to toast a momentous event that event the moment flint cut its water flow from detroit after nearly fifty years. it was also the beginning of a crisis that is open the eyes of many to the dangers lurking in our failing toxic infrastructure five years into the flint water crisis lead pipes are still in the process of being replaced with the last ten to twelve thousand service lines supposed to be replaced by the end of this year nevertheless the one hundred thousand lives affected by what was to be known as the flint water crisis were just the beginning cities from baltimore to milwaukee to new orleans found lead in worse and their water you think the five years later we would be working together and fasting in infrastructure and focusing on treating the long term health effects. some of the very people whose research and whistleblowing save lives are having to defend their work against those who would use the crisis for personal and political gain one of those people defending their work is noted environmental engineer and whistleblower mark edwards he and his team were the ones who

i owe my life and education to flint michigan. you are here.how do we manage to hold together a broadening coalition how we manage and create and hold together a coalition of these issues especially in an election year. the not your job. some issues how do we hold that together. >> this is kind of the advocacy question. you just give us a very stirring response. she said at the beginning of this. i thought it was can gonna be too hard and too depressing. it's not your job to solve the opioid crisis. >> your job is to make people care. in the way you make people care is your story. bring people alive makes you care about someone that lives in eastern kentucky. show them what they don't see because the regional media doesn't go there anymore because they don't have the bureaus in the world rural area. that's our job to go out there and go interview people with all kinds of zip codes. there is no national standard for water quality testing. it seems like it was a collapse of the government. but they weren't testing for lead or corrosion. i don't k

let's have a real conversation about what's happening in flint michigan. >> flint, michigan, under the administration, a democrat mayor who has been misrepresented by the media, i don't support what happened in flint, michigan, we love the environment we have a different way to go about it. we think you should have energy independence and kill american jobs. >> and all of these people are talking about we are going to do this, these are the last people who are going to give up the finery's in their lives. whether it's al sharpton or an activist flying around from rally to rally. they aren't going to transport themselves through the ether to get from place to place. >> but i think the conversation creates how do we address the issue? how do we best do the little things that matter? >> laura: we don't impoverish the united states to do it. we can't become poppers in order to live out the fantasy of aoc or anyone else but i do like the conversation. thanks so much. media watchdogs have told us now for two years donald trump is waging war on the free press so why are they now the ones tryi

>> flints wear out. professor sweet: sure, you will have to replace this every 10 or 12 shots, depending on how good your flint is. i have broken flint, lost one before, so there are certain things that can happen with that. any other problems you can see? >> user error. professor sweet: operator error, always a problem. it is very complicated, that is one reason why you train and drill and train and drill and then you do it again, because there is all these different steps that go along the way. this is a shorter version of this. the longer version that the british are using is out here in our printed manual of arms. it takes about 36 steps. is going to be a lot longer than 20 seconds, i can tell you that, but thank you baron von stipend for shrinking it down a little bit. there are lots of things that can go wrong with this, that's the problem. i don't know if anybody has used black powder, very gummy, very sticky, it will got him up, --it is going to come up there are lots of problems and i need a of

of what it's taken to help flint recover. essentially sent a warning to the rest of the country, if we don't make the investments we need to make now, the cost of failure is so much greater. >> and this could happen anywhere. congressman dan kildee, thank you for coming on. >> coming up, the gene robinson joins us with his latest piece. plus joe biden facing criticism for downplaying china's economic threat to the united states. cnbc's john harwood will explain that. and the latest democrat to make a run for the white house, senator michael bennett of colorado will be our guest this morning. about morning. oh, why's that? [bird speaking] my social security number is... 8- 7- 5 dash okay, i see. [bird laughing] is that your daughter? no, it's a macaw. and his name is timothy. timmy, want a cracker? timmy, do you want a cracker? [bird speaking] what do you think, kevin? no. sign up online for free. discover social security alerts. it's not small. but it's not just big either. it's the kind of big where you'll never have to ask,

yours is at the flint center, it's a little more intimate. and it's a little different, right?es students a chance to kind of be more at home, i guess. alicia: well, we started--i was there the first year when we began in '95. and we had maybe 14 students that participated. so, and we've seen it grown to we have about 135, 40 students last year. we have such large familias, and so we want allam attend, so we were able to now grow into the flint center. and it's really beautiful to see the different generations. and as the students walk the stage, they have an opportunity to say a few words. that's also the point that's very emotional. another part of the program that we've really worked hard at is also cultivating and fundraising scholarships for our students. and so, our goal this year, because it is our 25th anniversary, we want to raise $25,000. we want to be able to get those students who have worked so hard and to continue their education, the support, those additional scholarships. and so, we're working hard and we're looking to the community also to assist in whatever wa

