IN THE FORECAST ALL STRAIGHT
AHEAD.
Anchor: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU BEN.
TO FLINT WHERE WATER CRISIS IS
NOT THE ONLY HEALTH ISSUE UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
TODAY GOVERNOR SNYDER AND STATE
HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORTED A
SPIKE IN LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE
IN FLINT.
THE INCREASE ISK DETECTED IN
GENESSEE COUNTY BETWEEN JUNE OF
2014 AND NOVEMBER OF 2015.
THERE WERE 87 CASES AND 10
DEATHS OVER THAT HE 17 MONTH
PERIOD.
RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE
CASES ARE RELATED TO HIGH LEVELS
OF LEAD.
AND FLINT'S DRINKING WATER S BUT
TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
WE CHECKED WITH MACOMB COUNTY.
THEY REPORTED A TOTAL OF 48
CASES FROM 2014 TO 2015.
AND THAT'S 39 FEWER OVER A
SIMILAR TIME PERIOD.
AND IN THE MEAN TIE NATIONAL
GUARD ARRIVED IN FLINT TODAY.
SEVEN MEMBERS HELPED TO
DISTRIBUTE BOTTLED WATER AND
FILTERS.
CREWS SAY THEY ARE UNDERSTAFFED
AND SHORT ON SUPPLIES.
AND NOW IT TURNS OUT FEDS WARNED
DEQ BACK IN APRIL ABOUT HIGH
LEAD LEVELS IN THE WATER.
GOVERNOR SNYDER TOLD KEVIN DIETZ
NO ONE RELAYED THAT INFORMATION
TO HIM BACK THEN.
THERE IS A WHOLE SET OF
ISSUES.
I CANNOT SPEAK TO FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF THE DEQ
SAYING THERE WAS A REAL ISSUE.
THAT DID NOT HAPPEN UNTIL
OCTOBER TIME FRAME.
Anchor: NOW THE GOVERNOR
SAID HE WELCOMES THE
INVESTIGATIONTON FIND OUT WHO
KNEW WHAT AND WHEN.
Anchor: DEFENDER KEVIN
DIETZ SHOWS US WHAT THE FEDERAL
INVESTIGATES WILL LOOK LIKE.
AND HE LOOKS INTO THE
POSSIBILITY OF ANYONE GOING TO
PRISON.
Reporter: FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN THE
FLINT WATER CRISIS.
AND MANY PEOPLE FROM LOCAL
RESIDENTS TO HOLLYWOOD
CELEBRITIES ARE CALLING FOR THE
ARREST OF GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER
OR MEMBERS OF THE
ADMINISTRATION.
ARE THEY OVER REACTING?
OR IS A CRIMINAL CASE ON THE
HORIZON?
THE FLINT WATER CRISIS IS A
MONUMENTAL BLUNDER THAT WE WILL
NOT KNOW THE FULL EFFECTS OF FOR
DECADES.
FOR CHILDREN IMPACTED BY HIGH
LEAD LEVELS, THERE IS NO CURE.
MILLIONS, PAROLE BILLONS OF OUR
TAX DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT ON
INFRASTRUCTURES, HEALTH CARE,
AND CIVIL LAWSUITS.
BUT WILL ANYONE GO TO PRISON.
WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH
INCOMPETENCE, AND MALFEASANCE IN
OFFICE AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE NOT
DOING THEIR JOB.
IT IS DIFFICULT ON TURN IT INTO
A CRIME.
Reporter: KEITH CORBETTE
SPENT TWO DECADES AS U.S.
ATTORNEYS PUTTING TOGETHER
PROSECUTION AND IT IS DOUBTFUL
ANYONE INTENDED TO PROVIDE SON
THE DRINKING WATER.
UNLIKE LIZ ANYONE TOOK A BRIBE
OR KICKBACK.
I THINK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
A FACT OR A SITUATION WHERE THE
PEOPLE HE PUT IN POSITIONS OF
AUTHORITY MADE BAD DECISIONS.
