Roads. Leaving about 5 Million People without power. Texas in a deep freeze. 4 Million People in houston warned to stay indoors and off those roads. Cell service in some areas breaking down because Backup Generators and towers are freezing or running out of fuel. Im not going to sugar coat it. The next few days are going to be very tough. To those who have lost power, i know you are frustrated. I know you are miserable. I know youre uncomfortable. I know it is very miserable in this cold route heat. Utility Companies Across 14 states from texas to minnesota resorting to rolling outages to save energy. Its shutting Down Coronavirus vaccination distribution across the country. Harris county in texas had to quickly redistribute 8400 doses at risk of spoiling because of a power outage at the Public Health department. Almost 1,000 went to College Students at rice university. I literally dropped everything, got everything on and sprinted here. Apparently everyone else had the same thought as me. The city of abilene west of dallas, 100,000 people had to shut off the water due to Power Outages. The threat extends beyond texas. Fleem overnight killed by a tornado in north carolina. The system is heading to the northeast today. Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin in the weather center. This is quite, quite a deep freeze there. It absolutely is. Temperatures running 30, 40, 50 degrees below average across a portion of the country. Notice this, between my amount my florida and international falls, minnesota, theres 110 degree difference. That 1 Degree Temperature in dallas is colder than fairbanks, alaska. If you add in the wind it makes it feel much, much colder. We have wind chill alerts from canada, mexico. The record high Electricity Demand is leading to Power Outages as this cold hits. 4. 5 million roughly without power. Many will be using portable generators. If thats you, make sure you operate your generator safely. Make sure you operate it outside away from the windows and doors and invest in Carbon Monoxide detector to protect you. Its bringing Arctic Air Into Texas and the south. The jet stream shows us one area of low pressure here. The same that brought snow and ice to portions of the plains. Its now affecting the great lakes and portions of new england on its heels of another one, guys. Thats going to be affecting us across oklahoma and texas later on today. The temperatures, theyre going to continue to be below average for the next several days. Pictures coming out of texas, snow on the beach in galveston. Its historic. It sure is. Thank you so much for that. Millions of americans need help right now but the margin for votes in congress, well, theyre tight. Democrats are rushing the 1 1. 9 million relief bill before benefits end. Jasmine white is live from the white house regarding tonights town hall. Reporter laura, we expect to hear the main goal from the president is to get the covid relief bill passed quickly. This comes after the shadow of the Senate Impeachment trial is now off his back. It looms over the first few weeks of the administration. Now the senate is able to fully turn to the covid relief bill. One of the questions is of course can it get passed. Can it get passed with the bipartisan support that we hear from President Obama that he wants and the bead den senior straiter was kd about it on cnn. We have Many Republican mayor, republican governors, 46 of trump supporters. Theres just one place that we dont have anybody who has signed on yet, and thats in the United States congress. What we wont do is slow down and not meet the needs of the American People by just waiting. President biden is not willing to wait. Reporter that rationale is going to accelerate and push this bill to get it done quickly. We know that it is making its rounds in the house going through markups. They hope to get it to the senate. Democrats hope to get this bill on his way. The first stop is in milwaukee for a cnn town hall telling americans why this bill needs to happen. Laura . Those Unemployment Benefits will end in four weeks if congress does not act. We appreciate it. See you soon. President biden and democrats in the house this week pushing ahead with an ambitious plan and a big effort to get money to poor families with children. Almost 2 tr 2 trillion on top e money already spent. The president said the risk is doing too little versus too much. Janet yellen who has repeatedly said the benefits this have Stimulus Plan outweigh previous efforts. They warn going too big on stimulus would risk inflation. The economy in the years after, they have warned there is a risk of the over heating. Both yellen ander Home Powell Have voted to stay there while the economy recovers. 