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most of the schools to close. adriana diaz reports that many parents are with them. >> 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 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 contaminated watered crisis, to managing detroit's school system, which is half a billion dollars in debt. >> enough is enough. >>
most of the schools to close. adriana diaz reports that many parents are with them. >> 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...
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. adriana diaz is there. >> reporter: flint residents stormed the state capital this week, calling for the resignation of the governor water was contaminated with lead. >> 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 virginia tech has been studying flint's water. >> if, indeed, it is true this can be
. adriana diaz is there. >> reporter: flint residents stormed the state capital this week, calling for the resignation of the governor water was contaminated with lead. >> 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...
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. adriana diaz is looking into this. >> reporter: just two hours into the new yr, 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: sce 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: feudsdshat play ououon 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 subjbjt 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. saturday he was
. adriana diaz is looking into this. >> reporter: just two hours into the new yr, 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: sce 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...
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poisoned the water in flint, a city of 100,000 predominantly african here's adriana diaz. >> what do we want. >> reporter: governor snyder's address will have to compete with this. >> 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 backn 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 c cy 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 noticg physical and developmental >> we were told by the state nurse, "it's j jt 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
poisoned the water in flint, a city of 100,000 predominantly african here's adriana diaz. >> what do we want. >> reporter: governor snyder's address will have to compete with this. >> 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 backn april 2014 when flint switched from detroit water to water...
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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 bottledap 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 ricknyder 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 quality missed. 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 no safe level of lead in a child. none. >> r
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 bottledap 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...
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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
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...
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. 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. and, 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 citizens for discovering the danger that his own department of environmental quality missed. >> 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 no safe lev
. 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. and, it's just been...
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to add standard anticorrosion chemicals to the water. adriana diaz is back in flint tonight. >> now is the time to act, to do 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 patchinin 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. 9393 had less than the federal 85% registered below 5 p.p.b. but 160 homes still had dangerous s vels 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 hihi now the governrn has tapped hi
to add standard anticorrosion chemicals to the water. adriana diaz is back in flint tonight. >> now is the time to act, to do 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? >>...
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the adriana diaz has been looking into how t ts happenednd how the city intends to get the lead out. >> i had to put in a shower filter. >> 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? >> ever? >> probably not. >> reporter: those anti-corrosion chemicals are back in flint's water, and offials say the pipes will heal over the
the adriana diaz has been looking into how t ts happenednd how the city intends to get the lead out. >> i had to put in a shower filter. >> 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....
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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. >> s sll 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 thaha 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 isust, like, coming off of him. i don't want-- no kid should have to go through that. >> reporter: this week, his >> 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 county health department is am 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 w
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. >> s sll 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 thaha his dermatologist believes are not due to lead but to the...
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been u ung the last few months after dangerous lead levels 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 tt everyone get their water tested. >> reporter: according to health officials, water lead levels at 39 rs sites were considered safe, despite cocoerning 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. 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 toxicic lead in their blood. >> my hair's falling out. 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 leaea readings. >>
been u ung the last few months after dangerous lead levels 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 tt everyone get their water tested. >> reporter: according to health officials, water lead levels at 39 rs sites...
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cholesterol and high blood pressure with medication, diet and exercise. adriana diaz, cbs news. black and hispanic women have more risk factors such as diabetes and obesity at the time of their heart attacks. cbs 2 news continues to track the fallout from last year's massive bird flu outbreak. outbreak.the u-s-d-a says iowa egg farms are bouncing back, but rebuilding the flocks is taking time as the industry predicted. predicted.right now, iowa has 37-point-nine-million egg- laying hens. that's up nearly six-percent from november but still 37-percent below last year.the virus last summer wiped out nearly 48-million birds nationwide, 24-million in iowa.farmers say it will take most of this year to get back to full production. all day egg mcmuffins are bringing in big bucks for mcdonalds. the company's turn around plan is starting to pay off. mcdonalds recently started serving all day breakfast and simplifying its menu.sales in the u.s. have jumped nearly six percent. and so far in 20-16, mcdonalds is one of the best performing the iowa hawkeyes men's basketball team keeps winning. and with
cholesterol and high blood pressure with medication, diet and exercise. adriana diaz, cbs news. black and hispanic women have more risk factors such as diabetes and obesity at the time of their heart attacks. cbs 2 news continues to track the fallout from last year's massive bird flu outbreak. outbreak.the u-s-d-a says iowa egg farms are bouncing back, but rebuilding the flocks is taking time as the industry predicted. predicted.right now, iowa has 37-point-nine-million egg- laying hens....
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hours. adriana diaz is looking into this. >> reporter: just two hours into the new year, 24-year-old dedre holiday was gunnfd 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, 1111people have been shoho 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: johohescalante 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 officics 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 know if you can do enough. >> reporter: raydell lacey's 19- y
hours. adriana diaz is looking into this. >> reporter: just two hours into the new year, 24-year-old dedre holiday was gunnfd 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, 1111people have been shoho 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:...
