been focusing on in washington and at our state level is really important for a place like flint, saginaw, to move forward. host: let's focus for a moment on the water situation. what is the status of that today? guest: the water quality is improving for sure. the lead service lines, the federal government stepped in and provided significant money to replace the lead service lines. that process is almost complete. even though the water quality has improved, trust in that water system will take some time so many if not most flint residents still use bottled water for their own consumption. it kind of points to the biggest casualty, one of the biggest casualties of the water crisis. the loss of trust in the word of the government. back then, the state's government told the residents of flint that the water was fine. in fact, told them they should just relax when that same state government actually knew that the water had high levels of lead and new there had been a legionella outbreak. so the trust has been broken. that going to take a lot longer than it takes to repair pipes. host: i want

i was stationed in saginaw michigan. i was only. female in my section. i had a supervisor it got to the place where i get calls at 3 o'clock in the morning and he are telling me to come get him and i'm like i can i'm in bed and he would then threaten me. i'd walk in from training and he'd be sleeping in my bed. when we went to one of the higher ups the chain of command they were all like his drinking buddy and they they told me just because i didn't like somebody they were going to switch me away from this guy. i was in the evening around taps and. he had unlocked the door and he'd come in and he had an erection and he tried to get me to touch him i took my right hand and i pushed him in the chest and started to yell for the other guys to kind of hear me. he hit me across. the left side of my face i remember. holding the closet thinking what just happened. to my face hurt so. when we went to the command about it me and this petty officer who saw my face. they just let it wait because they didn't want any kind of problems going on. a couple weeks later i

until then you can call in and join the conversation with eddie is in saginaw, michigan, democrat, good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you all doing this morning? >> host: doing all right but question or comment. >> caller: my question is to the congressman speaking about the race relation situation. you made a comment saying that it can be the white and the black and it can have the same situation and the same everything can be the same, only differences the race and the color but somehow the whites always going to stand out so if you or if we all know this in the country that race situation is real bad and it's always has been and in my continue on but i do know things have gotten a little better but we know it can get better. my question to you is since you know all of this incense congress peoples know all of this what is it that you can do, what can you do? >> host: good question. >> guest: the issue i talk about specifically was about health care disparities. i was speaking yesterday at a hearing in the ways and means about the outcomes for african-americans been so muc

. >> two dams near saginaw have failed after days of heavy rainfall in the region.0,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. this morning, catastrophic flooding threatening to swallow an entire town. >> downtown midland could be under approximately nine feet of water. >> reporter: a major dam in michigan failing late tuesday. the moment water gushed through the barrier caught on camera. you can see as more and more water starts sweeping through the gaps. >> we have a dam failure at edenville -- >> reporter: the failure releasing a wall of water, sending waves surging across roads, through homes, and triggering a devastating domo effect >> about to fail -- >> reporter: less than two hours later, the sanford dam buckling, floods pouring into town, sweeping away cars, dumpsters, anything else in its path. >> this is unlike anything we've ever seen before. >> reporter: the state's governor declaring a state of emergency. national guard on the ground overnight. while residents downstream took refuge on higher ground. some parts of michigan have seen up to 4 inches of ra

you can see now saginaw a road is broken up.riff's deputy said the water would have been up above my head about 4 feet. >> that is an unbelievable scene on the ground, and our best to that community. thank you so much. >> ed: fox news alert, actress lori laughlin and her husband have pled guilty to their role in the bribery case. the jail time they could now face, coming up. plus one writer says new york city is dying. and the government's overreaction to the pandemic he says it is to blame. >> let these people go back to work say their hard-earned profits and hard-earned efforts shouldn't be going down to big box stores and stores that were given and sorry to say preferential treatment. whales were nearly extinct. they rebounded because a decision was made to protect them. making the right decisions today for your long-term financial future can protect you and your family, and preserve your legacy. ask a financial advisor how retirement and life insurance solutions from pacific life can help you plan for your future. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ th

when the economy grows, it doesn't always grow for places like flint and saginaw. so what we're dealing with is on top of that. we don't get to scare the virus away or talk the virus away. the president doesn't get to tweet the virus away. it has its own course and we have to deal with it, and that means we have to close the economy down, provide the support that we need, and match the resources with the course of the disease. we can't wish it away. and the president can't decide that he's out of patience. and he's done with this. and so, okay, we're just going to go bark to normal. so what we see right now is a need for the congress, for the government to stick with the plan that was a bipartisan plan. whether it's the paycheck protection program or my, you know, main street relief program, or my legislation to extend unemployment. those facts are on the ground in michigan and in other places and we have to respond to them. we can't wish this virus away, as much as we would like to, it's here until we can defeat it. >> so there's a really interesting dynamic that'