. >> there is still fixing the damage in a lot of places at the farm hadn't deli, jason and lisa flint had memorial day as a target for reopening, but it hasn't happened yet. >> we're getting close. ⌞> so you might be wondering, how could a place still not be open three months after the flood? maybe you don't rembewhatted l last february, they expected maybe a foot oro flood. they got a lot more. and all the mud that came with it, even on walls and windows. >> yeah, that's the high watermark. >> it's like my husband said, it's like knockig your shoes together and the sand keeps coming. >> the flints hope to open their doors next week. for all the wounds that time does not heal, there is no substitute for hard work. in guerneville, wayne free, abc7 news. >> a long way to go still. >>> memorial day is often referred to as the unofficial start of summer. >> yes. our weather has been anything but summer like. a quick look from our exploratorium camera right now. it's not a bad day out on the bay. >> no. let's check in with abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma. >> we're making up ground for th

i grew up outside the flint area, so it's good to see you, doctor. let me ask you, in florida, i don't know if it's the case in michigan and other states, but the idea of you see a lot of hospitals and others write off 40% of their receivables. so i guess you look at this surprise-inflated billing. how do we get there, and it seems like the lack of transparency is a big concern. i've done 80 town halls. i enjoy doing them. mr. thompson has heard a lot of stories. but those are the two biggest things. they get a bill for 50, medicare pays 10, they write off 40, or just a lack of transparency. they don't have any idea what it's going to cost and get a bill later. i guess that's my two questions for all the panelists, but the other thing is, how do we change this behavior and this practice because it is specially, i tell people, 62% of americans don't have a thousand dollars in the bank. so all of a sudden, they get a big bill for 3 or $4,000, they live paycheck to paycheck. it is a gigantic issue. the price has gone up so much in the last 20 years. cos

outside of the flint area. let me ask you in florida. michigan and other states. the idea of you see a lot of hospitals and others right off 40% of receivables. i guess that you look at the surprise inflated building. how do we get there and it seems like the lack of transparency is a big concern. i have done 80 town halls. i enjoy doing them. we all have a lot of stories. those are the two biggest things. they get a bill for 50. medicare pays 10. they write off 40. or just a lack of transparency. they have no idea what it will cost to get a bill later. that is my two questions for all the panelists. the other thing is how do we change this behavior or this practice? it is especially high till people 52% of americans don't have $1000 in the bank. all of a sudden they get a big bill for three or $4000. they live paycheck to paycheck. it is a gigantic issue. the costs have gone up so much in the last 20 years. not because of democrats or republicans. i guess i ask all of you and i will start with you. just your thoughts. why do we have this massive since the prior p

caroline flint, labourmp, suggested it might pass.m is lower than this is suggesting. but it hits on that theme, which is, whateverjeremy corbyn does this week will upset one pa rt corbyn does this week will upset one part of his party. that can apply to both of them, can‘t it? part of his party. that can apply to both of them, can't it? generally. what do you think? i very much enjoyed a couple of weeks not talking about brexit butjust enjoyed a couple of weeks not talking about brexit but just when you thought it was safe to go back to the papers, here it is again. you are absolutely right. both sides seem are absolutely right. both sides seem to be saying they can block any deal. it's a plague on all your houses, again, because the last thing donald tusk said, when he gave the government an extension to the end of october, please don't waste the time. it seems like we got absolutely nowhere further forward. perhaps 150 labour mps are saying that if there is not a second referendum... and 100 tories, according to the times, are sayi

and, recently, i was associated with flint and holywell rotary and they've helped me fund a new sports i'm really grateful for that and i want to say thank you to them. and thank you to them for nominating me, because it means an awful lot, to be recognised for the sport, because it's an amazing sport. it's growing so much and it just deserves a lot more coverage than it gets. it has got support for those with disabilities. you can come in and have a go, but it's all inclusive, so if you haven't got a disability, you can come along and see what it's about. when i was younger and before my disability was as severe as it is now, i used to do swimming. and i did dancing when i was really small, but as i got older, i wasn't able to do those sports, so i moved on to wheelchair basketball and i discovered... i went shopping and there was an advertisement stall and they saw that i was a wheelchair user, so they asked me if i had ever seen it before and i told them i had seen it, but i had never had a go. but then i did have a go and ijust fell in love and i have been doing it ever since. it w

