took place in flint michigan back in april of 2014 would never and should never have ever happened only now after more than 6 long years the people of flint michigan are finally getting some restitution for having their drinking water poisoned by the negligence and greed of their own state government. in a settlement announced on aug 20th n.b.c. news reports that the state of michigan has agreed to pay $600000000.00 to residents whose health was afflicted by lead tainted drinking water and that under that deal the state has agreed to devoting 80 percent of the money to people who are younger than 18 during the period when flint was using river water. and while 600000000 may sound like this massive number for many in flint that doesn't even begin to compensate for the losses and anguish they have suffered as flint resident nikki awakes who since 2014 has faced $22.00 miscarriages of 2 separate sets of twins she told the daily beast the damage is done it's reversible i've lost 4 babies that no amount of money can compensate me for. accountability decency compassion these are the things mo

they'll never force the people of flint, a majority black city, to go and drink from the flint river. i don't think i have to describe what that looks like or tastes like. for decades, our water came from the glacial lake called lake huron. and it was pure and it was clean. and the fact that people in flint have suffered since 2014, do you realize people are still having to drive to friend's homes, 50, 60 miles away once a week so the kids can have one shower for the week? this -- they've got to do something about this. if they ignore -- if they ignore these black majority cities, detroit, flint, pontiac, saginaw, bennon hton harbor, th that at their own peril. i don't know why they would do it. he went to towns that are 90% -- i don't know the exact number, but you know what i'm saying. very majority white. and to not meet with black voters in michigan is such a mistake right now. it's how we -- this story, alex, just never gets told the right way. we lost michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania because african-americans who had been neglected and ignored stayed home. they weren't going

if they did serve the country and not themselves then the epic water crisis that took place in flint michigan back in april 2014 would never and should never have ever happened only now after more than 6 long years the people of flint michigan are finally getting some restitution for having their drinking water poisoned by the negligence and greed of their own state government in a settlement announced on august 20th n.b.c. news reports that the state of michigan has agreed to pay $600000000.00 to residents whose health was afflicted by lead tainted drinking water and that under that deal the state has agreed to devoting 80 percent of the money to people who were younger than 18 during the period when flint was using river water. and while 600000000 may sound like this massive number for many in flint that doesn't even begin to compensate for the losses and anguish they have suffered as flint resident nicky awakes who since 2014 has faced $22.00 miscarriages of 2 separate sets of twins she told the daily.

she'll be making a swing through flint and detroit. nbc's valley vitali is covering the senator's visit. i want to bring in national political reporter sahil kapur. as harris lands there, how big of a role does this supreme court fight, this looming battle, how is that playing in a message to voters? >> reporter: what's going to be interesting, craig, is watching how this manifests on the campaign trail. we know there's a record interest level from voters in this election, 80% of voters saying they are highly interested in this presidential election according to this latest nbc "wall street journal" poll. it might allow kamala harris and joe biden both to sort of use the supreme court moment not as a way to get into the granular details of this confirmation battle that's already brewing on the hill, but instead to connect the supreme court to the issues they've been talking about here, the pandemic and how that connects with the economic situation on the ground in places like flint as well as the way that americans are focused on their

was using river water and while 600000000 may sound like this massive number for many in flint that doesn't even begin to.

others, like flint, had antibodies.be to analyze a larger number of cases to see if they can prove a direct link. >> we really don't want to alarm parents, but i think it's great if the awareness of early features of diabetes are out there in the public. >> reporter: parents should watch children for four symptoms -- constant thirst, frequent restroom visits, tiredness, and weight loss. help get kids like flint back to leading a healthy life. rylee carlson, cbs news, london. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," college football kicked off its season but uncertainty remains amid the coronavirus pandemic. we'll look at the big cost of canceling college football. >>> plus, analysis of the presidential race and what the candidates should be doing as they enter the final months of campaigning. >>> and only on "cbs this morning," elmo from "sesame street" tells us about his new book for kids to help ease their rerries abin tuou t> g thtoatrnhe t he "cbs news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm nancy chen, have a great

