lansing. he apologized to the residence of flint, michigan for the drinking water problem and promised to fix it. this is 50 minutes. [applause] gov. snyder: thank you. thank you very much, thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, the governor of michigan, rick snyder. [applause] gov. snyder: thank you, thank you very much. please be seated. thank you. thank you for joining me tonight. lieutenant governor buying kelly, speaker, house majority leader, senate majority leader, , membersority leader of the supreme court, members of the court of appeals, secretary of state, attorney general, congressman fred upton, congresswoman brenda lawrence. my cabinet. ladies of the legislature. public servants, citizens of michigan, and my family. i welcome you here tonight. i would like to begin by adding a special welcome to our active duty military reserve and guard members. anders of law enforcement veterans. let us give them a shout out, to. thank you. [applause] snyder: gov. snyder: thank you. i want to share one situation with you with respect to our military. -- they have the a 10 which is deployed in

today michigan's two senators debbie stabenow and gary held a news conference to talk about flint michigan's contaminated drink it when her proposal forces us to clean up the city's water supply. their legislation would provide four and a billion dollars in federal matching funds to repair damaged pipes that have contributed to lead contamination. this is a half-hour. >> good afternoon. let me start by saying after last night being in london talking to people after the town hall meeting i just want to emphasize how resilient the people of flint are. they are proud. they love their community and their families. they just need our help. we all know that this was literally a man-made crisis and it says much of the catastrophe is any other kind of crisis and very personal when in fact you are trying to get drinking water or cook or bait in the water looks like that. the problem is in many places it still looks like that. it has been months and months and yesterday folks couldn't shower. last night someone said we can't shower with bottled water and that is true. you can't create a hea

michigan problem. the government of the state of michigan created this catastrophe. they had a state appointed appointed emergency manager who is looking to save some money by going to the flint river as the source of water, moving away from lake huron and the great lakes to go to the flint river. a highly corrosive river, in, in fact general motors used water from the flint river but then decided they did not want to use it anymore because it was corroding the engine block. so this water was not good enough for the manufacturing process because of its corrosive nature, yet the state appointed emergency manager uses water as trinket water for the residence. at the at the same time he did not put in the chemicals necessary to deal with that highly corrosive water which then started eating away at the pipes, many old lead pipes as a result of an old community as people were ingesting this to incredibly high levels. so ultimately the fix is multifaceted. we have to look at the health of the people of flint, the, the education particularly for children impacted, we also need to look at i

city. i'm tony harris. boiling point. michigan's governor will use the state of the state address to address the water crisis in flint. the crisis on immigration, and staggering, 19,000 civilians killed mir ac in less than two years. and the auto industry is being bailed out by the federal government. so let's start with a live look at the michigan state capitol building. in just a couple of minutes now, governor rick snyder will deliver his state of the state address, and he's expected to dedicate a large portion of his speech to the water crisis in flint. and financial assistance for emergency needs. as soon as the governor brings his address, we'll bring it to you live. and the governor's address comes as the white house expands it's role. the president met with the city's mayor, karen weaver, and he named a health and human services official to lead the response to the health crisis. >> reporter: at the very least, these protesters want two-term michigan governor, rick snyder, to resign. at most, they want him charged with a crime. >> i think that he's very culpable to t he appoi

round of questions. >> thank you madam chair, i'm going to defer to my colleague from michigan so. >> thank you very much. i have to say that i can spend hours talking about this representing michigan in so many the technologies are being developed through our industries in michigan and our great university that better collaborate with the department of energy and so on. vehicle to vehicle technology, all the safety things you're talking about that are so critical as well as addressing energy savings and emissions and what is happening on a range of things around better battery development. i'm sorry the chair left because i'll be talking to her more about this, 11 piece that did not get in the energy bill that were looking forward on the floor is the provision that senator kathy and i put forward on the advanced technology vehicles program to be able to expand the flexibility of that to larger vehicles which is so important to auto suppliers. we know now that the latest department of energy advanced technology actually went to alcoa and tennessee to be able to help them continue

morning, everyone. withgin here this morning the situation in flint, michigan. the water crisis there and the role the government played at every level to lead to the contamination of the water. what are your thoughts on this this morning? central part of the country, you dial in at 202-748-8000. mountain pacific, 202-748-8001. michigan residents, 202-748-8002 . you can also join us on twitter @c-spanwj. we will get fewer thoughts in just a second. first-come i want to begin with the flint come in michigan mayor. -- flint, michigan mayor. this is what she had to say about the frustration her city feels. >> it is a poor community and our voices were not hurt. that is part of the problem. this has been going on for two years. .he community forgot about this they marched and pastors got together and it was not until marchers from virginia tech were coming and that people started listening to what we were saying. that took a year for us to be heard. i was glad that she brought attention to this and made that comment. that is why the state in the national naacp got together and put out a state

