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the area are reporting headaches, nausea and respiratory issues after the train ran off the rails earlier this month. good afternoon, mike. mike: good afternoon, mike, it looks like a communication breakdown has halted the clean-up of contaminated material here from east palestine. much of the contaminated dirt and water were being move today hazardous material handling facilities in wayne county michigan as well as harris county texas but officials on the receiving end said say that no one told them that the hazardous material was coming to their state. 15 truckloads or 210 tons of contaminated dirt have arrived in michigan. wayne county executive is not pleased. i don t know how you do that without contacting the local officials so that we can number 1, know how to respond to our communities and number 2, give at advice in terms of routes that you may take and those sorts of things. 5 truckloads or 70 tons contaminated have been returned to east palestine. exp ....
Disposal plans including transportation routes for transportation waste will be subject to federal epa review and approval. mike: is that good senator or is that federal bureaucracy likely to slow things down? it s horrible news. the town is worried about the pause and we are anxious to keep the ball rolling and the idea they had to stop communication is disheartening. mike: transportation secretary pete buttigieg visited 20 days after the train crash, are you satisfied with his response? well, of course, i m always appreciative and we have a national figure come to east palestine because it s important to keep the spotlight on the area so we can continue to try to become whole again. for that i m appreciative but it seemed pretty hollow. didn t seem like it packed a punch. i think people need to realize if we don t keep the spotlight ....
Decisions with the department of justice, we have to give them props. the american people were extremely well represented in this prosecution. i suspect the things are going to fall, prosecutions are going to begin to see guilty verdicts come out of that jury. still going to take some time , a long trial, and there are five defendants on trial. i think if this suspicious conspiracy charges stick, you will see that emboldened the prosecution to to continue to move forward. you might even see defendants who are pending trial in seditious conspiracy cases. there are more oath keepers to be tried, the proud boys will be tried for conspicuous conspiracy. you might see some of those dominoes start to fall, some more guilty pleas answered, perhaps even with cooperation. i think that that will keep the ball rolling in the direction of justice. neil, i owe you one, because my faulty memory, i owe you one. neil, thank you very much for coming back to the last word. coming, up herschel walker h ....
Trial, and i think if the seditious conspiracy charges stick, you will see that sort of embolden the prosecution to continue to move forward. you may even see defendants who are pending trial in seditious conspiracy cases, there are more oath keepers to be tried, the proud boys will be tried for seditious conspiracy, you might see some of those dominos start to fall, some more guilty pleas entered, and even perhaps with cooperation, and i think that will keep the ball rolling in the direction of justice. neal, i owe you one, because of my faulty memory. i owe you one. thank you both very much for coming back to the last word . coming up, herschel walker had trouble saying the word election on television last night. but with his runoff against senator raphael warnock 13 days away, that may be the least of his worries. we ll explain after this. ast of his worries. we ll explain after this in 99% of people over 50. ....
A sure thing, but i want prosecutors to do former colleagues of mine. really an expert case. as often as we are criticizing decisions with the department of justice, we have to give them props. the american people were extremely well represented in this prosecution. i suspect the things are going to fall, prosecutions are going to begin to see guilty verdicts come out of that jury. still going to take some time, a long trial, and there are five defendants on trial. i think if this suspicious conspiracy charges stick, you will see that emboldened the prosecution to to continue to move forward. you might even see defendants who are pending trial in seditious conspiracy cases. there are more oath keepers to be tried, the proud boys will be tried for conspicuous conspiracy. you might see some of those dominoes start to fall, some more guilty pleas answered, perhaps even with cooperation. i think that that will keep the ....