throughout the flint plea and essentially and the flint investigation. to me, here trump was, he was trying to end this investigati investigation, he searched around for someone to do it three, four more years and finally, his own justice department had gone to court and asked the court to do that, something comey would never have done. to me, it was a great example of how trump had done the. >> to final quick questions, the first, i've seen a lot of people watching, we are all wondering why you always wear that what you know about fashion that we don't. >> ouch. >> i am serious. >> i saw something, they said they were a uniform. i think a little before the trump era, started wearing the same thing every day and i think the vision is jeans, button-down white shirt and at the time, a black one that went all the way up. i get very cold pretty easily, especially inside, especially in d.c. in the air conditioning so i can't do it at my desk just a button-down shirt, i need something else to wear on top. then it just became easy and we just wear the same thin

those flint workers in so many others whose jobs he saved. it is a great honor to welcome you and i would like to introduce at this time, our very 5960resident of uaw local four purposes of introduction. thank you. [applause] >> these welcome to the stage 60, lewis of local 59 roche. >> good afternoon. roche. is luis proud to represent our members here today as we introduce former vice president joe biden. these are challenging times. facedan industry have unprecedented challenges and worked together during this pandemic to continue making our products and keep america and the economy moving. we understand adversity and we know that joe biden does too. he understood during our industry's darkest days that the dignity of work is what sustains america. and that our manufacturing industry is key to the american economy. he ran the ottawa calvary -- he ran the auto recovery. that in timesands of crisis like we have now, steady investment in the manufacturing and jobs will keep our economy moving and growing as we find our way out of this pandemic

we will not have flint michigan happen again we have to take this seriously so we're working across the country to make sure that doesn't happen again. >> working with water systems one thing it deals with is a complex mix of authority of the federal government and state government and state legislatures and commissions and local districts and so on. how do we think of the federalism of the whole process? words the proper role for the state and locality? >> i can talk another hour on this topic but we do her best work working in cooperation with states and local governments we see that the superfund program. the epa reorganize the regional offices and some of the states are doing the same. the problem we have had at all levels of government we were sideload in our approach air and water and chemical and land office. if not done a good job to work across the action plan we released a year and a half ago uses people all of the offices we have to do that on a daily basis so we have to be more nimble and also we have decreased not only general permits by decreasing the permit backlog over 5

would never and should never have ever happened only now after more than 6 long years the people of flint michigan are finally getting some restitution for having their drinking water poisoned by the negligence and greed of their own state government in a settlement announced on august 20th n.b.c. news reports that the state of michigan has agreed to pay $600000000.00 to residents whose health was afflicted by lead tainted drinking water and that under that deal the state has agreed to devoting 80 percent of the money to people who are younger than $18.00 during the period when flint was using river water and while 600000000 may sound like this massive number.

so it's flint hitting the steel. that's why it's called flint lock. if you're lucky what's going to happen next? well, what happens next is when the gunfires this goes forward, the sparks fall into the pan right here. the sparks go through the hole, hit the powder inside the musket, and with luck the ball -- this powder will explode the ball will go rolling out the barrel. and if you're lucky that ball might go how far? 50 yards or 100 yards. it's not going to go very far. and because it's rattling down the barrel it's not going to be very accurate. if i were shooting to the back of this room i might be able to hit somebody, i might not. that would be kind of discouraging, wouldn't it, and it takes a long time. what's going to happen if it's raining? it's going to get on the powder, the spark will spark. if it's raining, really, humid, muggy that might make it not work. that's why you then as a soldier are issued a bayonet which turns your musket into basically a spear. so that's why we have that. so you've got maybe two or three shots in a battle and

that is probably true here in flint today. but when you sea poll you see pw that 80% of americans say that they are highly interested in this election, that is something that i've started hearing from voters even just being on the ground here today in flint. people telling me that they themselves are already keeping up with the supreme court fight which allows the biden/harris ticket then to try to talk to people about health care, about the pandemic, that same kind of messaging that they have already been using because voters are walking and chewing gum at least it seems like they are keeping themselves apprised of the granular details and also paying taenkt attention to the message that the ticket is putting out. so we'll see if that is something that they can continue to do as this fight giets nastir on the hill. >> ali, thank you. and also shannon, garrett, of course peter baker, we're just getting started. i thank you all. coming up, we'll dig in deeper on the politics of the supreme court, how much will it mobilize voter

