own demands. adriana diaz is there. adriana: flint residents stormed the state capitol this week, calling for the resignation of their drinking water is contaminated with lead. the problems began after the city switched its water supply to the flint river, in the spring of 2014. the corrosive water stripped lead from pipes, and children in the city were found with high levels of lead in their blood. the city has changed its water source. but environmentalists say water coming out of faucets in flint is still unsafe. now, health officials are investigating a spike in legionnaires' disease. there have been 87 cases of the pneumonia-like disease since the water switch, and 10 people have died. including troy kidd's mother, debbie, who died in august. troy: did she die because someone didn't want to say, hey, the water might be bad? adriana: dr. marc edwards of virginia tech has been studying flint's water. dr. edwards: if, indeed, it is true, that this can be linked to the water system, there is a unfortunately, people will have died because of this decision. adriana: fema says they

symptoms than a man's. and some risk factors could be even more dangerous. elizabeth: adriana diaz has more on the new statement from the american heart association. adriana: three years ago marsha goodbaum felt nauseous and had stomach pains. she finally headed to the hospital hours later. >> i had no idea i was having a heart attack. i really expected shoulder pain or heavy chest pain. adriana echo -- adriana: a new scientific statement from the american heart association says there can be some key differences between men and women when it comes to heart attack symptoms. >> it may not feel like they the chest area, and or in the next, the jaw, the back, the upper stomach. it can be in either arm or shoulder. adriana: this is the first time the association has put out a statement on heart attacks in women which highlights that women often have different causes of heart attack such as the type of plaque buildup. some risk factors can also be more harmful. >> diabetes can be twice as strong a risk factor. high blood pressure is a stronger risk factor among women. adriana: one year later

tonight, and the demonstrators will be there as well. adriana diaz has the story for us, new at noon. adriana: dozens of people demonstrated outside michigan governor rick snyder home monday. many say his slow 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. adriana: 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 marshal: 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? adriana: in an article published monday, the national journal asked snyder if comparing his handling of flint's water crisis to president bush's management of katrina is "unfair." he replied no, 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. elena richardson: no, that's bull. ad

to declare flint a disaster area, but residents say the governor is the disaster. adriana diaz is there. >> reporter: flint residents stormed the state capital this week, calling for the resignation of the governor after learning their drinking >> right now, what we're looking for is account act. >> reporter: the problems began after the city switched its water supply to the flint river in the spring of 2014. the corrosive water stripped lead from pipes, and children in the city were found with high levels of lead in their blood. the city has changed its water source, but environmentalists say the water coming out of faucets is still unsafe. this week, the national guard started distributing bottled water to residents. now health officials are investigating a spike in legionnaires disease. there have been 87 cases of pneumonia-like disease and 10 people have die dyed, including troy kidd's mother debbie who died in august. >> so did she die because of somebody didn't want to say, "hey, the water might be bad" that's my question. >> this is what was coming out of their tap. of virg

nearly 5,000 homes handing out bottled water. adriana diaz reports from flint. reporter: frustration over flint's tainted water supply is spilling over. >> flint is now a crime scene. reporter: michigan's republican governor rick snyder declared a state of emergency over the city's water two weeks ago, but state officials may have known about the problem months earlier because city data showed a spike in lead. during sunday's presidential debate, hillary clinton and bernie sanders blasted snyder's handling of the crisis. >> the governor of that state, care. >> a man who acts that irresponsibly should not stay in power. reporter: protestors gathered outside flint's city hall saturday. michael moore, who grew up in the city of nearly one hundred thousand, said president obama's emergency declaration isn't enough. it's a racial crisis. it's a poverty crisis. reporter: to save money, in 2014 flint stopped buying water from detroit and tapped into its own river instead but the river water stripped lead from pipes. since the move, the number of children with high lead levels doubled, and 10 peo

been staging sick-out, forcing most of the schools to close. adriana diaz reports that many >> reporter: after weeks of protests over dilapidated buildings and classrooms where kindergartners are wearing coats, detroit teachers and parents say a lawsuit was their only remaining choice. ivy bailey is interim president of the detroit federation of teachers. >> educators have been snubbed, ignored, disrespected, and punished when they informed the school district of specific safety and health problems. >> reporter: the teachers cite mold, mag yachts in bathroom, mice and mushrooms that once sprouted in a classroom as common problems. today's complaint states that schools are risking children's health and safety. it says some students have suffered from respiratory illness, chronic fatigue and stomach pains. the lawsuit demands repairs and the removal of darnell earley, the governor-appointed schools emergency manager. last year he went from being the emergency manager of flint, which is now having a managing detroit's school system, which is half a billion dollars in debt. >> e

