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Kim: OKAY, KIM, WE'LL CHECK
IN WITH YOU LATER IN THE
NEWSCAST.
ALL EYES ON FLINT WITH MUCH
OF THE ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE
SHORT TERM AND WHAT IS THE
LONG-TERM FIX?
BUT THE QUESTION IS, HOW DID WE
GET HERE?
Devin: THE GOVERNOR HAS LAID
MOST OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
AND THE STATE MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY.
AND KEVIN DIETZ JOINS US TO TALK
ABOUT THOSE AT THE CENTER OF THE
CONTROVERSY THAT WE KNOW ABOUT
SO FAR.
Kevin: THE "DEFENDERS" HAD TO
HIT THE ROAD.
WE HEADED TO MID MICHIGAN CITIES
LIKE MARSHALL AND DEWITT, WHERE
THEY LIVE.
WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD
TO SAY ABOUT DECISIONS MADE AND
WHAT THEY THINK WENT WRONG IN
FLINT.
WE FOUND A LOT OF RESISTANCE.
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW HIS FACE OR
PROBABLY EVEN HIS NAME.
BUT HE IS AT THE CENTER OF THE
CONTROVERSY IN THE FLINT WATER
CRISIS.
HIS NAME IS STEVEN BUSH.
HE WAS HERE AT HOME BUT REFUSED
TO ANSWER THE DOOR AND WILL NOT
RETURN REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS.
HELLO, YOU'VE REACHED STEVE
BUSH, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LANSING
DISTRICT COORDINATOR.
Kevin: WE HAD TO STAKE OUT
HIS HOUSE LONG BEFORE DAWN, JUST
TO GET A LOOK AT HIM.
HE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM HIS
POSITION AT MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
HE REFUTED THE LEAD WARNINGS IN
FEBRUARY OF 2015 BY EPA WATER
EXPERT MIGUEL DELTORO.
WHEN LEAD NUMBERS SPIKED HIGHER,
BUSH REPORTED CORROSION CONTROLS
WERE NOT BEING USED, INSISTING
FLINT WAS NOT REQUIRED TO U
THEM.
HERE'S A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE
THAT WERE TOO BUREAUCRATIC.
Kevin: HIS BOSS IS LANE
SCHECTER SMITH.
SHE'S BEEN FIRED.
SHE WAS BAKING IN THE KITCHEN
BUT WOULD NOT COME TO THE DOOR.
SHE'S NOT TALKING TO
REPORTERS.
YOU JUST CAN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING
THEY EVER SAY.
Kevin: SHE STOOD BY HER
EMPLOYEE STEVEN BUSH AND THEN
SOME.
TESTIMONY THAT SHE POSTED ABOUT
PUTTING THE STOP TO WARNINGS
ABOUT LEAD.
LEANNE SCHECTER-SMITH BRAGGED
TO ME ABOUT HOW MR. DECHLT EL
DELL TORO WAS HANDLED.
Kevin: IT COULD HAVE BEEN
CAUGHT 8 MONTHS EARLIER.
WE STOPPED BY DAN WYANT'S HOME
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
HE WAS NOT HOME AND DID NOT
RETURN OUR CALLS.
HE RESIGNED FROM OFFICE.
GOVERNOR SNYDER STILL SUPPORTS
HIM AND TELLING ME THE FORMER
DIRECTOR WAS MISLED BY THOSE
WORKING FOR HIM.
HE DID NOT GET STRAIGHT
ANSWERS FROM THOSE WORKING FOR
HIM.
Kevin: AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY, SUSAN
HEADMAN.
SHE WAS DELLTORO'S BOSS.
SHE HAS RESIGNED.
THIS WAS THE ULTIMATE
BETRAYAL FOR THE CITIZENS.
SUSAN HEDMAN CARED MORE ABOUT
POLITICS THAN HELPING THE ONE
PERSON WHO COULD HELP US.
Kevin: AND NEVER ISSUED
WARNINGS TO PEOPLE OF FLINT.
SO CLEARLY THEY'RE NOT TALKING
TO THE MEDIA BUT WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT THEY
KNOWN.
THERE ARE STATE INVESTIGATIONS,
FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND EVEN
CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS.
AND ANY OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE
INVESTIGATIONS WOULD BE WILLING
TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS
POSSIBLE FROM THOSE AT THE
CENTER OF THE CONTROVERSY.
Kim: I HEAR PEOPLE SAY, DO
YOU THINK ANYONE WILL BE CHARGED
IN THIS?
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
Kevin: THERE'S A FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION AND STATE
INVESTIGATION, AND OUR LOCAL 4
LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE LOOKED OVER
THE LAWS AND BELIEVE PEOPLE WILL
GET CHARGED BUT DON'T KNOW HOW
QUICKLY.
THEY WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
Devin: AND YOU DON'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO FIND INTENT
TO DO SOMETHING WRONG.
AS YOU WERE MENTIONING TO ME,
JUST OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE,
THAT'S JUST HAVING WATER IN YOUR
HOME.
Kevin: AND IT'S SOMETHING
WE'LL FIND OUT A LOT ABOUT AS