AND THOSE BAD DECISIONS --
Reporter: GOVERNOR SNYDER,
DAN WYATT AND FINANCIAL
EMERGENCY MANAGER DARNALL EARLY
IN CHARGE.
YOU ARE READYTO AND WILLING
TO TUKE PROCESS SECURES.
WE CALLED TO SAY WE ARE READY
TO COOPERATE.
Reporter: INCOMPETENCE
CORBETTE SAID IS NOT ENOUGH NO
MATTER HOW SERIOUS THE
CONSEQUENCES BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN
THERE WON'T BE CRIMINAL CHARGES.
THEY START AT THE BEGINNING.
DECISION TO DISCONNECT FROM
DETROIT AND GO TO FLINT RIVER.
SO START THERE.
LOGICAL POINT.
AND THEY WILL GO ALL THE WAY
BACK TO TODAY.
Reporter: FORMER DETROIT
FBI BOSS ARENA SAID EVEN IF IT
TAKES A GRAND JURY TO FORCE THE
ISSUE FEDS WILL FIND OUT WHO
KNEW WHAT AND WHEN.
TEST RESULTS, E-MAILS, PHONE
LOGS, AND IN ACTUAL TESTIMONY OF
PEOPLE INVOLVED.
WHY DID YOU MAKE THAT DECISION?
WHO DID YOU TALK TO?
AND WHO ASSISTS YOU MAKING THAT
DECISION?
Reporter: BOTH AGREE THEY
COULD THERE COULD BE EPA
VIOLATIONS BUT IF CRIMINAL
CHARGES ARE COMING MORE LIKELY
TO COME FROM A COVER UP THAN
DECISIONS MADE.
IF THEY ENGAGE IN SOME SORT
OF ACTIVITY, FORCED DOCUMENTS OR
CONCEAL T THEN YOU GET INTO AN
AREA WHERE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO
ARTICULATE SOME VIOLATIONS OF
THE STATUTE.
Reporter: THOSE IN
POSITIONS OF POWER WILL BE
QUESTIONED AND WILL THEY TELL
THE TRUTH?
WHEN YOU START TO MID LEAD A
GRAND JURY OR INVESTIGATORS.
DOCTORING DOCUMENTATION.
DETROIT ENGDOCUMENTATION.
THAT'S WHERE IT BECOMES A CRIME.
Reporter: PEOPLE ARE
QUESTIONING TIME LINES GIVEN BY
THE GOVERNOR AND STATE
OFFICIALS.
E-MAILS AND MEMOS ARE SURFACING
RAISING DOUBTS THAT EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE WAS DONE AS SOON AS IT
COULD BE TO LIMIT EXPOSURE TO
LEAD.
LYING TO PUBLIC AND MEDIA IS NOT
A CRIME.
LYING TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS
IS.
STATE IS PROBABLY GOING TO
COMPLY.
RATHER THAN PUTTING THEMSELVES
IN THE SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE
LOOKING LIKESTRUCTING AN
INVESTIGATION.
BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE IT MORE
LIKELY THE GOVERNMENT WILL SAY
WAIT A MINUTE WHY WON'T YOU SHOW
US WHAT YOU HAVE GOT.
Reporter: OUR EXPERTS SAY
FROM A CRIMINAL STANDPOINT THIS
IS NOT A COMPLICATED CASE TO
INVESTIGATE.
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS WILL FIND
OUT QUICKLY IF STATE WILL
TURNOVER KEY DOCUMENTS OR
RESIST.
LONGER THE INVESTIGATION TAKES
THE MORE LIKELY SOMEONE WILL BE
CHARGED CRIMINALLY.
KEVIN DIETZ, DEFENDERS.
Anchor: ALL RIGHT.
MEANWHILE THE PEOPLE OF FLINT
ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF SAFE
DRINKING WATER.
SO HELP ME HANK IS TEAMING UP
WITH ART VAN AND CATHOLIC
CHARITIES TO DISTRIBUTE BOTTLED
WATER AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.
YOU CAN DROP OFF WATER TO ART
VAN LOCATIONS IN DETROIT,