HELLO, EVERYONE.
I AM GRIFF JENKINS ALONG WITH
LISA BOOTHE, WELCOME TO THE BIG
SATURDAY SHOW THE BIG STORY
TONIGHT, FEMA FINALLY ARRIVING
IN EAST ALLISON OHIO TWO WEEKS
AFTER THE TOXIC TRAINED REALM
THAT’S CAUSING HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IN THE COMMUNITY.
RESIDENTS BEGGING FOR HELP EVER
SINCE AND YESTERDAY BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL TELLING
FOX NEWS DIGITAL FEMA DOESN’T
RESPOND TO THESE DISASTERS, THE OFFICIAL SAME BOAT BUT THESE
OFFICIAL SAME BOAT BUT THESE
POLICY NEEDS IS MORE EXPENSIVE
THAN WHAT FEMA CAN PROVIDE.
FEMA IS ON THE FRONT LINES WHEN
THERE IS A HURRICANE OR TORNADO,
THIS IS DIFFERENT.
APPARENTLY THE FEDERAL AGENCY
RECONSIDERED.
>> THEY ARE FINALLY SHOWING UP
BUT I THINK IT’S A LITTLE LATE.
I’M GLAD THEY ARE COMING BUT I
THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE
LONG BEFORE THIS.
THEY’VE TOLD US THE RESPONSIBLE
PARTIES THIS IS THE MOST JOB,
IT’S NOT A NATURAL DISASTER.
OUR RESIDENTS TAKE YEARS BEFORE
WE KNOW THE EFFECTS.
>> THE CEO MET WITH EAST PALACE
SEEN EARLIER AND TOLD REPORTERS
HE WAS THERE TO QUOTE SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT, LET’S START THIS OFF,
CHARLIE, I SPOKE EARLIER TODAY
WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, WE
HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THESE
RESIDENTS ARE TOLD THE WATER IS
SAFE YET THEY CAN SEE FOR
THEMSELVES THE FILM AND STANDING
WATER.
HERE IS A MONTAGE OF WHAT THE
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SAYING.
>> OUR TOWN LOOKED LIKE A WAR
ZONE FOR FIVE DAYS AND THEN WE
WERE TOLD YOUR GOOD TO GO HOME.
>> WE ARE SICK OF THIS, WE
DIDN’T ASK FOR THIS.
IF EVERYBODY IS TIRED OF
LISTENING TO EVERYBODY AROUND
HERE SAYING HOW WE DON’T FEEL
SAFE AND YOU COME HERE AND LIVE
FOR A WEEK AND TELL US HOW YOU
FEEL.
>> THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL AREAS
OF STANDING WATER WITH
IRIDESCENT CHEMICALS ON THEM,
THOUSANDS OF FEET OF OIL COVID
ROCKS AGAINST THE TRACKS.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED UP
PROPERLY PUTTING PROFIT OVER
SAFETY.
>> WHAT YOU THINK?
>> IT’S AMAZING TO THINK ABOUT
THIS.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT PART OF
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT A
THIS DOES NOT APPLY HERE OR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DOESN’T APPLY HERE BUT I GUESS
IT’S NOT FEMA’S ROLE UNTIL IT
BECOMES A POLITICAL HEADACHE AND
THEN IT IS BUT THE THING THAT IS
AMAZING IS YOU HAVE A
CATASTROPHE LIKE THIS, OBVIOUS
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER AND FROM
THE SAME PEOPLE WHO EVERY TIME THERE’S A HURRICANE, EVERY TIME
THERE’S A HURRICANE, EVERY TIME
DOES NOT, EVERY TIME IT RAINS,
EVERY TIME IT’S TOO HOT OR TOO
COLD, THEY TALK ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WE NEED TO
ADDRESS THIS IN SOME FEDERAL WAY
AND THEN SOMETHING SO OBVIOUSLY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
AND ITS CRICKETS.
IT’S LIKE -- IT MAKES YOU
REALIZE SO MUCH OF THIS STUFF IS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND IF
IT’S NOT SOMETHING THEY CAN
EXPLOIT FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL
ADVANTAGE THEY DON’T CARE.
>> THE CONGRESSMAN FROM THAT
AREA BILL JOHNSON WAITED ABOUT
FEMA’S LACK OF RESPONSE.
HERE’S WHAT BILL JOHNSON HAD TO
SAY.
>> FEMA ORIGINALLY SAID NO
BECAUSE OHIO DID NOT QUALIFY SO
THE GOVERNOR, WHEN THE GOVERNOR
WAS TOLD NO I LEAD A DELEGATION
LETTER THAT SAID THIS IS NOT A
DISASTER, THEN YOU TELL YOU WHAT
IS.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SET
FEMA, YOU NEED TO GET ENGAGED
AND COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF SO
THEY ARE COMING TODAY.
