how is it buying only products in detroit, farmers in detroit, helping detroit?ng people in detroit. everyone here lives in detroit. >> if i ask the same question, i say i don't [ muted ]. i'm doing it well. i'm doing anytime a place i love. and i am demonstrating that yet another person gives a [ muted ], believes in it enough to be here. >> you're 100% right. i never really thought about it until you asked that question. it's like -- to me it's just obvious. >> what will the detroit of the future look like? whatever you may think it should look like, it will probably taste like this. t...to help sense danger before7 was engiyou do. . because when you live to innovate, you innovate to live. the all-new audi q7. a higher form of intelligence has arrived. ♪ ♪ >>> somewhere in this unassuming neighborhood, one can sit down for an excellent meal. but you won't find this place on yelp and unfortunately i cannot tell you where it is exactly. why not, you ask? it's not exactly a restaurant, you see. which means it's not strictly speaking legal. >> what is this place? >

he was then moved to detroit.ournalist kate levy has been speaking to students, teachers and parents in detroit about the crisis. >> i have gotten used to seeing rats everywhere. i have gotten used to seeing the dead bugs. i have tried to ignore all the graffiti when i'm trying to use the bathroom. i'm still bothered by these things. it makes me feel second and it does not feel good. -- it makes me feel sick and it does not feel good. in detroit, almost the entire political district was closed wednesday because of the latest teacher sickout. >> my name is alicia. my daughter -- my son and daughter go to the academy of america. >> an old building. it is falling apart. we were trying to move -- there was a movement to move the building. they are still there. there's rats, mold. you can smell it when you open the door. not a good environment for the kids to be in all day. baxter and i carl am out here to support the teachers as a parent because i dcs.children that attend the long-term effecwith mol in theuilding,here

what will detroit become? out right now. >> do you think there is room in this city for everyone to practice what they believe? >> if you want to it in your basement, that's fine. parading it in public and trying to bring legitimacy to symbolism, that is not positive, with a statue of the devil is not the right kind of symbolism for the city of detroit. >> this country has always had profound people of faith who brought their faith values into the public square. how can a satanist tell me i got to be neutral? we must make a stand today to say our faith belongs in public. >> that's right. >> somebody say our faith. >> our faith. >> belongs. >> belongs. >> in public. >> in public. >> the satanic temple said they'll gladly go away if the government adheres to the separation of church and state and stops caking cues from the church. what do you think about that? >> i'm going to fight to make sure that the satanic temple's understanding of the separation of church and state and their political agenda does not gain

the detroit education coalition also recommended a detroit education commission to help students achieve better results in all detroit schools. this is a good idea, but has not drawn much support. we should keep looking at this key element to help detroit's kids. the school reform office, working with detroit public schools and local leaders will , actively address the issues in lieu of the commission. all of us from state and local , officials, education to charitable, and civic leaders, parents to concerned citizens need to work together quickly. , the challenges are well-known. the alternatives are defined. now is the time to get something done. great schools are critically important for the city of detroit, and the entire state of michigan. let's address this decade-long crisis now. [applause] every michigan child deserves an education that launches them into a successful career path in life. the best careers in the modern economy require training with access to programs that gives them the skills and experience necessary to prepare them for college, career, and life. we have made pr

simply put, there are not enough jobs in detroit. this will be president obama's 18th visit to michigan, his visit will be a short one. he'll arrive just afternoon, and wrap up around 5:00. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, detroit. >>> and as for that bailout, it cost taxpayers less than many expected. georgia loaning gm and chrysler as much as $80 million back in 2009. five years later most of that was paid back. taxpayers left on the hook for about $9 billion in unpaid debt. it saved more than 4 million jobs by keeping gm and chrysler afloat. >>> donald trump welcomes the support of sarah palin in the final push before iowa. and -- armed attackers storm a university in pakistan. >>> in politics, donald trump is in iowa after receiving his biggest endorsement yet. former vice presidential candidate, sarah palin. the former governor of alaska making that announcement at a racous speech in iowa. >> only one candidate's success proves he is the master of the art of the deal. he is beholden to no one but we the people. how refreshing. he is

