are worried for the pope s safety. but he s adamant that his pilgrimage to the so-called cradle of christianity is going to go ahead. david? all right, ian pannell tonight. ian there for the pope s trip and we ll see you later this week. back here at home tonight and the water crisis in jackson, mississippi, weeks after the devastating winter storm. 100 reported water main breaks and families with no safe drinking water now for weeks. now lining up just to get water. and abc s victor oquendo tonight is in jackson. reporter: tonight, this is how many in jackson, mississippi, are getting their water. lynn holmes making the line for her 1-month-old. you have to go through this with a 1-month-old infant. yes, yes. reporter: how much tougher has that made it? oh, rough. you know, they got to have that water. this is crazy. this is i mean, this is not re i don t understand it. i really don t. reporter: here at this distribution site, people are coming for two types of water.
navalny s supporters say they re going to carry on protesting. david? quite a few days ahead of us. ian pannell, thank you. when we come back, the images coming in. spacex suffering a major setback here at home. the explosion upon landing. and the covid scare involving players set to play at the super bowl. ugh, there s that cute guy from 12c. -go talk to him. -yeah, no. plus it s not even like he d be into me or whatever. this could be hi. you just moved in, right? i would love to tell you about all the great savings you can get for bundling your renter s and car insurance with progressive. -oh, i was just -oh, tammy. i found your retainer in the dryer. dry, distressed skin that struggles? new aveeno® restorative skin therapy. with our highest concentration of prebiotic oat intensely moisturizes over time to improve skin s resilience.
wealthiest people on the planet, worth an estimated $196.4 billion. there are now more than 150 million prime members and more than 1 million amazon employees. 400,000 who joined the company just last year in the pandemic, as business boomed. competition from the retail giant squeezing small brick and mortar businesses for years. bezos now passing the baton to long-time amazon employee andy jassy, known for building amazon web services. david, bezos says he s making this move to spend more time on things like philanthropy, space travel and the washington post and he will stay on with the company as executive chair. david? all right, rebecca jarvis live in new york for us. rebecca, thank you. and overseas tonight, russian opposition leader alexei navalny, who survived being poisoned, has been sentenced to more than two years in prison. tonight, the u.s. calling for his immediate and unconditional release. here s our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell tonight.
all right, ian pannell from london tonight. our senior foreign correspondent, ian, thank you. and back here at home tonight, president biden making news on several other fronts tonight, as well. overturning president trump s policy that aimed to ban transgender troops from service. president biden today saying it s simple, that america is safer when everyone qualified to serve can do so openly and with pride. also tonight, the president and his made in america push late today. and what he s now saying tonight about his $1.9 trillion covid relief plan, which includes help for families, checks for some americans, help for small businesses. how he plans to get republican support. and if he doesn t, the president is asked, what then? does he move forward without them? here s our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight. reporter: tonight, president joe biden signing an executive order reversing his predecessor s ban on transgender troops serving in the military. one of 23
witnessed. but authorities caution, of course, do not let our guard down, particularly with these variants. and overseas tonight, the uk, where that variant swept through and quickly, what they re now seeing first-hand. here s our foreign correspondent ian pannell tonight. reporter: tonight, the impact of the more contagious and potentially more deadly uk variant playing out in british hospitals. already stretched thin as they struggle to treat a seemingly endless tide of patients. medics pleading for help as they face record numbers on wards, in icus and on ventilators. more than 3,500 patients admitted today alone. i feel like i want to cry in many moments. reporter: despite a lockdown and success rolling out the vaccine, the uk with one of the highest death rates in the world, now closing in on 100,000, and hospitals remain as busy as any time in this pandemic. better treatment means more survivors, but the stress on staff and resources is relentless. neurosurgeon dolin bhagaw