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half the state is under a boil water advisory. all morning we ve seen thousands of people waiting in long lines, trying to get their hands on bottled water. several democratic congresswomen are surveying the damage left by the winter storm which knocked out power to millions of texans. when disaster strikes, this is not just an issue for texans. this is an issue for our entire country. and our whole country needs to come and rally together behind the needs of texans all across the state. the storms have also created a backlog of coronavirus vaccines. the white house saying 6 million doses have been unable to be distributed because of the weather. let s focus on the critical situation happening in texas. cnn s ow omar jimenez takes a l at how people there are handling what has been a brutal week. reporter: so you never even used your fireplace before this? oh, no. reporter: jen studebaker in austin, texas were burning chairs and pieces of bookshelves, scavenging fo
omar jimenez, menendez and the president of the transportation safety board. reporter: they were picking up pieces from this engine, and pieces were actually flying from the sky to neighborhoods below. while there were some fragments, these were large pieces, chunks that were falling, damaged trucks as we saw, but also could have destroyed homes, people or at least injury them, and somehow that never happened. while people were focusing on the ground, they haieard a boom and saw that engine was obviously missing. the flight was bound for honolulu but luckily they weren t over the ocean when this happened, so they promptly turned around and were able to land safely. i know people get made fun of when they re clapping, but this time they were being guided by the passengers and crew through all of this, and now it lies in the hands of the national transportation safety board to figure out how this could happen. mary, investigators want to get their hands on all the pieces be
one. saying they should. all this as president biden ups his calls for americans to stay calm amid concerns. a plan is already in place for new vaccines should they be needed. the jury still out on that, but today a potentially primary zion. a doctor in south africa revealing omicron symptoms that she s seen so far have been extremely mild to moderate. welcome news, but will that change as more cases are now being found in more countries. we begin with kaitlyn collins. the president is en route and it s really his key focus now. it s looming over everything. you are seeing, seeing business as usual. to sell that from from bill and sell the perks of it and it s going to take time to be implemented. it does come as his top code of officials are briefing reporters on what they know about the new variant and this is something that scientists are very much evaluating and they are in touch with labs across the united states and they wait to see if this variant is here prese