and, recently, i was associated with flint and holywell rosary with flint and holywell rotary and they'veyou to them. and thank you to them for nominating me, because it means an awful lot, to be recognised for the sport, because it's an amazing sport. it's growing so much and it just deserves a lot more coverage than it gets. it has got support for those with disabilities. you can come in and have a go, but it's all inclusive, so if you haven't got a disability, you can come along and see what it's about. when i was younger and before my disability was as severe as it is now, i used to do swimming. and i did dancing when i was really small, but as i got older, i wasn't able to do those sports, so i moved on to wheelchair basketball and i discovered... i went shopping and there was an advertisement stall and they saw that i was a wheelchair user, so they asked me if i had ever seen it before and i told them i had seen it, but i had never had a go. but then i did have a go and ijust fell in love and i have been doing it ever since. it was quite difficult when i first came into it, because,

. >> i get that this was hacked, once it came out that, for example, flint, michigan town hall, whatld be asked, what was cnn president supposed to do? >> first of all, i never had access to cnn questions, what am i supposed to do as a tv pundit when i am accused of given so-called questions generated by cnn which i had no -- i had no time -- nobody gave me any questions. how could i defend myself? i couldn't defend myself. >> in one of those hacked e-mail, john podesta, one to have questions directed to hr, her family has lead poisoning -- >> how did i know that? that's my point. i didn't know that. no one gave me questions, cnn investigated their own producers and others, i was never in the room, i was never -- i was never part of the people who put that together, however, howard, if you told me tomorrow how that happened, i would say i can't accept that but i don't know how that happened and then -- this is the part that insulted me, it insulted me that they went to flint to find those two women and they said we don't know donna brazile and i said i don't know them. >> there were

year where it was basically pointed that flint owes as much in its public pension payments as it gets in general revenues. so part of this is states are going to have to figure out what's going on with their changing population, which are getting more diverse across the board, across states, and with changing in the aging of the population to sort of figure out how they're going to raise the money that they are going to need to provide what might be more expensive services over a smaller number of people who are working. >> and i know this is about tax policy, but the phenomenon that we've observed that states are able to tackle some big structural things because it's not priceless mode right now, it's not limited just to tax policy. california is talking seriously about addressing huge problems on housing policy in that state. new york is starting to talk about solving transportation and transportation construction costs which are a big problem there. you know, there is only so much tax policy can do to address what houses cost in california or whether they can build a new transporta

he practices in flint, michigan. doctor, thank you for being here. and then miss jeanette thornton will be next. she's more american insurance programs. she has helped physicians with omb and social security administration. next we'll hear from tom nichols who is the executive vice president for government relations and public policy for the american hospital association. he's previously worked with the american college of emergency physicians and the american nurse's association. and right here in the house previously as well. finally the committee will hear from dr. james gelfin for arisa industry committee. so we appreciate each of you being here. your statements will be made part of the record. as you know, we ask you is summarize your testimony in five minutes. then we'll get underway with questions. the light system gives you a warning with the yellow. when you see the red light, if you'll conclude your remarks. doctor, would you begin? >> good afternoon, chairman doggett, ranking member nunes, and members of the subcommittee. i am a board cert

. >> so are jason and lisa flint at the farm hadn't deli. they had memorial day as a target for reopening, but it has not happened yet. >> we're getting close. >> so you might be wondering, how can a place like this still not be opened three months after the flood? maybe you don't remember what it looked like. last february, they expected maybe a foot of water from the flood. they got a lot more. all the mud that came with it, even on walls and windows. >> yeah, that's the high watermark. >> it's like my husband said. it's like knocking your shoes together and the sand keeps coming. >> the flints hope to open their doors next week. for all the wounds that time does not heal, there is no substitute for hard work. in guerneville, wayne friedman, abc7 news. >>> a redwood city couple is trying to get the word out about a mountain lion in the neighborhood. the couple sent to abc7 news this security camera video from their home on oak view way. check it out right there. you see that mountain lion run from the driveway past the back door before it

i think that what richard flint says just feels a total understatement of the problem.what we have got is that there are hundreds of thousands of people across the country who have got a serious mental health problem. i feel insulted. it insults the memory ofjack, and it insults the memory of all the boys from gambling with lives and i know the other mums are going to feel the same as me. betting should never get in the way of your enjoyment of sport... the gambling industry gives around £10 million in funding a year to gambling addiction charities, but the boss of sky bet says the industry should now consider funding gambling treatment centres. i have been to the gordon moody centre, which is a residential centre for problem gamblers. you can see the devastation that gambling addiction has caused for those people and their families. i think we need a better network of those sorts of centres around the country. leeds is opening one up this summer, which is a great step forward. the growth of the mobile betting and gaming market looks set to continue in the coming years

