amy: so that is darnell earley. he actually is no longer the emergency manager for the detroit public schools. he has been charged for his role as emergency manager in flint. nayyirah shariff, great to have you back on democracy now! your response to what he said and also what this means for your city? welcome all charges against anyone who was responsible for the largest public health disaster in the history of this country, we still don't have justice for flint. we still do not have safe water running out of our taps. we're still paying the water bill, one of the highest rates in the nation, for water we cannot use. next month they're going to start shutting off water for people who are unable to pay their water bills. we still do not have the wraparound services that we need for our community moving forward. , this commenttte of the emergency manager of gerald earley, and then talk about the role from early when he was the emergency manager to ambrose, who has also been charged. the city council of flint demandin

you have obtained for the aclu of michigan a letter dated march 7, 2014, for emergency manager darnell earley to an official at detroit water. a letter that said, earley writing -- "thank you for the correspondence. which provides flint with the option of continuing to purchase water from dwsd. the city of flint has actively pursued using the flint river as a temporary water source. there will be no need for flint to continue purchasing water to serve its residents and businesses after april 17, 2014." so in this clilip from your documentary "hard to swallow," curt guyette, you talk to howard croft, flint's director of public utilities, and present them with a copy of earley's letter after croft tries to -- tried to e explain why the cy switched to the flint river for its water. >> talking about detroit that had over one million nose of infrastructure costs coming that we c could see and w we were kid off their sysystem. >> letter r from darnell earley saying the city of flint has decicided not toto return -- noo continue using detroit watater. correct? is that correct? >> i think the valuati

. >> reporter: schutte filed instny charges against former emergency managers darnell earley, geraldse, and two other former flint employees. the attorney general says earley and ambrose misused a special bond clause which allows the city to borrow money for emergencies. they allegedly devised a legitimate reason to borrow tens of millions of dollars, but then diverted that money to a different project. in 2014, flint switched from using the detroit water department to the flint river to save money. the problem-- the corrosive river water wasn't treated properly, causing lead from old pipes to leach into the water supply. the officials charged were accused of ignoring warnings that the water was unsafe. >> 12 people have died from legionnaire's disease. young children have been exposed rc dangerously high lead levels. >> reporter: in march, darnell earley spoke to cbs news correspondent adriana diaz. >> in retrospect, i'm sure everybody wishes they had done more. i certainly do. >> reporter: flint mother of three, melissa mays: >> these people should go to jail. they should have thei

when you look at the documents -- darnell earley spoke with cbs news correspondent adriana diaz in march. >> in behind sight i wish that i had done more. i wish that i had done more. hindsight is 20/20. >> reporter: governor rick snyder reportedly defended the law of reporting state officials to manage local financial crises. that's something many people in flint like melissa may oppose. >> this people should go to jail. they should have their rights taken away as we did. under the emergency managers, we have no rights. we have no say. >> reporter: ambrose, croft and johnson have pleaded not guilty to the charges. earley has not yet entered his plea in court. the announcement brings the total number of government officials charged to 13. the nine others charged are scheduled to appear in court today for a hearing. nor roh? >> all right jericka, thank you so much. the battle over self-driving uber cars may come to a head today ahead the key decision in california that could help determine the future of autonomous vex operated by,,,, >>> huge numbers of chinese people are forced to stay in