we reached out to the water company that is treating everything and eliminate the liquorice odour. here is what they said to us. they said: >> now, they also went on to answer another question we had, as to why the liquorice smell continues to be in the air in people's homes, saying: >> in the meantime many in the state are continuing to drink bottled water as they do not trust the water system out there. we have seen roadside drop-offs around different counties all day long. businesses not quite ready to serve up the water out of the tap. they are flushing systems, and people are drinking mostly bottled water at places like that. a lot of questions in the story as it continues to develop. and we are certain that legislators and others will talk about it all week, trying to figure out a fix to the fact that there was a leak on the elk river river and 300,000 people were not able to drink or bathe in water. >> let's get a check of the weather. you are telling me a big change is coming to the north-east. >> yes, we have cold air, colder than today. we got a chill in the air today. no

hill smells like liquorice.weet candy, we smelt the water the other day and it has a sweet smell. a lot of people feel that even though the test results that we received and the state officials are presenting even though it shows the chemical is non-detectible. i don't feel comfortable drinking the water unless there's long term testing they are presented with. >> a while after the spill a second chemical was discovered. what do we know about that? >> p.p.h., that's the second chemical that stitt official only found out about. it was a big surprise for a lot of people. if there's good news, officials believe it's non-detectible because a small amount got into the water line. 7% of the storage tank was filled, compared to 85% of the crude. if the p.p.h. got into the water line, it was likely filtered out with the water treatment process. >> jonathan martin in charleston. coming up, the syrian peace talks and the story of a doctor treating the refugees fleeing the war. >> ryding high - extreme weather in hawaii as

. >> the smell of liquorice, the candy smell is prevalent here on the saturday as is an itch in my high, which a lot of emergency rooms and doctors say is one of the problems, one of the symptoms that people are coming in and complaining about. we are on the story and keep reporting. >> freedom industries filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting any lawsuit on homed. the company has not paid faxes from 2000 to 2008 and owes nearly 2.5 million to the government. >> it's said it knows its customers it will ship customers to them before they order. it will look at orders, web searches, wish lists, and launch anticipatory shipping. amazon says it may give discounts. >> teaching kids about money in one of the world's poorest countries. >> ask someone to look after my money. never give my money away. >> how a bank is giving children in bangladesh a fighting chance at saving money. >> all the hype and hoopla surrounding peyton manning and tom brady, and right fully so, because they are two living legends. sunday's game will be the 15th meeting. tom brady has the edge in victories with 10 peyto

houses spell of liquorice, even after the plumbing has been flushed. people are showing up at emergency rooms. >> my throat burned. it was congested in my chest. i had a splitting headache. >> this is the daughter of a coal miner and an advocate for people concerned about chemical safety. >> we are working with state and federal legislators to come up with laws to protect us. the problem is they haven't protected us for a number of years. i'm not exactly sure what the best lal form of change will be here. >> al jazeera america has been efforting a statement or an interview with west virginia water company. here is what they send us: >> state political leaders, when asked about environmental issues have been saying it's their desire to find a balance between clean water and jobs. but overwhelmed west virginians say they've heard that rhetoric before. >> how long do you think this will go on before we get answers? >> years. that's the way it happens. freedom industries, the company blamed for the spill fired chapter 11 bankruptcy, protecting them for now

it centres around freedom industries, where the first sign of disaster started with a small of liquorice. >> the story started in a container wall and chemicals leaked into the elk river. after the still freedom industries moved the chemical to a site run by poker blending incorporated. is it sach. consider a report by the department of environmental deduction of virgin. it found several violation, including no record of employee training, site inspections, failure to store drums containing material with the participation to contaminate groundwater. in other words, nowhere for the chemical to collect if there's another leak. the report and the leak are shocking. in west virginia, not surprising. protecting industries, not the people, comes first. >> the vatican is preparing to defend itself after a bruising report on the global sex abuse scandal. a british charity published a 48-page report saying the churn is not fully disclosing cases of abuse much the chaump -- church harbours abusers. >> peter saunders was a victim of actual abuse at the hands of his catholic priest at school. for hi

