the flint river. at the time officials celebrated the switch. soon after there were problems of discolored water and eventually news of lead. a year and a half later flint switched back to detroit water. >> well, the kindest thing you could possibly say is that they were complete incompetent, sloppy, lazy and uncaring. >> mark edwards is an environmental engineer who specializes in water treatment. his team has independently tested water samples at hundreds of homes throughout the city. >> when we first got results we just didn't believe it. it was hazardous waste levels of leed coming out of this person's attach, two and a half times hazardous waste in her tap. >> it turns out flint water was so corrosive that it started to eat away at people's pipes causing lead from some of those pipes to leech into the drunking water. what is it about the flint river that makes it so corrosive? >> well, there's high color i'd in it so it's perfectly fine for fish, it's fine to ca canoe in t the salt in the water w

i was gone from flint. i had left flint by that time that letter came out. that rejection was written by my successor. again there were four emergency managers during this period. that letter of rejection came from my successor. >> so it came down to you for your successor trying to save $18 million? >> no it came down to the fact that the city did not have $18 million. they were were already paying some of the most exorbitant and highest water rates in the country. we have litigation pending now from the customers who are fighting the rates for the water. that was even before the contamination problem. >> going along with your line of thinking then, where, when do we say public health and safety matters and it's the responsibility of the state of michigan or the epa to step in and say, we are endangering lives. we are endangering people for the rest of their lives. when does that occur? >> from day one sir. >> yes, but you didn't do it. >> the issue of lead contamination came out in 2015. they came out after that. the issues we were dealing with in terms of

. >> i had the opportunity to meet with a number of residents of flint at a town meeting in flint, and i have to tell you what i heard and what i saw literally shattered me, and it was beyond belief that children in flint, michigan, in the united states of america in the year 2016, are being poisoned. i believe the governor of this state should understand that his dereliction of duty was irresponsible. he should resign. clock secretary clinton? >> i'm very grateful my request as we hold this debate be held here so we can continue to shine a very bright spotlight on what has happened in the city. i agree the governor should resign or be recalled. i know the state of michigan has a rainy day find for emergencies. what is more important than the health and well-being of the people, particularly children? its raininlead in int, and the statis derelict in not coming forward with the money that is required. amy: well, today, on the day of the michigan primary, we bring you a democracy now! exclusive, the broadcast premiere of a new documentary that tells the inside story of how local residen

you to come to flint. you ignored him. we have no evidence of you contacting flint for seven months. seven months. i am glad you are sorry now. i am glad you are taking action now. but it is a little bit late for the kids in flint whose health has been compromised. for people whose health and immunity systems were already compromised. for a city in america that is on its knees because of your ecision tomanagers' d save $400 million, and now it is going to cost a lot more to clean up, and the taint and the stain that state government has country in the form of flint will be a long time to erase. point, thet some buck stops at your office, governor. with your department of environmental quality collapse. with your emergency managers who were really of hubris. then you better than the local elected officials of flint, and they ignored a low morning side. that is your record. at some point the buck has to stop at your desk. i yield back. rep. chaffetz: i never commenced mr. desjarlais. ask theld respectfully o

i was gone from flint. i had left flint by that time the letter came out. the rejection was written by my successor. there were four emergency managers during that time. that letter of rejection came from my successor. you orso it came down to your successor trying to say $18 million? that came down to the fact the city did not have $18 million. they were paying the highest water rates in the country. we have litigation pending now from customers who are fighting the rates for the water. >> going along with your line of , we do we say public health and safety matters, and it is the responsibility of the state of michigan or the epa to step in and say we are endangering lives, we are damaging people for the rest of their lives. when does that occur? >> from day one. >> but you do not do it. of leadssues contamination came out in 2015. they came out after that. the issues we were dealing with internal contaminated water were e. coli, and chloroform materials that were found in the water. of thes a result distribution system age, it was a result of the number

we went to flint. we videotaped flint residents being arrested at that tiown me for complaining about their water. but i guess what i will say is these civil servants were bipartisan in who they misled. the mayor took a lot of blame for what happened as well. he was voted out of office. i saw the e-mails where he was misled by susan hedman. he actually asked her is there anything to mr. del torro's memo that said flint was not being protected by federal law. the mayor asked the right question, should we be doing something. susan hedman, the top cop, environmental cop in the region, apologized to mr. walling for that memo. and said the state will be getting back to her and she basically cut an agreement with the state to let them have their way with flint's children and the future of flint. so read the e-mails yourself. we posted the freedom of information act request e-mails online. these core civil servants who are paid to do this job, were truly bipartisan in who they misled, they misled a democratic

