this is an internal e-mail within the epa talking about susan hedman, perhaps she, susan hedman, already knows this, but i'm not so sure flint is the community we want to go out on a limb for. end quote. take that down. that's one of the more offensive concerning things i've seen. that there were people, more than one, that were making decisions and thinking that well, maybe flint isn't who we should go out on a limb for. are you kidding me? of all the communities out there, flint is the number one place that they should have been going out on a limb for. it's depressed economically. they're going through their own economic crisis, and there's internal discussion at the epa, deciding whether or not who we should go out on a limb for. days later the epa administrator said miss hedman's work was, quote, very encouraging, end quote. gina mccarthy said they're "making great progress," but it wasn't until january of 2016 the epa actually took definitive action. the day after that, susan hedman the region 5 administrator, resigns. later asked about that action, gina mccarthy the epa administra

talking about susan hedman. perhaps she, susan hedman, already knows this, but i'm not so sure flint is the community we want to go out on a limb for. end quote. you can take that down. it's one of the more offensive concern things i've seen. there were people, more than one, that were making decisions and thinking that, well, maybe flint isn't the one who we should go out on a limb for. are you kidding me? of all the communities out there, flint is the number one place that they should have been going out on a limb for. it's depressed economically. they're going through their own economic crisis. are you kidding me? the epa administrator says that susan hedman was courageous for resigning. it wasn't until january of this year that the epa actually took some definitive action. later asked about that, mccarthy, the administrator, said that was courageous, courageous. that's something we're going to talk about here today. the lack of action here the lack of letting people know so they can make a decision, it's ver

as far as i can see, when susan hedman was try to keep them in the dark. when you rattle off the people you feel most at fault in the epa. , that would beno one of the easiest things i could do to find a couple of career bureaucrats and pound the problem on. i am not going to do that. >> i don't like it was career bureaucrats., was susan hedman. gina mccarthy: susan hedman did not know on this issue until late in june. she took immediate action. she worked, was in june or july, i forget, i apologize. she took immediate action to reach out. she took out a death statement about the lead concerns. we did every according to the numbers. the reason why i am so impressed with susan is that she immediately came and resigned because she could have waited to try to find somebody to blame it on. full attention on flint and the epa to resolve that situation, and she resigned. >> when did she resigned? gina mccarthy: she resigned in late january. >> that is not immediate, that is after six months gina mccarthy:. she was working the issue every day. the question was, d

a day after that, susan hedman resigned. later asked about that action, gina mccarthy, the epa administrator, said that resignation was "courageous." that is something we will talk about here today. i've seen a lot of things before this committee. but the lack of action here, the lack of letting people know, is very concerning. let us recognize the ranking member, mr. cummings. rep. cummings: thank you very much mr. chairman. i too agree that this is a tragic situation. but let us be clear. this is not just on the epa. it's much bigger than that. so i take a moment, first of all, to thank leeann walters, professor edwards, and to the people of flint, many of whom have come here today -- they are lined all outside these walls, unable to get answers, and probably feeling left out. but they probably felt left out for a long time. so mr. chairman, i take this moment to thank you. you did not have to do this. i asked you for a hearing and you granted us 3 hearings. and i really appreciate that. you see, because i live in a neighb

it was called to susan hedman's attention, let's see, in late june. and susan took action. prior to that, the agency was directly involved. i don't want anyone to think that january of this year was the beginning of our involvement. we actually heard from people back when the switch was made -- >> ma'am -- >> -- relied too heavily on the judgment of mdeq and the fact they were acting with a partner -- >> ma'am, i just want to point out that you were -- you sent an e-mail february 26th -- actually, it's two days before mr. snyder made his call to take immediate action. it appears he took meimmediate action. you wrote, these headman e-mails raised my level of concern. you suggested they take options to intervene. it wasn't until january 21st you issued an order demanding action. >> this agency aggressively intervened from day one. >> that's not -- that's not the information that we've gotten. that's not what we're hearing from other folks. >> i appreciate, sir, but that is a feel-safe that is a very high hurdle for the agency to take. we did take that but we thought all of th

