. >> have you heard about legionnaire's disease? >> evidently, i knew it was a water thing but -- and then reply mind started to go, after i heard that he had legionnaire's. >> how quickly did your mind go from legionnaire's to maybe this has something to do with the water? >> right away. i think, we all did. >> reporter: what terry didn't know was that her husband's death in the summer of 2015 and the deaths of at least eight others were part of an unprecedented legionnaire's outbreak in genesee county, michigan. newly released reports show that legionnaire's sickened many in that county, during the time that flint's water was causing probts foproblems for others. >> i don't understand why they didn't make the public aware, i thought for sure they would have to tell the public about it and that's concerning to me. >> reporter: why wasn't there proactive information definitive to the public at that time? >> because we didn't have the story to tell. >> reporter: mark valaachec heads the genesee county health department. he said the i

pat of an unprecedented legionnaire's disease outbreak. during much of the same time span when flint's water source was questionable and causing other health problems. >> why wasn't there more proactive information given to the public at that time? >> because we didn't have a story to tell. >> mark valacec heads the health department. he says government officials first noticed a spike in cases in the summer of 2014, he says the data was available publicly but saw no reason to make a public announcement. >> what is the point of presenting information to the public that is numbers where you don't have a connection or something that they can do? >> heather beach says she and others deserved a warning this a water related respiratory illness was lurking in their community especially after her son got sick during the summer. >> when the pediatrician says your son is too sick to walk and that he has to be rushed by ambulance to the hospital, it's scary. >> reporter: is it a coincidence in your mind that there was a legionnaire's outbreak? >> no,

shortly after the water supply was switched people started to get sick and dieing from legionnaires disease people fell ill, nine died. tonight in an interview, a county worker says those deaths could have been prevented. officials had not dragged their feet in identifying the source of the outbreak. >> reporter: in the summer of 2014, people in flint started dying in what would be one of the worst outbreak of legionnaires disease in u.s. history. >> we were suspecting those cities water supply. >> reporter: after the city began to draw from the corrosive flint river, brown water started to flow from taps. >> that was the big red flag. >> reporter: eventually toxic lead would be discovered, but that summer the county health director hadn't found the source of the legionnaires disease, which by that point was already killing people. so he got in touch with the cdc. >> when you reached out, what did you expect to happen? >> we expected that we'd have a team of people that would help us identify the source of this bacteria, the source of this illness to stop it. >> reporter: but that didn't ha

now, it's not clear if these issues had anything do with the lead or legionnaires' issues. >>> in new ordered a plan for a new supply. additionally, the state's offered to purchase and install water filtration systems for roughly 1,500 homes. >>> at the top of the hour we have new battles with isis in syria and russia's campaign comes under criticism by leaders as more civilians are killed in the strikes. oll. more "who's training who" per roll. bounty is two times more absorbent. so one roll of bounty can last longer than those bargain brands. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty. the long-lasting quicker picker upper. and try bounty napkins. kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. the deaths of two girls appear to be the result of a murder/suicide. this appears according to investigators. it's believed the two were in a relationship. >>> there's a bizarre update last year of the ben tut darren goforth. you remember he was shot and killed while fueling his patrol car. according to reports three, deputies have now been fired for having an

legionnaires disease is-a bad, larry. 88 cases in-a flint, so far.n dead, including my brother luigi. this is-a no game -- >> larry: well, it's kind of a game. >> ricky: i've seen-a man-eating plants and even ghosts in the pipes, larry. no picnic. but i've never seen-a anything a-like-a these pipes in flint. >> larry: it's just an awful situation. >> ricky: you can't-a jump over legionnaires disease, larry. at least you can see-a fire balls! >> larry: and to think the governor doesn't want to spend $55 million to fix the pipes. he wants to try something cheaper. >> ricky: it's unbelievable, larry. governor snyder makes-a wario look like a nice-a guy. and wario has-a killed me thousands of times. oh, wait -- some coins! i'm-a never gonna get enough money for a bus ticket out of town this way, larry. maybe i should-a take-a the short cut. >> larry: wait, wait, mario! no, no, no! you don't want to do that. really be careful. no, no, no! mario! ♪ >> ricky: oh, no! the flint river, it-a burns! >> larry: get out of that water, mario! it's not safe! >> rick

