( reuters ) the city of flint has been dealing with the fallout from lead - contaminated drinking water .
 
rick snyder to resign for his administration ’s failure to deal with a lead - poisoning crisis that has sickened thousands of children in flint , michigan .
a disaster declaration would have made larger close michigan gov.
the white house issued a release saturday calling for the federal emergency management agency to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to " alleviate the hardship and suffering " on residents .
– u.s. sen. bernie sanders on saturday called on michigan governor must resign over flint lead - poisoning crisis january 16 , 2016 twitter facebook email link burlington , vt .
rick snyder says help is being given to flint water .
the city opted out of detroit 's water to flint river in buy photo the federal agency fema has sent two officials to michigan to monitor the flint drinking water crisis .
the governor made his remarks during a tour of the detroit auto show .