. >>> for people in flint, michigan, a sad milestone. the city has not gone for more than 1,000 days without clean drinking water. still in a crisis over lead contamination. there is enormous concern about potential health problems in children who drank that water as the city deals with a crisis of confidence. more tonight from stephanie gosk. >> at first, cummings preschool in flint, michigan, it looks pretty typical. until you talk to the teachers. >> what i'm noticing more is that reaction times are quicker for kids to become more explosive and angry. >> that volatility could be the first sign of what people in the city fear. the effects of lead exposure. every single child who was exposed to the water at the most vulnerable age, half of them have high levels of lead. >> the kids need more support, more one-on-one. >> good nutrition, lots of outdoor play and mental stimulation are all ways to slow down the lead's effects. >> there is no medication to get rid of the lead in our children. >> pediatrician, dr. mona henna helped to expose

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 of the united states and rest of the country is that is what makes america great and adds to the fabric of this country and i'm grateful to have her here today. >> prull will outline his budget priorities. e talked about his his plans earlier on "washington journal earlier today. " promised, jacqueline klimas ijoining us from "washington examiner." good morning. about the $54 billion, put that into context for us? guest: there claiming it is a 10% increase, but no one was really expecting it to grow to that number. everyone

flint. flint is in the middle of the great lakes, in the largest source of freshwater in the world. to this day, we don't have safe drinking water. >> michigan's attorney general brought criminal charges against 13 people connected to flint's water crisis. many of them pled not guilty. the strongest charges carry sentences up to 20 years, jose. >> stephanie, back to the water quality. what does it mean when you say it's safe? we're talking about 1,000 days after the crisis. >> state officials say it falls within government guidelines, but then they add caveats like you need a filter. doesn't instill a lot of confidence. then there are concerns that when you replace these pipes, it has the potential to dislodge lead and put it back out the faucet. safer is very clearly not safe. >> safer. three years into this. >> remarkable. >> stephanie, thank you very much. >>> in florida, the launch of a spacex rocket was stopped thousands of people come to watch the some from the same launchpad where astronauts flew to the moon half a century ago. if the problem is fixed, they'll try again tomor

hillary clinton and trump both visited flint during the campaign. trump ended up carrying michigan, the first republican to do that in a long time. but more broadly on the topic of his campaign promises is one of much discussion. infrastructure is something he talked about a lot on the trail. obviously, water quality in cities falls under infrastructure. we haven't seen a big push for that kind of infrastructure bill with spending on the hill and that is the kind of thing where he differs from republican party orthodoxy. a lot of republicans don't want to do a bigger researcher package which is where you would see something like flint aid come in. host: i want to ask you, i know politico had a story last week about the white house rehashing the hill outreach to members. what can you talk about on that front and what we might see this guest: vice mark president pence is heading to the hill today to have a meeting. the effort to get judge gorsuch through has written have the efforts. i think you will continue to see mike pence be at the center of that

we saw in flint, michigan a tragedy occur. where do you think the federal government needs to strengthen its regulatory roles to make sure that our children are safe from lead? >> i think with flint, michigan it's an example of not delay in response by the epa. there should have been more done on corrosion control programs with the flint, michigan system. as you know, under the clean water act and the safe drinking water act, if there's an emergency situation, the epa can enter an emergency order to address those kinds of concerns. i think there should have been a more fast response, a more rapid response to flint, michigan. i think with respect to water quality, it is infrastructure. water infrastructure is important. and as you indicated, the states play a very vital role in that process and there needs to be more cooperation between the epa and the states to ensure water quality -- >> so i understand, you have filed and participated in several lawsuits against the epa's involvement saying the locals should have the responsi

