the flint, michigan sadness parade?e'd show a picture of last year's parade, but it's just too sad.wlook, i can't believe city leaders could be this insensitive. but check out this town hall from last april where the mayor is trying to convince residents that their water is as clean as detroit's. >> i say they're comparable. now if you don't believe that particular test, then that's your prerogative, this is a democracy. >> how is this a democracy? >> well it's as much as we have for now.v@ >> larry: "it's as much as we have for now." let me see if i can translate that for you. "if you're poor, we don't give ] next. because look at the lady next to him, she's got some bottled water! she knows this is [bleep] "mmmm, look what i got, poor people. you can get this a the grocery store... 100 miles away! ha ha ha. ha ha ha ha ha." that's right, she is secretly the joker. and it's not just the city officials who are insensitive. this is what the michigan department for environmental quality spokesperson had to say. >> anyone

a special rachel maddow town hall from flint, michigan, starts right now. >>> this is an msnbc special presentation. >>> anyone who's concerned about lead in the drinking water in flint can relax. >> sometimes i'll get rashes. sometimes i'll itch. >> there is no broad problem right now. >> my kids are sick and it's damage they'll have for the rest of their lives. >> government, please do your job. >> i have a 3-year-old, you know? i don't want her to get sick. >> i'm sorry and i will fix it. >> snyder's got to go! >> keep paying taxes. keep paying water bills. >> it's three generations they've poisoned. >> i'm sorry most of all that i let you do. >> what do we want? >> when do we want it? >> now! >> we weren't told the truth. >> the people of flint need action. they deserve action. >> "an american disaster: the crisis in flint." this is an msnbc town hall. from the holmes/s.t.e.m. academy, here now rachel maddow. [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome to flint, michigan. welcome. thank you to everybody in this room for being here. it's an honor to be here among you today after covering thi

move his family here in flint, michigan. >> flint mayor, thank you for being here.want to tell you that being here in flint there is a conclusion that i have come to today being here talking to people that i did not expect to come to, the con conclusion that i came to is that this crisis is fixable, that it will be fixed. what convinced me of that is next. stay with us. three spreadsheets later, you finally bring home the one... then smash it into a tree. your insurance company is all too happy to raise your rates... maybe you should've done a little more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. whose long dayis sheldon setting up the news starts with minor arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. can a a subcscious. a mind? a knack for predicting the future. reflexes faster than the speed

with humira, control is possible. >>> new developments out of flint, michigan on the water crisis. s now. for more, joined now about tony dokoupil who remains in flint. >> reporter: i remain in flint for you. the michigan department of health and human services released a report on uptick in legionnaire's disease, coincides with the switch to the flint river water. it potentially opens up a deadly, fatal new front in the crisis. the health department confirmed 87 cases of legionnaire's a deadly water borne bacteria, 87 cases over the last two years and 10 cases, 9 or 10, depending how they count, were fatal. that's important because that's a massive, massive change from the normal. it's nine times bigger than the typical outbreak in the country and bigger than anything this county or city has seen before. the health department, the state health department says they cannot confirm or rule out these are related crises the switch to the water and the ride in legionnaire's disease. experts i have spoken to were quite certain there was a relationship. i've spoken to families of two victi

there he is, rick snide, expected to speak at some length about the water crisis in flint, michigan. why don't we give a listen to his remarks. [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you very much. thank you. >> members of the joint con vince of the state of michigan, rick snyder. >> thank you, thank you very much. please be seated. thank you for joining me tonight. lieutenant governor, brian kelly, senate majority leader, senate minority leader, house minority leader, members of the supreme court, members of the court of appeals. attorney general, congressman, fred upton, congresswoman, brenda lawrence. my cabinet. ladies and gentlemen of the legislature. fellow public servants, citizens of michigan. and my family. i welcome you herer tonight. i would like to begin by adding a special welcome, to our active duty military reserve and national guard members, and law enforcement, let's give them a shutout too. [ applause ] otherawa. >> thank you, i do want to share one special situation with you with respect to our medical. last year, we had deployed the 127th air wing out of sulfrag. they ha

