governor snyder is action lawsuits. the latest, filed tuesday, aims to stop flint from "all water shut- offs" for people who haven't paid their bills. (gfx out) standup: the governor's asking the state legislature for 28.5 million dollars in aid. as for the mayor, she was in washington dec yesterday and met with president obama. adriana diaz, cbs news, flint, michigan. ((brian loftus)) lead poisoning in children can cause developmental issues, learning disabilities and hearing loss./// ((brian loftus)) > scary moments.. for some california drivers. the rockslide.. that fell into traffic.. scaring people on their way home from work. and taking a live look outside our bank of america camera... showing clear skies on this wednesday afternoon. sherry's got a look at your forecast.. coming up.. in just a few minutes./// > now nevada'sj@j@ on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. those at the top and letting corporations write their

rick snyder declined to provide this material. the zats say they could ask the republican leadership of the committee to subpoena those documents from rick snyder and the republicans would have to decide if they want a subpoena or not. in asking for these xhempbts, they have asking for him to answer. does the public get to see what governor snyder new? does the public get to see how this happened? meanwhile, in flint, the prices is not getting better. attention is not the same as fixing it. people talking about it at the national level the national news coverage doesn't mean the lead levels are going down. with this news tonight of super high lead levels that far and away exceed the filters are to protect you from, it is further information we are getting every day that this isn't over. maybe this is how the story goes for a while, maybe there will be high levels. if you have been using a filter to 3r0ek9 protect your examly, news it may not work for the amount of led in the water will be very scary news, indeed. joining us is han

so how about it, governor snyder?re you ready to call this a manmade disaster when your people are the men who made it? we spent a long time today trying to get an answer from governor snyder's office about whether he's going to sign this emergency declaration. the governor's office says they're working this week to get the information that they need. they say they recognize this is an emergency but they will not say whether the governor intends to sign on in a way that formally will open the door for federal help. it's also unclear at this point how involved in or aware of this crisis the governor has personally been and at what point he knew what he knew. we do know that governor snyder took action in public in october. that's when he finally acknowledged that there was a problem with flint's water. because of this switch that they made and how they made it. but the michigan press has dug up evidence that the governor very quietly helped some pastors in flint get water filters to distribute back in august. that's in

[applause] snyder: gov. snyder: thank you. i want to share one situation with you with respect to our military. -- they have the a 10 which is deployed in the middle east dealing with terrorists. the tanker,o deployed refueling aircraft like the wart hog and others. proud.ld be so -- 8-10 pilots have they did a credible work. they have a special mission critical role. they had inspections take place while they were deployed. they did something that had never been achieved in the history of the air force. not just the air guard. they had an inspection with a showed 100% of the members of that unit received 100%. they were perfect. that shows the spirit of michigandiers. we have the commander of michigan international guard, you general john slocum, the with us.mand sergeant and we have command sergeant daniel lincoln. you cannot arise. and, if we can give them recognition for their incredible effort. [applause] gov. snyder: they returned right before the smiths and when i heard about it i had to share it with you to share with

she was standing with governor snyder yesterday.ht now, do you have any confidence that the water is safe? given that so much of the testing shows that it isn't, that many children have been ,ermanently damaged by the lead have been permanently lead poisoned, do people have access to clean water? how are they drinking? how are they bathing? nayyirah: people are doing what they have been doing. that is purchasing bottled water if they are able to get a filter , they are using that. or they are heating up bottled water. amy: how do you get the bottled water? on nbc yesterday, a reporter was interviewing reverend bobby jackson of the mission of hope shelter. he said that he had been getting some bottled water, charitable contributions, but he was all out. the reason the reporter went to him is because the city said, "i don't know where you can get the bottled water." if you don't have money, how do you get the water? nayyirah: the flint democracy defense league has pastor bobby jackson as emergency relief. people did not have access to

