a tragic irony unfolding in mississippi where just days ago record rains inundated the jackson area yet tonight that city finds itself in desperate need of usable water after failure of the main treatment plant. governor tate reeves declaring a state of emergency, saying the city cannot produce enough water to meet other critical needs and imploring residents to not drink this water tonight officials are struggling to distribute bottled water to the estimated 180,000 people affected as we reported last night, the jackson area has suffered water infrastructure issues for years most recently, boil-water notices have been in effect. the crisis now worsened by the recent floodwaters, and it is raining there again tonight. nbc is in jackson. reporter: tonight, a race to distribute water in jackson, mississippi. cars lined up for miles outside distribution centers full of locals hoping for water who left empty-handed after the supply quickly ran out. the water that they are giv
shooting now charged with seven counts of first degree murder. more charges coming police say. police say they had two calls about the gunman back in 2019, one in april was a report about him attempting suicide. that was ultimately handled by mental health professionals. and then in september, a family member called police saying he had threatened to, quote, kill everyone. in that case officers con confiscated a collection of knives and a sword. at this point they say there was who probable cause to arrest him, but a short time later he legally purchased five firearms including a pistol and the high powered rifle he used to kill innocent people. which raises questions about the earlier police visits and whether more could have been done to prevent this tragedy. investigators also revealing the suspect may have been planning this attack for weeks, several weeks. and they say that afterwards he wore women s clothing as you see here to conceal his identity and facial tattoos. th
that describe his thought process, the planning that went into this, instagram photos posted by his mother of the gun that ended up being used in this. and clear indications that people were aware that he had mental health, severe mental health challenges leading up to this. and so the central question right now is not did he or did he not do it. that s a settled matter. he has already pled guilty to murder and terrorism charges. the question is that ethical question really of what do you do when a minor commits a heinous crime, in this case killing four people, injuring seven, and then traumatizing many, many others in this community in michigan. do you want them behind bars for the rest of their lives or does the state believe there s a chance at rehabilitation, that this person could decades from now come back around, get healthy again and be reintegrated into society. what the prosecution is arguing is that they re building this case of all the sort of premeditated elements of this
so-called sensitive areas like times square takes effect this week. lester gabe gutierrez, thank you. in ukraine, a team of u.n. inspectors arrived in kyiv today ahead of a visit to an embattled nuclear plant. while in the south, ukrainian forces are pressing on with a major counteroffensive megan fitzgerald is in kyiv reporter: tonight the battlefield is shifting, and ukraine says it s on the attack fresh artillery strikes on the front line, a counteroffensive trying to take back russian-held territory in the south ukrainian president zelenskyy saying he won t give specific details about the mission. russia says they ve repelled the ukrainian attack while in the east, new russian strikes in kharkiv killing five people, injuring seven, and leaving a massive crater in the square it comes as two u.s. officials tell nbc news that russia is getting new help on the battlefield, receiving hundreds of combat drones from