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actress, olivia munn, who helped police make that arrest. some horrible images, coming out of new york and all across the country, this week. and beyond, as we do say good morning, everybody, it is saturday, february 20th. i m kendis gibson. i m lindsey reiser. we re happy to have you up and early with us on this saturday. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you right now. we begin in houston, texas. the state s largest city, where they have to boil their water just so that it s safe to use. a high school football stadium and parks have been turned into massive-distribution facilities for water. nbc s antonia hilton is in the houston area. antonia, how are people managing there? reporter: lindsey, it has been an emotional and exhausting week for residents here in houston. the mayor expects that the boil-water advisory is going to be in effect, until at least monday. but it could extend longer than that. in the meantime, people are witho ....
roads. leaving about 5 million people without power. texas in a deep freeze. 4 million people in houston warned to stay indoors and off those roads. cell service in some areas breaking down because backup generators and towers are freezing or running out of fuel. i m not going to sugar coat it. the next few days are going to be very tough. to those who have lost power, i know you are frustrated. i know you are miserable. i know you re uncomfortable. i know it is very miserable in this cold route heat. utility companies across 14 states from texas to minnesota resorting to rolling outages to save energy. it s shutting down coronavirus vaccination distribution across the country. harris county in texas had to quickly redistribute 8400 doses at risk of spoiling because of a power outage at the public health department. almost 1,000 went to college students at rice university. i literally dropped everything, got everything on and sprinted here. apparently everyone els ....
causing wind turbines to freeze. millions are without power. we are relying on an energy that has proven unreliable? u.s.a. ? so heart warming to see that spirit with the american public for someone that they know represents them sing a song sing a song sing a song good morning to you. thanks for waking up with us. hope you enjoyed your long weekend. pete hegseth filling in for brian. how many days. the weekend to a weekend plus five in a middle. steve: ainsley, pete has worked four days in a row. ainsley: wait until sunday after the show he will being exhausted. pete: sunday i will be feeling it. right now doing a week like you. ainsley: you are a patriot, steve. steve: it s great to have you. today, you know, tomorrow is ash wednesday. today is mardi gras. live it up whatever you are going to do. of course, within reason. they have completely shut down. pete: that s what new orleans does well within reason. steve: whatever the reason is for you. good to ....
andrew cuomo plane to the top political atmosphere for the controversy engulfing his administration and handling of the covid-19 crisis in the states nursing homes that has led to the death of nearly 15,000 people. he did not apologize, but he did say that he did admit his administration s lack of transparency field transparency. and downplayed the impact that mandated state nursing homes to accept covid-19 positive patients from hospitals over a two-month period met, which critics say spread the virus among most vulnerable. the boyd we created by not providing information was filled with skepticism and cynicism and conspiracy theories, which furthered the confusion. covid did not get into the nursing homes by people coming from hospitals. covid got into the nursing homes by staff walking into the nursing home. cuomo addressed bombshell report from last week, a leak of transcripts between state democrats in which derosa admitted the administration holding that abo ....
abbott. they failed. that s what she said. and she gets so frustrated when she hears from conservatives saying, well, it s the wind turbines and green energy. and it s not that at all. we know what it is. coal, natural gas. that stuff froze. and it froze because they didn t take care of it. they didn t winterize it. it was up to the states. and so him trying to cast the blame on the green new deal and the squad and all that stuff, it s just absolutely ridiculous and embarrassing. even in a crisis. can you believe it? today yesterday was fat tuesday. today s ash wednesday. you know, hence this. the reason it s so good, i did it. the priest wanted to put it on our head because they don t want to touch anybody right now or you could get your own little packet and do it yourself. i m not catholic but i went to catholic school. my fiance s catholic. but i usually get it and i come away with the big smudge. i was at the church right around from your house. you kno ....