, one of the golden years for detroit. the cracks were beginning then? >> absolutely. >> sociologists at the university that year issued a report largely ignored that said that detroit was on its way to losing half a million people by the end of the 1960less, and the depopulation would continue for the foreseeable future, stripping the city of the a tax base. part was the auto industry, the industry moving away from detroit. part was the history of racial detention, and the unwilling aspect which blacks in detroit, called nig roe removal. they were showing the signs of weak innocence. what did the mood by the auto industry to leave, to get out of detroit, what did it do for the city. it was short-sited. the movement was out of detroit. it began before 1963. moving plants to different cities and states and really into the world, but importantly leaving detroit emotionally. that was the key. when we talked to autoexecutives, they regret they left behind the heart of detroit. they built the auto industry. they were left behin

a detroit city. although it detailed the peak in the city, it says signs of a decline were already there. i asked him what inspired him to write the book >> i wasn't expecting to write a book about detroit until the bowl in 2011, during half-time watching the super bowl, and it saw a-- i saw a commercial. first i saw the highway sign that said detroit and that made me pay attention and then all of these iconic images of detroit, the joe illegal use, the-- lewis, heavy weight champ, murals of detroit history, and eminem, walking into the gloryous faction theatre, a black rising, and eimen pointing and saying this is the motor city. this is what we do. i choked up. they were just selling chryslers, but it meant a lot to me t i thought about what it gave america and what i could write >>> you focused on the year, 1963. tell us why. >> this was a period when detroit was booming. there are four main themes or threads of the books. automobiles, music, motown, the sown track of my generation, the labor move

in detroit. i lived there the first six and a half years of my life mostly, and my earliest, strongest memories, are of that city, and that commercial provoked something in me that set me on the path to thinking about, what die do? i write. how can i honor this city that mean so much to my earlier thoughts and my family? then i started sort of over the course of several months figuring out how to do the book. >> host: why did you focus on 1963? >> guest: one of the ways i operate is -- for most of my work i use the metaphor, i set my oil rig somewhere and drill as deeply at i can. what i wanted to do in the first place was honor this city. what detroit gave america. which is an enormous amount. so i started thinking about those threads, what did detroit give america? that was the heart of the labor movement under the united auto workers. very important to civil rightness the 1960s. connected in part to the auto workers-but in terms of supporting the southern civil rights movement and the activiti

bisi onile-ere is in detroit. bisi. >> john, the president started his comments by saying, the city is coming back. the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. it has come back but there are still hurdles ahead. today a city fighting for a come back is showing progress. >> until recently it was spotty, always spotty. >> reporter: before detroit's bankruptcy about 40% of the street lights were broken. now, nearly 90% of the lights have been replaced. we visited mark covington. >> we don't get nothing over here and when you do get something you try to cherish that. >> reporter: the city says that ambulance response times have improved. there's a new fleet of city buses. violent crime is on the decline. once the target of a selloff a collection of city owned art was saved and for the first time in decades, construction downtown is booming. >> we're really honored to kind of write back distilling history, bring back to the city's roots with distilled spirits. >> reporter: one of the many investors in the area, a

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 f

i was born in detroit and grew up in the detroit area, went to high school in detroit, and my father a grocery store in detroit. and the time period you focused on just happened to be when i was a junior and senior in high school. so there are memories of it that i specifically have which you evoked including the introduction of the mustang when i was a senior. i attended a couple of no to town reviews -- motown reviews, and i had great admiration for walter ruther, and i really appreciate what you did with him in the book. i just wanted to ask you what most surprised you about detroit then and now? something you sort of referred to, one of the readers, that you find things that may not have been on the surface. what did you do in all this exhaustive research that surprised you about the city. >> guest: well, thank you for asking. i often say that i try to approach a book where everything surprises me, where i get rid of all my presuppositions so everything seems fresh and new. i'll talk about one. you know, i was fascinated in the motown section of the book by the question of why. w

