notice at least four times according to the city s website. and as recently as last month, city officials found cause for concern about lead and copper in routine water samples from residents taps. i m joined by former congresswoman abby finkenauer and former special to george w. bush scott jennings, and before there was jackson, there was flint. sara sidner has covered the struggles there after most of the national media moved on. thank you all for being here. sara, let me start with you because it is unimaginable that we are here again with a major city, and i m going to say it again, a major black city in america that is struggling just to get clean drinking water. that s right. i think it isn t unimaginable, though. i think it is probable, and if you look at some of the studies, there was one out of texas a&m that said, you know, if there is a significant pofrverty in a ple and if the place happens to be non-white, the likelihood of having water issues goes way up. and so when y
and what has happened here, these are just two examples. there are places in alabama, in louisiana, in texas, where this is happening or something similar to this has been happening with the boil water orders that go on and on and on, and people in the black communities, you know, flint was one of those major examples that was just so egregious that the world stood up and listened, and they watched what was happening, ask they are still dealing with issues, and one of the big issues is particularly in the black community, they do not trust the water. people are still going and getting bottled water because they know that lead can lead to long years of problems in their children, difficulties learning, hyperactivity, all kinds of things. cancer risk goes up, and so because of that, there is a huge distrust and a warranted one by folks in the black communities particularly in poor neighborhoods. abby, how did we get here with the two of the biggest
pakistan where one-third of that country is under water. the government now says at least 1,100 people have been killed. across that country, millions have been forced from their homes. the cause, what they re calling a monster monsoon season, which still has a month left. for more information on what you can do to help, go to cnn.com/impact. the news continues, let s hand it over to victor blackwell and cnn tonight . thank you, i m victor blackwell. this is cnn tonight. we are waiting for the justice department s rebuttal to trump s legal team on the mar-a-lago documents, and we will talk about that later because at this same moment, more than 150,000 people are waiting for water in a major american city, a state capital, jackson, mississippi. tonight families there cannot be sure their toilets will flush, that there s enough water to brush their teeth, to show, even send their kids to school. instead, they spent the day in lines for hours to get one case
council member aaron banks and cassandra welchland. she s a social work trer tryingo help her neighbors and a mother of three trying to get her family through this crisis. cassandra, let me start with you and how your family is dealing with this. thank you, victor, for having me. so our family today we ve been, you know, working to just adjust. my children are out of school and we have been having to, of course, buy water to cook, to brush our teeth, to just do the basic necessities that we need in order just to keep our family afloat. so today was online zoom and also feeding our kids at home, but the water was we had low water pressure today. the water was brown when we turned it on this morning. we ve gotten a little bit more pressure as the day has gone on, but it s definitely been of
has not been a month where we have not experienced no flow to low flow in certain areas in south jackson. and so it s very frustrating. i would say that the citizens here are resilient because all hands step up to the plate as always to help make that we re serving our vulnerable communities and that we re able to provide non-potable and potable water, so we re used to the emergency. sated part about it is and the sad reality is this is becoming somewhat of a norm, and we deserve a better quality of life right here in the capital city of jackson, mississippi. so what s the plan? i know there was a water distribution today. we talked about it, several hundred cases of water at the end of it cars had to just make a u-turn and leave because there was none left. what are you going to do for the people that live there for the next several days or weeks until this is solved? so look, it will be the same that we did in 2020.