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Unacceptable. arizona voters want elected officials to focus on arizona problems, and to be beholden to a former president who lost the election in arizona is absolutely unacceptable. >> it also strikes me that there is a sort of threat to democracy right? there's also the responsiveness. who is blake masters going to listen to as u.s. senator? is he going to listen to the folks in his state of got whatever issues they have. water problems, want to talk about social security, i want to talk about development, or is he going to listen to donald trump whenever donald trump calls? >> well, that i...

Mississippi. jackson, the state capital, what more than 40 days without clean drinking water. the city, under one of many boil water advisories. its main water treatment facility were already damaged, and flooding last month, caused the system to almost, completely, fail, leaving residents without water to drink, cook with, or flush their toilets. people lined up, for hours, just to get cases of clean water. but the boil water notice, since, been lifted. many locals remain hesitant. just this week, some jackson residents, filing a class action lawsuit against the city. its current, and former ...

Even before you were mayor. so, are you in agreement or disagreement with these four residents who claim that there have been water problems in jackson, mississippi, for decades? that's at the crux of their class action suit. >> yeah. i'm absolutely in agreement there have been challenges with the water distribution system for decades. once again, when there's litigation, there's limitation for what i can say, but what i will share is that the city has, you know, been very persistent in its efforts to curb that. the challenge the city faces is beyond the fiscal ability of the city to address t...

The advisory was in place before torrential rains flooded the pearl river last month and overwhelmed the city's water treatment facility. jackson residents were forced to rely on bottled water and some had to wait in long lines to get it. they say they're grateful the system is working again. water problems in mississippi's capital city have been going on for years, pipes across the system are old and leaky and the state has not dedicated sufficient money to repairs. let's welcome cherelle barber a social epidemiologist. she joins us now from philadelphia, pennsylvania. thanks so much for be...

Gov. Tate Reeves says the boil-water advisory has been lifted for the city of Jackson.