though his visit to detroit was brief, he had the opportunity to have lunch today with the mayor of detroit, mike duncan, and the other city leaders, and he stopped at a popular watch stop. shineola, before touring the national auto show. the president's speech today focus on the resurgence of the american auto industry, but he also talked about how far the city of detroit has come since emerging from bankruptcy. take a listen. >> starting five years ago, i sent some of my top people across the federal government to help city hall and ordinary citizens, to spark that comeback here in motor city. so today you have buses that are running again, streets that are well lit again. new homes and ginses getting off the ground again. there's still plenty of work to do, but you can feel the difference. you can feel something special happening in detroit. you know, i stopped by a restaurant to have lunch, the jolly pumpkin, that was tasty stuff. >> reporter: and in 2013, the federal government pitched in tens of thousands of dollars to help improve things here in the city of detroit, some of the issui

first, omar villafranca in detroit. >> reporter: hundreds of detroit teachers who called in sick today were instead detroit auto show where president obama was a guest. >> i have to take a stand. >> reporter: monica tyson teaches elementary and junior high students. >> my mindset is always to be there for the children to make sure they have the best education possible, but at the same time, we have to also stand up for their rights because they can't speak for themselves. >> reporter: the planned sick-out affected nearly 45,000 students and shut down 91% of detroit public schools. >> stand up! >> fight back! >> reporter: teachers are upset about recent paycuts and what they are calling deplorable conditions at their schools. these photos show just some of the problems-- heavily damaged ceilings and roofs, maggots in the toilets, mice sharing rooms with students. and at one pownt, mushrooms were growing inside a classroom. nine-year-old julia murray says the furnace at her school is broken. >> one time our teachers allowed us to wear our coat, but she anyway because she was cold herself

. >>> and detroit public schools now filing suits against their teachers after days of sickouts to keepheir kids out of class. ♪ >>> you are looking at former oklahoma city police officer being escorted into the court today. he is set to find out any moment now many he will spend the rest of his life in prison for raping and sexually assaulting several women while on duty. he was convicted of 18 counts of sex crimes back in december. he faces up to 263 years in prison. a judge expected to hand down that sentence today. heidi zhou castro is inside the courthouse. and what is the latest? >> reporter: hey, del. so this packed courthouse behind me has everyone waiting in anticipation for the sentencing to begin. the delay, is possibly due to a last-minute motion filed by his attorneys yesterday seeking a new trial. they claim prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense team that may have helped his case. there were 13 african american women from a low-income neighborhood here in oklahoma city who said he sexually assaulted them while on patrol. ultimately a jury back in december convicte

the governor said the legislature needs to act soon. >> detroit schools are in a crisis.he detroit schools are in need of a transformational change. >> reporter: the emergency manager says if help doesn't come by april, the district will be insolvent. >> we're talking about the lives of some 47,000 students and families and communities. so these things are critical to the long-term survivability of any city or community. so we're at a point now where we believe it can be fixed but we need the legislature to do that. >> reporter: darnell couldn't say what would happen if the state fails to act, but the teachers fear it could mean even fewer teachers and a tougher learning environment for detroit's children. >> and the union responding to the school districts request to ban the sickouts all together saying: >>> a boston attorney is looking into allegations of sexual assault at a prestigious rhode islander boarding school. not clear what is behind the change. the middleton, rhode island school, acknowledges it did not report those accuses to authorities. >>> in alabama a man

detroit is no different.ts and the community are fed up with lancing abysmal conditions that permeate detroit public schools. these walkouts have been going on since january 11th, and this school district is $3 billion in debt. >> does the school district debate any of this? >> some of the public administrators are tweeting out similar photos. almost 50 years old, $3 billion in debt. this is a national crisis at this point. >> are they gonna be sick tomorrow? >> i think there will be sickouts probably every day. probably not at this level. probably less tomorrow, but there have been these rolling sickouts since january 11th. walkouts are illegal. so that's why they're calling it a sick-out. >> because of union rules. >> yes. >> turning now to flint, michigan, where there are demands for governor rick snyder to resign among his mishandling of the city's water crisis. in his state of the state address, an apologetic governor snyder announced a more than $20 million plan to aid the people of flint. joining me no

