I talk to you about what john gave to this community. I say this all the time. We have to fight for our local newspaper, for local journalism. When we lament losing our Hardware Store or our bakery or things that are in bit parts of the community our local newspaper is just as important. John mcnamara reported on the things we care about turkey cared about our kids, our local teams and obviously in his book he celebrates that i talking about there is Nothing Better than a local basketball game which i agree with 100 . I also want to thank everyone for coming here. I think andrea hasnt shown tremendous bravery in what she has done for us, not only has she lost her soulmate, but she has had the courage to step forward and stand up against the nra. She has been subjected to horrible things throughout the process, but she was brave enough to stand there and say we need to talk about these issues, these kind of violent things happening in our communities are not partisan. It is a thing for
[applause] i am honored to be here like to say a couple of words about the track of the human spirit i talk to you about andreas bravery and i say this all the time we have to fight for our local newspaper and journalism whether its the bakery or in big parts of the community this is just as important joe mcnamara reported that we care about. Our kids, local teams and then theres Nothing Better than a local basketball and i agree with that 100 percent also thank you for coming here for co andrea has shown tremendous bravery and what she has done for us. Not only has she lost her soulmate but had the courage to stand up and step forward against the nra and subjected to horrible things throughout that process but she was brave enough to stand there to say we need to talk about these issues. These violent things that are happening in our communities whether red or blue we need to tackle these horrible things happen in our communities its not picking out democrats or republicans causes hea
Here to talk about the new documentary. Remind viewers when and why fresh water was contaminated. And 2014 the plant one the city of flint decided to have a new Water Pipeline coming from lake huron surrounding counties and cities. In the interim before the pipeline is fully constructe constructed, state officials in charge of the finances at the time decided to switch the city onto the river and turn off the t treatment water to the plant that was barely operational over the last 50 years. So what needed to happen for that to be successful and whatn didnt happen to make withat switch to the flint river quick. There were a lot of upgrades that needed to happen at the plant, tens of millions of dollars worth o that i guess was not operational in this way and half a century. There is a lot of things that needed to be done and equipment that needed to be replaced and staff adequately trained and what we found is before they made the switch , there is not enough. They didnt have the adequa
Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthufoundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More informationt macfound. Org. The Ford Foundation woing with visionaries on the frtlines of social change worldwide. Fordfoundation. Org. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, commted to excellence in journalism. The park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthyna josm that informs and inspires. And by theur frontline lism fund, wi major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And additionupport from koo and patricia yuen, through the yuen foundation. There is noing more valuable than water. R. Bl and michigan ised to be surrounded by more fresh water than anywhere else on the planet. Theyre calling it the dawn of a new era, miles of pipeline transporting fresh water to three counties and two cities, but Officials Say. Narrator the i
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