Five days after a Chemical Spill forced officials to pan people from using tap water. The government says tests indicate the water is safe enough, after chemicals used this in treating coal leaked. People can turn on their taps again. Jonathan martin, joins us from charleston West Virginia. Jopt jonathan, i can imagine ocouple of reactions. Its about time, and sit really safe . Yes, tony, people have been waiting for five days, some people havent taken showers for three or four days because of this ban. We have learned from the governor of West Virginia that they have lifted the state of emergency, a little more they have been able to turn on their water. They have tested a and determined it does meet federal standards. A huge relief, they have been told not to drink water or betty in the water. Small businesses have certainly been relieved because they have taken a hit. It was a huge fundamental hit, we do hope some of our vendors will be offering some sort of reprieve. If not, you kn
Water situation in his state and well bring you that live when it happens. Residents may soon be able to use their tap water again but contamination levels arent low enough to lift the ban on drinking and washing. Jonathan, i guess my question if not for drinking and washing, what can the tap water be used for . Really the only thing theyre allowed to use the water for is flushing. Thats the only thing the Officials Say its safe for. At this point were expecting the governor to give us an update soon but as of this minute the word is residents are not supposed to use their tap water. The good news there is water available. There is a lot of bottled water and there are a lot of tankers like the one you see behind me full of water. The hospital providing water. As this goes into yet another day and another hour a lot of people are frustrated. Elizabeth fraser and her daughter dora have not showered in three days. A case of bottled water is the only clean water they have. Weve been heatin
Tonight some people in West Virginia can turn on their taps again. Officials say the water supply is now safe. Five days after a msz if chemical leak that left the water undrinkable, even untouchable for 300,000 people. Jonathan has more. John, the state of emergency was lifted early this afternoon, the governor telling some 300,000 residents that the water is now safe. They are allowing the people to turn on their taps in phases. So some 15,000 have been told they can turn on the tap. The First Priority has been to hospitals like the one behind me. They have been using big tankers over the last few days, and things are now slowly getting back to normal. Reporter russ fuller is relieved. We bagged our faucets, that was the easiest way to keep us from messing with them. Reporter hey, i can do laundry now, i can you know, wash dishes. Reporter a Chemical Spill prompted a state of emergency. West virginias governor shows extensive testing shows levels of the chemical are now below 1 part
Christie. It started last wednesday when documents were released showing that one of christies top aids orchestrated lane closures on the George Washington brirnlg. Friday more documents released they showed the governors govef was involved in trying to pin the story after it broke. Today the state Legislature Announced the formation of a Bipartisan Commission to investigate the bridge bay scandal. This has become larger than a transportation issue and thats why we are creating the supercommittee. Under the chairmanship of wizneuski, this trail will need something else, and well need to look at all evidence thats presented and act accordingly. So on top of socalled the bridgegate scandal we learned today that the housing and urban Development Departments Inspector General is investigating whether christie used money for a jersey shore Marketing Campaign featuring the governor and his company. Wow, john terrett is here with that. We knew this wasnt going to go away and here we are right
And we begin tonight with a verdict in a case thats drawn national attention. Two California Police officers accused of killing a mentally ill homeless man in 2011. The incident caught on tame. Today the jury in Orange County found the officers not guilty. Brian rooney in burbank california with more. Brian. John, the mans name was kelly thomas, 37 years old, schizophrenic man wellknown to the Fullerton Police. He got in a confrontation and ended up dying five days later. Today in court his family was absolutely shocked by the verdict. They were hugging each other there was videotape, and well get to that later. The family really thought they had a case here and the police would be convicted. Kelly thomass mother talked to reporters afterwards. They got away with murdering my son. Its just not fair. So i guess i guess its legal to go out and kill now. There were 34 minutes of Surveillance Video of this incident. And the case came down to an argument of what each side saw in that video.