here's a here's a here's an idea can you send some of the water to flint michigan there was a guy yes thank you i'm so mad and you're going to cocky or you feel keyed six deliberate i won't say that event as well you know. i don't want i would have it as well a want our water considering our record of killing maiming stealing destroying would you want to drink our water. hi i'm the local warlord and i just happen to be in the neighborhood doing a little light raping and pillaging and i was wondering if you could use any water or perhaps have biscuits. they also said this was years in. making yeah the economic crisis in venezuela has been years in the making our make anger. we've been crushing this for years you can always get it in the case of us where we were able to get it to the people who needed it but there are still denying food to the starving in medicine to sick children i saw some of those children yesterday who had crossed the border into colombia it's truly tragic man job at the heart of the. for the. for the venezuelans who genuinely need food medicine or water it's becaus

here's a here's a here's an idea can you send some of the water to flint michigan there have been. thank you yes thank you i so natural and good morning coffee do you feel keyed six delivery i won't fade out of bed as well you know. why they would have it as well a want our water considering our record of killing maiming the stealing destroying would you want to drink our water. hi i'm the local warlord and i just happen to be in the neighborhood doing a little light raping and pillaging and i was wondering if you could use any water or perhaps of biscuits. they also said this was years in the making yeah the economic crisis in venezuela has been years in the making our make anger. we've been crushing this for years you can't always get it because in the case of us we were able to get it to the people who needed it but there are still denying food to the starving in medicine to sick children i saw some of those children yesterday who had crossed the border into colombia it's truly tragic man job at the heart of the. for the for the venezuelans who genuinely need food medicine or wa

in late april another cyclone hit, causing the destructive winds and days of flint and drain.n the greek island of crete has survived a lot of severe weather in its 111—year history, but the force of this flood in february was just too much. australia, in february, and it's supposed to rain in queensland during monsoon season, but the rains here this year are exceptional. the city of townsville is hardest hit, with prolonged rainfall shattering records going back to the 19th century. flooding hits iran, too. dozens of people are killed in storms that last from march into april. the record rainfall follows a prolonged drought, and the floods strike with astonishing force. the scale of flooding here is thought to have been made worse by decades of deforestation. in the usa, tornado season gets off to a deadly start. this is alabama, in march, where the storms leave a path of destruction half a mile wide and a mile long. 23 people are killed here — that's more than double the number of people killed in tornadoes in the usa in the whole of last year. in the uk, in march, an amazin

the aisle hurries from appointment to appointment students at the camp flint for high school have invitedpoliticians to a panel discussion a lot of students took part in the climate demos rials f.t. concert climate hysteria he said that mr riley the f.t. denies climate change what's your opinion of the kind i like there's no evidence of manmade climate change whatsoever there's no evidence whatsoever that c o 2 is responsible in any way and the best thing is there's no evidence that one or 2 degrees warmer might not be quite beneficial we've had these warm phases before when rome was at its zenith it was much warmer yet we were no worse off. politics beyond all scientific knowledge. heil tries again and again to dominate the podium with his ideas or. europe has never really worked that all the projects they take are never really work but they talk about peace security and prosperity but only it's not true why is that us and them with us when i have to directly disagree this is so wrong that not even the opposite is right we don't always have to say that everything's great i don't like all

hsbc'sn flint is pushing top managers to cut costs.k cut targets to increase revenues by more than it increased expenses. fedex is bowing to the surge in e-commerce volume, moving to seven delivery days a week in the u.s. by january of next year. fedex will also boost its ability to handle larger packages. company earnings have been pressured as e,'s increases residential deliveries -- as e-commerce increases residential deliveries. that is your latest bloomberg business flash. checking europe's markets now, about four minutes to the close, most indices are higher. the ftse has been the outlier all day. utilities the worst performer in italy, and the government faces off against itself and against the european union. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: stocks finishing up the day in european trading. most in europe are higher. the exception seems to be in a late, which is down -- seems to be italy, which is down a fraction. the cac 40 in paris doing better than it did earlier in the week. the ibex up .8% and the dax up .5% despite drags on so

