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the world. i'm natalie allen coming to you from atlanta. 5:00 in the morning. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. we have had a developing story in the past hour. a new warning from the united states to iran. john bolton, the u.s. national security adviser is in jerusalem for talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. bolton had tough words, stressing military action is still a possibility. >> neither iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake u.s. prudence and discretion for weakness. no one has granted them a hunting license in the middle east. as president trump said on friday, our military is rebuilt, new and ready to go. by far, the best in the world.

sanctions are biting and more added last night. iran can never have nuclear weapons. not against the usa and not against the world. and as he made clear yesterday, referring to his earlier remarks, the president said, i just stopped strike from going forward at this time. >> this comes as president trump says more sanctions against iran will be imposed monday, aimed at keeping iran from getting nuclear weapons. on saturday, mr. trump called iran an economic mess and said new sanctions will get them to the bargaining table. he also pulled out one of his favorite campaign slogans, but with a twist. >> iran wants to become a wealthy nation again. become a prosperous nation. we'll call it, let's make iran great again. does that make sense?

make iran great again. it's okay with me. >> well, let's talk about these developments with our correspondence in the region. our fred pleitgen is in tehran and/orr orren lieberman is in israel. >> reporter: the statements they made at the beginning of their meeting were effectively the talking points they were always going to make before these meetings. that is both prime minister netanyahu and national security adviser bolton listed off as what they see as iran's aggressive acts going on in the region going back months and years. for that, boat of them said neither israel nor the u.s. would stand for what they see as iran trying to, in netanyahu's words, devour other nations and expand its empire throughout the middle east. that's where they both started and here net yan hue went on

talking about the power the sanctions are having against iran. >> we in israel saw iran's aggression in their increased efforts to establish military bases in syria and their increased efforts to provide sophisticated weapons to hezbollah and they're increased financial support for hezbollah, hamas and palestinian islamic jihad. this increased right after the deal. right after the deal. with the removal of sanctions we in israel could see an explosion of terror and aggression. i was pleased to hear president trump make clear yesterday that pressure will continue and that pressure will increase. >> reporter: netanyahu has recently called for other nations, the international community, as he called it, to put in more sanctions against iran. he has long lauded and praised trump's sanctions against iran. interestingly, netanyahu made no reference to trump calling off a strike in retaliation about the

downed drone. he left it to bolton, who said no one should confuse prudence for weakness and left open the possibility that there may be a strike coming in the future if iran doesn't change its actions, apparently leaving an open-ended threat. and bolton concluded his remarks by saying, stay tuned. >> he seemed to pause before he said that, for effect. thank you. let's go to fred. tensions, fred, remaining high as president trump tightens the economic noose and iran saying they will not back down if provoked. how is this new threat from john bolton likely to go down? >> reporter: well, certainly not very well. i think one of the things the iranians have been saying is they believe that, for instance, the program of maximum pressure by the united states government, the sanctions that were put on iran after the u.s. left the nuclear agreement. obviously, that continued to be more. they view that as an aggression against iran rather than the other way around. also the fact that the u.s. is

sending some 1,000 additional troops here to the region, as already sent a new carrier strike group and new bombers to the region is something that didn't go down withal with the iranians. they believe this is an aggression from the united states. now, the iranians on the one hand, i think, were request quite surprised by some of the things president trump said last night when he justified the fact that he called off those strikes, those retaliatory strikes. on the one hand calling for making iran great again. essentially asking the iranians to go back to the table and talk, and apparently praising the iranian leadership for not shooting down a manned aircraft shortly -- or around the time that they actually shot down that drone. that's actually being shown -- part of president trump's statement is being shown on iranian tv. as far as sanctions are concerned, the iranians are saying that right now it is still quite a dangerous situation here in the middle east. a senior general came out earlier today and said if there was a military move by the

united states, if there was a strike bit united states, he said that very quickly that could lead to an unemergenciable situation in the middle east. one thing the iranians have been saying, not just after the recent tensions on the tanker attack and shooting down of drones as well, if there is going to be a confrontation, if it comes to trading of fire into a shooting war, the iranians are saying that is not going to remain limited to the militaries of united states and iran but most certainly would involve their proxy forces around the region as well, natalie. >> no one wants war, they say, in the region, which has been ripped by war in recent years, but still the rhetoric and the threats continue. i want to ask you, fred, now we know more sanctions are coming on monday. you were there inside iran. mr. trump is working to choke iran economically. how is it affecting the economy there as you see it and everyday

