nobody ces about flint, michan. flint still has the oblem they had years ago.o make re that we are doing what we are supposed to do, to make sure this never ever happens to another city. amy: many top state officials were indicted for what happened in flint. for example, the governor, rick snyder, was ultimately indicted. dr. mona hanna-attisha, if you could talk about what took place and explain what lead poisoning does, why children are particularly vulnerable. dr. hanna-attisha: i will start with that. when i heard about the possibility of lead in the water in flint, my life changed. as a pediatrician, we know what lead does. it is and reversible, potent neurotoxin, especially affecting children, eroding cognition, lowers iq levels, impacts behavior and development, causing learning and attention problems, growth problems, hearing problems. we now know kids exposed to lead can have problems later in life including gout, alzheimer's, dementia. there is no safe level of lead, science has taught us. levels that we thought were ok decades ago we now know are not

from flint, michigan. her name is michelle martinez, and she's an activist in that area. and one of the things she helped us understand as she went through her conversation, you know, also detroit is where she's located, is how because she is a latina -- in this case in detroit -- living in a latina neighborhood, the pollution that she has to deal with not just in the water, but in the air, is so much greater than that of other neighborhoods that are not latina and mr. black. so what tore down this flint, each though everyone knew about it, it was in the news, it's also in adopt and, quite frankly, is happening all over the country. .. because of all of the freeways that were built through their neighborhoods. there are higher cases of covid it. that just 7 miles south, which is a predominantly white neighborhood for the air is a lot cleaner, you have less cases of covid. so it is not just one issue, whether it be water or air, it is how it compounds with other issues that literally become deathdealing to

and me being recently out of college driving to work every day, hearing about the flint water crisis and basically just listening to politicians. point the finger one at another. no, it was your fault. no is your fault. and nobody taking accountability. i just like clinic keep going to work knowing that nobody was trying to prevent the next flint water crisis and that our current re districting process offered no accountability . so i made that facebook post, not knowing how to enter your evander the saying, like hey, anybody else want to help? and suddenly i saw that i wasn't alone. they were actually thousands of people who had been frustrated with your a mentoring for years and years and years, but didn't realize we could do something about it. so we made an online group for me and a bunch of strangers and we started trying to google, how do you and jerry manager is a and we found out we had to write constitutional language, so we crowd sourced that. we went around estate, we held $33.00 town halls and $33.00 days asking people, do you like the current system? if you don't like it

i just like clinic heat going to work, knowing that nobody was trying to prevent the next flint water crisis and that our current redistricting process offered no accountability. so i made that facebook post, not knowing how to enter your evander, just saying like, hey, anybody else want to help? and suddenly i saw that i wasn't alone. they were actually thousands of people who had been frustrated with teary monitoring for years and years and years, but didn't realize we could do something about it. so we made an online group, me and a bunch of strangers and we started trying to google. how do you and jerry manager is a and we found out we had to write constitutional language, so we crowd sourced that. we went around estate, we held 33 town halls and 33 days asking people, do you like the current system and you don't like it. what do you think is fair? and we kept track of everybody's answers. we wrote that language and then we had to gather a bunch of signatures in a $180.00 days. and we mapped out we found the rest stops where cars stopped between holiday ed for thanksgiving. we lit

keep up the fight. >>> michigan is dealing with another flint.idents of benton harbor are being told to use bottled water three years after testing found unacceptable levels of lead. residents are saying the city didn't do enough to warn them. we'll be right back. dn't do eno. we'll be right back. ♪♪ three times the electorlytes and half the sugar. ♪♪ pedialyte powder packs. feel better fast. with clean, fresh ingredients, ♪♪ panera's new chicken sausage and pepperoni flatbread is a mouthwatering explosion of yes. craft? yes! heartiness? yes! living life to the flavor-fullest? heck yes. panera. live your yes. now $1 delivery. [swords clashing] - had enough? - no... arthritis. here. new aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. don't thank them too soon. kick pain in the aspercreme. hi, i'm debra. i'm from colorado. don't thank them too soon. i've been married to my high school sweetheart for 35 years. i'm a mother of four-- always busy. i was starting to feel a little foggy. just didn't feel like thin