was already difficult when the economy grows it doesn't always grow for places like flint and sa saginaw. what we're dealing with is on top of that. we don't get to square the sca away or talk it away or tweet it away. it has its own course. we have to close the economy down, provide the support we need and match the resources with the course of the disease. we can't wish it away. the president can't decide that he's out of patience and done with this and so okay, we're going to go back to normal. what we see right now is a need for congress, for the government to continue to act to stick with the plan that was a bipartisan whether it's the paycheck protection program or main street relief program or legislation to extend unemployment. those facts are on the ground in michigan in other places and we have to respond to them. we can't wish this virus away as much as we'd like to, it's here until we can defeat it. >> so there is a really interesting dynamic that's taking shape i would say in the last three or four days i've been paying close attention. the house passed this $3 trillion reli

usually this time of year, saginaw is raising funds for a firework show in july.ill these events happen? what can you tell business people and consumers about whether or not they will be able to enjoy summer in michigan? all enjoyer: we will the summer in michigan. it will be a beautiful summer. the question is will we be able to congregate and enjoy it in a way we are used to? at this point, we cannot say definitively if we will be able to do that. covid-19 is still present in michigan. 1000 people were detected to have it in the last 24 hours. we have lost almost 3800 michiganders to this disease. it is important we continue to be vigilant, safe, smart, making decisions based on the best science. it is hard. i don't people have made great sacrifice and i know what this means to our economy, to our traditions of summer festivals and fourth of july celebrations, and yet, if we take this seriously and do the right thing now, we will be able to do that at some point in the future. but we will let the science and the data direct when it is safe to reengage in ways li

eddie from saginaw, michigan. democrat. caller: how are you all doing? host: question or comment?question is to the congressman speaking about race relations. comment saying it can andhe white and the black they can have the same situations. they can have the same everything -- the only difference is the race. always gonnawhite stand out. we all know this. race situation is real bad. it always has been and might continue on. i do know things have gotten just a little better, but we know it can get better. my question to you is, since you know all this, and since --gress people snow all this congress people know all this, what can you do? guest: the issue i was talking about was health care. i was speaking yesterday at a hearing with ways and means about the outcomes for african-americans being much worse. the same for latinos and other persons of color. i was speaking specifically with the president of an historically black college about the fact that there are not enough african-american doctors, dentists, not enough latino doctors or dentists. this lack of cultural confidence i

the water is now several feet deep in much of midland northwest of saginaw.nd it's another severe blow for a state that's already reported more than 53,000 coronavirus cases. janet shamlian is in midland talking with people whose lives have been upended by this flooding. good morning. before we get to the interviews, how are conditions right now? >> well, tony, good morning. let me say the river crested at just above 35 feet. as you can see behind me, this bridge is impassable and so are roads all over town this morning. could it have been prevented? that's the question many in the community are asking right now. there's a lot of frustration here amid two reports that those dams, both of them, violated federal safety regulations. a home floating down stream ripped from its foundation by raging floodwaters. one example of the devastation in central michigan. this morning, there's concern floodwaters may be mixing with toxins in containment ponds from a nearby dow chemical plant which shut down its operations. the company says there's no risk to people or the e

been focusing on in washington and at our state level is really important for a place like flint, saginawas they move forward. momentet's focus for a on the water situation. what is the status of that today? guest: the water quality is improving for sure. the lead service lines, the federal government stepped in and provided significant money to replace the lead service lines. that process is almost complete. even though the water quality has improved, trust in that water system will take some time to restore. so many if not most flint residents still use bottled water for their own consumption. it kind of points to the biggest casualty, one of the biggest casualties of the water crisis. the loss of trust in the word of the government. back then, the state's government told the residents of flint that the water was fine. in fact, told them they should just relax when that same state government actually knew that the water had high levels of lead and new there had been a legionella outbreak. so the trust has been broken. that is going to a take -- going to take a lot longer than it takes t

flooding is out of control in midland county, that's northwest of saginaw. and the governor has declared a state of emergency there. she says the city which has a population of 42,000 could be nine feet under water. think about that for a second, by this afternoon. anthony? >> some 10,000 people, gayle, are living near the two dams, have already been told to evacuate. the river that runs between the dams and midland is about to crest four feet above its old record. adriana diaz is following this fast-developing story. >> reporter: frightening video captures the moment the edenville dam in midland county collapsed. it was one of two catastrophic dam failures in the area yesterday. >> this is serious, and -- time to take action to keep themselves safe and to evacuate. >> reporter: late tuesday, michigan governor gretchen whitmer pleaded with residents to seek higher ground. >> we are anticipating an historic high water level. >> reporter: the edenville and sanford dam breaches come as record-breaking rainfall of more than seven inches drenched parts r to quick