the ocean has helped. but the sheen is as big, if not bigger. that s what is closest now. these lighter winds, kyra, it s possible they could get back out with the skimmers and try to sweep some of the oil up. they haven t been able to do it for days. as we know, this oil slick has been especially tough on the fishermen. we re going to talk to a couple lawyers coming up that have filed lawsuits on behalf of the fishermen getting ready to sue bp oil. cold drinking water is a hot commodity in boston. two million people have been without it since saturday. repairs of a water main break took place over the weekend. a boil water order remains in effect for 30 communities. and bostonians are having a tough time. there is bottled water, but for finding it in the store, forget about it. an hour and a half after we opened we were back to square
without sustainable drinking water right now. year looking at the reason why. officials say there was a major break in a major water pipe outside of boston and the leaking water at a rate of 8 gallons per hour into the charles river. the massachusetts water authority, they ve activated emergency water supplies from the various reservoirs around the area for bathing and flushing and fire protection. that water obviously not suitable for drinking. so there has been a boil water order imposed in 38 communities east of weston. engineers are on the scene of the break. they re going to be working on it. too soon to say when they re going to be repaired. if you re in the area, check the news and make sure you re not affected by this. gregg: and some dramatic new videotape. a confrontation between somali priorities and the dutch royal navy. look at this. hands up in the air! hands up in the air!
restored from in the very the keys, key haven through key west. we ve got about 42% of power restored in the upper keys. we have water pressure all the way down to marathon, but we are still under a boil water order, so for in terms of our health concerns, the folks don t have power to boil water or fuel to boil water we re really concerned about health which is part of why, you know, we re not inviting everyone back yet. that compounded with the fact that we have a lot of essential services folks trying to get through to help continue with the recovery as well as supplies to everybody. so if everyone can be a little more patient. i have one other note that everybody needs to understand that the port of key west is closed and the water surrounding key west are considered a safety zone, so please do not try to take your boat anywhere near key west or the keys.
efforts with so many people without running water and the threat with contaminated water there in many areas, we saw the boil water order, how is it some of these resources are getting to the families and residents who need it most, families who have elderly members to worry about, young children, babies and infants? let me just first say that the outpouring of people wanting to support, corporations wanting to support us here in south carolina has been unbelievable. i just got a call from a company that wants to send a shipment of full truckload of water in here. that s pretty common the last couple of days. we appreciate that level of support that we re getting from all over the country. but it s really about distributing that water once it gets here. we ve got sites set up all around the community that people that are able to and have transportation can come and get that water, then we have got efforts under way where we are distributing the water through our library system and
already under water and there is a boil water order for everyone else because of fears that the drinking water may have been contaminated. the mayor said that temporary dikes are holding back the water so far. a brand new poll shows minnesota congresswoman bachmann up . she is one point behind romney. she sat down with chris wallace today . now back to bull bears. i am heather childers stay tuned. it is fall why are we tapping the emergency oil stock pile. it is because libya s oil is not flowing . where is the emergency.