a day after that, susan hedman resigned. later asked about that action, gina mccarthy, the epa administrator, said that regulation was -- that resignation was "courageous." that is something we will talk about here today. seen a lot of things before this committee. but the lack of action here, the lack of letting people know, is very concerning. let us recognize the ranking member, mr. cummings. rep. cummings: thank you very much mr. chairman. i too agree that this is a tragic situation. but let us be clear. this is not just on the epa. it's much bigger than that. so i take a moment, first of all, to thank leeann walters, professor edwards, and to the people of flint, many of whom have come here today -- they are walls,ll outside these unable to get answers, and probably feeling left out. but they probably felt left out for a long time. so mr. chairman, i take this moment to thank you. you did not have to do this. i asked you for a hearing and you granted us 3 hearings. and i really appreciate that. you see, because i live i

amy: earlier in the week, susan hedman, who resigned and the wake of the flint prices, testified beforee oversight committee hearing. california democratic congressmember ted lieu asked hedman why it took so long for the agency to warn residents. april.new in in june were notified and the newer given a report that said, lots of lead in this drinking water. and the nothing is done until december. there is no excuse for that. someone needed to have yelled and screamed and said, stop this, people are being poisoned. it should have been done in at least july or august -- maybe september. at least by october. that was so wrong. this was a crime of epic proportions that could have been prevented post up i yield back. amy: explain, melissa mays, who susan hedman was, regional director of the epa. she has resigned. explain who deltoro is. an expert for water treatment. he asked if every 2013, he asked the state department of environment quality, are you using corrosion control? they said, yes. they lied to the epa. he did not believe them because we were turning in more and more test results th

i saw the e-mails where he was misled by susan hedman. he actually asked her is there anything to mr. del torro's memo that said flint was not being protected by federal law. the mayor asked the right question, should we be doing something. susan hedman, the top cop, environmental cop in the region, apologized to mr. walling for that memo. and said the state will be getting back to her and she basically cut an agreement with the state to let them have their way with flint's children and the future of flint. so read the e-mails yourself. we posted the freedom of information act request e-mails online. these core civil servants who are paid to do this job, were truly bipartisan in who they misled, they misled a democratic mayor, they misled a republican governor and you know, certainly the mayor and the governor deserve blame. but primarily that blame is they were overly trusting of the very people paid to protect us. so they have also apologized. that's something i haven't heard from the u.s. epa for what they did in washington, d.c. or in

i'm susan hedman, the former epa region 5 administrator. thank you for this opportunity to testify about my role in epa's response toz06 the flint water crisis. and the reasons that i decided to resign. i first learned that flint was not implementing corrosion control on june 30th, 2015. approximately 14 months after the city started using flint river water that was not treated with orthophosphate. the very next day, i offered technical assistance to flint's mayor, assistance from epa's experts on lead and drinking water distribution systems. the following week, we issued our first statement encouraging flint residents to contact their water utility for lead testing. and providing information about limiting exposure to lead in tap water. on july 21st, three weeks after i first heard about this problem, the michigan department of environmental quality agreed with epa's recommendation to require flint to implement corrosion control as soon as possible. a recommendation that my staff had been making since late april when they first found out t

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one of the most callous employee we had was susan hedman. she reached out to secretary jackson, and i wish secretary jackson could be here to explain what in the world she was doing hiring her. your agency had image huge mistakes. you cannot deny that they made huge mistakes. can you rattle off the people that you feel were the most responsible for the mess. del toro was around there fighting to get the answers out here as far as i can see, when susan hedman was trying to keep them in the dark. would you rattle off the people you feel are most at fault in p epa? >> i think that could be one of the easiest things that i could do, to find a couple of career bureaucrats to pin the problem on. i'm not going to do that. >> i don't think it was career bureaucrats, i think it was susan hedman. >> she did not know about the issue until late in june. she took immediate action. she actually worked, was it june or july? i forget, i apologize. she took immediate action to reach out and put a death statement out that was picked up in local newspapers abo

in: susan hedman resigned january as head of the epa regional office.tah congressman jason chaffetz asked her whether anyone had done anything wrong at the agency. >> did anyone at the epa do anything wrong? >> are you asking me the question if i could do this all over again -- >> you were in charge. did anyone at the epa do anything wrong? >> i don't think anyone at the epa did anything wrong, but i do believe we could have done more. >> wow. carterorgia republican said, "there is a special place in hell for actions like this." also testifying were the former emergency manager darnell early and the former mayor dayne walling. governor rick snyder will appear before the same committee. to see our special report, go to democracynow.org. police in detroit fired tear gas on students at the central collegiate academy, sickening a number of people, and arresting more than a dozen students. police responded after fights broke out during a false fire alarm at the school. reporters said they saw some students bent over coughing uncontrollably. in puerto rico, t

