the water. it could be the quantity. meaning some residents might not have any running water at all. this morning we went to one of the stores nearby and we saw a lot of people coming in and buying as much water as they could. this is for the people that can afford to go buy $100 to $200 of water for today as they prepare. one woman told us she was going to take that to her mother s home. her mother is 70 years old, couldn t do it on her own. as of this morning, she had very little water. not only can people not drink the water, some people will have no water. we know that mema, mississippi emergency management agency, is working with the city to essentially bring in water for all the people in jackson. here is the other thing, we don t know how many people are affected. the governor also said he could ensure that anyone would have water service for sure as of today. so it s all up in the air as we wait and see who is going to have water today.
than is expected, and so we want them to overprepare. whether or not we have the same number of homes that are affected this time for the homes that are affected, that s a handful to many that can be impacted so we want to make sure that we have the mitigation after we have recovery that this no longer has to be commonplace in the city of jackson. reporter: there are several sandbag locations across the city. shelters are open by the red cross. what else are you doing to help pe pe people? in this neighborhood they ve been without power for two hours. there have been ongoing rescues with not only the jackson fire department but wildlife and fisheries and mema to task, very used our public transportation to provide transportation to residents that were unable to do so. we ve had the support of local churches, a church not far from where we stand, new jerusalem has offered their parking lot for people who have additional
this up. it almost makes itt makes mema feel like we re here. we are back to never let a crisis go to waste.l you re going to feel the pain we don t have the answer, but the answer is more pain to this perfect future. or you re just going to have to wait a while for it and suffer in the process. this is a problem. it doesn t add up. the president u is doubling down on the wrong hand . we have seen this play out before. that s what we ve watchededro in europe for the better part of two decades. they have tried to double downn on green energy and it left them dependent on a dictator.o we re going to end up in the exact same kind of spot if we keep going down the green religion path that he s going down a religion that demands sacrifice, isn t interested in growth, isn t interested in getting wealthier so we canov innovate cleaner technologies. it wants americans to payner upg this is the wrong approach. bill can give you all num the numbers. petebe, but at this point the president com