. >> reporter: this spring, flint the board went from being a healthy 13-year-old to being admitted to the hospital. >> he started to get progressively worse. after a while, i got worried because he became very skinny. he still felt very fatigued. he started having some tummy troubles. >> reporter: doctors diagnosed him with type i diabetes and also wanted to know if he had covid-19. are you surprised? >> i have never heard any of that before. >> reporter: researchers with imperial college london decided to look into the links after some hospitals reported double the number of type i diabetes cases at the height of the pandemic, compared to the same time period in previous years. >> viruses have always been a thought to play a role in possibly triggering type one diabetes in children who are susceptible. we feel that covid-19 may be behaving in a similar matter. >> reporter: some kids tested had active covid infections, others like flint had antibodies. the next step for researchers would be to analyze a large number of cases to see if they can provide a direct link. >> it is great if

they even had a wake-up call flint, michigan in 2014, but still did nothing. we will finalize our copper rule in the next several weeks which will call for the testing of lead in all schools and day care centers. indelivered a final rule april 2019 strengthening asbestos regulations for the first time in over 30 years. closed a dangerous loophole that could have allowed contaminated floor tiles, building materials and installation to return to the u.s. marketplace without going review.epa we have completely eliminated the backlog of epa actions on the states' list of impaired waters, marking the first time in a decade that the backlog has been eliminated. since 2017, the epa has approved more than 7000 deals to restore polluted waters, in 25% increase from the preceding three and a half years. the backlog of actions on state deals has fallen dramatically from over 100 in 2017, to just a single state priority one in july of this year, more than a 99% decrease in the backlog. we are doing so while proving a higher percentage of state water quality standards than

you have a piece of flint -- this illustrates much better. this is a pistol from the same time this is a piece of flint, this is the steel. if you do like this, you saw the sparks come out. it's flint hitting the steel. that's why it's called flintlock. if you're lucky, what's going to happen next? well, what happens next, when the gunfires, this goes forward, the sparks fall into the pan right here, the sparks go through the hole, hit the powder inside the musket, and with luck this powder will explode and the ball will go rolling out of the barrel. and if you're lucky that ball might go, how far? 50 yards, 100 yards. it's not going to go very far. because it's rattling down the barrel, it's not going to be accurate. if i were shooting towards the back of this room, i might nbe able to hit somebody, i might not. what's going to happen if it's raining? would this work? >> no, because of the spark. >> if it's raining, if it's really humid, muggy, that might make it not work. that's also why you as a soldier are then issued the bayonet which tu

so it's flint hitting the steel. that is why it's called flint lock. if you are lucky, what is going to happen next? well what happens next is when this fires, this goes forward, the sparks fall into the pan right here, the sparks go through the whole, hit the powder inside the musket and with luck, the ball -- this powder will explode and the ball will go rolling off the barrel. and if you are lucky, that ball might not go far. 50 yards, 100 yards. it's not going to go very far. and because it's just rattling down the barrel, it is not going to be accurate. if i were shooting towards the back of this room, i might be able to hit somebody, i might not. that would be kind of discouraging, wouldn't it? and it takes a long time. what's going to happen if it is raining? with this work? >> no. >> it's going to get on the powder, the spark will spark. if it is raining, if it is really humid, muggy, that might make it not work. that's also why you as a soldier are then issued the bayonet which turns your must get into basically a spear. let that is why we hav

surprisingly the department of justice and recent filings in dc with regard to flint and withdrawingis no mention of that. it's all because it directly rebuts some of the things that he argued the government is arguing in recent filings. which i hope the court now will get to the bottom of the hold hearings to try to understand what happened with the rug drawl of flynn's plea. at the end of the day you are absolutely right. we went in there because we needed to understand what flynn's relationship with the russians was. we looked at flynn and in the late fall and early winter decided were not coming up with Ãbwe were looking at him to see whether or not he was a potential match for what george papadopoulos stated to a representative of friendly foreign government that there is this allegation that the government of russia had offered to assist the campaign and the release of materials and would be damaging to obama and clinton. we looked at flynn because a lot of connections he had to russia potentially one of those folks who might have been the person who heard that. we were moving

