Empty while others are limited purchases of essential supplies. Were also following the coronavirus crisis. President biden touring a Pfizer Vaccine facility just a little while ago in saying, and im quoting now, i believe well be approaching normalcy by the end of the year but i cant make that commitment to you. Lets get straight to texas right now. Omar jimenez is joining us in austin. The state is reeling from what critics say is a man made crisis. That is right. Were heading into another potentially final night of freezing temperatures here in texas. And the good news is the electric liability of texas said were no longer under a power emergency. Operations have returned to normal. The bad news is reliable Drinking Water seems days away. On the tail end of a week where texans were fighting for their lives in their own homes. So you never even used your fireplace before this . No. Reporter jen and her family were burning chairs, pieces of bookshelves before eventually scavenging for bits of wood without even ays to cut it. That hammer is what we were splitting wood with. Using their nearly abandoned fireplace now as a means of survival. Were bringing the head of a futon bed and put it right here. To get it closer to the hoea and huddle together. Restless from the new mentality theyve had to adopt. Everyone is thinking if we just make it one more day and it is like, well what if it happens again tomorrow. Now we have to we cant burn all of this. Reporter and even though the power is on the water is not even bubbling, nothing. Reporter the water century. Isnt and it is not just austin as their among the millions across texas under a water boil advisory. I talked to the president last night and he called to let me know that he was going to go head and prove the major Disaster Declaration that texas would be submitting. Reporter in san antonio, this apartment complex burned to the ground as firefighters struggled to get enough water to fight it. Our main concern is water supply. All of the hydrogens out here are dry. Theyre just frozen and there is no water. Reporter even members of congress forced to get creative. Im going to fill my toilet with water so that i could be ready for later today. Reporter without water congresswoman Silvia Garcia collected rain water to flush her toilet and hospitals are struggling to care for an influx of patients amid an ongoing pandemic. As more of our Area Hospitals were without power and water, many of their paretients ended at our facility. Today we had a situation where an elderly female walked out of her home and found in her backyard deceased and that was directly related to the weather conditions. Reporter emergencies emerging and leaving those already affected by the pandemic wondering where to go next. I lost half of my income and then finally getting here. We could barely live here. Sorry. It is like, it just keeps going and going. This whole year just keeps going. And if we just make it one more month, then my tax return will come in or ill get some funding. I cant pay my utility bill. So just have a tiny apartment and maybe some water, that would be nice. Reporter and water is that next frontier. Expected to be a multiday process but on the electricity front, Governor Greg Abbott said the state of texas may have to step in with funding to make sure what happened this week never happens again. The ceo of ercot was asked if he would resign and at the very least how he could keep his job in the midst of this and he said if that is the outcome, that is the outcome. For now hes focused on restoring power and explaining the decisions they made as this crisis begins to unfold. My heart goes out to the people there. Omar jimenez reporting, thank you very much. Lets get the latest forecast. Our meteorologist Jennifer Gray is joining us. It is been a brutal week for texas and several other states, is there relief in sight . There is finally relief in sight. And this is going to be a storm the entire gulf coast and even the Eastern Seaboard is happy to say goodbye to. We have temperatures right now in the upper 30s in dallas. Low 50s in houston. Austin at 43. San antonio 46. But there is a hard Freeze Warning tonight. Were going to have one more night of very, very Cold Temperatures and then things will get back to normal. Look at this. Record cold, 1300 low temperature records, almost 200 monthly records, almost 50 alltime cold reports with it system. So the low temperatures, when it was the coldest of the cold on tuesday, with temperatures two degrees be low zero in dallas and 15 in houston, 1 degree in shreveport, things are getting better. With temperatures in the 50s. But 350 or more Cold Temperature Records could be broken for tonight. There we go. Here is the radar. This is the storm that is moving out. New york city and philadelphia and boston still getting snow but this is pushing off the Eastern Seaboard and this is a beautiful site among the gulf coast, nothing on the radar. There is the hard Freeze Warning for texas and much of louisiana. But high temperatures tomorrow look beautiful, in the Mid To Upper 50s for much of texas and louisiana. That is good. Our meteorologist Jennifer Gray, thank you very much. The weather is taking a major toll on the countrys Covid Vaccination effort. Nick watt has more from los angeles. Reporter now we know just how badly this weather is delaying vaccinations. We have a backlog of about 6 million doses due to the weather. We anticipate that all of the Backlog Doses will be delivered within the next week. Reporter started shipping some of that already and Just Announced plans to open four federal Vaccination Sites in florida, one in pennsylvania. The Target Vaccinations to those who are most vulnerable. Reporter but with Production Times and