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Results were scary and stunning and they basically blew this whole thing open. turns out, she found that the proportion of kids with elevated lead in their blood was nearly double what it had been before the town switched its water source. in some neighborhoods, the danger tripled, not doubled. and at the time, the snyder administration basically told people not to believe her. they said her results were spliced and diced. state officials basically continued to say that everything was fine. desp...

Of water and filters. after the governors office announced that state personnel would be going door to door distributing water and filters, we learned that the entire effort for the whole city consisted of 20 people. 20 people going door to door in a city of 100,000 people and roughly 30,000 households. 20 people. and then there was governor snyders big press conference in flint to formally announce the states new beefed-up response. standing behind the governor, you see there on the left in thi...

Points shaved off their iqs to behavioral problems, the news tonight is not about that. because tonight, in addition to all that, governor snyder and state health officials have now had to report something new. a deadly spike in something called legionnaires disease in flint. which has also happened there since the city switched its water source. this legionnaires outbreak has resulted in the deaths of ten people -- ten people dead in two separate outbreaks of legionnaires disease since the city...

Water supply, but they were told by authorities that the water they were drinking and showering in and wash their clothes and dishes with, it was perfectly safe. that was not true. lets bring in cnn correspondent s sarah ganim. >> jake, right here this epa memo written in june said that lead levels were especially alarming in flint and that government water testing was flawed. but still state officials allowed families to drink this water, allowed children to drink this water for months. the nat...

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Sieve than lake huron, detroits water source. the city wasnt treating it according to federal law. lead pipes gan to car road, leaching into the water. >> if you were to put something in into a population to put them down for generations and generations to come it, would be lead. >> dr. mona is a pedestrian tree shan at childrens hospital. >> well-known tox iks poison. damming things you can do a population. it drops your iq, criminality, it has multi general nation impacts. no self-level of lea...

Is a case of emergency declared for thousands after researchers discovered toxic levels of lead in the water supply there. >> i have been paying for poison, paying for water thats a toxic waste. >> reporter: wanda and her 12-year-old daughter are among the residents where these blood levels tested high for lead after the city switched its water source. >> in an attempt to cut costs city officials stopped getting pre treated water from the city of detroit in 2014 and instead began moving water fr...

Theres growing anger in flint, michigan, over the states handling of the water crisis. they are calling for the resignation and arrest of the scitys mayor. the water supply was switched from detroit to save money, but flint which is now under a state of emergency has switched back to the old water source, but the lead levels are still high leaving anyone drinking from the tap, especially youngsters there at risk. joining me is congressman dan kilde. thank you for joining us. how are you combatti...

S sarah in flint michigan. >> reporter: 15% of homes in flint, michigan boarded up. 40% poverty rate, high unemployment and consistently at the top of the nations list of most dangerous places. this 33 square mile city doesnt even have a grocery store. and now, they dont have clean drinking water. for 18 months, researchers believe the water flowing through taps across flint has been tainted with lead. >> im paying for poison. paying for water thats a toxic waste. >> rhonda kelso and her 12-year...

Water supply. a pediatrician then discovered that lead levels in children had doubled, or even tripled since the city swriched its water source. she says that just in a few years children could face cognition, and behavioral, problems. the u.s. attorneys office is investigating the contamination. now still ahead on "way too early," china stocks crash and u.s. stocks appear to be headed down for another day. well bring you the speed -- bring you up to speed on the markets plus giving marco rubi...