also note thabl cable that kama would be here in flint.is a city that they remember that this is a city that is not a stranger to hardship. now or in this current moment. listen. >> flint, this is a strong community. we're used to, you know, hard times. it is not simple. but we have been brought up like this. so we can stand it, you know, the test of time. >> reporter: and, yeah, hallie, we know that the biden/harris ticket is going to try to elevate the discussion into the issues on the supreme court. but as i was talking to these business owners, i asked, are you keeping up with what is going on now after the passing of ruth bader ginsburg? i got all three nodding yes saying they are very interested in this election, and urging their friends and neighbors vote. hallie? >> that's really interesting. ali, thank you. over to maura barrett, up in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, for us. we talked about this new letter now from elections officials in pennsylvania, very concerned about what they're calling naked ballots. explain what that is, and why

southern vipers won the inaugural rachael heyhoe flint trophy, beating northern diamonds by 38 runs. the leading wicket—taker. france's julian alaphilippe won the men's road race on the final day of the world championships in imola. great britain's tom pidcock came 42nd, more than nine minutes down. a little earlier, i got the reaction of chris boardman, former world champion time trialler and part of the bbc commentary team. he's a flamboyant character, incredible at reading the race, he made one move in the whole race and there was about 300 metres of road where he could have made it and everybody knows he will do it and it still makes it work so it will be a popular winch and that will he or won't he all the way down made it fantastic. he was really emotional, you could see what it meant to him. in terms of the british hopes today? their focus tends to be the tour de france which he has been successful m, france which he has been successful in, then it's a month off and it's difficult to get up again for the world is so it's a young team, tom mid—court is the main writer, with a l

southern vipers won the innagural rachael heyhoe flint trophy, beating northern diamonds by 38 runs.ournament as the leading wicket—taker. julian alaphilippe has won the road world championships road race in italy. he broke away with just over ten miles to go and held on to the finish at the imola motor racing circuit. he's the first french world champion for 23 years. thomas pidcock was the highest placed briton in a2nd place. fabio ouartararo has moved to the top of the motogp championship after winning the catalunya grand prix. valentino rossi was challenging the frenchman for victory in barcelona, but he crashed out with nine laps to go. quartararo, who'd started from pole, held on for his third win of the season to move top of the standings. a stunning final round of 6a earned americanjohn catlin a second european tour title in a month with victory at the irish open. he birdied three of his final four holes to set the pace on ten under par and then watched as his rivals couldn't claw back the deficit. it adds to his triumph at the andalucia masters earlier in september. that's i

and in flint michigan, the next several weeks, the testing of land, all schools in daycare centers. a final rule in april of 2019 strengthening as best us regulations for the first time in 30 years. this rule closed a dangerous loophole that could have allowed insulation to return to the us marketplace with epa review. we completely eliminating the backlog on the state's list of impaired waters marking the first time in a decade this backlog, january 2017 epa approved 7000 total maximum daily load plans to restore polluted waters, 25% increase, the backlog of actions has fallen dramatically from 100 in 2017 to just a single state priority in july of this year. at 90% decrease in the backlog and doing so while proving a higher percentage of state water quality standards than at any point in the last administration. yet despite significant efforts to update water standards some states are trying to derail one of the nation's most successful watershed partnerships. in the chesapeake bay's tmd ls. historic project, the past decades is evidence of how strong partnerships with states can

select some of the kids tested had active covid infections and others like flint had antibodies.ers will be to analyze a larger number of cases to see if they can prove a direct link.? we really do not want to alarm parents but i think it is great if the awareness are there in the public. >> parents should watch the children for four symptoms, constant thirst, frequent restroom visits, tiredness, and weight loss. they say early diagnosis can get kids like flint back to reading a healthy life. >>> san diego state university students are now under a stay- at-home order after the school reported an overwhelming surge in covid-19 cases. university says 120 students have tested positive for the virus in just the last few days. the cases have been linked to students both on and off campus. the order is in effect until tuesday morning, and to keep students home to the labor day weekend. school officials are warning disciplinary action for those who violate the order but they have yet to reveal what those consequences would be. >>> they are seeing a spike in covid-19 cases among fraterni

