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
a little counterintuitive. what is uncommon is firefighters not having enough water to put it out. what you re seeing here is the toll of the water outage. that is why it s been raging for hours. the chief there says the hydrants are frozen. they get one to open up and they start the water supply, they are running out and not having enough water to control it and it continues to burn. one building in the complex near collapse. firefighters are worried about it jumps to nearby buildings. not just statistics and politics. it is reality. we were warned of this risk just last night and now here it is. and we hope it is not a sign of more to come. people in texas, oklahoma, surrounding states with the cold snap, they are suffering too much already, and now for too long. the latest count, 13 million texans with without water for days. we re hearing scary stories of desperation. our first guest tonight is boiling snow for h 2o and that comes with variables why kit go bad fast. as it