cheers erupted as the then-mayor of flint, michigan, officially turned off theoit. >> here's to flint! >> reporter: and began pulling its supply from the local flint they know that this cost-cutting move would have devastating consequences. >> cheaper than detroit but about at what cost? health, people dropping over g sick? >> clean water! years later, flint is in a state of federal emergency. >> our children should not have to be worried about they're drinking in american cities. that's not something that we should accept. >> reporter: president obama releasing $80 million in aid to michigan to help flint repair its water as national guards continue to cart in thousands of bottles of water and filters. but on that day back in april 2014, as the mayor pressed the ne knew what they had put into action. just weeks after the complaints began pouring in about foul-smelling water running from the taps. mysterious ailments. this 2-year-old would become the loss. at the time his mother had no idea what it was. she was not alone. >> my son jordan, he's been in the e.r. twice, early rash all o

here is more from flint, michigan. >> reporter: frustration over flint, michigan's tainted water supply is stilling over. >> flint is now a crime scene. >> reporter: michigan's governor rick snyder declared a state of emergency over the city's water two weeks ago, but state officials may have known about it months earlier because there was a spike in lead. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders blasted the republican governor. >> the governor of that state acted as though he didn't really care. >> a man who acts that responsibly should not stay in power. >> [crowd noise] >> reporter: protestors gathered outside flint city hall saturday. >> we need federal hope. >> reporter: michael moore grew up in the city and said president barack obama's emergency declaration isn't enough. >> it is not just the water crisis. it is a racial crisis. it is a poverty crisis. >> reporter: to save money in 2014, flint stopped paying for water from detroit and tapped into its own river instead but the river water stripped lead from pipes. >> since the move, the number of children with high lead levels doubl

the country where worker infrastructure is inadequate, and could cause problems that we saw in flint michigan. >> you have pushed those numerous times to improve infrastructure for water in sewer systems, and many have not passed. do you think the flint crisis has made a difference. could you get people on board with an effort to rebuild the water infrastructure in america? >> i hope so. times it takes a tragedy to unite public action. for years i talked about doubling and tripling the amount of money brought into the fund used by governments to modernize the water systems, it's not only drinking water, it's how we treat waste water and deal with the flow of water in america. it is, in many cases, inefficient, losing a lot of water that is valuable. it's a public health issue. we have breaks that cause other public health issues, for those reasons, we need to double or triple the amount of money put into infrastructure, i have been asking for that for the last decade. i hope to get action that will help flint michigan, and the other communities in our country that have ageing infrastructure i

in fact they have been hired to be in charge of making sure the water supply in flint michigan is meanwhile ... in the latest move to help flint with the water crisis ... michigan senators announce a plan to help families who have been exposed to lead poisoning. today on capital hill... the senators announced a proposal to provide emergency federal funding to fix lead contaminated pipes in flint. the bill requires the state to match federal spending dollar- for- dollar. the measure also calls for the center of excellence for lead poisoning to help the children who have been exposed to lead poisoning through the water. the senators are hoping for strong bipartisan support so flint can get relief quickly. the ground search for a missing and endangered blacksburg teenager will continue tomorrow. today ... more than a thousand police officers and members of virginia tech corps of cadets combed the area around the home of 13-year-old nicole lovell. she was last seen there around midnight tuesday. police say she is on liver medication that she must take twice a day. lt. mike albert, blacksburg po

i'm bernie sanders sean: outrage is growing over the the water crisis in flint, michigan. the mayor is headed to washington to ask the white house for more help. this comes as michigan' s governor is poised to give his state of the state address tonight. but he' s expected to be greeted by protesters enraged by the crisis. reporter reid binion has the story. reid: angry protesters in flint, michigan, calling for the rest of governor rick snyder, as residents cope with lead contaminated water flowing into their homes. it started in april 2014 when the state temporarily switch to the water source the notoriously dirty flint river. it was a cost-saving measure the water flow through service lines made of the noxious element into homes. the water source was switch in october but the damage to the pipes was done good with the state using the national guard to hand out clean water. president obama declared an emergency on saturday but a flint city councilman says much more is needed and available. >> the state of emergency gives us a $5 million cap, which the president has alrea