flint has had this issue both flint and benton harbor, the populations are majority black. both. you have a high proportion of people living in poverty. do you think that's a coincidenc >> no. what you just said is a fact. and let me say this. if there was a white person with a baby talking about land in the water, they would call the pentagon. they would call fema. they would call everybody out in the army every day to make sure they get rid of all of the lead in the water. but being a black community, they have different thoughts about that. we call, why would it take three years for the governor to even answer using? >> yang: and given the fact that this has been going on on the other side of the state, you're benton harbor is on the western edge of the state on lake michigan. given that this has been going on in flint on the eastern side of the state for a number of yes, do you think that the state officials should have been a little me as a little more aggressive about this reactive, a little faster? >> absolutely. it is no excuse for this. you know, we applaud her for what

both flint and benton harbor, the populations are majority black.ave a high proportion of people living in poverty. do you think that is a coincidence? >> what you just said is a fact. let me say this. if there was a white person with a baby talking about lead in the water, they would call the pentagon, they would call fema, they would call everybody in their army, everyone to make sure that they get rid of all the lead in the water but being a black community, they have different thoughts about that. why would they take three years for the governor to even answer --you see? john: given the fact that this has been going on on the others of the state, benton harbor is on the western edge of the state on lake michigan, given that this has been going on in flint for a number of years, do you think that the state official should he been a little more aggressive about this, reacted a little faster? >> absolutely. there is no excuse for this. part of what she is doing now, she should have did this three years ago. you know, we don't know how many children

i've said before, flint had it first, the city of benton harbor is battling right now.been in contact with congressman fred upton. if we all work together, the city of benton harbor can become a model not just for state of michigan but before the entire united states. >> not just an issue in your town or even just in the state. i'm curious, one of the things that came out of flint, we talked about the impact of lead and especially on children. are you seeing health issues from these elevated lead levels in the water? >> talking with the county health department, i was on the phone with dr. lauren hamill, ceo of spectrum beaumont, and they have not seen any uptick in terms of in seniors or in children. however, you know, our posture at this point is caution as it rilts to the drinking water. we'll be testing residents' water as well as children and the governor's directive or executive directive allows for it to be done at no cost. it's an all hands on deck, all-government approach. the city council just recently declared a local emergency, which empowers the mayor, myse

other questions about our flint lock. seems like it would be relatively easy to have. or get out of the way. that works to your advantage. another thing about black powder it's very smoky and one of the reasons why we wear bright colors and drums and flags so that way you know the confusion and the chaos and will work to your advantage or disadvantage depending on which side you are. but, yeah, it's -- it's a good weapon. anyways, other questions? >> how cheap would they have been? >> we are talking probably a good year's wages. it's very expensive. another reason to maintain it, but it is something that you all would be required to have as members of the militia. >> so how would the musket balls melted down from lead vary from the musket balls from they melted for statutes and stuff like that? >> it's the same lead. we are not too concerned about what the metal is we just want the projectile to be able to take them out. it's another thing. nothing is standardized, so you're just -- how much powder you put in your cartridge, what size your balls are, that sort of thing

our meagan fitzgerald has more tonight >> reporter: just three hours from flint another michigan city facing an urgent water crisis the contamination coming from old lead pipes. had you been drinking and cooking with the water before then? >> i had i had no idea. >> reporter: the state says it's known about the elevated lead levels for three years and that residents had access to the information, but many residents say neither the city nor the state did enough to warn them of the danger when did you learn that there was lead in the water? >> last week i've been drinking the water, cooking with the water, brushing my teeth. >> reporter: two weeks ago the state started distributing bottled water to residents after a petition was filed last month detailing the problem to the epa >> the state of michigan would not have responded to this crisis if it hadn't been for the petition from epa >> how do you know that >> because years had gone by where nothing had happened >> reporter: hundreds of people have been waiting hours, lines stretched across several blocks for some this is their only ho