plants in ohio that make parts for gm's full-size heavy-duty pickup trucks the company is ramping up in flint, michigan. gm is expecting sales to rise. those people will be doing more work. they would get standard parts developed. for the people in lordstown, it is hard to see -- unless workforce has a big expansion in its business. david: thank you so much for the reporting from detroit. let's go back to shawn donnan in washington. we heard from a former director , trying to analyze from the chinese point of view with the make the presidential tweets. this is what he said. >> president trump appears to be crazy, but i call him rationally crazy. he wants to squeeze a better deal for the u.s. and to appear to be tough in front of americans. at the end of the day, he wants a deal. david: there you go. rationally crazy. president trump wants to appear to be tough with respect to his base. does president xi have to appear to be tough? their both leaders have constituencies. that chinese interpretation sits with what you hear from some people in the white house. in hard,es to go inflame things, he

over the quality of drinking water in flint, michigan.e democrats saying well we need to prosecute in court because it is the rights of american citizens. there are some of these who have been in place, some of these national security decisions have been in place as emergencies since 1979. now it is a problem? greg, it's only a problem because donald trump is present. greg: and obama -- our child must direct us to pick that out on the world map and nobody complained. >> nobody. greg: now we've got people at the border. and let me just give you a stat. this comes from u.s. customs and border patrol. they detained i hundred and 9000 migrants in the month of april alone for the largest sense 2007. this is escalating month by month. can anybody credibly say this is not a national emergency? >> greg, when you have the former coming of obama secretary of homeland security, jay johnson on the record last week saying this is a national emergency.this is a crisis. i think it is game set and match. this not about solving a problem for the democrats

to all you mommy who put your children 50, that includes a michigan woman set to graduate from the flintampus after working hard to earn an under grad degree. her son was getting his diploma in mount pleasant on the same day. without a second thought, the proud mother skipped her own graduation to watch her son watch the stage. the president of central michigan caught wind of this and on the morning of the ceremony he reached out to the president of ferris state. they arranged a surprise for charonda. >> by b by the virtue of the authority vested in me by the state of michigan and the board of trustees, on behalf of the trustees, i defer upon you, shandra wilson, the bachelor's degree you have earned with rights and privileges pertaining there to. move your tassel from your right to your left. >> with that she got her diploma. graduating alongside her son with a bachelor's in science of business administration. congratulations to both. what a day. the way it played out is you posted something on facebook and that made its way to the president's office on the morning of. he calls over and

it's also why you're not free as we learned in flint. if you have to wonder whether a glass of water comes out of the tap is going to poison you in your family and it's providing basic services and it's providing some measure of assurance that the rights you have in this country and in the five to be secured. that's why healthcare is a freedom and i don't think you're free if the united states has failed to ensure that you might, for example, start a small business leaving your old job and starting a new one without fearing that means you lose your healthcare. i think you are not free as a consumer if a financial institution is caught ripping off you don't have any recourse because you've been forced into arbitration. i certainly think freedom in this country or people of color has been constrained both by policies and by institutional races in ways that will not get better just by saying we will get government out of the way. we don't figure out how to lift the veil of mistrust, for example, between communities of color and lawn force w

what is too much for me is politicians looking and allowing babies' blood to get poisoned in flint for corporate profit. that is what is too much for me. what is too much for me -- what is too much for me is coal coming up to washington, d.c., demanding tail out after tax break after bailout for themselves and not even paying their own miners'pensions and their own miners' health care. that is too much for me. that is too much for me. what is too much for me is the fact that exxon mobil knew exactly that climate change was real and man-made as far back as 1970 and instead of being part of the solution, they paid millionsf it, endangering generations to come. that is too much for me. [cheers and applause. -- [cheers and applause] representative ocasio-cortez: what is too much for me is the fact that in 1989, the year that i was born, the year that i was born, the year that many of us were born and in years after and right before, that politicians were first informed by nasa that congress was first notifiedhangs going to threaten my life and everyone here's life to come and they did noth

this comes as a scary reminder as people in michigan, flint, michigan, are still dealing with toxic waterthe vatican is giving its investment to pleading clergy members. the leader of the san jose diocese. he turns vai 75 in july. the pope approved the q. they made the request public in rome. they made the actual final turnover at a special mass down at the san jose cathedral downtown last night bishop mcgraw served in the afternoon diocese as well in 1970. >>> new this morning, jet suite x, the small airline offers private flights on the chipotle. they announced they will be adding a service in july. jet suite x only requires passengerso alive 30 minutes before they take off. flights start at about $99. >>> a live look at sfh, the airport helping with autism and travel and introduce the magnus mode app. it provides step by step checking in. it will help special needs learn about the process easier and earlier. >> now, today candidate jay inslee will be stopping in san francisco, the governor is focusing on climate change as one of his main campaign issues. he is expecting to combat the g