the detroit schools are in need of a transformational change. >> reporter: the emergency manager of detroitlic schools says it help doesn't come by april the district will be insolvent. >> we are talking about the lives of some 47,000 students, we are talking about families and communities and so these things are very critical to the long-term survivability of any city or any community so let's just say that we are at a point now where we believe it can be fixed but we need the legislature to do that. >> reporter: early couldn't say what would happen if the state fails to act. >> got to go. >> reporter: teachers fear it could mean even fewer teachers and a tougher learning environment for detroit's children, diane in detroit. >>> we were scheduled to talk with the interim president of the teachers union who you saw in the piece and she cancelled because of the injunction filed against her with the district. >>> staying in michigan we are getting a sense of the confusion at the start of the water crisis in flint, michigan governor rick snyder released hundreds of pages of e-mail and some sho

the detroit schools are in need of a transformational change. >> the emergency manager of detroit public schools said if help doesn't come by april, the district will be insolvent. >> we are talking about the lives of 47,000 students and families and communities. these things are very critical to the long term survivability of any city or any community, so let's just say that we're at a point now where we believe it can be fixed, but we need the legislature to do that. >> darnell early couldn't say what might happen if the state fails to act. the teachers fear it could mean even fewer teachers and even tougher learning environment for detroit's children. >>> we're getting a better sense of the confusion at the start of the water crisis in flint. rick snyder released emails, some showing his top staff unsure who was responsible for cleaning up the mess, including this email that understands the real responsibility rests with the county, city and k.w.a., the local water authority. flint's new mayor has a warning for other cities around the country, don't let this happen to you. >> there ar

president obama will be in detroit for the detroit auto show today but doesn't look like erica he willually be visiting flint today. >> all right andy life in lansing michigan for us, thank you. in order to fix the water crisis in flint the city not only has to cleanup the water, it also has to upgrade the failing infrastructure and that will not be cheap. >> al jazeera's john henry smith has been checking out that part of the story and flint not the only place dealing with a problem with old pipes. >> a problem across the country for decades and cities pushing out expensive maintenance projects to keep water bills low but it may catch up with them like philadelphia, new orleans and des moines to replace old pipes and water systems in the country are more than 100 years old. everyday about 700 water mains break around the nation, that results in a loss of around the trillion gallons of clean drinking water every single day because of pipes and broken mains and facility meters and say there is a huge gap in funding but unlike pot holes and crumbling bridges decaying water systems are ou

in detroit, 2.3 points per mr. that's the point at which 10% are worse than that, and 90% of the people are less than that. >> it doesn't get a concern until 5 parts per billion. and that's the epa standard, but that's when health problems start to show up. among the 271 homes, the reading was 227 parts per billion, and that's almost twice what the epa allows, and their limits are considered to be too loose. in a home in flint, 158 parts per billion, and that's ten times the epa's limit. and in one unlucky home, when the researchers went to check on what had been very high readings by officials, they were careful to get the most representative, it was 13,000 parts per billion. at 5,000 parts per billion, the epa considers it to be toxic waste, and that's what was coming out of the pipes in the home. one researcher said we have never seen such high levels, and this city, flint, michigan, has a very serious problem. >> jay, thank you. and let's see susan again. and susan, i want to check before we go to break, and ca

(speaking foreign language) announcer: in detroit, amy asked for a five dollar donation. here it's a 100 rupees which is roughly a dollar. announcer: and already there's a long line of people willing to put their hand in their pocket and show some support. (music) announcer: the "idea fest" team were hoping for a crowd of around 150 people, but nearly twice that have turned up and they seemed impressed. nepali voter: it's going to happen again and a again. totally a fun day. nepali voter: thumbs up for the "idea fest". nepali voter: the eas were good. the events, the music, everything's nice, the whole ambience ivery good. nepali voter: i believe that youth can change. i believe that if they are given a platform they can do different things. suraj: hello, everyone. crowd: hello! announcer: suraj iher s anot the hopefuls pitching an idea today. he wants to encourage more young people to donate blood. suraj: it'll help us a little bit more because we are doing it since three years and uh, we are not there, where we wanted to be. so uh, it'll be a good opportunity for us uh,

