debate on sunday in flint, michigan. >> we have four kids. we supper seven very beautiful grandchildren. can you imagine being a mother, seeing your own child's intellectual development deteriorate in front of your very eyes? if the local government cannot protect those children, if the state government cannot protect those children, then the federal government better get in. i'm bernie sanders and i approve --

approve -- >> we can't drink the water. we can't bathe in the water. you can't cook with the water. >> there was a time when we were alone and nobody heard our story. >> i am here because for nearly two years, flint's water was poisoned. >> hillary clinton came here to show she's standing with us. >> she's the one that brought this to another level of attention and that's what we needed. >> people who live in flint have been unable to drink the tap water for months now. that water filled with toxic levels of lead and iron. it is a crisis that has drawn national outrage and many people are angry with michigan's governor. during this week's fox news debate republican candidate marco rubio defended rick snyder. >> the politicizing is unfair because i don't think someone woke up and said, let's figure out how to poison the water system to hurt someone. but accountability is important. i will say, i give the governor credit. he took responsibility for what happened. being accountable. ut...