>> i blame them for the legionnaires.hould have announced it to people, made i public and then i blame our government for the water situation. it could have been prevented. >> sara, thank you. >>> michigan governor asked for more federal dollars to help with flint's water crisis. he submitted an application to expand medicaid to those up to 21 and pregnant women who used flint's water system. that would add 15,000 more people to the 30,000 in the area who are already on medicaid. >>> overseas president obama makes a call to russian president putin. next, what they talked about shortly after russia likened its relationship to the west to a "now cold war." i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. you premium like clockwork. month after month. year after year. then one night, you hydroplane into a ditch. yeah... surprise... your insurance company tells you to pay up again. why pay for insurance if you have to pay even more fo

it wasn't until that tuesday i think that they said legionnaires." reporter/question: "had you heard of that before?: (troy kidd, lost mother to legionnaire's disease): "never even heard of it." the outbreak ended up being one of the largest in us history officials have not been able to find an official cause of it.. ....but experts think the corrosive water was giving the bacteria a chance to grow. new tonight.. a man is pulled into a wood chipper.. and survives! oregon officials say the man's harness got caught in some tree branches on friday, as they were making their way to the chipper. the mans' leg tripped the safety bar in the last moment and shut the chipper off. officials say the blades were just inches away from his head, the man has a broken leg and a head injury but should be okay. right now an arctic chill is hovering over the east coast. the storm is dropping temperatures below freezing. it is creatingthe coldest morning in boston in more than half a century. on my left.. everone in new york city.. bundled up against record setting lows

i asked him about the legionnaire's outbreak and the possible connection to the water.id obviously it is something they're very, very concerned about. still wait for so many answers though for the people of flint. thank you for that exclusive report. >>> coming up next, politics, six candidates will be on stage at the gop debate tonight. how many though can actually win the race, at least the race for the nomination? our next guest says only two have a chance. who are those two? we'll tell you next. nobody move! get on the floor! do something! oh i'm not a security guard, i'm a security monitor. i only notify people if there is a robbery. there's a robbery. why monitor a problem if you don't fix it? that's why lifelock does more than free credit monitoring to protect you from identity theft. we not only alert you to identity threats, if you have a problem, we'll spend up to a million dollars on lawyers and experts to fix it. lifelock. join starting at $9.99 a month. because you can't beat zero heartburn! i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn ahhh th

the state has confirmed nearly 90 cases of legionnaires disease and nine deaths between june 2014 and last november. governor rick snyder's office declined to comment. iowa caucuses are over, but the presidential hopefuls are not wasting time, just one week away from the new hampshire primaries. the candidates are re-energized, and donald trump is making a surprising admission. byk on the trail, fueled iowa, inspired by optimism. >> what an incredible evening last night. ted cruz celebrating a big victory in the caucuses, beating donald trump. >> had i known we would finish number two, i would have spent more time there. admitting skipping the last of eight may have hurt him. >> i think some people weren't a disappointed. marco rubio in a hacker after a strong third-place finish. offn iowa we were written and we came on strong. leon: despite the closest party finish ever in the democratic side, clinton proudly declared victory. >> i feel really great being back in new hampshire after winning in iowa and having a chance to come here. leon: bernie sanders with a double-digit lead in the

newly released e-mails this week showing officials at every level knew about a legionnaires' outbreakhat killed 10 people. >> they knew two years ago and just finally told us about it. charlie leduff asked what have they done about it and is flint's water free of the deadly bacteria? ♪ >> reporter: ♪ >> she was put on live support system. we put her on. they called it c pap, a breathing it forces air into her lungs. she's on this mask with an air being forced in and she doesn't -- she doesn't want to eat because she couldn't breat breathe. it was bad. >> reporter:. >> 10 people died of legionnaires' disease in jenn 93 see county between 2014 and 15. at least 87 people were affected with the bacteria making it one of the worst outbreaks in america in a decade. the hunt may have been a victim. the main suspect the flint river. according to government e-mails, federal bureaucrats new about the outbreak so did state and county health officials so did emergency manager so did the mayor and the governor's people. everybody was told it seems except the citizens and governor schneider if you