. >>> amid anger over the states response to flint, michigan's governor rick snyder will deliver his state of the state speech tonight. >> adriana diaz report national guard troops are handing out bottled water blood test kits and filters. >> reporter: dozens of people demonstrated outside michigan governor rick snyder's home monday, many say his slow response to the contaminated water is criminal. >> he should have switched it back over to detroit water as soon as he knew of the contamination. >> reporter: volunteers and state troopers spent the martin luther king jr. holiday in flint handing out water bottles and filters along the street named for the civil rights icon. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: thousands others like patricia marshall makes daily trips to distribution centers to pick up water. >> we do still have to go out and get water. we have to do that and we are low income. how do we survive? >> reporter: in an article published monday, the national journal asks snyder is comparing his handling of the flint water crisis to present bush's management of katri

at michigan.gov/snyder. the most important thing we can do right now is to work hard, and work together for the people of flint. [applause] governor snyder: thank you. thank you. please be seated. i know apologies will not make up for the mistakes that were made. nothing will. but i take full responsibility to fix the problem so it will never happen again. let me tell you what has been done so far, and what we will be doing in the coming days, weeks, months, and years to keep our commitment to you. to make flint and even cleaner, safer, stronger city than it was before. because that is what you and your families deserve. we are working to do whatever we must until the crisis is resolved. the people of flint have chosen a new mayor. i am personally committed to work hand-in-hand with mayor weaver so we can rebuild the trust that has been broken. i have already taken steps to bring new leadership to the department of environmental quality. these are individuals that understand the severity of the problem, and

dozens of people demonstrated outside michigan governor rick snyder home monday. many say his slow response to flint's contaminated water is criminal. colleen crossey/protester) he should have switched it back over to detroit water as soon as he knew of the contamination. volunteers and state troopers spent the martin luther king holiday in flint handing out water bottles and filters along a street named for the civil rights icon. thousands of others like patrisha marshal are making daily trips to distribution centers to pick up their water. patrisha marshal/flint resident) "every day we still have to go out and get water. we have to do that and we are low income. how do we survive? in an article published monday, the national journal asked snyder if comparing his handling of flints water crisis to president bush's management of katrina is "unfair (ad/elena richardson) (ad) the governor says as soon as he found out that the lead was coming from the water he told people to stop drinking it. (er) no, that's bull. elena richardson says flint needs more than emergency

governor rick snyder has called it his katrina. he accepted responsibility and vowed to set things right. sni snyder denied that in recent weeks it has attracted headlines. it can be tracked back to april 2014. that is when in an effort to say money the city left the detroit water system and drew water from the flint river. complaints about its quality began almost immediately. our correspondent has been following this story for us and she joins us from flint. >> reporter: there really is no easy fix to improving flint's water crisis. the city's ageing infrastructure flas a huge role in-- plays a huge role in where the city is today. poor monitoring by the state is also to blame. what does it taste like to you? >> chlorine. that's exactly what it tastes like. it's pretty much takes like you're drinking out of a pool >> reporter: al jazeera america first reported complaints over the quality of flint's tap water on january 22 2015. our first interview was with jimmy stuart, a mother of three. >> reporter: what do you mean it separate

``so far, rick snyder has refused. ``governor snyder: i want to speak ``directly honestly and sincerely ``to let you know we are praying ``for you, working hard for you, ``and committed to taking the ``right steps to effectively solve ``this crisis. ``lisa: u.s. senate candidate and ``city council member released a ``statement calling for the ``resignation of governor snyder. ``in the statement he says the ``most basic duty of governors is ``to attract health. ``governor snyder has failed ``miserably. ``>> cincinnati' s certified most ``accurate forecast. ``randi: we made it through a ``snowy morning. ``one-inch to two inches across ``the area. ``through the lunch hour, the snow ``showers are moving out, on time, ``to the east. ``a little light flurry still ``lingering toward eastern ``portions of highland county. ``rome are still seeing the back ``edge of the snow showers rolling ``along. ``it won' t be long before you are ``free of the snow showers. ``on the wide view you can see ``what we had this morning rolling ``

