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water crisis across texas after five straight days of record low temperatures. broken water pipes have left nearly half of the residents of the state without clean drinking water. power has been restored to all but 192,000 people but around 13 million texans are still under a boil water advisory. and take a look at this. this is video just into cnn. more than 80,000 bottles of water delivered from the travis air force base in california to the city of galveston, texas, trying to help those struggling. the winter blast is also causing serious delays in vaccine distribution and in several parts of the country. soon president biden will head to a pfizer manufacturing plant in michigan. this comes as his administration said the nation has major work to do to try to make up for this lost time because of the extreme weather. so let s begin this hour with our colleague natasha chen in houston with more on the ongoing crisis across the state. it is so far beyond a weather story ....
rising temperatures mean thawing infrastructure, which could lead to more problems, issues the president says he would like to see for himself next week. if, in fact, it s concluded i can do it without getting in the way of folks on the ground, i ll do that. we ll make that decision at the beginning of next week. that s where we start. joining me now, antonia hylton. good to have you with us. what s the latest where you are now? does it feel like the end is in sight for texans? reporter: well, ayman, here in houston, people are grateful that for the most part their lights and their heat are coming back on, but they re also exhausted, a jd now they don t have safe drinking water, and in many cases they don t have water coming out of their faucets at all. that s why there s a huge water distribution center going on right now they re packing water into cars. they re on their last palette. people were lined up waiting for hours before this all began. this experience i ....
the shocking video, a man allegedly armed with a knife, the officer firing nine shots into his back and side. and time to shine. your front row seat for tonight s beloved holiday tradition right here in rockefeller center this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, the omicron covid variant has now officially been identified in the united states. the white house toe kay discovering the variant in california of the country s first known infection of the puzzling, highly concerning strain. here s what we know. the infected person identified as recent traveler from south africa, fully vaccinated and having suffered only mild symptoms tonight the biden administration, which for days has been braced for the arrival of this variant, is set to tighten covid testing requirements for arriving international travelers, including americans. much of the focus tonight remains on the effectiveness of vaccines 197 million americans, 59% of the population, are consi ....
it s singapore, this is bbc news. it s news. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with the us secretary of state antony blinken, who is headed to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank and seven countries over the next week. the us state department says during mr blinken s trip he will seek immediate increase in aid to gaza as the strip continues to deal with a humaniatarian crisis. the trip comes as the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, warns israel must allow more aid into gaza in order to avoid starvation and large outbreaks of disease. and there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation there. and in lebanon, people gathered for the funeral of deputy hamas leader saleh al arouri. he was killed earlier this week in an explosion. hezbollah a powerful iranian backed group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagrant isra ....
they do change their mind, that s a good thing, they are learning from evidence. i think the better line for the tories is, if things start to get a bit rosier for the economy, if progress is made on immigration, i think what they will want to say is, don t risk this because actually, on things like the environment, immigration, public finances, keir starmer and labour, you can t really trust them, they are a bit more radical. so the tories will really be trying to force that dividing line. but the fact is that keir starmer and labour are playing it so safe, they are hiding very close to the tory line, it s going to be difficult for the tories to do that so i don t think it will be successful. find tories to do that so i don t think it will be successful. . . it will be successful. and keir starmer can t it will be successful. and keir starmer can t take it will be successful. and keir starmer can t take the - it will be successful. and keir starmer can t take the ....