a civil rights commision is placng the blame for the water crisis in flint.r controversial stance, next. and here is ♪ ♪ jon batiste has mastered new ways to play old classics. with chase atms, he can master new ways to deposit checks too. easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. a state commission says racism played a role in the water crisis in flint, michigan. a report by the civil rights commission was released friday. it doesn't find that any civil rights laws were broken. but it says that systematic racism and implicit bias helped create problems with drinking water. according to the report, many residents said the problems would've been treated differently if flint were not predominantly black. high poverty level, low education, high..the low medium income. there are practices going on that continue to produce and reproduce separation of wealth and opportunity. the report was approved by the civil rights commission. it will be forwarded to lawmakers and the governor. it will be up to them to implement some or all of the future

almost certainly by what they've said breathe dirtier air and drink dirtier water, even after we had flint. they are almost certainly going to be much less protected against financial repay shous agencies that try to take advantage of them. the budget proposal is a reflection of where the president is at and who he is, today's hard right republican party which has done this budget through its cabinet believes in, which is relieve the burdens on the wealthy and special interests, whether they be coal companies or financiers and put the burden on the middle class. >> on that subject, i always say show me your values, show me your budget. i think this is not going to be a statement of values of the american people when we see it. thank you. >> one followup. there's a question just pure numbers in the house and the senate. don't they basically have the votes to carry out what they want to do, just like they have their cabinet and now this budget blueprint? >> well, that's what everyone said about aca and the fact that they're governing from the hard right makes it a lot harder for them to even

why should people from flint trust that more government is the answer? >> that's a good point.ould let wall street come in and run the city of flynt. john: this villification of money making. you worked in the financial sector. you are a democrat. >> if that parking contractor can do a better job, we friep resources. john: why can the contractor do a better job. >> they apply technology. john: why can't the city apply technology. >> the city was in financial distress. john: private companies go out of business if they don't do a good job. i'll let the jersey city mayor answer that. what if they screw up? >> they are toast. we'll give the contract to somebody else. there is nothing like the prospect of a hanging. >> these men worked for jersey city water when the department said it couldn't be done. now they do what couldn't be done. >> are you working harder? yes, you are always on the go, every date many something different. john: were you goofing off before? >> occasionally. >> government workers, many of them are hard workers, but you can't fire the bad ones. it creates a cu

exposed the facts in flint, michigan. in the face of bullying, she spoke truth to power and she persisted. exposed the she is a hero. she is what makes this country great. she is what's good about the united states of america. an immigrant to this country who stood for the people of my hometown. she is a message and her presence here today is intended to send a message to the president of the united states and to the rest of the country that that's what makes america great. she adds to the fabric of this country. i'm grateful to have her here today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, over 260 americans have traveled to iraq and syria to fight for known foreign terrorist organizations. when they are -- when they retur

no real detail on how that is going, there is a process and douglas flint and stuart gulliver are due megabits candidacy would look at, both portuguese, there is the head of uk and european hsbc and the chief executive of lloyds bank, one of the other big banks in the uk commerce and big candidates. there are not that many people houara chelated in the right way with the right skill set to run a massive global bank. there is only a handful of people, there could be an internal candidate, it could be external, shareholders are most at —— are more focused on whether bankers going to do stuart gulliver rather than what will happen next. rather than what will happen nextlj am rather than what will happen next.|j am sure you will be putting this on the website? may well be! is that an order?! some other stories, it is an extremely busy day. the world's biggest miner, bhp billiton, reports a near eight—fold rise in underlying first—half net profit to $3.24 billion from $412 million a year earlier. quite a turnaround. and shareholders received a bigger than expected dividend of a0 cents a sh

when you go back to flint, michigan, the same situation. you have water quality challenge which is again bringing water off to the public interest. so there have been issues going on that people started getting more interested. what it takes to bring clean water to them. taking advantage of the opportunity so we need to think about how we can be smarter and use data to manage our system more effectively. there are so many technologies out there. there are smart meters using the existing data, the amount of water they use, how they respond to price change and climates and how they respond to different messaging. trying to understand if the demand for water is changing. using this data to become smarter in the way we manage our water system and then using that information to see what kind of infrastructure do we really need in the future. right now a lot of the water utilities think about big infrastructure and big dam, big pipeline and bring water from one location to the next. maybe the next generation 21st century water system does not req