she also met with small business owners in flint michigan that have been stomach still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, nfl coaches told to mask up for pay up. the punishment just handed down to the raiders head coach. >>> and halloween in a pandemic, new cdc guidelines weigh the risk of some popular activities. >>> and later, a side effect of quarantine, how the coronavirus is fueling a boom. >>> absolutely spectacular weather, it's been beautiful all day. but there is a big warm-up in >>>'s we have some breaking news from the east bay we want to get to. we are getting some reports of an amtrak train that has hit a pedestrian. this is happening in hayward on whpple road. you can expect obviously there will be delays, emergency crews are working to clear the scene and we will keep you posted. >>> now to the latest on covid- 19 and the grim milestone here in the u.s. or than 200,000 people have now died from the virus. in washington today thousands of american flags surrounded the washington monument on the national mall as a tribute. each flag representing 10 americans

is a early diagnosis can help get kids like flint back to leading a healthy life. riley carlson, cbs news london. >>> 70% of the children in the study newly diagnosed with diabetes were starting to run out of insulin in their bodies and half of those children were in serious condition. researchers say this is a much higher rate compared to what we normally see. ocbeowures oswe cl efn sc gathered in large numbers saturday night to celebrate the burning without access to parking, fewer people were out last ma. l night however saturdayiv nighfet úshoreline for a small celebration ordering them to order the closures. some say they are following the rules. >> should have a good time. we have our mass and covid-19 is a real thing. we are social distancing and keeping six feet away from everyone else. >> on top of the crowding, the "spare the air" alert makes it illegal to use fire pits on the beach. >>> mary lee has a check of the forecast on this monday and the air quality is still a concern as we start this new week. >> it is. we are looking at those hazy and smoky ski

the americans announced that they would grant surveys their 4th maritime flint in the atlantic ocean. which had ceased to operate after world war 2. our oil is on the maritime border of our international waters so i believe that the us truly are interested in taking over our oil. just as they grab so much oil in so many countries around the world. as you know after all political confusions around the world occur because of oil and the americans do not want petro brass nor the brazilian people to keep all that oil. obviously washington denies that but then how innocent were you and dilma rousseff you know about edward snowden in moscow says there are wiretaps on phone calls that lead to the n.s.a. to the u.s. security state you knew a good job as he told you about the coup in venezuela how innocent were you when dilma rousseff was in power that they were going to get you you know action i had a fantastic relationship with president chavez for many years. and i created a group of friends of venezuela to prevent any american intervention. and we were very successful during the bush admin

means that the case still has to go through the district courts federal judges ruled 8 to 2 against flint his attorney sidney powell called the decision to stripping split as expected a long line 7 from the tone and tenor of the judges said oral argument it is a disturbing blow to the rule of law while some background to the case michael flynn was questioned by the f.b.i. as part of the investigation into alleged russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. election he resigned after initially pleading guilty to misleading the f.b.i. but later claimed prosecutorial misconduct at the stage in his new lawyer produced documents alleging that the f.b.i. had set out to entrap flynn and had no valid cause to interview him in the 1st place legal analyst and u.s. national security commentator jennifer de master believes the case against flynn should not have been brought in the 1st place. not only the exculpatory documents that sidney powell did provide that show that this case should never have been brought not just that but the entire reason that the judge is holding this case out is because glenn pled gu

we think about the story in flint robes and of your own these these people and it becomes almost romantic trace been taken to improve the choice being taken to the tune the iset her seem stored in the streets the classical and you've got theories mates basically the money has to go order the body and the hook limits the streets a colossal that changes the nuggets of profoundly stupid so we international prominence and what you're left with is the role the brutality. you're known as an outstanding portrait artist and one of your strafing exhibitions was in the the calm of games and in glasgow in 2014 where you in 14 portraits of of various paths now it is your 14 for 14 as it were. with i was lucky enough to be in the exhibition but i was also tested by the settings you gave some people could tell us about. the real lennon the celtic manager because some of the background there and some of the split of leather than into the picture and of course have the ever celtic support yourself so when bigley hardship persons were pictured with celtic manager. he was a complex character and in fact. p

wildfires sea level rise heightened series of hurricanes and other natural disasters and of course the flint water crisis more people are finally paying attention to the environment the policies to improve our world in clean energy better air quality and water free from toxins and chemicals are still highly polarized. in february 29th payne congresswoman a cocktail courted champion the green new deal a climate proposal meant to tackle some of the greatest threats to our environment meanwhile build an economy that includes jobs designed to decrease our reliance on fossil fuels and guarantee high paying clean energy employment opportunities the resolution though it's true higher from both the right and the left meanwhile gaining traction among progressives and younger voters so much traction that the democratic party primarily focused quite a bit of time on the issue during their primary even hosting a vent solely targeting each president mccain its plans to make america greener. bank economist and co-author of the book climate crisis and the global green new deal robert poland joins us now to