heard from susan hedman and dayne walling. he scientist that tested the water said the epa created the flint crisis. we start with ms. hedman's explanation after the swearing in. >> do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. each of your written statements will be entered into the record in its entirety in order to allow time for discussion and questioning by members, we would appreciate if you limit your oral testimony to five minutes. ms. hedman, you are now recognized for five minutes. turn on the mikes there. >> good morning, mr. chairman, ranking member cummings and distinguished members of the committee. i'm susan hedman, former epa region 5 administrator. thank you for this opportunity to testify about my role in epa's response to the flint water crisis. and the reasons that i decided to resign. i first learned that flint was not implementing kroegs c

. >> reporter: former epa official susan hedman disbanded the agency's actions in response to the flint water crisis. >> i did not sit on the sidelines. and they did not downplaying any concerns raised by epa scientists. she set down as director of epa midwest regional office in february as the lead crisis group. she said federal law prevented >> did anyone at the epa do anything wrong? >> i don't think anyone at epa did anything wrong. i do believe we could have done more. trucks are using water from the flint river in 2014 as a cost- cutting measure. the river water was not properly treated allowing led to preach from heights. leaving many children to test positive for elevated lead levels. >> this is a water treatment issue. this is not a leadership issue. >> reporter: the former state of affairs manager testified before the house committee. >> he pointed fingers at the epa and michigan department of environmental public -- quality responsible for treating the water. >> as we all know we were grossly misled by the experts. >> reporter: he was one of several emergency managers governo

. >> in my e-mail to susan hedman -- >> if you read it, it's to her and her team and he was a vital member of that team. >> so are you aware of any retaliation against del toral? >> no, i am not, sir. >> so -- and yet we have testimony, or we have records that would reflect that he certainly was retaliated against and was fearful of greater receipt tal asian but you're saying you have no knowledge of that whatsoever? >> i do not believe that he was retaliated against. i have no indication that indicates that he was. >> mr. chairman, my time has expired. thank you. i'll submit these. >> i think the gentleman will recognize the general tl woman, miss kelly, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you for the witnesses being here. governor, i have a question. are there any arrangements being made for the people of flint to get their money back for paying for water that obviously is damaging. >> yes. the apro-pree asians have already been made. again, people should not have to pay for that water. >> i agree. >> we did an analysis. there's a water and sewer bill. with respect to the wa

if you want to do the courageous thing like you said susan hedman did, then you, too, should resign. nobody is going to believe that you have the opportunity, you had the presence, and you had the authority, and you had the backing of the federal government and you did not act when you had the chance. >> the epa blames the oversight on michigan's government for giving it inaccurate information. >>> some bold accusations from secretary of state john kerry about isil. he said the group that the administration called diyes committed genocide against christians. >> they're guilty of crimes of ethnic cleansing directs at the same groups and also against sunni muslims, kurds and other minorities. i say this even though the ongoing conflict and lack of access to key areas made it impossible to develop a fully detailed and comprehensive picture of all that dash is doing. >> jamie mcintyre joins us via skype from the pentagon. jamie, secretary kerry going point by point listing the reasons that genocide is the word that they want to use now. how significant is this? why now? >> it's significa

>> susan hedman. >> pardon me? >> ms.an hedman who had the memo buried and covered up, stood silent as mr. del toro was discredited for his work. when she was questioned by politicians from all parties through as late as september of this year, she discounted that there was anything of concern in flint occurring at all, and that includes mayor walling, people from the state government as well as democratic congressional staff. >> okay. those are powerful words. after seeing this clip, do you still stand by those statements? >> yes, i do. i'll point out that silence on the part of epa is interpreted as acquiesce. >> let's go forward. is there anything you would like to add to your statement that we just watched based on testimonies we've heard today? >> just that mr. del toro's misstep, as quoted in his e-mail was his proudest moment and one of ep action's proudest moments too. >> a few moments ago ms. hedman stated that she responded immediately, and i noticed while she was saying that that you were shaking your head. in

former e-p-a administrator susan hedman... who resigned after an e-p-a expert raised concerns about lead in flint's water, but was silenced. there's a lot of damage to clean up this morning in a small ohio town.a tornado touched down ... in phillipsburg, ohio.. about 15 miles northwest of dayton yesterday afternoon.. the twister damaged several homes and barns. "it's hard to take it all in still. you see it happen all the time but never think it will happen to you and here we are. luckily, our pets, no one was home except for our pets accounted for . .a news crew saw the tornado area. witnesses say it picked up buildings and dropped them like a pile of sticks. one barn that was destroyed had been used by one family for 100 years. let get your latest nine first warning forecast. wednesday, we'll see partly low to mid-60s. thursday, another front is expected to pass through late in the day with a slight shower chance. highs will reach the upper 50s. cooler weather moves in friday through the weekend, as highs hover around 50 fri

