowd ....
i am josé diaz-balart, and you can reach me on twitter and instagram @jdbalart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on a special two-hour edition of andrea mitchell reports live at dnc park in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and the key state showdown, and john fetterman and mehmet oz hours away from the debate, and then we will show you the action-packed debate between ron desantis and charlie crist. and then king charles telling the new prime minister, sunak, to start forming his government. good day, everybody. i am andrea mitchell live in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. tonight democrat, john fetterman, and republican, mehmet oz, facing off in their only debate for control of a seat in the senate. and fetterman s memo says the tv studio is oz s comfort zone. this guy is a media savvy performer that literally built his career and fortune by playing to the cameras as a daytime tv host. john is going to win th ....
predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what is happening now and ending on election day november 8th is not typical, it is not. as of now, it is not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. now it is more like a shark nato. typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances. to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins. feeling good because things are bad. high inflation, fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power. right now, that is democrats. they are responsible and accountable. phrases are up nearly everywhere you look. life is more expensive, but which of course i mean life cereal, weak and processed wheat products. up more than 20% here. as the late great rapper might say, straight butter baby. by which of course, i mean the tuck cost butter is up 30% august to august. of course, our friends in saudi arabia are making sure that we all continue to feel more pain at the pum ....