simply put, dr. mona is a hero. her persistence exposed the terrible manmade crisis that poisonned my hometown and been an incredible partner in the fight for resources to help fix the problems in flint. her personal story of coming to america from iraq reminds us of the many important contributions that immigrants make. in donald trump's world, though, dr. mona may not have been there for flint kids. she's an iraqi immigrant. in donald trump's world she would have actually been turned away. she would not have been the hero of thousands of flint families. she is the apit mimi of what it means to be an american citizen and she stood up for what was right. she exposed the facts in flint michigan, in the face of bullying and spoke truth to power and she persisted. she is a hero. she is what makes this country debate. she is with good about united states of america and immigrant to this country and stood with the people of my hometown and she is a presence and her presence is intended to send a message to the president

i am proud today to have dr. mona atisha, the daughter of iraqi american scientists, the physician who helped expose the flint water crisis as my guest at the joint session and the address by the president tonight. simply put, dr. mona, as her patients call her, is a hero. er persistence exposed the terrible man-made crisis that poisoned my hometown. she's been an incredible partner in the fight for resources to elp fix the problems in flint. her personal story of coming to america from iraq reminds us of the many important contributions that immigrants make. in donald trump's world, though, dr. mona may not have been there for flint kids. she's an iraqi immigrant. in donald trump's world she would actually have been turned away. she would not have been the hero to thousands of flint families. she's the epitome of what makes america great. what it means to be an american citizen. she stood up for what was right. exposed the facts in flint, michigan. in the face of bullying, she spoke truth to power and she persisted.

. >> pediatrician, dr. mona henna helped to expose the crisis in 2015. symptoms, she says, could take years to show. >> not knowing a lot of anxiety that the families are going through, was my kid always supposed to have issues for school. >> officials say the water is safer, it's been nearly three years since a switch to a corrosive water source from leeched lead from the pipes and out the faucets. if the water is safer, why are people still afraid to drink it? part, because they're still told to use filters. but there is an even more distressing problem in flint. how ready are the people of flint to believe what officials tell them? >> it's hard to believe. >> there's a real deficit of trust, isn't there? >> there is, with good reason. when we were misled by local, state and federal government. >> karen weaver took office in the middle of the crisis. >> people need new pipes, people deserve new pipes. that's going to give people confidence that okay, things are fine again. >> but it's expensive and slow. only 800 homes refitted so far. >> pretty good.

among those invited to trump's address tuesesday is dr. mona hanna-atattisha -- an iraqi-american doctor who first discovered flint's children had elevated levels of lead in their blood. president trump is expected to signgn a new executiveve order banning travel from seven majority muslim nations later this week. his muslim travel ban was blocked by the courts. despite trump's travel ban's first suspension, the son of legendary boxer muhammad ali was detained for hours by immigration officials at fort lauderdale-hollywood international airport on february 7, only a few days after the travel ban was blocked nationwide by seattle district judge james robart. the laywer for 44-year-old muhammad ali, jr., says as he was going through customs on the way back from jamaica, he was stopped, asked if he was muslim, and then when he said yes, he was held and questioned for nearly two hours about his religion. olympic gold medalist, reality tv show star, and r republican trump supporter caitlyn jenner has issued a direct message to president trump,p, cal

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