cut welfare, because governor snyder cut pensioners, because governor snyder gave $2 billion to hisfat cat folks in michigan, and you can't find $1.2 billion to make sure pipes are going in the ground right now? the governor needs to dig those pipes immediately. >> senator stabenow? >> yes? >> the federal government has stepped up in a lot of ways. obviously there were problems in terms of the epa's response. federal government was not blameless here. since the crisis has come to light, the federal government has been devoting a lot of resourceses to this. that's on its face good. is it also letting the state of michigan off the hook? >> well, first thing i would say, the most important thing here is fixing things for the people of flint. we've got to make that number one. i do feel that there's another piece on emergency manager, rachel, i just want to get in. that is in 2012, we had a ballot proposal passed statewide to repeal the emergency changed the little bit and put it back in. >> so it can't be repealed by vote again? >> right. i want to say this is worse than it sounds. >>

here, the people were making their way through the capitol to governor snyder's office.t's largely a ceremonial office, but still. [ chanting -- hey hey ho ho snyder's got to go ] >> there were so many people at this protest today. they filled the rotunda inside the state capitol all the way around, and some people made their way up yet another flight of stairs to where the michigan house was in session. all this happened today. flint's residents, michigan's residents streaming through the capitol, making a deliberately loud civil nuisance of themselves, calling on their governor to resign over the state government poisoning the water in flint. that's what the residents of flint traveled by bus to their state capitol to do today. >>> another announcement that was neither by or about governor snyder. twice we've had a truly heroic -- the local pediatrician who basically realized what was going on and took it upon herself with no funding, no directive, that she should start testing the kids in flint to see if they had lead in their blood. it turns out they did, in huge pro

. >>> michigan governor's rick snyder wants president obama to reconsider his decision not to declare a federal disaster due to the flint water crisis. more than a hundred thousand flint residents are getting bottled water delivered to their homes. governor rick snyder released e-mails about the crisis and as adriana diaz reports, the - governor has some tough questions to answer. >> governor, is the water in flint safe today? >> we don't want to consider it safe, scott. >> reporter: michigan governor rick snyder admitted to cbs news scott pelley that flint's contaminated water situation got away from his state agency charged with oversight. >> they were too technical. they followed literally the rules. they didn't use enough common sense. >> reporter: wednesday, snyder released e-mails that reveal he was aware of complaints about water quality from flint residents dating back as far as eight months later, flint switched back to detroit's water system but the damage to the pipes was done. >> what is inexplicable and inexcusable is once people figured out that there was a problem there

-nats- dozens of people demonstrated outside michigan governor rick snyder home monday. many say his slow response to flint s contaminated water is criminal. sot colleen crossey/protester :11-:17 he should have switched it back over to detroit water as soon as he knew of the contamination. nats volunteers and state troopers spent the martin luther king holiday in flint handing out water bottles and filters along a street named for the civil rights icon. thousands of others like patrisha marshal are making daily trips to distribution centers to pick up their water. sot patrisha marshal/flint resident :38-:42 )every day we still have to go out and get water. we have to do that and we are low income. how do we survive? gfx in in an article published asked snyder if comparing his handling of flints water crisis to president bush s management of katrina is "unfair sot ad/elena richardson ad the governor says as soon as he found out that the lead was coming from the water he told people to stop drinking it. er no, that )s bull.elena richardson says flint needs more than emerge

anyone will be able to read this information for themselves at michigan.gov/snyder. because the most important thing that we can do right now and work together for the people of flint. [ applause ] i know apologies won't make up for the mistakes that were made, but i take full responsibility to fix the problem so that it will never happen again. tell you what has been done so far, and what we'll be doing in the coming days, weeks, months and years to keep our commitment to you, to make flint an even cleaner, safer, with stronger city than it was before. because that's what you and your families deserve. we're working to do whatever we must until the crisis is resolved. the people of flint have chosen a new mayor, and i'm personally committed to work hand and hand with mayor weaver to rebuild the trust that has been broken. i have taken steps for the environmental quality. it will be directly communicated to the people of the state. for knows who contributed to the disaster, we're fully cooperating with the government investigation and will hold those individuals acco

at least according to the snyder administration.us tonight that michigan has stated that it is committed to complying with this order, it is committed to implementing these measures, these things the epa is asking for, but we have now also learned that the head of michigan's environmental agency has written to the epa to say that the state, the snyder administration, is questioning the legality of this federal order, questioning whether the epa has the authority to order the state to take all these steps. two sides are promising to try to talk this out, but right now it looks like this could turn into a standoff between michigan and the epa. which is just what flint needs. hold that thought. there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips' fiber good gummies plus energy support. it's a new fiber supplement that helps support regularity and includes b vitamins to help convert food to energy. mmmmm, these are good! nice work, phillips! the tasty side of fiber, from phillips'. want bladder leak underwear that try always di

