been a total disaster. residents instructed not to use their tapwater for anything that wasn t flushing toilets or putting out fires. local hospitals forced to ration their water use. local officials setting up water distribution centers around the area to get clean water to local residents using the national guard and their water buffalo tank distribution systems. it s just been a mess. and it was not until late friday night after a day and a half of silence that the president of the company responsible for this disaster finally faced local reporters. and when he did, it was amazing. please watch this. guys, it has been an extremely long day. i m having a hard trouble talking at the moment. i would appreciate it if we could wrap this thing up we have a lot we actually have a lot of questions. it s been a long day for a lot of people who don t have water. are there no systems in place to alert you of a leak at your facility other than a smell? at this moment in time i think
fifth consecutive day. this after a chemical spill tainted their water supply last week. residents in nine counties were warned not to use tapwater for bathing cooking or cleaning until the water system is flushed. peter doocy is live in washington with the latest for us. how long is it going to be until they get their water again, peteer? reporter: don t know just yet, jon but the governor of west virginia is saying he can see a light at the end of the tunnel as officials continue testing the contaminated water. as soon as chemical traces disappear, robo calls and interactive maps online will notify residents one area at a sometime that it is okay to turn on the tap. downtown charleston is reportedly will be the first to have the ban lifted. once it is residents must protect their personal property before things can completely return to normal. communications will go out shortly to all county superintendents with protocol information for steps to plush systems, to steps to take in
vendetta by commissioner bud selig. aft rod s lawyer joe tacopina had harsh words about the 60 minutes pies. every baseball fan and should be disgusted by the salem witch trials displayed and future trampling of player s rights. according to rodriguez first player accused of wrongdoing not to testify in his own defense. the suspension will cost him $25 million, jenna. jenna: we ll talk a little more about this story throughout the program, rick. thank you very much. one of the questions for joe tacopina when he joins us is about that. with why didn t a-rod testify on his own behalf when he could? joe joins us next hour. we have our legal panel coming up what to expect this week when it comes to this big case. jon: it is interesting to hear what tacopina had to say. chemical agents are arriving at about 300,000 people in west virginia continue doing without clean tapwater for a
stay away from tapwater because of a chemical spill. the white house issuing a federal disaster declaration. people in nine counties told not to bathe, wash their teeth or their clothes now. a chemical used to clean coal leaked into the elk river near, charleston, west virginia. that spill shut down the capitol and surrounding counties. worries grow how people who may have been exposed to that chemical. it will be unpleasant. we are concerned that, you know, people are going to be find it objectionable. we had complaints about eyes burning, things of that nature. best advice to stay inside right now until they get this taken care of. bill: this will take some time apparently. laura jordan, spokesperson for west virginia american water. good morning to you. good morning to you too. bill: how dangerous is this? this is something we re addressing with the utmost precaution just as a, precaution for our customers with their best interests in mind. we don t anticipate anything
accountability from a company who spilled coal ash into lake michigan back in october. energy companies are good at making money. they re bad at cleaning up their mistakes. because they re so good at making money, it can be difficult to trust what they re telling you when you suspect they re making mistakes. they can pay for a lot of speech. consider their new moneymaker. hydraulic fracking. hydraulic fracturing. they blast a toxic liquid into the ground, breaking up the rock, and releasing natural gas and sometimes leaving homeowners nearby with tapwater they can light on fire. or not. back in february, the university of texas announced the results of a new study, new study shows no evidence of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing, awesome, sounds great. and then you learn, as the world did last week, that the lead scientists also works for a