I Investigated the Poorest Town in America…

This is Flint, Michigan. Poverty, crime, and poisoned water. >> Ain't got a dime.

We just dying slowly but surely. >> The face knock. >> Whoa.

Holy [ __ ] Went straight in your mouth. 200 bucks for that line. That's it >> at the most.

>> With approximately 40% of people living beneath the poverty line, median income only $36,000 a year. Flint is the poorest town in America. But poverty and decay isn't the only thing haunting the legacy of Flint.

April 25th, 2014, politicians in Flint, Michigan, pushed a button switching the city's drinking water source from Detroit system to the Flint River, later admitting their critical failure to treat that river water, causing it to corrode lead pipes and poison people. >> Flint's tap water was laced with dangerous levels of lead. >> What happened to us before was profit was put over the health and well-being of our community.

>> The state knew about it and did nothing. >> This is not a stunt. Flint water at this point is drinkable.

>> Over 10 years after Flint's toxic water crisis and just a few months after the EPA declared Flint's water safe to drink this year, has the water actually gotten better? And what does the future hold for the people poisoned and abandoned by their government? I pulled up to Beecher, Michigan, 5 miles north of Flints.

Described by some as a depressing suburb of Flint, mirroring similarly atrocious levels of poverty and decay to meet up with local rapper Crispy and his gang. See how life was out here before we head straight into the heart of Flint. >> We get a pole.

>> Get your prints on there. >> This place is no joke. We're in an extremely poor area.

The water quality is [ __ ] There's not many job opportunities and there's some gang. So, we got to be on guard. Oh, dang.

He's got a go-kart. Nice. The gizzy in his right hand.

You need two hands for that Gizzy. Be careful. >> Oh my.

He know. I know. I see all these ladies and >> Oh [ __ ] For defense only, >> man.

You know, >> defense only protection. How easy is it to get a a Toys R Us gun like that? >> It's so easy.

You just got to take it from [ __ ] See me. I passed on the [ __ ] though. Like dice.

That's how I got this. >> Okay. Okay.

>> Have you ever had to use your uh movie prop? >> No. >> He a gambler, a trapper, a rapper, and a jack boy all in one.

>> Allegedly. Hey, [ __ ] allegedly. Your man's gonna see it.

>> Oh [ __ ] >> It'll happen. >> That's a crazy movie prop right there. Everyone comes here.

>> Everybody in their mama is gang around here, man. >> Can you not be a part of a gang out here? >> It's a difference.

Like, okay, you got the regular beacher people, but town people. It's still like a gang though. They ain't in the streets for real.

We respect that. >> Okay. You let them be.

You let them do their thing. >> It's more mascotish because u the culture we lived in. I told you like our high school is a letter B.

Everybody wore red. It's the tradition. >> That's a cool vehicle.

>> What What he do? What it do? From the real ghetto, bro.

We're from the ghetto. >> I love it. >> That's a sick sick automobile right there.

>> The water tower say buck town. You know how >> what is this? >> This a the biggest bee in Beecher.

I got the biggest on my [ __ ] >> Despite the dizzying quantity of guns in possession, the people of Beecher had an unusual sense of community pride and brotherhood if you were one of them. But with that being said, it seems like everyone out here had a story of how they got shot. >> I got shot four times.

I got shot twice. You got shot in the face. You got shot in the face.

>> Got shot right here. >> Let's see. Let's see.

Let's see. >> I can't see it no more. >> But I got shot four times.

I got shot twice each leg. Damn. >> He been shot in the face.

>> Shot in the face. Knock all my teeth off. Damn.

Okay. Oh, damn. The teeth came out.

Whoa. Holy [ __ ] Went straight in your mouth. >> And they got real with AK.

>> A. What percentage of people out here are strapped? >> Every body.

Even the old people. >> Everyone in their mother strapped. >> Absolutely.

>> You have to. >> You have to. >> Isn't that dangerous out here?

>> Not necessarily. You know, if you cool with everybody, you good. This is my granddad right there.

This is my grandad. He got a beat hat. >> What's up, granddad?

>> We all call him granddad, man. >> You have any thoughts on the city? >> Good city.

>> Good people's in it. >> Shoe or no? >> To get out of it.

What' you put in it? >> What' you put into it? >> 34 years.

