off the back, governor rick schneider apologised and said he would fix it. >> sorry most of all that i let you down. you deserve better. you deserve accountability. you deserve to know that the buck stops here with me. >> reporter: outside the capital building. the protesters developed more transparency. the governor gave them some of that. >> i'll release my 2014 and 2015 emails regarding the citizens. you'll have answers to your questions about what we have done and are doing to make this right. >> none of what the governor said is satisfying his harshest critics who want him to resign, and at most want him charged with a crime. >> i think he's very culpable to it. he helped to appoint emergency managers and gave them pretty much authority over the decisions. >> they make decisions. >> governor schneider admitted to the national journal that the water crisis is his katrina, a reference to the gold coast recovery over hurricane katrina. it represents a failure of leadership which the government appointed managers with unlimited powers, and it was under their leadership that they swi

we don't know what guage has been done to us. >> governor rick schneider apologised. the governor took aim at the presidential candidates and others for what were attempts at politicizing the crisis, and pointed out remarks clinton made on sunday. >> we said it was outrageous that the government took the action that it has. >> we don't know what to do. the governor has given us this and that, whatever else. we are still here. we are hurting, and we need more help >>> as people scrambled monday to get cases of water from the national guard, they are feeling the effects. >> you keep it or nothing like that. the national guard set up in fire stations around the city. they can't track a number of cases of water it tolled out. >> i was surprised out at the amount of bottled water. the filters, how fast they are getting here, how fast they are going out. >> this is a flint resident. so moved by the crisis, he joined the volunteers on monday. >> looking in homes, and some of them don't know where to go, some don't watch the news. >> the residents are wondering how long the c

includes fox's charlie leduff who is taking his many question straight to the top to governor rick schneiderter: flint, michigan, the birthplace of general motors and the uaw and mass credit. there was plenty money and plenty of work and the flint river grew so toxic it was said you could clean brass with it. flint was rich. it didn't need the river. it could have poured it's water from detroit 7 miles away. but then flint's job went to mexico and flint went broke and then two years ago, in order to save some money, the governor and his men ordered the people who were left to drink from the river. >> you are trying to kill my kids. really. don't get me wrong. i'm a very loving person but you're doing things to hurt my children. >> reporter: today the children of flint have elevated levels of lead in their blood 10 adults died from water born virus the main suspect there the flint river. and this whole time the government which supposed to look out for the citizens told no one. how could this be in america? >> the governor says how much will this cost? and the adviser said, it will cost $100

while governor rick schneider has claimed he was unaware of the problem until past october, the e-mails show the state was trucking in the water back in january of last year. >> it shows what we've assumed all along. there was no way the governor's administration didn't know earlier there were real issues with the water. >> reporter: now even governor schneider's own party is criticizing his response to the water crisis. >> i don't know all the details of what rick schneider has done. i know there have been people who have been fired. people being held accountable. but the fact is every single engine of government has to move to see a crisis like that. >> reporter: and going to continue to move in from across the country including from the texas school with the teacher who is a native of flint. know that way down here in houston that we're having them drive my family in flint, michigan. >> reporter: the governor's office has not yet commented on the e-mails. while environmental and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit, schneider said they won't be able to put new ones in any time soon. j

. >> rick schneider delivers the state of the state speech. amid growing anger over the state's response over the city of flint's water contamination. flint's water supply became tainted with lead after the city manager switched the water source from detroit from the flint river to save money. adre'anna diaz has the latest from flint. >>> dozens of people demonstrated outside michigan rick schneider's home monday. many say the slow response to the contaminated water >> and he should have switch the water as soon as he knew about >> volunteers spent the martin luther king holiday in flint, handing out water. and thousands of others like patricia marshall are making daily trips to the distribution center get water. >> we have to go get water. we're low-income. how do we survive? >> in an article published, they asked schneider if comparing his handling of the flint water katrina. no, it's a disaster. >> the governor says as soon as he found out lead was coming out of the water, he told people to stop drinking it. >> flint needs more than emergency declaration and bottled water. >> we will