have a life migc announcer: we take you like to the state capital in lansing, michigan. governor rick snyder, the 48 michigan governor and his state of the state speech coming up. expected to focus largely on the drinking water emergency affecting the the of flint, michigan. live coverage here on c-span. -- the city of flint, michigan. live coverage here on c-span. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [applause] [applause] [applause] governor synder: thank you, thank you very much. thank you. >> members of the joint convention, the governor of the state of michigan, rick snyder. [applause] governor synder: thank you, thank you very much. please, be seated. thank you. thank you for joining me tonight. kelly, eagern kevin cotter, senate majority leader, and the senate minority leader, house minority leader tim greville, members of the supreme court, members of the court of appeals. secretary of state bruce johnson. attorn

the videos made us get to a plane to michigan. it was the starting point of our investigation in to the treatment of youth in the adult criminal justice system. >> we are now on the record. this goes the videotape deposition of john doe number one. >> and it began with an inmate that we'll be referring to as john doe one. >> 10:20 a.m. >> describe the weapon? >> it was about three inches long and it was a bunch of raisers attacked to a stick. yeah, he had me face down on the bed. and he said if i scream that he was going to cut my throat. >> did you believe him? >> yes. >> i need you to describe? step by step detail what happened. so he's pumping on you for seven minutes, he finishes -- >> can we take a break? >> sure. >> i need a break . >>> michigan many of the prisons are located in rural parts of the state. the one where john doe one is being held is two hours drive from detroit . the michigan department of corrections has a statewide policy that no cameras are allowed inside any of its prisons but we have been told the young man will be calling us shortly from a phone inside th

hear other voices. michigan, you are next, charles. good morning. caller: good morning. i was on a carrier at that time in 1980. i remember when we went over paint racing to stripes on our aircraft to make sure that our aircraft was identified. they had the same kind of aircraft that we could have gotten confused with. we did not know at the time that when our people left, they took away from the iranians that made the aircraft fly correctly. we never had problems. i remember the night that we did the rescue attempt. i got off at midnight off of bridge watch. i watch the helicopters leave that night. the helicopters leave that night. i was on the carrier. we did not have the communications we had today. we did not know until after the fact what happened. until we got back to the states, we were -- we did not know what was going on. we were just there. they kept us in the dark. host: what carrier were you on? you were in the navy, i assume? nimets.carrier host: for you a navy officer? caller: i was enlisted. at that time i believe i was an e-3. at the time.man as they sent up the he

taiwan. michigan governor rick snyder delivered the state of the state address in lansing tuesday evening. he apologized to the residents of flint over drinking water contamination and vowed to fix it. other topics included investments in infrastructure and education. this is 50 minutes. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] governor snyder: thank you, thank you very much. thank you. of the joint convention, the governor of the state of michigan, rick snyder. [applause] governorsnyder: synder: thank you, thank you very much. please, be seated. thank you. thank you for joining me tonight. governor brian kelly, speaker kevin cotter, senate majority cough -- mekoff, house minority leader tim greville, members of the supreme court, members of the court of appeals. secretary of state ruth johnson. attorney general bill judy. congressman fred upton. congresswoman brenda lawrence. my cabinet. ladies and gentlemen of the legislature, fellow public servants, citizens of michigan, and my family, i welcome you here tonight. i would like to begin by also

rachel maddow town hall from flint, michigan, starts right now. >>> this is an msnbc special presentation. >>> anyone who's concerned about lead in the drinking water in flint can relax. >> sometimes i'll get rashes. sometimes i'll itch. >> there is no broad problem right now. >> my kids are sick and it's damage they'll have for the rest of their lives. >> government, please do your job. >> i have a 3-year-old, you know? i don't want her to get sick. >> i'm sorry and i will fix it. >> snyder's got to go! >> keep paying taxes. keep paying water bills. >> it's three generations they've poisoned. >> i'm sorry most of all that i let you do. >> what do we want? >> when do we want it? >> now! >> we weren't told the truth. >> the people of flint need action. they deserve action. >> "an american disaster: the crisis in flint." this is an msnbc town hall. from the holmes/s.t.e.m. academy, here now rachel maddow. [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome to flint, michigan. welcome. thank you to everybody in this room for being here. it's an honor to be here among you today after covering thi

