THE IT IS THE REASON THE DETROIT
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IS BEING
SUED.
WE ARE BREAKING THE STORY.
Anchor: FACE OF THE FLINT
WATER CRISIS.
THIS BOY'S FACE SEEN WORLDWIDE.
AND TONIGHT HIS FAMILY IS
TALKING WITH US AT LOCAL 4.
IT TOPS THE NEWS AT 11:00.
ONE OF MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN
FLINT TONIGHT.
Anchor: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY BLASTED
HANDLING OF THE WATER CRISIS.
ANNOUNCING EMERGENCY ORDER THAT
IT PLANS TO TAKE OVER LEAD
SAMPLING IN FLINT.
Anchor: REPEATED DELAYS AND
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY CONTINUE TO
POSE AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL
DANGER TO FLINT RESIDENTS.
NOW IN ADDITION, PRESIDENT
ANNOUNCED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
ARE HEADED TO FLINT TO HELP.
IN LAST MONTH'S BIPARTISAN
BUDGET AGREEMENT WE SECURED
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP
CITIES LIKE THIS BUILD WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE WILL HAVE
THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE TO YOU BY
THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
THAT MEANS MORE THAN $80 MILLION
FOR THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
OUR CHILDREN SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
BE WORRIED ABOUT THE WATER THAT
THEY ARE DRINKING IN AMERICAN
CITIES.
WE CANNOT ACCEPT THAT.
Anchor: WELL, NOW TO THE
FACE OF THE FLINT WATER CRISIS.
THE CITY'S LEAD CONTAMINATION
YOU CAN SEE IS COVER OF TIME
MAGAZINE.
Anchor: AND TONIGHT OUR
SHAWN LEY SPOKE TO THIS LITTLE
BOY AND HIS FAMILY.
HE JOINS US LIVE FROM FLINT.
SEAN PROBABLY NOT THE KIND OF
FAME THEY WERE LOOKING FOR?
Reporter: KIMBERLY EVERY
PARENT LOVES TO SHARE PHOTOS OF
THEIR CHILDREN.
IN THIS CASE, THIS PHOTO IS
TOUGH TO LOOK AT.
RASH AND DEEP SCARS ON THIS
TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY.
MOTHER SAID HERE IN FLINT SHE IS
HAPPY TO SHARE THE PHOTO OF HER
SON WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD
TO DRAW ATTENTION TO WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO FAMILIES HERE IN
FLINT.
HE IS NOT SHY ABOUT INTRODUCING
HIMSELF.
SINCERE SMITH IS TWO.
AND EXCITED ABOUT CELEBRATING
IS THIRD BIRTHDAY IN A FEW
DAYS.
ARE YOU EXCITED.
YEAH.
MY BIRTHDAY.
Reporter: SINCERE IS NOT
SHY ABOUT SHOWING YOU THE RASH
ALL OVER HIS BODY.
SO ITCHY IT KEEPS HIM UP AT
NIGHT.
IT IS ON THE LEGS.
ARMS.
AND FACE.
TODAY, TIME MAGAZINE PUTTING
SIGN ON THE COVER WITH THE WORDS
"POISONING OF AN AMERICAN CITY."
MOM REALIZING HER LITTLE BOY'S
PHOTO IS SEEN WORLDWIDE.
AND ONCE PEOPLE -- WANTS PEOPLE
TO THINK OF FLINT FAMILIES WHEN
THEY LOOK AT SINCERE'S FACE.
PEOPLE THAT SEE IT THINK OF
FLINT AND WHAT WE ARE GOING
THROUGH.
IMAGINE WHAT WE ARE GOING
THROUGH.
IMAGINE IF IT WAS YOUR KID.
GOING THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW.
YOU WOULD SEE HOW WE FEEL.
Reporter: ARIANNA SAID THAT
A DOCTOR DISCOVERING SIGN'S RASH
IS FROM CHEMICALS.
THAT OFFICIALS ARE DUMPING INTO
THE WATER SYSTEM TO COMBAT THE
LEAD IN FLINT'S WATER.
AND IT IS NOT THE BABY PHOTO
THAT PARENTS EVER WANT.
BUT BECAUSE OF HER SON, AND THIS
PHOTO OF HER SON, TAKEN BY
DETROIT FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER
REGINA BOONE, FLINT GETS
ATTENTION IT DESPERATELY NEEDS.
THAT PICTURE IS SINCERE.
IT IS JUST -- IT IS HOW WE FEEL
RIGHT NOW.
HOW OUR KIDS ARE FEELING.
THIS IS US.
THIS IS SINCERELY US RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: BACK HERE LIVE IN
FLINT.
ARIANNA IS WATCHING THE MAILBOX
EXPECTING A COPY OF THE TIME
MAGAZINE TO BE SENT TO HER.
PROUD OF THE FOE TOMORROW.
WATCHING THE MAIL BECAUSE ANY
DAY NOW SHE IS EXPECTING BLOOD
TEST RESULTS FROM SINCERE FROM
THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE HERE IN THE
CLINIC TO SEE IF HE, INDEED, HAS
LEAD IN HIS SYSTEM.
LIVE IN FLINT.
SHAWN LEY, LOCAL 4.
Anchor: ALL RIGHT SEAN,
THANK YOU.
THIS CASE WILL HEAD BEFORE THE
U.S. CONGRESS IN A COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
Anchor: U.S. HOUSE
COMMITTEE EXPECTED TO HOLD A
HEARING ON FEBRUARY LEE ABOUT
THE HIGH LEAD LEVELS IN FLINT
WATER.
AND SIX MAJOR PLAYERS IN THIS
WATER CRISIS EXPECTED TO BE
INVITED.
THEY INCLUDE OF COURSE GOVERNOR
SNIDE THEORY YESTERDAY RELEASED
TWO HUNDRED 74 PAGES OF E-MAILS.
ON THE FLINT WATER DISCUSSIONS.
SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WAS NO
FORMAL INVITATION FROM CONGRESS.
DAN WYATT WOULD BE INVITED DEQ
DIRECTOR AT THE TIME THAT HAS
RESIGNED.
Anchor: EPA REGIONAL
DIRECTOR SUSANHEADMAN WILL
TESTIFY.
FEW HOURS AGO SHE ANNOUNCED SHE
IS STEPPING DOWN FEBRUARY 1.
AND FLINT'S MAYOR KAREN WEAVER
WILL LIKELY BE INVITED.
IN D.C. FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS
SPEAKING TO PRESIDENT ABOUT
HELP.
AND EXPECTED ON GUEST LIST IS
VIRGINIA TECH PROFESSOR MARK
EDWARDS.
A SPECIAL TASTE BROUGHT AN
INDEPENDENT TEAM TO FLINT TO
STUDY THE LEAD LEVELS, AND
FINALLY AT THE CENTER.
DR. ATYSHA FROM CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.
HER FINDINGS OF ELEVATED LEAD
LEVELS IN CHILDREN'S BLOOD
BROUGHT AWARENESS TO THE CRISIS.
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FLINT WATER CRISIS AND NEWEST
DEVELOPMENTS AS THEY COME IN GO
TO CLICKONDETROIT.COM.