miscommunication and the sheer size of this task, it time to delay second doses . I proposed this back in early january. Got a lot of pushback. Reporter the pfizer and the moderna vaccines were both trialed and authorized as double dose. But israeli researchers who tracked over 7,000 Hospital Staff now say that after just the first pfizer dose, symptomatic infections fell 85 . Even though you could get fair degree of, quote, protection, after a single dose, it clearly is not durable. We know that. Reporter so the white house for now will not delay second doses. Today in los angeles, and elsewhere, second doses are the priority. Dr. Fauci argues the extra durability and protection from that second dose is needed now more than ever. It is a variant issue to protect against variant. That threaten to derail our progress and average case counts fell a third in just one week. Ironic, while much of the country freezes, pfizer just told the fda, its vaccine does not need to be stored so long. At below minus 60 degrees c, it could survive in a regular freezer for a couple of weeks. Pfizer now testing on pregnant women and High School Age kids. Is it safe and does it work and they expect that data maybe not exactly coinciding with the first day of school but sometime in the fall well have that. Reporter now, if there is anybody out there still saying oh, this is just like the flu, then listen to this. New Research Shows that 30 of people still have symptoms, nine months after infection with covid19. Symptoms like breathing problems, aches, brain fog, and fatigue. This is not the flu. Ive said it again. Wolf. You are absolutely right. I know people months after they had it, they still have brain fog for example. Nick watt, thank you very much. Lets get more on this. Dr. Peter hotez is joining us from Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of medicine. Thank you for joining us. Youre in houston where vaccine appointments have been canceled, shipments are delayed as a result of extreme weather crisis. These vaccines are time sensitive as you know better than i do. How problematic are these delays . Yeah, im pretty worried, wolf. Because originally we heard it was just on monday. We heard it is just a day or two. And then the shipments will come on wednesday and now the shipments have been delayed. So weve really lost a whole week. And the reason im concerned about losing a week is because weave this new race ahead of the b117 variant coming from the United Kingdom and starting to take off now in florida, it is going to be pretty much nationwide we think about late in march and into april. So were in this horrible race because the u. K. Variant or the b117 variant seems to be much more transmissible, more highly contagious than what weve seen in the past. And the u. K. Government just put up information not Peer Reviewed but it is looking ominous that it is more severe in terms of level of disease and death rates. So, now is a real crunch time to get ahead of that variant. So losing a whole week like this is really awful. It is indeed. Researchers as now, in both israel and canada, say a single dose of the pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine is enough to significantly reduce disease. Dr. Fauci said the second dose still provides critical durability. What do you think . Should u. S. Officials consider giving one dose so more americans can at least begin to get some level of vaccine protection . Well, look, i think they could look at the data coming out of israel. Ive not seen it. I think the fda has to evaluate it. Im with tony, with dr. Fauci in the sense that we know that two doses both give high levels of consistent Neutralizing Antibody and durability of protection. I havent seen sufficient data yet to go that single dose route. Again delaying it a week or two or three weeks, maybe it might be okay, but any longer than that you have to face the reality that weve got this u. K. Variant coming along and we dont have any data on either single or double dose against the u. K. Variant. I think it is well the double dose but not the single dose. So going with the double dose to ensure that we have protection against the ux k. Variant is important. If we collect that data for single dose against the new variant that is coming up, we could revisit it. But now right now it is not there. I think we could delay a week or two but i wouldnt go much beyond that. I know your tracking the spread of the variants. What could the u. S. Be facing in the next couple of moz if were not able to speed up the rate at which people are getting vaccinated . The institute for Health Metrics is coming up with getting were already at about 500,000 americans who have lost their lives, hitting that milestone, that horrible milestone very soon. Were going to be at 600, 650,000 by the end of may into early june and the numbers keep on going with the higher death rate. So this is pretty scary stuff. I know people are starting to be a bit self congratulatory about the sharp declines in the number of new cases. And that is good news. But im i fear it is short lived based on what we saw in the u. K. And remember how this works, it is things stay flat for a long time and then when we go bad, they go bad very quickly. They go up very quickly. So the u. K. Variant appeared in Southern England in september and it looks okay in october and then towards the end, as you got close to december, then it really accelerated. So we have to be prepared for the same thing to happen here in the United States and this is not something that we want to play games with. The numbers may be going down by 2500 americans died just yesterday from coronavirus and not just number. Mothers and fathers and Sons And Daughters and brothers andsters. Doctor, thank you very much for joining us. Thanks so much. Up next, will the minimum Wage Increase to 15 an hour make it into President Bidens 1. 