weekend of 2016 the state of michigan, it was cold. but in lots of places this year the winter didn't start off feeling like winter but now it feels like winter. and in that cold with freezing temperatures and high cold winds in michigan this weekend the day after new year's dozens of people bundled up and set out across the city of flint, michigan as volunteers to hand out free bottled water to people who live in that town. we've been covering this story recently, the story of how the rick snyder administration in michigan ended up giving lead poisoning to kids in the town of flint, michigan when emergency managers working for the governor decided they would save money by switching flint over to a new drinking water source. and the state okayed them going ahead with the switch without treating that water to make it safe. the rick snyder administration then compounded the problem and the poisoning of flint's kids by ignoring the warning signs of rising lead levels first in the city's water and then inevitably in the bloodstream of the children of that city. last week michigan g

making children sick in flint, michigan, says governor rick snyder. meanwhile, sick levels of metal are making people awesome, says governor of rock, dee snider. and i offer advice for syrian refugees resettling in texas. remember, refugees, that/ is/ a gun in their pocket and they are / not/ happy to see you. let's get this party started. this is the nightly show! [ captioning sponsored by comedy central cheers and applause] >> larry: thank you very much. playplease be seated. very nice studio audience. welcome to the nightly show, i'm larry bill more. tonight there's a big story coming out of flint, michigan. and spoiler alert-- it's not good news. >> a state of emergency has been declared for thousands of people. this is months after researchers discovered toxic levels of lead in their water supply. >> larry: oh my god, look at that water! that's right, kids! for once in your lives, mountain dew/ is/ healthier than water! the poor people of flint are in trouble because of their government, so i must take up their cause. consider it "the larry people vs. flint." so how did flint d

michigan state at home two weeks ago... last night it was a rematch on the same. this time the number 16 hawkeyes and the number four spartans. the number 16 hawkeyes took the lead in the opening minutes of the game the number 16 hawkeyes took the the game against the number four spartans and never looked back. the final score:... 76 to 59. it's the first time the hawkeyes have won in east lansing since 1993. that game was played nine days after chris street's death. the hawkeyes play michigan on saturday. a win would likely push the hawkeyes into the top ten when the rankings come out on monday. last week we told you a des moines chef on a one-man crusade against homelessness was in need of some help. he wasn't ready for the avalanche of assistance that would follow. coming up next ... find out who all came to the aid of "chef d" and how some are offering a gift more valuable than cash. plus ... we've been chronicling their adventures for years. we'll tell you how you can relive "above and beyond cancer's" latest journey ... and possibly get involved in their next one. the pow

epa, has now issued an 18-page emergency order to the state of michigan and it's pretty stern and it's pretty dire. "epa does not have information that would provide any assurance that contamination in flint's water system has been controlled." and then in this order they order the rick snyder administration to get on it, fast. they give the state of michigan a series of really short deadlines. within five days the snyder administration has to create a website where it has to post all its water testing results, all its testing plans, all its weekly status reports. within ten days the snyder administration has to finally answer all the questions it never answered the last time the epa asked the state for information about the lead in flint's water, which was back in november. and if you're wondering how many questions the epa had back then, yeah. look. it was a lot. and the snyder administration has not been able to answer those questions for two months. now they're under an emergency order that they've got to produce those answers in ten days. also within ten days the snyder admin

end the crisis. the governor of michigan's plan.. to get the lead.. out of flint's water supply./// ((sherry swensk)) > it's great to see the sun shining again. we've broken free from those overcast skies and we're back to good desert sunshine for now. it was really damp this morning and the sun will help to dry us out a lot faster. ............ but don't get used to "sunshine all the time" because more clouds are on the way. we'll take a look in your complete neighborhood weather forecast coming up./// > now nevada's first choice for news, this is 8newsnow at noon. ((brian loftus)) > michigan's governor vows to do whatever it takes to end flint's water emergency. rick snyder apologized tuesday for the government's response in his "state of the state" address. adriana diaz is in flint, where the governor is deploying more than a hundred additional national guard members. "hey hey ho ho, synder's got to go! protestors outside michigan's statehouse endured they called for the governor's resignation tuesday night. snyder: "i am sorry and i will fix it." inside, michigan governor ri