. >> i had the opportunity to meet with a number of residents of flint at a town meeting in flint, and i have to tell you what i hrd and what i saw literally shattered me, and it was beyond belief that children in flint, michigan, in the united states of america in the year 2016, are being poisoned. i believe the governor of this state should understand that his dereliction of duty was irresponsible. he should resign. clock secretary clinton? >> i'm very grateful my request as we hold this debate be held here so we can continue to shine a very bright spotlight on what has happened in the city. i agree the governor should resign or be recalled. i know the state of michigan has a rainy day find for emergencies. what is more important than the health and well-being of the people, particularly children? it is raining lead in flint, and the state is derelict in not coming forward with the money that is required. amy: well, today, on the day of the michigan primary, we bring you a democracy now! exclusive, the broadcast premiere of a new documentary that tells the inside story of how local r

i did no different in flint. indeed as the chairman has just shared with you, signed an order delegating day to day operational authority over not only the department of planning and development but over the department of public works, which included the flint water treatment plant. i assigned that to the mayor. the mayor served as part of our core team. as part of our administrator staff. as well as other members of our core team about day-to-day operation of the city of flint. that's what city managers do. as the crisis in flint has unfolded, we've all now witnessed some very difficult and inexcusable actions on the part of governmental agencies. delay, some inexplicable miscalculations about protocol and in the midst of all of this crisis, i must tell you that i believe i have been unjustly persecuted, vilified and smeared both personally and professionally in the media and by some local state and federal officials as well as by a misinformed public. it's important for me to state that. because part of my main

i'm a lifelong resident of flint, michigan, so i do know the landscape of flint. i think that the governor has misrepresented the truth. the matter of the fact is that he has really done nothing to support this crisis, this water crisis in flint. he has made many promises of sending money. he says he sent $65 million. i would ask where it is. he is going to send $165 million. it's hung up in the republican-controlled house. and also, we cannot leave out his appointees, such as darnell earley, ambrose. these individuals were dictators over the residents of the city of flint, over the elected government, and really, they should be prosecuted at the fullest extent of the law. and i'm going to quote what hillary clinton said, that had this happened in a white, suburban area in michigan, the response would have been greater and quicker. and also, the naacp -- and i'm delighted to be a vice president of the flint branch and our national office, cornelia brooks, have sent a 20-point demand to the governor. and to date, he has not responded to that. and so, i think that a

i was gone from flint, i had left flint by that time that letter came out. that rejection was written by my successo successor. there were four emergency managers during this period. that rejection letter came prosecute my successor. >> it came down to you, or your successor trying to save $18 million? >> it came down to the fact that the city did not have $18 million. they were already paying some of the most exorbitant and the highest water rates in the country we have litigation pending now from the customer who is are fighting the rates for the water. even before the contamination. >> going along with your line of thinking then, where does, when do we say, okay, public health and safety matters. and it's the responsibility of the state of michigan or the epa, to step in and say -- we are in dangering lives. we are danging people. for the rest of their lives. when does that occur? >> from day one, sir. from day one. >> but you didn't do it. >> the issues of lead contamination came out in 2015. they came out after that. the issues we were dealing with in t

we are here in flint. i'm very grateful that my request that we hold this debate be held here, so we can continue to shine a very bright spotlight on what has happened. >> and then the gloves came off. >> excuse me, i'm talking. >> if you're going to talk, tell the whole story. >> good evening to you. i am ari. this is msnbc's special coverage post-democratic debate which just wrapped up in flint, michigan, of course. we go right to the spin room at the debate site in flint. kristen welker following the clinton campaign. following a really interesting debate tonight. we saw obviously discussion of what happened in flint, the water crisis, and race, policing, guns. your view first on how hillary clinton managed what she appears to think is a really improving scenario for her in this race. >> well, ari, look, i think this is one of the most raucous democratic debates we have seen. it comes across this back drop. secretary clinton increased her delegate lead this weekend. sanders had wins in maine tonight and