citizens' lives? >> reporter: it's having a massive effect on iran's economy. there's no doubt the economy here is in a big recession. growth has been negative throughout this entire year and last year as well. the currency has been in a downward spiral and oil exports, i wouldn't say virtually nonexistent but dialed back a great deal because of the sanctions. the effect is on regular folks. basically all we spoke to said their economic situation has gotten worse. after the big sanctions came into play after the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear agreement, a lot of international companies not only didn't come to iran to invest here but a lot also pulled out. the offices of a lot of companies have pulled out here and many people lost their jobs. at the same time it's very difficult for iranian companies to do business internationally as well. that's also caused -- or gotten people a big hit on their incomes and caused a lot of

folks lose their jobs as well. it's had a huge effect on the economy. what it hasn't had an effect on is what it does in their foreign policy. one thing that was quite telling is despite this pressure campaign of sanctions that's been going on for a while, when the japanese prime minister was here, the week before last and basically gave the supreme leader of iran an offer for talks from president trump, iran said under these circumstances, iran will not talk, even if sanctions increase. >> it is a catch-22 between these two countries. fred pleitgen, thank you for your perspectives. depending on how iran reacts, a military strike on iran could have far-reaching and, perhaps, grave consequence. after all, the u.s. has thousands of troops in the region, not to mention military bases there. one iran military commander says consequences of fighting in the

region would be, quote, unmanageable by any country. earlier my colleague ana cabrera spoke with u.s. house armed services committee about the president's decision to call off an attack he cocked and loaded. >> operating on instincts is never a good day. take a deep breathe. take time. all of that you need to take into context, always be prepared to defend. as you just heard in prior to my coming on board here, we have very numerous personnel, assets, bases in the area. we have a right to defend ourselves. so, if iran chooses to attack any of our assets, any of our personnel, we must defend against that attack. that doesn't mean we go to war. that means we defend the attack. now we are not in that stage now. we're in what we should call a stage of retaliation.

that may be a kinetic, that is things that go boom or may be sanctions. it may be some other action. one other thing that's absolutely necessary, that is that we do not go it alone. we need to rally support for either sanctions, and if it comes to a kinetic action, again, we need to have our allies with us. unfortunately, the president has created a very difficult situation in which he moved the united states out of the joint jcpoa. that was the nuclear agreement to stop iran from building a bomb within the next 10 to 15 years. we're no longer a part of that. our allies are. therefore, we've isolated ourselves. >> the house passed a bill this week that would repeal the authorized use of military force that was approved after 9/11.

it has specific language about not authorizing force against iran. as you know, that's probably not going to get very far against the republican-led senate. would that inadvertently give the president a constitutional loophole to order an attack? >> no, i don't believe so. clearly, iran does not come under the 2001 authorization to use force in afghanistan. it is just not appropriate to use that at all. although, i might say the administration has tried, i think, without any success to shoe horn iran into that. doesn't fit. a new authorization to use force would be necessary. there are two different ways to attack this. one is what we're working on in the armed services committee with the national defense authorization act and that is to say the president has no authority to attack iran unless he gets an authorization to use force from the congress.

i think there's broad republican support for that. and given what the president did by pulling back on his military attack, i believe that strengthens our hand to put that legislation in place. it will be a must pass piece of legislation. and i think the senate will go along with it. >> on another front with iran, we are learning that last week the u.s. launched a cyber strike against an iranian spy group. it was in retaliation for attacks on oil tankers earlier this month in the gulf of oman. a u.s. official says the cyber strike targeted computer software used to attack the tankers. a source tells cnn there's been an increase in iranian cyber activity against gulf targets in recent months. north korean state media say kim jong-un has received a personal letter from the u.s. president.

south korea's presidential office says the fact they are corresponding is a positive step towards restarting denuclearization talks. our paula hancocks has more from seoul, south korea. >> reporter: we are back to letter writing between the leaders of north korea and the usa. state-run media says kim jong-un has received a letter from president trump. they also published a photo showing him reading that letter. now, according to kcna, the north korean leader said with satisfaction that the letter is of excellent content. also flattering the u.s. president saying he appreciates the extraordinary courage of president trump, kim jong-un said he would seriously contemplate the interesting content. this comes a couple weeks after, we understand, there was a letter from kim jong-un sent to the u.s. president. mr. trump did say it was a beautiful letter. he said he wouldn't reveal the