look at flint, michigan. they still don't have clean water.hese are problems that need to be addressed. we don't have clean water in this country. instead of going to war with other countries, we need to go to war with ourselves. we need to help our veterans and help our fellow man and have access to clean water and health care. ourhere a way we can keep military spending at the same rate instead of increasing it? there must be more we can do for -- fellow man then put more than put more spending in our military. host: stanley in vienna, virginia. caller: the budget to the military is very interesting in dollars from no weapons and systems and moves that to pay increases. we have a cabinet the president has hand-picked where you've got a few guys that would not take an action dollar to do what they did in military service. i know them. i served with them. you have most of that cabinet that would not have their children make $1 million to serve for one day in the military and battle. how does that group of people reconcile a budget that actuall

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at the ingham county sheriffs department the, sheriff flint is on duty. >> i'm the shift supervisor and there. i didn't know if it would be a fatality or fender bender. i have been doing this 20 years. i've never seen anything like this. >> examining the accident site, flint can tell the truck was airborne for about 100 feet and landed squarely on all four wheels on the creek bed below. the air bags deployed cushioning the driver's landing. >> frankly, i was spried that we didn't have a fatality. >> they identify the driver as 58-year-old mark moreland. >> i think he was in quite a bit of shock. he was talking, but he wasn't making sense. from the time that i arrived on the scene, it was about 15 minutes to stabilize mr. moreland down in the creek bed, put him on a backboard and then he was lifted out with the use of a ladder truck over on to the highway and placed in an ambulance that was ready to transport to the hospital. [ sirens ] >> while moreland is rushed off for emergency care, police are left wondering why he sped off the road at more than 60 miles an hour. >> at that point in

not to videotape and drive at the same time because you are putting other people in harm's way. >> flintnd owes his life to air bags, his seat belt and auto engineering. >> technology is a wonderful thing. we have a vehicle that's designed to crumble away, protecting the victims and it was captured on video phone. what a wonderful world we live in. >>> coming up -- >> this is it. this is how i'm going to die. >> man versus gravity. >> i thought this could be the last few moments. the thought goes through your mind. >> when "caught on camera, brace yourself" continues. ♪ ♪ whether you're after supreme performance... ...advanced intelligence... ...or breathtaking style... ...there's a c-class just for you. decisions, decisions, decisions. lease the c300 sedan for $389 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. so we know how to cover almost alanything.ything, even a "truck-cicle." [second man] how you doing? [ice cracking] [second man] ah,ah, ah. oh no! [first man] saves us some drilling. [burke] and we covered it, february fourteenth, twenty-fifteen. t

may have forgotten about the flint lead crisis. for diane, her family is a reminder. >> they're severely impaired and they're being retaught all these things now. gavin's not growing properly. he's 39 pounds and almost 6 years old. >> reporter: there's not only the physical and developmental effects, there's also an emotional toll. >> it clicks in their head, okay, we were poisoned, are we going to die? >> reporter: the health and development fund focuses on the short and long-term needs of the city's children expose to lead. >> we have committed to raising money over the next 10 to 20 years to follow these children into adult hood, because times it takes years for the impact of lead exposure to manifest itself. >> reporter: the walters family still relies on bottled water for everything, drinking, cooking, baths. walters says they use about ten cases of water a day. >> reporte >> what's happened to the children, to the children in my community, it's taken away their innocence, that's not okay. that's not something they can get bac

including white flint.he result one train every 15 minutes during offpeak hours. >> to make cuts that would only guarantee every 15 minutes is just not enough to make it as reliable as of a service for people to use. kevin: wmata says trimming service would save $1.2 million a year. fewer trains would also help with track congestion. >> it's a very important resource for them to have because otherwise it's going to, it just becomes another area that is not accessible other than by a vehicle. kevin: if you would like to weigh in on the proposed service cuts just go to wmata's website where you can issue your opinion. but you must do so by monday at 9:00 a.m. the board of directors will then review the opinions and make a final decision by july 1. in north bethesda, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: all right. thank you. that is it right now at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- virginia leaders get a big push in the fight against the president's travel ban. and still smoking. how long the haze in lorton will last afte