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corrosion chemicals to the water. adriana diaz is back in flint tonight. >> now is time to act to help the pele of flint. >> reporter: michigan governor, rick snyder told flintnto have 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? >> a lot of work is being done totonderstand where the e ad service lines fully are. >> reporter: for now, anti-corrosion chemicals in the water are patching up protective coating in pipes to help keep the lele 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 p p. 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 do you think people here are weeksway from being able to drink unfiltered tap wat
corrosion chemicals to the water. adriana diaz is back in flint tonight. >> now is time to act to help the pele of flint. >> reporter: michigan governor, rick snyder told flintnto have 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? >> a lot of work is being done totonderstand where the e ad service lines fully are. >>...
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their bills. meanwhile the mayor of flint was in 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 infected. >> 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 studyn 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 preventible. >> reporter: five days after her snyder said for the fir
their bills. meanwhile the mayor of flint was in 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 infected. >> 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...
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adriana diaz. >> reporter: a year ago, while flint residents were t td their the taste and foul odor, water coolers were delivered to flint's state office building. ney released e-mails from january, 2015, show thatathe state was concerned about its employees drinking flint water. the e-mails were sent days oofort city told residents the water@contained high levets of a by-product from treatment chemicals. the city's notice said, "you do not needed 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 addresesd 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 i i look bad, though, that state workers got waters before-- help matters at all,
adriana diaz. >> reporter: a year ago, while flint residents were t td their the taste and foul odor, water coolers were delivered to flint's state office building. ney released e-mails from january, 2015, show thatathe state was concerned about its employees drinking flint water. the e-mails were sent days oofort city told residents the water@contained high levets of a by-product from treatment chemicals. the city's notice said, "you do not needed to boil your water or take other...
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medication, diet and exercise. adriana diaz, cbs news. the report also says black and hispanic women have more sk factors such as diabetes and obesity at the time of their heart attacks. tonight in sports... hilton magic lives on... highlights from iowa state and "cbs 2 you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. at's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actuly get ahead. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. nation's number one-team came to ames... and left a loser... tonight... one of college basketball's blue bloods takes their chances in hilto coliseum.. it's iowa state and kansas on big monday... doesn't get much bigger than this... first half... monte morris says... "here, jameel"... gives it to jameel mckay and he skies r thf slam... but the 'clones trailed for the
medication, diet and exercise. adriana diaz, cbs news. the report also says black and hispanic women have more sk factors such as diabetes and obesity at the time of their heart attacks. tonight in sports... hilton magic lives on... highlights from iowa state and "cbs 2 you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. at's not the way america is...
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flint a federal disaster area. the white houseeaid 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 t
flint a federal disaster area. the white houseeaid 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...
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. >> adriana diaz, thank you. >>> lead poisoning is especially harmful to children and it is irreversible. dr. jon lapook has more on this. >> reporter: the parents of children in flint, michigan, have good reason to be worried. >> there is real danger that the injury is going to be permanent and lifelong in them. the doctor is dean of global health at mount sinai school of medicine studying the effects of lead since the '70s. >>he problem here is no level of lead is safe. even low levels of lead, especially if exposure continues over months will lead to brain damage in some exposed. >> reporter: exposed children are at risk for a number of developmental delays and behavioral, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. even after lead exposure stops, the effects can last for years or even be permanent. in flint michigan, a challenge will be identifying which children are at risk and then tracking them for years for evidence of injury. >> these children are going to be injured for life. they're going to need remedial education, educational enrichment programs, there are kids who may be prevente
. >> adriana diaz, thank you. >>> lead poisoning is especially harmful to children and it is irreversible. dr. jon lapook has more on this. >> reporter: the parents of children in flint, michigan, have good reason to be worried. >> there is real danger that the injury is going to be permanent and lifelong in them. the doctor is dean of global health at mount sinai school of medicine studying the effects of lead since the '70s. >>he problem here is no level of...
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d their blood, which can cause damage to the brain. adriana diaz has been looking into how this happened and how out. >> i had to put in a shower filter. >> reporter: the outrage continues for flint resident desiree dwell. she's a sile mother trapped in a home she can't s sl 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 protects the pipes from corrosion, but in 2014, flint tried to save money by switching frodetroit's water system to drawing water from the flint riviv. 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. those anti-corrosion chemicals are back in flint's water. to say the only way to make sure the water is lead free is to replace those lead pipes. the problem is, it could take at lea
d their blood, which can cause damage to the brain. adriana diaz has been looking into how this happened and how out. >> i had to put in a shower filter. >> reporter: the outrage continues for flint resident desiree dwell. she's a sile mother trapped in a home she can't s sl 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...
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of children with high lead levels in their blood has doubled. 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 wor
of children with high lead levels in their blood has doubled. 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...
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drawing money. the number of children with high lead levels in their blood has doubled. 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 thth2014 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. gogog 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
drawing money. the number of children with high lead levels in their blood has doubled. 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....