9 trillion pandemic stimulus package . Were going to talk about it with senator Bernie Sanders. Hes standing by live. And well also get more on the unfolding disaster in texas with the mayor of houston, the largest city in texas. This entire city is under a boil water notice right now. So. Prudential helps 25 Million People with their financial needs. With over 90 years of investment experience, our thousands of Financial Professionals can help. Go to prudential. Com or talk to an advisor. Loves me. Loves me not. 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Were going to beat this. Reporter tonight President Joe Biden touting the one thing that could bring an end to the nightmare that is coronavirus. If there is one message to cut through to everyone in this country, it is this the vaccines are safe. Please, for yourself, your family, your community, this country, take the vaccine whether its your turn and available. That is how to beat this pandemic. Reporter Biden Touring A Pfizer Plant in kalamazoo, michigan, the largest in the Company Network engaged in manufacturing the covid19 vaccine, vaccine. I believe well be approaching normalcy by the end of this year and god willing this christmas will be different than last. But i cant make that kpitment to you. Wild also pausing to recognize the cost as the death toll nears 500,000. That is almost 70,000 more than all of the americans who died in world war ii over a fouryear period. Reporter and challenging republicans who oppose his 1. 9 Trillion Covid relief plan. What would they have me cut. What would they have me leave out . Should we not invest 20 billion to vaccinate the nation. Should we not invest 290 million to extend Unemployment Insurance for the 11 million americans who are uni employed who they could get by while they get back to work. Reporter for biden a day spent straddling and in remarks putting an exclamation point on americas posture. America is back. Transatlantic alliance is back and were not looking backward. Were looking forward together. Reporter with subtle but Crystal Clear digs at his predecessor as the white house seeks to reestablish americas closest alliances. Our partnerships have endured and grown through the years. Because they are rooted in the richness of our shared democratic values. Theyre not transactional, theyre not extractive. Reporter biden seeking to unify allies to confront clear challenges from china. We must prepare together for longterm strategic competition with clohina. And with russia. Hacking into Computer Networks in the United States and across europe and the world, has become critical to protecting our collective security. Reporter but also making clear that the administrations through line is leading with diplomacy. A prime example is iran where they are crucial to the next steps in the iran nuclear deal. That is why we said were prepared to start negotiations with the p5 plus one. With the u. S. Taking a significant first step in opening the door to meeting with tehran while making Negotiating Priorities beyond the deal itself clear. We must also address the stabilizing activities across the middle east. Reporter and wolf, the white house is still continuing to press and get their nominees confirmed and one of the nominees is running into significant problems. Neara tanden, the nominee for the director of the office of management and budge will have the opposition of joe manchin, putting out a statement, the senator from West Virginia saying that he will oppose her nomination as her overtly statements directed at both parties. White house has the narrowest of majorities in the senate. 50 50 with Kamala Harris serving as the tiebreaker. They cant afford to lose a single democrat if they dont have any republican support. Now a Senior Administration official telling me they will not be pulling the nominee. But all of this underscores the High Wire Act that the administration is facing not just with the knominees but wit the 1. 9 Trillion Covid relief package. They cant afford to lose any democrats if they arent going to get republican support. The Administration Working hard behind the scenes to keep everybody in line, wolf. Thank you very much. Were joined any by the independent senator Bernie Sanders of vermont. Hes the chairman of the Senate Budget committee. Senator thank you so much for joining us. I want to get to several important critical issues. But first what is your reaction to this news that democratic Senator Manchin will not vote to confirm omb and you questioned her about her tweets. She certainly attacked you in some of the tweets. Is it time to you believe for President Biden to withdraw her nomination and put somebody else there. Well, wolf, i worry less about what mrs. Tanden did in the past than what shes going to go in the future. Ly be speaking to her early next week to get a sense of what she wants to do as head of the ovp mb. Let me ask you will you vote to confirm her . Well im talking to her early next week. But what im focusing on right now is chairman of the Budget Committee is the absolute necessity of us passing this covid emergency relief bill, which has life and death for tens of millions of Working Class and middle class americans. We have got to get those 1,400 direct payments into the pockets of every Working Class adult and their kids. Weve got to extend Unemployment Benefits until september. And we, by expanding the child tax credit, could cut childhood poverty in by 50 . And as the president just mentioned today, we have to do everything we can to increase the production of the vaccines in america and get them into the arms of the American