i was stationed in saginaw michigan. i was only. female in my section. i had a supervisor it got to the place where i get calls at 3 o'clock in the morning and he are telling me to come get him and i'm like i can i'm in bed and he would then threaten me. i'd walk in from training and he'd be sleeping in my bed. when we went to one of the higher ups the chain of command they were all like his drinking buddy and they they told me just because i didn't like somebody they were going to switch me away from this guy. i was in the evening around taps and. he had unlocked the door and he'd come in and he had an erection and he tried to get me to touch him i took my right hand and i pushed him in the chest and started to yell for the other guys to kind of hear me. he hit me across. the left side of my face i remember. holding the closet thinking what just happened. to my face hurt so. when we went to the command about it me and this petty officer who saw my face. they just let it wait because they didn't want any kind of problems going on. a couple weeks later i

until then you can call in and join the conversation with eddie is in saginaw, michigan, democrat, good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you all doing this morning? >> host: doing all right but question or comment. >> caller: my question is to the congressman speaking about the race relation situation. you made a comment saying that it can be the white and the black and it can have the same situation and the same everything can be the same, only differences the race and the color but somehow the whites always going to stand out so if you or if we all know this in the country that race situation is real bad and it's always has been and in my continue on but i do know things have gotten a little better but we know it can get better. my question to you is since you know all of this incense congress peoples know all of this what is it that you can do, what can you do? >> host: good question. >> guest: the issue i talk about specifically was about health care disparities. i was speaking yesterday at a hearing in the ways and means about the outcomes for african-americans been so muc

eddie from saginaw, michigan. democrat. caller: how are you all doing? host: question or comment?question is to the congressman speaking about race relations. comment saying it can andhe white and the black they can have the same situations. they can have the same everything -- the only difference is the race. always gonnawhite stand out. we all know this. race situation is real bad. it always has been and might continue on. i do know things have gotten just a little better, but we know it can get better. my question to you is, since you know all this, and since --gress people snow all this congress people know all this, what can you do? guest: the issue i was talking about was health care. i was speaking yesterday at a hearing with ways and means about the outcomes for african-americans being much worse. the same for latinos and other persons of color. i was speaking specifically with the president of an historically black college about the fact that there are not enough african-american doctors, dentists, not enough latino doctors or dentists. this lack of cultural confidence i

michigan. >> two dams near saginaw have failed after days of heavy rainfall in the region.0,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. this morning, catastrophic flooding threatening to swallow an entire town. >> downtown midland could be under approximately nine feet of water. >> reporter: a major dam in michigan failing late tuesday. the moment water gushed through the barrier caught on camera. you can see as more and more water starts sweeping through the gaps. >> we have a dam failure at edenville -- >> reporter: the failure releasing a wall of water, sending waves surging across roads, through homes, and triggering a devastating domo effect >> about to fail -- >> reporter: less than two hours later, the sanford dam buckling, floods pouring into town, sweeping away cars, dumpsters, anything else in its path. >> this is unlike anything we've ever seen before. >> reporter: the state's governor declaring a state of emergency. national guard on the ground overnight. while residents downstream took refuge on higher ground. some parts of michigan have seen up to 4 inches of ra

saginaw is raising funds for a firework show in july. will these events happen? what can you tell business people and consumers about whether or not they will be able to enjoy summer in michiganall enjoyer: we will the summer in michigan. it will be a beautiful summer. the question is will we be able to congregate and enjoy it in a way we are used to? at this point, we cannot say definitively if we will be able to do that. covid-19 is still present in michigan. 1000 people were detected to have it in the last 24 hours. we have lost almost 3800 michiganders to this disease. it is important we continue to be vigilant, safe, smart, making decisions based on the best science. it is hard. i don't people have made great sacrifice and i know what this means to our economy, to our traditions of summer festivals and fourth of july celebrations, and yet, if we take this seriously and do the right thing now, we will be able to do that at some point in the future. but we will let the science and the data direct when it is safe to reengage in ways like that. we can't let feelings or emotions trump what we know to be the best practice and what the right thing to do is. we have to do the ne

in downtown midland, michigan, where catastrophic flooding has inundated the streets after two dams burst. flooding is out of control in midland county, that's northwest of saginaw. and the governor has declared a state of emergency there. she says the city which has a population of 42,000 could be nine feet under water. think about that for a second, by this afternoon. anthony? >> some 10,000 people, gayle, are living near the two dams, have already been told to evacuate. the river that runs between the dams and midland is about to crest four feet above its old record. adriana diaz is following this fast-developing story. >> reporter: frightening video captures the moment the edenville dam in midland county collapsed. it was one of two catastrophic dam failures in the area yesterday. >> this is serious, and -- time to take action to keep themselves safe and to evacuate. >> reporter: late tuesday, michigan governor gretchen whitmer pleaded with residents to seek higher ground. >> we are anticipating an historic high water level. >> reporter: the edenville and sanford dam breaches come as record-breaking rainfall of more than seven inches drenched parts r to quic