General Motor. >> Okay. Any advice for the kids?

>> Get out of trouble to be a man. >> Thank you, granddad. Have a great day.

How is life as a lady out here in Beacher? >> It's lit. Don't come around this if you ain't from Beecher.

>> What about me, an outsider? Can I come down and visit? >> Yeah, you doing an interview.

He be making money off you. You good? >> Damn.

Would we get robbed if we weren't here with them? >> Y'all might It depends on which what [ __ ] y nobody nobody don't come out here nobody out here buying a drug or something and not become nobody custo >> how is it out here? It's really up out here and [ __ ] A lot of females out here and um got dishes in their sink.

Doodoo in their toilet and [ __ ] Hell ofing kids and everybody damn near on drugs and [ __ ] You know what I mean? This is crack land and [ __ ] OG, man. What's up?

What's up? >> OG right there. >> Okay.

How are you doing? >> Where you from, man? >> Puck.

>> How is it out here, >> man? It's lovely, man. Man, we we Hey, we little everybody, man.

>> The whole crew. You know them? >> Hell yeah.

That's my nephews from different people. Some love like y'all ain't never seen. You know what I'm saying?

We different than the cost cop in the road. So, don't put us with that. We ain't got bad water.

>> Oh, your water's good out here. Well, the water's good. >> I see.

See, see, >> not lying. They always talk about our water cuz we had our own water source and they called it well water. It get pumped from the ground and we try to filter it out, but it still had little floaties and minerals and [ __ ] >> It was good for us cuz everybody grew up big and strong.

Very seldom you find a [ __ ] out here 55 little >> No mentions. >> No, but you go across that way, them boys skinny. They little as hell.

Despite everyone here making sure to tell me beacher water was fine and it was only Flints 5 miles south that had toxic lead pollution, people here in the nearby Dollar General were buying bottled water every day for hydration. >> As you know that Obama came here and drunk the water said it was all right. We still going through it.

Water still dirty water still coming out. We still still brown. What does it look like?

>> Yellow. >> Yellow. >> Disgusting.

>> Disgusting. >> Very disgusting. >> Don't drink it.

We just don't drink it at all. So, can you drink the faucet water here? >> I drink it.

Shoot. We've been drinking it so long. It really don't even make me know.

I make Kool-Aid with it. I don't even care. I do.

It is what it is. At this point, we going to die anyways. >> Have you noticed the water quality improve over the last 10 years or so?

>> Nope. Not at all. >> Nope.

I mean, only thing they stop even giving out free water. Some people get sick off of it. You know, probably was causing cancer over time.

Some people still boil their water to take baths and stuff. It It been bad for a minute, man. Like, >> eczema real bad.

So it's really affected my skin real bad. Yeah. Breaking out extremely bad.

>> Real real ashy from using it. >> I get like patches on my skin from using the water. But from shower Yep.

Have to shower in it. So >> all we drinking is a bottle of water. That's all I drink.

>> Why is that? >> I don't trust none of it. Come across cop road, I'm in beaches.

And I come across cop road, I'm in Flint. So how is they protecting us any kind of way like that? >> I see you bought water.

Bottled water. Why? >> Cuz I don't trust in that flint water.

Every week at my church, we used to give it out. That water only good for flushing the toilet. Where's the money for the people that's in Flint from drink drink drinking that old lander water that they claim that was out here?

We haven't heard nobody getting paid. >> So they're poisoning you guys trying to save money themselves and all the people got poisoned. >> Ain't got a dime.

We just dying slowly but surely. >> What have you seen from this water? >> Well, the pictures that they showed on TV where they was breaking out at the skin.

You itch yourself to death. >> What's a message to America? All I can tell people is watch yourself, be safe, and stay in the house.

Cuz you never know, it might be your last walk when you out in the street in Flint. >> Safe out here in Beacher. >> Yeah, it is >> one big family.

>> One big family. >> Always on top. >> When you throw your bees up, can't go down, my baby.

>> Just like this. >> Beacher. >> It be different for us because our families grew up together.

They mascous cousins or what? >> Almost like family. >> How was life out here?

>> Oh, man. You know, out here, man. Ain't no other neighborhood like this neighborhood in the United States of America.

>> Okay. In what way? >> It's all like unity for the most part.

