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The mayor was trying to say the water source from the reservoir was not contaminated. that was true. but what was coming out of their faucets, there was a significant amount where the water was not safe to drink. >> you know, dr. torres, when you read nick's story and you think about how big this country is and how common political dysfunction is, and you have all these inter mingling of agencies at different levels of government, we've seen it in flint, we've seen it in newark. are we likely to see this in other places? >> steve, i think we are because the infrastructure in this country has a...

Join the pipes together that could be leaching lead. those are houses that need to be tested. different sources are saying there could be hundreds of cities out there that have similar problems, maybe even worse problems. we just don't know about them yet. >> nick, very quickly, the mayor, given what you've told us, given what you've reported, what's his standing in newark right now? >> he's an incredibly popular mayor. up until this moment there hasn't really been much of a controversy, much of a scandal. he took over from cory booker who was popular. as he left there were a few issues due to...

If you were in 1 of those 14,000 or 15,000 households getting elevated lead levels of the water from the lead leaching to the pipes, that was not true. the mayor was trying to say the water source from the reservoir was not contaminated. that was true. but when it comes to what the residents were hearing and what was coming out of their faucets, there was a significant amount where the water was not safe to drink. >> you know, dr. torres, when you read nick's story and you think about how big this country is and how common political dysfunction is, and you have all these intermingling of agenc...