earlier this week michigan governor rick schneider asked the governor for help. he told president obama they have contaminated drinking water. the feds will bring in useable water and work to make the water safe again. 14 months of secret negotiations between the u.s. and iran tapped with the exchange of several prisoners, and one of those captains held on spy charges for more than a year, and john morning reports. >> following secret associations for reportedly more than a year, they have confirmed iran has freed five u.s. prisoners, and four of the prisoners were part of an exchange involving certainly i rannians held in the states on sanction charges. been held on spy charges for almost 18 months. amir was adetained. christian pastor syed ab abdini was arrested. a fifth american not part of the negotiated swap wasn't freed. the news of the prisoner's release are a major topic on the campaign trail. >> they are not happy coming back, but it's a disgrace they have been there so long. >> we don't know the details of the deal, and it may well be there are problema

flint residents have filed two class action lawsuits against the governor rick schneider over the handling of the situation. during his address this evening, the governor apologized numerous times over the water crisis and promising to fix the damage even permanent. >> these children are going to be damaged for life. programs. there may be kids functioning at full >> doctors asked to replace with millions of dollars. >> i thought i was going to die. i was so scared i wouldn't see him again. >> she's pretty lucky. that was a pretty horrendous roof collapse. >> you just heard from a survivor of a sarasota tornado. she was trapped inside her second story building after the walls and the roof came crashing over her. firefighters made the decision to go in and get her out. they used air bags to lift the roof off her body allowing her to crawl to safety. it was a miracle she survived. >>> the mother of a baby is going to be paroled tomorrow. her baby's body beat the baby to death. >>> time now for headlines around the nation and the world. republican donald trump is getting support sarah palin.

they are suing over the flint water disaster and asking for those documents and more from rick schneider's office. we don't know if they will get the records and the messages they are seeking from the schneider administration, but they're trying. they are taking it to the courts. we'll be right back. >>> we're going to back in a moment with a story i cannot report. there is news to report, but i cannot report because one republican governor's office has gone nuts. this is so strange, this is the weirdest interaction we've had with a sitting governor since mark sanford disappeared when he was in argentina with someone who wasn't his wife. this is the weirdest thing with a governor's office we have had since mark sanford went missing. it explains why i can't tell you what's about to happen in one american state. that story is next. you forgot the milk! th's lactaid®. right. 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so, no discomfort? exactly. try some... mmm, it is real milk. lactaid®. 100% real milk. no discomfort. >>> now the traffickers, these are people that take drugs. these are the peo

i admire rick schneider for stepping up right now. he's going to the challenge.s fired people and accepted responsibility to fix this. >> the problem for rick schneider and other who is are attempting to shift blame is the more this story is reported out, the deeper it goes. over the weekend a bomb shell report from the aclu who has said that a schneider appointed emergency management team originally rejected using the flint river as water source in 2012 according to a deposition. the michigan department of environmental quality indicated they would not be supportive. just 16 months later it was deemed suitable for consumption. it's up to the governor to answer what happens. rachel maddow will be hosting in flint a town hall on monday. you'll want to tune in for that at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> before voting begins next week, candidates on the republican side will gather on thursday before the final debate before the iowa caucus. senator rand paul may not be invited to the main stage based on poll numbers. he got into this race with a vision to broaden the republic

governor rick schneider said he's requesting the federal government provide medical care for young peoplen flint. he's going to ask the public health service to cover long term health care for people in flint under the age of 21. he says he want a flint specific expansion of medicaid. that federal health insurance program will cover every young person in flint regardless of income. he's asking for comprehensive medical treatment for the long haul for all flint kids because they all drank that lead poisoned water because of what his administration did. that's the request coming from the state of michigan. we have not heard back from the public health service on this request. this is new. what he is asking for from the federal government, long term help, medical help for people who live in flint and especially long term help for flint's kids. joining us now is the mayor of flint, michigan. i'm told major karen weaver is on the phone because she just got out of a long meeting with the governor on this subject. thank you so much for being with us. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. i apolog