you to come to flint. you ignored him. we have no evidence of you traveling to flint for seven months, governor. seven months! i'm glad you're sorry now. i'm glad you're taking action now, but it's a little bit late for the kids in flint whose health has been compromised, for people whose health and immunity systems were already compromised, for a city in america that is on its knees because of your emergency manager's decision to save $4 million. and now it's going to cost a lot more to clean up. and the taint and the stain that state government has put on this country in the form of flint will be a long time being erased. you know, at some point, the buck stops at your office, governor, with your department of environmental quality that collapsed, with your emergency managers who were guilty of hubris. they knew better than the local elected officials of flint, and they ignored all the warning signs. that's the record, governor. that's your record. and at some point, the buck has to stop at your desk. i

i did no different in flint. indeed, as the chairman has just shared with you, i signed an order delegating day-to-day operational authority over not only the department of planning and development but over the department of public works which included the flint water treatment plant. i have signed that to the mayor, the mayor served as part of our core team, as part of our administrative staff and had day-to-day spoerpgss i consulted with him and the core team about the day-to-day operations of the city of flint. that's what city managers do. as a crisis in flint has unfolded we have all now witnessed some very difficult and inexcusable actions on the part of governmental agencies. delay, some inexplicable miscalculations about protocol and in the midst of all of this crisis i must tell you that i believe i have been unjustly persecuted, vilified and smeared personally and professionally in the media and local, state officials enby a misinformed public. it's important for me to state that because part of my main

you to come to flint. you ignored him. we have no evidence of you contacting flint for seven months. seven months. i am glad you are sorry now. i am glad you are taking action now. but it is a little bit late for the kids in flint whose health has been compromised. for people whose health and immunity systems were already compromised. for a city in america that is on its knees because of your emergency managers' decision to save $400 million, and now it is going to cost a lot more to clean up, and the taint and the stain that state government has put on this country in the form of flint will be a long time to erase. you know, at some point, the buck stops at your office, governor. with your department of environmental quality collapse. with your emergency managers who were really of hubris. then you better than the local elected officials of flint, and they ignored a low morning side. that is your record. at some point the buck has to stop at your desk. i yield back. rep. chaffetz: i now recognize mr. desj

in flint. so i'm not satisfied with just doing everything we must do for flint. i want to tackle this problem across the board. and if people know about it and they are not acting, and they are in the government at any level, they should be forced to resign. crack sanders, would a president sanders fire the head of the epa? >> president sanders would fire anybody who knew about what was happening and did not act appropriately polls. and president sanders would make the point that how does it happen in the wealthiest country in the history of the world? what are our priorities when among others, republicans today are fighting for hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks for the wealthiest people? how did we have so much money available to go to war in iraq and spend chileans of dollars, but somehow not have enough money -- not just for flint, the secretary is right. there are communities all over this country, it's not just infrastructure. it is education. detroit's public soul system is co

in flint. so i'm not satisfied with just doing evething weust do f flint. i want to tkle this problem ross the board. and if people know about it and they are not acting, and they are in the government at any level, they should be forced to resign. crack sanders, would a president sanders fire the head of the epa? >> president sanders would fire anybody who knew about what was happening and did not act appropriately polls. and president sanders would make the point that how does it happen in the wealthiest country in the history of the world? what are our priorities when among others, republicans today are fighting for hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks for the wealthiest people? how did we have so much money available to go to war in iraq and spend chileans of dollars, but somehow not have enough money -- not just for flint, the secretary is right. there are communities all over this country, it's not just infrastructure. it is education. detroit's public soul system is collapsing.

i did no different in flint. indeed as the chairman has just shared with you, i signed an order delegating day to day operational authority over not only the department of planning and development but over the department of public works, which included the flint water treatment plant. i assigned that to the mayor. the mayor served as part of our core team. as part of our administrator staff. and day-to-day responsibility and consulted with him. as well as other members of our core team about day-to-day operation of the city of flint. that's what city managers do. as the crisis in flint has unfolded, we've all now witnessed some very difficult and inexcusable actions on the part of governmental agencies. delay, some inexplicable miscalculations about protocol and in the midst of all of this crisis, i must tell you that i believe i have been unjustly persecuted, vilified and smeared both personally and professionally in the media and by some local state and federal officials as well as by a misinformed public. it's

