adrian diaz is in flynt where authorities stepped up fresh water. >> is the water in flynt safe today. >> we don't want to consider it safe, scott. >> reporter: michigan governor rick snyder admitted to cbs news scott pelley that flynt's contaminated water situation got away from his state agency charged with oversight. >> they were too technical, they followed literally the the rules. they didn't use common sense. >> reporter: snyder released e-mails that revealed he was aware about complaints of water quality from flynt residents dating back as far as last february. eight months later flynt switched back to the detroit's water system but damage to the pipes was done. >> what is unexplainable and not excusable is once people figured out that there was a problem there and there was lead in the water the notion that medicinally families weren't notified. >> reporter: cases of bottled water are pouring into this warehouse and new there are enough supplies, and people, to get the the water, to the doorsteps of the cities 100,000 residents. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: abby got her

adrian diaz reports from flynt, michigan. >> reporter: the president's announcement did not stop anger outside flynt's city hall where flynt foreign a activist michael more more blame the governor for a christ that is goes beyond water. >> it is in the just a water crisis, it is a krysiuk is. it is a poverty crisis. >> reporter: problems began in april 204 when the city switched its water source to the flynt river to save money. but the the corrosive river water wasn't properly treated and stripped lead from pipes. while number of children high lead in their blood to double. we have spoke to flynt's mayor karen after president obama approved federal fund for flynt. >> for almost two years we have been crying about this and, asking for some clean water. >> reporter: lead in drinking water should not exceed 15 parts per billion. in flynt, more than half of the home sampled had over a thousand ppb. the the highest rating was 13,200. american twice what the epa considers toxic waste. doctor marked cards are wards of virginia tech, conduct the water ted. >> this could have been stopped many

adrian diaz reports from flynt, michigan. >> reporter: the president's announce. did not stop anger outside flynt's city hall where flynt activist michael moore blamed the governor for a christ that is goes beyond the water. >> it is not just a water crisis but a racial crisis, a poverty crisis. >> reporter: problems began in april 2014 when the city switched its the water source to the flynt river to save money. but the the corrosive river the water was not properly treated and stripped lead from pipes. there were a number of children with high lead in their blood to double. we spoke to flynt's mayor karen reber moments after president obama approved federal funds for flynt. >> for almost two years we have been crying, begging, asking for some clearwater. >> reporter: lead in drinking water should not exceed 15 parts per billion n flynt more than half of the homes had over a thousand ppb, highest rating was 13,200 more than twice what the epa considers toxic waste. doctor marked wards of virginia tech conduct water tests. >> this could have been stopped much, muc

as cbs news correspondent adrian diaz reports the problem persisted for a year and a half before the the city tried to find a solution. >> reporter: the president's announcement did not stop anger outside flynt's city hall where flynt foreign activist michael more more blamed the governor for a christ that is goes beyond water. >> this is in the the just a water crisis, it is a racial crisis. it is a poverty crisis. >> that is right. >> reporter: problems began in april 2014 when the city switched its water source to the flynt river to save money but corrosive river water wasn't properly treated and stripped lead from pipes causing a number of children with high lead in their blood to double. we have spoke to the flynt's mayor, moment after president obama approved federal fund for flynt. >> for almost two years we have been crying about this and then begging and asking for some clean water. >> reporter: lead in drinking water should not exceed 15 parts per bill ape, substantial, and thousands, the the highest rating was 13,200. american twice what the epa considers toxic waste. ther

. >> first ever statement of the american heart association. adrian diaz, on what every woman needs to know. >> three years ago, marcia felt nauseous. she finally headed to the hospital hours later >> had no idea, expected shoulder pain and heavy chest pain. >> scientific statement, there could be some key differences between men and women, when it comes to heart attack symptoms. >> may not feel like they expected to feel. there is usually discomfort somewhere in the chest area or in the neck or jaw, the back, they can be in either arm or shoulder. >> this is the first time the association has put out a statement on heart attacks in women, which highlights that women often have different causes of heart attacks, such as the type of plaque build-up. >> if your high pressure is risk. >> diabetes could be strong a risk factor >> and one year later, marcia had the same symptoms and another heart attack. this time, she didn't wait. >> they tell my friends, if you have stomach pain or light nausea, don't hesitate. i'm glad i'm alive after that. >> she continues to manage her high cholesterol

adrian diaz is back in flint. >> time to act. >> reporter: michigan governor, rick snyder told flint to have faith. it will take months before he knows if the tap walt r is clean. flint residents want their lead pipes replaced before they drink the water. when is the soonest one of the lines will be replaced? >> a lot of work is being done to understand where the lead service lines fully are. >> reporter: for now, anti-corrosion chemicals in the water are patching up protective coating in pipes to help keep the lead out. the state tested a sample of 2,500 flint homes. 93% had less than federal limit of 15 parts per billion. 85%, below 5 ppb. 160 homes had dangerous levels of lead. professor marc-edouard of virginia tech was the first to detect elevated lead levels last summer when state officials tried to discredit him. now the governor tapped him to help oversee the recovery. edwards says current lead levels are three to four times lotter than this summer's highs. do you think people here are week as way from being able to drink unfiltered tap walter. months. >> more likely, realist

