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smashing car windows and destroying property in chicago. two teens were shot and the whole thing was organized on social media. police were outnumbered and only managed to make 15 arrests. a woman caught in the mayhem describing the scene after her car was attacked. >> i jump in my car. my husband go to the hospital. >> what did they do? >> because the guy -- in the f face. >> dana: democrats think it was just teens being teens, mayor brandon johnson condemning what happened but says i...

Their homework at home, if you had broadband deserts, you couldnt do it at home. were still dealing with cities like flint, michigan, that are drinking lead water. these things are extremely important. >> thats exactly right. we are building up the infrastructure so that there can be justice and equality in these critical areas. i mean, it is always -- you know this better than an anybody. it is always your poorer areas, our more rural sears that simply dont get what they need. and i think the p...

Months ago. we are live in newark with more. now what? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. well, some residents of new york may have been drinking lead-contaminated water for months. advocates say for years. tests showed high levels of lead at some 10% of tested addresses. the city tried to patch up the problem by handing out water filters to some residents. but testing in early august showed unacceptably high levels of lead. now the city is handing out bottled water out of caution. newark is far...

Taken down. thats connecting with these voters and theyre not ideological. they like trump because he seems to have answers. >> and then throw in this. i want to bring up this other story. hes talked about distrust from political leaders and what do we have in michigan? this flint, michigan, issue where clearly the governors office, somebody in the governors office was too passive about it. >> the last time i was here was right after paris and there was a notion this is going to help the insider...

Voters and theyre not ideological. they like trump because he seems to have answers. >> and then throw in this. i want to bring up this other story. hes talked about distrust from political leaders and what do we have in michigan? this flint, michigan, issue where clearly the governors office, somebody in the governors office was too passive about it. >> the last time i was here was right after paris and there was a notion this is going to help the insiders and experts and i thought what if the ...

Hes talked about distrust from political leaders and what do we have in michigan? this flint, michigan, issue where clearly the governors office, somebody in the governors office was too passive about it. >> the last time i was here was right after paris and there was a notion this is going to help the insiders and experts and i remember saying what if people think the experts have given us the iraq war and libya. if the experts at home -- including seven years of obama -- have given us a comple...

Without treating that water. and so now in flint when you turn on the faucet that water might come to you through pipes that are corroded and leaching toxic lead. and even though governor snyders administration told everyone to literally relax about the situation in flint, even though they said there was no broad problem with lead in the water in flint, the rate of elevated lead levels in the bloodstreams of little kids and babies in flint doubled and tripled because of what the snyder administr...

And so now in flint when you turn on the faucet that water might come to you through pipes that are corroded and leaching toxic lead. and even though governor snyders administration told everyone to literally relax about the situation in flint, even though they said there was no broad problem with lead in the water in flint, the rate of elevated lead levels in the bloodstreams of little kids and babies in flint doubled and tripled because of what the snyder administration did. and that is horrif...

Irreversible emotional and behavioral problems. it causes lowered i.q.s. the kids of flint, michigan ended up drinking lead because their town was poisoned on governor snyders watch. and this crisis in flint is a real one. it sounds like a horror movie, but its real. and it is not over. flint officials say that fixing the pipes and saving the town basically could cost $50 million or more. this morning the county commission in the county where flint is, they signed off on a declaration of emergen...