eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. eliquis, the number one cardiologist-prescribed blood thinner. ask your doctor if eliquis is what s next for you. shepard: legionnaires disease is back. health officials say at least one person has died and the more than 70 people are sick after an outbreak of legionnaires disease at a hotel in atlanta. the health department notes the downtown sheraton hotel is closed as a result and it will not reopen until they figure out the source of the bacteria. legionnaires is a potentially deadly type of pneumonia with symptoms that include fever, fatigue, headache and severe coughing. the disease got its name in 1976 when the legionnaires were having a convention in philly and it spread quickly with deadly results. jonathan serrie is reporting, live outside of the hotel.
hearing from officials. take a listen. i figure it will be justice denied, but they still it is out there enough that they really can t get away with it and just swipe it up under the table, you know. everybody knows how politicians are. reporter: now, mick lion, one of the highest-ranking officials among the list of defendants, releasing a statement saying that he feels vindicated, that he is not concerned about a continued investigation. in fact, he welcomes a broader investigation, and when you hear from the attorney general, fred, she says that s exactly what they re doing. they essentially are looking at the case again. yes, and it is very serious for so many residents. we are talking about at least 12 people who have been killed or at least associate, their deaths associated with this polluted water and legionnaires disease. thank you so much. polo sandoval, appreciate it, from flint, michigan. we will be right back. (paul) great.
one of the moms in flint, michigan, she is deeply skeptical of a need for a delay and is worried that people won t ever see justice for all of the upheaval in their lives. listen. i m afraid they re looking for seriously limitations when charges can be made. those that were already headed to trial it s been proven what s happened. as a mother of one child with legionnaires and another with profound lead damage, and the husband the same, this is inexcusable. it s just there s no excuse. let s go back to flint and city council woman monica galloway is with us now. she has been getting an earful from her constituents. i know you weren t optimistic about the previous investigation. first, why is that?
i m afraid they re looking for seriously limitations on when charges can be made. those that are with already headed to trial it s been proven what s happened. as a mother of one child with legionnaires and another child with profound organ damage to lead poisoning, husband the same, this is inexcusable. it s just there s no excuse. okay, again, that was one family s story. one family affected by this never ending nightmare in flint, michigan. and now the charges have been dropped against the government
the department of health and human services here in michigan. who failed to mention the legionaires outbreak and it is back bit way. there has been an outbreak again this year. and that is severe but it is only june. our daughter at 20 had legionnaires disease and was the first or second case confirmed from the home. this did not happen in the hospital, she got it in our home in our shower. our second child at 15, they found lead lines in her bones. then they found out she had a liver problem and then they found out it is her kidneys. my husband had an a stroke and i took this to the top of the state, the top, to be told that because she was 15 and my husband was 45, they did not