obviously, flint was the most famous.you get underprivileged communities, oftentimes black communities, lead pipes are poisoning their water. >> yes. >> trevor: a lot of the times people don't seem to understand where that comes from. the governor needs to do something. the president needs to do something. for people who completely don't understand, they go, "john legend, what are you talking about?" what is an example of something that people don't realize is decided on this ground lel. >> michigan i think was mostly a state issue. it was the governor and their staff deciding how they were going to handle a water issue in flint, and it had disastrous repercussions for the city of flint. there are so many decisions -- for instance, so many people have been protesting about policing and the criminal justice system. so many of those decisions about how we police, who we police, how it's funded and what we take the funds away from when we fund the police, all those decisions are usually made on a city council mayoral level.

but by been a black city is a whole different story. 2 years after the majority, black town of flint resolved a 5 year long crisis with lead in its water bent in harbors. water is even more toxic. my water, so sad. does it make you mad? yes, because they does not take a bath in a brush. our teeth and not it is, but with us i, we didn't. the most tainted samples from homes here contained $889.00 parts of lead per 1000000000. $59.00 times the states, 15 parts per 1000000000 limit on thursday with residents lining up for bottled water. 3 years after the city discovered its taps were tainted, the state announced it would replace all of the cities underground, lead pipes within 18 months. this directive ensures that state government is taking a truly all hands on deck approach. the mayor is careful not to criticize the state leaders who have committed to replace the city's lead pipes. but he too raises the spectre of racial discrimination. the entire system quite honestly. ah, sits since his inception from the federal and state level has not been kind and friendly to black people. i think

>> flints wearout. >> you have to replace this every 10 or 12 shots.his can break, lost one before. there are certain things that can happen to that. any other problems? operator error. always a problem. it is very complicated. one of the reasons you train and drill and train and drill and do it again. there are all these steps on the way. this is a shorter version of this. the longer version is here in the printed manual, takes 36 steps. it will be longer than 20 seconds. thank you for sneaking it down. there are lots of things that can go wrong. i hope everybody has used black powder. it is gummy, sticky, it will gum up. there are lots of problems to clear things out as best as i can to get the powder out of my pan. anything else, other problems you can foresee? >> did the continentals have bayonets? >> glad you mentioned that. no question about muskets. okay. the bayonet will go on the end. this is not a spike. you cannot aim this weapon. you close your eyes, you point in the general direction of the amoeba can't pick somebody off with it. you have

if this reminds you of the flint water crisis, you're sadly spot on.nton harbor, michigan. just as workers were trying to address the crisis, a decades old water main burst. miguel marquez is in benton harbor, michigan, where residents are all too familiar with failing city resources. >> reporter: courtney and her family of five go through a lot of bottled water. >> about 200 bottles a week. >> a week? >> i have three children and a husband at home. >> reporter: she says they sometimes go to the gym in the next town over just for a shower. >> my children had to go to school the next day so we went to the y and made sure everybody took showers at the y the night before so that they could go to school. >> the y is in a different town? >> it's in st. joe, where the water is clean and they pay lower water bills than us. >> reporter: benton harbor, population 10,000, the latest high-profile american town dealing with lead in the water. >> i'm really concerned about it because i've heard the danger of it. so we want to stay away from it as much as you can. >

as you say, it's a, it's a problem in this fate was seen in flint. and now, in bent in hobbit, what should the authorities, a government, local governments that be, be doing well, the most effective thing to do is to get the lead types out a luckily and been her that called her a lot of money. i imagine it does, but the, the cost of lead exposure of $2.00 generations of children and adults is even more expensive than the cost of removing those lead pipes. ok, thank you so much. and in for talking to us about this, ellen worn benton, so joining us there from detroit, thank you for your time. thank you. and people in the capital of canada's arctic territory have been told not to drink the city's water because it may be contaminated with petrol. a state of emergency has been declared in e conduit, which is home to about 7000 people. drinking water has been flown in to the territory. the alarm was raised after fumes were detected at a water treatment plant. the source is unclear, but resident say the vin problems with aging infrastructure. a u. s. appeal