People. That is how we open our schools safely, that is how we get workers back to work. I want to talk about the covid relief bill which is so critical as you correctly point out. But is it my understanding, is it correct that you have not yet made up your mind on whether to confirm neara tanden for omb. I will be talking to her early in the week. Weve talked once. I want to talk to her again. That is a very important position and i want to know that the head of omb is somebody who will be standing up for the Working Families of this country for the middle class, for lower income people and has the guts to stand up to the big money and interests who have so much influence over what goes on in washington. Lets get to some of the specifics of the covid relief bill. The white house responded as you probably know to a report that the president thinks it is unlikely the 15 minimum wage stays in the deal. They say biden hopes it remains but knows it has go through a lengthy Senate Procedural process. What are you hearing from the white house on this. It is not the white house that matters on this one. It is what my committee is doing, what is the health and Education Committee is doing, the Finance Committee with Senator Schumer and leadership are doing. And all of us are working together to come on board the American People with the archaic rules of the senate but we need to convince the parliamentarian, one person, that the 15 an hour minimum wage, which in my view we desperately need, is consistent with the rules of the senate and reconciliation. We made all of these committees and their lawyers made those arguments. I think that they are right. I think were on the right side and i think we could win those that argument. Well know about that probably definitively next week. As you know, right now the minimum wage is only 7. 25 an hour and it is been like that for since 2009. If it were included in the new legislation, it would immediately, i understand, go up to 9. 50 an hour then there could be annual increases but gradually it wouldnt get to 15 an hour until 2025. Is that your understanding as well in. Well it is not my understanding. I wrote the bill. That is what it is. And i appreciate your making that point. Because aip lot of people are saying are saying oh, my god it is 7. 25 and if we raise it to 15 next year, a lot of businesses will have trouble accommodating that increase and the answer is you just indicated, it is not going to go up gradually until 2025. And furthermore, we intend to provide tax credits to Small Businesses to help them with this Wage Increase. But this is a gradual increase. And look, wolf, if you were to ask me what the Major Economic crisis in this country is today, it is not just unemployment, it is the fact that half of our workers are living paycheck to paycheck and millions of people are working for starvation wages. You cannot survive in any state in this country on 8 or 9 an hour and you certainly cannot raise your kids on those wages. We need the minimum wage to be a Li Living Wage and conservatively speaking 15 by 2025 is what we have to do. I would go further but i aaccept that. And a lot of people dont recognize that and for years it has remained only 7. 25. You cant make a living. You are in poverty if that is what you are making. Well see if it does go up. There are some republicans and democrats that are opposing a raise and will vote against the entire package if it is included. What do you say them to like Senator Manchin and senator cinema as well. There are 50 democrats and any one could torpedo any piece of legislation. But i believe that in these unprecedented, this unprecedented moment in american history, wolf, with so many people are suffering, Working Class people worried about feeding kids and being evicted and paying a doctor bill. I believe well all stand together and support the president , notwithstanding our differences on this or that aspects. I have differences with the bill. But at end of the day what the American People are saying in overwhelming numbers, is we are hurting. We are worried about our kids. Were worried about our parents. Help us. And if we are one country, and if the government is supposed to represent the people of this country, we have got to act, weve got to Act Decisively and im confident that every member of the Democratic Caucus and hopefully some republicans will do that. Well they have to make up their minds very quick lip because it is coming up. By midmarch it has to be passed otherwise more people will be suffering. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Coming up, a texas now bracing for another night of record cold amid a terrible water crisis. Well talk about that with the mayor of houston Sylvester Turner when we come back. So, are you gonna buy the car . Please if i could just go home, and discuss things with my wife ive been here all weekend. You can leave anytime you want. No ahhh never go to a dealership again. Well, that was painless. Go to vroom. Com, buy a car and well deliver it straight to you. 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Right now 15 Million People are experiencing water disruptions, that is more than half of the states population. Joining us now the mayor of houston Sylvester Turner. Thank you so much for joining us. You say houston, the largest city in texas, i think the fourth largest city in the United States right after chicago has come a long way restoring power and youre not Out Of The Woods yet. What is the situation like right now, what are the residents dealing with . Well things have improved significantly over the last 48 hours. 