the rest will be used for paying water bills and replacing the rick schneider said his office is is open and complying with the investigation. the governor has been subpoenaed over the water crisis. he recently appointed a 17 member committee to help the city regain clean drinking water. >> it is hard to believe this time last week, a lot of snow here but it is still sticking around in some areas. >> my backyard and i live in asheville is completed coated with the white stuff. this is almost 5,000 feet. this is mount pisca campground. the skycam network, 42 degrees right now. it will stay chilly today. paris mountain, down to the upstate, nice clear skies. can't even find a cloud. 50 degrees as well. that's at 2,000 feet. we started off the day with some cloud cover in our northern mountains. we started to see more sunshinesunshine. it is helping our temperatures go up. couple of days, not until next week on tuesday. we'll talk about how warm we'll get in a second. 28 degrees is as cool as we went down to this morning. at least in the asheville area. let's see are we are right now. 44 in

reacted to 74 pages of documents about the crisis, voluntarily released by michigan governor rick schneider. the documents lay out a timeline of warnings that were dis missed. the state agency that ensures clean drinking water spent months denying the lead october. in an e-mail, the believe now we made a mistake. corrosion control should have been required from the beginning. corrosion control treats the water, preventing lead from leeching into the system. six months before on april 25th, epa manager wrote, "flint has essentially not been using any corrosion control treatment." june 24th, sounds the alarm again. sample results indicate the presence of high lead." no action was taken as state water officials continued to insist the water was safe. even after multiple independent studies proved otherwise many in december, a letter from the task force set up by the governor described the response as aggressive dis missal, belittlement and attempts to dis credit these efforts with a persistent tone of scorn and derision. the head of that agency and his spokesperson resigned. the documents rele

>>awyers representing flint in a lawsuit over the toxic water have subpoenaed governor rick schneider. 42 deaths being blamed on the blizzard that has shut down the federal government in washington for a second day. schools in d.c., baltimore and philadelphia are closed again and hundreds of flights remain grounded. >> in baltimore overnight, unplowed streets made it impossible for fire trucks, forcing cre to drag equipment down the street. >> in new york, this plowed truck was no match for the near reaching its breaking point two days after the blizzard blasted the east coast. the nation's capital still partially paralyzed with growing frustration in the surrounding suburbs, homeowners upset their streets haven't been cleared since friday. >> went down the drain and they didn't have plan b. >> crews are back at work plowing 4400 miles of roadway. the national park service clearing 300 more miles and 155 more bridges. thanks to the plow but there is limited service where bus riders with many of the city buses still snowed in. >> it is getting old quick. >> in new york, the railroad us

. >> rick schneider was apologize ing protesting outside the state capital capital. >> they were silent. they were staring at a public health emergency and they sat on it. >> lawyers have filed three class action lawsuits saying acted sooner. officials apparently waited nearly five months to warn the public of toxic levels of lead when they changed the city's water source. >> we haven't had our water tested. tested. >> it shouldn't have gotten to this point. >> i'm increase the support from the michigan national guard to ensure every home we need to visit in flint gets visited as soon as possible. >> during his state of the state address in addition to more aid, the governor pledged greater transparency. this as the flint mayor met with president obama and white house officials lobbying for more help. >> president obama by the way is in michigan today visiting the auto show in detroit. while he is not expected to stop in flint, he could address the water crisis. as we learn more about who knew >> an attack kills 20 students. armed militants stormed the university. more casualties could

flint has pushed back to its original water source, but governor rick schneider says fixing the damaged pipes will cost at least $55 million. so far federal aid is limited to $5 million. >> pelley: adriana diaz with the emergency water ration there in flint. thanks very much, adriana. two weeks until the iowa caucuses and as often the races are narrowing. trump and cruz are in a virtual tie. clinton is only slightly ahead of sanders. we have two reports tonight and we're going to turn first to nancy cordes. nancy? >> reporter: scott, in a heated debate in south carolina, clinton depicted sanders as a harsh critic of the commander-in-chief, aligning herself closely with a president who is still broadly popular in his own party. "weak," "disappointing." >> reporter: clinton argued sanders would upend the president's proudest achievement, obamacare. >> the tear it up and start over again, pushing our country back into that kind of a contentious debate i think is the wrong direction. >> we're not going the tear up the affordable care act. i helped write it. but we are going to move on top o