residents filed another lawsuit against the city of flint, michigan. it is the fourth concerning toxic water. >> find out what makes this one different from other lawsuits filed, plus, some of the leaders and organizations trying to come up with a solution to the problem. >>> it's not just women lining up at the cosmetic calendar hoping to find a way to better their appearance anymore, now it's the men, too. in just a few minutes, how it su >>> residence in flint, michigan while the fourth lawsuit against the city demanding water mains to be replaced at no cost to them, plus the one alleged violations of the safe water drinking act resolved. >> this lawsuit does not demand any financial compensation like others. as adriana diaz reports, there is more than one suggestion on how to make things right. >> reporter: michigan governor rick snyder joined the flint mayor today updating residents about the water crisis. >> more is getting done. we are going to keep doing more and be committed to the people of flint. >> i told governor snyder that flint resident

there's ahead including some kind of big news from flint, michigan. ay with us. >>> we're going to have a show tomorrow night from michigan the doing a town hall on the mass lead poisoning of that city and what will happen next because of it. we're going to do that tomorrow. tonight, we're about to speak with the mayor of flint, michigan. we wanted to talk to her about the situation and the city. we found tonight we could only get her on the phone. we couldn't get her in front of camera because she's been in a long meeting all night tonight with michigan's governor, rick schneider. out of that meeting there's big news as to what is about to happen in michigan. what michigan is asking for. this is a totally different scale from anything we have heard before. that and the mayor are next. stay with us. >>> we have some breaking news to report out of flint, michigan. in terms of the response to the lead poisoning crisis in flint, president obama, you'll remember dispatched this person to be on site in flint. we're getting what kind of help she might be ask

. >> another released american amir hekmati also arrived home in flint, michigan. flint was in the news. the iranian government accused him of espionage. and the former marine said that, quote, it's been a very long road. but that it's great to be back. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry says the fight over -- is over, i should say, between the obama administration and when it comes to the nuclear deal. mr. kerry met with benjamin netanyahu in davos this week. >> netanyahu, who was up on of the deal's biggest critics, israeli officials are concerned that terror groups like hezbollah will get increased funding from iran with the help of sanctions relief. >> all right. just ten days away now from the first votes heating up to the u.s. presidential election. the iowa caucuses. >> getting close. >> and a new cnn/orc poll shows democrat bernie sanders pulling further ahead of hillary clinton while republican donald trump opened up a lead over his closest rival ted cruz. >> take a look among republicans. mr. trump leads the path with 37%. texas senator ted cruz now in

mayor karen weaver/ flint, michigan - "i have told governor snyder that flint residents should not have to pay for water they did not and are not using. i appreciate, i want everybodyyto know i appreciate the federal government stepping up but this does not replace the state stepping up giving the funds for our residents to fix this issue" 6... we sit down with members of the virginia tech research team who helped expose the water crisis. hear what they have to say... tonight at 6. the dan river in danville could soon have one less dam. city council will consider a proposal at its next work session to remove the dam near the white mill building. according to the city's website... the project would cost more than 100- thousand dollars. the goal would be to have the concrete dam completely removed by august. the city is concerned leaving the dam would be a safety risk as the area becomes more populated. the city also points out removing the dam would make the river more navigable and would riverfront. no votes will be taken at work session. in your w-s-l-s ten exclusive timesaver traffic