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kayla: every official knew about a legionnaire outbreak that kill 10 people. bill: it took two years to tell the public about it, what have they done about it. what is really going on. >> she elected not to be put on life support system be they put her on the cpap, it forced air into her lungs. she is on a mask with air forced in. she got to the point she didn't want to eat because she could not breathe. it was bad. reporter: 10 people died of gennessee county between 2014 and 15, 87 people were infected with the bacteria. hunt may have been a victim. main suspect -- the flynt river. according to government e-mails, federal bureaucrats knew about the outbreak, so did state and county official healths and flint emergency manager, and the mayor, and the governor's people. everyone was told it seems, except the citizens. and governor snyder himself. if you choose to take him at his word. reporter: you just became aware of this, everyone else has known about it you just are now aware. >> in terms of spike and specific numbers, i was told about this a couple days a

did you put out a statement to the public as the public information officer that legionnaire's disease in the county? i'm not free to answer some of these questions for you. the next time that he is available -- march 1st, that's how backed up we are. >> bad week? >> yeah. >> thank you. >> is the water safe to drink? madam? no comment. >> what can i do? i mean, eventually they'll pay. flint, michigan, governor, hospital, they'll get their >> do you feel cheated? >> yeah, because they took her out of my life way too soon. >> the councilman nor charlie received a single call back from the state, county or city of flint. >> we're going to keep you posted but right now lightening things up, adam is back, a look at what is coming up in the sports zone. adam. >> the daytona 500 is one week away. >> we know who is leading the pack off the starting line. coming up in sports hear from the winner of today's qualifying race. inin 1 193934,4, ththe e woworlrld d dididndn't't n neeeedd ananototheher r hahambmbururgeger.r. itit n neeeedededd a a ststeaeakbkbururgeger.r. soso t thehey y ususeded 1010

it wasn't until that tuesday i think that they said legionnaires." reporter/question: "had you heard of that before?: (troy kidd, lost mother to legionnaire's disease): "never even heard of it." the outbreak ended up being one of the largest in us history though officials have not been able to find an official cause of it.. experts believe the corrosive water was giving the bacteria a chance to flourish. (jim henry, director, genesee county department of health): "our whole team at the health department thought it's more than a coincidence that these cases started happening, this increase in cases started happening around the same timeframe of the switch to the flint river as the water source." cases soared, eventually reaching 87. emails prove the state knew about the cases.. but declined to call in the c-d- c. the state of michigan says it's right now.. bitter cold temperatures have a hold ofthe northeast. look at this.. this is lake michigan near chicago. those are massive chunks of ice floating in belmont harbor. tonight's high in chicago.. 17 de

emails also show the government knew about an outbreak of legionnaires disease near flint around the same time of the city's water switch. the residents say they were never informed until months later. now they wonder whether more could have been done to prevent at least nine deaths. >> reporter: terry nelson and her husband were high school sweet hearts who spent 22 years living in the quiet community 10 mills west of flint. >> he was so happy then. that was good. >> reporter: they lived far enough outside the city. they thought they wouldn't be affected by flint's contaminated water. when flint switched its water source from the great lakes to the polluted flint river in 2014 residents first experienced bacteria and chemicals in their drinking water and later discovered led. now that tainted water is being blamed for yet another public health crisis. when her husband passed away over the summer, terry suspected it was his contact with flint water that led to his sudden death. she believes her husband was exposed to contaminated water while he was receiving cancer treatment at a fli

