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Water fountain in school? >> no, i will die! >> a six-year-old worrying about death over the government 's failure to ensure safe drinking water. >> i mean, do you have a heart? what god do you serve? it's an insult to the state of mississippi. and this is what we go through. >> you don't have clean drinking water? >> no. >> wilson uses bottled water for drinking and boils water every day multiple, times a day, for everything else. >> this time, it was a flood that took out the water treatment plant, where pumps had already been failing, leading 150,000 plus residents without safe drinking wat...

There. >> flint, like jackson, it's predominantly black with a low tax base, which experts say, plays a significant role in their water woes. what does justice look like to you? >> we know they're not going to tell the truth. we know that they're not going to -- the only thing i could think of is a legal action. the >> children of flint want to 626 million dollar settlement over their poisoned water, but to the people of jackson are still waiting just for a clean drinking water. never mind justice. what kind of justice can they get? >> there's no justice for the people of flint, or the people ...

Don't want any more finger pointed, we just want the government to. >> people are waiting for the tap water to be clean and safe. how long do they have to wait to have clean drinking water? >> the honest answer is -- we're not gonna get out overnight. we're working around the clock, as quickly as possible, to provide some stability to the system. that, again, is why this administration fought so hard for the bipartisan -- and the 50 billion dollars, historic investment, it will go a long way in rebuilding the infrastructure and rebuilding the trust in this country. >> the epa administrator kno...

Understand the barriers that communities have to accessing our programs. the barriers to fundamental resources, to help them be better prepared against disasters, so we really focused on increasing the amount of resiliency in communities, with the specific focus on those communities that have traditionally been underserved and had a hard time accessing funds. >> we will certainly be watching and hopeful as we face these unpredictable situations, but predictable that if you negligent infrastructure in certain cities in certain communities, they are going to suffer when those situations arise, l...

Royal Mail’s stamps are finally entering the digital world, with printed codes that can be used to track letters or linked to videos. Collectors, traditionalists and royalists are not amused