this should not happen to any city. >> reporter: experts here compare the lead levels to flint.ody i talked to to, a person said they know people still drinking it. governor whitmer and the mayor have pledged to resolve the issue in the next 18 months, it was originally expected to take years. linsey? >> such an urgent matter, zachary, our thanks to you. >>> now to rob and a check of the weather. rob is stealing the show with the aurora borealis. >> and you stole my thunder with your fancy words. yeah, we get great shots of the aurora. this is just a beautiful site. if you have never seen it in person, it is nothing less than a spiritual experience. nor is a nice rainbow which we had in little rock, arkansas, friday after severe storms. we had damage in spots, and boy the razorbacks took sol damage again, yesterday, didn't they? action coming into the west. another strong trough. we'll take that because it starts to build the snow pack. we had a really dry year last year. wind advisories are up with this and this is always a problem, especially in california with the fires that

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and it's even more toxic than it was in the city of flint to the height of its water crisis . the majority of the population in benton harbor is black. john hendern spoke to residents who say racial discrimination is why it's taken 3 years to begin replacing the pipes. in benton harbor the water is brown in people are seeing red. get away a laugh lesson. why? yeah. so i'll know what to do. yeah, i don't know for the 2nd time in recent memory, the state of michigan is taking years to clean up lead, tainted drinking water in a majority. black city, when a visitor complained about the water. reverend edward pinkney had it tested and found high levels of lead. he says there's a reason it's taking so long to remove it. environmental recess just to what did you, if, if oh, a white woman would count was, oh, will you see he see her on a camel? we don't know baby, she's cry. and telling me that the little destroying her baby. there was a was sent out the army of fema will be here on the pentagon would be everybody would be here. and yet unresolved is dane in less than 6 months. but by

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and this happened in flint, not far away from here, another largely african american city. and now it's happening here. and you talked in the story about how that probably wouldn't have happened. had this been a city that was majority white. what do you think about that? oh, absolutely, dis with a never half. i mean, when you talking about, ah, environmental racism is right here. you know, this is, this is what's going on today. this is why they, we have the may show don't just never happen to another city was black and white, but we know david is a black city, is a possibility that might happen again. god will that that is the view. thank you very much. reverend. for talking to us and for all you're doing out here for all the people in benton harbor, that's the view from a city where a little bit of rain isn't stopping them and it's not resolving the water problem that we have. we're continuing to see cars come through here and pick up bottles of water and it looks like they're going to have to do that for at least another 18 months before this crisis is over. john, thank

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adams' daughter grew up both in flint and benton harbor.y baby being epileptic, i didn't know that it could actually do greater harm with a condition like that. and her, between flint and here, she was like getting a double portion of lead. john: adams still wonders whether lead might have played a role in her daughter's death in 2018. mary: it's sad when you watch a child take all of these different types of medications, praying that they would get better, and then drinking water, bathing in water, brushing your teeth in water. to think that lead on top of the medications caused her even graver suffering, it's sad to watch a child, and can do nothing about it. john: for many in benton harbor, the current water problems are just the latest case of their city being left high and dry. after decades of disinvestment and government neglect, the schools are struggling, crime is high, and nearly half the population lives in poverty. but take the short drive across a river to the neighboring city of st. joseph and it's a stark contrast, a majority