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i was gone from flint. i had left flint by that time that letter came out. that rejection was written by my successor. again, there were four emergency managers during this period. that letter of rejection came from my successor. >> okay. and so it came down to you or your successor trying to save $18 million? >> it came down to the fact that the city did not have $18 million. they were already paying some of the most exorbitant and the highest water rates in the country we have litigation pending now from the customers who are fighting the rates for the water even before the contamination. >> going along with your line of thinking then, where does -- when do we say, okay, public health and safety matters? and it's the responsibility of the state of michigan or the epa to step in and say, we are endangering lives, we are endangering people? for the rest of their lives. when does that occur? >> from day one, sir. from day one. >> but you didn't do it. >> the issues of lead contamination came out in 2015. they came out after that. we were -- the issues we were

i got calls about flint. and when you listen to parents talk about i had a child who was a top performer and i watched their brain rust for two years as they become poisoned by lead and now they are special ed and you know the governor knew that same water was corroding parts of gm and switched the water for the factory but not for the you can only be irate. you can't make it an issue or as democrats were outraged. >> people heard the government say go ahead, the water is okay. they were assuring people it was okay to bathe your children and give your children this water to drink. can you imagine being a parent having given your child water and the government said you find that out. >> a mottest gesture, but i am proud we distributed a half million bottles of water to the people of flint. >> thank you for coming here to show people what this is about. >> we are going to take a quick break. when we come back, we will see the democratic candidates for president. we will have the start of the seventh presidentia

the flint river? i understand that the city was going to move on to the water system from lake huron, correct? but why did it come to that was the only choice left for flint? >> maybe it's money. it was the cheaper way to go. >> okay. >> it has nothing to do with race, or party. it has nothing to do with that. it's money. it was the cheaper way to go. so that when they decided yeah, we've got a problem, we'll switch back to detroit but damage had already been done. so we thank -- i want to thank c-span for this, for showing this. the mayor, i'm a registered democrat who is not -- and i called you on republican because i haven't voted for the democratic party in ages, i did vote for governor sanders -- i mean governor snyder the first time. have not done it since. but he is to blame. he really is. >> let's hear from grand rapids, michigan, next up we have rhonda on our independents line. hi there, rhonda. go ahead. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. >> sure. >> caller: i want to interate about the w

flint was number 36. shouldn't the children and the residents of flint have been higher on your priority list? >> in retrospect. with it becoming a true safety issue it should have been higher. that was not the issue at the time. >> now, we also know what you do prior to that. when things got rough for you and your administration started being investigate bid law enforcement you got the people of michigan to pay your legal fees. governor do you admit here today that you have asked the people of michigan for more than $1 million to pay for your criminal and civil defense fees? >> yes. >> it makes me sick to think that you found a way to have the state of michigan pay over 1 million in legal fees yet you thought so little of the people in flint that you could not be bothered to ask legislature for money to switch them over the clean water. you cannot be trusted. i've got to tell you, you need to resipe. -- resign. mr. governor i know we're at the end of the hearing. i just want to thank both of you for bein

everyone should work with him to fix flint. and then he spent two hours at that hearing blaming the epa for what happened. at the close of the hearing today the ranking democrat asked a final round of questions. he kept the mike for more than ten minutes question after question. governor snyder answered almost in a whisper at one point and in the end you could hear the flint families in the room again. >> it looks like everyone knew about these problems except for you. you were completely missing in action. that's not leadership, do you think? >> i was not missing in action. i'm going to have to live with this my entire life. >> on your website -- governor, you know what, i've heard you say that, but i've got to tell you there are children that have got to live with it, the damage, that has been done for the rest of their lives. it is painfully painful to think that a child could be damaged until the day they die and that their destiny has been cut off and messed up so yeah, you have to live with it, but they -- many of these c

hillary and bernie went to flint. we wanted the debate in flint. we need to hear from the people who need something delivered and not just the happy talk. >> as we walk over to where we are broadcasting from, on harrison street, protesters with bull horns and signs reading fix flint now. this is not something that happened in the past. it is still happening everyday here. >> when i spoke with people in flint, only here for a couple of days, people here cannot understand how the u.s. got hundreds of millions of dollars to indonesia after the tsunami. hundreds of millions of dollars to japan after the earthquake. money to haiti. but can't fix the pipes here in flint, michigan. >> it starts with the governor. i think the governor has to be held responsible. i also think that we also have to hold local officials to make sure that they get statewide officials and yes, federal government, epa is here. hhs is here. i'm using the federal acronyms. but we need more leadership and there is a bill now, capitol hill, hoff, who is a republican, supports it. we

