the wave of gun violence. the breaking news about mikhail gorbachev, the consequential world leader who took down the iron curtain. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. o donnell: as demand for new homes remains high, there is a labor shortage to build them. cbs s nancy chen on the women filling the void. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. a humanitarian crisis is unfolding here in america, as a state of emergency is declared in jackson, mississippi. the governor warning the capital s nearly 200,000 residents to not drink the water. the national guard has been called in to help get bottled water to those in need. and, it s not just drinking water. low-water pressure means people are unable to shower or flush their toilets. the problems at the water treatment plant came after days of heavy rains, resulted in a swolle
mikhail gorbachev, the consequential world leader that took down the iron curtain. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! o donnell: as demand for new homes remains high, there s a labor shortage to build them. cbs s nancy chen tonight on the women filling the void. and cbs gayle king with the greatest of all time after her thrilling u.s. open win. o donnell: good evening. thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we want to begin with a humanitarian crisis that s unfolding here at a major city in america as a state of emergency is declared in jackson, mississippi. the governor warning the capital s nearly 200,000 residents to not drink the water. the national guard has been called in to help get bottled water to those in need, and it s not just drinking water. low-water pressure means people are unable to shower or #their toilets. the problems at the water treatment plant came after days of heavy rains, resulted in a swollen pearl river. tonight, one of the most al
that is tonight s hello, new york. thank you for joining us at townhall for this very special edition of why is this happening. he is talk, he is smart, please give a warm welcome to my colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. thank you. hey, oh, stop. how are you? good. thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that is extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me, so thank you. it is amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i ve got some family here. so, tonight we are going to talk about democracy, and that word, we have probably talk more about democracy in the last four or five years that and all of my time as a journalist before that. even that as a topic seems a little weird. america is the democracy and there is a certain kind of history your talk that is a certain part of american civic culture, deeply, almost kind of civic religion which roughly goes to the following. the founders rebelled against t
went an entire month without water last year. we ve been going it alone for the better part two of years and we look forward to a coalition of the willing that will join us in the fight to improve this system that has been failing for decades. reporter: tonight, the people who call jackson home are paying the price. it affects our lives, especially for someone like me. i ve got major health problms. o donnell: janet shamlian is back with us from jackson, mississippi. how s the community coping without any safe drinking water? reporter: nora, in many cases, life here is grinding to a halt. restaurants and businesses have been forced to close, and jackson public schools have gone to remote learning indefinitely, because there s no running water in the schools. nora? o donnell: janet shamlian, thank you. more weather news now. at least three people including two children have died in the midwest after severe storms there. damaging winds and heavy rains blew through michigan la