in california, if they want railroads and tunnels, talk about flint michigan -- flint, michigan. the reason flint had trouble was the twit was built for nearly 2 million people. there only like 650,000 million people living there right now. so they are charging more for their water. flint cut off from the detroit water on account of that. each state should be responsible for taking up its own money. that way, the people in the state would decide to do with this money and how much gas tax needs to go on any state to take care of it. i don't think another state should be helping another state. host: joseph kane? guest: there is a federalist -- federalist responsibility to pay for and manage infrastructure. while it is a primarily state and local parity, there are certain issues like in terms of interstate commerce, that is a federal responsibility. there are certain federal rules here. we are a collection of many different localized infrastructure needs and infrastructure priorities and strategies. i think the caller is right in the sense that we need to question how we have perhaps

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there is hope in flint, michigan, and communities still struggling a community lab opened up to helpt be surprised at who is at the heart of this mission for these young adults, science is personal and flint, michigan, is home. in 2014 the city's water supply was contaminated and made national headlines as thousands of children were exposed to led in their drinking water. some of the water is still contaminated today demarion kolter was just 13 but remembers living in fear. >> it was very difficult being told not to use the water. >> reporter: when you reach for a glass or bottle of water, do you still think about those years? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: some of the youngest victims of the crisis now in high school, motivated to learn science while working with university of michigan chemists to test the water quality in 21,000 homes you're able in real time to monitor the status of the water there? >> correct within the next day we're able to determine the parts per billion lead in the water. >> reporter: when residents drop off their water sample, the teens check ph levels, test for

she grew up in flint michigan listening to loretta lynn, johnny paycheck and kenny rogers. >> i was reallywn to country music. i love the stories beginning, middle and the end, the songs always had a resolution. >> she had doubts about being a singer herself because she didn't see any country music stars that look like her. >> i kind of pushed it down a little bit. then i figured out maybe it's supposed to be me. >> reporter: she then moved to nashville ready to chase her dreams. >> i thought i'm on my way. >> little did i know that there really isn't much love for people of color in country music in nashville. so regardless of how much i loved it, they didn't think i would sell or marketable. >> reporter: according to song data, between 2002 and 2020 there were roughly 11,500 unique songs played on country radio. in those 19 years there's only 13 black artists among those songs and only three black women. in total songs by black women received .03% of radio airplay. >> i had a cowgirl hat, i had boots, have long hair. already made myself into what i thought would be accepted. that wasn't

my colleagues, congresswoman delabe -- tabe has been on this case as dan kildee representing flint, michigan. it's also about infrastructure. we see our telemedicine, distance learning, commerce through the internet, family interactions and the rest. so that piece of infrastructure which might not have been one we had 20 years ago, is important now. and for these and other reasons, schools, housing, all the rest. but remember this, this has always been bipartisan for us. in the years i have been in congress through the decades, it has always been bipartisan. the only time it interferes is when president obama presented his plan and cut it back. what is needed by the american society of civil engineers. we are way behind where we should be in terms of building infrastructure. so i would hope -- it will be in their districts. again they will vote no but show up at the ribbon counting but hopefully there will be an intellectual resource as far as priorities in their region and what has the support of the communities and the rest and whether it is a water project or whatever, it is very popular

comments i received was why are we going to give money for gender studies in pakistan when people in flint, michigan don't have clean drinking water in ohio still does not have a bridge over the ohio river between cincinnati and kentucky? those are valid concerns and i hope we can address them. >> host: the kahlo was from ohi but let me ask you about the political dynamics of your state but the headline fromm your appearance on fox couple weeks ago but it ohio representative davidson considering a run for senator or governor urges the republican party to pick a side on internal divide and this would be for the c4 rob apartment, correct? >> guest: i was not considering senator portman but when i first ran for congress i was not planning to run for congress but was a business guy at the time. speaker bain or surprisingly resigned and someone stopped in my office and suggested that the army business ranger and we laughed and i told my wife about it and she said what did you tell them and i said i laugh because it was crazy and i said no, it's not paid you be great to that. we talked over how great it w