mr russell flint continued, "did you play any part in her death?" "no," he replied. down several times while giving his evidence and had to be handed a box of tissues as he described the death of his wife diane in 2010. it was via an online forum for widows and widowers that he met helen bailey, whose husband had just had died. earlier the court had heard that late in 2015, helen bailey had exchanged online messages with a friend, saying she was unhappy and had finished by saying, "shall we alljust run away, change our names and start again?" ben ando, bbc news, st albans. who will do yourjob in the future? will it be another human or will it be done by a robot? these are questions worth asking because companies are using ever more advanced automation to stay ahead of their competitors. rory cellan—jones gained exclusive access to one firm who say there is no choice but to let the robots do more and more. in a warehouse in hatfield, a very complex operation is under way, assembling 0cado customer orders from 50,000 potential items. it still requires plenty of people

name them if you would. >> general flint has a big strike against him.rike against him is the intelligence community believes rightly or wrongly that he declared war on the intelligence community and brought the campaign entering the president elect phase that he tried to turn president trump against the intelligence community. they are not pleased with that and that may be one reason why the cia just denied someone flint very much wanted on the national security council to have a high level of security clearance. it has something to do with some kind of inspector general investigation for many years ago. we have to think this washington post report that started in this conversation how does anybody know what these two may or may not have discussed. they are some of the best in the world. one might imagine somebody they would be interesting and listening to it would probably be uncomfortable shall we say to have have the vice president defend general flint and then have some transcript or recording come out leaked by the intelligence community perhaps th

it's a tragedy for a generation of children in flint. pollution of our waters is just one of the risks we face if scott pruitt is approved. there are countless more, many evident and others not readily apparent but ready to unfold. please, please fight this appointment in every way you can. thank you, joan, for writing and for the important work that you do. and believe me, i am fighting it in every way that i can. a man from north falmouth wrote to me worried that the progress we've made on protecting public health and the future of our planet is in danger. and here's what he said. oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt is a lifelong ally of corporate polluters. pruitt's nomination is a clear threat to the nation's public health and the progress made on commonsense pollution standards. i cannot tolerate the appointment of a fossil fuel cheerleader to lead the nation's environmental protection efforts. in 2014 pruitt literally acted as a messenger between devon energy and the e.p.a. in an attempt to stifle public health protections. plea

as we have seen in the city of flint, michigan, she's cuts can have a terrible and tragic -- these cuts can have a terrible and tragic impact on the youngest among them. today the citizens of flint still lack clean drinking water and a new generation in that city that have been exposed to a high level of lead face an uncertain future. that's why we have the e.p.a. delaware is the lowest lying state in our nation. the highest point in the state of delaware is a bridge. back home the reality that our climate is changing is not up for debate. families and businesses and owners face the stark realities of climate change almost every day. tackling that challenge is not just the right thing to do or what is best for delaware's economy. it is a matter of survival, but our little state alone cannot withstand the flow of pollution that is causing our coastlines to retreat. every state, every state must do its fair share to safeguard our climate and their neighbors. that's why we have the e.p.a. examples of the air and water pollution produced by one state and found in the air and water of others

a state commission says racism has played a role in the water crisis in flint, michigan.eleased yesterday. the document doesn't claim any civil rights laws were broken... but it says that systematic racism and implicit bias helped create problems with drinking water. according to the report, many residents said the problems would've been treated differently if flint were not predominantly black. the report which was approved yesterday by the civil rights commission....will be forwarded to lawmakers and the governor. it will be up to them to implement some or all of the future recommendations. a disturbing new report about the san jose police department. it shows people of color are more likely to be stopped by officers the study.. conducted by the university of texas-el paso found that blacks and hispanics were about twice as likely as whites to be searched during a vehicle stop. and more than twice as likely to receive a criminal citation. black drivers were also nine times more likely to be interviewed after a vehicle stop. hispanic drivers 3 times more likeley. the san