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add standard anti-core 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 it will take months before he kns 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? >> a lot of work is being done to understand where the lead service lines fully are. >> reporter: for now, anti-corrosion chemicals in the water are patching up protective cocoing in pipes to helplpeep 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 statatofficials tried to d dcredit him. now w e governor tapped him to help oversee the recovery. edwards says current lead levels are three to four times lower do you think people here are weeks away from being
add standard anti-core 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 it will take months before he kns 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? >> a lot of work is being done to understand where the lead service lines...
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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 mea i'm jealous. >>>>eporter: so close but so far? >> exactly. >> reporter: he doesn't spend much time on the sidelines. at 23 he volunteered doing relief work in darfur and later 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 a an unlikely shot at the nfl as a long snapper for the seattle seahawks. the 34-year-old rookie, boyer knew a permanent spopo 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 d dappointed but, you know, i got cut from playing professional football for a living. boo-ho, you know. >> the day after he was cut you cou
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 mea i'm jealous. >>>>eporter: so close but so far? >> exactly. >> reporter: he doesn't spend much time on the sidelines. at 23 he volunteered doing relief work in darfur and later tour of duties in iraq and...
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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 shoulul not be drinking the water coming out of the tap. >> reporter: the amount of lead in flint's water is decreasing. but it's still not safe to drink. nearly 94% of city homes that have been tested are below 15 is considered safe by the epa. 85%ontain less. is that gogo enough? >> the test results they released is actually very encouraging. the water is eating up the pipe from the inside. >> 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 peoplele 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 us
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 shoulul not be drinking the water coming out of the tap. >> reporter: the amount of lead in flint's water is decreasing. but it's still not safe to drink. nearly 94% of city homes that have been...
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. 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 in flint would go without clean water. 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, ho. snyder must go. >> reporter: protesters endured outside the statehouse below freezing temperatutus 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. >> reportete snyder says the michigan department of fe
. 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 in flint would go without clean water. 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, ho. snyder must...
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? >> yeah. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning: 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 brazil is set to host the olympic games this summer. >>> we will have much more about the looming zika virus threat let's in our "morning rounds" segment. >>> 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 internet, she was not naive and she had absolutely clear
? >> yeah. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning: 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 brazil is set to host the olympic games this summer. >>> we will have much more about the looming zika virus threat let's in our "morning rounds"...
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their blood, which can cause damage to the brain. adriana diaz has been looking into how this happened and how out. >> i had to put in a shower filter. >> 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 w wh 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 protects the pipes from corrosion, but in 2014, flint tried to save money switching from detroit's water system to drawing water from the flint river. the city dididot 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. those anti-corrosion chemicals public health experts we talked to say the only way to make sure the watter is lead free is to replace those lead pipes. the proroem is, it could take
their blood, which can cause damage to the brain. adriana diaz has been looking into how this happened and how out. >> i had to put in a shower filter. >> 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 w wh knowingly poisoning yourself because that's all there is to drink? >> reporter: flint is like many american cities with lead pipes in their...
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civil rights group unveiled a proposal to handle lead in the water and help tizens. adriana diaz is outside f fnt ty hall with details of the 15-point plan. >> 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. >> we got to talk about 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 a a 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? protesters have expressed out
civil rights group unveiled a proposal to handle lead in the water and help tizens. adriana diaz is outside f fnt ty hall with details of the 15-point plan. >> 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. >> we got to talk about accountability. >> reporter: cornell brooks the head of the naacp...
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flu is spreading nationwide. adriana diaz is in chicago where >> reporter: the virus c your digital device. comimi up, the academy award nominations. we will be right back. we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. because you believe in go. onward. today's the day. carpe diem. tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two lalars of painelief. ththsecond lasts all dayay we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. tylenol . i havevewo dogs. and a husband. house trained? no, the dogs. sometimes. i'd suggest stainmaster pet protect carpet. why? incredibly durable and stain resistant. that's why they call it master it's... i got it. now gew free basic installation with purchase of stainmaster carpet and pad at lowe's. it's easy to love your laxative when that lax loves your body back. only miralax hydrates, eases and softens to unblock naturally, so you have peace of mind from start to finini. love your laxative. miralax. everyone needs a bff. even your smile. colgate optic white toothpaste goes beyononsurface stains to whiten over 3 shades. in fact, it whitens more than
flu is spreading nationwide. adriana diaz is in chicago where >> reporter: the virus c your digital device. comimi up, the academy award nominations. we will be right back. we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. because you believe in go. onward. today's the day. carpe diem. tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two lalars of painelief. ththsecond lasts all dayay we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. tylenol . i havevewo dogs. and a husband. house trained? no,...
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. tests have shown dozens of children with elevated lead levels. adriana diaz is in flint with a inside look at the response to the contamination. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 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 canan 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 innovember. >> too little here to tell. this is missing a whole year
. tests have shown dozens of children with elevated lead levels. adriana diaz is in flint with a inside look at the response to the contamination. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 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 canan drink the tap water and depend on bottled water to...