thanks to a plea to help people in flint michigan dealing with that water crisis the news that four starts right now the breaking news coming out of your town where told a mobile home was on fire there on george washington memorial highway. right now newport news fire crews are assisting are told three people are heard right carol is at the scene right now in bryan with contents with activity starting to wrap up a little bit to see them right here behind you see the trailer that was involved right behind that you can see there is not much left of that trailer we do know this started around one ten this afternoon is when the call had actually come in firefighters are telling us that there were seven people total who were in the mobile home to win and then five children i did talk to a neighbor who said he actually helped one of the women out of the home on the other side unity with the other side you're looking down one of the opposite side. we also see some of the wall and all that over there has been taken out to sea we can show you where that woman was over helpful that woman out as well

amir hekmati arrived thursday afternoon in flint, michigan. the former marine was detained in iran in 2011. he was convicted of spying, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. the same storm grazing the tri-state today will be a major threat to 80 million residents on the east cost this weekend. mark: and residents are bracing wlwt news 5' s jennifer schack tells us how they' re preparing. jennifer: meteorologists are expecting every part of maryland to be impacted by the approaching storm. maryland' s governor, larry hogan, has declared a state of emergency that begins at 7:00 this morning. a.m. top officials are trying to coordinate storm preparations from transportation to medical , police, education and even , military representatives. the governor asked residents to go out last night to gather food, fuel and other supplies. he' s also suggesting that people charge their cell phones now before electricity goes out. washington, d.c., baltimore, philedelphia and and new york city are all under blizzard warnings this weekend with heavy snow

fenton, michigan is just south of flint, it is a suburb. i was born and raised in flint, michigan. it was a gm town for years. the people of flint were very lucky to have carol stewart mott as the godfather of flint. the community education program was created in flint. downgeneral motors went and pulled all the plants, including buick come out of , flint became a town just like detroit. thewould not believe conditions of the schools, let alone what happened now with the water. host: that is part of the story, too. crisis into cities tests michigan's governor. -- crisis in two cities. teachers trying to put an injunction to stop the teachers -- caller: we have the same thing in flint. many of the older schools have been in the process of being torn down as part of the blight legislation. flint really and truly needs help from the state. they don't get it because of the republican congress and republican governor. they come in and take over cities, they took over several and put emergency managers in place. then, we have a decision like the one to save a little money that we will sta

flint's water. because of this switch that they made and how they made it. but the michiganress has dug up evidence that the governor very quietly helped some pastors in flint get water filters to distribute back in august. that's interesting, right? august he gets water filters quietly on the sly, doesn't admit anything publicly until october? documents from the state health department in september suggest the governor got some sort of information on childhood lead poisoning before meeting with the pastors. right? something that led him to quietly try to do something to help. at the same time, though, we also know his spokesperson kept strategizing ways to downplay the crisis in public. so that looks embarrassing for the governor now. but what is so frustrating for the public is that the written record has so many holes in it. especially when it comes to the governor's own dealings specifically and personally. michigan is nearly alone in the nation in shielding the governor from freedom of information act requests. you can use foia to get official documents and corresponden

lead in the water supply in flint, michigan. people breaking out in rashes, losing hair. the doctor who sounded the alarm was ignored. but not anymore. abc's alex perez is following the investigation in flint tonight. >> three, two, one -- >> reporter: it was supposed to be a moment of triumpmph. cheers erupted as the then-mayor of flint, michigan, officially >> here's to flint! >> hear, hear! >> reporter: and began pulling its supply from the local flint river. little did they know that this cost-cutting move would have devastating consequences. >> cheaper than detroit but about at what cost? health, people dropping over dead, getting sick? >> clean water! >> reporter: now almost two years later, flint is in a state of federal emergency. >> our children should not have to be worried about the water thathey're drinking in american cities. that's not something that we should accept. >> reporter: president obama releasing $80 million in aid to michigan to help flint repair its water infrastructure. as national guards continue to cart in thousands of bottles of water and filt