well would it be fair on the chinese part to say well what's going on in flint michigan why don't your people have clean water maybe we should take this to the security council i mean their human rights are being denied the civil rights are being denied under american law i mean it's you know you can you can both sides have their own fair share to lecture each other but maybe it would have been better to talk about. navigation i p tear ups i mean these are things that actually impact national interest and your own citizens that's what diplomacy used to be it wasn't like it is today like it's a sermon today go ahead brian you know you're quite right peter and that was that's a really important point i mean united states invited the chinese to come to the united states alaska's part of the united states so be the host brings the guests there and immediately at the beginning dresses down the guests and says look you're violating all of these human rights issues in china in your own country taiwan hong kong all part of china and then says it's a violation of the international rules based o

in california, if they want railroads and tunnels, talk about flint michigan -- flint, michigan. e reason flint had trouble was the twit was built for nearly 2 million people -- the city was built for nearly 2 million people and now there are only 600 million -- 600,000 people living there. . now there -- living there now. so the water is more expensive. the people in the state would decide what to do with this money and how much gas tax needs to go on in each state to take care of it. i don't think estate should be helping another state. host: joseph kane? guest: there is a federalist -- federalist responsibility to pay for and manage infrastructure. while it is a primarily state and local parity, there are certain issues like in terms of interstate commerce, that is a federal responsibility. there are certain federal rules here. we are a collection of many different localized infrastructure needs and infrastructure priorities and strategies. i think the caller is right in the sense that we need to question how we have perhaps paid for some of these projects over time. what are g

community lab to make sure their water is safe for these young adults science is personal and flint, michigan14 the city's water supply was contaminated and made national headlines as thousands of children were exposed to lead in their drinking water. some of the water is still contaminated today. damarion colter was just 13 but remembers living in fear >> it was very difficult being told not to use the water >> when you reach for a glass or even a bottle of water, do you still think about those years? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: some of the youngest victims of the crisis now in high school, motivated to learn science while working with university of michigan chemists to test the water quality in 21,000 homes you're able in real time to monitor the status of the water there? >> correct within the next day we're able to determine the parts per billion lead in the water. >> reporter: when residents drop off their water sample, the teams check ph levels, test for lead, and interpret the results. >> for the kids to come out with enthusiasm and show this community that the youth do care about them,

never forget, flint, michigan in 2014, it was a humanitarian disaster leaving thousands without water. one of the newest members of our committee is debbie stabenow. this is something she works on even today. sadly, flint is not an isolated incident. there are multiple flints waiting to happen across our country. every four years, the american society of civil engineers puts out a report card that assesses the state of our infrastructure. we have created a poster here for you. you can see how her grades are coming along. they continue to be a cause for concern. on the report card, our drinking water system gets a c minus, estimating there is a main break every two minutes in america. over 9000 swimming pools. that's true. our wastewater treatment facilities are faring even worse. a grade of d plus. we have one million miles of sewer pipes. on average, they are 45 years old. systems date back more than a century. those are not the kind of grades we want. i am sure those are not the kind of grades you want your children to bring home. cities and towns around the nation struggle maintain

their streets safer but at the same time he was vice president they couldn't get clean water to flint michigan right now jackson mississippi doesn't have clean water it's for a month he again why do you treat american cities like you did a mexican city and actually focus on it and give us aid because they made we're living in a rib a ship oligarchies and now it's evident and we and they're getting by the way the american press is the worst go in maybe the journalists have very good health care in fairness that private health care for that but in fairness they said when will journalists be allowed to see these reputed thousands of children refugees caged children nothing about why there was a little about why this should be refugees and tool and biden give a moving speech about leaving everything nothing about because he's been bombing syria the syrian refugee crisis. alive here many drowned in the mediterranean off the coast of libya this week let alone the sanctions on them as well and so he was off he was asked about his american imperialism and he was asked about afghanistan and i don't kno

so this is miko marks who grew up in flint, michigan, listening to country music legends but she hadbts about singing country music herself evens a she moved to nashville to chase her dreams. >> they didn't think i would sell. they didn't think i was marketable. i had a cowboy hat, hair and that wasn't enough. >> she did not give up. she's now back in the bay area singing, being a light for black musicians. now after 13 years she is releasing a brand-new album today. it's called our country and you can listen for free at p.m. on miko's youtube channel. she's having an album release virtually. i was listening to it. i loved it and i love her story. she kept pushing and didn't let anybody stop her from doing what she wanted to do. >> that's so hard to do to keep persevering. so standing ovation for her. >> yes. >> she finally found the door that was unlocked. >> tell us about this weather. you know kumasi and i for some warmth. >>> get to the parks early tomorrow and to the beaches tomorrow. tomorrow will be the warmest day at beaches. san francisco will be warm sunday. we're locking b