. >> rick schneider is likely to state to the drinking water emergency in florence. that state is already providing lead testing for the city of 99,000. some say customers should not have to pay their water bills because the water is contaminated with lead. residents and activists planning to rally at the capital. the governor declared a state of emergency earlier this month. on saturday, president obama signed an emergency declaration. >> coming up at 12:10 in our health headlines, how to combat a condition that drives some women to eat things like paper, ashes and even dirt. sthoo. >> coming up in the business report, general motors is expanding, what its investment will mean for consumers. >> sign up for our news 13 mobile app, you can get local news, weather and sports and your app store. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ...stelara helps me be in season. stelara may low

also in lansing, governor rick schneider's office got strange today in the way that they are responding to the latest revelations about what they knew and when they knew it. yesterday we had revolutielatio that the schneider administration shipped purified workers to state workers that were working in the state office building even as they were telling people it was safe to drink from the tap. today the governor was questioned about that and his administration had a truly bizarre explanation, lack of explanation for what happened there and what they knew about it. we didn't expect to have any news from flint. both of those broke late in the day. we'll have details on those coming up. >>> we're starting with some additional late breaking news in national politics. one of the big differences between the democratic and republican presidential contest this year is the republicans have a lot more people running for president than the democrats do, obviously in their giant field of candidates. turns out they debate a each other a lot more than the democrats do. last night was the republican d

. >>> state governor rick schneider has called on the national guard to help distribute bottled water to reds residents. michigan state police say they're going to help nosethose affected by the exposure. >> it will continue until every resident has safe drinking water. >>> and an egyptian cafe, centralperc cafe is made to model the one on the show. the place is such a hit that the owner plans to expand into two more cities. how about that. >>> this is good. this farm in virginia need people to come in and snuggle with baby goats. they're expecting 90 baby goats farm workers to handle on their own. no experience is necessary but it is preferred if you have goat snuggling experience. >> i'll get that experience. hand on. >> a lion cub and tiger cub are being raisedads sisters. though the two would never meet in the wild, they seem to be getting along famously but they say it will help develop their socialization skills so they can eventually be reintroduced to their own species. >>> now a look ahead. president obama hits the road to sell his state of the union message. he'll hit omaha,

flint has switched back to its original water source, but governor rick schneider says fixing the damaged pipes will cost at least $55 million. so far federal aid is limited to $5 million. >> adriana diaz with the emergency water ration there in flint.

. >> rick schneider calls on the government to provide medical for all young people affected by the water crisis. regardless of prior coverage or income level. major companies, including coca-cola, pepsi coe and wal-mart will donate a year's supply of water to children in flint >>> six police officers involved in a fatal shooting lost their jobs. they were among those that fired 137 shots into a car. killing two unarmed people. as richelle carey reports, an officer faced criminal charges and was acquitted. >> i promised the community at that time that i would find out. >> cleveland's public security director and former chief of police vowed he'd get to the bottom of a police chase ending in a barrage of gun fire. both unarmed occupants of this vehicle. >> 137 shots were fired, about 60 plus cars. went through two district. >> details of an internal investigation into the actions of police officers involved in the shooting, and announced the firing of six officers, including michael brelo, the only officer charged in the incident. he was acquitted of manslaughter last ma. may. it led toe d

