story. we heard from local officials that held a news conference to bring us an update. the head of american water company says they still don t have all the answers they need and working on getting a handle of the level of contamination in the water as well as the risk component of the material in the drinking water. now jeff mcintyre, we ll hear from him right now. we don t know that the water s not safe but i can t say it is safe. there is a number of county that is are affected and parts of county that is are affected. if you are one of those customers, do not use this water. the only appropriate use is toilet flushing. reporter: governor early ray tomlin issuing a state of emergency for nine counties after his office received a notice from the west virginia american water company its water supply had been contaminated. governor tomlin issuing a statement this morning saying quote, our emergency response team worked to develop a testing protocol and is sampling plan on the ch
0 our top story this morning. the developing political firestorm surrounding new jersey governor chris christie. i m jon scott. hi, everybody, i m jenna lee. you didn t get any new jersey style fight? jon: a little hand surgery after the show. jenna: want to bet it out of the way in case anyone had any questions. jon: trigger finger if anybody knows. jenna: surgery yesterday. back on set today. dedication, jon. jon: thank you. jenna: jon s recovering. he is all right. jon: i just can t type. we ll turn to what is going on in new jersey. more documents regarding the bridge traffic scandal apparently carried out by members of governor christie s staff to punish a political rival. the governor apologizing profusely yesterday in a marathon two-hour news conference. you saw part of that on our show, denying any knowledge of the scheme, the whole saga putting the potential 2016 presidential candidate under intense scrutiny. listen to karl rove last night on the record. if that all tu
0 point. causes lung cancer, heart disease, and more. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. that s it for me. newsroom continues right now with my pal, brooke baldwin. brianna keilar, thank you so much. happy friday. i m brooke baldwin. not exactly a happy friday for a lot of people in west virginia. more than 300,000 people can t use their tap water to bathe, drink, cook, or wash. this is happening in west virginia because of a chemical leak. it infiltrated a nearby water treatment plant in charleston. this is so serious the u.s. attorney is investigating here. look at the map. nine counties in the southwestern part of the state are currently affected. even president obama is stepping in, declaring the incident a federal emergency. let me take you back to yesterday when this began when the leak 13i8ed into the elk river and made its way downstream. it came from the 48,000 gallon tank at the chemical storage facility. this is a mile away from the west virginia american water company and
good morning and welcome to early start. i m ali velshi. zoraida is off today. i like these hours. i m eating a hot dog this morning. i love that about you, ali velshi. i m ashleigh banfield. it is 5:01. it s the holiday but this fourth of july is less about celebration and more about patience for many americans. and in some cases, even survival. because for six days now there have been many of your fellow countrymen with no power in this extraordinary heat wave. at least 20 people have now died since thursday when deadly storms slammed the east, slammed the midwest. and about 1.2 million people are still waiting to get their power back, to get a fan on, to get the ac back. this is right across the country. here are the states without power today. power companies are repairing damaged transmitters as fast as they can, but customers still could be waiting until the weekend. still until the weekend until they can get that electricity back. and all of this, while those u
fireworks to start you off on wednesday morning, it s lee greenwood, god bless the usa, happy fourth of july to all of you. traditionally today i know and hopefully for many of you, will be filled with barbecues and fireworks. but unfortunately for a lot of people, that is not going to be the case. our starting point here this independence day, less about celebration and a lot more about patience, about 1.1 million people all across the country, they are waiting, waiting for the electricity to come back on and facing another day of intense heat. 20 people now have died since last thursday when fierce storms ripped the east in the midwest. and take a look. these are the states that are still waiting for power to return, you have west virginia, still more than 300,000 customers in the dark. ohio, virginia, similar shape. and power companies, they say they are out there, they say they are repairing the transmitters and lines faster than expected, but their estimates show custo