. ♪ >> reporter: miko grew up in flint, michigan, learning to country music legends like loretta lynncheck and kenny rogers. >> i was really drawn to country music. i love the stories. i love the middle, the beginning, the middle and the end. the songs always had a resolution. >> reporter: but she had doubts about being a singer herself because she didn't see any country music stars that look like her. >> it was like what are you doing? what are you thinking, you know, and i kind of pushed it down a little bit, but then i figured out well maybe it's supposed to be you. >> reporter: after graduating college, getting married and building a life in california miko moved to nashville ready to chase her dream. >> and i thought i'm on my way. well, little did i know that there is not really much love for people of color in country music in nashville. so regardless of how much i loved it, they didn't think i would sell or they didn't think i was marketable. >> reporter: according to song data, between 2002 and 2020 there were roughly 11,500 unique songs played on country radio. in those 19 y

yes, we can talk about tuskegee, flint, michigan, the government has not kept our interest at heart. but there's also large groups of white people that are hesitant. anti-vaxers are white educated women. cpac are not wearing masks. that was 74 million people. mostly white who voted for donald trump. that is not used for them. it's used for our community. until we see equal access being given to the black and brown community, i don't want to hear mention of hesitancy. even if they wanted it, they could not get it. we really have to push. look at the way we are allocating these resources that all taxpayers, including black americans, including hispanic americans, are paying their money to create these billion dollar vaccine rollouts. they need to be included in the process of who actually gets that life saving intervention in their arm. >> a good point. it's your birthday as well. we appreciate you working on your 21st birthday. thank you. >> thank you. >>> let's bring back vaughn hillyard. he is in independence, virginia. vaughn, for folks not familiar with the geography of the common

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and people are going to think about flint, michigan and the problem that was had there with lead in thert of financial aid do you still need in michigan to make sure that is not a problem ever again and ceases to be a problem? . >> well, there were a lot of decisions that created that crisis. and since i have taken over as governor, we have really worked hard to try to settle some of the lawsuits and give the people of flint the support they need. we have a mayor dog edly working to replace the pipes. it was a problem really created by some decisions to save a few pennies and harmed a whole city. so we are going to continue our work to take care of the people and make sure we level the playing field. we have made great strides, but there is more work to do. in bad decisions. let's talk about guns very quickly. there is a lot of talk about banning assault style weapons, semi assault style weapons. you had an issue at the statehouse where lawmakers were intimidated by militia groups who came in carrying things like ar-15s. where do you stand on banning them nationwide? >> well, i think it

that something like a pandemic may only happen once in a lifetime but public health crises like flint, michiganeeing on the border and even the fact that one in six children are hungry as a result of the pandemic are public health crises. >> it's such an important point. i also want to talk aboutmental health issues. former first lady michelle obama addressed this as well. let's take a listen to her. >> depression is understandable in these circumstances during these times. you know, and to think that somehow that we can just continue to rise above all of the shock and the trauma and the upheaval that we have been experiencing and feeling in that way is just unrealistic. this is one of the reasons why we need to talk more about mental health because everybody deals with trauma, anxiety, difficulties in different ways. >> how do we address the mental health issue, dr. patel, in this country and make it more accessible and really erase the taboos surrounding it? >> yeah, the stigma is real, yasmin. if i was to come forward after i felt after i had my children and reveal what i really felt, i may

flint, michigan, brought that national attention with their water situation, almost right away.i, since the 19 '60s have been dealing with this matter, we're finally getting the project to offset that but we still have that water infrastructure that is needed across the hopi reservation. >> but on the topic of relief money, those billions of dollars in the american rescue plan also contain one provision, that republicans criticize in particular. it's $20 million going to native american language preservation. what do you say to taxpayers and republicans who say that kind of money doesn't belong in a-- like this. >> that is really important because for the hopi people, our language is really our identity. and we are trying to strengthen key areas of continuation of our native language out here on hopi which means that with that disconnect, with broadband infrastructure and keeping up the education component of that has really made it difficult. another portion to that is we are heavily connected and remain connected to our culture and our traditions. so from a native lens, st har