purchase of the blame for the my levels of led in water has been directed at governor rick schneider, some faulted the e.p.a. for not acting force reply. >> today 263 years in prison for a police officer convicted on rape and sexual assault charges. al jazeera al jazeera's correspondent reports, he target and committed crimes on duty. >> reporter: daniel showed no emotion as the judge read his sentence. there was a murmur from the audience. followed by tears of joy and relief. >> we topped the syria rapist with a badge, when everybody else was down. . >> a former oklahoma police officer will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually assaulting african-american women for a poor neighbourhood, whilst he was on patrol. >> thank god for those that believed us. no matter how powerful he was, we had no power to do what was done to us. >> the attacks happened in a 6-month period in 2013 and 2014. a jury convicted him on 18 charges last month. jamie was the last victim. the 68-year-old grandmother was assaulted. >> whatever happens to you. no matter who it is. tell it. don't let them

class action lawsuits have now been filed against public officia ofs involved and concluding gov rick schneiderthe people want to know what schneider new and when he knew it. they believe it was long before october 2015 as he claims. >> how could he not know what was going on in flint? he's going sit in a deposition and answer those questions. he is going to be held accountable one way or another. >> reporter: what was going on was leaching of lead from pipes caused by corrosive water from the flint river that the michigan department of environmental quality was reportedly failing to treat. >> rashes, talking about hair loss, they're talking about seizures that never happened before. >> reporter: people have already lost their jobs at the ndeq but attorneys in this class action lawsuit say the michigan department of health and human services new about the spike in lead levels in the blood of flip's children as early as june, july, august and september of 2014. >> they were staring at a public health emergency and they sat on it for over 10 months. these public officials were assuring the public

. >> rick schneider is expected to deliver his state of the state after growing angry to the water contamination crisis that happened. in 2014 flint's water supply was contaminated with lead after a state appointed emergency manager switched the city's water source from detroit to the flint river to save money. national guard troops are handing out bottled water to resident. troopers are giving out lead tests and filters. many say the governor needs to face criminal charges. >> he should have switched it back over to detroit water as soon as he knew of the contamination. >> governor schneider says he plans to request once again that president obama declare flint a federal disaster area. the president denied the request once before saying the situation in flint was manmade. >> this morning, the nation's top education official is making u.s. department of education secretary is visiting valencia west orlando campus. king's valencia visit is the third stop in a five city opportunity across america tour as it is called and the only stop in florida. during his visit king is expected to participate in

they are suing over the flint water disaster and asking for those documents and more from rick schneider'sw if they will get the records and the messages they are seeking from the schneider administration, but they're trying. they are taking it to the courts. we'll be right back. you show up. you stay up. you listen. you laugh. you worry. you do whatever it takes to take care of your family. and when it's time to plan for your family's future, we're here for you. we're legalzoom, and for over 10 years we've helped families just like yours with wills and living trusts. so when you're ready, start with us. doing the right thing has never been easier. legalzoom. legal help is here. whose long dayis sheldon setting up the news starts with minor arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. father, why can't we have directv like the macgregors do? we're settlers, son. we settle for things. like having cable instead of directv. hey, jebediah, how's it going? working the

residents have filed several lawsuits, some against governor rick schneider. he pledged to fix the problem and asked state lawmakers for $28 million to treat affected children and replace contaminated pipes. genie: we will head to the skies, where scientists say a new planet, larger than earth, could be hiding out. the planet could lie far behind -- beyond pluto and it could be the ninth in our solar system. his presence was detected. that tantalizing evidence a ninth planet could lie in our solar system. said, hour, the planet has not the detective. 15 past the hour. let's look at the headlines. a british inquiry into the death of a former russian spy says there is "a strong possibility" vladimir putin approved his murder. russia slammed the report, calling it politically motivated. french president francois hollande says a coalition is ready to excel or airstrikes against the islamic state group. newade those comments at year's wishes to the diplomatic corps. the first cases of the zika virus have hit the united states. three residents were affected after go