contents but that he was happy with it. certainly we're seeing that these two leaders are back to communicating. since the hanoi summit in february, there really had been very little communication between the u.s. and north korea. those denuclearization talks had definitely stalled. the hanoi summit where there was no agreement and walked away with no agreement. we heard from kim jong-un he wanted the u.s. to change its attitude in order to get these talks back on track. it does appear this letter is in response to the letter kim jong-un sent a couple weeks ago. it comes at an interesting time, we're just days away from u.s. president donald trump is headed to the region. he's going to the g-20 summit in japan where he's expected to meet on the sidelines xi jinping and he's coming to seoul to talk to south korean president moon

jae-in. we're seeing lots of movement when it comes to talks on the denuclearization of north korea. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. back here in the united states, president trump says he's putting the brakes on massive immigration raids, for now. we look what's behind the reasons and what it means for those families who may be targeted as kro the country. also democrats in the u.s. presidential race make their pitch to voters as they prepare for the first primary debate. ♪ you should be mad they gave this guy a promotion. you should be mad at forced camaraderie. and you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade, who's tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad. get e*trade's simplified technical analysis.

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welcome back. the democrats in the race for the white house are in south carolina this weekend making their pitch in the crucial early primary states. most of the hopefuls delivered speeches at the so-called frish friday saturday. they're trying to polish their messages ahead of the first primary debate this week. several candidates spent the day slamming president trump. >> i know we have in this white house a president who says he wants to make america great again. what does that mean? does that mean he wants to take us back to before schools were integrated? does that mean he wants to take us back before the voting rights was enacted? does that mean he wants to take us back before the civil rights was enacted? does he mean he wants to take us back before roe v. wade was enacted? because we're not going back! we're not going back!

>> we will not beat donald trump by fighting him using his tactics on his turf, on his terms. he wants this election to be about hate. we better make it about love. he wants to make this election about tearing people down. we're going to make it about building people up. >> look, y'all know in your bones that this election is more important than any one you've ever been engaged in. we have a president promoting hate and division, encourages white supremacy, encourages white dictators. goes around the world weakening our alliances. for more years of president trump will permanently change the character of this country. we can't let that happen. >> there you have it. game on. the lineup for the first u.s. democratic presidential debate has been announced. it will be split into two nights with two groups of ten.

nbc news will host them both. the first group wednesday will be elizabeth warren, beto o'rourke and cory booker who you heard in those sound bites. the next ten will meet thursday, including former vice president joe biden, vermont senator bernie sanders and california senator kamala harris. let's turn to another election happening in istanbul where the polls are open. voters taking part in a redo in march's election for mayor. turkish official ordered the revote citing electoral irregularities. this vote is important because it's seen as a test for turkey's democracy. tell us why this vote is being rerun. >> reporter: it's a very important test as people will tell you for their country's democracy. people here are very proud of the decade's old democracy in this country. if you recall back on march

31st, that is when those local elections took place. and the candidate for the opposition, the main opposition secular party, the chp won. it was a very narrow victory, natalie. he won by 13,000 votes with around 10 million votes cast here in istanbul. and president erdogan's party objected to those results and then you have the supreme electoral boards that ruled to anull those votes. very controversial decision, saying there were voter i guess regularities. no matter what happened on that day, there is the feeling of moving on. both sides have accepted the reality this vote is happening all over again. there is this real determination to exercise their rights and show up and vote today. we've met so many people here

who have come back to vote -- >> i just want to interrupt for a moment. next to you we have erdogan walking into a polli ining prec to vote. that's significant there, isn't it? >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, this is a very important test, as you mentioned, for turkey's democracy. when it comes to president erdogan and his ruling party. there's a long list of reasons why istanbul is important. that march 31st vote was a big blow for erdogan and his party. they lost the three major cities. the capital, istanbul, that is the financial and economic hub of this country, its financial capital and the city of ismere. this is where president erdogan launched his political career. in 1994 he was voted in as mayor of istanbul. and there is a lot of power and

prestige that comes with being in control of istanbul. the big question is whether both sides will accept whatever the result may be of today, you know, for the opposition. march 31st was a very significant moment. it really was reintegrating for the opposition. they felt they have the confidence to change this status quo. they've been so concerned about the direction their country is taking. so many saying it is on the path to becoming a atocracy. we'll have to wait and see what happens today. people we're speaking with are saying they really hope, no matter what the result is, that both sides respect that result and they're hoping for kind of a clearer victory compared to last

time, natalie. >> absolutely. the people just want a fair election as we see mr. erdogan go into a voting booth to cast his ballot. thank you for explaining it to us. we appreciate your reporting. thousands of families fearing deportation from the united states get a reprove? a short one, perhaps. we'll tell you why officials say the u.s. president had to postpone the massive immigration raids set to take place across the country. and we speak with a lawyer who went to the southern u.s. border to find out about conditions there and what she found and what she shares is shocking. that's coming up. hello to the best part of the day.... with italian quality pizza. get two medium, one-topping pizzas for just $6.99 each. every store. every day. the italian way. hello primo. hey allergy muddlers...

