HOW LISA GORCYCA IS EXPLAINING
HERSELF AND OFFERING AN APOLOGY
OF SORTS.
GOVERNOR SNYDER IS SPEAKING
OUT ABOUT THE MRIPT WATER
CRISIS.
Devin: IN A ONE-ON-ONE
CONVERSATION WITH "DEFENDER"
KEVIN DIETZ, THE ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS WE'VE BEEN HEARING
FROM YOU ON THE ISSUE.
KEVIN JOINS US WITH MORE.
Kevin: IS IT SAFE TO BATHE
YOUR CHILDREN IN FLINT?
AND HERE WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY
GENERAL WHO SAYS NO IT'S NOT AND
THE GOVERNOR SAYS, YES, IT IS.
GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER TELLS ME
THE WATER IN FLINT IS STILL NOT
SAFE TO DRINK BUT IS SAFE FOR
SHOWERING AND BATHING AND IS ON
RECORD SAYING HE WOULD LET HIS
OWN GRANDKIDS BATHE IN FLINT
WATER.
MICHIGAN'S ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL
SCHUETTE SAID HE WOULD NOT AND
NEITHER SHOULD FLINT RESIDENTS.
THIS IS WHERE HAVING EXTERNAL
EXPERTISE IS IMPORTANT.
Kevin: WHEN THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL SAID HE WOULDN'T LET HIS
KIDS BATHE IN IT AND YOU SAY YOU
WOULD, WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE THINK?
THEY SHOULD BE MONITORING
THEIR KIDS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE
NOT DRINKING THE WATER.
THE MEDICAL ADVICE FROM EXPERTS
IS IT'S SAFE TO USE FOR BATHING.
Kevin: BILL SCHUETTE IS A
REPUBLICAN WHO AT FIRST REFUSED
TO INVESTIGATE AND CHANGED HIS
MIND.
SOME DON'T THINK HE'LL BE TOUGH
ENOUGH ON THE GOVERNOR AND HOT
ADMINISTRATION.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
INVESTIGATIONS, SO LET'S JUST
LET THEM HAPPEN.
I'LL FULLY COOPERATE WITH ALL
THE INVESTIGATIONS ABOUT THE
PAST.
Kevin: AND ANY E-MAILS THEY
WANT TO SUE, YOU'LL TURN IT
OVER?
WE'LL COOPERATE WITH ANY OF
THE INVESTIGATIONS.
MY FOCUS IS FLINT TODAY,
TOMORROW, AND FOR THE FUTURE.
Kevin: BOTTOM LINE ON THE
BATHING IN FLINT, THE GOVERNOR
SAYS THE MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY
IT'S SAFE.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT,
MAKE SURE YOU MONITOR THE KIDS
AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT
DRINKING ANY OF THE BATH WATER.
WE WANT MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS
FOR THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ARE INVESTIGATING
THIS CASE.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO GIVE US A
HELP THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND WILL
TALK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE OF
LIVING UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
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Devin: IF YOU WERE WITH US AT
5:WE HEARD PART OF "DEFENDER"
KEVIN DIETZ'S INTERVIEW WITH
GOVERNOR SNYDER ABOUT THE WATER
CRISIS.
HE ANSWERED IMPORTANT QUESTIONS,
BUT THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.
KEVIN IS STANDING BY WITH MORE
INCLUDING HOW THE MONEY IS BEING
SPEND IN THIS CRISIS RESPONSE.
Kevin: WE'VE BEEN GETTING
YOUR E-MAILS AND PHONE CALLS.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL
OF THE GOVERNOR WHEN IT COMES TO
THE FLINT WATER CRISIS.
SOME HAVE ASKED HIM TO RESIGN,
AND OTHERS WANT HIM ARRESTED.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE'S NOT ABOUT
TO QUIT.
THE FLINT WATER CRISIS IS A
NATIONAL DEBATE WITH EVERYONE
FROM CELEBRITIES TO EVERYDAY
FOLKS CRITICIZING GOVERNOR
SNYDER CALLING FOR HIS
RESIGNATION AND EVEN HIS ARREST.
HE SAID HE IS AWARE BUT TRYING
NOT TO BE DISTRACTED.
PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE SAYING
THEY WANT YOU INVESTIGATED AND
ARRESTED.
IS IT FAIR FOR THEM TO SAY THESE
KIND OF THINGS?
IT'S BEYOND THAT.
PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE MY SHOT.
IT'S TRUE.
THAT DOESN'T HELP SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
SO I JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL
THAT.
I HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT, AND I'M
GONNA KEEP ME FOCUS ON SOLVING
THE PROBLEM.
Kevin: HE IS HITTING NATIONAL
MEDIA OUTLETS TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
HE HIRED TWO PUBLIC RELATION
FIRMS.
SOME SAY WOULDN'T IT BE SPENT
BETTER ON FLINT'S RECOVERY.
BUT IT'S PRIVATE NOT PUBLIC
MONEY.
DOES IT SEND A MESSAGE YOU'RE
MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE MEDIA
THAN THE PEOPLE OF FLINT?
THERE IS SO MUCH
MISINFORMATION.
PEOPLE HAVE GONE EXTREME IN
TERMS OF THEIR COMMENTS WITHOUT
KNOWING THE FACTS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT WE COMMUNICATE
THE FACTS AND GET THIRD PARTIES
TO VALIDATE THE FACTS.
Kevin: THE GOVERNOR SAID HE
KNOWS THAT PUBLIC TRUST IS LOW.
SO WHEN HE GETS ALL THE WATER
TESTS BEFORE HE GIVES THE
ALL-CLEAR, HE'LL MAKE SURE THERE
ARE TL IS THIRD PARTY
VALIDATIONS.
HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE.
KEVIN DIETZ, "DEFENDERS."
Devin: AND YOU TALKED TO HIM
ABOUT THE SUSPENSIONS OF THE
STATE DEQ WORKERS.
Kevin: HE WAS VERY CLEAR IT
WAS DEQ WORKERS WHO WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM GETTING BAD
INFORMATION ON THE SAFETY OF THE
WATER IN FLINT AND HE SAID THAT
HE WAITED UNTIL A FULL
INVESTIGATION WAS DONE BEFORE
MAKING THE SUSPENSIONS BUT THAT
CHANGES CLEARLY HAD TO BE MADE.
SOME HAVE BEEN MADE AND MORE ARE