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Yeah, for a failure to signal. >> the traffic stop ended with bland being arrested, and accusations of assault against the trooper, after three days in jail, unable to raise money for bail, the state says she hanged herself. her family has filed a wrongful death suit against the trooper, and the county, and two jail employees. the trooper has been on administrative leave since the 28-year-olds death, because hes now being indicted the state of texas says it now plans to terminate him. encinia fa...

Before the water was switched back to a detroit source in october. lead levels are still high. grandmother jackie pemberton doesnt want to wait for the fix. she wants to move out. do you miss your bath? but like most families in this struggling post-industrial town, there are no options. >> whos going to buy our house? >> reporter: fixing the water is only part of the problem. damage to the children will last a lifetime. stephanie gosk, nbc news, flint, michigan. >> joining me now from flint, nb...

The county and city of flint. stephanie gosk has been in michigan all day, with the latest developments. well begin with rachel maddow who is here with me in the studio. great to see you. you brought a lot of attention to this. this goes back to a decision in april of 2014. they switch from one water source to another water source. somebody thought this was a good idea. >> well, it didnt have to be a terrible idea. it was doable. they just did it wrong. they did it in a way that was catastrophic...

Not have kroded the pipes. lansing is doing something similar to their water source for about $260 a day. not a lot of money. and even though theyve switched to a new water supply, a lot of the damage is done. lead levels have come down, but not to safe amounts. there are really no safe amounts of lead in water. theres lead thats exposed that could be further knocked off according to a doctor that we spoke to today. the damage is done, not to mention the very permanent damage youre talking about...

Calling for an independent investigation into the abuse and the alleged cover-up by the school. in a statement, the school deeply apologizes for the harm done to alumni. plunging oil prices have caused the alaskan government to start a hiring freeze. governor bill walker needs to control a growing $3.5 billion budget gap. taxes on oil products fuel alaskas growth. oil prices have tumbled around 35% last year, stifling alaskan revenue. in michigan, a state of emergency declared after lead con...

Not drink this water. a local doctor started studying blood samples from kids in flint. her results were scary and stunning. the proportion of kids with elevated lead in their blood was nearbily double what it had been before the town switched its water source. just in a matter of a few months. in some neighborhoods the danger had tripled, not doubled. the first guy, the professor, says the snyder administration dismissed him as basically a huckster when he presented the results of his testing. ...

The city began using flint river as its water source. according to the world health organization, the health effects of lead poisoning include red e reduced i.q., shortened attention span and an increase of anti-social behavior. the neurological damage and behavioral effects of lead poisoning are believed to be irreversible. joining me now is a political columnist for "the detroit free press." shes withbeen covering this is for a year. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you so much for h...

It can lead to lower iq, emotional problems, behavioral problems, the works. its not that you should never use river water for drinking water. plenty of places do. you just have to do this one thing. you have to do it safely. you have to treat the water first so it doesnt corrode the pipes. we now know that the state of michigan, the snyder administration, told flint it was okay to switch to that new water source without the anti-corrosion treatment. and so they did. they just made the switch. a...

View." you are looking on the monitor at live pictures right now. this is a water source in san bernardino, california, and that is a diver acting as an investigator, and the diver is trying to learn anything that he or she can, and hard to tell who it is about a man and a woman who sprayed a ga thering of office workers with bullets last week, and no longer are they search searching that couples home, but they have taken the search elsewhere. they have taken the search to look for clues to this...

To plead guilty on charges of engaging in sex acts with minors and receiving child pornography. fogle was in court today. court documents indicate he took the plea deal in exchange for a sentence of not more than 12 1/2 years in prison and restitution payments to victims totalling about $1.5 million. also today, fogles wife said she is seeking a divorce. now to some positive news. keeping the water flowing to las vegas is the goal of a billion dollar project thats nearing completion, deep unde...