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The water crisis in Jackson, Miss., shows why we must invest in water infrastructure and meaningfully address climate change.

Also so black voters don't lose trust and confidence that someone is there to help them? >> well, absolutely. reverend al, well, first let me just say you mentioned majority black cities, flint, michigan, now jackson, mississippi. i want to say thank you for president biden for helping us usher through it and making it a priority the bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed. we made record investments in clean water for citizens of the united states and it is going to pay off. jackson will be able to utilize some of the funds, some of the moneys that were passed in the bipartisan infrastruct...

Democrats, we need to continue to talk about this, everywhere we go, during town halls, this is very serious, and shouldn't take it that way. >> texans has had their fair share of natural disasters that led to a variety of catastrophes. and in nearby mississippi, majority black city of jackson, a water crisis has overwhelmed the city's main water treatment facility, and brought it to the brink of collapse. leaving more than 150,000 residents without access to clean water. now, jackson is one example of one city that has had long-standing problems with infrastructure, especially due to lack of ...

Needs are that we're taking care of, what is the long-term solution and how are we going to bridge that, how are we going to bridge the now, and the repair of that facility, to mare sure that the residents of jackson don't have to suffer any longer. >> and to deal with the threat that this should have never gotten to this point in the first place. i mean it's not like we've not had people for years saying that the water facility was not working, as we have another majority black city. now i can't get you into too much into the politics but i wonder when you come across a crisis like the one in...

Themselves, and some that do not brace themselves, given global warming, i'm saying that areas could be hit, how are we dealing with those areas like jackson that have been neglected that are now going to face what could be an unpredictable winter and fall? >> yeah, you know, what we're seeing, again, as we see communities like jackson, that are often disproportionately impacted by the variety of disasters that we're seeing, and so it's ad campaigns like this that are really helping a community be prepared, but a focus that fema has really had is on how do we help reduce the impact that these ...