Yeah. We have our ups and downs, but we practice this. We still had meetings.

You know what I'm saying? >> We ain't got no hospital out here. So, if you slide on our block and we see your curb, you going to die.

>> Am I good here as an outsider? >> You good? >> You here with us.

>> So, I wouldn't even come down unless I had knew someone. And if I did, I would be a fool. >> Y >> legit >> bad.

Would I walk away with these two cameras? >> No, cuz I'm nice. >> What's your favorite part about Beecher?

>> I like I like to do >> I like to like to play tag. >> And what do you want to be when you grow up? >> Uh >> a rapper.

>> A rapper. >> Do you rap already? >> Okay.

I look forward to seeing more of your raps. >> Should you hear? Should we hear more?

Put a beat on your phone. >> What's your name? Miss >> Station.

>> Station. I like that. And your hands are soft and smooth.

You use good lotion. >> Yes. I'm I'm very soft and I be smelling good.

What's going on? >> We're just out here in beacher. How is it out here?

>> It's great. is love. It's all love out here.

>> Listen, man. We all about women empowerment, man, with our chicks, man. We didn't beat up 300 baby daddies for playing with our baby.

>> For real. Don't play about her. Down play about the female.

>> Baby mas or wives, whoever is getting beaten by their man, you'll check in. >> You got If they tell us we checking in, you feel me? We got to check in because guess what?

They really gang out here, man. If you got a problem with any female, they tracking. >> And where'd you get this?

From a crackhead. >> Yeah. How you know that?

>> H you know, word on the grapevine. Uh, how did the crackhead get their hands on this? I can't even tell you that.

>> What's in the satchel? >> Ain't nothing in there right now. >> Got it on you.

>> Yeah, I got it on me. I got it on. >> I thought he just packing a 12 incher.

>> I swear to God, you can ask any of my homes. I didn't been in there 20 fist fights in my whole life out here in my hood >> right here. >> Yeah, >> we still can fight, though.

>> So, do the kids still scrap it right here? >> No. No.

They more like squishies on the guns. Not right now. >> So, they don't throw hands.

They just kill each other with guns. >> Right there. Look right there.

>> Hey, don't move. Hey, you got a big >> right there. Oh [ __ ] Yeah.

>> Oh, for real? Damn, it's sucking blood. Damn.

>> He damn near rearranged my vertebrae. >> That mosquito was killing blood. Look at me.

>> You might want to get blood on it. >> It's 950 cases of HIV in the city. >> I smacked the [ __ ] out of blood, but I didn't need to.

>> Look where he got it. >> What does he have? >> Right here.

Look. You see it? Look at that.

>> Oh, >> that'll kill a mosquito. >> Is that a Glock? >> Glock.

G5. >> Oh, yeah. We didn't talk about the water.

Soint obviously water. >> So Flint's got the poisonous water. Beer does not.

>> No, they water clean though. >> We always usually get talked about by about our water, but then the water crisis happened. Sorry to the ones that lost their lives.

We never recovered from that. We still drink water bottles. We can't even trust drinking water no more.

He's not out here. Not nowhere in city me. >> The beacher water good for sports and talent.

Like it's like special with sports and talent juice. Like if you want talent, you drink this beacher water. Everybody who drink from that if they get with the right people, they excel.

Is >> that how your arms got so big? >> Yeah. Beacher water, man.

This all this beacher, man. How you doing, Auntie? >> I'm good.

>> How long you been living here? >> My name is Tyler. Yes.

Ah, >> about 15 years. >> Tell us about Beachra. What should we know?

>> It's a pretty safe place to live. Neighbors, we look out for each other. >> Are you being honest?

>> Yes. >> Oh, no. She being real.

>> Yeah. >> She didn't say she for 15 years. Ain't nobody mess with her.

Nothing. Like, we got respect for >> back last last week. >> Last week.

Somebody. >> Somebody came in my yard. >> Did what?

>> Broke in my car. >> Broke in your car. >> Yeah.

>> See, that's the new generation. >> That's what I said. It's the newer people.