48 hours ago the pressure in the City Of Houston for its water system was below 20 psi and that is the regulatory requirement when it falls below 20, you have to give the boil water notice. As of a couple of hours ago my director of public works is saying on average were now at 40 psi. But there are still pockets of within the city where the pressure is still too low. So people may be experiencing low pressure or no pressure at all. So we are continuing to push the system. Things are continuing to improve. But a lot more people have access to water and our hospital, our jails, businesses, residential consumers. So, much better shape but were still not there yet. And until we could stabilize, over a 12hour period and take samples and send them to the state to look at and they have to lay out for 24 hours before they get the all clear signal, well remain under the boil water notice until then. I know that at least as of yesterday, you told us you hadnt spoken with the texas Governor Greg Abbott since the crisis began. Any update on that. Have the two of you connected, the governor and the mayor of the largest city in texas . I have not spoken to him, wolf. I have had several conversations with the biden administration. Several of them. So weve i have had those conversations but ive not had an opportunity to speak with the governor. Look, were staying laser focused on issues that are here. In terms of power outages, you know, three days ago there were 1. 4 Million People in the houston region without power. As of today, that number is under 4900. So weve made significant progress there. The pressure is increasing. Were not where we need to be yet but were moving in the right direction. Im particularly sensitive now to people who are on the the margins, for example, dont have financial means and pipes are bursting all over the place, so there are thousands of homes of People Living in apartments, who are now facing situations where their ceilings have fallen and properties are damaged and they dont have insurance or the financial means and wondering ho do we move forward and well focus on assisting them and well be creating a fund to assist these persons. So there are a lot of things that we still need to do. And i look forward to working with our State Leaders and we look forward to working with people on the federal level. It will take all of us working together to kind of get on top of this situation. You would think though that the governor would be in touch with you. Would call to see what he could do to help and hes been silent which is from my perspective worrisome and ill give you last word. Well, you know, look, i think the people in the state, the people in our respective cities and counties want us all to work together. I stand ready to work with the governor, with our State Legislators to make sure that this situation never happens again. This was an avoidable situation. We simply were not prepared. We did not have enough capacity. I filed a bill when i was in the legislature in 2011 that would have required the Public Utility Commission to make sure that ercot, our texas grid, has suv power to prevent blackouts. That bill not got a hearing in the legislature. So i look forward to working with the governor and the legislature to make sure that this situation does not repeat itself. It is hard to believe this was going on right here in the United States of america. So much of the pictures that were seeing seem to be coming from a third world country. It is hard to believe it is happening in texas. And it is happened over the past several days. Mayor turner, thank you so much for joining us. Good luck to you and to everyone. Thank you. Will President Trump return to the Political Action conference next week. We have new information. And yet another gop power player, Lindsey Graham makes a pilgrimage to maralago as republicans feud over the future of the party. Ocess. Or it isnt. Its either testing an array of advanced safety systems. Or it isnt. Its either the Peace Of Mind of a standard unlimited mileage warranty. Or it isnt. For those who never settle, its either mercedesbenz certified preowned. Or it isnt. The mercedesbenz certified preowned sales event. Now through march 1st. Shop online or drop by your local dealer today. 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A source close to the former president said hes considering anni an invitation to speak at the conservative political acconference. Lets speak with dana bash and john king. John, we know trump loves speaking to crowds. What could he possibly gain though from speaking at cpac in the coming days . Are there any risks involved in. What he would gain is he would soothe his ego. Hes lived through a period of time. He just had a Senate Impeachment trial and yes, he was acquitted. But the Senate Republican leader went to the floor and said the president s conduct was reprehensible and he wants no part of him in the republican party, and whether trump fits in the future of the republican party, it would offer him a platform. Are there risks . Of course. I might define risk differently than the former president. He might define risk differently than Mitch Mcconnell and other republicans. There are risks. He stirs up more tunnel and hurts Himselfin Ted of helping himself but it is interesting to watch. We know that he wants to stir up this fight. We know that he likes this fight. Cpac is a possibility and hes been invited to a meeting in april which is closer to home in palm beach so lets keep an eye on him. Dana, youve been doing reporting on trip that senator Lindsey Graham is making to visit the former president in palm beach. What is the goal here . The goal is to try to be in the words of a source constructive in trying to bring the former president back into the fold with a very, very specific, very cleareyed goal, which is for republicans to regain control of the United States senate, it