in what would be become one of the worst outbreaks of legionnaire's disease in u.s.g the city of flint water supply. >> reporter: after the city began drawing from the highly ka corrosive river -- eventually toxic lead discovered but that summer they hadn't found the source of the legionnaire's disease, by that point already killing people. so he got in touch with the cdc. >> when you reached out, what did you expect to happen? >> we expected that we'd have a team of people that would help us identify the source of this bacteria. the source of this illness, to, to stop it. >> reporter: but that didn't happen. the centers for disease control, the federal agency tasked with investigating outbreaks, didn't show up. and the county health director, jim henry, says michigan state officials purposely kept them away. >> our whole team was angry. it was -- you could -- you could see that it was an intention, deliberate method to prevent us from doing our job. >> reporter: according to cdc protocol, a state must invite the cdc to investigate and outbreak, and michigan did not

it wasn't until that tuesday i think that they said legionnaires." the outbreak ended up being one of the largest in us history find an official cause of it. but experts believe the corrosive water was giving the bacteria a chance to flourish. moving to the latest on the zika virus. hawaii's governor declaring an emergency over the mosquito borne illeness. the governor is calling the move a preventative measure. this move frees up state funds for personnel and resources. the zika virus has prompted worldwide concern over an alarming connection to a neurological birth disorder and its rapid spread across the globe. the presidential hopefuls are busy on the campaign trail getting ready for the campaign trail getting ready for nevada and south carolina. right now gop presidential candidate marco rubio is at a town hall rock hill south carolina. here's a live picture. as for the democratic candidates, bernie sanders was here this weekend and hillary sanders will be attend at rally at eastern michigan today. clinton has stayed in nevada, she's at an elko

meanwhile, people started getting sick and dying from legionnaire's disease.ed. >> reporter: in the summer of 2014, people in flint started dying in what would become one of the worst outbreaks of legionnaire's disease in u.s. history. >> we were suspecting the city of flint water supply. >> reporter: after the city began drawing from the highly corrosive flint river, brown water started flowing from taps. >> that was the big red flag. >> reporter: eventually toxic lead would be discovered, but that summer the county health director hadn't found the source of the legionnaire's disease which by that point was already killing people. so he got in touch with the cdc. when you reached out, what did you expect to happen? >> we expected that we'd have a team of people that would help us identify the source of this bacteria, the source of this illness to stop it. >> reporter: but that didn't happen. the centers for disease control, the federal agency tasked with investigating outbreaks, didn't show up. and the county health director, jim henry, says michigan state of

show that his office knew about the issue at of march 2015 including an increase in cases es of legionnaires disease that could be linked to the water supply today he said that he was not aware of the dangersny despite the e-mail sent directly to his aid back the cases of zika virus continue to show in florida where the governor compares it to a natural disaster.e >> today florida has 12 zika cases we have to ensure that florida's save dislike hurricane you prepare for the worst and hope for the best.. >> florida and texas are putting together aa task force to stop the spread of the disease to say that it is not dangerous except to pregnant women who can give birth to babies witho underdeveloped brainsi, so tonight cdc warning women who are pregnant should not travel to especially south america.ra drug to treat her an overdose narcan is available in 50 statesr it will be available beginning march visits very reversing at the effect of an overdose it is not a prescription but customers have to ask the pharmacist, a two disc package will cost between 40 and $50 is aa man who increased the pric