the quality of flint michigan's water supply. it's not just for the awesome press in michigan and this cable network anymore. the story of flint's poisoned water, the story has obviously been a story of anger and outrage and at some level a story of hijacked democracy in michigan. it is also now becoming a who done it. who is responsible for poisoning the children of flint? and so on that part of the story, here's this really interesting document. newly obtained by virginia tech professor mark edwards, who did his own blockbuster study of the water in flint, which is how we all know what a disaster this all was. professor edwards obtained this document this week and nbc nightly news confirmed the text of this e-mail was written by governor rick snyder's chief of staff. he says, "i'm frustrated by the water issue in flint. i really don't think people are getting the benefit of the doubt. now they are concerned and rightfully show about the lead level studies they are receiving from the state samples. these folks are scared and worried about the health impacts and they're basically

michigan. here's detroit. the state is shaped like a mitten with a hat on it. michigan is made up of two peninsulas, the lower and the upper, called the "u.p." >> in english, the michigan motto means "if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." a peninsula is a body of land water. and michigan has an extensive coastline. there are the four great lakes. they're michigan, huron, erie, and superior. >> and it's right there on the flag, the latin for "if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look you'll also find lots of water. michigan has more coastline than any state but alaska. >> this is actually how the missionaries and the fur trappers that settled the land first got there. >> that's one of them on the shore in the center of the flag. although he's holding a gun, he's waving -- a peaceful gesture, you might say. but then there's this word. >> tuebor means "i will defend" and dates back to 1835, when tensions rose so high between the neighboring states michigan and ohio that they almost went to war. >> there's more latin across the top. you'll recognize e pluribus unum, "one from many,

>> larry: tonightly, the governor of michigan apologizes to flint residents for the city's poisonous water supply. oh, and speaking of i.q.-lowering toxic ( bleep ), did you hear that sarah palin is now endorsing donald trump? the cover of today's "new york daily news" features trump, palin, and the headline "i'm with stupid." ( laughter ) hold on, guys. i'm confused. which one isn't stupid? ( applause ) and michigan governor rick snyder has agreed to release his emails from 2014 and 2015. hey, governor snyder, now that you've made your emails transparent, why don't ( cheers and applause ) you make this clearer too? take a swig, everybody. this is "the nightly show"! captioning sponsored by comedy central >> larry: thank you very much. welcome to "the nightly show." such a great audience. irene from oklahoma here again tonight. ( cheers and applause ) you know, they say oklahoma is okay, but i say irene is okay. ( cheers and applause ) that's what i say. okay. i'm larry wilmore. sex advice columnist dan savage on our panel tonight. i'm very excited about that. we're just go

, michigan joining us. stay with us. >>> we're going the hear about the latest drama, which is the late breaking news that donald trump is planning on sitting out the next republican presidential debate. the one that's scheduled for thursday night. the last one before iowa. he said he's sitting it out because he does not like one of the moderators that the fox news channel is planning on using. we'll have details on that including a live report from nbc reporter who has been embedded with the trump campaign. that's in a moment. >>> there's also some significant drama on the democratic side tonight where there's been far fewer debates than the republicans have had. the democrats have only scheduled six debates in total. four of them have already happened. they've only got two more scheduled. one on february 11 and one on march 9. that sparse schedule has opinion a subject of criticism throughout the democratic campaign, including sometime on this hour on this show. is this lack of debates on the democratic side hiding them in these obscure places in the schedule, is it a big enough probl

legislative action is needed to minimize the fiscal impact on both detroit, and the rest of michigan. the time to act is now. and avoid court intervention that could cost all this much more and be more detrimental. i want to thank senator hanson for the legislation and the input of many legislators that they provided over the last several months. i asking don't move with haste. senator, please rise. [applause] -- i ask that you move with haste. senator, please rise. [applause] the detroit education coalition also recommended a detroit education commission to help students achieve a result in all schools. this is a good idea, but has not drawn much support. we should keep looking at this key element to help detroit's kids. ,he school reform office working with detroit public schools and local leaders will actively address the issues in lieu of the commission. all of us from state and local toicials, education charitable, and civic leaders, parents, too concerned citizens, need to work together quickly. the challenges are well-known. the alternatives are defined. now is the time to get

destroy me. can you come to my office? >> a late night in michigan. a mysterious phone call. inside, just one man. the face of christian family values, representative todd he has a secret to bury, a steamy affair with a married colleague. his outlandish plan, laid out on himself. >> so, when people find out that it came from you, they're going to ask, todd, what the hell are you thinking? >> making up something so outrageous, no one would believe it when the truth leaked out. >> are you a hypocrite? >> we're right there with them, as they speak about the outrageous national scandal. >> sex, lives, coverups. >> cheating on their spouses. >> and a laughing stock. >> that's the worst plan i've trickle-down economics, the pull-out method, and the plot of "the parent trap." >> oh, my god. >> a secret affair. >> wow. >> all leading to disorder in the house. >> you have power, politics, sex. >> the circus needs to go. >> a capital offense. >> i'm elizabeth vargas. >> and i'm david muir. >> if you're stuck home tonight, settle in for a mystery that you would believe. a politician that created a s

