captiva. are rescue teams touching all those places? reporter: according to the governor more than 79,000 structures, close to 80,000, have been checked so far. the search and rescue efforts are still ongoing. the further out you get from a situation like this, it becomes more of a recovery effort and you re hoping you ll still be rescuing people. we ve not heard of an official pivot to just recovery. we know the search and rescue efforts are ongoing. that s what officials told us they re still focussed on. at this point close to 80,000 structures checked and we know unfortunately the death toll has continued to climb. one other thing, we know that the average age of the victims who died according to what we ve been hearing is 71. when you think about it, it s a lot of elder people, people who may not have been able to get themselves out safely, as easily
they project 107 today. this is a real-time gauge which shows green. this is how much energy is available, the reserves in the system. people here might use 79,000 or 80,000. it s about a 5% or 6% margin. should something happen to some of the generation, that could dip below 3,000. that s when those alerts start getting sent out to people to try to conserve their energy. it doesn t take that much. back on may 13th, a half dozen generators in the state were tripped up. it went offline. as that s happening, it s only a fraction of the overall generation, maybe 1%. that was enough to trigger it below 3,000. it s really that thin. take into consideration the overall aging of the infrastructure. this is not specific to just texas but a problem in texas. 30 to 50 years old are many of the coal and gas sxlants they have not been properly
academic freedom. critics argue they weaken public schools and leave them vulnerable. wait, wait, wait. to politicians. you can t talk about race? i think i need to read a little more into this. we re going to dig into that one. sounds crazy. north carolina, the daily news has a feature on a now closed charter school that reportedly falsified enrollment numbers to obtain more than $400,000 in state money. to which it was not entitled. auditors say the school misused almost $79,000 in taxpayer funds and required tuition from parents. charter schools receive public funding and do not charge students tuition. the connecticut post reports cannabis retail applications are flooding into the state. connecticut is holding a state-run lottery for a chance to win a cannabis business license. according to the department of consumer protection, nearly
fir from north carolina, including youngest grandson, little beau. inside the white house, a magical transformation, more than 100 volunteer decorators brought to life the theme selected by dr. biden gifts from the heart. we are united by what really matters, like points on a star, we come together at the heart. reporter: shimmering scenes, with nearly 79,000 lights aglow. more than 10,000 ornaments adorn 41 trees. 11 different gifts celebrated room by room, butterflies crafted from the pages of books note the gift of learning. the visual arts in the vermeil rooms, with while sugary eisen is the star in the state
a tearful adele has taken to social media to announce the postponement of her entire las vegas residency. the pop star was due to play the first of 2a planned shows at caesars palace s on friday and forecast to make more than $679,000 per performance. adele apologised to fans and promised the shows would be rescheduled. i m so sorry, but. ..my show ain t ready. we ve tried absolutely everything that we can to put it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and covid. half my crew, half my team are down with covid. they still are. and it s been impossible to finish the show. and i can t give you what i have right now. and i m gutted.