tells the detroit news that senior officials knew about the link of lead contaminated water and legionnaires' disease before the governor declared a state of emergency last month. the bill is expected to pass a statehouse next week. hillary clinton just announced she is going to flint on sunday. interesting. one shows she is maybe backing off new hampshire a bit and she wants to draw attention to that. >> interesting. >>> welcome news for residents of porter ranch, california. state officials say a ruptured natural gas well leaking since october could be permanently sealed by the end of next week. it forced 4,000 families to relocate. the company's socal gas is filing lawsuits. >>> and natalie keepers is being held without bail. 13-year-old nicole lovell was buried thursday. keepers and died eisenhauer planned how to kill nicole during a meal at a fast food restaurant. keepers was excited to be part of something secretive. eisenhauer had an inappropriate relationship with nicole and she planned to expose it. >>> police in chicago working to solve a mysterious multiple murder this morning. si

she got to the point where she couldn't eat because she couldn't >> reporter: 10 people died of legionnaire's disease making it one of the worst outbreaks in a decade. nelda hunt may have been a victim. the main suspect? the flint river. according to government e-mails federal bureaucrats knew about the outbreak, so did county and health officials, so did flint's emergency manager, so did the mayor. everybody was told, it seems, except the citizens. and governor snyder himself, if you choose to take him at his word. >> governor, you just be aware of this? everybody else in your department has known this was an issue. >> in terms of the spike, in terms of the specific numbers, i was told about this a couple of days ago. >> reporter: the people of flint aren't talking about lead these days. they're talking about an invisible killer. is it still in the tap water? was it ever in the tap water? is it safe to wash? no one seems to know and no one is being told. >> are you familiar with the risk factors? >> no i'm not. >> reporter: if you want to see a debacle the response continues to be, watch eri

wipe vo internal emails show that high- ranking officials in michigan were aware of a surge in legionnaires' disease potentially linked to flint's water the governor says he learned about it last month. but emails obtained michigan show the governor's office was aware since last march. the latest tests have been good, but to recover from the water problem. the rivalry steelers and than ever... thanks this was vontaze burfict's hit on antonio brown in the bengals playoff loss last month. vo full burfict was fined and suspended for the hit. now brown is talking about it. he says burfict was intentionally trying to hurt him and he plans on some payback next season. the bengals and steelers will play twice next season, but the schedule makers have not said when. we're all

snyder said last month he just learned about the rise in legionnaires' cases. nicole: there is new information about explosion tore in the side after jet in somalia that took off last week. they believe a passenger who boarded the plane in wheelchair may have been a suicide bomber. it is believed the man was able to use the wheelchair to bypass strict security screening in mogadishu. the explosion ripped a hole in the fuselage but did not bring down the plane. the explosion ejected the alleged bomber from the cac bin and his body felt fell to either. lauren: this is how stocks ended the day. hang seng is up half a percent and kospi up slightly. nicole: see what it was doing in europe right now ahead of jobs day. we're seeing up arrows for the ftse and cac. both up half a percent. dax up fractionally. lauren: has been a tough week for stocks. s&p futures up almost five. nasdaq futures gaining 13. nicole: check out key commodities here. we're watching ol' closely. oil up 44 cents. gold is graining slightly, not even a buck at 1158 a troy ounce. lauren: let's look

senior officials knew about a potential link with lead contaminated water in flint and a spike in legionnairesfore the governor made it public last month. on thursday, the michigan senate approved $30 million to pay the water bills of flint residents. the bill is expected to pass the house next week. >>> welcome news for porter ranch, california. the gas leak forced more than 4,000 families in the area to relocate. the company socal gas is expecting two dozen lawsuits. >>> rain and sleet and snow along the east coast this morning. let's bring in meteorologist derek van dam for that. >> good morning, john and christine. a fast moving snowstorm threatens to bring a messy morning commute for the major cities along the east coast. d.c. to new york as well as boston. let's time this out. look out for the i-95 corridor connecting the particular cities. we will start to see that snow come to an end midday for places like washington, d.c. and new york city. it will stick around from providence to boston. that is where we anticipate the greatest snowfall totals in excess of perhaps 6 to 8 inches of sno

