WORLD. >> Tucker: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT. EAST PAALESTINO, OHIO S NOT A HUGE PLACE. IT'S ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE AND EAST PALESTINE WAS THE PLACE THAT PRODUCED DISHES AND CUPS AND PITCHERS FOR AMERICA'S HOTELS AND ENORMOUS CERAMICS WORKS THERE EMPLOYED MUCH OF THE TOWN AND IT'S ALL GONE AND THE TOWN IS MUCH POORER FOR IT AND THE MEDIAN INCOME IS LASS THAN $45,000. EAST PALESTINE IS OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE AND POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE. MORE THAN 70% OF THE VOTERS IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES SUPPORTED DONALD TRUMP IN THE LAST ELECTION. THAT SHOULDN'T BE RELEVANT BUT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR, IT VERY MUCH IS. 11 DAYS AGO, 150 CAR TRAIN DERAILED IN EAST PALESTINE AND IT SPEWED POISONOUS CHEMICALS ONTO THE GROUND AND IN THE SURFACE WATERS. AFTER THE CRASH, THE OHIO STATE EPA FOUND EVIDENCE OF YABBIAL ACURA LATE IN THE WATER AND STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FEED IT. THIS WAS MORE OF A CONCERN FOR EAST PALESTINE GIVEN THE OHIO RIVER SUPPLIES DRINKING WATER TO ABOUT A TENTH OF THE U.S. POPULATION. THIS TRAIN DERAILMENT WAS A ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER. NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE IS, BUT AN ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER, ONE THAT'S HURTING ACTUAL PEOPLE. THEN IT GOT WORSE. SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE DERAILMENT, OFFICIALS DECIDED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO SET FIRE TO THE SPILLED CHEMICALS. THE RESULT OF THAT DECISION WAS A GIANT TOXIC MUSHROOM CLOUD OVERTHE ENTIRE REGION, YOU'RE SEE AGO PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. GIVEN THE EVIDENT CRISIS IN EAST PALESTINE, HOW DID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, DID THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RESPOND? WELL, UNDER PETE BUTTIGIEG, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH RESPONDS TO TRAIN DERAILMENTS TOOK DECISIVE ACTION. PETE BUTTIGIEG ANNOUNCED SOMETHING CALLED TRAN SIS EQUITY DAY THAT'S YET ANOTHER DAY THAT WE CELEBRATE RACE-BASED FEDERAL FUNDING THAT DESPITE THE TRAIN DERAILMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO EAST PAL SPINE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL -- PALESTINE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE ARE THE WRONG COLOR. AN $80 MILLION PROJECT FOR EAST PHILADELPHIA AND $20 MILLION IN EAST DETROIT AND BOTH OF WHICH VOTE DEMOCRAT AND MAYOR PETE TALKED ABOUT PERHAPS THE MOST PRESSING PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY WAS THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY WHITE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. MAYOR PETE SAID NOT A SINGLE WORD ABOUT EAST PALESTINE, OHIO. THAT'S NOT BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS UNDER CONTROL THERE. AS THE DOT WAS BUSY TWEETING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND TRANSIT EQUITY, THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO ANNOUNCE THAT HAD CONTROLLED BURN OF CHEMICALS FROM THE DERAILMENT COULD POTENTIALLY KILL THOUSANDS. THAT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE VINYL CHLORIDE WHEN BURNED TURNS INTO FASCHIN AND HE RECOLLECTS THE SINGLE MOST DEADLY A GAS IN WORLD WAR I AND IT WAS ON THAT TRAIN IN EAST PALESTINE. THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO. >> THOSE IN THE READ AREA ARE FACING GRAVE DANGER OF DEATH IF THEY ARE STILL IN THAT AREA. THOSE LIVING IN THE AREA FACE A SEVERE RISK OF SKIN DAMAGE. >> Tucker: THAT IS THE TONE AND CHUCKLE AT THE END IS OREGONER MIKE DEWINE OF -- GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE OF OHIO AND GREAT DEFENDER OF UKRAINE AND HE'S ANNOUNCE THAT HAD, WELL, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN HIS AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN A TWO MILE RADIUS, SHELTER IN PLACE AND KEEP YOUR WINDOWS CLOSED AND RESIDENTS CLOSER TO THE MUSHROOM CLOUD PUT UP NEAR A HOTEL. WITHIN DAYS THEY WERE ALL LET BACK IN THEIR HOME WITHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND WASHINGTON SAYING A WORD. ONE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPECIALIST PUT T THE WHOLE TOWN MAY BE UNSAFE AS A RESULT OF THIS. WATCH. >> RAILROAD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND THESE PEOPLE GOING BACK TO THEIR HOMES AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TESTED AND HOLMES SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEANED FROM THE ONSET THESE PEOPLE WERE BEING MARGINALIZED IN AN EFFORT TO MITIGATE THIS AND FIRST THEY'RE BEING TOLD GO GET A HOTEL AND KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS AND WE'LL REIMBURSE YOU. EAST PALESTINE IS A VERY POOR COMMUNITY. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO GET HOTELS AND DO ALL THIS STUFF. THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE A NUCLEAR WINTER AND I SAID PRETTY MUCH, YEAH. WE NUKED THIS TOWN WITH CHEMICALS AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GETTING. >> Tucker: IMAGINE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN WELL, THE FAVORED CITIES OF PHILADELPHIA AND DETROIT. LOTS OF POOR PEOPLE IN THE CITIES AND EVERYONE FEELS FOR THEM AND EVERYONE WANTS THEM TO BE SAFE. IMAGINE AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON DC AND ST. GEORGETOWN. WELL, THE NATIONAL GUARD WOULD BE CALLED IN AND NO MUSHROOM CLOUD OF TOXIC CHEMICALS ON THE HORIZON AND WE CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. IN BOTH CASE THIS AFFECTED THE RICH OR FAVORED POOR, IT WOULD BE THE LEAD OF EVERY NEWS CHANNEL IN THE WORLD. BUT IT HAPPENED TO THE POOR TOWN OF EAST PALESTINE, OHIO. WHO'S PEOPLE ARE FORGOTTEN AND THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE THAT LEAD THE COUNTRY FORGETTABLE. NO BIG DEAL. >> Tucker: IT COULD BE IN NOOKS, CRANNIES AND CREVASSES OF COURSE. THAT'S HOW POISON GAS WORKS. ASK ANYONE FOR DONE. THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE EFFECT THAT THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS EXPERT JUST OUTLINED WHY FISH AND ANIMALS ARE DYING IN THE AREA WITHOUT EXPLANATION. EXPLANATION IS VERY OBVIOUS. ONE RESIDENT IN EAST PALESTINE SAID FOXES ARE SICK NOW. WATCH THIS. >> TAYLOR IS A DNR REGISTERED FOX KEEPER AND A COUPLE OF FOXES BROKE THEIR LEGS TRYING TO RUN AFTER THE INITIAL DERAILMENT AND ONE OF HIS FOXES EVEN DIED. >> OUT OF NOWHERE HE STARTED COUGHING REALLY HARD AND JUST SHUT DOWN AND HE HAD LIQUID DIARRHEA AND JUST WENT VERY FAST. >> TAYLOR TELLS ME ALL OF HIS FOXES HAVE BEEN SICK AND ACTING DIFFERENT SINCE THE WEEKEND. SOME HAVE ABNORMALLY PUFFY FACES INCLUDING THE ONE HE'S HOLDING. HE SAYS THEY'RE NOT EATING PROPERLY AND MANY DEALING WITH STOMACH ISSUES AND ACTING LETHARGIC. >> THIS ISN'T HOW A FOX SHOULD ACT. HE'S VERY WEAK, LIMP. HIS EYES ARE VERY LIKE WATER REIGNS LEADING AND WEEPY. >> SOME OF THE FOXES ARE PACING RAPIDLY IN THEIR PEN AND ANOTHER SIGN THEY'RE NOT WELL. >> Tucker: YEAH. PAY ATTENTION TO THE ANIMALS ALWAYS. THERE'S A REASON THE PHRASE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE IS A CLICHE. AFTER ALL THIS BECOMES PUBLIC AND THE WATER IN THE AIR IN AND AROUND EAST PALESTINE IN THE REGION COULD BE CONTAMINATED, FINALLY, FINALLY PETE BUTTIGIEG THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DECIDED TO WEIGH IN "OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AT EPA ARE ON SITE AND MONITORING INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY". AIR QUALITY, WHAT ABOUT WATER? OH, WATER. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE? IT'S THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT. AFTER ABOUT TWO AND A HALF DAYS, YOU DIE. THEY'RE NOT CHECKING THE WATER. ONLY CHECKING THE AIR A WEEK AFTER PEOPLE WERE LET BACK INTO THEIR HOMES. ACCORDING TO MAJOR PETE, THE EPA HASN'T SCREENED 200 HOMES TO THE BURN OR IT'S ACCIDENTAL AND IT WAS AUTHORITIES BURNING IT. THEY JUST DON'T CARE ACTUALLY. COULD THAT BE CLEARER? WELL, RESIDENTS OF EAST PALESTINE WERE INHALING TOXIC FUMES AND MAYOR PETE WAS JOKING ABOUT THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON. WATCH THIS. >> IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE AMERICA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM HAVES FACED IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE FACED ISSUES FROM CONTAINER SHIPPING TO AIRLINE CANCELLATIONS, NOW WE GOT BALLOONS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Tucker: THERE'S NEVER BEEN A CABINET SECRETARY THIS FLAMBOYANTLY UNCARING AND EVIL IF WE'RE JOKING ABOUT IT. THAT WAS MAJOR PETE YESTERDAY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DISASTER IN OHIO. WAS THIS DISASTER PREDICTABLE? WE'RE NOT SURE. NETFLIX MADE A MOVIE ABOUT IT LAST YEAR. A TRAIN DERAILS IN OHIO AND SPILLS TOXIC CHEMICALS EVERYWHERE AND SOME OF THE LOCALS IN EAST PALESTINE WERE EXTRAS IN THAT FILM BUT NO ONE SAW IT COMING. IT NEVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED. RIGHT. IT IS COMING OUT NOW AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE THE TRAIN DERAILED BUT ACCORDING TO A REPORT, THE TRAIN INVOLVED IN THE DERAILMENT, NORFOLK SOUTHERN LOBBIED FEDERAL REGULATORS FOR ABOUT A DECADE TO NOT IMPROVE THEIR EMERGENCY BRAKES. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LIKE THE PREVIOUS TWO ADMINISTRATIONS DIDN'T PUSH THE ISSUE AND APPARENTLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ON THE PARTICULAR TRAIN FAILED DURING THIS INCIDENT. NOW AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF PROPAGANDA HERE. THERE'S UNIONS INVOLVED AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM ASSIGNING BLAME TO THIS DISASTER. WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENDORSE ANY THEORY ABOUT WHY IT HAPPENED. WE'RE ONLY GOING TO NOTE THAT MAYOR PETE, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF FINDING OUT WHY IT HAPPENED DOESN'T SEEM INTERESTED AT ALL. UNLIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON AND LA, HE'S KIND OF PRETENDING IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND TELLING HIS LITTL