other cities just like flint. if you think this is just a flint story, it is not. it is a money story and it is a danger story. look at the pictures on the screen. this was the image yesterday as the city began to dig up old lead pipes in some of the neighborhoods where people are most at risk. senior citizens, pregnant women, and then of course there are children, specifically children under six. want to take this focus to the children of flint. sarah sidner is speaking to families dealing with kids. these kids are not only effected with what they're dealing with in their homes now, but there's a future coming down the pike and it is their future and it is not going away, even if they fix these pipes. >> it's true and it is bleak. if you talk to the children, we talked to dozens and dozens of people while we have been here. what comes out of their mouth is surprising, the things they say do not sound like an 8-year-old or 18-year-old, sounds like a grown up who has been through a heck of a lot. >> they know what's going on. >> they know what's going on, they see t

she kim to flint. we do have specific issues and i know she supports them. >> how do we make sure we get the help to young kids who have been exposed to high levels of lead. early childhood education. better support. behavioral support in the school. nutritional support. after school programming. all of the things that we would do for our own children if they were facing a developmental hurdle. is what our plan for the recovery of flint consists of. beyond that we also need to provide some help to maintain and grow the economy here. we've taken a lot of hits over the years in flint. this is a big one. and we're going to need help so when we get these kids through this struggle, which we will, there is an opportunity waiting for them at the other end. the one thing i really fell exc compelled to say. flint people are really strong. all we really need are the resources. we know what the plan looks like. we know what we need to do to fix and heal this community. we just need to resources to get it done. a

flint. this isn't about politics more partisanship. i'm not going to point fingers or shift blame. there is plenty of that to share , and neither will help the people of flint. not a day or night goes by that this tragedy doesn't weigh on my mind. the questions i should have asked, the answers i should have demanded, how i could have prevented this. amy: among those who testified this week are epa administrator gina mccarthy, and flint's former emergency manager, darnell earley, who refused to testify at last month's hearing despite a subpoena from the u.s. , house oversight and government reform committee. the hearings took on a partisan tone, with republicans going after the epa's mccarthy and democrats grilling snyder. well, for more on the congressional hearings into flint's water crisis we are joined by two guests. melissa mays is an activist and founder of water you fighting for, a flint, michigan-based research and advocacy organization founded around the city's water crisis. she and

flint, michigan was a prosperous city. but then what happened is corporate america said why do i want to pay somebody in michigan a living wage when i could pay slave wages in mexico or china? we're going to shut down, we're going to move abroad. we're going to bring those products back into this country. those trade policies as much as any other set of policies has resulted in the shrinking of the american middle class. and i'll tell you what else it did. it's not only job loss by the millions, it is the race to the bottom so that new jobs in manufacturing in some cases today pay 50% less than they did 20 years ago. how stupid is that trade policy? [ applause ] >> secretary clinton? >> you know, if we're going to argue about the 1990s instead of talking about the future, which i'd much prefer because i think every election is about the future and you all deserve to know what we will do to help you have a brighter future. but if we are going to talk about the 1990s, i think it's only fair to say that at the end of the 1990

the only thing that's unusual here is that they got caught in flint. a group of outsiders exposed that children were getting lead poisoning even as m.d.q. and e.p.a. are claiming the water is safe. to this day e.p.a. and m.d.q. have not admitted that the water broke federal law. >> woodruff: how much of the rest of the country should be worrying about this? >> well, i think what you're going to do is when you start turning over rocks and looking what's going on with lead in drinking water, something will squirm out every time. you're seeing that in new jersey, philadelphia, jackson. e.p.a. has known about this problem for ten years and it's done nothing. we've been screaming at e.p.a. to try to stop something like flint from happening. >> woodruff: when you say "we," you mean you and those folks who are working with you on this. >> yeah. there were several us in washington, d.c., who saw how this attitude of e.p.a. that anything goes in terms of cheating on measuring lead in water, so that it looks low when you sample it, but it could be high when peop

flint residents are still bathing in water tainted with lead. they line up at five fire station for drinking water and tally the damage to their children. >> i've lost unborn twins. both of my kids tested positive for high levels of lead. after this campaign what will mr. bernie do to help the city of flint? in five to ten years what is going to happen to my kids? >> the flint residents we talked to said that they're glad politicians are finally paying attention to problems that started when they switched their water source to the corrosive waters of flint river. but to fix the pipes would cost $1.5 billion, and zoo far no one is offering that. now that flint has returned to buying its water from detroit, simply restoring the anti-corrosive chemicals they should have been using all along will vastly improve the water quality. >> the system through properly adjusting the water chemistry can be restored to the situation where safe water has been delivered. well, that by itself restores confidence? probably not. >> flint residents has not had confi

