joining us now from charleston is carolyn ireland. she is a resident, and says she's still not using the tap water. why not many of your neighbors say they're using the tap water and say everything is fine. >> well, a lot of us are not using it. there are a lot of people who feel like there wasn't enough information about the chemical to assure us that we were safe to going back to drinking it. especially when we lifted the do not use ban. there was a very low threshold chemical smell, people were getting sick and there was an increase in er visit. a lot of us have reason to doubt and worry about what is in our water. >> what do you make of the report that found there was no record of inspections in any of these crucial tanks before january 9th. >> it doesn't surprise me at all. we live in a culture here that is very much anti-regulation, and we rely on industry to self-report and self regulate, and that clearly does not work. it does not work for the citizens. >> what sort of inconvenience is it on you to make the decision that you'r

. >> carolyn ireland, a resident of charleston, west virginia. >>> a billionaire wants to break up california into six straight states. even managed to get his plan on the state ballot. we'll hear from him next. >>> and half a million people running for cover is another deadly storm hits the philippines. we'll have the latest on the typhoon. "talk to al jazeera" saturday 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> the detroit institute of the arts is taking steps to save some priceless works of art that could be sold in bankruptcy. museum donors announced they're pledging $26 million as part of detroit's grand bargain. the money would ease cuts to pensions for city employees. >>> california might be on its way to trying to become six separate states. the silicon valley venture capitol tim draper is pushing the idea and has collected enough signatures to get thinks proposal on a state ballot. the six california proposal could go up for vote in 2016. we spoke with draper earlier and asked why he thinks that they cannot function with one capitol in sacramento. >> they're trying too handle 38 million