Tens of thousands protest in brazil over claims of government corruption. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Accusations are flying right now on capitol hill. Theyre trading blame on over contamination in the citys water supply. Several house members accused rick snyder of knowing about the crisis months before he did anything about it. Governor snyder said hes done everything he can to address the problem. Let me be blunt. This was a failure of government at all levels, local, state and federal officials. We all failed the families of flint. This isnt about politics nor partisanship. Im not going to point fingers or shift blame. Theres plenty of that to share, and neither will help the people of flint. Not a day or night goes by that this tragedy doesnt weigh on my mind. The questions i should have asked. The answers i should have demanded. How i could have prevented this. The ranking democrat on the committee, elijah cummings, wants snyder to step
Flint, michigan. In what could be described as a public shaming and a call for heads to roll. Reporter with the children of flint still unable to drink the water do you solemnly swear reporter blame on the hill. If you want to do the courageous thing, you, too, should resign. People who put dollars over the fundamental safety of the people do not belong in government, and you need to resign, too, governor schneider. Reporter the republican governor from michigan and head of the epa were hammered on the hill over the lead in flints water. You need to take some responsibility, because you screwed up, and you messed up 100,000 peoples lives. 100,000 of them. Reporter every resident of flint including more than 8,000 children was exposed to Dangerous Levels of lead over a year while officials insisted the water was safe. This was a failure of government at all levels. We all failed the families of flint. Reporter but the democrat from pennsylvania hit back hard. You are not in a medically
There rightht now. Today you will need your winter jacket. Some are waking up to a coating on the ground in some spots. You can say it is spring instead of winter is just dragging on but we will likely get some spring days coming up. We are seeing blue which means some light snow se showers and we will likely see some snow in portions of southern county and geography county county and geography county and southern lorraine. Cty a a coating at best. We are not talking any big snow here. The less than half an inch. Eventually by the afternoon wen could see someoo breaks ofr sunshine before the sun goes down. Suns it will remain chilly with thirties. It is a little bit chilly out there. E. It we have had 31 in cleveland 30 akron canton but if you factor in this wind it b is also breezy. It feels like low and mid twenties and that will be the case today. S we had to get past these flurries this morning and then we will have aa gradual warmup but it will be a nice finish to the week as well
Its just ridiculous. I am tired. I hear every little sound now at night. We will break down in Surveillance Video which offers a major clue for police as they look for whoever shot out more than 100 car windows in the east bay. He chose to speak in the middle of the debate because he is scared to debate. I am going to be in d. C. For apac as well since donald is running away from the debate. More shots fired, even though the Republican Debate has been canceled. We are tracking the latest on the race for the white house. Ditch the car and ride a bike. The trend is growing in the bay area. We sit down with an expert to talk about the pros and cons to bike sharing. Mornings on 2 the 9 starts now. [ music playing ]. Oh, yeah. The irish tradition on this march 17th. A live look at dublin, ireland. The celebration well underway on this st. Patricks day. And welcome to the 9, everyone, on this march 17. Alongside sal and gasia, i am mike. The luck of the irish is alive. Some say st. Patricks
Right now at ten a sarasota firefighter is in big trouble. Right now at 10 00, a sarasota firefighter is in big trouble after being accused of sexting with an underage girl. A couple in bradenton are facing charges for whipping their daughter with a belt. And parents weigh in, to spank or not to spank. You cant keep an animal that size in captivity. Whales at seaworld. Today, what peta has to say about it. Good evening, im sirnt i cant shoot in for kelly ring. And first up here at 10 00, a Sarasota County firefighter off the job, accused of sexting with a 17yearold girl and whats more, deputies say this guy, aaron was actually doing it while he was on duty. Josh, disturbing, none the less. Yeah, mark, aaron keys Text Messages are being used against him some of which were sent from this fire station behind me and in the texts he seems to acknowledge what he is doing is wrong and illegal but deputies say he kept doing it. Deputies say when he was not fighting fires, 44yearold aaron key w