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Crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. a new report from the epas watchdog unit criticizes government at all levels for its response to the flint water crisis in 2015 and 2016. the report says the lack of epa oversight contributed to a catastrophic situation and the ag agenesee agency had the information it needed but waited seven months to issue an emergency order. saying the epa now michigans water standards were not up to par as early as 2010. the new acting head of the epa has rolled b...

>> yeah, i would say that the inspector general actually needs to investigate attorney general sessions participation in the firing of james comey. because he violated the justice department regulation, the ethics regulation and his own promise to the senate. >> gosh, it is easy to lose track, but youre referencing senator leahy who made a separate request saying these investigators in the watchdog unit who have been undercut obviously on the firing should now start a new inquiry basically into ...

>> i think at some point a reasonable person has to come to the conclusion that this is a company that has no intention of changing its mode of operation, that the dollar is going to be paramount and that the health, safety and safety of american workers and the american environmental are a secondary or tertiary concern. >> reporter: before the deepwater horizon zpafdisaster, promised that the watchdog unit would be in place for at least another year. but a source inside the ombudsmans office te...

Company that has no intention of changing its mode of operation, that the dollar is going to be paramount and that the health, safety and safety of american workers and the american environmental are a secondary or tertiary concern. >> reporter: before the deepwater horizon disaster, bp promised that the watchdog unit would be in place for at least another year. but a source inside the ombudsmans office tells cnn, frankly, im surprised were still here. drew griffin, cnn, seattle. up next, does...

>> reporter: before the deepwater horizon disaster, bp promised stupak in writing that its watchdog unit would be in place for at least another year, but a source inside the ombudsmans office tells cnn, frankly, im surprised were still here. drew griffin, cnn, seattle. up next, does this look like a ballet at sea, mesmerizing as any performance at a concert hall? thats how one of bps so-called reporters described the cleanup effort in the gulf. what is going on? why do they have so-called repo...

Things better. >> their logic was trust us? >> trust us. >> you dont? >> no. >> this is a company that has no intention of change, the dollar is going to be paramount and the health and safety of american workers and the american environment are a secondary or tertiary concern. >> bp promised stupak in writing its watchdog unit would be in place for at least another year. but a source inside the ombudsman office tells cnn, frankly, im surprised were still here. >> and coming up next, kids learni...

Reasonable person has to come to the conclusion that this is a company that has no intention of changing its mode of operation, that the dollar is going to be paramount, and that the health, safety and safety of american workers and the american environment are a secondary or tertiary concern. >> reporter: before the disaster, bp promised stupak in writing its watchdog unit would be in place for another year. a source inside the ombudsman office tells cnn, frankly, im surprised were still here. ...

Even bring it up in like the first meeting and then the second meeting we had with them. the logic was, well make things better. well, we dont see -- >> their logic was trust us? >> trust us. >> you dont? >> no. >> bp has said it could do a good job investigating complaints without the ombudsmans office. >> at some point a reasonable person has to come to the conclusion that this is a company that has no intention of changing its mode of operation, that the dollar is going to be paramount and th...

We said what do you mean? he was only on the job a few weeks or month or two and he started wanting to shut down the ombudsman and we encouraged him not to do so. >> reporter: doesnt it stun you that he would make that remark? >> yes, it did. we were shocked that they would even bring it up in like the first meeting and then the second meeting we had with them. the logic was, well make things better. well, we dont see -- >> reporter: their logic was trust us? >> trust us. >> reporter: you dont? ...

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