good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. >> sorry, most that i let you down. you deserve better. you deserve accountability. >> taking responsibility, michigan's governor apologises for the lead contamination in the flint water supply and the billion plus price tag to remove it heading to the supreme court, the undocumented immigrants fates is it in the

hand of the judges and how much power to give the president the united states. >> also... >> it was scary, bleak. >> seven years after the automotive industry was bailed out, the bait out and the concerns the big three has. plus... >> he is beholden to no one, but we the people. >> presidential endorsement. why former presidential nominee sarah palin threw her support behind billionaire donald trump. tonight embattled michigan governor rick schneider spent much of his state address discussing the water. he offered apologies, nowing to provide resources to flint residents. the remarks as the u.s. environmental protection agency announced that it's launching a

review of its own response to the water crisis. andy rosjen reports. >> reporter: with howling protesters outside the state capital, and governor rick schneider inside. the blame game over the crisis looks to go on as long as the recovery. off the back, governor rick schneider apologised and said he would fix it. >> sorry most of all that i let you down. you deserve better. you deserve accountability. you deserve to know that the buck stops here with me. >> reporter: outside the capital building. the protesters developed more transparency. the governor gave them some of that. >> i'll release my 2014 and 2015 emails regarding the citizens. you'll have answers to your questions about what we have done and are doing to make this right. >> none of what the governor

said is satisfying his harshest critics who want him to resign, and at most want him charged with a crime. >> i think he's very culpable to it. he helped to appoint emergency managers and gave them pretty much authority over the decisions. >> they make decisions. >> governor schneider admitted to the national journal that the water crisis is his katrina, a reference to the gold coast recovery over hurricane katrina. it represents a failure of leadership which the government appointed managers with unlimited powers, and it was under their leadership that they switcheded to a different water supply, the polluted river. >> they loaded the gun and pulled the trigger. >> he is not commenting but others did. >> it fell to me to implement

the plan approved by the council, and part was using the flint river as a water source. >> the department of the health and human services appointed a coordinator to oversee the support. to help get clean water to the city and test for lead levels in children. a u.s. congress woman in detroit welcomes that. >> i'm looking for a fund to address the developmental issues that the children that are contam mated will have. these issues there must be funding. the state legislature is being asked for $28 million to help with the crisis and health care needs the u.s. supreme court agreed to take up what could be one of the most important cases of the term. the justices will decide if president obama overstepped his

authority when he took give action to stop 5 million immigrants from being deported. the case comes in the middle of a presidential campaign in which immigration is an issue. >> this case is about presidential authority, and the separation of powers. the supreme court justices signalled that they wanted to hear the appeal and added the constitutional question that the lower court did not rule on. hispanic groups rally outside the courthouse last week urging the justices to take the immigration case. tuesday they got their wish. they are hoping for a ruling allowing the president executive action to stand, easing deportation fears for more than 4 million undocumented immigrants. the high court will decide if president obama overstepped his authority, in ordering that illegal immigrant parents, whose children are american citizens,

could apply to stay and work in the u.s. temporarily. >> president obama had no comment when asked about the court taking up the case. but his spokesman repeated the white house defense. >> the kinds of executive action that the president took were clearly consistent with the precedent established by other presidents, and clearly within the confine of his authority as president of the united states. >> 26 states argued otherwise. two lower courts sided with the state stalling immigration action. the texas attorney-general said the court should affirm what president barack obama said himself on more than 20 occasions, that he cannot unilateralry rewrite laws and circumvent the people's representatives. >> doris mysner, who works with

a nonpartisan research group says the decision could have broad ramifications. >> if the supreme court says it was a wrongful use of that authority, it throws up for grabs or into the air long-standing assumptions about how immigration law is enforced. >> this case comes in the middle of a heated presidential campaign, with the top gfp candidates taking a long line. and democrats working to court latinos, a republican win could cost them politically. >> it's possible for a democratic candidate to say vote for me so we can go back the to are to congress and fix this. >> either way, it will by high drama for both parties and their core supporters. the court's decision will obviously affect millions of

people. it could affect the facty of future president -- ability of future presidents on a host of issues one of the u.s. cities at the center of clashes between police and residents will outfit residents with bodycam recess. baltimore announced a contract with taser international to provide bolly cameras to 3,000 officers. there was a pilot programme with 150, and they reported a positive engagement. >> the pentagon made a sobering assessment of afghan soldiers. the special forces were called top notch. others were riddled with corruption. jamie mcintyre reports from the pentagon. >> a spokesman for the train, advise and assist says that

despite the death of a u.s. green bure on the front lines, the u.s. is not doing any of the fighting against the taliban. brigadier william shaufner a spokesman for resolution support - the u.s. name for the afghan mission, gave a mixed report card saying they performed fairly well when it came to preplanned missions, not so well in a crisis. some of the toughest fighting is in the province, a long-time strong hold and the general pointed to a number of problems, with the afghan unit doing the fighting, including joint staffing, bad leadership and corruption. there's three things that have to happen in the unit. soldiers have to be paid, and fed on time. if one of those things doesn't happen, the soldiers will leave.