in 2014, the city saw 87 cases of legionnaire's disease, 10 worst outbreaks of legionella in u.s. history. it's expected the water supply was to blame but as people started to die the cdc was never called in to find the source. according to cdc protocol a state must invite the cdc to investigate an outbreak and michigan didn't do that. >> the state stopped our investigation by prohibiting us to communicate. they prohibited communication between the center for disease control and genesee county health department. they prevented that team to come here and help us find the source. >> experts in the cdc say it's probably too late to scientifically identify the source of the legionnaire's outbreak but those in flint are concerned another outbreak could happen this summer if nothing is done. >>> terrifying moment captured on camera in new zealand as the eastern part of the country is rocked by an earthquake. a 5.8-magnitude quake hit christchurch today and you can actually see the shaking on the driveway there. reports of serious damage or injuries. this quake comes just one week before

onoue bemas uopar we ta >>> the water crisis in flint could be linked to a change in league - - legionnaires disease. and e-mails show administrator could have known about this last march. several agencies knew about the spike and said nothing. and a spokesperson claims the governor did not know about the increase. >>> anheuser-busch hopes a shipment of water will help with the flint water crisis. they sent 51,000 can of purified water into the city it's not the first time they have done something like this. the company has sent 74 million cans of water to disaster areas. >>> a dmx legend has died, he was found in a truck in greenville and they believe his death is a suicide. bmx bike world. he was only 41 years old. >>> one of three suspects in a 2013 murder testified at - - about the night of the murder. redman says she was with smith and ronald anthony when they were breaking into cars. they reappeared and anthony had a knife with blood on it and smith had blood on his shirt. >>> a man is fighting to get his dog back to his rottweiler live near fort bragg and ended up at a veterinary clin

for failing to alert the public about a legionnaires outbreak.but snyder blamed at least part of the problem on the federal government:they failed to do a lot of things in this process. i'm not going to spend time on their issue. i think that will come out as time passes.//butt to//they still haven't fully acknowledged all their issues." meanwhile, a national study released tuesday found that -- even though flint residents were being poisoned by their own water supply ... they still paid some of the highest water rates in the nation.i'm 3 3 new this morning... apple says it is going to fight a judge's order to unlock a cell phone owned by one of san bernardino shooters. in a statement on its website, apple says the order threatens the security of its customers. the couple opened fire at a holiday party last december, killing 14-people. the two were later killed in a shoot-out with police. the f-b-i says it has tried to unlock the phone for two months without success. the judge's order requires apple to disable a feature that wipes the phone's data after 10 incorrect password attempts

new information shows at least one member of his executive staff knew about a serious legionnaires outbreak possibly connected to the flip water problem. he knew about it months before making a new -- a formal announcement. the michigan department of the epa since the email to a top snyder appointee over concerns of the major spike in genesee county. it appears the warning was never passed along to the governor himself. >>> we heard of the puppy bowl and we had our own on 9news yesterday and it was adorable but now to a much different type of pool. -- bowl. competitive eaters came from all over the country. this wing eating contest came down to two people, a 125-year- old -- 125 pound molly schueler of nebraska and patrick ramadi of chicago. in front of the crowd of 20,000 fans, she devoured 429 wings. he only managed to put away 408. she consumed more than 77,000 cal. she won a ring, a harley- davidson and to -- $10,000. >> is it worth it to you? >> i don't think i could get to 20, let alone 400. >> we could do maybe like a team eating contest. >> i don't think all three of us could do 420

governor snyder's office was made aware of an outbrake of legionnaires' disease since last march. snyder said he didn't learn about the outbreak until january. >>> and the state senate passed legislation on tuesday giving money for the water bills. >>> the new hampshire prime minister mare is just four days away, and the gloves seemingly off for the democrats. after months of campaigning which many saw as friendly, hillary clinton and bernie sanders clashed on the debate stage last night. >> i really don't think these kinds of attacks by insinuation are worthy of you, and enough is enough. if you have got something to say, say it, directly, but you will not find that i ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that i ever received. >> in my view, the business model of wall street is fraud. it's fraud. i believe that corruption is rampant. >> reporter: the latest poll shows sander's support in new hampshire is almost double clinton's. he has a strong backs since he's from neighboring vermont. >>> donald trump still holds a wide lead in new hampshire. he at a 29% right n

