we will speak with caceres'daughter as well as lilian esperanza lopez with copinh. then as the u.s. congress holds more hearings on lead poisoning of the water supply of flint, michigan, governor rick snyder teifies fothe firstime. toask y repeatedly co to flin you adm youid not ow up fomorehan seve after asked y. >> 'm no famiar. i uld have to check my schedu. >> tt is what he said, you did not put october until 2015, is that right? >> i don't know if that is right or not. amy: we'll get reaction from two flint residents. nayyirah shariff, coordinator with flint democracy defense league and melissa maze, of water you fighting for, a flint, michigan-based research and advocacy organization founded around the city's water crisis. she and her three children suffer from long-term exposure to heavy metals. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in the 2016 race for the white house, leading republican party establishment members met in washington, d.c., thursday to continue efforts to try to block a donald tru