lawyers representing flint, michigan, in a lawsuit over toxic water have subpoenaed governor, rick schneider, they want text messages and emails related to the water crisis from the last two years. michigan's top prosecutor is warning people in flint to keep their children away from the water. >>> the countdown to iowa continues and ted cruz is rising in the polls ahead of the caucus. he is at the head of the field along with donald trump and former secretary rick perry is joining him on the campaign trail. in the meantime hillary clinton is using a new television ad in iowa to portray her commitment to families long standing and consistent. and "action news" is in des moines for the iowa caucuses. watch rick's report on "action news" at 11:00. >> better start packing. >>> a new exhibit here at the franklin institute may remind you of the indiana jones movies. with a gravity attraction. it's an authentic human mummy that is 2300 years old and "action news" got a sneak peek of the mummy, named annie, for anonymous. it's part of an egyptian exhibit. for understanding ancientsive zagsz. >>> the

last week, governor rick schneider declared a state of emergency and start handing out bottled water filters. sunday he announced the state would start deploying teams of troopers to distribute water and filters door to door. then monday, the governor, miracle of all miracles, actually went personally to flint and took questions from the press. then yesterday in the middle of the state of the union address last night, governor snyder announced he would call up the national guard to help with the response in flint. and then today as we just reported today, there was this chilling, very worrying press conference, suggesting that what we have in flint may not be a mass lead poisoning of an american city. the same mistakes concerning flint's water supply made by the state, those same mistakes may also have caused a fatal outbreak of legionnaires' disease that so far has killed ten people. the pace of developments in flint is just radically different from what it used to be. and some of that is satisfying to see, right, to feel that the response is at least cognizant of, if not exactly tr

called for rick schneider, the governor to resign, what is your feeling? >> well, john, this is an issue i've been involved in now for couple of weeks. i amat happened in flint. i started calling for immediate action, calling for federal intervention, i sent two of myides to meet with the mayor of flint as you may know, i appeared on show this past week and demanded thater ask for the help that michigan needs to deal with the horrible consequencesir families are facing in flint. turned around within two hourshelp that he should have asked for some weeks ago. i don't want to get caught up in the political back and forth here, i want to help the people of flint. and iant a comprehensive health analysis of what's hamed to these children, lead is a poison, it destroys interferes with your learning and your behavior. whatever it takes for michigan and the federal government to come together to fema through services, the epa, whatever it takes, we now have to fix a problem and help these kids and especially their health and probably for years to come. >> dickers

. >> mayor rick schneider apologized to the city of flint but not everybody is accepting it. protesters are demanding that schneider step down and even be arrested. >> they were silent, they were staring at a public health emergency and they sat on it. >> lawyers representing families from flint have filed three class action lawsuits arguing that state and city officials should have acted sooner. according to recently released emails, in an attempt to save money they waited five-months to warn the public about the toxic led in the city's water source. >> we have not had our water tested. i am concerned, i have five kids. >> we are surrounded by the great lakes, the biggest fresh water supply. >> i am making sure that every home in flint gets visited as soon as possible. >> during his state of the state, the governor pledged more aid and transparency, after the mayor met with president obama and white house officials lobbying for more help. and again now we are waiting for the governor's emails to be released to learn who know what and when. that it from here. live in new york

that said, city of flint did have 100% more governor rick schneider in it today. first time governor schneider did go to flint himself. he has managed the crisis mostly from the capital thus far but today he went to flint and reporters got to ask him about conditions in that town. >> governor, with all due respect what is taking so long? you say that you've learned about the situation in its entirety in october. today in fire stations, there's no water, no filter in many stations. people feel helpless and stranded. frankly, they don't believe you anymore. at what point do things change? why isn't fema out here right now with trucks handing out water to people who need it. >> again, i think you're going to find the fire stations do have water and filters. >> they don't today. >> ramping up this whole process in terms of providing resources for people. we had been doing that for months. we need to do more. that's the whole process. that was part of the declaration done by the mayor, filed by the state, and we're going through the appropriate protocols. >> it's not wo