, especially in children. last night, the governor apologized, and adriana diaz has the latest. >> did you get a water tester? >> yes, i have a bottle. >> reporter: this is abbey carradine's new normal-- worrying about water. today, she bottled tap water for lead testing. the state water department says she may not know the results for weeks. >> every morning i wake up, i'm-- we've been going different places taking showers, and this is our life that we live every day. un, it's just been turned upside down. ( applause ) >> reporter: at last night's state of the state address, governor rick snyder took responsibility. >> i am sorry, and i will fix it. >> reporter: and he thanked private stlzs for discovering the danger that his own department of environmental >> professor marc edwards from virginia tech, and dr. mona hanna-attica sounded an alarm. >> this is what was coming out of their tap. >> reporter: professor marc edwards, a water safety expert from virginia tech, alerted the public for the first time this fall that flint's water contained high levels of lead. >> there is n

. here's adriana diaz. >> what do we want. >> reporter: governor snyder's address will have to compete with this. >> we're going to getty, snyde. >> reporter: tony palladeno and his wife, leah, were among hundreds who bordered buss from flint to the state capital. >> we are all affectd and infected by this and they need to pay for this. >> reporter: it all started back in april 2014 when flint switched from detroit water to water from the flint river to save money. within weeks, residents began complaining about the snell, taste, and appearance. a year later, the city found slightly elevated lead levels in the water but said there was no cause for alarm. then in saernght a group of doctors found that the number of children with dangerous lead levels had doubled. lean walters started noticing delays in her kid. >> we were told by the state nurse, "it's just a few i.q. points. it's not the end of the world." >> dr. mona hanna-attica led the study on children. when you first saw the results of your study. >> right. >> reporter: what went through your mind? >> i think nigh myjaw just dropp

be even more dangerous. stacey: adriana diaz has more on the new statement from the american heart association. reporter: three years ago, marsha felt wash us and had stomach pains. she finally headed to the hospital hours later. >> i had no idea i was having a heart attack. i really expected shoulder pain or heavy chest pain. adriana: a new scientific statement from the american heart association says there can be some key differences between heart attack symptoms. >> it may not feel like they expected to feel but there is , usually discomfort somewhere in the chest area, and or in the neck, the jaw, the back, the upper stomach, it can be in either arm or shoulder adriana: this is the first time the association has put out a statement on heart attacks in women, which highlights that women often have different causes of heart attack, such as the type of plaque buildup. some risk factors can also be more harmful. >> diabetes can be twice as strong a risk factor. high blood pressure is a stronger risk factor among women. adriana: one year later, marsha had the same symptoms, and anot

. adriana diaz is looking into this. >> reporter: just two hours into the new year, 24-year-old deandre holiday was gunned down after a fight at a new year's eve party, first homicide of a bloody 2016. >> shots fired. i hear shots fired. >> reporter: since january 1st, 110 people have been shot compared to 37 during the same time last year. a nearly 200% increase. >> in terms of crime, it's been a frustrating start. >> reporter: john escalante is the acting superintendent of police. his predecessor, garry mccarthy, was fired in december. >> a lot of it is gang conflicts, but also heavily driven by social media. >> reporter: feuds that play out on sites like facebook and twitter. while overall crime was down before the new year, gun violence is soaring. be holding back in fear of being the subject of a viral video, a point chicago mayor rahm emanuel was overheard making to attorney general loretta lynch last fall. >> we don't want our police department to be fearful. >> reporter: do you think the police department is doing enough? raydell lacey was one of the people killed. satur

their homes. 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 last february. 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 and there was lead in the water, the notion that immediately, families weren't notified. >> reporter: cases of bottled enough supplies and people to get the water to the doorsteps of the city's 100,000 residents. abby carridy got her first deliv

