today, the philadelphia city council is calling for hearings they say investigative reporter mitch blacher'srting showed no one enforcing the landlord lead law. mitch, they want to know why. >> they claim the question the health department and the landlords association about it. this all comes less than a week after we found no one making sure lead painted rental homes are fixed before families with kids under 7 move in. >> you ignited the discussion again for us. >> the council woman is calling for hearings in the wake of an nbc 10 investigation. >> were you surprised by what we found? >> i was most stunned by the fact, not rumor, that no fines have been issued. >> the council woman sponsored the law. she said no fines does not mean no problem. the city has nearly 4,000 lead poisoned children according to the health department. health officials agree most are poison independent their own homes. >> so many are being poisoned by lead. there is a disconnect. we need to find out where that is. >> a major finding from our investigation was how few of the city's 248,000 rental homes have been cer

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mitch blacher brought us those stories. what's the plan for this new money? >> when we first asked governor christie about this issue about the lead poisoning in his state he called the issue overdramatized. now he says the state is willing to pay $10 million more money in order to get rid of and contain lead in new jersey homes. paint has poisoned thousands of children according to the state department of health. governor christie said his administration will spend $10 million to prevent more kids from getting sick. >> we're working hard and making sure that lead poisoning while it's a concern does never become an epidemic. >> the governor changed his tone when we first discovered the state diverting millions he dismissed the problem. >> first of all, this has been an overdramatized issue. and the fact is that new jersey has a fund that helps to pay for this. >> but that fund according to state senators like jeff van drew, was raided. the state office of legislative services says nearly $60 million meant to remove lead had been spent on state salaries and pe

investigative reporter mitch blacher spoke with city leaders. how are they responding?l is calling for hearings to find out why one of the strictest lead laws is not being enforced. it's supposed to force landlords to fix lead filled homes before renting them to families with children under 7. philadelphia's lead poison kids are hard to forget. those who tried to protect them say our investigation revealed a hole in the plan. >> you raised a lot of questions. >> this council woman thought her 2012 lead law would save children like 4-year-old mariah. >> it opened up the flood gates again. it's an opportunity and a responsibility to relook at this. >> the investigators revealed since the city's lead law took effect, the city health department has only confirmed 1596 of the nearly quarter million rental properties in philly lead safe or lead free. when we talked to health officials for our original report we were told they don't have the money or the staff to do the job. >> there has not been cases where there has been a fine issued for the lead landlord law. >> in four ye