you know the covid-19 pandemic, the flint michigan crises.sis where they had some water issues there from the weather. um that you know, we all agree the water is crucial and that it's imperative that we have safe clean water. so, um, when we look. at what are conditions are right now. here in santa clara county. they're not looking great. i just saw mark tamayo owes little graphic there on san jose. only having about 38% of the average rainfall for this year, so yeah, we're down on our reservoirs are are really below normal s o. what we're asking for residents to do is to continue to conserve. they've done a really good job of conserving. since the last drought that our board of directors asked for 20% voluntary, constant conservation for water and reduction and water use, and they've really achieved that. for the last several years they've been averaging over 20% although and 2020 that dropped down to just 16% but that's still good, but we're asking people to continue to do them. assed part of your plans to ensure that there isn't enough wa

not just in flint in michigan but around the country.can you talk a little bit about how that legacy around organizing has continued on to this day? >> i know that the uaw is very much -- you know, they were supportive of the civil rights movement. march with martin luther king in detroit. that made them different from the teamsters. teamsters did like the uaw and the uaw didn't like the teamsters because they felt they gave the whole movement a bad name. i think that -- i think it's more of -- i i guess i sit mos a blueprint for labor organizing than anything else. i sit in the epilogue i think the amazon workers all set n in the warehouses, especially now with so many people buying things over the internet, they could stop all commerce in the united states from happening. it's a more effective tactic been walking out. walkout, they can bring in replacement workers to do your job. >> that makes the wonder, when was the last big effective sitdown strike was, you know, whether in labor or in elsewhere. is of course different strikes, some

and all that came with it for a better life, settling with his parents and seven siblings in flint, michigan. my other grandfather served our country in world war ii. a jew put in charge of the care of german prisoners of war. upon returning, through the g.i. bill, he completed college, going into business in chicago and starting a family with my grandmother. today, would have been my grandmother's 92nd birthday. she passed in december. i carry her love and fondness for good food with me today. these are american stories, creating a better life and a better world for our children, something that each of us should have the opportunity to pursue. the challenges we face today as a country are substantial. it's in times like these when americans expect their government to deliver, to beat back the pandemic, to provide critical relief, to create the conditions for recovery, to protect our security, and to position our country to lead. the office of management and budget sits at the heart of the executive branch, responsible for ensuring federal agencies are doing just that -- delivering on the pr

debbie from flint, michigan, democrats like. -- democrats line. caller: one thing he did not do is he did not lie to us. we were lied to for four years straight. all of his complaints about his delivery and carrying a note at, -- carrying a notepad, i think it is much ado about nothing. trump was trying to say that the rioters from january 6 are being persecuted. isn't that incitement? it sounds like incitement. host: you said he didn't like, what convinces you of that? caller: i don't believe joe is a liar. i have agreed with everything he has done. when trump gave the gas companies leases on land, i was livid. the whole thing on the keystone pipe, there have been indian tribes fighting that for 15 years. trump comes in and rips it up and he hires these people to go do it. he did not respect any of those people. they don't want that pipeline running throughout breadbasket. i don't think that ep and exxon mobil have a good track record. -- bp and exxon mobil have a good track record. this is nothing to play with. host: let's hear from james from k

that have been getting at the trump administration since they found out michigan redirected the flint, michiganer. and it is causing deaths that we still have not realized in the state of michigan. host: that is rudy in chicago. he started by talking about the rise in anti-asian hatred in this country, an issue very much in the news in the wake of the shooting, very much in the news because the president, vice president, and several members of congress yesterday spoke out against the issue. here is vice president kamala harris. vice president harris: it is tragic. the vice president, president, we extend our grief to the families of those who have been killed. it speaks to a larger issue, which is the issue of violence in our country, and what we must do to never tolerate it, to always speak out against it. the investigation is ongoing, we are not yet clear about the motive, but i want to say with our asian-american community, we stand with you. we understand how this has shocked and outraged all people, but knowing the increasing level of hate crimes against asian americans, brothers and siste

dana in flint michigan, he received your vaccine, why did you decide to do it? have been fortunate enough for 15 months to test negative because i spent a lot of time alone and fortunately i have a lot at home to keep me occupied. i am studying for my masters in science degree, graduate degree and it keeps me home. i decided to get the first vaccine, the first dose, not the second dose yet because i am confident that i will remain negative. speaking of, the few people that have passed away after the vaccine, the total vaccine, there is cholesterol in the vaccine. that is part of the chemical makeup of it. unfortunately, maybe just a few people have died from that because they have pre-existing conditions that may have not been addressed or had proper maintenance prior to getting the vaccine. that is unfortunate. and, we should try to do what we can for ourselves to stay home, and therefore, reduce the fear of dying after the vaccine. i have family members who have received both vaccines, both doses. and, i support that, and i am grateful that there is something