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Wales is the first to meet its goal for vaccinating the most susceptible for covid. Nick peyton walsh rode along in cart at that. Heres what he found. Reporter there are traces of good in it now. Paramedic team after months of exhaustion raced betweenback toback covid callouts. Chest pain. Reporter this is a normal busy morning for the ambulance crew, but with one key difference. Theyre finding that were now in the middle of a twoday period where the covid cases are dramatically dropping off. One day we spent here in this city of half a million there were only four. Could it just be a glitch or a global first easing pressure on the front line. Hello, sweetheart. Turning out to an elderly possible covid patient discovering they had the vaccine two weeks ago will soon be the norm. Struggling to get your breast . Struggling too breathe . Home test found covid but has a slight fever and is waiting for a proper test. She decides not to go to hospital as shes already alone enough. This house mired in a new solitude and grief. Her son rahim died just days ago from a noncovid heart attack. It has the fastest vaccination rates. In wales near a near 1 4 all vulnerable have had their first dose by this day, they are even ahead of the u. K. Schedule. They went into lockdown a little faster than the u. K. , too. Now something could be changing as weve only seen one other covid case in two days. He wasnt that sick. Ang and linda have been a team for two years, i called for an ambulance for myself. It must be hard. It is really, really hard to tell her she really, really needed to go in which i dont think she expected to. She was okay . No, she wasnt. So that particular lady did pass away five days later. You know it might be the last time they say goodbye to the family on back of the ambulance. Is there a patient that stays with you when they say that . One. What were they saying to each other . Just goodbye, dont worry. I love you. Youre well aware family are well aware they might not see their family, that person again. Reporter and then there was april when ang became a covid herself raced by her own colleagues to hospital. I was really scared. I was scared and i although i kept telling myself, you know, im healthy and im, you know, youngish. I still kept thinking, you know, i could deteriorate at any time. My Oxygen Levels werent getting better. Reporter was there a moment of panic . Oh, yeah. Definitely. Reporter would it be impossible to come back to work without ang for you . Probably not. I hope this is what we need. I hope theres not a third wave. I any were all exhausted now. Reporter waless First Minister thinks the lockdown is more behind the drop in cases than the vaccine. Were beginning to make a difference. We know its three weeks before the vaccine begins to make a difference. Were only 66 days into our program altogether today, a difficult decision to go into a full lockdown before christmas. Reporter good news, something so alien to these streets, it will take time to be sure that now the United Kingdom have reached their target of giving 15 Million People, what you saw when the real front line and how many people are falling in need of urgent assistance, when they start seeing the more elderly patients theyre going to, they will start seeing less severe i illness and lockdown res restrictions are working as well. What many critics have called a bungled lockdown response. Moving too slow and too narrowly as well. Less so in wales. Theyre looking to see how the vaccines are impacting peoples ability to fight the virus. Thank you so much. 18 minutes past the hour. After almost 20 years. Americas longest war is almost at a crossroads. What mr. Biden is considering and what it means for american troops. The waste that weighs you down. It also helps lower cholesterol and slow Sugar Absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. So you can feel lighter and more energetic. 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Secretary of defense lloyd austin will meet with his nato counterparts. They are expected to press him on the u. S. Strategy in afghanistan. The Biden Administration says this is a priority. The first option is to simply withdraw the remaining troops. That can easily being seen as defeating the taliban and handing the country over to them and perhaps a civil war. Second option is to hold the remaining 2500 troops there and that can invite attacks on u. S. Troops from the folly ban. The third option broadly speaking is to try to renegotiate the agreement or find wiggle room to keep troops in country. The difficulty there, theyre keeping troops and renegotiating the agreement and could invite attacks from the taliban. The difficulty is the Biden Administration has to make a decision based on the options fairly soon. Thats where the pressure comes in as the u. S. Is trying to figure out what to do with a 20year war. A deadly winter storm crippling a huge part of the country. 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Leaving nearly 5 Million People without power now. More than 80 of the outages are in texas. Among the millions affected, a freezing pregnant mom, her husband and their two kids just outside dallas. Schools in dallas, arlington and fort worth are closed until thursday because of Power Outages. The Houston School district, the largest in texas will be closed today. Its like a walkin freezer. Its like 34 to 36 degrees i would say. You know, me and my family, weve been getting inside our cars trying to warm up and all of that stuff. Now a reminder here, it can be dangerous. Dont use the car or oven to stay warm because they can build up Carbon Monoxide. Police in texas shared a dash cam video. They had to run when another car hit an icy spot. A surreal sight here. Thats not sand on the beautiful beaches of galveston, texas. That is snow on the beach. Just incredible. The danger extends beyond texas. In illinois, a State Trooper was hurt while his squad car was hit. Chicago Public Schools canceling inperson classes today. And at some point during today it looked like a scene out of dr. Zhivago. This is an all hands on deck moment and we are ready to make sure that our city continues to function even in this extreme weather circumstance. Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin is live in the cnn weather center. Tyler, we know the storm is headed north. Is it expected to taper off at all . Reporter it is going to taper off in a little bit, but the cold air is going to linger. On the heels of this one storm system is another one. As you can see behind me, a lot going on here. In the middle we have the arctic air coming down from the depths of the arctic. Then riding right along the base of the jet stream are these little Storm Systems. The first storm system is currently up here across the northeast. Producing heavy snowfall across the great lakes and new england. Mixed bag as you get from new york, philadelphia. This is where we have Winter Weather alerts in effect. Winter storm warnings from chicago all the way to northern maine. Ice storm warnings along the appalachians, too. This has a history of producing weather. The Severe Threat is beginning to diminish but the cold air is lingering. The temperatures are going to be 30, 40, 50 degrees below average not just for today but pretty much the rest of the week. Unfortunately were going to see more cold record temperatures broken. We also have 70 of the country with snow cover and were going to add to those totals because of the areas of low pressure. The second Storm Systems i was telling you about just a second ago, those are pushing east. Those are going to roll over oklahoma and texas later on today. Theyre going to pick up snow and ice starting later on this evening and that is going to push up to the northeast as well. Tyler, we know you are staying on top of it all day. Appreciate it. The heart of americas oil refining is in the deep freeze. The Largest Oil Refinery in port arthur, texas, shut down. People need more fuel to heat their homes and power their generators. At the same time, it affects oil output. Oil prices were on the rise because of hopes for a recovering economy. Add in the storm, thats a powerful combination. Reporter it is a powerful combination, christine. This is keeping the flame burning, if you will, on the rally that youre talking about here. If you look at the future prices, were at the highest level from january of 2020. 63 for the International Benchmark and hovering around 60 for wti. I talked about this being the fourth leg of the rally. The vaccines are rolling out. A long way to go. Its restoring confidence. Record stimulus if joe biden gets 1. 9 trillion onto the table and passed. Were looking at 5 trillion overall. In may the opec players here in The Middle East and with russia as well cut Back Production because they saw prices going negative in april. Thats a process thats still underway. The most important factor right now, so its very unusual, its clobbering the oil and Gas Production in the United States. In west texas, theyre having trouble getting the production out. Massive producers and theyve been struggling because of the pandemic. Then you go to east texas around port arthur, this is the reclining belt. Motiva is owned by saudi arabia. The final factor here, christine, theres a lot of money floating around. Investors are piling money into commodities. Its making it accentuate the rally. Many feel we have a ways to go with the Winter Weather and in the United States and elsewhere for the economy. That means higher gas prices at the pump. Higher inputs if you are running a business that depends on oil. Thank you for that. Huge consequences for millions of americans are on the line as democrats race to pass their 1. 9 trillion rescue bill before Unemployment Benefits end. President biden is taking his town hall on the road where voters have a chance to weigh in. I think this is a very nice man. I think hes very good. One of the last politicians to go across the aisle and meet with people and i think thats something thats a big plus. Just a tone down of the rhetoric. Not having to be glued to the tv or social media to find out what the latest is going on has been very refreshing. Cnns Jasmine Wrooilt at the white house. Some voted for biden. Some did not. They all seem to want him to succeed. Yeah, thats right. Those qualities that those voters talked about, the last politician to work across the aisle, thats something were going to see from President Biden as we get support on both sides. Tonight on cnn biden is going to make the case of why this bill needs to be passed and why it needs to be passed quickly. Again, hes going to work through the bipartisan support but his argument is that people are suffering now and we know that bill is going through the house, being marked up and they hope to get it to bidens desk by march. This is an accelerated process. At this point it is an open question if they will get