flint the white house they may be going after pot. >> look at what is on tonight on "jimmy kimmel live." >> the water is rising martha, can you feel it? you and i are drowning, slowly. >>> new at 11:00, what should have been a sleepy ride home in a lyft car turned into a life or death emergency. >> but as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman explains, right person happened to be in the back seat of the car. >> never a dull night, a busy mom runs homework and music practice and dinner. >> everything is crisis as parent. >> patients call her dr. new waunddo, tuss night solved a crisis that may seal reputation as cool customer. began when hired a lyft car home in the airport. sleeping in the back seat. driver rolled down window. seemed to be in distress. recognized the signs. a heart attack. >> don't talk anymore okay? try to take deep breaths. >> this recording the doctor made, instantly switched from passenger to life saver and told the driver to pull over. >> moaning, writhing in pain. >> called 911 and emergency arrived. he moved here after serving u.s. forces in afghanistan as interpret

if you don't believe me, just ask the people of flint, michigan. they're dealing with it every single day. every single day those parents have children who have now been affected by the lead in that water supply. and mr. pruitt -- mr. pruitt chooses to defend and protect the needs of the biofuel industry over the needs of our children? that is not someone worthy of representing the american people. that is not someone worthy of heading this agency. and, you know, let's just stick to mr. pruitt's own words, not the words of oh, not the words of my constituents, but in his own words. this is what he said about the agency that he's been chosen to lead. mr. pruitt describes himself as, and i quote, a leading advocate against the e.p.a.'s activist agenda. he said this on his linkedin page. we bein accessed this in januarf 2016. on the role of the e.p.a., he said, an i quote, i believe the e.p.a. has a role to play in our republican form of government. air and water quality issues can cross state lines and can sometimes require federal intervention. at t

. >> tarque who is 21 says they plan to work at their father's gas stations in flint, michigan. >> what do you think of your dad? >> he is the best dad alive. he works hard to get a better life for us. >> reporter: that's what the family from somalia said as they headed to their new and that family is driving back to kentucky. relatives meeting them here this morning. the aziz family, they're about to board a flight headed back to detroit where they'll drive home to flint, michigan. those boys say they plan to sign up and plan to become a naturalized united states citizen in due course. live at dulles airport, peggy fox, wusa9. >> the legal fight over president trump's travel ban is focused on an appellate court in san francisco. >> attorney generals from 15 states have filed briefs in support of lawsuits -- 97 american companies are challenging the ban saying bad for business. visa holders from seven majority muslim countries are allowed to enter the u.s. today is the deadline for the justice department to file its response to the lawsuits. we're hearing from some people who wonder jus

caroline flint saying that today. this will be interesting. what will she do next week?s coming week. she will have to vote. —— she cannot be all with a migraine. what will happen when other people didn't wa nt will happen when other people didn't want to vote, they wanted at stein, he said no and they've lost their place in the shadow cabinet. —— they wanted to abstain. i think this is the start of jeremy wanted to abstain. i think this is the start ofjeremy corbyn's demise and him going for what diane abbott has done. you think so? do you think he will stick with her? —— i do. i don‘t thinkjeremy corbyn has fought through a brexit strategy. one suspects he is in sympathy. he was not a great enthusiast for the eu. arguably he campaigned more visibly than theresa may did, who was supposed to be in remain. visibly than theresa may did, who was supposed to be in remainlj tweeted the other week that they should have been given a free vote because brexit would have gone through if people had a free vote or not because more constituents and more mps would have had to have vot

