Anchor: NIDEER ON THE HOT
SEAT.
DAMAGE DONE.
Anchor: AS FLINT'S WATER
CRISIS REACHES THE BOILING POINT
MANY BLAME THE GOVERNOR.
BREACH OF TRUST AT ALL LEVELS
OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Anchor: FACE-TO-FACE
CONVERSATION ON CALLS TO RESIGN.
YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD.
Anchor: PUSH TO GET THE
SAFE WATER FLOWING AGAIN.
TRY TO MAKE IT AS RIGHT AS
POSSIBLE.
WELL, AS DAYS GO BY PEOPLE OF
FLINT MUCH LESS WORRIED P WHO IS
TO BLAME AND MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHEN THEIR LIVES WILL GET
BACK TO GREATER SOME POINTING
THE FINGER AND MANY POINTING IT
AT THE GOVERNOR.
I SAT DOWN WITH HIM TO ASK HIM
ABOUT HANDLING THE CRITICISM AND
MOVING FORWARD.
Anchor: YOU LIKE EVERYBODY
ELSE NOW HAS SEEN THE COVER OF
TIME MAGAZINE.
WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN THAT WAS
THE STORY GOING AROUND THE WORLD
ABOUT MICHIGAN.
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE
STORY.
JUST AN AWFUL THING TO HAVE
HAPPEN.
TO PEOPLE IN FLINT.
THAT'S MY PRIME CONCERN.
REALLY ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM.
DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE.
SO HOW DO WE GET UP THERE, AND
MINIMIZE THAT AND LOOK AT THE
LONG-TERM CARE ISSUES AND GET
THE WATER RUNNING RIGHT AGAIN.
Anchor: YOU HAVE HAD A
PARADE OF PEOPLE OUT IN FRONT OF
YOUR OFFICE WITH SIGNS.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
CELEBRITIES TAKING OUT AFTER
YOU.
AND ASKING YOU TO RESIGN.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED RESIGNING
OVER THIS?
NO.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING --
PEOPLE WORKING FOR ME LET US
DOWN.
THEY HELPED TO CREATE THIS
ISSUE.
I AM RESPONSIBLE.
I WANT TO FIX IT.
Anchor: I GUESS EVERYBODY
IS HOPING BOTTLED WATER AND
FILTERS ARE THE VERY SHORT-TERM
ANSWER.
LONG-TERM, WHAT DO WE DO?
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
GETTING THE PIPES RECOATED AND
GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF
TESTING.
SO HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT WILL
BE, NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE WATER
RUNNING AGAIN IN A SAFE FASHION
AND HAVE THIRD-PARTY VALIDATION
OF IT.
Anchor: DARNELL EARLY IS
EMERGENCY MANAGER OF PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
ONE OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS OF
FLINT.
AND WAS INVOLVED IN, AT LEAST,
SOME OF THE DECISIONS REGARDING
THE WATER.
MAYBE NOT THE ONES THAT SET IT
ALL IN MOTION.
WHERE IS YOUR LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE RIGHT NOW IN DARNALL
EARLY'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMERGENCY MANAGER
GIVEN ENTANGLEMENT.
IN TERMS OF THE ISSUE IN
FLINT HE DID NOT PLAY A MAJOR
ROLE IN THOSE SKILLS, AND HE WAS
EMERGENCY MANAGER BUT DECISION
TO SWITCH SOURCES WAS UNDER
ANOTHER EMERGENCY MANAGER.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, THE ISSUE
IN DETROIT RIGHT NOW IS WE NEED
TO GET THE PACKAGE PROPOSED
ABOUT GETTING DPS FINANCIALLY
STABLE DONE.
BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
AND THE ISSUE IS, WE HAVE
TEACHERS NOT SHOWING UP TO WORK.
THAT HARMS THE KIDS.
I PROPOSE THE SOLUTION TO INVEST
OVER $700 MILLION IN SCHOOLS OF
DETROIT.
THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF OTHER
PEOPLE COMING WITHOUT SOLUTION
OF THAT MAGNITUDE.
I WANT TO SEE IT GET DONE AND
URGED LEGISLATURE TO MOVE ON IT.
Anchor: BACK TO DARNELL
EARLY IF HIS PRESENCE IN THIS
PROCESS CLUTTERS THE ISSUES.
ADDS CONTROVERSY WHERE YOU
FRANKLY DO NOT NEED ANY.
DEBBY DANGLE ON FLASH POINT
SUNDAY MORNING SUGGESTED IT WAS
TIME FOR HIM TO RESIGN.
WOULD YOU AGREE.
I WOULD NOT AGREE WITH THAT.
IT IS A FAIR CHALLENGE TO THE
QUESTION.
REAL QUESTION IS, WHAT SHOULD WE
ALL BE DOING TO GIVE SUPPORT TO
LEGISLATURE, PASSING A PACKAGE
THAT WOULD ALLOW A MAJOR RELIEF
TO COME TO THE DEBTS OF DETROIT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND BETTER LONG-TERM STRUCTURE
WITH MORE LOCAL CONTROL.
ISN'T THAT SOMETHING THAT MOST
PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
Anchor: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
CUT IN HALF IN THE STAY.
YOU GOT RID OF A BUSINESS TAX.
YOU GOT CANADA TO PAY FOR A NEW
BRIDGE TO CANADA AND TURNED IT
INTO MATCH I CAN FUNDS SOME HOW
MUCH.
MOST IMPRESSIVELY I SUPPOSE,
GRAND BARGAIN THAT PULLED
DETROIT OUT OF BANKRUPTCY.
AND YET, I THINK, MANY PEOPLE
BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED IN FLINT
THREATENS TO DEFINE YOUR LEGACY
AS GOVERNOR.
DO YOU THINK OF IT LIKE THAT.
THINKING ABOUT LEGACY IS NOT
HOW I THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT I DID
THINK ABOUT IS WHAT AN AWFUL
THING THIS IS TO HAPPEN.
AND IT JUST SHOWS YOU CANNOT
TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP WORKING HARD.
AND KEEP ENDEAVORING TO DO THE
BEST YOU CAN.
THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO RESPOND
STOFLINT AND SAY LET'S ADDRESS
THE PROBLEM.
RECOGNIZING PEOPLE ARE HARMED.
WORK TO REEARN TRUST.
LET'S TRY TO MAKE THIS AS RIGHT
AS POSSIBLE.
Anchor: BACK TO SCHOOLS FOR
A SECOND.
S IT IS INTERESTING.
MORE COMMON GROUND, I THINK,
BETWEEN GOVERNOR AND TEACHERS
THAN THEY REALIZE.
HE IS PUSHING FOR $700 MILLION
PACKAGE TO WIPE OUT THE DEBT.
THE TEACHERS ARE KIND IN YOU GO
THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE MONEY IN
THE DISTRICT.
CANNOT HAVE ANY UNTIL THE DEBT
IS GONE.
MAY BE MORE UNITEED ON THAT THAN
I THINK, THEY REALIZE.
Anchor: THAT WOULD BE A
GOOD THING.
WHAT I WAS HOPING TO HEAR IS
DETROIT CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER
CONDITIONS TO LEARN IN.
AND THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AT SOME POINT.
AND GET THE SCHOOLS RIGHT.
GET TEACHERS BACK IN THE
CLASSROOM AND GET STUDENTS BACK
ON A PATH TO HE HAD CAKES.