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This water source has turned the dry plains of america from a desert to the breadbasket of the country. in some places the water table, as i said last night, its knocked down thousands of feet, in some places the water table is so high from the aquifer its exposed at the surface. >> right here, this is just an example of how high our water table is. this is ground water here. that stays that way year round. and theres numerous places out through our pasture land here where we have standing water...

Privately with industry. governor early tomlin had announced a bill to regulate the aboveground storage tanks that caused this mess in charleston. the governor started workshopping that bill in private with the industry groups that would be governed by that proposed legislation. surprise of all surprises, it turns out the captains of west virginia industry had a long list of ways to improve that proposed bill. they suggested lighter penalties for themselves and lots of exemptions for themselves....

This, apparently, and she proceeded to the next stop. >> wow. the girls mother was picking her up from the bus stop and said she saw the whole thing. she chased the bus down. eventually the driver stopped. the little girl was not seriously hurt, fortunately. it is unclear if the driver will be charged. the tapwater in west virginia is now officially safe to drink. officials are lifting the ban on drinking water saying test results are clean. the ban was in place for ten days after a chemical s...

About 200,000 others have not been given the all-clear. jean casarez is in charleston, west virginia. whats happening with the water supply down the ohio river, jean? >> reporter: well, wolf, heres the situation. this is the elk river right behind me, which is the water source for the people here in charleston, west virginia and nine counties. the elk river feeds into the canal river, which feeds into the ohio river. and so ohios water authority has shut off two valves, just as a precaution. now...

What happens, a coal company poured into the water supply of nine counties around charleston. the tests show is that the level is dropping but there is no end in sight. >> president obama declared a state of emergency and elizabeth cohen is west virginia. hi, elizabeth. >> reporter: victor, christi, you cant even wash a dish in water in parts of west virginia all because of a chemical leak at one company. the elk river a water source for hundreds of thousands of people in west virginia, and now ...

Standing by to join us live in just a minute. but lets get in background first from our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen who is in charleston, west virginia, right now at that chemical plant. have you heard from a spokesman from the chemical factory over there, that plant, thats believed to be responsible for this problem thats going on right now. but update our viewers ones what is going on. >> whats going on is that facility has been told to cease and desist all of their activities...

City just a little bit, it absolutely feels like youre in the middle of nowhere. we are heading up the river to a little village which actually translates directly into the miraculous or the miracle. we have got the amazon river and all these tributaries that are leading into the amazon river, so theres water all over the place, but that water is absolutely filthy, theyre bathing, theyre washing their dishes, all right there in the same water source and thats the thing thats causing them to get ...

We are heading up the river to a little village which actually translates directly into the miraculous or the miracle. we have got the amazon river and all these tributaries that are leading into the amazon river, so theres water all over the place, but that water is absolutely filthy, theyre bathing, theyre washing their dishes, all right there in the same water source and thats the thing thats causing them to get sick. >> welcome to the amazon mud. we are going to meet the village leader. >> y...

Heading up the river to a little village which translates into the miraculous or miracle. >> we have the amazon river and tributaries leading into the amazon river. theres water all over the place. the water is absolutely filthy. they are bathing and washing the dishes in that same water source. thats the thing causing them to get sick. the main reason we have picked this village to work is its a community that has the most need right now in this area for clean water. by drilling a well, we are ...

>> tuscaloosa, alabama. >> i like forward to your feedback the university of alabama. still to come, reports of contaminated water and bacteria found in one water source you would never expect. and the richest of the rich. wave list of the fifth wealthiest people. and the shoutout. this video comes from china. a 4-year-old girl nogd get herself stuck between two buildings. why does this happen in china? she was trying to chase a kitten. i guess she was 4 so she was able to slide in there. sh...