>> IT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING WHEN
DONALD J TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE
WOULD VISIT THE AREA THEN
QUICKLY FEMA DECIDED MAYBE THEY
SHOULD STEP IN SO YOU ARE RIGHT,
THIS DOES FEEL POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED.
BEYOND THAT, I CAN’T HELP BUT
THINK ABOUT THIS TERM WE
DISCUSSED THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS
MADE FAMOUS BY DONALD TRUMP,
FORGOTTEN AMERICANS BECAUSE IT
FEELS LIKE THESE PEOPLE IN THIS
AREA, MORE LOWER-CLASS,
MIDDLE-CLASS WHITE AREA OF OHIO,
THESE ARE THE FORGOTTEN AMERICANS GLOSSED OVER AND NOW
AMERICANS GLOSSED OVER AND NOW
THEY’VE ESSENTIALLY BEEN NUKED
AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE, THEY
GET COVERAGE, INDEPENDENT
JOURNALISTS, JOURNALISTS ON THE
GROUND TRYING TO COVER IT BUT
LARGELY IGNORED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD AND SHOULD
BE SWEEPING AND TO HELP THESE
PEOPLE, THEY GOT DRINKING WATER
CONCERNS.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, I
DON’T SEE A THUNBERG OR AL GORE
OR JOHN KERRY THERE.
WE HAVE A REAL SITUATION WITH
REAL PEOPLE AFFECTED AND THEY
DON’T WANT THEIR GRANDCHILDREN
TO HAVE FEET GOING OUT OF THEIR
EARS AND IT’S A LEGITIMATE
CONCERN.
>> NOT EVEN DOWN THE ROAD
CATASTROPHE AND PROBLEMS WHICH
IS SO MUCH OF A CONCERN BASED ON
PAST INCIDENTS LIKE THIS BUT
THEN GARDNER, HE SAID HE HAD
TAKEN LOCAL NEWS CAMERAS DOWN TO
GET NEAR THE TRACK AND WAS
VOMITING BY THE END OF THE DAY
SO IS THIS A LITTLE BIT OF THE
CASE OF EXHIBIT A OF WHY THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES
LIKE THIS LOST FAITH AND
CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND
THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLES THEY
SHOULD BE PROVIDING?
>> YOU HAVE THE EPA
ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL SAYING
TRUST THE GOVERNMENT AND HOW
COULD ANYONE TRUST THE
GOVERNMENT?
WOULD YOU TRUST THE GOVERNMENT
WITH YOUR LIFE?
WOULD YOU TRUST THE GOVERNMENT
WITH YOUR CHILDREN’S LIVES BUT
THE LIVES OF YOUR GRANDCHILDREN?
NO, ESPECIALLY NOT AFTER HOW
MUCH THEY LIED TO US DURING
COVID ABOUT LOCKDOWNS AND
VACCINES THOUGH THEY ARE SAFE
AND EFFECTIVE AND YOU HAVE THE
FORMER HEAD OF THE EPA GEORGE W
BUSH WHO RECENTLY APOLOGIZED FOR
TELLING THE PUBLIC THE AIR IS
SAFE TO BREATHE AFTER 9/11,
SAYING THE AIR WAS SAFE TO
BREATHE AFTER ON ZERO.
WHAT HAPPENED?
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ILLNESSES
RESULTED FROM THAT, PEOPLE DYING
OF CANCER IN A VARIETY OF
ILLNESSES.
THE PEOPLE SAYING I’M GOING TO
BELIEVE WHAT I SEE WITH MY OWN
EYES, I WILL TRUST COMMON SENSE,
AND MY INSTINCTS AND NOT THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> YOU THINK OF DEMOCRATS AS THE
PARTIES THAT SAYS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS GREAT AND IT WILL
SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS.
THIS IS INCOMPETENT AND
INCOMPETENT IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO
SORT OF PROMOTE YOUR ARGUMENT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE
ANSWER TO ALL YOUR PROBLEMS.
IT’S NOT OBVIOUSLY, JUST LOOK
HERE.
>> I REMEMBER BEING IN HURRICANE
KATRINA, FIRST HURRICANE I
COVID.
OBVIOUSLY DURING THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION THERE WAS
WITTICISM FOR FEMA AND A LOT OF
INCIDENCES IN BETWEEN WHAT YOU
THINK EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD
LEARN.
