capital. it has been nearly a week now since thousands of residents in jackson, mississippi have been able to have clean tap water. a major water treatment plan began failing last monday after it was damaged by flading, but when will people there finally have clean water to flush their toilets or brush their teeth or take a shower? fema is now saying it s too early to know. where we are focused right now from fema is being able to make sure we can provide and support the mississippi emergency management agency with bringing in safe drinking water, bottled water, supporting their operations, and bringing in our federal partners that can really understand what it s going to take to bring this plant back to full operational capacity. we re providing temporary measures to increase the water pressure so people can flush their toilets and use their faucets. the longer term about how long it s going to take before it s safe to drink, we have more to learn about what it s going to
The ongoing manhunt in lewiston, maine. And the surrounding communities. Where theres fear among residents this may not be over. E death toll from two separate shootings at a Bowling Alley and restaurant is 18 with 13 others injured, after a senseless assault devastating the community and the state of maine. Look, lewiston is a special place. Its a closeknit community with a long history of hard work, persistence, of faith, of opening its big heart to people everywhere. I love this place, just as i love our whole state with my entire heart. Im so deeply saddened, as is everyone of the 1. 3 Million People of this beautiful state. This city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security. No city does. No state, no people. This Attack Strikes at the very heart of who we are and the values we hold dear for this precious place we call home. Devastating and emotional for the governor and all the residents. Photos released overnight show
October seven attacks orchestrated by hamas were released. An 85 year old and a 79 year old were handed over at the Rafah Crossing. Hamas, described as a Terrorist Group by the uk in many governments, say they released their women on humanitarian grounds. They were amongst ginger and 20 hostages still inside gaza and they were handed over to representatives of the red cross around ten p m local time on monday night. After the meeting with israels president , mr macron expressed once again support for israel in the fight against terrorism. It israel in the fight against terrorism. Israel in the fight against terrorism. ,. ,. , terrorism. It is our duty to fight auainst terrorism. It is our duty to fight against these terrorism. It is our duty to fight against these terrorism terrorism. It is our duty to fight| against these terrorism groups. Without any confusion, without, i would say, and i share the warnings you passed, but targeting clearly these groups, organising targeted operation
Its tuesday, october the 24th. Our main story. Two israeli women, who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago, have been released from captivity. Yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. The women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 oclock local time last night. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the details. Freed after more than two weeks in captivity. In a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the red cross. Not before 85 year old Yocheved Lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, shalom, hebrew for peace. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Group by many weste
Im boris sanchez. Jake tapper is in tel aviv and were following the latest out of israel where talks are continuing to free a large number of the more than 200 people being held hostage by hamas. This as one of two israeli hosta hostages released yesterday is now speaking out about her harrowing experience. I went through hell that i could not have known. I was kidnapped on a motorbike on my side while they were driving towards gaza. As we got there, the people told us that they are people who believe in the koran and they will not harm us and we will get the same conditions they get in the tunnels. We begin walking inside the tunnels with the wet ground. There were guards and a paramedic and a doctor who took care of the fact we would have the same medicine that we need. There, we laid on mattresses. They took care of the sanitary side so we wont get sick and we had a doctor who came to see us every two to three days. As israeli troops gear up to launch a possible Ground Assault on ga