so we deboarded off the plane. >> how cute is he. >> what a poor kid, you know. >> legionnaire lines say it tried to accommodate family but on call physician who urged the boy to leave the flight for his own well-being. airlines did put him on the next veilable flight home to arizona. >>> i travel with diamond often. >> your little dog. >> right. >> you have to pay to get the dog on game. once i pay to get the plane and find out one of the passengers might be allergic, then what. you don't want anyone to have a reaction but i don't want to lose my money bay i paid for her to get on. >> if you have an event to get to you may not be able to wait until the next flight. >> even the back story here which many of those passengers didn't know like we know, of the dad and everything else. boy, you put tonight context it makes it more complicated. >> true. >>> 5:21. controversial coffee, why a big city, single will service pods, made famous by keurig's k cups. guess what bobbies doing. >> he is brewing. >> a k cup, cup of coffee. >> probably stooge because likely that you don't have these win

for failing to alert the public about a legionnaires outbreak.but snyder blamed at least part of the problem on the federal government:they failed to do a lot of things in this process. i'm not going to spend time on their issue. i think that will come out as time passes.//butt to//they still haven't fully acknowledged all their issues." meanwhile, a national study released tuesday found that -- even though flint residents were being poisoned by their own water supply ... they still paid some of the highest water rates in the nation.i'm kim hutcherson reporting. 3 3 winds and heavy rains rattled trees, power lines and the nerves of residents across north carolina. a damaging storm swept across rockingham area, leaving quite a mess rescue one woman and her dog when they became trapped in this home. 3 "i thought i was going to die really, thank god for that i didn't but still i'm, still homeless basically." the storm left 3 about five-thousand dukes energy customers in the dark. crews are out working to restore power. 3 3 3 severe weather overturned an 18-wheeler, slowing traffic to a

i knew nothing about led a 90 nothing about possible legionnaires.my: you introduced a bill in march 2015 to say return to detroit's water. what happened to it? >> i put a motion on the floor, and that motion passed seven or 81 to return to the detroit water. and i think been president josh freeman was the only no vote. emergency manager, i think it was then emergency manager ambrose, i think he talked publicly like that was not smart or that was should not have been done. he used some distinct words. amy: he's the lord "it is income principle that your city council voted seven to one to go back to detroit's water." q i have the of the emergency manageruote jerry ambrose who said flint water today is safe by all u.s. environmental detection agency michigan qualitynt of terminal standards -- and terminal standards and the city is working daily to improve its quality. it is in copper in civil to me that seven members of the flint city council would want to send more than $12 million a year to the system serving southeast michigan, even if flint ratepay

there is a concern right now about the spike of legionnaire's disease and that bacteria in the water,e have died, as a result of it. there has been a four fold increase in the cases quadrupled in two years since the water source was switched. what do you say to them? where is your concern level? >> as soon as i learned of it we came out and publicly announced that and action steps to reinforce and put more resources in following up including because of the issue about government failures about getting more outside expertise to do the analysis. so there's a lot of steps going on to see what is the relationship between these events, they happen to have -- they happened at the same time so that clearly leads a common sense belief they are connected. we need to do the follow-up to see whatever -- how this relates to one another and what we can do to address this also. >> sarah is with me investigating this from the beginning. this has been a long time nightmare for the people of flint. the national media and the national public i think is just becoming more aware. where do things stand? >

