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Miami-Dade's new mental health facility opening delays

By Jim DeFede

/ CBS Miami

Miami-Dade's new mental health facility opening delays | Facing South Florida

MIAMI — There was an extraordinary hearing in Miami Federal Court this week, in which a judge grilled Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava about why a new Mental Health facility the county has been promising, still isn't open.

CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede talks with a Miami Herald reporter who was inside the courtroom and provides us with a first-hand account of exactly went on, where cameras were not allowed.

Guest: Brittany Wallman/Miami Herald Reporter

Jim DeFede

Jim DeFede joined CBS4 News in January 2006 and serves as an investigative reporter for the station, as well as host of its Sunday morning public affairs program "Facing South Florida."

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