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they hold up their hand like this, they're from michigan. here's detroit. the state is shaped like a mitten with a hat on it. michigan is made up of two >> in english, the michigan motto means "if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." a peninsula is a body of land surrounded on three sides by water. and michigan has an extensive coastline. there are the four great lakes. they're michigan, huron, erie, and superior. >> and it's right there on the flag, the latin for "if you seek around you." you'll also find lots of water. michigan has more coastline than any state but alaska. >> this is actually how the missionaries and the fur trappers that settled the land first got there. >> that's one of them on the shore in the center of the flag. although he's holding a gun, he's waving -- a peaceful gesture, you might say. but then there's this word. >> tuebor means "i will defend" and dates back to 1835, when tensions rose so high between the neighboring states michigan and ohio that they almost went to war. >> there's more latin across the top. you'll recognize e pluribus unum, "

lawrence, ladies and gentlemen, of the legislature and public servants, citizens of michigan, and my family i welcome you here tonight provide to begin to our active military and national reserve guard members. give them a shout out. [applause] when will i do space to share with the respect to our military last year we had deployed 127 to had to key elements in terms of aircraft they have a close air support unit angelina -- actually deployed to the middle east and also has athatwo refuel aircraft to make sure they could run their missions. we should be so proud our pilots flew three years' worth of flying in six months and in terms of the pilots in the cruz together did incredible work. they have the special mission critical role to have the inspection take place and did something that had never been achieved in the history of the air force much as the ear gore -- the guard that had an inspection they should 100 percent of the members received 100 percent they were perfect. that shows our spirit and to recognize them i am proud to say we are proud. . . state command sergeant major.

dozens and dozens of cars after whiteout conditions in michigan. we'll tell you just how many people were caught up in this mess. >> he are seeing whiteout conditions. right now i'm in lake county, one of three counties under the lake effect snow warning. here's a look at the location. as far as the roads go, we see a car right now. we just passed -- i don't know if it's spun out but it's definitely bad out here, almost at the critical point. roads very treacherous in materials of snowfall on the ground and visibility is lowering. stick around. . >>> welcome back. we've been telling you gas prices could drop below a dollar a gallon. it has happened. one station in michigan drivers are paying just 78 cents a gallon. >> that is incredible. it's 95 crentszs at not -- cents at another station nearby. here in ohio the prices aren't that low but they continue to drop. the average price in cleveland is $1.70 a gallon which is what we like to hear. >>> the time for you on this monday morning, it is 4:42. up next, a close call at a the new surveillance video just in. >>> plus, murder in parad

. when michigan gander turn on the tap they expect and deserve clean safe water it's that simple. >> he's vowed to check every household to see if their water is contaminated a growing situation in michigan we'll have the latest details on how the governor there plans to >>> the next two days . >>> and welcome back everyone tonight the governor of michigan outlined his plans to help flint michigan with its contaminated water situation he called for more state help deployment of more national guard members and he's vowed to check every household in flint to see if it has a water filter. the governor promised to release his e-mails about this crisis. jay gray has the latest on the growing controversy tonight. >>reporter: dozens gathered outside the michigan statehouse demanding action and ans. tonight during his state of the state address embattled governor rick snider promised to find a solution. >> there can be no excuse when michigan gander turn on the tap they expect and deserve clean safe water. it's that simple. >>reporter: outrage has been residents in flint learned their ci

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. residents filed another lawsuit against the city of flint, michigan. it is the fourth concerning toxic water. >> find out what makes this one different from other lawsuits filed, plus, some of the leaders and organizations trying to come up with a solution to the problem. >>> it's not just women lining up at the cosmetic calendar hoping to find a way to better their appearance anymore, now it's the men, too. in just a few minutes, how it su >>> residence in flint, michigan while the fourth lawsuit against the city demanding water mains to be replaced at no cost to them, plus the one alleged violations of the safe water drinking act resolved. >> this lawsuit does not demand any financial compensation like others. as adriana diaz reports, there is more than one suggestion on how to make things right. >> reporter: michigan governor rick snyder joined the flint mayor today updating residents about the water crisis. >> more is getting done. we are going to keep doing more and be committed to the people of flint. >> i told governor snyder that flint residents should not have and are not usin