Michigans contom mated water supply. As always well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning on monday, september 16. Well begin this morning with calls from some democrats to Impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh after the New York Times over the weekend corroborated, they say, previous allegations of Sexual Misconduct and revealed new allegations. Those allegations raising questions about whether Justice Cavanaugh perjured himself during the confirmation hearings last year. Democrats, 2027488000, publicans 2027488001 and independents, 202748800 it 2 2788003 or go to twitter and post comments on facebook. Com cspan. Well get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the new york piece that ran over the weekend and the headline was Brett Kavanaugh was one of the privileged kids and she didnt fit in with the privileged kids. A story about Deborah Ramirez and her allegations that surfaced
Operational under 50 years. What happened, what needed to happen for that to be successful and what did not happen in the wake of making that switch to the flint river . Hi a lot of upgrades that needed to happen at the plant. Tens of millions of dollars. The plant had not been operational in this way in nearly half a century. A lot of upgrades to systems that needed to be done. There was staff that needed to be adequately trained. Before they actually made the switch, there was not enough. They did not have the adequate training necessary. They could not fathom that they were going to make them turn on the plant in such a short time. One of the workers at the plant, or his his sister, what was he saying at the time before the switch by the government officials . We spoke with matt mcfarland. He had worked at the plant for about 20 years before this happened. Loved his job. Very passionate about it. In the lead up to the switch, matt was responsible for doing a lot. Some of what he was
Bottled water while still paying some of the highest water bills in the county. In this democracy now special report, we go from flint to Mecosta County, michigan, where the Worlds Largest water Bottling Company, nestle, is pumping millions of gallons of water from aquifers that feed Lake Michigan. Being trucked out from nestle , taking the water from our aquifers and shipping at all over the world. Amy how much do they pay for the 200 gallons of water per minute that they are sucking out of the aquifer that feeds Lake Michigan . As far as i know, theyre paying nothing. In ago today, voices from the front line of michigans water wars. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama says he expects the senate to do its job and confirm his nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the supreme court. Scalia died on saturday. Obama says he will nominate a qualified candidate to replace him. Theres not
Made, this is not a poor place. You made it for. Amy lead contamination in the water supply flint, michigan has , forced residents to drink, cook with, and even bathe in bottled water while still paying some of the highest water bills in the county. In this democracy now special report, we go from flint to Mecosta County, michigan, where the Worlds Largest water Bottling Company, nestle, is pumping millions of gallons of water from aquifers that feed Lake Michigan. Being trucked out from nestle , taking the water from our aquifers and shipping at all ov the world. Amy how much do they pay for the 200 gallons of water per minute that they are sucking out of the aquifer that feeds Lake Michigan . As far as i know, theyre paying nothing. In ago today, voices from the front line of michigans water wars. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama says he expects the senate to do its job and confirm hi
Place where plenty of money was made, this is not a poor place. You made it for. Amy lead contamination in the water supply flint, michigan has , forced residents to drink, cook with, and even bathe in bottled water while still paying some of the highest water bills in the county. In this democracy now special report, we go from flint to Mecosta County, michigan, where the Worlds Largest water Bottling Company, nestle, is pumping millions of gallons of water from aquifers that feed Lake Michigan. Being trucked out from nestle , taking the water from our aquifers and shipping at all ov the world. Amy how much do they pay for the 200 gallons of water per minute that they are sucking out of the aquifer that feeds Lake Michigan . As far as i know, theyre paying nothing. In ago today, voices from the front line of michigans water wars. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama says he expects the sen