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capital. it has been nearly a week now since thousands of residents in jackson, mississippi have been able to have clean tap water. a major water treatment plan began failing last monday after it was damaged by flading, but when will people there finally have clean water to flush their toilets or brush their teeth or take a shower? fema is now saying it's too early to know. >> 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 bringing in safe drinking water, bottled water, supporting their o...

Couldn't flush the toilets at elementary schools. >> thank you so much. nadia there from jackson, mississippi. those pictures reminding us what happened in flint in 2016. meantime, it's a sif kating heat wave affecting people out west right now. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts. intense areas are gripping areas all the way to idaho. record-breaking heat in the triple digits, and it could get hotter tomorrow. chris wynn is in santa monica. how are people handling it there? i understand it's been hot there near the beach. >> reporter: that's right. the temperature here in sant...