takes to end flint's water emergency. adriana diaz is in flint where the governor is deploying more than 100 additional national guard members. reporter: ambulances rushed victims -- protesters outside michigan state house in dewar below freezing temperatures as they called for the governor's resignation tuesday night. >> i am sorry and i will fix this. reporter: inside the governor began his address with a renewed apology to the people of flint. >> government failed to you. federal, state and local leaders. they broke the trustee placed in us. reporter: he also had a message for the agencies a second contribute to the city's water disaster. in situations like this they must come to my desk immediately, no delays, no excuses. reporter: he says the michigan department of environment the quality and the federal epa did not properly address the problem of late contaminated water when they learned about it early last year. >> the governor did not do his job. he has been lying all along. reporter: the fourth speaking they showed us their corroded pipes. >> it's like were in a third world coun

january 1st, the city is averaging a shooting every three hours. adriana diaz is looking into this. >> reporter: just two hours into the new year, 24-year-old deandre holiday was gunned down after a fight at a new year's eve party, the first homicide of a bloody 2016. >> shots fired. i hear shots fired. >> reporter: since january 1st, 110 people have been shot compared to 37 during the same time last year. a nearly 200% increase. >> in terms of crime, it's been a little bit of a frustrating start. >> reporter: john escalante is the acting superintendent of police. his predecessor, garry mccarthy, was fired in december. >> a lot of it is gang conflicts, but also heavily driven by social media. >> reporter: feuds that play out on sites like facebook and while overall crime was down before the new year, gun violence is soaring. one factor, police officers may be holding back in fear of being the subject of a viral video, a point chicago mayor rahm emanuel was overheard making to attorney general loretta lynch last fall. >> reporter: do you think the police is doing enough? >> i don't

standard anticorrosion chemicals to the water. adriana diaz is back in flint tonight. things to help the people of flint. >> reporter: michigan governor rick snyder told flint to have faith in his recovery plan, but it will still take months before he knows if the tap water is clean. flint residents have said they want their lead pipes replaced before they drink the water. when is the soonest that one of those lines will be replaced? >> a lot of work it being done to even understand where the lead service lines fully are. >> reporter: for now, anticorrosion chemicals in the water are patching up the protective coating in pipes to help keep the lead out. according to experts, it's working. the state recently tested a sample of roughly 2500 flint homes. 93% had less than the federal limit of 15 parts per billion. 85% registered below 5 p.p.b. but 160 homes still had dangerous levels of lead. professor mark edwards of virginia tech was the first to detect elevated lead levels in the water last summer when state officials tried to discredit to help oversee the recovery. edwards says curr

contaminated the water in the city of 100,000, and adriana diaz is there. >> reporter: all day a steady stream of residents received their ration of clean water from the national guard. >> it's all set. >> reporter: state troopers with lead test, filters and bottles fanned across a city that's parched for clean water. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: in april 2013, when flint tapped into its own river for water, it wasn't properly treated, stripping lead from pipes. after the switch, ten people died from legionnaires' disease. flint dr. mona hannah atisha found the number of children with high lead in their system doubled to nearly 70. >> we see the result at five years of age when they need early interventioner iss haves and special education. you see the impact at ten years when they're having adhd-like symptoms. and you'll see the impact when they're 15 years old and they're having trouble with the criminal justice system. says her children started switch. >> what happens after the water fiter is gone? we're still going to have the lead, the pipe, the poison, the disease

, michigan. as adriana diaz reports, the city is in the midst of a drinking water crisis. >> we need to get these pipes out of the ground! adriana: the president's annoucment did not quell anger outside flint's city hall, where activist filmaker michael moore water. michael: it's not just a water crisis. it's a racial crisis. it's a poverty crisis. >> that's right! adriana: the problems began in april 2014, when the city switched its water source to the flint river to save money. but the corrosive river water wasn't properly treated and stripped lead from pipes, causing the number of children with high lead in their blood to double. we spoke to flint's mayor, karen weaver, moments after president obama approved federal funds for flint. saying we need help for almost two years. we have been begging for clean drinking water. adriana: lead in drinking water should not exceed 15 parts per billion. in flint, more than half the homes sampled had over 1000 parts per billion. the highest reading was 13,000 -- more than twice what the epa considers toxic waste. the problem persisted for a year a