. >>> rick snyder delivers his state of the state speech tonight. amid growing anger over the state's response to water contamination crisis. the water supply was tainted with lead after the city water source was switched to save money. >> as adriana diaz explains, many are struggling to survive this crisis. demonstrated outside governor rick snyder's home monday. many say his low response to flint's contaminated water is criminal. >> he should have switched it back over to detroit water as soon as he knew of the contamination. >> reporter: volunteers and state troopers spent the holiday in flint handing out water bottles and filters along the street named for the civil rights icon. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: thousands of others like patricia markel -- they are making daily trips to distribution centers. >> we have to do that. we are low income. know what i'm saying? how do we survive? >> reporter: in an article published monday, the national journal asked snyder if comparing to bush's management of katrina is unfair. he replied n

"arrest rick snyder, arrest rick snyder"angry michigan.... ...calling for the arrest of governor rick snyder... ...as residents cope with lead-contaminated water flowing into their homes. it started in april 20-14, when the state temporarily switched flint's water source to the notoriously dirty flininriver. it was a cost-saving measure... while officials built a new supply line to lake huron. the water, found by virginia tech researchers to be highly corrose, flowed througugservice lines made o o lead, carrying the noxious element into homes. the water source was swithced back in october, but the damage to the pipes was done. ...with the state now ung the national guard to hand out cln water. president obama declared a federal emergency saturday... ...but flint city counciman wantwaz davis, says much more is needed and available. "the state of emergency only gives us a $5million cap, which the preredent has already sigigd for. if they were to submitted for a disaster declaration, we could have got the $96 million dollars, or more..."the crisis is sparking widespread outrage....among.

at least according to the snyder administration.id tell us tonight that michigan has stated that it is committed to complying with this order, it is committed to implementing these measures, these things the epa is asking for, but we have now also learned that the head of michigan's environmental agency has written to the epa to say that the state, the snyder administration, is questioning the legality of this federal order, questioning whether the epa has the authority to order the state to take all these steps. two sides are promising to try to talk this out, but right now it looks like this could turn into a standoff between michigan and the epa. which is just what flint needs. hold that thought. ♪ ♪ bis committed to truth on the label. when we say real meat is the first ingredient, it is always number one. we leave out poultry by-product meal, corn, wheat and soy. and, we own where our dry food is made - 100%. can other brands say all that? for grain-free nutrition you can trust, does your food go beyond? learn more at beyondpet

the snyder administration is appealing that part of the decision. but even if the state wins that appeal and gets everything it has asked for, it would still just be a fraction of what flint needs. in governor snyder's letter to the president this weekend requesting help the governor estimates that the total cost of replacing flint's damaged water infrastructure is more like 3/4 of a billion dollars. they're not asking for anywhere near that. whether or not they get it. where's that kind of money going to come from? especially because the only reason the pipes are all ruined is because of something the snyder administration did. president obama is heading to detroit the day after tomorrow. he's going to be there on wednesday. no word on whether he might pay a visit to flint on that trip. but it is only about an hour's drive north. just saying. when pressed in an interview with the "national journal" tonight governor rick snyder said that it is fair to call the flint crisis his katrina. he also said in that same interview that he is not considering r

governor snyder told the national journal yesterday he does not plan to resign. but the possibility that he will resign is starting to creep into the regular local coverage of this scandal. the governor gets asked all the time now if he is going to step down. there's also renewed attention locally to the lieutenant governor of the state who would take over if snyder did step down. the governor has been under enormous pressure and criticism for this disaster. protests have spread from flint itself to ann arbor to the state capital of lansing tonight as rick snyder was named in two new class action lawsuits filed today and as governor snyder stepped to the rostrum this evening to deliver his annual state of the state address. >> tonight will be a different state of the state address. there's so much we could discuss about how we can make our great state even better, stronger, over the next year. but tonight, i will address the crisis in flint first and in depth. to begin, i'd like to address the people of flint. your families face a crisis. a crisis you did not cre