it wasn't liquorice, but it was a sickly sweet smell. i took a shower tuesday later an usual for work. went to my office and immediately felt sick. >> that was three days before the spill was reported. >> yes. >> and your fiancee? >> he came back into town after being out of town and was going to see about flushing the lines. when he went to get a glass of smell, because he'd been gone. some of the water touched his hand and it left a red line and burning sensation. he put the water down and joined me at a friend. >> we reached out to the water company multiple times since last night. we have done voice and emails. no response. we'd like to know where the odour is coming from, if the water is actually safe, with all the people that are continuing to go the emergency rooms complaining of itchy possess and red skin -- itchiness and red skin. we had put a message on their facebook a page and hope to hear back soon. we'll keep on it. >> i know you will. robert ray live from charleston virgin. >> let's discussion this with a member from the t

this: as we have been standing here across the river from freedom industry, the smell of candy and liquorice is prevalent. everywhere has been smelling it. one of the symptoms that emergency rooms and doctors that people are complaining about itchy eyes throat and burny sensation. i can tell you now this eye in particular has a huge burning sensation and has been like that for two hours. the situation is fluid and a lot of questions out there still. >> robert ray in the middle of it all in charleston. >> the still in west virginia is the latest incident of pollution. the environment protection agency says coal plants are responsible for 50 to 60% of toxic water pollution in the united states. loopholes and laws allowed the contamination of wells to go unchecked or decades. a discharge from coal-fire power plants is more dangerous than the chemical that leaked into the river. >> the chris christie administration is alleged to have withheld hurricane sandy relief funds because she wouldn't back a democratic project. >> the governor came and pulled me aside and said i know it's not right, and t

another question, the black liquorice smell in the air, in people's homes. why is that continuing, and here is what they said. they water may have an odour. odours can be detected at levels below levels the center of disease control is determined. in fact, it has been indicated that the odour threshold is 100,000 times lower than the adverse affect level. that's according to them. they'll continue to do water tests on the elk river and all over the city. that they are trying to be hope, trying to be transperpt, and wanted to reassure the charleston area in west virginia that it is not their fault. the blame is on freedom industries, across the river. there are roadside drop-offs for water. cars pull off the side to pick up cases of bottled water. restaurants here are not serving water out of tap and many people have a lot of questions as the story tips. i know um stay on top of it. >> brazil watched president obama's speech about n.s.a. spying. brazil's president called it a first step. the u.s. was spying on the president causing her to cancel a visit to wa

. >> the question is it took a smell of liquorice to alert the people. what took so long to figure out there was a problem? >> no one knows at this point, i don't think. i believe that it was a fairly considerable smell that was concentrated early in the morning. but i don't think it exhibited itself until that point. obviously we're going to want to get into these matters. we're going to want to figure out just exactly what occurred and when it occurred, but right now obviously what we're trying to do is get people's water back on. >> we talk about potential charges here because, you know, the mayor said we can go to the bathroom but we can't wash our hands. there are people in hospital and as i understand there are certain orders in hospitals but if this goes on for much longer, the potentiality for criminality and for bigger charges to be brought, i think they probably loom even larger. >> well, you know, certainly it is a more significant matter, no question, but, you know, what's occurred here is what we're trying to figure out. what happened. how d

many people reported a strange odour, a smell similar to liquorice or a sweet candy. it was detected and believed to be used in the chemical in relation to coal. >> do not use tap water for drinking, cleaning, washing or bo bathing. at this time i do not know how long? >> the president of the water company is working around the clock. they are flushing it out, smelling it and including chemicals that will ochl dice the water. the state of west virginia ordered the company to remove chemicals from the property. there's a federal investigation going on, officials wanting to know how the chemical leak happened and when authorities were notified >> fema is sending 16 tractor trailer trucks to the area. residents can stock up on water at 16 different locations starting at 8 o'clock in the morning. some talked about what it's like to go without the precious commodity. >> we'll have to go home and melt ice. >> i didn't know it would be chaotic. >> it's a zoo in here. >> the local walmart had to call in police to guard bottled water delivery. >> the massive security breach at

it started with the smell of liquorice. authorities found a hole in a containment hall, large enough for the chemical to trickle into the river. inspectors had not checked the section of the plant since 2001. freedom industries moved the 70,000 gallons of the chemical to a site run by poker blending incorporated. is it safe. consider this report by the department of the environmental protection, finding several violation, including no record of employee training since 2004. no effective secondary containment and nowhere from the chemical to collect if there's another leak. the report and the leak is shocking. in west virginia activists that inspections a lacking and they protect the companies not the people. >> many hope it will lead to chemical companies, more oversight. mchn is used to clean coal, one of west virginia's top export. they put an more torium on mchn injection sites, and expert do not know where ert sites may be. >> metrologist nicole mitchell is here with the temperatures. >> not too bad this morning, but to