people are being poisoned in places like flint, michigan, communities in new hampshire and iowa, becauseour crumbling infrastructure and contaminated water. these are issues that we need to be addressing in congress, working together to bring about real results and making those investments in our communities that they so sorely need. david: thank you for your time. that was congresswoman tulsi fromrd coming to us capitol hill. now breaking news. next on has set a 25 billion dollar limit on his flagship fund. oversubscribed 25 billion dollars. blackstone would set an industry record for a buyout fund. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "balance of power." i am david westin. the unitednt of states has been speaking for some time on a variety of subjects. about don jr., about robert mueller, about cohen. sprinkled in that is his u.s.-china trade negotiations. that he got a letter from xi, that they want to work together, that it is possible to get a deal done this week. the president says he has an excellent alternative. i'm not sure we know what that alternati

. >>> this morning, the owner of the flint stone house is striking back.lorence feng has fired a counter suit after she got sued for lacking the proper permits for having a dinosaur exhibit in her backyard. she accuses the city of race discrimination. >> i will bet you anything, during this lawsuit, we will find more district treatment than you can imagine because she's trying to sue. >> she didn't have a permit. i don't know why she's doing a counter suit, though. >> the city attorney issued a statement saying, quote, the town of hillsboro strongly denies that it has a policy of discrimination against asians or any other racial or eghtsd nick group -- ethnic group. >>> take a look at this person. police say this guy walked into the bank of america on mcdowell boulevard, just before 4:30 yesterday afternoon. he passed a note demanding money and took off with an undisclosed amount of cash. >>> officers confiscated 20 pounds of meth. also seized an ak-47. this morning, a suspect is in custody. >>> happening today, sentencing is set in new york in the case of

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when i was 911 operator for the city of flint i was there making good money.o say i was stuck, but i wanted to go back to school i just didn't do so. i decided i need to go back to school and get the ball rolling. i took a few classes at a time. and then the fall of 2015 i went back full time. the last two semesters, i took. credits just to get it done. >> miss sharonda as moms we make a lot of sacrifices for kids and put our own aspirations on the back burner. but at the same time, you did finally make some room for yourself. what's your message to moms everywhere on this mother's day. as you get to celebrate your degree and your sons? >> don't forget about yourself. as you said, sometimes we do put ourselves on the back burner, but our children, they grow up, everything we have instilled in them, the seed we had planted, the water we add to those seeds, they bloom. not that they forget about mom, but they move on. we don't invest in our ownselves, we will have regrets. as of today i can say, no more regrets. >> you're both blooming on this day and beaming to

in silicon valley and the banks that fund them doing well, but it's been five years and people in flint still can't drink their water, people in west virginia waiting on their coal jobs to come back. >> neil: and the college has 270 electoral votes to become president. you think reaching out to groups disaffected in those areas where every major demographic is seeing record low unemployment is going to win you the white house? >> yeah, there's a coalition here. there's woman still making less than men. young people at 13 -- >> neil: you think running on that will offset this bigger picture? >> yeah. look at people in michigan, pennsylvania -- >> neil: if you were my campaign adviser and saying i need something bigger to hang on to. that's not enough for me to clinch it. >> and a family working two or three jobs, seeing their hours cut, prices going up for things, seeing their earning power -- >> neil: most families are not in that predicament. are you going to be able to move the needle -- >> it's pathetic -- >> neil: it was pathetic under barack obama. >> i agree. >> neil: is that enou

includes a michigan womanamed sharhonda, set to graduate last weekend from farrah state university flintampus.as her son getting his diploma from central michigan university over in mount pleasant on the same day. soithout a secon thought, the proud mother skipped her own graduation to watch her son walk pe stage. well, thesident of central michigan caught wind of this and ceremony, ing of the he quickly reached out to the president of ferris state and together they arranged a surprise for sharhonda. >> by the virtue of the authority vted in me,y the state of michigan, and the board of trustees on behalf of president geissler and the state trustees, i deferpon you sharhonda v sh please move your tass. >> and with that, she got sher diploma. she graduated alongside her son with ahelor in science in business administration. stephon earned a ba in music theater. congratulations to both. what a day. the way this played ou she posted something on facebook and that made its way to the president's office on the morning of he calls over and said let's g this done. >> looking at that picture, you