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welcome back to viewers in the u.s. and all around the world. we appreciate you tuning in. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen live from atlanta. here are our top stories. new warnings for iran as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and john bolton meet in jerusalem. they spoke last hour. after president trump called off an attack on iran, bolton warned military action is still possible and no one should question u.s. resolve. mr. netanyahu said iran conducted an explosion of terror after striking the nuclear deal. president trump insist more sanctions are coming against iran. he says they will drive tehran to the bargaining table. he claims that will happen. and in his words, make iran great again. for its part, iran shows no

intention of sitting down with the u.s. president and says it will counter any threats for aggression. beijing confirms chinese president xi jinping will attend the g-20 summit in osaka, japan, next week. japan's prime minister extended the invitation. mr. xi is expected to meet on the sidelines with the u.s. president to discuss the ongoing trade war between china and washington. president trump says he is delaying the widespread and controversial immigration raids he scheduled for this weekend. immigration and customs enforcement officers in ten cities were set to round up families who were ordered by a court to leave the country. about 2,000 families are affected in the cities you see here. on twitter, mr. trump says he wants to give democrats and republicans time to get together and work out a solution to the asylum and loophole problems at the southern border.

he adds, if not, deportations start. >> these are people that came into the country illegally. they've been served. they've gone through a process. a process of the courts. and they have to be removed from the country. they will be removed from the country. it's having a very big effect on the border. the fact we're taking them out, the people that came into the country illegally are going to be removed from the country. >> the backlash against the plan for the raids in the ten cities was swift. now that they're delayed, city leaders are breathing a sigh of relief for now. cnn has more from one of the cities targeted, los angeles. >> reporter: here in los angeles, right at the top, mayor eric garcetti called these threatened sweeps inhumane. when they were called off, there was a sense of relief and a lot of cynicism because a lot of activist groups for the

immigrants have long said they believe that donald trump uses all these threatened sweeps as mere political grandstanding. >> we've seen this from the trump administration since the day he announced him running, his campaign in 2016. he's been doing this to feed the trolls, to feed his supporters, to let them know he's doing something about the quote/unquote, immigration problem. it's just part of his m.o. even into his presidency. >> reporter: although the sweeps were called off, the immigrant activists here had already set in motion a series of measures that they thought would help these immigrants. among them, free legal counseling. they were setting up what they would call the sanctuary network where people could go to churches and schools and they got the red card. immigrants should know under their fifth amendment rights, they have the right to stay silent so they wouldn't have to

speak to an i.c.e. officer and under the fourth amendment they did not have to allow anyone into their home, this would be an i.c.e. agent who basically did not have a search warrant signed with their name on it. they were prepared. they say this means they will be prepared here in the future if there are any more threatened i.c.e. sweeps. now back to you. we're learning more about the filthy conditions in which children are being held in u.s. border facilities. a group of doctors and lawyers visited border protection facilities. they did not get to inspect them but interviewed children there who told them horror stories of people being sick and not having access to soap or showers. they put their findings in a report that sparked a hearing last week. their report included children held past the 20-day limit. children taking care of toddlers and babies. cells so overcrowded, the

children were sleeping on concrete floors. some of them had no socks or shoes. at the hearing, a justice department official was asked to explain those conditions. it's a common understanding, if you don't have a toothbrush, if you don't have soap, if you don't have a blan kket, it's no safe and sound. wouldn't everybody agree with that? don't you agree with that? >> well, i think there's fair reason to find those things may be part of -- >> yeah, maybe. are a part. >> in a statement, u.s. customs and border protection says it's noted numerous times its facilities are not designed to hold vulnerable populations. and it urgently needs additional funding to manage the crisis. it goes on to say, allegations of mistreatment are taken seriously and investigated.

