cannot alert the publiche to this legionnaire outbreak. abby: that is still something that i think was ongoing. in the investigation and that still something we are still reporting as well. to understand the motives of live, the question is why didn't they just switch flint off of the river when they knew there was bacteria in the waterer and they knew that it was kelly goebel and making them very sick. it is the question that we are still trying to answer in the special prosecutor in the preliminary hearing talk a lot about the pipeline and the bonds andth the money and the payments that need it to be made but we have yet to prove any of that to be true. >> carol no real hope michigan. where is royal oak in the state. >> we are about 20 minutes from plants. flint is north of us. abby: forgive me if you've answered this but what in the world ever made but city council decided to on the from detroit water and start this mess. abby: i'm not sure if you are familiar but in michigan they haveli the former administration used emergency managers

allso the question becomes of these artificial barriers to publichousing, to education assistance onceou've been formally incarcerated, how do we tackle those barriers and the last part of that is seeing especially with crack cocaine if a child in public housing was convicted of having crack or drugs, than the mother gets evicted from public housing. now with opioids we do not see prosecutors push to evict opioid parents. just a note that we ought to treat them the save what -- same way. how important is housing in this whole equation? >> safe and stable housing is not only important for women's return to the community, a lack of safe and stable housing is a determining factor in why many women end up in the system in the first place. not having a safe place to live. women's lack of safety has contribute in factor to their potential to commit crimes as well. those manys policy-based barriers to people gaining access to safe and stable housing, we should drop them. those are not things we have to do, those are things we choose to do. to tear downose each and every barrier to full citize

publicher to become a interest lawyer and led her into public service, first in the new york assemblyss. grace has been rated one of the most effective representatives of the house and is a leading representative on food safety, clean water, and consumer protection. she is elected vice chair of the d&c and overseas at the table that supports minority women candidates. let's give my friend, congresswoman grace meng, a warm iowa welcome. ♪ >> good afternoon afternoon, iowa democrats. i'm thrilled to be here with all of you today. my family came here with me today, and it did not take much convincing. all i had to do was say stake, and our tickets were booked. our barbecues in new york city are a little bit smaller than this. --nk you to my friend sidney my friend, cindy. thank you so much for your work and your kind introduction. you can clap for cindy. [applause] you to our chairman, to all the staffers and volunteers who made this incredible event possible. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] time in desmy first moines. in fact, i came to visit about two years ago and was