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both the mayor of flint, karen weaver, i call this a belated photo op accused the republican nominee.linton made flint a focal point of her campaign during primaries. she's visited the city twice. trump is aiming at large african-american populations. and also, the aforementioned flint's -- actually the democratic mayor. so michael moore is one of these guys who has been out there in that city for decades talking about its economic plight. what do you make of the newbie? does it help at all in. >> well, the only good thing is there is attention on nine and we need to keep this story front and center. this emergency situation was declared in december of 15. back in december. so that's almost ten months now. and to come into flint now, it is interesting timing. it's almost time for people to start getting absentee ballots. >> we know the politics. mr. mayor, we are familiar here at "hardball" with politics. in case people do care. the water the people are getting out of their tap, in their bathrooms and especially their kitchens. is that got lead in it? >> the water is still unsafe for

now, it should be noted that flint mayor karen weaver is an outspoken supporter of hillary clinton.on made her own visit to flint more than six months ago, but enjoy your trip, mr. trump. a flint city spokesperson tells us tonight that they have received the trump campaign's request for a tour and, quote, we are working to fulfill it as we do all requests for tours. so get in line. sounds like you're going to get a very, very warm welcome. joining us now is the reporter with "the new york times" who covers the clinton and trump campaigns. nice to see you. thanks for being with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> this was a surprise both in terms of the timing and the target of the visit. do we know anything about why the trump campaign is going to flint? >> i think a lot of this had to do with the fact that he's still trying to reach out to communities of color. flint is between about 57% african-american. the fact and, of course, flint is in this place that's very working class, very people that are really understanding why -- how the economy's still struggling. so donald trump

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jessica: i did talk to karen weaver, the mayor there, a few months ago. and she said every city should be watching what is happening there because this is certainly not the last time this will happen. mayor rawlings-blake: absolutely, and we can't forget that some cities that will be more prepared to deal with their water infrastructure because community, they don't have extra money laying around. mayor cornett: oklahoma is a fairly new city, so a lot of our infrastructure is not is nearly as old, with not nearly as much deferred maintenance. you look at some of the eastern cities like baltimore and philadelphia and new york, and some of their infrastructure needs to be replaced. and it's a ticking time bomb that we are just leaving for the next generation if we don't address it sooner rather than later. jessica: so as mayors, you have to have a loud voice to the federal government right? mayor cornett: that's right, that's right. voice and a unified voice. i think people would look at us and say that we are very different. i'm a black girl from baltimore

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going back and harking on the fact that there are republicans who have been indicted and mayor karen weaverg an amazing job, but you can tell me donald trump's infra~ structure plan. does he have one? >> he's been building infrastructure his entire life. >> to enrich himself. >> we asked you about an infrastructure plan, andy. >> donald trump has an infrastructure plan, first we're going to build the wall, second repair our highways and bridges and flint, michigan is an example, when there's water crisis, we're going to fix it. >> you seem to be consequently forgetting it was the obama administration who saved the auto industry in michigan, and was able to save the jobs of millions of auto workers there, and has brought back the auto industry -- >> john, go ahead. >> manufacturing has left america. >> there are some issues. they're not federal issues. they're saying what donald trump is going to do to fix the crisis in flint, michigan, these are ruled by one-party rule. the democrats have ruined big cities across america. when you don't have two competitive parties going against one another

. >> that was flint mayor karen weaver this morning on capitol hill after she and others asked congress money to fix the city's contaminated drinking water. donald trump is expected to land in flint within moments where he will reportedly tour a water treatment facility this afternoon. mayor weaver who has endorsed hillary clinton responded to news of trump's visit in a statement saying in part flint is focused on fixing the problems caused by lead contamination of our drinking water, not photo ops. joining us now nbc news correspondent blake mccoy in flint. what do we expect from donald trump and what are people saying about the visit? >> well, it is an interesting visit. it was done very last minute. according to the mayor's office they were never notified that trump was coming here. they call it a photo op, a distraction. one of the stops he intends to make here is to the facility behind me, the flint water treatment plant where a lot of problems first arose at. we are hearing it from community members, too, saying why does trump care all of the sudden? take a listen. >> i'm here tod

