URGING TO DRINK BOTTLED WATER BUT THAT COULD CHANGE AS WELL.
BUT THAT COULD CHANGE AS WELL.
WE’LL MONITOR THE EPA PRESSER.
WE HAVE BOB UNUANU.
IS PROVIDING FOOD AND BEVERAGES
FOR THE PEOPLE OF EAST PALESTINE
AND WARMLY RECEIVED.
HE JOINS YOU NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS.
>> I’M IN BAY CITY, MICHIGAN,
MEETING WITH FARMERS A LOT OF
OUR BEANS AND FOOD IS PRODUCED
IN THIS AREA.
IT HAPPENS DURING COVID WHEN
THERE WAS A LACK OF FOOD THE
PRODUCTS THAT WE PRODUCED AROUND
THE COUNTRY, BEANS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT, NUTRITIOUS STAYS.
SO, WE’RE, WE FIGURED WE WOULD
PROVIDE FOOD TO THIS COMMUNITY
WHICH ALREADY CONTAINS WATER.
WE’LL PUT OUR WATER IN, THEN
SHIP IT TO THEM, ALREADY MADE
PRODUCTS.
YOU KNOW, WITH TURKEY WE SENT
FOOD TO TURKEY.
THAT IS 47,000 PLUS DEAD.
THIS COMMUNITY IS 4700 BUT IT IS
NOT THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS THAT IN THE WAYS THAT
COMMUNITIES, THE COMMUNITIES
FORGOTTEN.
IT WAS REALLY, THIS CAME TO
LIGHT WITH THE LOCAL, YOU KNOW,
TV BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY LIFE IS
IMPORTANT AND EVERY COMMUNITY IS
IMPORTANT.
NEIL: SO YOU MENTIONED SOME OF
THIS HAS TO BE MIXED WATER.
ARE YOU TELLING RESIDENTS THERE,
IF YOU’RE NERVOUS ABOUT YOUR OWN
WATER, WE, WE HAVE ALREADY
PREMIXED IT?
>> NO.
ACTUALLY, BEANS WE SOAK THEM,
COOK THEM IN WATER.
IF YOU’RE GOING TO COOK BEANS
YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE YOUR OWN
WATER.
WE’RE SUPPLYING FOOD ALREADY
HYDRATED.
NEIL: ALL RIGHT.
SO WHAT YOU’RE ADDRESSING IS
SOME OF THEIR FEAR, EVEN THOUGH
LOCAL OFFICIALS ALL THE WAY UP
TO THE GOVERNOR TOLD THEM THEIR
WATER IS OKAY, IF THEY’RE
NERVOUS ABOUT THAT, WHEN IT
COMES TO THE FOOD THAT YOU’RE
PROVIDING THEM, THEY SHOULDN’T
BE?
>> RIGHT.
ALSO THESE PEOPLE REALLY CAN’T
AFFORD IT, EVEN WATER AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
SO WE’RE ALSO SHIPPING
BEVERAGES, COCONUT WATER WHICH
ALSO HAS POTASSIUM, IT IS
HEALTHY, HYDRATING AND OTHER
WATERS THAT WE HAVE BUT YOU
KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
REACHED OUT TO JAMIE NESBITT
WITH WAYSTATION, A COMMUNITY
CHARITY ORGANIZATION IN FIRST
UNION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE
PRODUCT AND HAND IT OUT FOR US.
SO IT IS WELL-RECEIVED.
SHE SIDE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN
USE PRODUCT THAT IS ALREADY
HYDRATED AND BEVERAGES AND, IT
IS REALLY GOING TO HELP THE
COMMUNITY.
NEIL: YOU KNOW, YOU’RE THE FIRST
MAJOR FOOD CONCERN, LET ALONE
ANY CONCERN, CORPORATE CONCERN
TO DO THIS.
SO OBVIOUSLY WITH THE PUBLICITY
YOU’RE GETTING SEEMS TO ME YOU
MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER TRACK HERE,
NO PUN INTENDED TO GET OTHER
COMPANIES TO DO WHAT YOU’RE
DOING?
>> WELL, WE’VE ALWAYS DONE THIS.
DURING COVID WE GAVE OUT 4 1/2
MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD.
NEIL: I REMEMBER THAT.
>> WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE, GIVE
THAT OUT.
I GOT IN TROUBLE SAYING WE WERE
BREASTED AND TRUMP IN THE SAME
SENTENCE.
THAT IS WHAT WE DO.
OUR DNA IS, WE REACH OUT, NOT
JUST BECAUSE WE CAN BUT OUR FOOD
IS NUTRITIOUS LIKE I SAID.
BEANS ARE VERY NUTRITIOUS AND
PROVIDE A LOT OF THE NUTRITION
FOR YOU KNOW, HEALTHY BODY.
NEIL: YOU KNOW YOU MENTIONED
TROUBLE YOU GOT IN SAYING GOOD
THINGS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP WHILE
YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO DO SOME
GOOD.
WE’VE GOT ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL
RACE HEATING UP.
DO YOU HAVE ANY HORSES IN THE RACE YOU LIKE?
RACE YOU LIKE?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW
TRUMP IS, BECAUSE OF HIS VALUES,
YOU KNOW, WE’VE, THIS COUNTRY,
WE’VE DESTROYED OUR SPIRIT, WITH
THIS LOCKDOWN, WE WERE AN
ESSENTIAL BUSINESS WE KEPT GOING
BUT ALL BUSINESS IS ESSENTIAL.
WE NEED A REASON, A PURPOSE TO
GET UP EVERY MORNING.
GOD, FAMILY AND WORK.
THOSE ARE THE VALUES THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP STOOD FOR, THE
VALUES OF THIS ADMINISTRATION
HAVE BEEN UNRAVELED SO QUICKLY.
WE’RE DEMEANING LIFE.
WE’RE YOU KNOW, FIGHTING, WE
HAVE A WAR AGAINST THE MAN, THE
FAMILY AND DEMEANING OF LIFE AND
WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GET CLOSER
TO GOD, TO LOVE AND BUILD, NOT
HATE AND DESTROY.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A COUNTRY OF
TWO DIFFERENT, THIS IS TWO
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
THE BIG CITIES WHERE THE
HANDOUTS, PEOPLE DON’T, YOU
KNOW, TAKE EVERYTHING FOR
GRANTED.
WE TAKE OUR FREEDOM FOR GRANTED.
WE HAVE GENERATION GROWN UP IN
FREEDOM AND DOESN’T UNDERSTAND
WHAT THAT MEANS, ONCE YOU LOSE
IT IT IS GONE FOREVER.
WE HAVE MIDDLE AMERICA, TOWNS
LIKE EAST PALESTINE, HUMBLE, TO
SOME THEY MIGHT BE A COMMUNITY
OF DEPLORABLES BUT TO US,
THEY’RE THE HEART OF AMERICA AND
SOUL OF AMERICA.
NEIL: ALL RIGHT.
KEEP US POSTED ON ALL OF THE
ABOVE.
AGAIN, I’M SURE THAT RESIDENTS
IN OHIO ARE ALLIED FOR THE HELP
YOU’RE PROVIDING RIGHT NOW.
THEY DON’T LOOK AT POLITICS,
WHETHER IT IS COMING FROM A GUY
ON THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT.
A LOT IS COMING THEIR WAY.