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. >>> lawmakers asked susan hedman why she did not act forcibly after she learned last year that a crucialchemical was added to the drinking water. she said they did nothing wrong. the house oversight committee hearing continues on thursday with michigan's governor rick snyder scheduled to testify. >>> nearly $55 million was spent by candidates and super pacs on tv ads in the five states that voted tuesday. more than half of it was spent on attack ads slamming donald trump. the biggest spen der, marco rubio's super pac. it unloaded 13 million among the five states including 9 million in florida alone. of all the money spent, florida topped the list on super tuesday three. florida. illinois came in next at 14.9 and then ohio and missouri. democrats have the biggest ad buy. more than $9 million by bernie sanders followed by donald trump and ted cruz. >>> a big win for donald trump and hillary clinton. wheel cover them all from overnight next. ture built in called teen driver technology, which lets parent's see how their teens are driving. oh, that's smart. it even mutes the radio until the s

the regional director, susan hedman, resigned. >> i want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing butn has learned that the house committee on oversight is now investigating how the epa's region five office handled the water crisis in flint. a congressional research service report concluded recently that the epa knew early on in the crisis that michigan was in violation of federal water laws for lead and had the authority to step in, but didn't. the epa's inspector general is also looking into allegations of mismanagement in the epa region five office under the leadership of susan hedman. a culture that carolyn bolen knows well. she says she was reassigned after raising alarms over how the office handled sexual harassment cases. she says she's not surprised at how the epa scientist's preliminary report was suppressed. >> i thought, well, here we go again. we have someone who's a dedicated employee, very serious about his work, very effective employee who presented the information very well, and it was disregarded. >> reporter: on its website, the epa now has a warning to the residents

susan hedman directed the agency's midwest regional office and told the panel that she does not believe anyone at the epa did anything wrong, but that they could have done more. michigan governor, rick snyder, is expected to testify today. >>> u.s. is easing travel restrictions with cuba, it will be easier for americans to take rather than going with a tour group. it will also be easier for american banks to offer services in cuba and u.s. citizens to offer it freely. >>> president obama is preparing for a historic trip to cuba this weekend. >>> voters showed overwhelming support for a multimillion dollar bond. >> by the government says the pond should be a model for the nation. >>> the nation's leading medical experts issued new prescribe strong painkillers. >>> it is 8:26. i'm renee chou with your top killer after finding a man shot to death on hardee street. officers responding to the shooting call found the victim of little after 2:00 this morning. the victim's name hasn't been released. >>> roy cooper moves ahead in his bid to change jobs. cooper won the gubernatorial primary setti

(sot former region 5 epa administrator susan hedman)i did not sit on the sidelines. meanwhile, democratic lawmakers blamed michigan's governor for the delay.(sot cummings)the topic of flint water was never raised in any cabinet meetings!republicans focused their ire on the failure at the federal level. (sot carter)the epa has responsibility to the citizens. you have to intervene!(or chaffetz)"you screwed up and you messed up people's lives!( ==bazi on cam drilling won't be happening in the atlantic ocean. ocean. but the obama administration is opening the door to the possibility of drilling in the arctic instead. it's considering selling the drilling rights in three spots. the government has thousands of oil and gas leases mostly in the gulf of mexico. stunning video of kayakers going over a kentucky waterfall. waterfall.and as more people watch this video -- it's costing the stars!why they're having to pay up. introducing longhorn' s big, bold, steaks. our new 10 ounce filet. our 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. only at longhorn steakhou

the regional director susan hedman resigned. >> now e-mails victor show that the epa did offer to sendt some additional experts but people here want to know why they didn't do more. why not tell the people who were living here what they knew about their water. epa did decline an on camera interview but they did tell us in a statement the ability of the epa to oversee was impacted by failures and resistance at the state and local levels. >> it is finger pointing back and forth. >> everywhere. because the state has also said that the feds didn't do their job. and the federal government the epa the cdc staying the state hindered them and the city there in the middle wonder when they are going to get help. >> how much access do the people in flint have to the people to ask those questions directly? >> at points they do but not what they want. they don't have the answers they want. they have the bottled water. they can go pick it up. at times it is hard. it is not really being delivered to their houses. thif to go get it. so the resources are starting to come in some ways. people are paying

