this is a water distribution site. see the national guard loading people up with hand sanitizer and two cases of water. the water coming out of the tap may be brown, yellow or be contaminated with chemicals. you have to use bottled water to do anything or boil that water coming out of the tap. this is the issue for 150,000 plus residents. you can see the kids there in the back of the car out of school for a week. the problem is in the school buildings, as well. people come out to the distribution sites but the senior or disabled continue. this is a wonderful spirited woman who said she is grateful for water to the building. wouldn t have any other
continued to slow the process. in the meantime one or 50000 plus people who were affected by this crisis will have to rely on water distribution site some of which are being manned by hundreds of mississippi national guard service members who so far have handed out millions of bottles of water to those in need. just like with any military operation. you never know what you re going to walk into. but you always plan. and then you show up, you do the work and you adjust as conditions change. so that mississippi national guard said they are playing to get their operation going for at least three weeks. but that may not be necessary if seyfert reliable water does in fact return people s home as that mayor here predicts, molly. steve up let s hope later charles watson thank you. x after a blistering address is what critics it was more of a campaign speech, president biden has been defending his warnings
reporter: yeah, sara, seems like such a simple thing, you turn on the faucet and water comes out and you re able to drink it. but that hasn t happened here since the beginning of july. and this isn t the first advisory they have been dealing with. we are standing at a water distribution site, and cars have been lining up all day, some 500 since noon today. everyone that comes gets two cases of water. you can see the national guard there loading up the cars for people as they make their way. this has been the operation for the past couple of days now because this may be the only clean drinking water for residents to use. this has always been a twofold problem, the first being the water pressure was damaged by recent flooding, so two pumps were broken, and people weren t getting any water pressure, and if you were, it s coming out brown. so now you have water, but you still can t drink it. the problems, though, here are
loud, they have the leadership of former president donald trump, who is espousing and echoing what they have to say, i mean, this is all coming in the backdrop of just this week donald trump again said that the 2020 election should be overturned and he should be crowned the rightful winner. leigh ann, evan, great to have you this morning and getting your analysis. thank you for being here. residents of jackson, mississippi, are waking up to a new day of no water. residents lined up for hours to get bottled water, really no timeline for when the clean water will be restored. cnn s amara walker live in jackson, at a salvation army water distribution site. how much longer will they have to wait? reporter: first off, getting drinking water to the residents of jackson is the most pressing need right now. we re at the salvation army on beasley road. we re actually in a neighborhood that has not had a water
switch to virtual learning as a result. all jackson public schools had to do so starting on tuesday. this high school will serve as a water distribution site we re told that by a local councilman who said the distribution will begin at 6:00 a.m. local time. you can see a water tanker truck here behind me and in place for that. the biden administration overnight did approve the federal emergency declaration which means that federal resources will be freed up to supplement the state and local response here and of course fema will also be helping with the disaster relief response. look, it s just been so surreal to see the images and the people out here waiting in long lines for more than two hours just to get a case of bottled water. as you would imagine a lot of people telling us that they are frustrated, they re angry and of course they are worried about the future. listen. it s very frustrating. it s very frustrating to have to