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48 to the distribution points, sag that governor palin was talking about today and we will tomorrow. natural gas the environmentalists love natural gas, as they should. im surprised that there isnt more of a focus, as it affects our economy. >> i totally an the united states has so much natural gas. we have as much natural gas as saudi arabia has oil. we have to exploit our own resources so we are competitive in the world. it circles back to where we started this discussion. china now is investi...

Mains this week. now officials are calling on people to temporarily change their lifestyle saying they must conserve water. crews began refilling a water tower thursday but say it was quickly depleted. lets go to nbcs ron allen in ames, iowa, with the very latest on it. how bad is it there? and good morning to you, ron. >> reporter: well, good morning, alex. yes, the worst problem. the hardest thing for people to deal with is the fact there is not clean water flowing through the tap. youre right...

In, still approached by people constantly saying theyve gotten no food, gotten no freshwater no, hygiene kits no, tents. but food and water one month in is not getting to all of the people who need it, even though its apparent that the incredible international response of this crisis has gotten enough food and water supplies to this island, if only it can be distributed to the people who need it most. and thats the kick here. for example if you go to the distribution points as we did, where usai...

People were hurt in the quake. some aid workers in haiti have come up with a plan to distribute food to the needy, but only women are allowed to line up. our senior international correspondent john vause tells us how its going. >> reporter: at this food line in port-au-prince no chaos, no pushing, no shoving. and no men. after almost three weeks of increasingly unruly confrontations, aid groups on sunday came up with a new plan. at almost a dozen distribution points across the city, women only...

Friends could give us some assistan assistance, it sure wouldnt hurt. >> the haitians need for immediate medical care is enormous. the white house says u.s. medical personnel have treated 23,000 haitians in the country so far and the haitian government estimates 200,000 people were hurt in the quake. some aid workers in haiti have come up with a plan to distribute food to the needy, but only women are allowed to line up. our senior international correspondent john vause tells us how its going....

Pushing, no shoving. and no men. after almost three weeks of increasingly unruly confrontations aid groups on sunday came up with a new plan that almost a dozen distribution points across the city, women only. u.s. soldiers provided security here checking coupons which had been given out a day earlier entitling each woman to a bag of rice. enough to feed a family for two weeks. a moment to rejoice. halleluj hallelujah. >> reporter: not only for these women but also for master sergeant ronny lewi...

Now, both by the federal government, and frankly, by the organizations in puerto rico. theyre supposed to be facilitating the assistance. how do you view it? >> well, we still have a problem with scale and having the adequate ability to handle logistics on the island. things suddenly got better in the last week since the national guard. the great national guard from all the states stepped up and sent enough teams in to set up distribution points, but i still sense we have a problem with distribu...

District three which includes the keys. heather, you have been on conference calls with emergency management officials already a few times today. how long is it going to take to get food and water to those people? i mean, youve got so many people in the keys who didnt evacuate. theyre stuck in their houses. >> yeah, we dont know exactly how many people didnt evacuate. i guess the latest estimate is about 10% which is about 7,000 people. i think most people who did stay knew that this was going t...

Its not confirmed clean to drink. a boil order water is in effect so residents can flush and shower with it. the city hopes to have this water fully restored and saved in the next week or two. >> it feels like we won the world series. we are so excited. the river had encrusted yet so we sandbagged our electrical system and it didnt reach it. so were on our way to water. >> in the meantime three distribution points have been set up like this one. residents are lining up to get ice, food, and wate...

Out to sea. along the way its going to take a lot of things with it. >> it will be interesting to follow this and try to stay ahead of it. ten dams are failed, this per the governor. those failed dams put more pressure on every dam remaining, on roads near rivers and bridges near rivers. the pressure keeps building even though we have a bright sunny day here. further down south there could be some trouble over the next 36 hours, shepard. >> whats the word on water problems and how to know whats ...