were discovered. as adriana diaz reports, the water in some homes has more lead than the filt cers handle. >> reporter: flint mayor karen weaver said lead readings at 26 homes in the city were 10 times the federal limit, too high to be treated by filters distributed by the state. >> it's really important that everyone get their water tested. >> reporter: according to health officials, water lead levels at 39 rs sites were considered safe, despite concerning levels will at some homes, the e.p.a. has urged calm. >> we're confident this will work. >> reporter: the problems began when flint switched its water source from the great lakes to flint river. for more than a year, lead leached from the pipes because the city failed to add anticorrosion chemicals to the water. at least 100 children have tested positive for high leveles of toxic lead in their blood. my blood tests are a mess. i was healthy. >> reporter: resident melissa mays has been outspoken by the tainted water. she said she was horrified pie the new lead readings. >> there's no trust. there's no trust in the filters. there'

is asking for a federal disaster declaration, but residents have their own demands. adriana diaz has more. adriana: flint residents stormed the state capitol this week , calling for the resignation of the governor after learning their drinking water is contaminated with lead. the problems began after the city switched its water supply to the flint river in the spring of 2014. the corrosive water stripped led from pipes, and children in levels of lead in their blood. the city has changed its water source, but environmentalists say water coming out of faucets is still unsafe. now health officials are investigating a spike in legionnaires disease. there have been 87 cases of the pneumonia-like disease since the water switch, and ten people have died. including troy kidd's mother debbie, who died in august. >> did she die because someone didn't want to say, hey, the water might be bad? adriana: dr marc edwards of virginia tech has been studying flint's water. >> if indeed it is true that this can be linked to the water system, there is a pretty strong likelihood, yes, unfortunately peopl

washington looking for more federal help. adriana diaz has the story. >> reporter: tony palladeno and his wife were among hundreds to boarded buses. >> we are all affected and and they need to pay for this. >> reporter: it all started in april 2014 when flint switched from detroit watt tire water from the flint river to save money. within weeks residents began complaining abut the smell, taste and appearance. a year later the city found slightly elevated lead levels in the water but said there was no cause for alarm. then in september, a group of doctors found the number of children with dangerous lead levels had doubled. leeann walters noticed physical and developmental delays in her kids. >> we were told by the state nurse it is just a few i.q. points. not the end of the world. >> reporter: dr. mona hannas attica led the study on children. >> when you first saw the results of your study. what went through your mind? >> i think my jaw dropped. how could we do this? what was disturbing was it was study was released governor rick snyder said for the first time publicly it appears t

number of children with high adriana diaz is in flint. >> reporter: these flint residents have been waiting a long time for this-- >> water. >> reporter: today, volunteers and state troopers hand out bottled water and filters, a week after michigan governor rick snyder declared a state of emergency for the city. >> pretty stressful. i mean, you gotta go and pay your water bills and then go and buy water, too. >> reporter: it was back in the october that the drinking water in flint was declared unsafe, but recently unearthed e-mails suggest that state officials you knew about the lead problem as far back as july. that's when an internal state health study found high lead levels in flint children after the 2014 water switch. but residents weren't told there was a problem until two months later and continued to drink the contaminated water. governor snyder came to flint yesterday. >> i have apologized for what's gone on with the state, and i am responsible for state government. >> reporter: flint resident governor's words ringed hollow. >> we're the walking dead. we just haven't had th

. and here's adriana diaz. >> reporter: a year ago, while flint residents were told their water was safe to drink, despite the taste and foul odor, water coolers were delivered to flint's state office building. newly released e-mails from january, 2015, show that the employees drinking flint water. the e-mails were sent days oofort city told residents the water contained high levels of a by-product from treatment chemicals. the city's notice said, "you do not need to boil your water or take other corrective actions." and that the water was drinkable. but the state told its employees in flint that, "while the city of flint states corrective actions are not necessary, it would provide a water cooler on each occupied floor so you can choose which water to drink." in a radio interview this afternoon, governor rick snyder addressed the issue of state workers getting coolers. >> they were just doing it as part of their normal operating procedures to make sure they were taking care of responding to those notices? >> but does it look bad, though, that state workers got waters before-- >> no

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. 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 delays. no excuses. period. roim he says the michigan department of environmental quality and the federal epa didn't properly address the problem of lead contaminated water when they learned about it last year. >> the

