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Alleged texting. now a woman is coming forward saying reeves threatened her in the weeks before. also in the movie theater, reeves' attorney says he was in fear for his safety. in west virginia this morning, water is now flowing to more than a third of the 300,000 affected by the chemical spill in the elk river. officials are allowing people to turn their taps back on so it doesn't overload the system. they're doing section by section. many of the businesses in downtown charleston have reopened but state regulators are calling for more investigation. new details in the landing of a southwe...

Protection in the state of west virginia? is that right? >> reporter: that's right. >> so it's a statewide agency. i take it there were no local regulators, state regulators. did the federal government get involved, any federal agency get in there and examine some of these storage facilities? >> reporter:el with, the u.s. attorney here says that this is an investigation that's going to involve all layers of government. it could take a number of weeks now to figure out what really caused this leak. we know that it started with a hole toward the bottom of the tank that chemicals seeped into the ...

Weeks. >> reporter: the economic impact has been real. restaurants and businesses have closed. i spoke with the governor of west virginia, and he says that the folks at freedom industries were not very cooperative. and had to be prodded to work together with state regulators. victor, christi. >> elizabeth, thank you so much. this ordeal has sparked one lawsuit that we know of. daniel stewart said his kidney plant surgery was canceled because of that and he's suing freedom industries and west virginia american water as well, saying that the utility didn't have an appropriate management plan. ne...

Around the state. nothing to see here, folks. don't worry about a thing. why would you think it's dangerous or explosive? he said that 2 1/2 weeks before this happened. here's how weird things have gotten in north dakota. last month, state regulators determined that an energy company has been operating a pipeline in the state of north dakota for two years totally illegally. they had no permit to operate their pipeline. it was a natural gas pipeline. they never bothered to get the proper permits for it. by law, that kind of violation is subject to $10,000 fine. and not $10,000 total, but $10,00...

Well, last month state regulators in north dakota looked into that violation. they determined that the company was, in fact, running an oil pipeline in the state for two years without a permit, and then they decided that the company will not face any fine whatsoever for doing that. no big deal! don't worry about it. don't worry about it, north dakota residents, nothing to see here. one of the commissioners who made that decision said that fining that company might deter other oil companies from considering future investments in the state. so, go ahead, companies. operate your pipelines without...