water in their home safely unless they boil it. after 700-plus water supply systems were damaged from the winter storm and the bitter cold that overwhelmed the texas power grid. the state s kcapital alone losta whopping 20 million gallons due to pipes that burst. those pipes damaged countless homes as well, as you can see in pictures we ve been showing you. this is just the basics of life that texans are struggling to find in the most energy-rich state in the nation about to pass a number of record lows. a woman burning her child s toy blocks as firewood. a daughter with a home flooded by a broken pipe, scared to stay with her parents who are high risk for covid. then there are people in that san antonio complex. firefighters doing what they could besides having to trek in water. my daughter, it s just me and her, and all our stuff is in there. i haven t been able to go to work all week long, and now everything we have in there is gone. but some stories are not of surviva
onto the red planet. facebook unfriends australia the social networking giant blocks access to news media in australia in a row over paying for content. the labour leader proposes british recovery bonds to help fund the renewal of communities and jobs after the lockdown ends. terrible, terrible house damp, infestations and leaks how some of those shielding from covid are living in substandard housing. good evening and welcome to bbc news. scientists say there s been a strong decline in the number of covid infections in england since the latest lockdown began. researchers at imperial college, who have been tracking the pandemic, say infection rates have dropped by two thirds. but there are warnings that virus levels are still high, particularly among the under 25s. the vaccination programme also appears to be having a positive impact on the number of deaths being recorded. but concerns remain about certain groups of people, among them some black and asian communities,
major immigration issues, asylum seekers, and children separated from their families. diaz: and later. touchdown confirmed. diaz: how these diverse women are going boldly where few have gone before. those struggles made us even better. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago. here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening, to our viewers in the west. there is breaking news as we come on the air. late today, the f.d.a. gave formal approval to a third covid vaccine. it s the first to require just one dose instead of two. and it s also easier to store planes and trucks are ready to roll across america. so far, at least 46 million people have received one dose of any vaccine. that s more than 14% of the population. also today, movement on president biden s nearly $2 trillion covid relief bill. but a critical hurdle remains. cbs christina ruffini is traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware, and has the latest. christina, good evening. reporter: good evening
we were all hoping to hear, the twitter message referring to tigers is, quote, he is currently a, responsive and recovering in his hospital room. thank you to the wonderful doctors and hospital staff at harvard ucla medical center, the los angeles county sheriff s department and the fire department and thinks to all of those. when you look at the video from the scene of the accident, it could clearly have been so much worse. woods is lucky to be alive according to the la sheriff s deputy who was first on missing, woods was extricated from the vehicle having suffered serious leg injuries and the chief medical officer at harvard ucla gave some details on those injuries saying, quote, fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the to be a and fibula bones were stabilized by inserting a rod into the to be a. additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins. those injuries sound devastating for an athlete li
hello to you. we start in the united states. the us attorney general william barr, who was appointed by mr trump, has said no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this despite the repeated claims by president trump that the election was stolen. our north america correspondent, peter bowes has this report. a political friendship that could be wearing thin. we do not allowjudgements to be reached. william barr has been a staunch ally of donald trump, which is why his views as the country s top law enforcement officer carry special weight. now he says, working with fbi agents, they have uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election, and he added: as news emerged of the attorney general‘s comments, it appeared president trump was engrossed in his twitter account, live tweeting a hearing in michigan in which his personal lawyer rudy giuliani was submitting further unsubstantiated claims about t