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Lead levels in children in flint, she found that the percentage of lead in kids double, even tripled in some places after the water switch. >> wee saw that it was getting into children and when we knew the consequences of it, that's, i think when we began not to sleep. >> the corrosive river water goes to the plant to the water mains, to the service lines to the homes. in flinlt, they're made of iron, which turns some of the water brown. half of the service lines and pipes in flint homes are made of lead. >> we have to think about it that these children were drinking through lead painted straw...

Mayor dayne walling from flint, michigan. i knew it'd be tough on our retirement savings, especially in this economy. but with three kids, being home more really helped. man: so we went to fidelity. we talked about where we were and what we could do. we changed our plan and did something about our economy. now we know where to go for help

Democrats and independents and the decline in republicans from four years ago. that's notable. today in michigan, 27% of voters say they are moderates. 14% are a members of a union. those are on par from four years ago in the bouting. are these the kind of reagan democrats who want to pick an obama alternative? mayor dane walling is the democratic mayor from flint and mark halperin writes for "time" magazine, msnbc senior political analyst. what's your thoughts about this? romney is throwing around the term "dirty tricks." it seems to me under michigan law you're perfectly within your rights t...

Boy, what goes around comes around, mitt. >> you mean when he runs a robocall of my voice from four years ago saying good things about him, that's not a low moment? it's interesting he criticize me for attracting democrats because one of the things that romney's people say is he can't attract democrats. we'll wait and see. >> mayor, so many goes around comes around pieces, hard to keep track of them. romney defended himself for having voted for paul tsongas in 1992 in a democratic primary by saying he was basically miff chief makinmaking. he wasn't defending his voting. he was saying he was ov...

Maybe it was a clean trick. >> i'm going to do my best. who cares. what does it matter? if romney loses, that's all that's going to matter. some are going to vote because they are reagan democrats and they like his message. some will be mischief makers. it doesn't matter. the robo calls are fine. if you want to become president of the united states, you want democratic votes because you're going to need them if you're going to win the general. >> mayor, when i was happy with john mccain, i was thrilled he won in michigan. i thought a lot of the catholic voters went over to the democratic side ...