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anticorrosion chemicals, so the pipes corroded, releasing the lead. adriana diaz is there. >> reporter: ariana hawk came to the health department today for her children's lead test results, only to find out she'll have to wait at least two more weeks. >> still no results. come on. >> reporter: her son, sincere, was only a year old when flint tapped into its river for water. now, he's almost three, and has rashes that his dermatologist believes are not due to lead but to the water's poor quality. >> as soon as he gets in the tub you can, like, see it. he's digging so bad that the skin is just, like, coming off of him. i don't want-- no kid should have to go through that. >> reporter: this week, his face is on "time" magazine. >> this exposure is good for everybody because we need this help. you know, we've been going like this for a year and a half before no one even knew about the water. >> reporter: the genessee whenned. >> how did it go, buddy? >> good. >> reporter: nursing director toni larocco. >> i need more staffing to cover-- to get the process sped up. >> reporter: with people working

children show elevated lead in their blood, which can cause damage to the brain. adriana diaz has been looking into how this happened and how the city intends to get the lead out. >> reporter: the outrage continues for flint resident desiree dwell. she's a single mother trapped in a home she can't sell because of the lead emergency. >> how do you deal with knowingly poisoning yourself because that's all there is to drink? >> reporter: flint is like many american cities with lead pipes in their water system. usually harmless chemicals are added to the water that protect the pipes from corrosion, but in 2014, flint tried to save money by switching from detroit's water system to drawing water from the flint river. the city did not add the protective chemicals, so the lead pipes started coming apart. >> water filter! >> reporter: state officials say the water can be made safe by using home filters the national guard is handing out. will you ever trust the water coming through these pipes? >> not until they are replaced. >> ever? >> probably not. >> reporter: those anti-corrosion chemicals

demands. adriana diaz has more. adriana: flint residents stormed the state capitol this week , calling for the resignation of the governor, after learning their drinking water was contaminated with lead. the problems began after the city switched its water supply to the flint river in the spring of 2014. the corrosive water stripped lead from pipes, and children in the city were found with high levels of lead in their blood. the city has changed its water source, but environmentalists say the water coming out of faucets is still unsafe. now health officials are investigating a spike in legionnaire's disease. there have been 87 cases of the have died, including troy kidd's mother debbie who died in august. >> did she die because someone didn't want to say, hey, the water might be bad? adriana: dr. marc edwards of virginia tech has been studying flint's water. >> if indeed it is true that this can be linked to the water system, there is a pretty strong likelihood, uh, yes, unfortunately people will have died because of this decision. adriana: fema says they'll respond to the go

announcing a series of steps to help residents deal with toxic water. as adriana diaz tells us, there are new tests telling us how widespread the lead contamination is. >> now is the time to act to do things to help the people of flint. diaz: rick snyder told the people of flint to have faith in his plan but it will take months before he knows if the tap water is clean. flint residents have said they want their lead pipes replaced before they drink the water. >> a lot of work is being done to even understand where the service lines really are. diaz: for now, anti-corrosion chemicals are patching up the protective coating in pipes to keep the light at -- led out. the state recently tested a sample of 2500 flint homes. 93% had less than the federal 85% registered before -- below five. but many homes still had dangerous levels of lead. our people weeks away from being able to drink unfiltered tap water? >> realistically, you are talking to, 2.5 months. diaz: until then, flint's residents have to drink bottled and filtered water has bills pile up. >> it is not right and is not fair. we will h

the city and lake huron. >> adriana diaz reporting from flint tonight. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.hem with three simple words. my name is chris noth from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it's easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. if you were a hippie in the '60s, you need to know. it's the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that's cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. all: osteo's preventable? right on! if you dig your bones, protect them. >>> well, 11 days to iowa and new hampshire just eight days after that. we have two reports on the campaign beginning with nancy cordes. nancy? >> reporter: scott, the former secretary of state, hillary clinton, went after bernie sanders' commander-in-chief credentials

