MI governor apologizes for water ‘catastrophe’ in Flint

Weaver met earlier with White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and Obama’s Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Jerry Abramson.

The administration is naming Nicole Lurie, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health Human Services, to coordinate federal response to the Flint crisis, Earnest said. The poor and minority communities of MI who’ve endured your dictatorial firing of their mayors and school boards so you could place your business friends in charge of their mostly-black cities. But the mayor also mentioned testing and replacing of water fixtures in schools, health tests for children, treatment of potential behavioral problems and a study of the structural integrity of the pipes and connections.

HHS said in its release the goal of the federal response will be “to help state and local leaders identify the size and scope of the problem and work with them to make and execute a plan for mitigation of the short- and long-term health effects of lead exposure”. You deserve to know that the buck stops here, with me. “Tell me what democracy looks like!” The National Guard has been deployed to the MI city to help deliver clean water to residents, and the president signed a disaster declaration for MI on Saturday, releasing $5 million in federal funding.

The money request is the latest action taken by Snyder to address the ongoing crisis in Flint pertaining to the switch from the Detroit Water and Sewerage System in 2014 to drawing water from the Flint River. He has rejected calls for his resignation by some protesters.

Shields said it is not in Snyder’s nature to show emotion publicly.

Corrects 4th item to say every Flint household will be visited as soon as possible instead of by end of week.

On Friday, Berry and some friends will gather up all the water they collect, and drive it 600 miles to Flint, they say, in a truck donated by the Shoe City chain.

Rick Snyder thought he’d calm fears and win over residents when he addressed the current water crisis in Flint, he was mistaken. “A state-appointed emergency financial manager created this problem and the state must step up and do more to help Flint families and children right now”, Kildee said.

Criticism of the state and federal response has grown in recent days over the crisis in Flint, a financially strapped city of just under 100,000 residents about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Detroit.

“It’s good to see his personal emails, but other members of the administration that are not under the Freedom of Information Act, I want to see their emails as well – chief of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, and others that are within the department”, he said.

Flint returned to using Detroit’s water in October after tests found elevated levels of lead in the water and in the blood of some children.

Corrosive water from the Flint River caused lead to leach from old pipes into homes after the city switched from Detroit’s water system in 2014 to save money. But Republican Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof said Snyder is a “real leader who took responsibility even though he did not cause the situation”.