WHEN YOU CAN SEE ON EVERY CABLE NEWS CHANNEL HUMANS, AMERICANS
NEWS CHANNEL HUMANS, AMERICANS
SUFFERING SOMEWHERE, THAT’S YOUR
QUEUE TO GET ON THE GROUND, HECK
WITH THE RED TAPE.
>> SPEAKING OF KATRINA, DO YOU
REMEMBER BRIEF PRESIDENT BUSH
GOT?
HE WASN’T IMMEDIATELY THEREFORE
KATRINA, HE GOT A LOT OF
COMMENTS HE WAS RACIST, HE
DIDN’T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE,
KANYE WEST WAS THE ONE WHO
UTTERED THAT ONE AND HE MADE
EXCAVATION SAYING IS A DISASTER
GOING ON IF I GO THERE, HAVING
SECRET SERVICE WITH TAKE AWAY
FROM THE SITUATION.
THIS IS NOT THE SAME SITUATION,
JOE BIDEN SHOULD BE THERE, PETE
TO BUTTIGIEG SHOULD BE THERE
REPORT ON THIS BUT THERE ARE
AVERAGE AMERICANS OUT THERE
WATCHING WHAT’S HAPPENING ON OUR
OWN SOIL TO THESE FORGOTTEN
AMERICANS LOOKING AT THE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE SEND TO
UKRAINE AND WATCHING REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS EVERYDAY SHOULD
TEAR SAYING WE SHOULD SEND MORE
MONEY AND THEY ARE THINKING BUT
OHIO IS OUR BACKYARD AND WE HAVE
NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR THESE
PEOPLE?
OUTRAGEOUS.
>> YOU RAISE MAYOR PETE, TEN
DAYS TO RESPOND TO THIS.
LISA, LISTEN TO WHAT MAYOR PETE
HAD TO SAY ABOUT THESE
DISASTERS.
>> THIS HORRIBLE SITUATION HAS
GOTTEN PARTICULARLY HIGH AMOUNT
OF ATTENTION.
ROUGHLY 1000 CASES A YEAR OF A
TRAIN DERAILMENT.
>> YOUR RESPONSE?
>> I’M SO BAD AT MY JOB A MONTH
THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME BUT I
ASKED THIS THE OTHER DAY, WOULD THE LEFT OR MEDIA CARE MORE IF
THE LEFT OR MEDIA CARE MORE IF
IT HAPPENED AS OPPOSED TO AN 98%
WHITE AREA?
PETE BUTTIGIEG TALKING ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY
WHITE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS,
KAMALA HARRIS AFTER HURRICANE
IAN TALKING ABOUT HOW EQUITY
NEEDED TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE
WAYS OF FINANCIAL AID WAS DOLED
OUT SO THE IS ON THE WRONG
PEOPLE, THIS ADMINISTRATION DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE FORGOTTEN
DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE FORGOTTEN
MEN AND WOMEN, AND IT’S SAD.
WE SHOULD CARE.
THE SADDEST THING --
>> PETE BUTTIGIEG SHOULD CARE,
HE’S THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
GOVERNMENT STOPS PAYING
ATTENTION?
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WILL BE
CAUSED FROM THIS TEN OR 20 YEARS
DOWN THE ROAD.
>> WE KNOW THEY ARE WILLING TO
POLITICIZE ANY SORT OF NATURAL
DISASTER BUT THEY TAKE IT A STEP
FURTHER BY MAKING EVERYTHING
ABOUT RACE.
ALL THAT DOES IS DIVIDES AMERICA
BUT THE POLITICIANS IT EFFECTIVE
IN TERMS OF PITTING ANYONE
AGAINST EACH OTHER AND GETTING
THEM REELECTED.
>> IT SEEMS THERE WAS A MOMENT
THERE WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION
WANTED TO JUST LET THE RAILROAD
TAKE THE HIT AND OBVIOUSLY WAS
CAUSED BY THE RAILROAD BUT YET
THAT’S NOT THE RAILROAD, THE
FIREMEN TO PUT THE FIRE OUT
WHILE THE HOUSE IS BURNING DOWN.
>> IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE
USUALLY YOU THINK OF HER
REPUBLICANS AS BEING BIG
COMPANIES, ALL THE FIRE OR SIX
SOUTHERN IS COMING FROM
REPUBLICANS HORRIFIED BY WHAT
HAPPENED IN THESE CREEKS AND
WELLS AND DITCHES.
>> I THINK YOU WILL SEEK BIPARTISAN INVESTIGATIONS, THIS
BIPARTISAN INVESTIGATIONS, THIS
WAS NOT IN A SCALE ONE TO TEN,