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emails released snow governor snyder's office was made aware of an outbreak of legionnaires' diseasemarch. snyder has said he didn't learn about the outbreak until january. >>> the state senate unanimously passed an aid bill on thursday, the money will go to residents for water billed paid since back in 2013. >>> a huge gas leek near los angeles could be capped by the engineer of next week. it has been leaking methane for months, forcing thousands from their homes. also the first wrongful death suit linked to this leak has been filed. the family of a 79-year-old woman says she was already suffering from lung cancer. they claim the toxic fumes caused her to die more quickly. the >>> the economic impact will be felt for quite sometime. >> reporter: at the nail garden salon, empty chairs are now the norm in what used to be a thriving business. >> you would probably see every spa chair someone in there, or all of these front chairs are completely filled up, and i would -- phone calls would not stop ringing. >> reporter: employees say business has dropped nearly 60% since the gas leak. mo

internal emails show officials in rick snyder's administration-- knew about a surge in legionnaires' disease, in flint. when he disclosed the spike last month, snyder said he had learned about it just a couple of days earlier. but-- emails obtained by the liberal group progress michigan-- through public-records requests-- show snyder's office was aware of the outbreak since last march. a spokesman says snyder never knew about the outbreak-- despite an aide knowing, ten months earlier. ### a downtown reno motel got a visit from city officials after numerous complaints about the building's condition. "hey, it's reno police." police and code enforcement officials visited the reno legacy street this morning. officials tell us there have been frequent calls for service to the 36-unit building. inside they found several code violations including cooking in the hallways... evidence of pests... and a lack of on-going maintenance. "you can cook. the minute you start cooking roaches come out. bedbugs. i haven't slept in that bed one time since i've been here. i sleep in that chair in the hallw

zika antibodies in pregnant women who may be at risk. michigan officials knew about a spike in legionnaires' disease in flint much sooner. the disease may have been linked to the contamination of the city's water supply. the governor said last month he had just learned of the connection but e-mails obtained by the associated press show state agencies and high ranking members of his administration knew about it ten months earlier. >>> mass exodus is under way in syria as u.s. backed rebels lose their hold of a key province. tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing aleppo after days of air strikes from government forces supported by russia. and they're heading toward turkey. on thursday more leaders pledged 10 $10 billion to help syrian refugees. >> back here at home there was a little bit of fun at the white house as president obama welcomed the nba champions, the golden state warriors, mr. obama imitating warriors steph curry and presented the president with president. >> he struck a heisman pose with crimson tide. they were together at the national prayer breakfast. >> it's always a highli

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a new timeline shows they knew the surge in legionnaires disease back in march well before the governors -- the governor said he got the information. this comes on the heels of the can -- heated congressional hearing where lawmakers criticized local officials for failing to address the crisis. >> and as all that was unfolding a group of activists traveled to and from flint, determined to make a difference on their own. >>> those activists drove over 19 hours to deliver thousands of water bottles to the people of flint. >> if i was in flint, i couldn't do this. >> you can't wash your clothes. >> you can't wash your face. you can't wash your body. >> reporter: they are problems people started dealing with in 2014 when the city changed its water supply from lake huron to the flint river. >> we called this young woman, and her story just broke our heart. >> they put together a benefit concert and put together social media to help out. by sunday night they say they raised over $2000 and nearly 11,000 bottles of water. the next morning they woke up at 3 am and the -- and drove to flint, strapp

. >>> there's evidence high about a spike in legionnaires' disease in flint much sooner. the disease may have been linked to the contamination of the city's water supply. e governor said last month he had just learned of the connection, , but e-mas obtained by the associated press show state agencies and high ranking memembers ofis administration knew about it ten months earlier. >>> a mass exodus is under way in syria as u.s. backed rebels lose their hold of a key province. tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the city of aleppo russia. and they're heading toward turkey. on thursday world leaders pledged more than $ billion to help fund school, shelters and jobs for syrian refugees. >>> back here at home there was a little bit of fun at the white house as president obama welcomed the nba champions, the golden state warriors. mr. obama imitating warriors' steph curry jumping up and down on the court. the team presented the president with a number 44 jersey, the 44th president. >> he struck a heisman pose with last season's winner of the alabama crimson tide. they were