matt cartwright / d- pennsylvania) "can anybody tell me why the governor is today? because he is hiding, that's what's happening." key michigan officials were absent from the hearing. the michigan department of health and human services is now investigating if the lead-tainted water is causing skin rashes. president obama makes his first visit to an american mosque. the president went to the islamic society of baltimore on wednesday. he thanked muslim americans for serving our communities-- and embraced them as part of one american family. he also criticized rhetoric against muslims. the visit is part of an effort to reassure muslim american youth about their place in our nation. the president has visited mosques before, but never in the u-s. the i-r-s is dealing with some technical issues on it's website. the internal revenue service says it suffered a hardware failure on wednesday afternoon-- which left many of its tax processing systems unavailable i-r-s-dot-gov is available right now-- but "where's my reportedly not functioning. the i-r-s says it's working on re

matt cartwright / d- pennsylvania) "can anybody tell me why the governor is michigan isn't here today? because he is hiding, that's what's happening." key michigan officials were absent from a congressional hearing yesterday on the flint water crisis. the committee is demanding answers as to why the problem went unaddressed for so long. this as the michigan health and human services is investigating if the lead-tainted water is causing skin rashes. the huge recall of deadly takata airbags is expanding to include more recent car models. the airbags are at risk for exploding as they inflate, firing out shards of metal, and causing serious injuries --possibly even death... takata notified the 12-affected automakers...that more recent airbags are also at risk of exploding. honda is alerting auto dealers to prepare for more recalls of models newer than 2008. in more local news... metro is apologizing after its 9-1-1 system crashed and was out for almost seven hours the system-- which was updated late last year-- went wn on tuesday around 3:30pm-- leaving callers with emergencies... strande

california congressman ted lieu, vermont congress member peter welch, and pennsylvania congressman matt cartwright send a letter to u.s. attorney general loretta lynch saying that a growing body of evidence suggests there was a "a conspiracy between shell, exxon mobil and potentially other companies in the fossil fuel industry." "the los angeles times" has reported that in 1989, shell oil announced it was redesigning its natural gas platform in the north sea in the atlantic in order to deal with rising sea levels caused by global warming. yet despite this admission, shell continued funding groups denying the existence of climate change for decades. oil giant exxon mobil is already facing a criminal investigation over similar charges that it mislead investors and lied to the public about the risks of climate change. the white house has announced president obama will visit argentina later this month in a trip that signals a "new era" in the two countries' relationship, only months after argentina's new right-wing president mauricio macri came to power. deputy u.s. national security adviser ben rhode

. >> matt cartwright. >> tammy duckworth. >> robin kelly, brenda lawrence, ted lou, bonnie watson coleman. lieu. >> stacy plas ket, mark dee saul nare, brendan boyle. peter welch. >> michelle lujan grisham. jason chaffetz. jason chaffetz. about whether the flint former emergency manager, darnell early, should be testifying and my understanding is that he was invited to testify, but he declined. and now i am getting word that they may be issuing a subpoena for him, but i don't have that verified yet. >> so moving this forward, will this be the first of many hearings by the committee and committees on the hill? >> i think that congress will be -- yes. this is the first of many. this is the house oversight and government reform committee. i imagine that there will be hearings on the senate side as well and maybe in some of the other committees on the house