joining me is a law professor who interviewed the children at the texas border facility just this week. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, natalie. >> we'll talk about what you witnessed the border in a moment. i want to begin with the developing news that we've just learned. people across the country were poised for a roundup by i.c.e., raids to deport thousands of undocumented families across the country. and now the president says it is being postponed. what's your reaction to that decision? >> well, my reaction is i think it's critical we do everything we can to support these families who are living with us in the united states. they are our neighbors. they are the people who care for our children. who help care for our yards. they are the ones that grow our food and do a lot of the work that many of us are not willing or not engaged in in the economy

right now. i think it's important to realize many are law-abiding and they contribute significantly to our economy. every single reputable -- i think it's important we recognize every month, every year that we have them here is a benefit to america. i think it's great news they are holding on of on these raids. >> this is the issue playing out for people here. let's back up and talk about what's going on at the border because you were there for several days. you just got back a couple of days ago. and conditions are described as not just unsanitary but dangerous. what did you see? >> natalie, you would not believe the things we saw. it was hard to believe we're in the united states of america. we showed up at the border patrol facility which wasn't even on our radar last week when we were planning to prepare to go into these facilities to make sure the children who are in

the -- in the sector, the el paso sector are being cared for. we heard children were being moved to these facilities. we walked in and immediately discovered that over 350 children were there on monday on the day we arrived. and so we immediately had to pull teams from the other site and start interviewing these children because these children are not being cared for. they were sick. they were dirty. there we there were 2, 3, 4-year-olds who didn't have anyone to take care of them. an infant's mother who got sick was handed off to someone who wasn't even related to this children. it's horrendous. the children are kept in cells meant for males. they're male holding cells. there are open toilets in the middle of the room. the children are locked in these cells 24 hours a day.

they're almost never let out. they go to the bathroom there, they eat there. they sleep there. there are not enough beds. not enough mats. many children reported having to sleep on cold, concrete floors. many of these children were tenderer age children. we saw over 100 -- we saw there were over 100 young children at this facility on monday. >> how in the world is this happening? we're talking -- you said 2, 3, and 4-year-old children. it's basically children looking out for children. >> that's exactly right. there are no adults who are directly caring for these children in the united states. in most states you have a four to one ratio of small children to a caregiver. some of these children told us there were 100 kids in their room. we were able to look at the roster and determine how many kids were in the different cells. one cell as of thursday which was the last day i was there when there were 100 children in one cell.

it's unbelievable. they are sleeping six kids to a mat. we have babies and toddlers sleeping on concrete blocks. it's unbelievable. >> u.s. customs and border protection says it's overrun and doing the best they can in an out of control situation. we've never seen the numbers we're seeing at the border we're seeing now. what can be a temporary solution to what you saw? what can be remedied until there's a long-term solution? anything? >> natalie, the information that you're given just isn't true. if you look at the historical immigration numbers in the united states, the number of apprehensions happening right now are nowhere near our nation's highs. look at the numbers over the last 40 years and you'll see we're nowhere niece those top numbers you're suggesting, you are told are happening right now. what we're seeing are more children and families.

the wonderful thing about children and families is that almost all of them have relatives here in the united states. these children are generally crossing the border with family members and they have a mom, a dad, both parents, a grandparent, aunts living in the united states who are here and ready to care for them. the law requires these children to be moved through these border facilities within an hour. they're supposed to move through these facilities as expeditiously as possible because they are not appropriate for children. and everybody understands this. 72 hours is the maximum they can hold children. what was shocking is there are many children who have been held there for three weeks or more. after a child is released from border patrol, they're normally transported to office of resettlement to a shelter. children are only allowed to be in those facilities for 20 days because the rule is you get these children with their

families. that's what the law requires. and yet these children are being held for nine months or longer. basically what's happening is they are creating a backlog there. if you just simply place these children with their families, we would not have the crisis we're facing today. it's not a problem with too many people coming across the border. that's just not true. >> there is a solution. it's unbelievable they're really alone for this period of time. we thank you so much for sharing the story, sharing what you saw and shedding light on this situation. thank you so much. >> thank you, natalie. we really appreciate her and her insights. we'll continue to follow that story, of course. the race to become britain's prime minister enters a critical phase and one candidate faces tough questions about a reported visit by the police. you try har, you eat right... mostly. you make time... when you can.