request would total $209 million for dozens of attorneys who made the the deal with the state of michigan, flintngineering firm. khon in honolulu, heavy rains prompt evacuations after fear that a dam might breach on the island of maui. more than 13 inches of rain fell on monday. six homes were heavily damaged or destroyed. water flowed over the top of the dam's reservoir and this is a live look at dallas from our affiliate fox 4. the big story, twitter filing a lawsuit against texas attorney general ken paxton claiming the republican used his office to retaliate against it for banning the account of then president trump following the capitol riot. twitter wants the judge to declare its decision was protected free speech. that's tonight's life look. outside the beltway from special report, we'll be right back. what are you doing? art class. it's abstract expressionism. when you start with a better hot dog from oscar mayer, you can do no wrong. it's all for the love of hot dogs. not everybody wants the same thing. you can do no wrong. that's why i go with liberty mutual — they customize my car ins

the left act will rebuild crumbling drinking water for structure from flint michigan to st. cloud in my district we need to step up you recently made national news when a hacker happened if the water system. we need to support and i'm pleased that we are extending the program in this bill and the present threat to our community and to help get this out of our water. we even had a cancer cluster in central florida among our firefighters. so we need to partner with local government. the rollback would revive and traction with farming and the orange groves and not still a county in my district and areas of orlando in kissimmee to make sure we have high-speed internet to learn conduct business and have telehealth and things that modern americans face every day. we need to make sure all americans have access to the internet and finally the lyft actual upgrade their infrastructure. we saw the covid-19 pandemic lay bare our health care of the structure. the bill improves her workforce capacity and expands laboratory systems and health information systems so the network can be bette

. >>> in michigan dozens of flint residents have now signed a proposed 641 million-dollar settlementver the flint water crisis. it's for people whose homes or businesses experienced dangerously high lead levels after the city switched its water source in 2014. the deadline to register was monday. >> we -- will continue to fight and this fight will not be over with just this. >> we have to make sure we are registered on file for this portion of it and then we can continue to move forward. >> flint mayor also mentioned more defendants will face litigation in the future. >> some pest control company say more rats trying to get inside people's homes. one company in the sacramento area is blaming a new state law. the eco system protection act changes the poison's pest controls can use. it aims to protect other wildlife like hawks and mountain lions by using less toxic chemicals but one best control company said it only makes their jobs harder to get rid of the rats. >> takes a lot longer for the new products to be effective. for them to show effectiveness in and when the rats take them it

michigan has handled, the detroit news had a piece a couple months back saying of snyder merits charges, does witmer, does former governor expired can be prosecuted for decisions that contributed to the flintrable to similar charges for her nursing home policies during the covid 19 pandemic. this raises an interesting question. >> it does. somebody should be charged in flint, the attorney general bombed that case, she takes it and we come back with the jaywalking -- rick snyder. what we are asking here is not necessarily witmer but the public the matter which side of the aisle you are on, you're entitled to it and you should be asking for a thorough look into the depths of our institutionalized elderly. we are not getting it. i am suing the state of michigan to get the data and as far as i know, only assistant attorney general's in the state of michigan working on a nursing home case is against me to get the public information, the attorney is trying to deny me the information that belongs to us. i'm nonpartisan. i just want to know what happened and can we avoid this in the future. it's real simple math. >> those are questions families and loved ones deserve answers to whether it is for t

michigan. he has guided my office through countless high profile events and crises. the great recession and auto crisis, the flint water crisis, several government shutdowns, the covid-19 pandemic, the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol and two impeachment trials. through it all, eric has provided stability and focus, a focus on working in a bipartisan manner to pass important legislation and to make progress for michigan and for our entire country. last week i was humbled to be recognized by the center for effective law making as the most effective senator in the 116th congress. recognition of this sort does not happen without having an incredible team. eric played a critical role in helping me enact ten bills into law, the most of any senator from either party over the last two years. and i know that eric would tell you without a doubt that there is no i in team. as a letter, eric has focused on hiring talented staff both in d.c. and across michigan, staff that humbly, selflessly, and effectively served the people of michigan each and every day. with eric's laser focus on what's best for michigan, together wi