sometimes they'll come back. it's no way to run an organization. >> it may seem like something not directly related. afghan soldiers are paid in cash. and records kept by hand. it's easy to syphon off money. the average afghan doesn't have access to an atm or a bank account. to help set up a database and direct deposit for the troops will ensure that soldiers are motivated to stay in the army. the u.s. insists there are some signs afghan fighting forcers are improving. general shaufner said that two raids were conducted, with afghan forces backed by aircraft. to free prisoners held by the taliban. operations were flawless, no loss of life or equipment. while the taliban has been able to make temporary gains, he

insists they were not able to hold ground or govern. >> jamie mcintyre at the pentagon. >> one of the five americans released from iran in relation to the prisoner swap held a news conference. >> a u.s. marine spent four years behind bars, and had a long list of people to thank. >> i feel lucky, alive for the first time in a long time, and humbled at everyone's support from the president to congress to my fellow marines, and my family that has gone through so much throughout this time. one american who disappeared in iran is missing. former federal bureau of investigation agent robin leveson's whereabouts have been a mystery. the white house press secretary says the obama organization does not think leveson is in iran, but the deal will help in the search for him. >> of the things secured in this agreement was a specific

commitment from the iranians to help us locate him. that is why we press for information about his whereabouts. >> leveson's family received proof of life sliddios years ago, but have not heard from him since. >> after two decades of falling murder rates. the federal bureau of investigation is reporting an uptake. what numbers reveal about violent crimes and how the stats are needing the debate about the ferguson effect. a storm to hit the u.s. some areas to see a food of know. the latest forecast next.

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winter long. let's get to it. for nebraska, you see the storm. this will be weakening in the appellations. it's towards the west. it's moving to parts of arsenal, turning into the storm that we are watching in the weekend. rainy across the south. as we go towards thursday, we pick up heavier rain and snow. look at what we see happening on friday. the storm ramps up. the winds are picking up. we see a bit of snow across the region. i want to go closer in. parts of virginia, west virginia, delaware, where we expect to see heavy snow. anywhere up to 18 inches of snow. that is not the end. it will get stronger as it goes to the north. saturday we are looking from washington up to boston, a lot

of snow and it will be the winds 65 miles per hour as well as power outages will be a big deal. >> it's not going to be pretty. >> thank you. >> presidential candidate ben carson suspends its campaign after a volunteer was killed in a car crash. braddon joplin, the 25-year-old and three others were in a slan that hit a patch of ice in flipped over. joplin was rushed to a trauma center? nebraska, where he decide sarah palin is officially in donald trump's camp. trump promised a big announcement. at a rally in iowa, he reversed the endorsement. >> only one candidate's record of success proves he's the master of the art of the deal. he is beholden by no one but we the people - how refreshing. he perfectly positioned to let

you make america great again. are you ready for that iowa? no more pussy-footing around. our troops deserve the best. you deserve the best trump is honoured to have palin's endorse. me mentment calling her high quality. >> the numbers of murders increased by 4.2% in 2015 compared to the same period the year before. joint crime rose by 1.7%. the federal bureau of investigation said property fell by 4.2%, and the justice department said the overall rate is at historic lows, joining us for more is a retired n.y.p.d. lieutenant, a professor of justice. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about the ferguson

effect. this is adding fuel to the fire of those that believe they are partially social for an increase in crime. the whole theory is that police officers may be more reluctant to engage people because they are afraid of being caught on camera, and, you know, possibly prosecute for discrimination or abuse. the efforts to, say, no, there's no ferguson effect. violent crime has been down every something year for the past two decades. >> when we thing of the ferguson effect. going back to what the director mentioned. he based information on uniform crime reporting, voluntary reporting from the police department. this uptake in violent crime is falling within the realms of smaller police departments. when i say smaller, meaning police departments, police to communities that 250 to roughly