what's going on in the city of flint. we can't continue to live off bottled water and filters. so we're looking at, you know, what can be done for us in the long term? we have really got to start planning for that. whether it's with the infrastructure, whether it's with our business community. our homes. we know our property values are going down. our neighborhoods have been neglected. so we're looking at overall what can be done to help the city of flint, because this water crisis has really had a domino effect on so many other things that the city is facing. >> and mayor weaver, we know that some prominent people including bernie sanders have called on the governor of the state to resign over what happened in flint, over his administration's decision to switch to flint river water. there's going to be a recall effort that's supposed to be launched on easter sunday to try to make that happen, to recall the governor, should the governor resign in your view? or should he be recalled? >> you know what? those things are in p

most of these people from flint took a bus ride from flint, about 12 hours overnight to be here. here's who they think are to blame. who should resign? >> all of them. >> who should resign? >> governor snyder. >> who should resign? >> governor snyder. >> reporter: of the people that are inside who failed flint and the way that they acted? >> snyder. >> the mayor. >> snyder. >> snyder. >> reporter: you get an interesting take here right now on how they are meting out the blame outside of those doors. it's interesting, the other thing i've been hearing from people out here is they are a bit frustrated that during the political season, with the attention that the primaries are getting, that their problems and their concerns in flint still aren't getting that kind of attention. when you look at the way the election is going, do you have hopes for who the new president is going to be and that flint will get the help that they need? >> yes. karen weaver is the new mayor of flint. she got us to this point today. >> reporter: how about in a presidential election? who do you hope will be

rapper flint native jon connor resourced a song starring keke palmer called fresh water for flint with the emotions people in flint are feeling about the water crisis here to perform it live for the first time please welcome jon connor and keke palmer. >> nightly show, i go by the name jon connor and a bitty city called flint that's in michigan for those that don't know and we're going through a situation where there's actually poison in the water. we're getting sick because of it. my job is an artist is to give a voice to the voices. ♪ look, they want me to talk about these fake crimes and these hate crimes ♪ ♪ how am i supposed to care about overseas when locally ♪ ♪ everybody in my city and state dying ♪ ♪ they wanna act like it ain't happening or like i'm just rapping ♪ ♪ like i'm gonna watch y'all kill my city and y'all wasn't gonna get a reaction ♪ ♪ oh no ♪ every time i go visit for christmas it seems like there's more houses that's missing ♪ ♪ it looks like it's more houses that's boarded ♪ ♪ oh, i'm supposed to not say nothing bout the fact ther

exposure then flint does. what is the epa doing to make sure other localities don't end up in the same situation? gina mccarthy: thank you for raising that. we should try to make something good happen of this. i have written to every governor and to every primacy agency responsible for implementing and enforcing safe drinking water act to look at all the protocols, look at what their guidance is, to explain to them what we know they should be doing, to actually post their protocols, to relook and confirm to us that they are implementing the law as it has been intended. we even went further to suggest that every step they take to be posted on the web. they should post every web line on the web. i know people have lost faith in government as a result of this, but that is a way to help us and them is have everything so transparent that individuals can hold us accountable. with the challenges we face here, he could not get a straight answer anywhere. people don't deserve that. i will take responsibility for not pu

we are here in flint. i am very grateful that my request that we hold this debate be held here so we can continue to shine a very bright spotlight on what has happened in this city. i agree, the governor should resign or be recalled, and we should -- [ applause ] -- support the efforts of citizens attempting to achieve that. but that is not enough. we have to focus on what must be done to help the people of flint. i support 100% the efforts by your senators and members of congress to get the money from the federal government in order to begin the work that must occur to fix the infrastructure. the state should also be sending money immediately to help this city! [ applause ] i know the state of michigan has a rainy day fund for emergencies. what is more important than the health and well-being of the people, particularly children? it is raining lead in flint. and the state is derelict in not coming forward with the money that is required. >> secretary clinton -- >> and we'll get to what we need to do to he