cnn commentator, van jones, bruce level of the national diversity coalition for trump and mayor karen weaverlint, michigan, who is a democrat. so good to have all of you on. let's talk about this. corey, to you first. today donald trump admitted the president was born in the united states, but in the same breath, he blames the entire birther issue on hillary clinton. how does that help him? >> well, you know, what he said was, he put this issue to rest and it was an issue that the clinton campaign specifically, sidney bloomenthal raised with the mcclatchy news editor in 2008, and specifically sidney bloomenthal of the clinton campaign at the time asked the editor to look into where barack obama was born and mcclatchy at time sent a reporter to kenya to find out if it was -- >> corey, that is not true. >> this is what mcclatchy is reporting. >> cnn reached out to bloomenthal, who told our person who reached out, this is false, period. donald trump cannot distract from the fact that he is the one who embraced and promoted the birther lie and bares the responsibility for it. >> in 2008 -- >> th

word of his coming, though, was not well-received by democratic mayor karen weaver, who backs hillarynton. she said: "flint is focused on fixing the problems caused byfi lead contamination of our drinking water, not photo ops." earlier, trump taped anru interview with "the dr. oz show", and gave the host a one- page summary of a medical exam he had last week. >> if your health is as strong the campaign declined to say what was in the summary. the interview airs tomorrow. clinton is expected to resume campaigning tomorrow, after a bout with pneumonia. late today, aides released an overall medical update from clinton's doctor. it said she continues taking medication to control a previously known thyroid condition and blood clots. otherwise, the doctor found her in sound health. today, her husband, former president bill clinton, carried her cause to las vegas: >> we need to get over all these crazy divisions and go into the future together. that's hillary's position. that's what "stronger together"t means. >> woodruff: meanwhile, bothuf major party nominees, especially trump, came in for

mayor karen weaver, a democrat, says the trump campaign did not consult her before making plans for the a statement that "flint is focused on fixing the problems of lead contamination in our drinking water, not photo ups." hillary clinton will be back on the campaign trail after sitting out a few days for pneumonia. president obama campaign for her in philadelphia. bill clinton says his wife is "feeling great." russians say that rebels of the violated a cease-fire in syria. wants the weeklong truce extended by 48 hours. tropical storm julia is bringing heavy rain to the northeast coast of florida and southeastern georgia. the national hurricane center of miami says some areas could get up to six inches of rain through friday. outages have been reported along the georgia coastline. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. scarlet: it is now time for "walk the talk," where we look at the pressure points of social outpacing where it is ability to act. sporting events out of north carolina dur

local elected officials like the state representative sheldon neely and mayor karen weaver continue to battle for their constituents, secure resources to fix problems, and shine a light on the many positive aspects of the city of flint. i know other members of the michigan delegation and other states are committed but now is the time to step up to the plate and show that we will follow through on our responsibilities as representatives of the people. finally, if we are to solve this crisis, the state of michigan must step up with substantial long-term support for the people of flint and help them fully recover in the years and decades ahead. this disaster happened on their watch and it is an immense failure on the part of the state of michigan to protect the health and safety of its cities' residents. despite the grim facts of this tragedy, some day in the future i hope that we will look back at today and say it was a milestone and a turning point. and i'm optimistic that we will. this is not the end of our efforts for flint. this is the beginning of making things right. mr. president,

karen weaver from the city of flint shared with a number of talking om michigan with democrats and republicans about the need for action. hopeful, the senate passed a bill yesterday that has a that would there give money to invest in trying flint. this problem in congress really hasn't appropriated any dollars yet for the problem there. a problem we need to work on at the federal, state and local level. of flint, thisle isn't a political sound byte. football. political everybody failed. government at every level failed state and federal, local level, and our job now is to come together and fix the permanently and quite frankly, make sure it never happens in any other municipality again. and that means we need to pass the epa, ensure that if they find a problem, they immediately make it public and people, they had a responsibility, and we need to start investing in infrastructure. we have infrastructure across our krocountry. flint could in happen in many other cities. we're starting to hear the testing water le in elementary schools and finding lead. quite frankly where i'm sitting pipeshere w

cnn commentator, van jones, bruce level, and mayor karen weaver of flint, michigan, who is a democratd to have all of you on. let's talk about this. corey, to you first. today donald trump admitted the president was born in the united states, but in the same breath, he blames the entire birther issue on hillary clinton. how does that help him? >> well, you know, what he said was, he put this issue to rest and it was an issue that the clinton campaign specifically, sidney bloomenthal raised with the mcclatchy news editor in 2008, and specifically sidney bloomenthal of the clinton campaign at the time asked the editor to look into where barack obama was born and mcclatchy at time sent a reporter to kenya to find out if it was -- >> corey, that is not true. >> this is what mcclatchy is reporting. >> cnn reached out to bloomenthal, who told our person who reached out, this is false, period. donald trump cannot distract from the fact that he is the one who embraced and promoted the birther lie and bares the responsibility for it. >> in 2008 -- >> there is no definitive proof -- >> don, don