under 500,000 people. those smaller police departments have less resources than the larger police departments. when you take the connection, the ferguson effect. one of the things is the moral booster, the moral going down. >> you saw in new york arrests were down significantly last year. >> you had a trees in easts. you had a decrease in complainants nationally. a lot is introduction of technology to police and rest of society. criminals do not commit crimes when they know they are on camera. going back to the uptick in violence, we are in single digits. it begs a question to pan out

can we make conclusions. if you look at the last, you know, since 1993, 1994, the numbers dropped. it's been a drop, and all of a sudden we are saying the other thing had. >> now i wouldn't rush to quit judgments. the comments came from the fbi director when he was here in new york. we are talking single diges. if they are double. i'd say we may look to make an adjustment. smaller dets have less resources. far more limited.

reality is increases are not uniform. it's hard to come up with anything conclusive. >> like i mentioned. it's the smaller departments that are experiencing increases. when we look at los angeles, and new york city. we are experiencing reductions in crime. it goes back and even loretta lynch said it is a concern. a lot is about deploying research in smaller departments that the larger ones have. >> it will be interesting to follow and see the numbers go up or down over the last 20 years. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> the big three auto makers make a billing comeback after

getting government bailouts. how the businesses turn around and why some need to make changes. and a study showing we all have a lot of roommates we don't know about.

pass president obama will visit detroit to celebrate the recovering of the auto industry. he admitted last year the million dollar bailout of the auto industry was unpopular, even in michigan. >> it wasn't on my to-do list. i wasn't expecting to do this. i ran not to do just the popular things or the easy thing, but to do the right thing. betting on you was the right thing to do. >> that paid off for the big three, 2015 the biggest year for

u.s. autosailors. bisi onile-ere reports from detroit. >> president obama is expected to highlight tens of thousands of jobs created since the bailout 7 years ago. the city of destroyed made great strides by the past couple of years, but comes at a time when the city is dealing with a struggling school system and unemployment. in 2009 general motors and chrysler were on the brink of bankruptcy. the ford motor company was using financial footing. >> it was scary, bleak. >> the autoworkers and u.a.w. leader recalls the days of uncertainty. >> we didn't know what would happen with all you have our jobs. it was a scary time in my life. >> the big three automakers are thriving. sales were up. last year a record 70 million vehicles were sold.

automakers generated 640,000 jobs since the bailout. >> i think the obama administration had tremendous foresight. and it realized that if g.m. and if chrysler had gone under, ford would have gone under as well. a multitude of suppliers would have gone under. the industry would have been decimated. >> under the obama administration, the u.s. government shelled out 85 million to bail out g.m. and chrysler. >> if the auto industry went under. you would have lost close to 3 million jobs, probably more than that. that's a huge impact. >> all three organized. the u.a.w. agreed to painful concessions. >> we needed to make it work to save our own job, business and company. we came together and did that as

a union, with the company. jointly, and did that. it wasn't a good time for any of us. we do what we have to do. wednesday, obama will be the third president to visit the international auto show in detroit. the last being bill clinton back in 1999. the president is expected to tout the industry's turnaround. president obama realising that detroit is the future of america. that if we cannot make detroit right, we can't make america right. >> i'm glad president obama took a chance. >> the deal may have fallen short. instead of selling fuel efficient cars, sales drove the industry's comeback. while business is booming for the big three, work is hard to come by in the city, for many detroiters, according to a workforce study, with a population of 680,000.

the city of detroit has 258,000 jobs within its borders. simply put. there's not enough jobs in detroit. >> this will be president obama's 18th visit to michigan, the visit a short one. he'll arrive around noon and wrap up after five. >> bisi onile-ere in detroit. if it's time to change your online passwords, there's a few to avoid. a company called splash data released a list of the worst in 2015. among them, 123456. you need more than that and do not use password as your pass ward. there's qwerty on the football, football fans or star wars. a study published said your bedroom, your house is likely filled with bugs. researchers poked around 50

houses and find bugs in every room. nearly 600 species in all. whether they have an impact on human health is unclear. >> i'm antonio mora, thanks for joining us. ray suarez is next. have a good night, despite the bugs. [ ♪ music ] the voting rights act was meant to push back on decades of systematic voter exclusion in big chunks of the country, it meant that the justice department would look over many state shoulders when they made laws. now the acts supporters worry that it's weakened or in retreat as america marked the 50th vote. it's "inside story".