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Clean drinking water be restored? >> good morning, dana. thanks so much for having me on here today. yes, i was able to go visit on friday, traveled with the white house infrastructure director mitch landreau to really talk to the mayor and talk to the plant workers to find out exactly what is going on. as you said, there has been a lot of infrastructure damage that has been present for many years. and so where we are focused right now from fema is being able to make sure we can provide and support the mississippi emergency management agency with bring in safe drinking water, bottled water, su...

You saw on the ground there. you did get a firsthand look at jackson. what did you hear from residents and officials on the ground? and when will full access to clean drinking water be restored? >> good morning, dana. thanks so much for having me on here today. yes, i was able to go visit on friday, traveled with the white house infrastructure director mitch landrieu to really talk to the mayor and talk to the plant workers to find out exactly what is going on. as you said, there has been a lot of infrastructure damage that has been present for many years. and so where we are focused right now...

But then i want to make sure that what fema does really well is we bring in our federal partners, and we want it bring in the appropriate federal partners to talk about what is going to be needed in the mid term and long term to bring this treatment facility back to a safe and operating level so jackson doesn't have to experience this again. >> how long do you expect it will take to get things back to normal in jackson? >> yeah. i don't think we have an answer for that right now. that's why we're bringing in agencies like ep and the army corps of engineers to look at what it's going to take to...

There is any red flags to the safety and security of the pack. what would he, in realterms, be and security of the pack. what would he, in real terms, be looking for walking around? the he, in realterms, be looking for walking around?— he, in realterms, be looking for walking around? the first thing he would look for _ walking around? the first thing he would look for is _ walking around? the first thing he would look for is the _ walking around? the first thing he would look for is the physical - would look for is the physical damage to the plant. so far they iaea have only been able to hea...

Damage to infrastructure from the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Abra and nearby provinces in Northern Luzon last month has reached over P1.8 billion, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Wednesday.