the support because republicans dont want to pass something of this size. That means democrats are going to have to go it alone. They have to stay united because of their slim majority. It is going to be a journey to see if the white house can pull it off. Jasmine wright, thanks so much. Across the country, rank and file workers who helped ensure a free and Fair Election are facing abuse and Death Threats. Workers from fulton county, georgia, have received threatening emails and Maricopa County officials received Death Threats and in philadelphia the Lone Public Commissioner said that Trump Incited reporters to, quote, kill my children and put their heads on spikes. I know it sounds like a cliche, but words are important. And words can cause people to take actions. Ive seen it with my own friends believe that the election was stolen and im saying to them, if the election was stolen in philadelphia, i would have been the one stealing it. And they respond, oh, no, not you. Not you. You would never do that. But, still, they want to somehow believe, they crave that belief and its really disturbing. Republican lawmakers are still trying to limit voting. More than 100 billions in 28 states moving through state legislatures. Some aim to restrict mailin voting and others require voters to have photo i. D. Cuomo is going to hold on. He denies claims he was hiding them. He said the state lawmakers paused the requests because of the related inquiry. Just a few days ago the governors top aide admitted they, quote, froze because they werent sure if the Trump White House would use them against them. Covid did not get into the Nursing Homes by people coming from hospitals. Covid got into the Nursing Homes by staff walking into the nursing home when we didnt even know we had covid. The void we created by not providing information was filled with skepticism and cynicism and conspiracy theories which furthered the confusion. New York Health Officials have come under scrutiny while separating data. Now Democratic State lawmakers are considering a repeal of governor cuomos emergency powers. Well be right back. And even bakersfield. Yeah, were exhausted. Whew so, tonight. Ill be eating the gyro quesadilla from. Al quick stop. In. Hyde park. doorbell excellent. And, tonight. Ill be eating the Chicken Pot Pie from. Founding farmers. In. Foggy bottom. doorbell giggle oh, theyre excellent. I had so many beignets i thought i was going to hurl. Do ya think they bought it . Oh yeah. When you switch to xfinity mobile, youre choosing to get connected do ya think they bought it . To the most Reliable Network nationwide, now with 5g included. Discover how to save up to 300 a year with shared data starting at 15 a month, or get the lowest price for one line of unlimited. Come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. You can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. Stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with Peace Of Mind at your local xfinity store. Overnight, the fewest Reported Covid cases in four months. Reporting of course lower on a holiday but it is undeniable gli a positive trend. Elementary schools in Los Angeles County will be allowed to reopen for in person learning. The cdc says Teacher Vaccinations are not a prerequisite for reopening classrooms. Key here is the rate of Covid Transmission in the community. A cnn Analysis Shows thats a huge problem on its own. Cnn has reporters covering the pandemic from coast to coast. Reporter im elizabeth cohen. A cnn analysis of data from the u. S. Centers of Disease Control and prevention shows that 89 of u. S. School children live in what the cdc calls red zones. Those are zones with especially High Community transmission of covid19. For middle and high schools in red zones, they should be inin virtual mode unless they can adhere to virtual measures such as masking, social distancing. For elementary schools, they can be in hybrid mode, but they should make sure they have physical distancing in their schools of six feet or more between people. Im nick watt in los angeles. Good news out of california. The average new case counts, the number of people in the hospital, those numbers are lower than they have been in months. Also today, two new mass vaccination sites open. One here in los angeles, another up in oakland. Thats the good news. The bad news, vaccine supply. Dodgers stadium been closed for days because of lack of supply. San francisco, they are pausing at a number of sites. Same reason. Im lucy cavanaugh. Nevada governor said hes rolling back covid19 restrictions in casinos. As of monday they were allowed to jump to 35 capacity. Meanwhile, libraries can jump again in mid march if cases continue to come down. Im jean casarez. New york city is one step closer to get back to normal. As of February 22nd the overnight subway closure, which has been in effect since the pandemic began, will now only be two hours. 