Anchor: SHE HAS FOUGHT FOR
SAFE WATER FOR DECADES.
MY WORKOUT HERE BEGAN BECAUSE
OF THE PEOPLE OF MINUTE.
STORY BEHIND THE CRUSADE TO
EXPOSE CONTAMINATED IN THE WATER
CALIFORNIA TURNED INTO A BOX
OFFICE HIT.
WE HAD THAT WATER BROUGHT IN
SPECIAL FOR YOU FOLKS FROM THE
WELL IN HINKLEY.
Anchor: TONIGHT ERIN
BROCKOVICH SPEAKS ON CRISIS IN
FLINT AND HER CONNECTION TOW DR. HENNA TEESHA THAT HELPED TO
EXPOSE THE CRISIS.
Anchor: BROCKOVICH ADMITS
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE.
TWO BOTH ON SOLO MISSION TO
EXPOSE A PROBLEM, AND BOTH WERE
INITIALLY IGNORED JUDGE NOW
UNITED TO BRING AWARENESS TO
FLINT.
IN THIS HELP ME HANK SPECIAL
REPORT.
Reporter: THIS CANNOT BE
FLINT MICHIGAN.
A ONCE PROUD AMERICAN CITY NOW
THE CENTER OF CONTROVERSY.
A CITY WHERE CITIZENS NOW CENTER
TO LINE UP AND WAIT.
WAIT FOR SOMETHING THAT SEEMS SO
BASIC.
WATER.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO DRINK IT
OR COOK WITH IT.
NEVER EXPECTED IT.
Reporter: STORY OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN FLINT STARTED
MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES LATE
LAST YEAR.
ERIN BROCKOVICH WAS WELL AWARE
OF THE PROBLEM.
INFORMED EARLY ON BY INSIDERS
THAT WANTED HER ADVICE, AND HER
EXPERTISE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS IS A
MODEL COMMUNITY UNDER DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES.
USING THEIR VOICE TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
Reporter: BROCKOVICH HAS
BEEN USING HER VOICE TO BRING
ABOUT CHANGE FOR DECADES.
YOU MAY REMEMBER IT WAS HER
INVESTIGATION INTO CONTAMINATED
WATER IN HINKLEY CALIFORNIA THAT
BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE BLOCK
BUSTERS FILM ERIN BROCKOVICH.
BY THE WAY WE HAD THAT WATER
BROUGHT IN SPECIAL FOR YOU
FOLKS.
CAME FROM THE WELL IN HINKLEY.
Reporter: JULIA ROBERTS
PLAYING BROCKOVICH IN THE MOVIE
THAT EARNED HER A ACADEMY AWARD
AND BROCKOVICH HOUSEHOLD NAME.
WORKING AWAY FROM SPOTLIGHT
UNCOVERING ENVIRONMENTAL
DISASTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOR
SOMETHING PLANNING ITSELF OUT AS
WE SPEAK ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES.
Reporter: CITIES, SUBURBS,
RICH, POOR, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN
CONTROLLED.
BROCKOVICH SAID WATER
CONTAMINATION IS A HUGE PROBLEM.
THIS IS OUR WATER SUPPLY.
NOT ONE OF US IN THIS WORLD CAN
SURVIVE WITHOUT WATER.
Reporter: EARLY IN HER
CAREER BROCKOVICH WAS ON HER OWN
TESTING, RESEARCHING AND
EXPOSING.
SOUNDS FAMILIAR?
MEET FLINT DR. ATYSHA.
I GOT MOTIVATED TO WORK ON
THIS.
WHEN PEDIATRICIAN HEAR ABOUT
LEAD ANYWHERE.
WE FREAK OUT.
Reporter: WORD TRAVELING
THROUGH FLINT AFTER THE SWITCH
WAS MADE THAT THE WATER WAS
DIRT.
SMELLING.
BUT FEW FEARED SOMETHING LIKE
LEAD.
DR. MONA LIKE BROCKOVICH STARTED
TO TEST AND WHAT SHE DISCOVERED
WAS SHOCKING.
RAN THE NUMBERS AND SAW AN
ELEVATION IN THE PERCENTAGE OF
LEAD POISONING.
Reporter: LIKE BROCKOVICH
DR. MONA HAD NUMBERS AND FACTS.
BUT HER WORK EARLY ON WAS
DISMISSED BY THOSE HIRED AND
ELECTED TO PROTECT US.
I WAS ATTACKED.
AND I WAS CALLED UNFORTUNATE
RESEARCHER, I WAS CAUSING NEAR
HYSTERIA.
Reporter: MANY CREDIT HER
EARLY RESEARCH AND HER
PERSISTENCE FOR HELPING TO
EXPOSE THE REAL PROBLEM.
IT IS PROBABLY NOT SURPRISING
THAT BROCKOVICH AND DR. MONA
CONNECTED.
TOGETHER THEY ARE NOW RAISING
AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE IN FLINT.
AS A DOCTOR AND A HUMAN, I
MEAN, SHE SAW THE NEED.
AND SHE JUST DID THE RIGHT
THING.
Reporter: AS FOR THOSE IN
FLINT.
THIS IS WHAT BROCKOVICH SAID
THEY SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW.
STAY VIGILANT ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THE WATER.
AND OBSERVE ANY COLOR CHANGES.
I SMELL CHANGES.
BEING NOT AFRAID TO REPORT IT.
NOT AFRAID ON ASK QUESTIONS.
STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THEIR
DOCTORS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH OR
THEIR CHILDREN'S HEALTH.
Reporter: BROCKOVICH EDGE
COME, EVERYONE TO KEEP A DIARY
OR LOG OF EVENTS, RECEIPTS AND
TAKE PHOTOS, DOCUMENT WHAT IS
HAPPENING EVERY DAY.
BE VIGILANT.
PROGRESS IS BEING MADE HERE IN
FLINT.
I HAVE SEEN IT MYSELF.
BUT THE DAMAGE ALREADY DONE.
WILL AFFECT PEOPLE HERE FOR
YEARS TO COME.
BROCKOVICH SAID THAT SHE IS
STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS OF
THE PLANNED TRIP TO FLINT.
SHE WOULD LIKE TO HOST A
TOWNHALL MEETING.
SHE WANTS TO SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY.
SHE WANTS TO HEAR FROM THOSE
AFFECTED.
REPORTING TONIGHT FROM FLINT.
HANK WINCHESTER, HELP ME HANK.
BACK TO YOU.
Anchor: THANK GOODNESS FOR
BROCKOVICH AND DR. MONA.