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i'd rather not. welcome back. boris johnson, the front-runner in the british prime minister's race is dodging questions about why police visited his apartment. they say he was called to the apartment he shares with his girlfriend when neighbors heard a loud altercation involve screaming, shouting and banging. johnson says conservative party members were not interested in the matter. >> does a person's private li life -- don't boo the great man. >> when he answers his question, i will move on. does a person's private life

have any bearing on their ability to discharge the office of prime minister? >> look, i -- i've tried to give my answer pretty exhaustedly. i think what people want to know is whether i have the determination and the courage to deliver on the commitments that i'm making. it will need a lot of grit right now. i think people are entitled to think about this and this is a relevant conversation, actually. >> just to be clear, you're not going to make any comment on what happened last night. >> i think that's pretty obvious from the foregoing. >> okay. >> well, there you have it from mr. johnson. he and rival jeremy hunt are on a campaign tour across the uk. they are trying to win votes from fellow conservative party members who will choose the next leader. despite a history of making controversial remarks and gaffes, boris johnson is still considered the favorite in the race for number ten.

cnn's nick glass takes a closer look. >> reporter: the most charismatic and divisive of politicians about to become british prime minister? nothing can halt the irresistible rise of boris johnson. not even his performance in a television bait with his rivals. the big question was brexit and the date britain leaves europe. >> we must come out on the 31st of october. >> reporter: but could he guarantee it? >> can you guarantee? >> i think it's imminently feasible. >> reporter: no absolute guarantee then. for the last week or so, boris johnson's image has been everywhere and that blond mop such a gift to cartoonists, vote by vote swallowing up his rivals

like so many minnows. >> he has faults but he also has a touch of genius. >> i get why he became popular. i totally get that. i'm just saying he's done nothing with it. >> reporter: a question during the debate yielded a rare boris apology. >> in the past you said muslim women who wear veils are like bank robbers. do you accept your words have consequences? >> yes, of course. and insofar as my words have given offensive the last 20 or 30 years when i've been a journalist and people have taken my words out of my articles and escalated them, i'm sorry for the offense they have caused. >> reporter: his managers are well aware of where the damages lie in this campaign as do the cartoonist, that boris might say the wrong thing and strip himself up. to that end, campaign appearances have been carefully

rationed. even at his launch last week, he seemed like a man in a hurry. the first thing he did was check his watch. >> step back, please. >> reporter: his newish girlfriend, age 31, knows all about pr. she's evidently smartened him up, got him to have his hair trimmed. a room full of attentive supporters, a snappy 16-minute speech, journalists restricted to just six questions in all. >> if you want to be prime minister, can the country trust you? >> yes, of course. i don't want a no-deal outcome but i think it's important for our country to prepare for that outcome. >> reporter: we don't know if boris can deliver on his brexit ambitions. they involve other parties, namely the european union and the british parliament. mr. johnson may find out both of them can be difficult to deal

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chennai, india, is bringing the city to its knees. now the state government is scrambling to find solutions for the crisis as zain asher reports. >> reporter: carrying empty water buckets. more protesters demanded more in chennai. >> translator: we have to stand the whole day to get water. at the end of the day we might go three or four pots. it's not enough. we have to protest and ask, why are we in this situation. >> reporter: a common sight in india's sixth largest city, lining up, hoping to fill water from containers. others are forced to use unsanitary wells. >> translator: because of the diseases from the dirty ground

water, children can't go to school. people can't go to work. we are not able to eat properly or work in peace. >> reporter: rainfall fell briefly last week providing some relief, but not nearly enough to prevent the crisis from deepening. >> i am standing up at chennai's tried up well which you can see is bone dry. >> reporter: this reporter standing on dry land where millions of liters of water should be. without enough water to clean medical equipment or clean hands, hospitals are turning away patients. some schools are closing and businesses are struggling to stay open unless they can pay a hefty premium. >> we are pay huge money for water -- huge money to get the water. what we are buying is not the quality water. people say there is no water scarcity at all but we don't have water at all here. >> reporter: they will deliver a steady supply of clean water. promising to allocate 10 million

liters of water each day. for city receiving 820 million liters daily, it may only provide limited relief. some caution it's only a band-aid, pointing to years of poor conservation. >> it's the responsibility of the government to make sure -- you should make sure sewage is not let into these water bodies. you should make sure the garbage is not dumped on these water bodies. >> reporter: as india suffers a heat wave, chennai's crisis may be an indication of things to come. experts say nearly half of india's population is facing an acute water shortage. zain asher, cnn. >> i'm natalie allen. thanks for watching. our top stories are next. got it? got it. it's slippery.

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