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for this criminal activity that took place in flint. you said people have died as a result of this and while charges have been brought, there hasn t been enough evidence to convict anybody. we know there should be evidence. when it said they found the amount of documents that had not been looked at, that s very troublesome to us. while one of the things i told people is recognize the wheels of justice moves slowly, justice delayed does not mean justice denied. i want to get some people convicted. we sure hope your positive interpretation is what will happen. how is the water in flint today? you know, we made a lot of progress with the water. the water tests good. we are ahead of schedule and will be finished with the line
they believe it needed to noting lead levels are below the action level. mayor weaver calls it a moral issue. they gave us their word they would see us through this lead and galvanized service line replacement and that we would have pods stay open until then. they backed out on what they said. mayor karen weaver joins me now. it s hard to believe it s been four years since the flint water crisis began. the government s office is saying they are disputing your characterization of them cutting off the free bottled water distribution early. a federal judge has denied an emergency injunction to keep those, what you call pods, in flint. why is it a federal judge is siding with the state if you re saying you still need the bottled water? i will tell you, joy, one of the things that i ve heard about that case, because i haven t been involved in it that much, but it was one person who made the claim.
we are not there yet. we are still removing the lead service lines. that was the word that it had been given to us. was we will see you through the lead service line replacement. and water pods will stay in place. so people could get, get, have the access to clean water. that they needed and deserved. that s not an infinite timeline. when you say that you were told, that, that, until the lead, lead, service line replacement, project is done. you will still be able to get bottled water. that s a project that you have been working on, fast, that, that, is far as i understand it. possibility that will take you into next year. possibly into the year after. this is not something that has an infinite time horizon. exactly right. it was supposed to be done over three years. you got the numbers exactly right, rachel. we are, you know, we have, gone ahead of schedule. we have looked at or changed almost 9,000 lead service lines. we started back up today. so, we had this year next year to co
laid on an extra layer of callusness callus ne callousness in telling her that flint needs to get over it and move on. she announced she is ready to sue the governor for what has happened to her town. joining us now is the mayor of flint michigan, karen weaver. thank you for being here. thank you. i m still fighting. i know. did you know that this was going to be the next fight? did you know the governor was about to shut off the water supplies for flint? i m not surprised because he s been trying to shut it off since september. we ve been fighting since september to keep those water pods in place. september when he tried to do that, we said no. we re not there yet. we re still removing the led service lines. that s the word given to us, we will see you through the lead service line replacement and water pods will stay in place so people have access to water that they need and deserve. that s not an infinite time line.
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