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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 ....
To start the work week. Lawmakers are expected to continue working on allowing kelly kraft to upset the United States in the upcoming United NationsGeneral Assembly in new york. They moved to advance her nomination is set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on the. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, sovereign of our nation and lord of our lives, thank you for infusing us with the confidence that you order our steps each day. Give our lawmakers courage and a strong resolve to glorify your name as they trust the unfolding of your providence. As they remember what you have already done to bless this nation, inspire them to march confidently toward tomorrows di ....
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 ....
Profile controversies that we find ourselves in come down to the same problem, that two people who didnt know each other very well attempt to communicate and fail or attempt to understand each other and fail, Bernie Madoff, people had conversations with Bernie Madoff and never understood who he was. The Jerry Sandusky case at penn state. Brock turner Sexual Assault case at stanford a few years back, these are failed communications. And the one that really, the book starts and ends with, the signature case im concerned with is the sandra bland case which is one of those high profile encounters between africanamericans and Law Enforcement that was, excuse me, so much in the news a few years ago which was a convers ....
They both served 23 2011. Right in the meat of the last recession and prior to it. So this panel is going to be a bit of a History Lesson. I think they put this off, depressingly wonderfully. If you can say that is a phrase. Ive heard him speak a few times. Ive never heard him speak on something negative. This is going to be a bit of a History Lesson so i want to set the stage of it or what was going on in the years and months leading up to when it started. So its just a reminder, the Great Recession started in the end of 2007 and it was the largest instate revenue on record. By 2010, a loss in total revenue that they glossed from the downturn. In times of economic downturn, theres more pressure on services and things that pressure and money disappearing. Id like to set the stage a bit for these two states. For vermont, ....