Biden visits Houston to offer comfort after winter storm, tout vaccination efforts
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President Joe Biden elbow bumps Joan Hessidence as he tours the Houston Food Bank Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 in Houston.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Houston SPCA volunteer and staff bringing out signs and adoptable puppies to welcome President Joe Biden as he is arrives at the Harris County Emergency Operations Center for a tour Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Andy Calixtro, 5, salutes as President Joe Biden s motorcade is leaving the Harris County Emergency Operations Center after a tour Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Houston. after a tour Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Biden in Houston: There s so much we can do
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President Joe Biden visited Houston on Friday.Patrick Semansky, STF / Associated Press
President Joe Biden delivered an uplifting speech outside the mass vaccination site at NRG Park late Friday afternoon.
The site is a federal initiative to get 100 million people vaccinated in 100 days, an initiative Biden announced at the beginning of his presidency. The site vaccinates thousands of people each day. There’s so much we can do, Biden said. As you see the broken hearts of the families who have been left behind, there’s nothing partisan about this virus.
On Wednesday's show: A new FEMA-funded mass-vaccination site opens, we review the week in politics, and a conversation with actor and choreographer Debbie Allen.
Texas hospitals confront water shortages in winter storm aftermath
JUAN LOZANO, JONATHAN MATTISE and ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press
Feb. 21, 2021
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1of3An abandoned car is covered in snow on the shoulder of Briley Parkway in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)Andrew Nelles/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Vehicles drive along Two Rivers Parkway as snow falls in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)Andrew Nelles/APShow MoreShow Less
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HOUSTON (AP) Hospitals across the South grappled with water shortages Sunday as the region carried on with recovery efforts in the wake of a devastating winter storm, and the weather offered a balmy respite temperatures as high as the mid-60s.