hall where i m at right now. we have water. we are able to function as well as a number of our hotels. we ve been distributed bottled water to places like senior towers. and to the various homeless shelters, et cetera and unfortunately, water mains do breck especially old pipes which so many american cities are dealing with and trying to upgrade. but that takes decades. but you re also you re facing criticism for being slow to respond to what could be inevitable, which is water mains breaking. i mean flyers were posted in places this weekend with your picture on them saying, has anyone seen or heard from mayor andre dickens, how do you respond to this criticism? yeah. i mean, as a response to it, head on. a promise, the citizens of atlanta, on saturday at 2:00, that every two hours they ve got going to hear directly from the city of atlanta about where we stand, whether that s a boil water advisory, whether that s a
attorney, david weiss, who was also a trump appointee and kept on by president biden who oversee this very case. and the one that is now obviously set to go to trial later this year in california. allison. okay. evan, caitlin, thank you both very much for the preview. all right. now, the ongoing headache in atlanta, thousands of people are still forced to boil their water after several water main breaks over the past few days as of now, crews are still working on repairing those breaks. atlanta mayor andre dickens has declared a state of emergency and he gave cnn an update this morning so right now, atlanta s most most atlanta s have water is just we want to make sure that they boil it out of a precautionary measure. and this has been in place over the last de and a half to two days that we ve been under a boil water advisory, but we re trying to resolve the situation nobody is happy when you can see water gushing out of the street the mayor says
speak with him on nbc news now this morning, and let s take a listen about what he had to say about where things stand. we are at a place now where they are in the hole fixing it, and we should see some good results soon. i m hoping that the boil water advisory can be lifted within the hour or within the next few hours. that will give folks a level of comfort. reporter: so the mayor did issue a state of emergency here in atlanta to try to free up some funds and be able to mobilize city crews to work on these repairs in a quicker manner, but this impacted so many people. emory university hospital had to divert patients who were coming there in their ambulances and everywhere from the atlanta jackson hartsfield airport to the georgia supreme court were impacted by these water outages. even a concert, megan thee stallion s concert was postponed from friday to sunday, so just no stone left unturned or i
many residents were furious, posting flyers, has anyone seen or heard from the mayor? eventually he held a press conference and promised the people of atlanta that he would keep them updated every two hours. but as you mentioned, as of right now, he just gave an update not too long ago, and said the boil water advisory remains in effect. he told our nbc anchors this morning they hope to lift that advisory in the next few hours, but people specifically on this westbound blown that they re still trying to repair, the people on this specific block don t have any water as they re working continuously to try to repair this specific water main break. thank you, priya.
think you re not at risk? wake up. because shingles could wake up in you. if you re over 50, talk to your doctor or pharmacist about shingles prevention. the city of atlanta in a state of emergency. water seen shooting out like a geyser as crews work to fix a water main that ruptured several times over the weekend at a critical juncture. people are still under a boil water advisory, though officials say that could be lifted anytime now. nbc s priya sridhar is reporting from atlanta, so priya, what s the situation looking like at this hour. reporter: that s right. it s been incredibly frustrating. three water main breaks in a densely populated area of the