goodwin, is launching an investigation saying even negligent could tlelead to a criminal charge. >> then i understand erin brockovich is also speaking out about this situation. to what degree? >> reporter: well, fredw, as a public advocate, she goes in to a lot of these situations and complains that this is something that is kind of systemic. she was on cnn last night and explained that she and her team may go to west virginia to do some work there. take a listen to what she had to say. >> when there's a disaster like this, i'm usually flooded with e-mails from the community, and so our job is to go to assist, advise, help them in any way we can. we'll take a look at the site. see possibly how that breach did occur and then go from there, and so as the disaster's unfold, i'm getting more and more e-mails. so we will get on the ground, work with those communities. hear from those communities and begin an investigation. >> so we're looking at a couple of investigations essentially there in west virginia, but, again, it's going to be a couple more days before that water is back to usable standards, fred. >> okay. erin mcpike, thanks so much in washington. >>> all right. coming up next, he is the top