breaking news tonight on the suffering in texas and the texas senator who decided to leave it all behind for a long weekend at the ritz carlton in cancun. first, though, the impact on millions of texans not named ted cruz. of record cold weather and the devastation it s brought on the power grid, gas and water systems in the state. here s what it means for them. gas lines, people driving 50 miles then waiting on line for a few gallons of gasoline to power home generators. and those are the lucky ones. for some without heat it means burning furniture. that moment when you re trapped inside and you have to destroy your baby gate because it is 10 degrees inside of your house and this is the only way you can stay warm because the power s out. others such as qiana abrams and her family were forced to relocate when the power went out, then returned to find their homes flooded from burst pipes. she says they lost everything. it s water coming from the [ bleep ] ceiling because
hop back on that plane and get back here. i mean, chris, come on. hey, you want to hear a totally different take? yeah. why not in our current climate, you know the right is going to believe him. you know he s going to go on there and say, i was going to work from home. how dare they, they re the worst, the media is the worst. he s going to get a pass. i should show you my text messages. it was breaking, we were trying to get it confirmed for the 11:00 show last night. he s going to say, i escorted my family there, i made sure they were safe and came back. and then, boom, that s what happened. it didn t pan out. he s not telling the truth. but even if he were, see, this is the problem with where we are, is that you know he s not telling the truth. he knows he s not of course he knows he s not telling the truth. and as long as he does it with a straight face and he keeps telling the same story, i ll tell you what the headline was for me on that. you know how i
texas, tonight with the very latest. omar, good evening to you. hundreds of thousands of texans still without power. 13 million don t have access to clean, running water. the conditions are improving. i know it doesn t sound like it but what s being done to deal with this massive crisis tonight? yeah, don. those that have power back are maybe more thankful for it than they ve ever been. but those that don t are huddle together for what is going to be another night of freezing temperatures here in texas. now, governor greg abbott may have been a little too optimistic this afternoon, saying he hoped that no location would be without power this evening. as you mentioned, that number is still in the hundreds of thousands across texas. but what we re now learning is going to be a longer-term issue is the water. we re in a boil-water notice here in austin, and people here are being told that it is going to be a multi-day process until they get water back to a reliably safe level.
as possible. to help advance our collective efforts to scale vaccines in communities, on monday cdc is conducting a three-day forum on the covid-19 vaccine. the forum will bring together a broad range of governmental and non-governmental partners to share information and best practices on how to build trust and confidence in covid-19 vaccines, how to use data to optimize vaccine implementation, and how to provide practical, real world experience on how to increase vaccination in communities, especially for those with increased risk of covid-19 and for those who may face barriers to vaccination. i m excited about this forum and the rich dialogue it will stimulate, and i encourage those involved in vaccine efforts to attend the forum. thank you, and i will turn it over to dr. fauci. thank you very much, dr. walensky. i would like to take a couple minutes reviewing the status of the vaccines and vaccine trials that we have, but then to, as i ve done in the past, pick out a que
leaving on vacation in cancun before thinking better of it, after one night at the ritz carlton. more on his story in just a bit. while the power is back on in all but about 350,000 homes, and that s a lot but it s not 5 million, the weather has left exploded pipes, major floods, people s homes have been destroyed. while taps are dry and millions are going without running water, food is also now in short supply. grocery shelves, refrigerator cases are largely empty. getting away is something most people can t do. many highway overpasses are just closed because they re frozen. fuel is in short supply. gas stations running out. no one seems to have any propane. tonight in a great state of 30 million people, people are focused on their survival and their loved ones. right now we re just we re really concerned about how fast the temperature is really dropping insides. it s, you know, either you stay in your house and, you know, you are cold and you freeze to death and you