. >> according to the standard life flint spoke to the veteran as part of the singapore summit and askedhe recent strains have been. >> important to the global economy and global trade to me, it is inconceivable you can address the challenges in the world for climate change, demographic aging, inequality, terrorism. all of these things cannot be done without the u.s., china and europe and the rest of the world. the most important issues in the world require people to work together that actually illustrates this clearly. six months ago, seven months ago, every single company in the world saw its growth i don't think that's changed, the emerge ens of a strong middle class the anxiety resumes and that means access into those markets. i began u winly believe the right answer in its engagement i believe in history, we've dealt with these things throughout the region we mind a pattern of engagement that address the issues that are so important to us. >> shares in cloud company snowflake more than double on the debut and what was the largest ipo ever valuing the company just over 70 billion. mo

that's on top of all that we need to do around environmental issues, including i was just in flint. what we need to do to invest in healthy water and infrastructure and building up and repairing infrastructure. often which is the most dilapidated in our communities, including our schools and public schools, which are falling apart. so in the middle of the covid virus, we're in the winter months, they can't bring the kids inside because the ventilation is so bad and we won't let them drink from the water fountain because that's toxic water, we need to improve infrastructure. that's also about jobs. these are the things that we will do. o i do believe that is a very, very strong foundation of what is necessary. not only to get us to the next phase and to build back better, as we say, but also to acknowledge the inequities have that long existed, that need to be addressed. angela: the last thing that i i ld love for you quickly is talked to one of your former co-chairs of your campaign, louisiana state rep ted james, earlier, talked about the first time he talked to you, how he felt ho

overall also shows that there might be some pressure on gross in the united states to come and in flintwhile after hitting record highs on wednesday tech stocks have dropped sharply again what is going on. well i mean it was an accident that had to happen sooner or later just on when stay the nasdaq composite for the very 1st time ever surpassed the 12000 point mark but it was interesting that the sell off is started to your on thursday a day when he cites the trade figures we actually got better than feared to numbers from. here is we will get the big job report now on friday and that also shows you that there is a decoupling from what's going on on wall street and what's going on with the real economy if you look at stocks like apple no real you news and still what happened the stock sold off by a good 8 percent tesla for example down by almost a 20 percent just within 3 trading days but it was a quite a mess of sell off another couple is it down by about them 5 percent one reason also might be that we'll approaching a prolonged weekend monday labor day so no trading on wall street an

international airport, kamala harris hitting the campaign trail in michigan, small business owners in flintargest cities, saying the democrats path to victory, quote, runs straight through michigan. donald from calling out joe biden for flip-flopping honest and on fracking after he walked back his comments. mister biden will make his first are to north carolina as democratic presidential nominee, former vice presidential campaign will stop in charlotte one day before donald trump is set to visit target state, trump made four campaign stops in north carolina. jillian: new york city restaurant owners and restaurant owners across the country are bracing for winter after 6 months of pandemic closures lead many financially devastated and unable to make rent. joining me to speak out is hospitality alliance executive director andrew ritchie. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. jillian: these numbers are devastating, according to the hospitality alliance, 87% of bars and restaurants could not afford the rent, 34% not being able to pay their rent at all. what do those numbers say to you and h