is raise foend, 50 50 and cant get any tighter than that and republicans across the board here in washington, im sure you both have heard this as well, they are freaking out about the idea that if the former president gets involved in a place like arizona and decides to throw support behind one of his favorite politicians, kelli ward, who is the party chair there, who republicans dont think could win if she won a republican primary statewide, that could be one problem. Same goes with georgia. Marg oary taylor greene, there is concern that maybe she would run against david perdue who said that he is running. That could take georgia off the board. And the list goes on and on. So, look, senator graham has had mixed results in his courtship of the former president and his friendship with the former president in his Political Alliance with the former president. But this is one area where the hope is that he can try to at least steer him in the right way to make it about his legacy and how much his legacy is tied into the future of the republican party. Because he changed it dramatically. He certainly did. John, we learned that trump rejected a request from nikki haley for a meeting at maralago. Is this the new test for republican candidates, being granted an audience with trump . It is the current test. Lets remember, this president has lost friends over the years, the former president , has lost friends over the years and sometimes when his circle gets smaller, he goes back to people he sent into exile. Brad parscale was meeting with him recent live. So trump is transactional. But right now, yes, he is mad at any republican who criticized him. Mitch mcconnell said the president s conduct was reprehensible and the former president issued a statement going to war and personal insulting terms. Nikki haley tried to straddle, how important her supporters were to the party but said his conduct was reprehensible and republicans were wrong to stay with him and for now shes banished from maralago. Youre either for me or against me. Do not say i do anything wrong or you dont get to come kiss the ring. Will that last . Well see as we go forward. Thank you very much. An Important Note to our viewers. Be sure to join dana Sunday Morning at 9 00 a. M. For tate of the union, among her guests this sunday, dr. Fauci. Well be watching. Of course we will. Coming up, one texas site has managed to keep the lights and the heat on throughout the disaster. Well show you how they did it when we come back. U1 is here and its on verizon 5g ultra wideband, the fastest 5g in the world. Available in parts of many cities. Its not just a great network. 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Including prioritizing vaccines for educators. Parents and educators agree reopen schools. Putting safety first. One texas city has avoided the disaster playing out across the entire state thanks to a hardlearned lesson. Cnns Dianne Gallagher is in el paso with the story. Reporter no power. No water. Its been the same story across the state of texas this week. Well, most of it. Theyre freezing in san antonio, dallas, ft. Worth. Were very lucky. Reporter the reason the lights didnt go out in he will p el paso is complicated and rooted in experience. Ralph, like Everyone Else in el paso, cant forget the 2011 deep freeze. We just werent prepared for it. Reporter Steve Barachik was in the control room ten years ago this month when it all came crashing down. We had three days when the temperature in el paso never got above freezing. We lost most of our units. We made that decision that we were going to harden our assets, investment in new technology, and invest in new infrastructure. Reporter the winterized plant that the manage is showing us around today exists in part because of that big freeze. Were designed to run in the summer. There are these few times when we have an overnight low that weve really got to get all the systems up and ready. Our team was able to do that. It was easier with a brandnew plant, because now were designing it for minus ten. You have the top technology, state of the art. You can design in these redid you not ant sredundant systems. Reporter a redundancy that needed to be tapped into this week when the temperatures dropped. We started seeing issues with gas pipeline pressure. Reporter but another reason el paso isnt in the dark, its located so far from other lonestar cities that its not on the same power grid as 90 of the rest of texas. There are three power grids in the country. Western, eastern, and texas, the only state to have its own grid, in part to afford certain federal regulations. This week the texas system, which is operated by the electric Reliability Council of texas or ercot, failed. Im taking responsibility for the current status of ercot. Again, i find what has happened unacceptable. Reporter planning for a once in a decade storm is expensive but it is possible and worth it, says el paso electric, if it prevents disaster like what weve seen this week. When we saw what happened in 2011, we made a decision and said never again. Reporter now, there were still challenges here in el paso. In fact there were roughly 3,000 households that did lose power. Fewer than 900, though, were for more than five minutes. And wolf, they said no household was really out for more than a few hours because of the storm. Thats really impressive. The situation in el paso compared to the rest of the state. Dianne gallagher, thanks for that report. Coming up, the latest on the water crisis facing texas as the state braces for yet another night of record cold. 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The big crisis now, severe Water Shortages that are impacting nearly half of texas residents. On top of that, the governor just ced