with the seattle seahawks but he got cut from the team before the regular season. now adriana diaz shows us how the war hero is setting his sights much higher. >> what is up, coach? great to see you. >> reporter: on this day, nate boyer is standing on the sidelines. >> i mean, i'm jealous. i'd like to be out there myself. >> reporter: so close but so far? >> exactly. >> reporter: he doesn't spend much time on the sidelines. at 23 he volunteered doing tour of duties in iraq and afghanistan and joined the green berets and earned a bronze star and became a walk-on for the texas longhorns as a 31-year-old sophomore. this summer he got an unlikely shot at the nfl as a long snapper for the seattle seahawks. the 34-year-old rookie, boyer knew a permanent spot on the roster was a long shot. >> one of the most inspirational sports stories of the summer has come to an abrupt end. >> today, we learned boyer has been released by seattle. >> i was disappointed, yeah. i was definitely disappointed but, you know, i got cut from playing professional football for a living. boo-ho, you know. >> the day af

corrosion chemicals to the water. adriana diaz is back in flint tonight. >> now is time to act to help the people of flint. >> reporter: michigan governor, rick snyder told flint to have faith in his recovery plan. it will take months before he knows if the tap water is clean. flint residents want their lead pipes replaced before they drink the water. when is the soonest one of the lines will be replaced? to understand where the lead service lines fully are. >> reporter: for now, anti-corrosion chemicals in the water are patching up protective coating in pipes to help keep the lead out. the state tested a sample of 2,500 flint homes. 93% had less than federal limit of 15 parts per billion. 85%, below 5 ppb. 160 homes had dangerous levels of lead. professor mark edwards of virginia tech was the first to detect elevated lead levels last summer when state officials tried to discredit him. now the governor tapped him to help oversee the recovery. edwards says current lead levels are three to four times lower than this summer's highs. do you think people here are weeks away from being

. adriana diaz is in flint. >> reporter: flint residents have been waiting a long time for this. >> water and this is replacement filter. >> reporter: volunteers and state troopers handled out bottled water and filters a week after governor rick snyder declared a state of emergency for the city. >> pretty stressful. you got to go pay your water bills. then go and buy water too. >> reporter: back in october that drinking water in flint was declared unsafe. recently unearthed e-mails suggest state officials knew about the lead problem as far back as july when an internal health study found high lead levels in flint children after the 2014 water switch. residents weren't told there was a problem two months later and continued to drink contaminated water. governor snyder came to flint yesterday. going on with the state i am responsible for state government. >> reporter: the flint resident said that the governor's words ring hollow. >> we are the walking dead. we just haven't had the dirt thrown upon us yet. >> reporter: she worries about her kids. their pediatrician told her contaminated drin

. adriana diaz is in flint. good morning, adriana. >> reporter: good morning. the distribution centers like this one are doubling up as recycling plants as the city continues short-term solution of handing on out bottled water. overall, the state says the water quality is getting better. >> you should not be drinking the water coming out of the tap. >> reporter: the amount of lead but it's still not safe to drink. nearly 94% of city homes that have been tested are below 15 parts per billion of lead that is considered safe by the epa. 85% contain less. is that good enough? >> the test results they encouraging. the water is eating up the pipe >> reporter: civil engineer marc edwards was the first to expose flint's widespread lead contamination and overseeing the recovery. edwards says flint needs to pass a lead and copper test to assure safety. >> reporter: do you think the people here are weeks away from drinking unfiltered tap water, months? >> you could be talking months. >> flint residents should not have to pay for water they did not and are not using. >> reporter: mayor karen weaver is

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unveiled a proposal to handle lead in the water and help affected citizens. citizens. adriana diaz is outside flint city hall with details of the 15-point plan. good morning, adriana. >> reporter: good morning. the naacp president told us that the hour-long meeting was a conversation and that the governor was remorseful. they met at shalcity hall with the mayor to discuss solutions to the city water problem. accountability. >> reporter: cornell brooks the head of the naacp called for a long-term solution in flint tuesday night. >> will you have disproportionate number of black and brown children subjected to elevated lead! that's a problem that grows up and goes to junior be high school and high school! >> reporter: part of the 15-point priority plan extends beyond repairing the city's water system and suggests hiring flint's youth to distribute water bottles for minimum wage instead of the national guard. the state is reportedly cutting back door-to-door distributions. officials are still urging people to use bottled water and filters. >> what do we want? >> reporter: for weeks, prot