>> Who's doing that? Is it the youngans? >> I believe so.

like young young kids like 12 13 14 >> no 15 17 >> you know they call me super shotty for a reason if we see any wrongdoing to that type of stuff we don't condone it you will be like apprehended if we see you though like do anything like that yeah by me you know what I'm saying >> citizens arrest type of thing >> how is life out here >> I'll probably say about a five >> why do you say a five >> it's nice and quiet because you have a lot of people that's still living here that was raised here like these guys right here probably grandparents but now it's like the you know the younger generation that come in that's you know no respect thing. While the official narrative and media focus was on Flint's toxic water supply, Auntie here in the unincorporated community of Beecher, 5 Mile North, said her water was equally disgusting. But real quick, are you tired of hunting for coupons and promo codes?

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Thanks, Coopert. Back to Flint. Wow, that's Can I >> That's just boil.

I don't even cook with this water. >> Wow. Has it always been that way?

>> When I first got here, >> look at that residue. That's heavy metal. Yeah.

>> Yeah. >> Something. >> I don't know what it is.

I don't even cook with the water. I just bathe in it. >> Look at that.

Does it taste weird? >> Yes. You want to taste the water?

>> Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, look at that.

Look at that. Wow. That's some residue.

>> Uh-uh. >> Oh, no worries. Let's do a little water.

Looks pretty good. Uh, never mind. That looks prettyed up.

>> Okay, >> that's got a lot of residue in there. Kind of normal. That one's right out.

>> Tastes about average. Do you ever get skin rashes from bathing in it? Oh, good god.

That's all from the water. >> That's That's from the water. >> Holy smokes.

No one ever talks about beacher water. >> I don't know why. I mean, it's still part of Flint.

>> You get flare ups like that often? >> Yeah. Every now and then then I get like spots on my legs, but >> And no one's done anything about it.

>> No. The doctor say it's age. >> Something's in the water.

>> I mean, they say they putting new pipes and stuff in, but I don't see no improvement. I mean, you can do it in the streets, but what about the pipes that's coming into our houses? I go through six cases of water a week.

So, that's six cases at $4 for 40 pack. So, >> that's a lot of money. And the water here from the city is not cheap either, right?

>> Oh, no. We shouldn't even be paying a water bill. Why would we?

Water should be free anyway. >> You want to say what's up? Hey, it's your girl Key.

We're in the book, man. You know, I ain't want to know. My water fine.

I don't know about nobody else. Drnk water. >> My water is fine.

This beacher water. We don't got Flint water. >> Do you drink beacher water?

>> Sometimes with ice. It be good. >> After inspecting the unagnowledged suburb of Beecher, we headed only 5 miles south to the heart of Flint, the birthplace of General Motors and a once booming industrial American powerhouse to see how it looked today in 2025.

And if the residents here trusted that the water was now safe to drink. All right, we're driving around here. There's quite a few bandos, as in abandoned houses.

Right up to our right here, we see a pitbull. I don't think there's a collar on that. I don't know if I want to find out and get chased out by a pit bull today.

Anyone in there? We got a house that caught on fire right over here. Tough life out here, man.

It's no joke out here. Hey, hello. How are you?

Hi. >> How was the water? >> The water is still horrible.

Um, as you can see, my kid skin maxima. >> Yep. >> Shitty, crappy, dirty.

Nothing has changed. >> Has it gotten better in your lifetime? >> Since 2014.

Yeah, >> they they say it, but >> sure. >> I don't think so. >> Still terrible, sir.

>> I think it's gotten a lot better. >> Yeah. >> Never really noticed a difference.

I know I drank a lot of it. Just seems better now. I've been drinking it a little bit.

>> I don't think water is any better. My dogs won't even drink it unless it runs forever. >> I don't understand how they think they could change the pipes from the street and not change the pipes on the inside.

It just doesn't make any sense. >> Do you drink the water? >> No, I don't drink the water.

>> Oh, no. Not me. >> Nope.

Nope. Bottled water for me. >> Bottled water only?

>> Bottled water? >> Yeah, I usually do. >> Only bottled water or juice?

>> Okay, >> that's it. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.

Is it tastes any different? >> Tastes better. I personally won't trust it again myself.

>> We still know it's bad. And if they ain't digging up the whole street and fixing the problem, they doing patchwork. We know they ain't did nothing then.

>> Uh what do you want to see from the city? >> Uh just a chain. We still got kids and stuff that got to live through this.

So I'm in the process of trying to get out of front. We just looking for growth. It ain't too much here for our youth.

