NEW YORK — MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow says she planned a special broadcast on the Flint, Mich., water crisis out of concern that assigning political blame was getting more attention than the needs of the city’s residents.

Maddow is hosting a special televised town hall meeting from Flint today featuring Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow from Michigan, some medical experts and Flint residents. It will air at 9 p.m. during the typical time slot for her show.

“This is not the time for lessons learned from Flint,” Maddow said. “They actually need a lot more intervention than they’ve been getting.”

After an emergency city manager switched Flint’s water supply to Flint River water in 2014, the corrosive water caused lead to leach from old pipes, and elevated lead levels were discovered in children.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said that “every single American should be outraged” by what happened and suggested there would have been quicker corrective action if it took place in a rich white suburb. Flint is 57 percent black.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder hasn’t responded to an invitation to attend the town meeting.