Obama to meet with Flint, Michigan residents on water crisis

By Reuters

Demonstrators protest over the Flint, Michigan contaminated water crisis outside of the venue where the Democratic U.S. presidential candidates' debate was being held in Flint

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with 1,000 residents of Flint, Michigan, at a roundtable discussion about the city’s water crisis during his visit to the Detroit suburb on Wednesday, the White House said.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest, speaking to reporters in a daily press briefing, also said the president would visit a local food bank and would likely have an opportunity to meet with the city’s mayor and Michigan’s governor.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton, Doina Chiacu and David Alexander; Writing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)