to the flint river its water tainted with dangerous contaminants are lasting health impacts still unknown. >> i'm trying to focus on this decision accountable notches to apologize now michigan's top prosecutor is launching a probe into the cause meanwhile the people of flint are forced to rely on water from strangers this is just a small fix on a much bigger problems of the governments probably going to have to step in and help out until then oskar blues will tap into their resources and offer as many cans as they can its trouble continues to grow will your money taking a major beating on wall street again today a bad week on wall street coming to a dismal end of stocks continued to sell up at the closing bell that they'll lost a 390 points today announced that more than a hundred and 27 s&p 500 lost 41.2 big factors in the selloff of course china's unstable financial future and oil prices as you may have noticed a barrel of oil gold trading under $30 today and some experts predict that causing walmart to shut down 270 stores worldwide including two in colorado this neighborhood market their your monaco and evans and denver they will close by the end of the month walmart says

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many celebrities are visiting flint michigan in efforts to see how they can get involved with the flint water crisis. rapper and actor snoop dogg is one of the many celebrities who is taking time to learn more about the city's problems. he says he is a busy man but says he is choosing to take some time out of his day to help the people of flint. snoop dogg says it's all about choices. another star also getting involved with donations in the flint community is jessie smollett --- "to see the people and to be with the people and to hear their stories first hand. snoop dogg and jussie say now jussie say now that they have city's problem, they plan on informing their other celebrity friends. local fraternity is working to help people in flint michigan during the water crisis. the gamma alpha chapter of omega psi phi fraternity inc and que house, a community based organization's, water drive is officially underway. the non-profit is collecting cases of bottled water to send to flint michigan. collection times will be tomorrow through friday from 10 am to one pm. the chapter says they feel it

joining us now is the mayor of flint, michigan.ajor karen weaver is on the phone because she just got out of a long meeting with the governor on this subject. thank you so much for being with us. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. i apologize i couldn't be there in person. we just finished up. >> can you tell us about what happened in this meeting. what you understand to be the current state of the governor's request for federal help and the next steps for flint? >> you know what, let me say this, i had the opportunity to not only have this meeting with him but i was always in the meeting when our national state and local president sat down from the naacp sat down and put some requests in place as well. one of the things when you were talking about the medical help that is going to be coming for medicaid to be expanding. those are things we have wanted. we know we have to get the kids identified to know what they need. these are really good first steps. we still have to put the services in place they will need from here on out. t

residents in flint, michigan are in dire need of clean drinking water. complaints of smelly lead- tainted water pile up, thousands across the country are reaching out to help including local groups. >> we're excited to be able to help and be a conduit to the folks in flint, michigan. the water is serious. the united way up there has stepped up. united way in pasco county. over several days, stacks of bottled water started to fill up in the front lobby. 100 cases were wrapped, rolled, and loaded. lester gibson is one of many drivers picking up supplies. >> you have truckers going all over the place picking stuff up, and then the central locations they put it all together. >> reporter: several stops will be made to pick up much-needed supplies along the way. >> it goes to tampa and then from tampa they'll find other stuff going up to georgia. they'll put more together from probably georgia to michigan. >> reporter: the supplies are expected to reach michigan hopefully within the next week or so. >>> today marks 30 years since the space shuttle challenger e

lawyers - representing families from flint michigan confirm.. they have now filed three class action lawsuits.. seeking damages and an in injunction to help families billed for water they could not use. "our pepole need financial aid, they need it now." this announcement comes as angry residents continue to rally.. some even demanding the governor be arrested. the state is now under investigation.. after it changed its water source from lake huron to the flint river to save money? exposing residents to toxic levels of lead but allegedly waiting five months to warn the sonya austin: "my baby and i are breaking out and itching from bathing in the water. i don't like the idea that my baby can't drink." national guard troops are now on the ground passing out water and filters. president obama has declared a state of emergency and white house officials say more federal aid is possible. the epa is defending its handling of the crisis.. and the system has been huron.. but the pipe damaged.. water is still not safe to drink. as for governor rick did not