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major urban centers like chicago, new york, philadelphia, d.c., flint, michigan, detroit, michigan, and places like that. this is also going to give us heightened racial tensions in these cities where we'll see african-americans, the african-american population increase from 50% to over 700% in some places. so in response to the great depression, president roosevelt passes a series of new deal legislation, new deal policies designed to get us out of the p depression. so many of these policies for our purposes we can think about and consider policies in farming and housing that are helping african-americans. again, we have to remember the vast majority of african-americans are still chicago, new york, philadelphia, d.c., flint, michigan, detroit, residing in the american south and so that's why we should be particularly concerned with policies related to farming and housing. in these areas, we see marginal benefits for african-americans. segregation limits, their efficacy in the south. so we see federal entities providing subsidies to farmers. what happens when you're not the actual farm

the city of flint is a predominately black community...tended to poison flint," but concludes that decisions would have been different if it was predominantly white communities. they recommend replacing or fixing the state's emergency-manager law to analyze the causes of a community's financial problems. incredible video from a police officer's body camera. watch as he springs into action and saves a driver from a burning car. plus elan musk's space "x" is set to venture into space again this weekend. the history it could make with a successful launch. and a live look at our stormtracker four radar tonight. it has been a wet and windy day in the bay area... see what is in store for the rest of the weekend. .synopsis...showers and strong gusty winds being to taper off this afternoon. a few lingering showers into saturday morning. additional storm systems will result in widespread rainfall and increased winds from sunday night into monday and again tuesday night into wednesday. cooler and drier weather conditions then develop late next week.

in a report released today the intended to poison flint's water. however, they said the crisis probably would not have happened in a predominantly white community. larry: it's about to feel like the middle of april. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a check on the weekend warm-up. doug: the warmup is already underway for many communities. above the 50-degree mark today. that is just the beginning. talk about the numbers. a big range. 61 in luray. 64 in petersburg, west virginia. closer to the metro is 40's to 50's. in patuxent river naval air station, the air temperature is 39 because it sits on the bay. getting cold air across the cold water really changes things. for us, it is all looking up. warmer temperatures. low 40's later and overnight in the 30's. by the time you wake up in the morning it's 37. after we start the day it's a rapid warmup throughout the entire day tomorrow with the temperatures eventually i think you like the mild weekend forecast. tomorrow and saturday but straight through presidents' day as well. we

flint the white house they may be going after pot. >> look at what is on tonight on "jimmy kimmel live." >> the water is rising martha, can you feel it? you and i are >>> new at 11:00, what should have been a sleepy ride home in a lyft car turned into a life or death emergency. >> but as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman explains, right person happened to be in the back seat of the car. >> never a dull night, a busy mom runs homework and music practice and dinner. >> everything is crisis as parent. >> patients call her dr. new waunddo, tuss night solved a crisis that may seal reputation as cool customer. began when hired a lyft car home in the airport. sleeping in the back seat. driver rolled down window. seemed to be in distress. recognized the signs. a heart attack. >> don't talk anymore okay? try to take deep breaths. >> this recording the doctor made, instantly switched from passenger to life saver and told the driver to pull over. >> moaning, writhing in pain. >> called 911 and emergency arrived. he moved here after serving u.s. forces in afghanistan as interpreter. reached him at

now, almost three years after the crisis was discovered and began, years later people in flint are still to use filtered water. >>> you are going to hear from a trump supporter that was pulled onstage during that rally, onstage, out of the crowd, and why he says he has followed the president for two years. >> you know, it's just -- it's just the way he speaks, the truth, you know, and it comes from the heart. that's the most important thing. it comes from his heart, and he speaks the truth. sorry, just getting a quote on motorcycle insurance from progressive. yeah? yeah, they have safe rider discounts, and with total loss coverage, i get a new bike if mine's totaled. but how's their customer service? great. 24/7. just like here. meat loaf! [dings bell] just like here. anybody got a pack... that needs leadin'? serving all your motorcycle insurance needs. now, that's progressive. wiback like it could used to? neutrogena hydro boost water gel. with hyaluronic acid it plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin. hydro boost. from neutrogena acidic food