he had harsh words for susan hedman, the former epa official downplayed concerns about the water qualityshe says that's just not true. >> the bottom line is she did nothing immediately to get flint's children out of harm's way. >> did anybody at the epa do anything wrong? desperate message to a convicted killer. what newly unsealed documents reveal about the days leading up to the raemt of jesse matthew. >>> this is the youth baseball field here at airlawn park, the idea was to make it accessible for parents with disabilities, now look what lies along the first base line. how did th >>> these are the days when you literally, you got to check that forecast every single ]day. it's completely different. >> let's check in with doug, what's happening out there right now? >> and that's right. chris, because even today we're looking at temperatures early this morning. a little bit cool. we had overcast conditions. even some shower activity this morning and now we're in the low 60s, even the upper 60s to near 70. what a difference a few makes. looking out towards rockville. just beautiful condi

susan hedman at the epa in covering up this problem. ms. hedman, and every step aided, abated and was involved in unethical behavior of civil servants of the michigan department of environmental quality. she allowed flint children to be harmed. why should she not suffer the same or worse fate than a commonly lord who does the same thing? flint residents not far from the truth with the assistance and compassion and outsiders, it is incredible the harms of flint never would have been exposed. instead to quote her statement i do agree with her, it is tragic, it took a disaster a disaster of this sort to get this issue the attention it deserves, let's do something about it. ms. mccarty, you could start by acknowledging epa's failures over the last decade to enforce the provisions of the epa rule. this is a critical and necessary first step to make epa once again were the undeserving of the public trust in its noble mission. >> thank you thank you mr. edwards, we appreciate it. >> now to go to questioning will first recognize a gentleman from mic

. >> if you want to do the courageous thing like you said susan hedman did, you should resign.unity, you had the presence, you had the authority, you had the backing of the federal government and you did not act when you had the chance and if you were going to do the courageous thing, you too should step down. >> stephanie covering the flint crisis from the beginning. today from capitol hill. stephanie, you've got some of the people from flint michigan who watched all of this. >> reporter: that's right. outside of that hearing room and getting hammered, down for a press conference. they took a bus overnight. left flint at 7:00. they said beyond what happens in the hearing room, they have a message. and it's people like yvonne, lived in flint on and off for 60 years. what do you think? >> i think they need to see our faces and put a picture to the people that these atrocities are happening to and that we would take the time to get on a bus and drive 12 hours to come to washington, dc and let them know we care. we're concerned. >> reporter: do you feel like you've been heard up t

here's a conversation between mark meadows of north carolina and susan hedman, former head of the e.p.a.'s midwest regional ffice. mr. meadows: let me come to you, the chairman and ranking member both question, i guess, your last round of testimony and -- so is it your sworn system that -- testimony that you did not directly or indirectly retaliate against mr. deltoro for him being a whistleblower? is that your sworn testimony? ms. hedman: my sworn testimony is i did not and i have no knowledge of anyone in e.p.a. who did so. mr. meadows: and you've looked very closely at that. we've been led to believe very differently. that's why i'm giving you one last chance to perhaps correct your testimony here today because you're under sworn testimony and we're very concerned that we get the whole truth and nothing but the truth, that's -- you have no knowledge indirectly or directly of any retaliation that came against him? ms. hedman: no. mr. meadows: mr. edwards, you worked closely with mr. del wow gs ro, you worked -- would you react to that? mr. edwards: i don't think ms. hedman understands

susan hedman. >> and that's where -- how long did it take before the epa finally confirmed, came back and said, yeah, that del toral report is accurate? they didn't, did they? they never did. that's the point. you left office. you were there for months and months and they never did come back and actually confirm it. mr. edwards, is that correct? >> that's correct. ms. hedman, you were there being paid by the taxpayers until january, late january of 2016. why did it take you so long? >> mr. del toral's memo actually dealt with lead at one residence and two neighboring residences. and the conclusion of the final version of his memo was that the problem had been caused by a physical disturbance of a lead service line and that it was particular to that household. >> mr. edwards, this is not a report about one house, was it? >> mr. del toral clearly pointed out that flint was not being protected by federal corrosion control laws, period and that the public health of an entire city was in danger. >> this is where you're fundamentally and totally wrong, ms. hedman. and if you don't recognize