the experience church in suffolk is taking action for the people of flint michigan. and right now all of them are having to find other ways to get clean drinking water -- this after tests found dangerously high levels of lead in the water it s something that has compelled pastor john moore to act for the rest of january the church will be collecting cases it )s all part of what pastor moore says is the right thing to do. in suffolk -- todd corillo -- newschannel 3. a michigan family is taking advantage of a recent snowstorm to build a giant snowman shaped like a popular we )re tracking a much larger system for friday and saturday that could bring us snow but also some rain. we re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that move into the area from the southwest. as this system moves into some very cold air already in place, any precipitation that develops will first fall as snow early on friday. then, during the day, as low pressure moves over the area, it will drive in slightly warmer temperatures, which will cause the snow to transition into rain. once the low ex

(nats: water) water continues to pour into flint, michigan.. (nats: deliveries) bottled water -- pallet after pallet.. hundreds-of-thousands of gallons.. (nats: tap) to replace contaminated water.. that has been spilling from faucets and putting families at risk for nearly two years.. (nats: 'almost done!"( today doctors community.. concerned about the level of lead in their blood after being exposed to the water.. (nats: kem donation to salvation army) celebrities.. corporations.. service organizations.. continue to donate clean water.. and cash to the struggling city.. (s/ devin carama / community activist :31 - :32 quick) "the outpouring has been amazing." still though.. (nats: protest) the outrage is building.. (s/ governor rick snyder / (r) that doesn't help solve the problem." the governor has suspended two state employees -- and yesterday the michigan attorney general appointed a former prosecutor.. and retired head of the fbi in detroit.. to lead an investigation into the process, and possible cover-up of problems with the city's water

linked to drinking water in flint, michigan. the city's mc-laren hospital says... it found low levels of the bacteria in its water system. hospital officials... saw a spike in legionnaires cases... after the city switched to a different water source...two years ago. the switch...was also linked... to an increase in lead levels in water... which created a citywide crisis. since then-- some patients have died... but a state health official says there's still no evidence the source change-- caused the legionnaires' cases. huge water crisis in flint michigan people are flocking to go-fund- me... to help... donors...have already given... nearly two hundred thousand dollars. we've learned...the money will go toward things like... water filters....and even bags of fresh fruit and vegetables. one account is even raising money to offset the costs incurred by the virginia tech researchers... they're the ones who first tested the water... and found unsafe levels of lead. flint, michigan... isn't the only community... dealing with drinking water problems. residents in sebring,

resident of flint, michigan went tohe state capital in lansing today to protest tonight's state of the state address by governor rick snyder. they blame him for not cleaning up the lead that has poisoned the water in flint, a city of 100,000 predominantly african american. here's adriana diaz. >> what do we want. >> reporter: governor snyder's address will have to compete with this. >> we're going to getty, snyde. >> reporter: tony palladeno and his wife, leah, were among hundreds who bordered buss from flint to the state capital. >> we are all affectd and infected by this and they need to pay for this. back in april 2014 when flint switched from detroit water to water from the flint river to save money. within weeks, residents began complaining about the snell, taste, and appearance. a year later, the city found slightly elevated lead levels in the water but said there was no cause for alarm. then in saernght a group of doctors found that the number of children with dangerous lead levels had doubled. lean walters started noticing physical and developmental delays in her kid. >> we wer

energy and so i just put it on social media we need donations and fresh water will be sending to flint michigan was uploaded on social media bias and people from everywhere virginia said want to help out. pastor john moore of sonic church simply called experience has been collecting water for days cases have been pouring in at the church and sunday night pastor more as a driver who all is eighteen wheeler directly to michigan to join a massive convoy from detroit to flint monday objective is really that churches are coming together and that people in flint know that we hear that we here for you that we were more than us this war should be a press conference is planned for monday morning in flint and i want to be paris coping facebook glad because i want people from regina to actually see ah because of your contribution this is live footage when helping people. the moore family had a message for people who watch this story and want to do more. starting with calling a church there are some other churches that are coming together to bring water to make a phone call set up bright and can do that is