(nat sot) "arrest rick snyder, arrest rick snyder" this moring, people want the governor to pay for their dirty water. also ahead...new video showing what happened when an entire apartment complex was evacuated. we broke the bomb scare yeterday morning...today, we east/southeast. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies will be common for southern nevada as a whole with small chance for rain and snow temperatures do fall slightly as compared to yesterday's high temperatures; we will hover in upper 50s this afternoon but by tomorrow, temperatures rebound back to the low and potentially mid 60s. there is a discrepancy in our models for tomorrow afternoon in regards to another front passing overhead. most information points to energy build to the north of clark county; allowing for rain and snow, a couple models however, are rain chance through las vegas. there is not a lot of support to go with these two models but we will be monitoring the front none-the-less. as it stands now, i have only partly cloudy skies for tomorrow afternoon. not much changes as we move through into the weekend, with a

amy: protesters fill the state capitol in lansing, calling on governor rick snyder to resign over the flint water contamination crisis. we will get the latest from the doctor who helped expose the lead poisoning, mona hanna-attisha, as snyder has asked president obama to declare a federal emergency in flint where residents are also dealing with an outbreak of legionnaires disease that's killed 10 people so far. and we will speak with investigative reporter curt guyette about how the same unelected emergency manager who caused the crisis in flint ash causedhe crisiin flint is public schools were teachers have gone out on strikes. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the obama administration has announced it has transferred 10 yemeni prisoners from guantanamo bay to oman, marking what the white house calls a significant milestone. after the transfer 93 prisoners , are still being held at guantÁnamo. approved 34rd has prisons for transr, which the whithouse hasill coinue ovethe course of the year. also thu

snyder, arrest rick snyder" angry protesters in flint, michigan.......calling for the arrest of governor rick snyder......as residents cope with lead-contaminated water flowing into their homes.it started in april 20-14, when the state temporarily switched flint's water source to the notoriously dirty flint river. measure... while officials built a new supply line to lake huron.the water, found by virginia tech researchers to be highly corrosive, flowed through service lines made of lead, carrying the noxious element into homes.the water source was swithced back in october, but the damage to the pipes was done....with the state now using the national guard to hand out clean water. president obama declared a federal emergency saturday... ...but flint city counciman wantwaz davis, says much more is needed ananavailable. (wantwaz davis/city emergency only gives us a $5million cap, which the presidenhas already signed for. if they were to submitted for a disaster declaration, we could have got the $96 million dollars, or more..."the crisis is sparking widespread outrage....among... celebriti

this-- as protesters "arrest rick snyder, arrest rick snyder" angry protesters in flint, michigan... calling for the arrest of governor rick snyder... ...as residents cope with lead-contaminated water flowing into their homes. it started in april 20-14, when the state temporarily switched the city's water source to the notoriously dirty flint river. it was a cost-saving measure... while officials built a new supply line to lake the water, found by virginia tech researchers to be highly corrosive, flowed through service lines made of lead, carrying the noxious element into homes. the water source was switched back in october, but the damage to the pipes was done... with the state now using the national guard to hand out clean water. president obama declared a federal emergency saturday... ...but flint city councilman wantwaz davis, says much more is needed and available. "the state of emergency only gives us a $5 million cap, which the president has already signed for. if they would have submitted for a disaster declaration, we could have got the $96 million dollars, or more." the cri

protesters want governor snyder to resign. some are even calling for his arrest. >> larry: ok, hold on, guys. just because he's the governor doesn't mean he's the one to blame. >> he knew about the tainted water long before declaring a state of emergency. >> larry: come on, get him! let's get him! come on! ( applause ) you poisoned that water, didn't you, boy? ( laughter ) something just doesn't feel right about that. i'm not sure. we've been acting it out. i'm not the only one who has his pitchfork out. this week, presidential candidates also called out the michigan governor. hillary implied that he doesn't care about poor people, and bernie sanders demanded his resignation. donald trump, meanwhile, said, well... this. >> they've got a very difficult problem, and i know the governor's got a very difficult time going. but, you know, i shouldn't be commenting on flint. >> larry: you shouldn't be commenting on flint? really? you recently wrote a tweet saying you think samuel l. jackson does too many commercials. ( laughter ) but