i will make flint a central issue in this campaign. i will make michigan's comeback a story of resilience and success. >> 58% of all new income yen rated today goes to the top 1%. how come we don't have enough money to prevent children in flint, michigan from being poison poisoned? both candidates are doing prep n michigan before going to flint today, but secretary clinton has her army in full force today. bill clinton will be holding events as well as chelsea clinton this afternoon. >>> again, sheer a look at tuesday's races. republicans will caucus for their choice. in iowa, the party will hold their primary, and in both parties they will cast ballots in those state's primaries. puerto rico has allowed prisoners to vote since the '80s. marco rubio is now focusing on the four states voting on tuesday. >> he is not a classic politician. that's no who we are. we're local, we're southerners, and we appreciate someone down with the people, not someone who is insulting. won't keep you up at night. know you have insights from professional i

everyone should work with him to fix flint. and then he spent two then he spent two hours at the hearing blaming the epa for what happened. at the close of the hearing today the ranking democrat asked a final round of questions. he kept the mike for more than ten minutes question after question. governor snyder answered almost in a whisper at one point and in the end you could hear the flint families in the room again. >> it looks like everyone knew about these problems except for you. you were completely missing in action. that's not leadership, do you think? >> i was not missing in action. i'm going to have to live with this my entire life. >> on your website -- governor, you know what, i've heard you say that, but i've got to tell you there are children that have got to live with it, the damage, that has been done for the rest of their lives. it is painfully painful to think that a child could be damaged until the day they die and that their destiny has been cut off and messed up so yeah, you have to live with it, but they -

welcome to flint, michigan. i've got the flint river behind me. the source of so much tragedy in this city, and the work to fix the water problem here in flint, thank god, has begun. in fact, just yesterday the stan began pulling out and replacing those lead contaminated pipes in the water system. the crews are starting in neighborhoods that need the most. the people most at risk of lead poisoning. little kids under the age of 6. senior citizens and, of course, pregnant women. it is a $55 million program, which hasn't yet been approved by the state legislature. flint's mayor is pushing the state to pass the bill, and there's a lot of politics that are swirling around this filthy bottle of water that you see on your screen. this weekend the presidential democratic candidates are heading here and they'll be debating right here in flint, michigan. a city in crisis over this toxic water. its led to a health crisis and a lot of finger-pointing, too. i had a chance to speak with a flint resident just recently. her name is rhonda kelso and she says neith

flint is a great example. general motors was founded in flint in 1908. so federal policy and state policy both should support these cities, and not lead them all by themselves to have to deal with the ebb and flow of economic trends. flint was completely incapable of dealing with the loss of 60,000 gm jobs. >> we know bernie sanders' policies, they're pretty dramatic. we know donald trump. hillary clinton, center left politician we all know, what would she do for dplint that you're backing her. >> she would make sure we had theflint that you're backing her. >> she would make sure we had the help to get through the crisis but the conversations i've had with her, she shares the same values that i share. we need to breakdown the barriers that people in flint face, one of the ways to do that is invest in manufacturing. for example, she announced her economic plan. one of the things she would require is that when a company takes tax breaks to grow jobs in a particular community like flint, which we did, if they leave, they've got to pay the money back to the

amy: in april 2014, they switched the water supply of flint -- flint had it for 50 years, the detroit water supply -- to the corrosive flint river. >> yes. amy: did you at home immediately notice something wrong? >> soon after, we began smelling open sewer coming out of our caps on the water was turning yellow. we thought it was a joke that we are going to the flint river. as soon as the smells and the rashes started, we knew it was bad and they told us it is hard water, you will be safe. amy: earlier in the week, susan hedman, who resigned and the wake of the flint prices, testified before the house oversight committee hearing. california democratic congressmember ted lieu asked hedman why it took so long for the agency to warn residents. april.new in in june were notified and the newer given a report that said, lots of lead in this drinking water. and the nothing is done until december. there is no excuse for that. someone needed to have yelled and screamed and said, stop this, people are being poisoned. it should have been done in at least july or august -- maybe september. at leas

we are here in flint. i am very grateful that my request that we told the debate here to continue to shine a very bright spotlight on what has happened in this city. i agree the governor should resign or be recalled and we should -- [ applause ] -- support the efforts of citizens attempting to achieve that. but that is not enough. we have to focus on what must be done to help the people of flint. i support 100% the efforts by your senators and members of congress to get the money from the federal government in order to begin the work that must occur to fix the infrastructure. the state should also be sending money immediately to help this city! [ applause ] i know the state of michigan has a rainy day fund for emergencies. what is more important than the health and well being of the people, particularly children. it is raining lead in flint. the state is derelict in not coming forward with the money that is we will get to the people when we have more time. that is just as important as fixing the pipes. >>