FLINT, Mich. – You can watch the full episode of the Local 4 special "Failure in Flint -- The Crisis Continues" in the video above or find specific segments from the program in the clips below.
How we got here
Hank Winchester’s story that gives us a basic timeline of the water crisis up until this point.
Lead exposure impact
Dr. McGeorge sits down with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician at Hurley Medical Center in Flint and Dr. Eden Wells, the executive medical director for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for the lesson’s learned from the Flint Water Crisis. Changes made since the lead exposure in Flint could better protect all children in Michigan.
How donations are spent
As many as 12,000 children in Flint were exposed to lead. Many could face health problems that will affect them for the rest of their lives. Millions of dollars have been donated to help them, so how is that money being spent?
Water crisis investigation
In January of 2016, Attorney General Bill Schuette launched an investigation into the Flint Water Crisis. To date, the following charges have been filed: 48 criminal charges against nine state and local officials, 35 felonies and 13 misdemeanors. Local 4 Defender Kevin Dietz takes us through the charges up to this point.
LeeAnne Walters fights for family
LeeAnne Walters is a mom from Flint who helped expose the lead exposure. Her twin sons, Gavin and Garrett, still struggle from the effects of the lead exposure. Walters is an activist in this crisis, working with Mark Edwards from VA Tech, traveling the country speaking about the problem and working with the EPA to change the lead and copper rule. While in Flint, Walters dedicates time to attend City Council meetings and other events, she is concerned the money designated to fix the water problem will be spent correctly.
Interview with Mayor Karen Weaver
Hank Winchester sits down with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, who took over the city just as the water crisis was making national headlines. He hears which celebrity is still pitching in to help, whether she has heard from President Donald Trump and what grade she would give Gov. Rick Snyder for the work he has done in Flint.
Child care center
Kimberly Gill takes a tour inside Cummings Great Expectations, an early childhood learning center that offers free, high specialized early childhood care for children and gives parents an opportunity to get their GED and other programs. This is one of the programs receiving grant money from the Flint Child Health and Development Fund. The fund is designed to support programs that will help offset the effects of lead in children as they age.
Legionnaires' disease concerns
It remains a question whether the water in Flint could be responsible for an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Genesee County.
Parents talk about how things have changed
Two Flint women joined Kimberly and Devin to talk about how things have changed since the water crisis began.
Flint kids fund
Karen Drew shows us two programs receiving grant money from the Flint Child Health and Development Fund. The fund is designed to support programs that will help offset the effects of lead in children as they age. An advisory board awards money for programs that focus on four priorities; high quality childhood education, increasing access to healthy food, making sure every child has a professional health team tracking their development and focusing on the needs of the entire family.
Unforeseen after effects
Karen Drew looks at the lives of three different Flint residents and how the water crisis has changed their futures.
VIEW: Timeline of major events in Flint water crisis since April 2014