flights. this is all part of an all-of-government effort. not only are we obtaining resources from the department of defense, but we brought in a person from the department of health and human services to address the medical needs of anyone who needs that type of attention. not only do we rely on the resources and capabilities of the department of homeland security, but we look across the federal government and in partnership with civil society to see what resources and capabilities we can bring to bear to meet the challenge, and that is indeed what we are doing here. and how can you be assured that when they go back they re not dealing with very difficult conditions? much more difficult than what they re dealing with right now? why not allow them to come into the country? so let me take both those questions, jim. we re working very closely with the government of haiti to ensure that the individuals return is accomplished as safely and humanely as possible. we are workin
exactly 100 years ago. abby philip, thank you very much for your reporting. we turn now to texas, where state democratic lawmakers are calling on congress to do something, this after they successfully delayed a vote on a restrictive voting bill, that state republicans were poised to make a law, and as republican governor greg abbott threatens their paychecks. ed lavandera is live in dallas, how are state lawmakers responding to the funding threat? reporter: well, i think they re waiting to see what the governor is going to do and there s real question, even republicans and democrats, questioning whether or not this is a real threat, or just kind of a shot across the bow, and see what exactly greg abbott is going to do but essentially the move would defund the legislative branch of state government, and it s not just hurting lawmakers and clearly there s a feeling among some republicans of anger toward the democrats that walked out of the legislative session in the last hour
departments. cnn s martin vaf ij joining me now live from nashville. what kind of damage, i see that one building behind you, but is this widespread, just like that? reporter: it s widespread but with a limited footprint. what i mean by that is that this was not the 2010 storm that covered such a large significant part of nashville. this one s a little different, but the areas it hit, the damage is kig cant. and what it shows you is the power of water. this was flash flooding. you can see there s no water around us. that is gone. but when it was here it was able to take this building and move it a quarter of a mile. it didn t just push it. most of the contents are still inside. so that would imply that this thing pretty much floated all the way here. every home on this street, most of them, are single story homes, have been impacted by water. and now you can see the aftereffect as people try to either salvage what they can, dry out what they can, or eventually sort throug
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 kianna 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 somebody s [ bleep ] pipes burst upstairs. y all, look at the [ bleep ] water! look at the [ bleep ] water! our whole [ bleep ] apartment yo. our whole [ bleep ] apartment! our whole apartment! according to texas officials, nearly 800 water systems in the state have been affected by the weather. 13 million texans are under boil water orders. two hospitals in houston have no water service. they ve been getting it trucked in and collecting rain water f
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