that come over the transom from time to time. as a journalist, you know this, and they burn brightly and then they go away. the flint water story i think is one of those. remind us, how did it all begin? well, in some ways, it began just a few years ago. in other ways, it began decades ago. but the short story is that the city of flint, michigan had been getting its water from the great lakes through detroit for more than 50 years. in april of 2014, it switched its water source. the new water source was not treated properly, and that resulted in a number of water problems, including the corrosion of infrastructure, the pipes that the water passed through that were typically made of lead. this led to the entire city being exposed to lead through its water source. there was also a two-year outbreak of legionnaires disease which killed people, a type of pneumonia. it went on despite the fact the community was registering their complaints and their discomfort with the water fro
college here at miami-dade college and it s an absolute pleasure to be here with you today. first we d like to acknowledge our sponsors, the knight foundation, royal caribbean, ohl north america, the bachelor foundation, and the degroot foundation. we also like to recognize the friends of the fair. will you please raise your hands to be can acknowledged and thank you for all that you do. miami-dade college is grateful for the hundreds of volunteers that also participate. please join me in thanking them for all of their efforts. . this almost feel like a rock concert. the speaker of nbc news and msnbc. his work has been in the new york times and most of the spin red and blue, and origins of political tribalism is his first book. please join me in welcoming, steve kornack. [applause] not a problem, please have a seat! [applause] he will be joined by a nonfiction book critic of the washington post , he is also served as post-economic editor, national security editor and out
than 50 years. in april of 2014 it switched its water source. the new swatter source was not treated properly, and that resulted in a number of water problems including the corrosion of the infrastructure, the pipes that the water passed through that were typically made of lead. this led to the entire city being exposed to lead through its water source, there was also a two-year outbreak of legionnaire s disease, which killed people. a type of pneumonia, it went on despite the fact the community was registering their countries with the water from the very beginning. they were dismissed and belittled for more than a year and a half before there was any response. why did april 2014 happen, why the switch? well the city at that time did not have the control of its local government. the city was broken up that the state appointed an emergency manager to have the authority over decision-making. that included this water switch. it was pitched as a way for the city to save money
good afternoon, please take a seat. i m the dean of the honors colleghonorscollege here at miae college and it is an honor to welcome you to the 35th annual miami book fair. [applause] we would like to thank our premier sponsors of the foundation, royal caribbean, the bachelor foundation and closer to home we would like to thank our friends if you ar were here please wave to be acknowledged for your support. i would like to ask you to please silence your cell phones and also to note the session will be for 45 minutes with 55 minutes of q-and-a at the end of the session. the authors will be available to the right of the elevator. it s now my distinct pleasure to introduce today s panelists for you. first, we have been roads from 2009 to 2017 served as the deputy national security adviser to president barack obama overseeing the administration s national security communication, speech writing, public diplomacy and global engagement programming. prior to joining the administrati
the morning to you as well. we will check in with mike and a little bit. he has a look at the morning commute. let s check in with kari now and the temperature is finally cooling down. it s been cool for the coastline but look at san francisco. socked in with the fog right now and we are going to see the clouds in the mist and drizzle continue for the next several hours. it may not be until noon when you see the sun peeking out here but it is going to be chilly as our inland temperatures start to cool down as well. we are headed to 69 in hayward. 84 fairfield and that so much better than upper 90s and triple digits we ve had recently. san jose reaching 75 degrees and we talk about that we can forecast coming up in a few minutes. things got heated in oakland after a boat with a whole lot rising on the line. this was during a school board meeting and oakland. the school board members did not change their minds. bob redell joins us live and a lot of frustrated parents an