diane estabrook reports. diane. >> ladies and gentlemen, the democratic candidates for president of the united states. >> reporter: it was their seventh debate. the venue, flint, michigan, the focus, the stoxic water crisis. the candidates be left no time to sound off. >> dereliction of duty is irresponsible, he should resign. >> it is raining lead in flint and the state is derelict in not coming forward with the money that is required. >> reporter: and both were challenged on the failings of the federal environmental protection agency. >> people should be fired. how far up it went, i don't know but as far as it goes they should be relieved because they failed this city. >> president sanders would fire anybody who knew about what was happening and did not act appropriately. >> reporter: the candidates were grilled from everywhere direction. some questions were point pend. >> your first visit to flint was five months ago. what took you so long? >> well, first of all that was not quite accurate. i was here long

. >>> unemployment in illinois is higher than the national average and as al jazeera answer diane estabrook reports. >> layoffs began at this nabisco plant in chicago. >> i have a daughter in college and we have to scramble to figure out what to do. >> reporter: nabisco's parent is moving jobs to mexico rather than renovate this 60-year-old facility. drawing fire. >> when companies decides to leave like nabisco is leaving and threaf gotten tax benefits to stay there, i'm going to claw back those benefits. >> i know how to stop it. >> jobs are tront and center for many illinois voters this election year. unemployment is 6.1%, more than a percentage point higher than the national rate. also significantly higher than other surrounding states in the rust belt. the line group in suburban chicago makes precision parts for companies like cummings and honeywell. an even higher problem for him is the high cost of doing business in illinois. he says while the state struggles under a massive $6 billion in defendants, his costs have increased. he says it's harder for him to add workers and create badly

diane estabrook, al jazeera. >> pandas are are doing well. they caught a red panda having fun with the camera and their cubs. >>> this video from the smithsonian will likely go viral, it shows tien tien one of the pandas at the washington zoo taking a bath. sometimes tien tien likes to play in water during breeding season. i'm antonio mora, thanks for joining us, swrawz i ray suarezp next with "inside story." have a great weekend. >> today, a fascinating poll of american muslims was alsod, asking about religious identity. american identity, political identity, civil engagement, and it found that muslim americans answered those questions like americans. during the hotly contested primary season, a look at a small and fascinating group of american voters. muslim and american. it's the "inside story".

diane estabrook takes us there. >> boards a bus then a crosstown train. the hour long commute takes him downtown to a minimum wage job at a bowling alley and a restaurant. >> that is a long way to go for a job. >> you know, determination, that's what i have. >> is it worth it? >> yes, it's definitely worth it. >> in inglewood, a large number of black men are unemployed. it used to be a large business district in the city but now littered with closed businesses like this one. race riots drove many mom and pops out of the neighborhood. manufacturers like nabisco started sending good paying jobs across the border to mexico. the lack of opportunity has helped turn inglewood into a hotbed of gang activity. glen fulton is trying to change that. he heads the greater inglewood development corporation. the organization helped bring whole foods to the neighborhood. the grocer is building a store that will open this summer and will employ about 100 workers. he thinks inglewood is right for change but he admits it won't happen if the people here aren't on board. >> i

. >> diane estabrook is with us outside the fox theater, that's where the debate took place. it got ugly and some would say vulgar. >> yeah, donald trump definitely on the hot seat. marco rubio and ted cruz were unrelenting in their attacks against him and at one point. things got uncomfortably personal. >> he referred to my hands as small, something else must be small, i guarantee there's no problem. i guarantee you. >> standing up for his manhood and his business experience is. >> he has convinced people that he is something he's not, this is a fact, he talks about these great businesses he's built, he inherented more than $100 million. >> wrong wrong. >> senator marco rubio and senator ted cruz teamed up in an effort to stop him. >> donald trump has written checks to hillary clinton not once not twice not three times, ten times. >> reporter: the sharpest criticism came from fox moderators, who did digging into trump's economic plan. >> the defendant is 544 billion, more than half a trillion dollars. the numbers don't add up. >> reporter: the moderators also presshim on his