detroit in those days, a little bit of a different detroit, maybe a more optimistic detroit than there is now, right? - yeah, i don't know, depending on who you talk to. i haven't really been back in detroit properly in the city for a while, but some people say there's a great art scene there now, which i would like to go and check out. lots of stuff happening, and hopefully a rebirth at some point. - the city's coming back. you went to art school in detroit first, before going at san francisco. - [mary lynn] yes. different experience than being out in the west coast? - absolutely, i mean, i love detroit a lot. that was a really exciting time in my life because i kind of went to art school because i wasn't a good student, i didn't... study very much. college wasn't...i just thought, "ehh, i don't wanna do that, "i'm gonna have to take subjects over again "that i was never interested in the first place, "or i'm gonna have to get a job." so i found art school just to - [evan] perfect pause. - [mary lynn] to not have to do any of those, and i thought, "oh, let me try to draw something, "a

work inur recent detroit gives us a measure of pride, detroit schools are in a crisis. detroit schools are in need of a transformational change. too many schools are failing at their central task of caring young michiganders for successful, rewarding life. not all detroit students are getting the education they deserve. this is a large problem. nearly 100 schools and detroit public schools, 50 charter schools in and around the city, 15 educational achievement schools, several adjacent charter and school districts, yet parents cannot find the quality education they seek. one of the issues is detroit public schools are deeply in debt. by the summer, it will be $515 million in debt. needed outcomes, financial stability in detroit public schools must be achieved. over $1100 per student is going to debt service and not the classroom. let's solve this problem and help the kids. prompt legislative action is needed to minimize the fiscal impact on both detroit and the rest of michigan. the time to act is now and avoid court intervention that could he much more dense -- much mor

detroit is a good place to be a teacher and they spend three times as much on students in detroit and only 10% of detroit students can read proficiency. i like this strike actually because it draws attention to the fact that the teachers are part of the problem and need to be part of the solution. >> how does walking out help the children. >> i think the teachers are rising the attention to the kborn governor. i don't think it's the best optics. i think they could have chosen a better way, but it calls attention to the fact it's not able to teach. it's the cost to the students that's the problem. >> not legally allowed to strike. detroit and flipt are in a serious problem. they need to do when obama's there. they're paying for water $1.5 million a month. there's no tax base in those cities. they still live outside of detroit and the only way to solve this is federal money, but they are in bad decline and you can't cut your way out as we learned with the flint water problem. >> this has nothing to do with the governor. this is an embarrassment to the education system in the united stat

first, omar villafranca in detroit. >> reporter: hundreds of detroit teachers who called in sick today were instead protesting outside of the detroit auto show where president obama was a guest. >> i have to take a stand. >> reporter: monica tyson teaches elementary and junior high students. >> my mindset is always to be there for the children to make education possible, but at the same time, we have to also stand up for their rights because they can't speak for themselves. >> reporter: the planned sick- out affected nearly 45,000 students and shut down 91% of detroit public schools. >> stand up! >> fight back! >> reporter: teachers are upset about recent paycuts and what they are calling deplorable conditions at their schools. these photos show just some of the problems-- heavily damaged ceilings and roofs, maggots in the toilets, mice sharing rooms with students. and at one point, mushrooms were growing inside a classroom. nine-year-old julia murray says the furnace at her school is broken. >> one time our teacher allowed us to wear our coat, but she wasn't supposed to but she did an

nbc's jay gray is live at the detroit auto show, which opposite in a couple hours. this is the car show to watch, right? in there no, it absolutely is there. good morning to you f. it's got four wheels, chances are you can find it here from the muscle cars to minivans to consents, to exacts. this year, connected cars. the detroit auto show opens this morning with a display of horse power and this year high-tech. >> all the technology in the car is really the biggest buzz in our industry right now. >> reporter: from autonomous connected cars. >> think of everything you know and love about your smartphone and it integrates all that technology and that efficiency into the vehicle right in front of your eyes. and deers. >> changing lanes. >> a trip in a talking car may not be that far. cameras and software tested right now, that allow a vehicle to communicate with a driver, other cars on the road, stop lights to get real time traffic information and smartphones and pedestrians along the route. >> the opportunity to get that had advanced information before the car is the