a tragic irony unfolding in mississippi where just days ago record rains inundated the jackson area yet tonight that city finds itself in desperate need of usable water after failure of the main treatment plant. governor tate reeves declaring a state of emergency, saying the city cannot produce enough water to meet other critical needs and imploring residents to not drink this water tonight officials are struggling to distribute bottled water to the estimated 180,000 people affected as we reported last night, the jackson area has suffered water infrastructure issues for years most recently, boil-water notices have been in effect. the crisis now worsened by the recent floodwaters, and it is raining there again tonight. nbc is in jackson. reporter: tonight, a race to distribute water in jackson, mississippi. cars lined up for miles outside distribution centers full of locals hoping for water who left empty-handed after the supply quickly ran out. the water that they are giv
2001, and i asked him what his legacy would be first he laughed and said they will be big. then getting serious, he answered, my ideas go well beyond the time when i was president, and i believe they are still important. let s see what happens next well, that certainly proved to be prophetic. all right andrea mitchell, thank you. in 60 seconds, the videos are all over social media, the deadly rise of street racing and how cities are trying to crack down plus, the fight over fast food, what it means for the price you pay.
Protection against serious disease. reporter: pfizer s original vaccine was initially shown to be 95% effective at preventing infection, but over time, the potency wore off boosters were necessary. demand has dropped just over 108 million people have the first booster. only 23 million have gotten the second. even so, pfizer says it has 30 million doses of this new booster ready to go out the door stephanie, let me ask you this late last week moderna announced it s suing pfizer for patent infringement for its covid vaccine. how is the company responding reporter: lester, pfizer says it s surprised by this lawsuit. adding that the technology it based its vaccine on was developed by biontech, that s pfizer s partner company in germany. all right, stephanie, thank you president biden traveled to battleground pennsylvania today, saying in a fiery speech he s determined to ban assault weapons in the u.s he also defended the
Long lines for bottled water. how long before service is restored? also tonight, tracking strong storms moving east after deadly severe weather in the midwest and the extreme heat. more than 50 million on alert in the west our nbc news exclusive inside the facility where pfizer is producing the next generation covid booster. how soon could shots go into arms president biden s fiery speech, saying he s determined to ban assault weapons and calling attacks against the fbi after the mar-a-lago raid sickening u.n. inspectors arriving in kyiv before their journey to a russian-controlled nuclear plant at the center of growing international fears. remembering mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, credited with lifting the iron curtain. and serena williams advancing at the u.s. open, cheered on by a record-breaking and star-studded crowd when she takes the court next good evening
Fbi and accused the gop of condoning political violence here s gabe gutierrez. reporter: today in philadelphia, yet another bullet-riddled car, a father shot dead at a gas station. a 14 and 10-year-old survived little more than 100 miles away, president biden defended his record on crime ahead of this year s midterms. when it comes to public safety in this nation, the answer is not defund the police. it s fund the police reporter: his administration s plan to curb gun violence includes $13 billion over the next 5 years to hire more police officers, $3 billion to help courts clear backlogs, and a 13% increase in the atf s budget for new investigators to help cities trace firearms and analyze ballistics the president also hoping to build on federal gun safety legislation congress passed earlier this summer i m determined to ban assault weapons in this country reporter: he s also