Of water until the water ran out. And after spending their day like this in 90degree temperatures, many were turned away from the Distribution Event at hawkins airfield. The director of the state Emergency Management says seven Distribution Sites will be set up by thursday. In the meantime, people turned to stores where the shelves are nearly bare. Its very frustrating. Its very frustrating to have to fight for some water, you know what im saying. You got to mess around and buy five cases of water just to stay hyd hydrated. Reporter its just kind of scary. We dont know when anythings going to get done. You come in the store and its empty. Water were talking about. Lets back up and talk about how we got here. Moderate flooding in jackson, mississippi, crippled the citys largest Water Facility. National guard troops trained for the devastation of hurricanes, theyve been deployed, but this is not a disaster, some once in a lifetime storm. American citizens in 2022 struggling for the most
attacks on the fbi by congress members and the former president, just two days before what the white house says will be a primetime presidential address on the soul of the nation. if that weren t enough, his new tough talk comes just as the documents case is about to take another turn, with the justice department about to file new court papers tonight, aiming to block attempts by the former president to slow it down or stymie it. that is the backdrop to what joe biden said today in northeastern pennsylvania. let me say this to my maga republican friends in congress, don t tell me you support law enforcement if you won t condemn what happened on the 6th. don t tell me. can t do it. for god s sake, whose side are you on? whose side are you on? meantime, on his social media outlet, the former president today launched one post after another about the 2020 election, which he now says should be rerun, and the fbi. now, without specifically leveling blame, joe biden today spoke
of water until the water ran out. and after spending their day like this in 90-degree temperatures, many were turned away from the distribution event at hawkins airfield. the director of the state emergency management says seven distribution sites will be set up by thursday. in the meantime, people turned to stores where the shelves are nearly bare. it s very frustrating. it s very frustrating to have to fight for some water, you know what i m saying. you got to mess around and buy five cases of water just to stay hyd hydrated. reporter: it s just kind of scary. we don t know when anything s going to get done. you come in the store and it s empty. water we re talking about. let s back up and talk about how we got here. moderate flooding in jackson, mississippi, crippled the city s largest water facility. national guard troops trained for the devastation of hurricanes, they ve been deployed, but this is not a disaster, some once in a lifetime storm. american citizens i
pakistan where one-third of that country is under water. the government now says at least 1,100 people have been killed. across that country, millions have been forced from their homes. the cause, what they re calling a monster monsoon season, which still has a month left. for more information on what you can do to help, go to cnn.com/impact. the news continues, let s hand it over to victor blackwell and cnn tonight . thank you, i m victor blackwell. this is cnn tonight. we are waiting for the justice department s rebuttal to trump s legal team on the mar-a-lago documents, and we will talk about that later because at this same moment, more than 150,000 people are waiting for water in a major american city, a state capital, jackson, mississippi. tonight families there cannot be sure their toilets will flush, that there s enough water to brush their teeth, to show, even send their kids to school. instead, they spent the day in lines for hours to get one case