flint, michigan. hundreds of protesters outside the statehouse called on snyder to resign. adriana diaz is in flint where the governor is employing more than a hundred additional national guard members. good morning, adriana. >> reporter: good morning. during his speech last night, governor snyder said that no one all of these cases you see here will be gone by mid-day. so far, nearly 40,000 cases of water has been given out, that is nearly a million bottles. >> hey hey! ho. snyder must go. >> reporter: protesters endured outside the statehouse below freezing temperatures as they called for the governor's resignation. rick snyder began his address with a renewed policy to the people of flint. >> government failed you. federal, state, and local leaders by breaking the trust you placed in us. >> reporter: he also had a message for the agencies he said contributed to the city's water disaster. >> let me be perfectly clear to all of state government. in situations like this, they must come to my desk immediately, no delays, no excuses, period. >> reporter: snyder says the michigan depa

charged with espionage. cbs' adriana diaz caught up with hekmati's sister in detroit as she was boarding a plane to be reunited with her brother. >> i'm in a fog. this is like surreal. i am still in disbelief. and honestly, everything just happened so quickly that i don't think it will hit me until i am hugging him. >> reporter: all three americans were released from tehran's infamous prison after 14 months of top secret diplomatic bargaining that started on the today president obama waited until the americans were out of iranian air space before saluting them. >> today we're united in welcoming home sons and husbands and brothers who in lonely prison cells have endured an absolute nightmare. >> reporter: also free are baro mechanic and two prisoners the u.s. released from its jails at part of the swap. all were accused of selling technology to iran in violation of american sanctions. finally, there's a mystery man, the fourth american prisoner who was released along with the others but apparently stayed in iran. all we know is his name, nosratoliah khoshawi. the three others will spend

. adriana diaz is in flint, with demands for more help. >> reporter: good morning. we are in the home of a flint resident who, like thousands of others, said what they really need is clean pipes. this tap water used to be brown. it now looks and smells fine. but the corroded pipes still make it unsafe to drink. frustration over flint's tainted water supply is spilling over. >> flint is now a crime scene. >> reporter: michigan's governor rick snyder declared a state of emergency over the city's water two weeks ago. but state official may have known about the problem months earlier because city data showed during sunday's presidential debate, hillary clinton and bernie sanders blasted the republican governor. >> the population, which is poor in many ways, and majority african-american, has been drinking and bathing in lead-contaminated water. and the governor of that state acted as though he didn't really care. >> a man who acts that irresponsibly should not stay in power. >> reporter: protesters gathered outside flint city hall saturday. >> we need federal help. >> reporter: to see lib

levels. adriana diaz is in flint with an inside look at the response to the contamination. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the governor released 274 pages of e-mails and documents late wednesday. one by an aide said that other state official are worried about people in flint turning this issue into a political football. but these e-mails don't change the reality for the people living here. they can't drink the tap water and depend on bottled water to survive. in september 25th e-mail to governor snyder, his chief of staff ro the real responsibilities rests with the county, city, and kwa referring to a water authority. he continued and since the issue here is of the health of citizens and their children we are taking a pro active approach. much more retired yesterday. days after that e-mail the governor announced the severity of the city's water problem after he he said he received confirmation of lead contamination. are these e-mails enough? >> no. >> reporter: this man lost re-election in november. >> too little here to tell. this is missing a whole year and it's missi

: saturday," adriana diaz, flint, michigan. >>> the u.s. and brazil are working to develop a vaccine and other technologies to control the spread of the mosquito-borne zika virus and found in brazil and 20 other nations and most in the latin america and caribbeans. brazil is set to host the olympic games this summer. >>> we will have much more about the looming zika virus threat >>> peace talks got off to a start in geneva. it agreed to meet with u.n. official while still insisting it would not negotiate. individual members of the syrian opposition talked with a special member of the envoy. >>> a woman was found guilty in britain for joining the terror group. here is allen pizzey with more. >> reporter: shaquille told her family she was taking her 1-year-old son for a holiday in turkey and ended up in a so-called islamic state in syria. the 26-year-old claimed it was all accidental. but according to a police statement, shaquille self-radicalized by viewing extremist material on the internet, she was not naive and she had absolutely clear intentions before leaving. images recovered from h

to help residents deal with toxic water. as adriana diaz tells us, there are new tests telling us how widespread the lead contamination is. >> now is the time to act to do

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