NATPOP OF PROTESTERS CALLING FOR A RECALL <Protesters shouting> PROTESTER: He’s already apologized but that doesn’t mean much much when people are poisoned. I think he should resign. I don’t think he should be our governor anymore. VO: AS EFFORTS TO RECALL THE MICHIGAN GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER INTENSIFY, A LOOK AT HOW HE RESPONDED TO THE FLINT WATER CRISIS AS IT UNFOLDED. MUSIC AND TITLE CARD UP: SNYDER’S RESPONSE TO FLINT IN APRIL 2014, THE CITY OF FLINT SWITCHED TO USING WATER FROM THE LONG-POLLUTED FLINT RIVER. COMPLAINTS QUICKLY POURED IN ABOUT STRANGE ODORS AND COLORS. NATPOP OF WATER AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF BOIL WATER AND LEAD ADVISORIES, GOV. SNYDER PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WAS A HEALTH EMERGENCY IN FLINT. <SOT FROM OCT. 8th PRESSER>— SNYDER: “But we found some concerns in some of our testing of the schools of Flint. And we want to be proactive on that. So we’re going to ask for additional people resources to make sure we’re doing right by the children as they attend school.” IN JANUARY, THE GOVERNOR MET WITH FLINT’S MAYOR. <CLIP OF SNYDER APOLOGIZING AT PRESSER ..how we can do a broad-based suite of services, for this unfortunate situation I do apologize for.> A FEW WEEKS LATER AT HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS, HE ISSUED A SWEEPING APOLOGY TO THE RESIDENTS OF FLINT, CITING REPEATED MISSTEPS BY HIS ADMINISTRATION. <SOT: SNYDER (Jan. 20 State of the State, Storylog 37828)> “To you the people of Flint, I’m sorry and I will fix it. No citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. Government Failed You - Federal, state, and local leaders by breaking the trust you placed in us. I’m sorry most of all that I let you down. You deserve better. You deserve accountability. You deserve to know that the buck, buck stops here with me. Most of all. You deserve to know the truth. I have a responsibility to tell the truth. The truth about what we’ve done. And what I will do to overcome this challenge.” NOW FACED WITH MOUNTING LAWSUITS AND PRESSURES TO RESIGN, THE GOVERNOR MUST TRY TO REHABILITATE HIS IMAGE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. <CLIP OF SNYDER AT NEWS CONFERENCE, “there were red flags here ... we didn’t connect all the dots ... that’s where I’m kicking myself every day.”> END IT.