ran into, larry is on the street while she was doing all walking to hear of of some businesses in flint and she took a few steps pass the current site of a potential trump nominee. what should democrats do with the president put somebody else on the court? >> senator harris, should democrats try to pack the courts next year? >> so we tried, no answer yet. that we were in wisconsin yesterday, and a few dozen trump supporters all seemed very knowledgeable about this pending nomination fight. listen here to a biden supporter and a trump supporter. >> they are eating their own folks, susan collins susan coll, you are cutting them off. >> he has a responsibility on that responsibility and one is we encounter an opening and it's his job to fill it. >> harris has a few more events here in michigan before heading back home to washington, d.c.. >> dana: r8, keep trying to ask those questions. many democrats climb to their party to pack the supreme court or add justices. let's bring in liz cheney and she was talking about republicans. >> they are paying the price for elections to come. everyone i

also the flint, michigan families harmed by lead in the water, securing a settlement.> i'm running out of time because they're creating hashtags faster than we can keep up. we can't keep up america, enough is enough. >> reporter: crump is not a criminal prosecutor. he represents the families in civil lawsuits. which means he can only sue for monetary judgment. if he loses like most contingency fee cases, he doesn't charge his client a fee for services. if he wins, he takes a third of the settlement before taxes. even when the criminal prosecutions fail. >> we have to fight two battles, laura, one in the court of public opinion, and two, we have the fight in court of law. >> reporter: with publicity comes protests, both peaceful and violent. >> i think it's inappropriate for anybody to -- to loot, destroy property, commit violence against others in the name of trying to say it was wrong for police officers to be violent against us. >> reporter: but crump laments there are two justice systems in america where even violence is condemned along racial lines. >> we can't hav

and we hope to check this with the biden campaign that is in flint, michigan as well.e start with capitol hill and garrett. garrett, the fear of this will destroy the senate, i would say it is sort of like people saying hey, climate change is coming. no, it is not coming, it is here. the senate has been destroyed as we know it. so now we have a new senate, it is combatting like the house, he who has the power just shoves it through, that is the future of the united states senate? >> reporter: well,

. >> stayed home in delaware today as running mate kamala harris hit the campaign trail in flint, michigan. >> should democrats pack the court? >> that's what some democratic leaders want to do. fed states of the supreme court and fill them with liberals. by then use to stand firmly against the idea. but now he is tight-lipped saying last night it's a legitimate question. let me tell you why i'm not going to answer that question because it will shift the focus. that's what he wants. that nonanswer says a lot to set a majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> former vice president biden himself refused to rule out that he would pack the supreme court supreme court. >> that would require a major change to senate tradition which democratic senator dianne feinstein opposes telling reporters i don't believe in doing that. i think the filibuster serves a purpose when i think it's part of the senate that differentiates itself. two new polls reveal under the radar battlegrounds, george's likely voters by 0.3% and a constitution pole and the likely voters are split. feels like a lifetime since bernie san

yo commute into the altamont pass is sluggish just past the north of flint.that, no delays on 680. the travel times are for the most part in >>> itisfostart with ong the co air for portions of the north bay into san francisco. we have a spare the air alert in effect. a record 18 days in a row with the spare the air alert. that continues saturday and beyond that. no normal daytime highs today, but that the heat is on for the weekend. heat advisory and excessive heat warning will be in effect saturday through labor day, due to this dangerous heat. there we go with the extended forecast saturday, sunday, and for labor day. the hottest days out of the extended forecast. stay safe. back to you. >>> thank you. real talk. the holiday weekends do not have the same luster they used it to, but we will make it a good one.>> yes. for sure. and before we go, i want to give a happy birthday shout out to my dad, dave mack affect. is elevating in river falls, wisconsin. i wish we could take him on a virtual trip to pacifica as we >>> good morning to you, our viewers in the w

the water they have is full of lead and made me think of flint, michigan, and newark, new jersey, and other black currents where is happening. so the water can constitute freedom, the river jordan, the ohio river separated slave territory from free territory. baptisms, take me to the water. transformation. it can represent freedom and transformation, also heaven, because people bury their people based in water because they believe in the afterlife you good back to africa. so it represents all of these things and also represent death and disappearance. it runs the gamut so i wanted to make sure this was a chapter i was most worried about. told myself you better nail it because it brings up so many strong emotions and i wanted to show the complexity of what water means to african-americans and their enslaved people and it's a centuries old leg guess, stemming from institutional forces like segregation. and what water can do to our lives. >> growing up down here, again, like lot of us have grandparents and parents who either died or almost died and n lakes and rivers, but the fear of lik