problems that cause a lead contamination water crisis in to save money, officials piped in water from the flint river, for 18 months. but not treated to prevent pipe corrosion. the water caused toxic lead to leech into pipes from homes. they said no one intended to poison. >>> evacuations are under way in parts of southern california, where you can see, residents are in the middle of the strongest storm to hit the region in years. forecasters say los angeles and san diego could break rain with several inches raining per hour for several hours. and of course with that comes rock lides, power -- slides slides and power outages and a mess. >> as i say, when you own a home, water is your enemy. >> it is. >> and it is so powerful and relentless. yon' and some of the computer models were giving as much as 2 1/2 inches of rain in a six-hour period. that would devastate us, let alone the soil out there. >>> the storm rages in the southwest. it's going to move the jet stream up. we're going to turn warmer. real warm. live look outside, courtesy of our michael and sons weather cam. a little on the chilly

none were more noteworthy than their flint michigan based father akel, a u.s. >> i was not sure coming back. coming back. but i was like, i may be not going to happen >> the az is brothers 19 and 21 sued donald trump in federal court in alexandria after refused entry in the u.s. the weekend before last. lawsuit calling the president's travel ban unconstitutional. >> what does it feel like to take on donald trump you sued donald trump >> because do this other country, so this is great. thank you >> you sued the president. >> yes. >> they were sent back to ethiopia after arriving at dulles saturday, january 28th amid the chaos following the friday night executive order >> a wrong has been made right. an injustice has been rectified we're standing here with nine people who did absolutely nothing wrong who had absolutely no reason to be barred from this country other than the fact that their passport said yemen on it >> the almarisi family of seven has come back. they too were sent home to yemen after the visas were cancelled. >> fighting the travel ban in the fede

their benefits and froketting the most vulnerable populations in our country like the children in flint, michigan. if there is any doubt about this, one need look no further than the so-called cut-go provision in this bill. that provision would require that when an agency makes a new rule, it must offset the costs of that new rule for the repeal of an existing rule. this applies even if the new rule is in response to an imminent health or safety threat. agency compliance with this cut-go provision would also be subject to judicial review, which prolongs the process even more. this would inevitably result in lengthy delays in both industry and nonprofit groups routinely file challenges through agency decisions. president obama has already issued two executive orders to eliminate unnecessary regulations. on january 18, 2011, he issued requiringorder 13563, each agency to implement plans for reviewing existing rules. that executive order requires each agency to, and i quote, periodically review its existing signature regulations -- significant regulations to determine whether any such regu

. >> some lawmakers are looking at the timing of flint's communication with the russian ambassador just as the white house was disspelling russian diplomats for an election hacking. >>> russia may be returning snow snowden to the united states as a so-called gift. the russians may hand over snowden as a ploy to curry favor with the president. the president called the nsa leaker a spy and a traitor who deserves to be executed. snowden tweeted last night, finally, irrefutable evidence that i never messed with intel. they are next. >>> this morning president trump is looking at options after a federal appeals court held a freeze on his controversial travel ban. just yesterday the president said he is considering signing a new executive order on immigration while the first one is tied up in court. president trump told reporters aboard air force one that he'll likely make a move by tuesday. the president added that he is confident he will win the legal battle over his first executive order. >>> former presidential candidate and vermont senator bernie sanders will be his chuck todd's guest on

. >> reporter: the brothers will fly to flint, michigan around 5:00 p.m. from dallas national airport, wusa9. >>> a second family with small children was reunited at the airport today. the family will be going to california tomorrow and the icg to respond to briefs filed by lawyers against the ban. what is making the comments, we want border security and more vetting but we do not want your travel bans. please fix the order to protect, not harm america. patrick wrote, remember the republican argument, we are a nation of laws? did you all mean just sometimes? and finally, not in office two weeks and trump drags the american people through the court system at our expense with his muslim travel ban. >>> log on to any of our wusa9 social media pages to join this conversation. >>> ivka claims that nordstrom dropped her fashion brand. a spokesperson said nordstrom ordered both apparel and shoes for the spring, and the spokesperson said the retailer did drop the shoes order but kept the apparel order and actually moved it from online to the stores. the brands a s