2 a. M. To 4 a. M. Deep cleaning and disinfecting will still take place and they say that this allows the enhanced service to help the customer as the city cautiously reopens. Thanks to all of our correspondents for those updates. Jumping overseas now. The u. S. Authorizing the departure of nonemergency personnel from the embassy in myanmar after the Military Coup there. Myanmars Security Forces firing at protesters who have taken to the streets for the past ten days to denounce the military takeover. Cnns Paula Hancocks joins us live with the very latest. Paula, china has blocked the u. N. s condemnation of this coup. Why . Reporter well, laura, hello. China has significant Business Interests in myanmar is the long short of it. They have been dealing in the past with both the military and the civilian government, but at this point it does appear, according to most experts, that that is standing in the way of them committing and criticizing the way we have seen the rest of the sbre National Committee and interpret telling the military, the world is forcing on them and calling on them to stop using force against protestors. We have been seeing that. The escalation in the level of force that the Security Forces are willing to use against tens, Hundreds Of Thousands of protesters on the streets around the country. We also heard from the military, the first socalled press conference today. Within that they said that what had happened two weeks ago was not a coup. They say they believe it was constitutional and they also say that in fact it is protesters who are attacking police. Clearly this is not the way that the rest of the world sees it. They did also mention the former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and they are saying they are both healthy. Tomorrow is the First Court Hearing for Aung San Suu Kyi. We dont know if youll see her. Laura. We know youll be tracking it. Thanks so much. Lets get a check on cnn business. Markets around the world. Markets in shanghai were closed for the lunar new year. European markets have opened narrowly mixed. Wall street, futures just slightly higher here. The dow above 31,600. Major averages near record highs. House committees working on finalizing the 1. 9 trillion American Rescue plan this week. General motors next big thing comes in a smaller size. The bolt euv or electric Utility Vehicle is the same size as the all electric hatchback and smaller than other suvs on the market. Electric a priority for gm. They will start phasing out gas powered cars and trucks and sell only these cars. Serena williams winning in straight sets this morning at the australian open. Shes now onto the semifinals. Andy scholes has more in this mornings bleacher report. Hey, andy. Serena williams hasnt won a grand slam title since winning the aussie open back in 2017. Still looking for that elusive 24th grand slam, but looking good right now at the australian open. This morning in the quarterfinals serena taking on simona halep having no problem beating her in straight sets. So next up now for serena is a Semifinal Showdown against naomi osaka. The 23yearold cruising to her 19th victory in a row this morning. Osakas winning streak includes a u. S. Open title in september for her third grand slam championship. Osaka and serena, theyve met four times. Osaka won the first two matchups including the 2018 u. S. Open match. These two will score off tomorrow night at 7 p. M. With a title match on the line. Authorities in florida are investigating the death of former receiver star benson jackson. His body was found near tampa. The cause of death is under investigation. Deputies say there were no signs of trauma. Jackson made three pro bowls in his 12 seasons with the chargers and bucs. He retired in 2018. He was just 38 years old. Some encouraging news about the 5yearold girl who was hurt in a crash involving former chiefs assistant coach brett reid. She is awake from a coma. She received a brain injury. Reid told a responding officer that he had consumed two to three drinks before the crash. According to a swarnt reid is under investigation. A go fund me campaign has raised more than 486,000. Michael jordan, meanwhile, continuing to give back to his home state of north carolina. The Hornets Owner donating 10 million to open two new Health Clinics near his hometown of wilmington. The novid Health Clinics set to open soon. Those clinics have since seen 4500 patients and have given out nearly 1,000 covid19 vaccines. Michael jordan continuing to do good. Rural communities need help, too. Great to see. Thanks, andy, appreciate it. All right. Finally this morning, medicine through music. From a Mariachi Band in a Southern California parking lot. Patricia trajo had the Band Serenade her husband joseph who is in that hospital due to Covid Fighting for his life on a ventilator. Because he would have done it to me and i beat him to it. Having to pray even harder and he opened his eyes again. I know he heard me and he heard the music. The virus hit the family particularly hard. Everyone had it. Patricias father died recently but on monday she was finally allowed at her husbands bed site after nearly a month. I think those are the kinds of scene we saw so early in this p pandemic. Its amazing this is still going on. Im so happy shes able to be by their bedside. Certainly wish their family The Very Best and all of the families suffering with covid, the many thousands and thousands of them. Thanks for joining us. Im christine romans. Im laura jarrett. New day is next. 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