the situation in west virginia. as you can imagine, frustration is really growing because now the number is up to 300,000 people who are without clean water for a day. fema has gotten ahold of companies to bring in bottled waters and there s an investigative board all to oversee the clean up. this isn t just about using the water. you can t bathe in it, touch it, or boil all of the toxins out of it. there are over 175 chemicals in the elk river. that s making things very difficult to do, even simple chores. we can t cook. we can t bathe. we can t clean dishes. we can t mop the floors because you can t get your hands in there. it s terrible. we don t know how long it will
almost seems so obvious that it can t be the right answer. yeah, yeah. it s like saying why would richard nixon authorized a burglary at democratic headquarters at watergate when everyone knew he was going to win 50 states, 48 states, how stupid could a bright man like richard nixon be to do something like that? it s an arrogance of power. thanks so much. we re going to have to leave it there. great to see both of you. this leads our discussion to the big question to you today, you heard the press conference, governor christie saying he had no involvement. do you believe him? you can chime in on twitter and facebook. we have breaking news to pass on from west virginia where a chemical spill has led to some 300,000 people not to use their tap water and the spill happened at a storage facility near charleston. water supplies are contaminated for nine counties. people can t bathe, cook, wash clothes. we re going to keep you posted on that story, bring you updates as we get the
blessing starting today. the fisz responders are going to start going door to door. why is it nixed? because hopefully find people alive and who knows what else they re going to find. another breaking story is there have been explosions reported at a flooded chemical plant in crosby texas. ten sheriffs deputies had to be hospitalized. the smoke they inhaled at the scene appears no the to be toxic but inhaling any smoke can take you down. this as another emergency infolds in beaumont. the city s two sources for water are cut off. imagine the added distress are having no water. we have all of these breaking stories covered. let s begin with cnn paulo sandoval in richmond texas. people think you re surrounded by water. you can t drink it, you can t bathe in it or use it to cook. reporter: that s the irony in all of this too.