at fault like flint, he resigned because he knew he was wrong. appreciate. host: we have had some caller's essay the focus of the investigation should be about the leaks in this instance than the act by general flynn, do think old should be equally look that or just wanting presidents? nce?recede caller: boulder should be looked at. is not like they are our big buddies. -- both should be looked at. they are a power and we are a powerful so who will win out? we will hear from gary. independent line. caller: how are you doing today? i cannot believe my ears from my republican. if this was hillary clinton, we would never hear the end of this. investigations an is concerned, what are your thoughts? caller: [indiscernible] hillary clinton has been investigated since 1972 when she was the first lady of arkansas. you know, it should be investigated. find outn, just to what is going on. we investigated hillary clinton her whole career. nobody found anything she did illegally. host: let's go to donny. last call on this topic. republican line. go ahead. i would like t

flint, michigan, for example.us flint, michigan. 53% of the public school students are in charter schools. 53% of detroit. 43% in kansas. and look at those. new orleans. 92% of the public schoolkids in charter schools. >> and that's only public charter schools. that doesn't include children going to private schools because of vouchers or private charter schools. this is a quiet incredible social transformation taking place in america right now in the inner cities. these are astonishing figuring, david, that parents when they can are voting with their feet, abandoning the traditional public schools that are failing their children and going over to charters, which are not as disorderly as the public schools. david: and when they're abandoning the public schools, they're abandoning the democrat base, we know the democrats have the inner cities as their base. but we know more parents move their kids, their own skin in the game if you will away from the democratic power base, that means they have less power. that i wou

. >>> the update on the water crisis in flint, michigan, far from over three years later. >>> all ofhose great deals by stars, we look behind what really a sale or not when we see you in a few minutes for "nightly news". >> looking forward to it. >> hello, i'm marshall harris, the finalist for the basketball hall of fame's class of 2017 have been announced. one of the nominees, chris weber who played parts of three seasons with the sixers is on the list. he led the villanova wildcats with the upset against georgetown in 1985 and still coaching at kiser university in west palm beach at the etender age of 82. the class will be announced at the final four on april 3rd. >>> the current edition of the wildcats, rodriguez hitting the three. cuts the villanova lead to one. this three by bronson, had 18 at the break. second half, sharing is caring, building bridges, that dunk part of a 21-run, he had ten assists back out to chris jenkins, pretty good from there. jenkins had 22 points, nova 92-70 wrap up a share of the big east season title. >>> first game thursday against the university of t

. >>> sons of an american citizen with immigrant visas were ready to join their father in flint, michigan. when they arrived at dulles airport because they are from yemen those young men were handcuffed and put back on a plane. peggy fox has talked to their father in michigan. how is he handling this? >> he's crushed. he doesn't know what to do. the man has been in the united states for a decade and became a naturalized citizen. he's living the american dream and he wanted the same for his sons. but donald trump's order has stamped out those dreams for now. the aziz brothers sent this photo to their father as they flew to america to start their new life. tarek on the left is 21. his younger brother amar is 19. they were in the air when president trump is executive order and it would change everything when they reached dulles airport. >> they were taken aside, put in handcuffs, basically bullied into signing away their rights to come into the united states as lawful permanent residents. >> the aziz brothers had immigrant visas in their hands, which means they are including green card holde

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residents of flint, michigan, now suing the epa over the water crisis.eryl casone with headlines, cheryl. cheryl: yeah, maria, more than 1700 flint residents filing a class action lawsuit against epa alleging the agency mismanaged water crisis and exposed thousands of children to lead poisoning. 13 officials have been charged in connection to the water crisis in flint. well, he's got a lot of money but if bill gates live long enough, he could become the first trillionaire, again, he's the world's richest man now. worth $85 billion, if the wealth continues to accumulate as the same rate as it has over the past decade, he could be the world's first trillionaire in the next 25 years. that would make him 86 year's old if projections plan out. and check this out, alcohol version of oreos. the brewing company says it's new chocolate milk has been conditioned with hundreds of pounds of oreo cookies, oh, yeah. finally this, talk about this big surprise, the park zoo in philadelphia is welcoming jaguar twins but they had no idea that mama jaguar was pregnant. inc

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