the snyder administration told the people of flint to relax, keep drinking the water.here was the memo in june, "high lead levels in flint, michigan." copied on that memo, four different officials on the state agency. "there does appear to be a higher proportion of elevated blood lead levels last summer than usual." an e-mail in september to three state colleagues, "sounds like there might be more to this than what we learned previously. yikes." that's literally written in the e-mail, yikes. and from the governor's chief of staff "people in flint are concerned and rightfully so about their water. they're getting blown off by the state of michigan. but all the while, for months after that, the snyder administration kept saying publicly, relax, drink the water, drink up, serve it to your kids, go on, while this was what was going on internally in the snyder administration. and this is just a sampling of the information we've got that proves that the snyder administration knew what was going on while they were saying publicly otherwise and the kids in flint were still dri

snyder is pressing the obama administration to declare flint a federal disaster area. the white house said no because the crisis is man made. adriana diaz is in flint with the latest. >> reporter: the governor said no one in flint would go without clean water. all of these cases you see here will be gone by midday. so far nearly 40,000 cases of clean water have been given out. that's nearly a million bottles. >> hey, hey, ho, ho, snyder's got to go. >> reporter: protesters endured below freezing temperatures as they called for the governor's resignation tuesday night. >> i'm sorry and i will fix it. >> reporter: inside, michigan governor rick snyder began his address with a renewed apology to the people of flint. >> government failed you. federal, state and local leaders. by breaking the trust you place in us. >> reporter: he also had a message to the agencies that he says contributed to the water disaster. >> let me be clear, in situations like this, they must come to my desk immediately, no period. roim he says the michigan department of environmental quality and the

of flint, michigan are calling for governor rick snyder to resign... following the growing protests and frustration over the state's contaminated water. don champion has the latest. the flint water crisis will dominate michigan governor rick snyder's state of the state address today. monday, while the republican governor called the city's contaminated water 'a disaster...' dozens demonstrated outside his home calling for his resignation. many called his slow response to flint's water supply contaminated with lead, criminal. (colleen crossey/proteste r) he should have switched it back over to detroit water as soon as he knew of the contamination. national guard troops are now residents... ...state troopers are also giving out lead tests and filters. (elena richardson/ resident) what happens after the water and filters go. we're still going to have the lead, we're still going to have the pipes, we're still going to have the poison governor snyder says he plans to request once again that president obama declares flint a federal disaster area instead of ju

michigan governor rick snyder is asking the president, once again, to declare a disaster in flint -- to help fix the city's water crisis. in an interview with cbs' scott pelley, snyder said there is ongoing testing of lead levels in the water. he admitted that flint's contaminated water situation got away from his state agency. snyder released emails that reveal he was aware of complaints about water quality from flint dating as far back as last february. president obama called it "inexplicable and inexcusable" that people in the community weren't notified immediately of the issue. looking ahead today. tampa city leaders will talk about making the bay area a top place to film movies and t-v shows. the tampa city council will hear from the film commission to talk about film incentives. the film commission says florida is missing out on millions of since tv show directors are simply skipping over the sunshine state. actor ben affleck is directing a movie that is set in ybor city but georgia offers some big incentives to the movie industry, so this set is being built there. the buffalo

. >>> michigan governor rick snyder delivers his state of the state speech today on the growing anger over the state's response to the water contamination crisis in flint. we have the story from flint. >> dozens of people demonstrated outside michigan governor rick snyder's home monday. many say his slow response to the contaminated water is criminal. >> they should have switched it over to detroit water as soon as he knew of the contamination. >> volunteers and state troopers spent the martin luther king holiday in flint handing out water bottles and filters along the street named for this all right icons -- for the civil rights icon. >>> thousands of others are making daily trips to distribution centers to pick up water. >> in an article published monday, the national journal asked rick snyder is, comparing his -- the way he handled the water crisis, -- he replied that it is a disaster. >> the governor says, as soon as he found out that the lead was coming from the water, he told people to stop drinking it. >> richardson says that flint needs more than emergency declarations and bot