some of the more than 2.6 million households without heat or power have been forced into community warming centers where available. other haves been sickened or killed by carbon monoxide from makeshift heating arrangements. one houston-area furniture store owner opened two locations for people to stay in and did the same after hurricane harvey but even remarkable individual acts of kindness can only go so far. the problems right now are statewide, affect millions, and instead of taking responsibility, it seems some top state officials are doing anything but. ed lavandera is in dallas tonight. what s the latest? reporter: well, anderson, right now the bottom line is the question that everyone wants the answer to is exactly when is the power going to be fully restored across this state? and sadly tonight, we don t have a firm timeline on when exactly that is happening. the state officials with the power grid system say that they are essentially at the mercy, at the power plan
covid relief plan. and he really tried to persuade people saying we went too small when i led this effort in the obama administration. let s not make the same mistake again. that s been the crux of the messaging from the president and the white house on this nearly $2 trillion package. emphasizing that the risk here is in going too small, not in going too big, as this administration is now trying to do. and this was the president s first opportunity to really pitch this nearly $2 trillion plan directly to americans in this town hall, making his first official trip outside of washington, appearing in this town hall in milwaukee, wisconsin. it was also interesting to hear from the president as he laid out the timeline for some of the key questions that americans have. when will every american who wants a vaccine be able to get one? and when will we finally be able to return to normal? here were his answers on those questions. by the end of july, we ll have over 600 million
welcome, everyone. donald trump s second impeachment trial just cays away now, and there could be some dramatic evidence connecting the former u.s. president to the january inversion at the capitol, like the new video of one of the rioters we re about to show you. cnn s donie o sullivan has details. listen closely to what the man known as the qanon shaman says about trump. how did you get out? get out of what? how did you get out? the senate? yeah. cops walked out with me. they let you go? yeah. what s your message now? donald trump asked everybody to go home. he just said it. he just put out a tweet. it s a minute long. he asked everybody to go home. why do you think so? because, dude [ bleep ] we won the day. won by sending a message to the senators and congressman. we won by sending a message to pence, okay, that if they don t do as their oath to do, if they don t uphold the constitution, then we will remove them from office. this guy is recording
third full due to the pandemic. the game comes as recent trends show an encouraging decline in new covid cases and hospitalizations across the u.s. health experts are warning the crisis is far from over. meanwhile, people watching at home are urged to avoid parties that might spread the virus and the traditional postgame parade at disney world has been canceled. in washington, u.s. lawmakers on monday will begin crafting president biden s ambitious covid relief bill. house democrats aim to have it done in two weeks time. but overshadowing everything is tuesday s historic second impeachment trial of former president donald trump. there s also startling new video that shows just how closely some who stormed the capitol building last month were listening to mr. trump and what they believed he wanted them to do. listen to this man who calls him the qanon shaman and what he said about trump after the riot. how did you get out? of the senate? yeah. cops walked out with me.
appreciate your company, everyone. democratic lawmakers say they have strong evidence against donald trump with his second impeachment trial about to begin in just a couple of days. evidence like the new video of one of the capitol rioters that we re about to show you. cnn s donia sullivan has details, but first listen to what the man known as the qanon shaman has to say about the former president. how did you get out? of the senate? yeah. cops walked out with me. they just let you go? yeah. ha ha! what s your message to everybody now? oh, donald trump asked everybody to go home. he just said it, just put out a tweet. it s a minute long, asked everybody to go home. why do you think so? lose [ bleep ] one day [ bleep ]. how did you win? we won by sending a message to senators and congressmen, by sending a message to pence, if they don t uphold the constitution, we ll remove them from office, one way or the other. this guy recording you, he s not on ou