susan hedman. >> how long till they confirmed that the adult world report is accurate? they did it, today, they never did. you were there for months and months, and they never did come back and actually confirm it, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> you were there, being paid by taxpayers until late january of 2016. why did it take you so long? actually dealt with lead in one residence, and to neighboring residences. the conclusion of the final that thef his memo was problem has been caused by physical disturbance of a lead service line, and that it was particular to that household. >> this is not a report about one house, was it? >> he clearly pointed out that flint was not being protected by federal and that the public health of an entire city was in danger. this is where you are fundamentally and totally wrong if you do not recognize that now, we are in mid-march of 20 team, and you still do not get it. you still don't get it, and neither does the epa administrator. you messed up, and he messed up people's lives. >> mr. chairman -- please. >> he was just one of

house lawmakers blasted former r susan hedman for not doing enough to warn operations. darnell early also testified in his first sit-down interview about the crisis. he told our adriana diazater regulator known as mdeq led him to believe the water was drinkable. >> they never told me that the water was n a position to tell the experts how to do their job. >> reporter: but when you are placed in charge of a city, it is a responsibility to question double-check? >> perhaps i should not have relied as much as i had on others but, again, i had no reason to believe that the information that was being given another out of kilter with the epa and the mvqe that is not mymichigan's governor is expected to testify tomorrow. >>> doctors are getting new guidance for treating chronic tara that roux that is in our green room for another push for this. i hate to use the word us >> samantha: all right. here's a live look over csu. you see the rays of sun peeking through the rays. it's not often that we see these on the sky camera. it doesn't always cooperate with us, but wow, what a sh

house lawmakers blasted former epa former susan hedman for not doing enough to warn operations. darnell early also testified in his first sit-down interview about the crisis. he told our adriana diaz the michigan water regulator known as mdeq led him to believe the water was drinkable. >> they never told me that the water was unsafe. i'm not in a position to tell the experts how to do their job. placed in charge of a city, it is a responsibility to question the experts and to double-check? >> perhaps i should not have relied as much as i had on others but, again, i had no reason to believe that the information that was being given was somehow or another out of kilter with the epa and the mvqe protocols. that is not my responsibility. >> michigan's governor is expected to testify tomorrow. >>> doctors are getting new guidance for treating chronic pain. dr. tara that roux that is in our green room for another push for this. front of you! >>> designers who want to bring us driverless cars are worried about roadblocks at nearly every turn. ahead the new push on capitol hill to keep

susan hedman from the epa bears not 1/10 of the responsibility of the state of michigan and your administrationigned and there you are, dripping with guilt, but drawing your paycheck, hiring lawyers at the expense of the people and doing your dead-level best to spread accountability to others and not being accounta e accountable. it is not appropriate. pretty soon we will have men who strike their wives saying, i'm sorry, dear, but there were failures at all levels. people who put dollars over the fundamental safety of the people do not belong in government. and you need to resign governor snyder. i yield back. >> gentlemen yields back. >> now recognize the man from michigan for 5:00. >> thank you mr. chairman and administrator mccarthy and i'd like to welcome you -- >>> all right. so you can see the tenor on the capitol hill hearing on the flint water crisis. in his opening statement governor snyder said he didn't want to point political fingers. it was a breakdown on all levels, local state and federal and didn't want to point fingers and this tragedy weighs on him every single night but as y

"if you want to do the courageous thing like you said susan hedman did - than you too plus - senate republicans refuse to consider president obama's supreme court nominee. "so of course, of course, the american people should have a say." senate democrats plan to do lots of media interviews and photo ops - hoping public opinion pressures republicans to at least hold a hearing. next week - the senate will not be on capitol hill. some members will be headed with president obama on a historic trip to cuba. also for the first time in 20 years, the senate held someone in contempt for refusing to show up at a hearing on capitol hill. the senate voted 96 to 0 to hold the ceo of backpage.com - commonly used as a site for human trafficking - in contempt. the case now goes to federal court for a judge to require him to provide the information the committee wants. in washington, congressional correspondent alex schuman. and that's your capitol edge. the fugitive arrested for the paris terror attacks has officially been charged. we'll take a look at what's next in france's search for justice. live look outs