Flashpoint: Infrastructure bill highlights toxic political divide; Michigan’s ominous COVID outlook

DETROIT – The president’s infrastructure bill finally mustered the votes and passed through Congress, but the process it took to get here is a stark reminder of our toxic political divide in the U.S.

COVID vaccine boosters are available -- and now vaccines are available for children, too -- but the latest assessment of COVID in Michigan is ominous.

We also took another look at the 30th anniversary of heartbreak and bravery in Royal Oak.

Watch the individual interviews on these topics using the links below, or watch the entire Nov. 14, 2021 Flashpoint episode in the video player above.

• Segment 1: US Rep. Fred Upton talks toxic political divide, death threats
• Segment 2: Michigan’s chief medical officer talks COVID surge
• Segment 3: Royal Oak Post Office shooting 30 years later: Survivors recall horrific day