>> I just want the money that they're holding back and for what? Acting like it's taking them all this time. I mean, come on.

We've been waiting long enough to get paid for this crap. give us our money and quit messing around. >> Do you think they ever will give you guys the money?

>> It's doubtful. >> No, I don't think they ever pay out. Well, I would like to see the neighborhood better, the water improve, people get the money they supposed to be getting.

Just overall different leadership in Flint. Everybody should be compensated for having poison basically sent into their homes through their water lines being assumably told and as far as their knowledge was that it was safe and they should been able to drink and bathe in it and there should be consequences. >> Who got in trouble over it?

Nobody that I know of. Nobody got in trouble except the citizens that live here. >> Just don't feel that we should have to pay for the stuff if it's not any good.

Even the dogs won't drink the water. Now, what does it look like when it comes out of the faucet? >> Bubbly, white looking.

And my taxes keep going up. I think it's unfair to us. >> Yeah.

Everybody around is complaining about their hair. Losing hair, more and more hair. There's a lot of kids that aren't quite up to par around here that you think should be up to par.

And they're real young and they're all from during the time that we've had bad water. >> People still getting sick. Some people are using it and bathing in it and their skin is cranking on up like mine.

>> And you bathe in it every day more or less? >> M. Yes, I do.

>> Do you have a filter on it? >> No. No, no filter.

>> Um, do you have like itchiness? Is that eczema? What have they said?

It is >> like an itchiness is like a a breakout from from like rust and dirt. >> Okay. >> Being allergic to lead and lead in the water, uh the iron, the when you pour a drinking glass, you can see bubbles and stuff floating around, bubbles over by mosquito up, they're finding uh cancer in fish.

I got cancer now and this >> and those things. A lot of people are still getting cancer and having other health issues because of the water. People having strokes, skin diseases.

I have filters on u my shower uh my sink. The water actually rust totally rusted out my washer and dryer. I mean like just incinerated it.

Yeah. I would just like them to clean everything up and I would like them to pay people their money because people have been severely damaged and PSED like you said because from using the water like for years and years and years. >> It's not right that Governor Snyder didn't get in more trouble for giving rights to poison all of us.

>> So some of the kids have some developmental issues out here. >> I would say so. >> We have a tribute of a sort right here.

Those we love don't go away. They walk beside us every day. It's very sad.

There are high levels of gun violence out here, crime, poverty. >> Doing a video project trying to see if the water got any better out here in Flame. >> Um, yeah.

>> What's up? >> It sucks still. >> I drink that water.

>> I want to hear about it. >> I live here. I'm homeless and I drink the water.

>> Where do you get the water if you live here? >> From the main. >> Oh, you pull from the fire hydrant.

>> Straight from the fire hydrant. >> Can I see it? >> Clear.

What? Clear and open it. >> Yeah.

>> Oh, no. >> Do you like put a hose up to it? >> Nope.

I fill up a 5gallon jug. >> Oh, yeah. Smart.

Have you noticed any problems from the water? >> No, I've been drinking it for 2 years. >> How does the water taste?

>> Damn good. I'm I'm hydrated. >> It tastes all right to me.

>> You know, some parts of the city are cleaner than others. You should still get your water tested. >> Bull crap that people has to drink this water and get sick off it and stuff.

You know, it should have been taken care of long time ago. Now people sick over it and suffering over it. >> You're living in the car?

>> Yeah. >> Okay. With puppy?

>> Yeah. >> Hi little guy. What's his name?

Oh, >> Lucy Lou. Take a picture. >> She's very cute.

She's old. Do many homeless people live in those abandoned buildings? >> Yes, they do.

They do. >> Is it available for sale right now? Can I buy just like a lot?

>> Yes, you can buy You can buy all these lots. >> Buy all these. >> Yeah, a lot of lots.

>> I own this lot. >> You have a big backyard now. >> And how much is a lot like that?

>> If you take care of it, they might give it to you free. Anywhere up to $200 at the most. >> 200 bucks for that lot.

That's it. That's a steal. And how is life out here in Flint?

>> All right. >> How would you rate it out of 10? >> To be honest, I moved away from here.

This place was left behind, forgotten, gas lit, and poisoned by its own government. Despite the people here winning a $641 million lawsuit in 2020, becoming the largest civil settlement in Michigan's history, nobody I met here could mention a single person who had seen any of that money. Despite 80% of those funds designated for children exposed to the contaminated water.