adrian diaz is back in flint. >> time to act. >> reporter: michigan governor, rick snyder told flint to have faith. it will take months before he knows if the tap walt r is clean. flint residents want their lead pipes replaced before they drink the water. when is the soonest one of the lines will be replaced? >> a lot of work is being done to understand where the lead service lines fully are. >> reporter: for now, anti-corrosion chemicals in the water are patching up protective coating in pipes to help keep the lead out. the state tested a sample of 2,500 flint homes. 93% had less than federal limit 85%, below 5 ppb. 160 homes had dangerous levels of lead. professor marc-edouard of virginia tech was the first to detect elevated lead levels last summer when state officials tried to discredit him. now the governor tapped him to help oversee the recovery. edwards says current lead levels are three to four times lotter than this summer's highs. do you think people here are week as way from being able to drink unfiltered tap walter. months. >> more likely, realistically, two, two and a ha

in washington, aixa diaz. adrian: even though most of new york city is snowed in from this blizzard, the show will go on for tonight' s snl. the crew is ready to go over at "30 rock. left, not too far away. ronda rousey will host and tonight' s musical guest is selena gomez. snl airs right after wesh 2 news at 11:00, around 11:30. we are talking a crazy amount of snow all up and down the east coast, and florida not spared. eric: we are talking about a top three snowfall for new york city, but if you look closely, you can see flurries coming down. he is an old weather watcher of mine for years now, and he was taking his daughter to school at the university of north florida. thank you for thinking of us. pretty neat stuff. note reports -- we had reports even in flagler county. downtown orlando, lake eola, 43 degrees current temperature. still winds out of the northwest, 12 miles an hour. hard freeze warning in effect for marion county. sumter, lake, orange under freeze warning, and the rest of us with windchill advisor

in washington, i' m aixa diaz. adrian: thanks. glad to not be up there right now. just a massive dorm they are dealing with. we will get some of the cold. it will not be like that. eric: it is there. look outside. let me show you the skycam over the orlando international airport read the camera is wind chills have been a factor. look outside, 46 degrees currently in orlando. an hour. it feels like it is 38 degrees. freeze warnings in effect for most counties except osceola and brevard. we have wind chill advisories except flagler, sumter, and marion. the 20' s because of wind chill. 46 degrees in deland, 47 port st. john, 52 in melbourne beach. tonight will be the coldest of the season, 47 in wedgefield, 44 in okahumpka. feels like temperatures around town. it feels like 33 in palm coast. 37 in sanford, 39 in leesburg. very cold. this is the kind of night you want to make sure to bundle up bring the heads inside -- pets inside. the clouds cap the cold air in and the sun from breaking through. even in northern areas, we got reports of snow flurries this morning. tha

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michigan's governor is asking for a federal disaster declaration but as adrian in a diaz reports residentsave their own demand. >> reporter: flint residents of residents storm state capitol this week calling fort resignation of the governor after learning their drinking water was contaminated with lead. the problems began after the city switch its water supply to the flint river in the spring of 2014. the corrosive water stripped lead from pipes and children in the city were found with high levels of lead in their blood. the city has changed its water source but environmentalists say the water coming out of faucets is still unsafe. now health officials are investigate a spike in legionnaires' disease. there have been 87 cases of the lou pneumonia like disease sin the water switch, and 10 people have died. including troy kid's mother debbie who died in august. >> so did she die because of somebody didn't want to say, hey, the water might be bad? >> this is what was coming out of their tap. >> dr. mark edwards of virginia tech has been studying flint's water. >> if indeed it is true that thi

. >> pelley: adriana diaz at the state capitol. adrian athank you. lead poisoning is especially harmful to children, and it is irreversible. dr. jon lapook has more on this. >> reporter: the parents of children in flint, michigan have good reason to be worried. >> there's real danger that the and lifelong in them. >> reporter: dr. philip landrigan is dean of global health at mount sinai school of medicine. he's been studying the effects of lead since the 70s. >> the problem here is that no level of lead is safe. even low levels of lead, especially if exposure to low levels continues over many months, is going to cause some degree of brain damage to at least some of the children who are exposed, and that's a big deal. >> reporter: exposed children are at risk for a number of problems, including lower i.q. scores, developmental delays, and behavioral issues such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. even after lead exposure stops, the effects can last for years, or even be permanent. inin flint, michigan, a major challenge will be identifying wh

diaz. jim: wesh 2 will have complete coverage for the race for the white house. our adrian whitsett is headed to iowa to cover the caucuses. >> i' m adrian whitsett. we are here at orlando international airport getting ready to head to des moines. we will be live on the ground as the iowa caucuses begin tomorrow night. we will have live update starting in the afternoon and all of your caucus results on wesh 2 news. and everything else you could want to find for commitment 2016 is on west.com -- w wesh.com. jim: we have an entire section of wesh.com dedicated to commitment 2016. just go to the news tab and trail. right now, police in ocala are collecting evidence in a series of shootings at apartment complexes across the city. we just got video into us of some of the damage. you can see bullets hit windows, doors. one bullet even struck a television set. homes in the southwest and northeast sides of the city were targeted. one man says he was inside his home and woke up to the gunfire. >> just don' t understand what' s going on back here but this is the second time it' s hap