a lakefront town is seeing levels of lead in its water worse than the first water crisis in flint.g water. nbc news correspondent megan fitzgerald with the story. >> top officials in michigan are taking action in benton harbor. >> we are bringing a whole of government approach to ensuring that the residents of benton harbor have safe drinking water. >> reporter: this comes after elevated lead levels have been found in the water for three years, reporting showing the highest readings nearly 60 times the state limit. the state now stepping up the response in the water crisis, promising to fix all lead service lines in 18 months, and ramping up the water distribution that started two weeks ago. >> more than 20 semitrucks totaling 35,000 cases of water are scheduled for delivery to benton harbor every week until this is no longer necessary. >> reporter: residents frustrated with the response. >> they're stepping in but they're stepping in a little too slow and a little too late. >> reporter: frank jones has nieces and nephews under the age of 10 and worries about their lead exposure. >

the comparisons to your city and flint, michigan is inevitable. why wouldn't the problem fixed when there was clearly knowledge something was wrong? >> that's a great question. environmental racism has plagued not just the city of benton harbor but the entire united states of america. this is a wrong that must be corrected. i think governor witmer is leaning in to say enough is enough. we are in a struggling community. 2010, 2017 where financial emergency was declared. she's stepping forward to do it. i don't think it is fair for people to try and play the blame game. we all know one individual in government can do nothing. even the president. he needs the senate and the house. she needs the republican-led legislature to step up with her to say we need to fix benton harbor that will be a model for the country. this issue is nationwide. >> dealing with this problem on a day-to-day basis. putting out the statement in august. some saying they weren't aware of the danger and lead in the water. how do you get the message out to residents. do you have t

these issues echo what happened 160 miles to the east in flint, michigan.ls of lead after the city used the flint river as a water source. >>> let's go to sports. the nfl players association is demanding the release of all emails reviewed into workplace misconduct. the washington football team. andy scholes has this morning's bleacher report. hi, andy a. >> it was the emails of jon gruden which led to his resignation. there are 650,000 emails which has many, including nfl players so, wondering what else is in those emails. a spokesperson confirming to cnn they do plan on requesting that the league release the rest of those emails. in the meantime, the tampa bay bucs removing gruden from the team's ring of honor. he coached them to a super bowl in 2002. reigning nfl vp says gruden has no place in the nfl. >> and hopefully we can all as a league learn and grow from this and hopefully it puts people on notice who have some of those same opinions like, hey, man, it's time to grow and evolve and change and connect and that [ bleep ] doesn't fly. >> the nba kyrie

well, it parallels flint, michigan's, water crisis.er is plaguing the city of nearly 10,000 residents which is roughly 85% black. cnn's miguel marquez went to benton harbor where residents there are all too familiar with failing city resources. >> reporter: courtney sherrod and her family of five go through a lot of bottled water. >> about 200 bottles a week. a week. i have three children, and a big husband at home. >> reporter: she says they sometimes go to the gym in the next town over just for a shower. >> my children had to go to school the next day, so we went to the y and made sure everybody took showers at the y the night before so that they could go to school. >> reporter: the y's in a different town? >> it's in st. joe where the water is clean and they pay lower water bills than us. >> reporter: benton harbor, population 10,000, the latest high-profile american town dealing with lead in the water. >> i'm concerned about it because i've heard the danger of it. so you want to stay away from it as much as you can. >> reporter: wh

>> flint was under the emergency management because their city had essentially collapsed. in shifting water sources that changed the ph balance and lead led to the lead leeching. benton harbor has a poor control of the water from the municipality. frankly when you see cities that have had mismanagement over decades, this is what occurs. this is what happens when you do not have continual maintenance and management. this is what happens when you do not have strong and, frankly, unique leadership. ite's tragedy. >> doesn't this speak to -- in your view, does this speak to the need for the infrastructure bill to pass right now? i mean doesn't this speak to this larger need not just in michigan but across the country with everything that we just discussed there? >> and there is funding within that infrastructure bill, though, federal funding had been allocated. there was a grant that fred upton got for that municipality, and they were in the process of replacing those pipes. again, if the government does not act quickly, federal programs should and are intended to operate in t