>> All right, let's go. You're a strong guy. You got the brakes.

>> Robert, what's going on in Flint? people living life trying to survive, you know, overcoming the struggles that we did have with the water, but they said they have fixed it. I still don't drink it.

I still drink the bottled water. >> Between the bullets and the water, not good. >> Has the bullets always been a factor out here?

>> Uh yeah, a few years ago it was kind of mellow a little bit, but the last few years it's gotten really bad. And the fires, some days there'll be three fires in a week. >> We have fires, bullets, poverty, poison water.

I moved from Fenton over here to help with the church. Okay. >> But I'm ready to leave.

Oh, and the hookers. >> Hookers. >> Oh.

Oh my god. And Belle toward the corner. We used to have no hozone sign.

>> No hozones. >> No ho zone sign in front of our house, but they tore it down just recently. Before this house was burnt down behind us last year.

>> Yeah. They used to pull in that driveway up to the garage with the guys that pick them up and then they would pull up here and in front of our house. They'll park wherever random.

Okay. >> In front of your, you know, where they feel safe maybe. I don't know.

>> Out here we have a bonafide no ho zone sign. >> Gets a bad name, but Flint's not really a bad place. Some people that live here make bad decisions sometimes.

Other than that, it's a good place. I love it. I love the people.

There's nice people like you and people that help out. >> Hell yeah. Do you see yourself raising a family here?

>> No. >> Is Flint dangerous? >> Uh, yes.

Um, just a lot of the gang violence, a lot of the shootings that happen down here. You can call the police and like 2 days later they'll show up just to check to make sure everything's all right. >> Really?

I was walking last summer down the street. Somebody jumped out with gunpoint and hit me in the head with a gun and robbed me. >> Pissed the whip.

>> Yeah. And they took my backpack. I was shocked, man.

I'm 43 years old. Nothing ever happened to me like that. If you're out in the daytime, it's safe.

But at night around here in this neighborhood, you get a lot of hookers and drug dealers that come out at night. >> How does the niceish downtown compare to where many of the people seem to live? >> Well, I think the big difference is that downtown has more police.

So, not many people are willing to go out and do stuff. And over here, like I say, it just takes forever for police to arrive. >> If someone were to break into my home, how long would it take the cops to show up?

>> I'd say at least 2 hours, maybe three. >> And is the water clean right now? I wouldn't think so.

Like I said, I don't trust it. So, I drink. I'll go get you a glass if you want.

>> Can we see it? Can we see the water come out of the sink? >> I'm coming off the hole.

>> All right, let's see it. We'll do a little water inspection. I appreciate that, sir.

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com/tylera for less than five bucks a month. >> Come over here. It looks pretty clear.

I guess >> mine's not as brown as others, but >> yeah, it looks pretty nice. Honestly, is that new? Has it always looked this way?

>> It ain't always look that way. It's just newer, >> honestly. But we put new pipes on here too also.

>> That's all new piping. >> Yeah. >> How would you describe Flint in one word?

>> Broke. >> Just a very povertystricken area. This neighborhood in particular.

Like I walked to the party store on the corner down there. Okay. >> Had a guy try to solicit me for prostitution.

I'm not a prostitute. >> But they're doing what they can to make ends meet. Is that where you're getting at?

>> I think a lot of it is drug related. I don't know a lot about the water. I just know that I'm very blessed.

I live here because of the cost of living being so high as so many other places in the state of Michigan. >> We want stewards of the land to come in here, keep the place nice, give you a decent deal, something like that. >> I think I paid I think I paid 22 >> 22,000 for this.

>> Yes, >> it's a great deal. >> Yeah, I haven't experienced the water issue, but I haven't lived here but 2 3 years. >> Okay, let's see.

Oh, thank you. Looks extremely clear. Honestly, looks good to me.

>> The water here may in fact finally be safe to drink. So, we got the new installations and it's noticeably better. >> The water's clean out.

>> Yeah. >> Okay. Water has improved.

>> The loss of trust the residents here had in their government will never be recovered. While the American government and its people are easily convinced to support foreign aid overseas and to bomb countries most couldn't even point out on a map, perhaps charity should start at Home.