to get murkowski or any other republicans we hope the republicans will start joining us. i have a very good relationship with lisa murkowski, we hope they will start joining us for the good of the country. leader schumer, next week do you expect immigration infrastructure. still sounding hopeful there, saying good relationship with lisa murkowski, she voted no but in the end a 50-49 passage of this $1.9 trillion relief package, and you saw senate majority leader chuck schumer there rather victorious, calling it a very fine day, calling it one of the most important pieces of legislation in decades. joining me on the phone is ohio senator sharrod browne, you heard the majority leader saying republicans tried to trick us but it didn t work. how do you assess the road on getting to this passage? it clearly was a bipartisan effort. bipartisan in the sense that the american public wanted rental assistance for people that were about to be evicted in the middle of a pandemi
the senate was working on this overnight and last minute demands voting it straight down through party lines. not a single republican in attendance voted for it and not a single democrat voted against it. president biden spoke after it passed. i promised the american people help was on the way . people lying in bed at night, staring at the ceiling wondering, will i lose my job or my insurance or my home? they will get direct payments of $1400 per person. our congressional correspondent jessica dean. this is not a done deal just yet. what happens now and when will americans see the money? reporter: ana, what happens now is that this bill is going to go back to the house. we know that the vote there has been set for tuesday. that s expected to pass. they re going to vote on the changes that were made from their original bill and that s about who is eligible for the $1400 checks, unemployment changes to unemployment benefits and then also remember, the $15 an hour minimum
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
kind of sound you don t want to hear when you re on an airplane. we looked at each other, my wife and i, held hands, and just wished our kids, we would see them again. this is cnn breaking news. good evening. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are live in the cnn newsroom on this sunday. a terrifying moment caught on a homeowner s surveillance camera when pieces of a commercial airline are suddenly smashed into the ground. this happened saturday afternoon near denver. watch and listen. this is broomfield, colorado, a city in the flight path for denver international airport. people in broomfield were unaware that a united airlines 777 was overhead with an engine on fire and dropping pieces to the ground below. incredibly, nobody was hurt despite metal pieces raining down across a one-mile debris field. some homes and vehicles were damaged but no injuries. much more on the investigation into what happe
is in the hospital. the husband of queen elizabeth was admitted after not feeling well. good to have you with us. it s just past 3 in the morning in texas where millions of people are spending another night without electricity or heat. days after the state was slammed by a powerful winter storm. some residents are even sleeping in their cars to try to keep warm. the storm and continued cold snap have crippled power facilities causing widespread out outages. the cold temperatures remain. more than 21 million people across texas are under some kind of winter weather alert and all this is happening as officials in the state trade blame for the crisis. cnn s camila vanell reports from dallas. reporter: unlivable conditions in texas. frozen pipes bursting. flooding homes in bitter temperatures. the fact is every source of pow power the state of texas has access to has been compromised because of the ultracold temperature or because of equipment failures. reporter: utility