government and we have to remember it every day because it doesn t stop, we can stop talking about alexei navalny one day when he s actually free to one for office, when he s freed to represent the people of russia of the way that they would like to, so thank you for doing that. have yourself an excellent weekend, my friend. thank you, my friend, thank you ali, i appreciate it. we have major news to get to on this friday night first the cdc has issued new guidance tonight about the johnson & johnson covid vaccine, a panel of public health experts says it is safer vaccine providers to once again administer the one shot, the one dose shot but it will now come with an additional warning about extremely where blood clots. 15 cases out of 8 million total johnson & johnson shot, the white house says the u.s. has more than 9 million doses of the vaccine that can be distributed immediately. and on the final day of a world climate summit with more than 40 world leaders, president
lingering bitter cold has broken pipes and it has made many homes unhabitable. as one texan put it, quote, if you re in a warm house, you re definitely not eating warm food. and food is a concern with texans finding grocery store shelves, and that includes bottled water as 12 million people are suffering disruptions of systems buckling under the cold. people are told to boil water, but that is a challenge when there s no power, and many texans are being pushed to the breaking point. we got freezing temperatures, we got no water, there s no heat, there s nothing! and now we ain t got [ bleep ] everything that we brought here, we don t have nothing, y all. the shelters are at capacity. there is no hotels anywhere. it s water coming from the [ bleep ] ceiling because somebody made the pipes burst. look at the [ bleep ] water! look at the [ bleep ] water! y all, our whole apartment, our whole apartment! this crisis has caused a political firestorm for the state government
part of the people who are without power might have been without power because of damage to power lines and that sort of thing. but still a great deal of work needs to be done. i don t want to minimize that in terms of getting power generation fully restored. there s been a dramatic drop so far. at its peak, about 4.4 million households without power across the state. the number is down to about 500,000, and really dropped significantly since late last night. so that is the good news. the other bit of good news is that while there is some snowstorms still moving through parts of texas, warmer temperatures are expected here in the next day or two. once we get above freezing, sounds like things will begin to imp ima little more quickly. we ve also learned new details, brianna, how dangerously close, bad as this has been, how dangerously close it could have been monday night. we were told by a texas congressman from fort worth yesterday that he had been told that the power grid
o donnell: the president s promise: as cities run out of doses. it is a little bit of hunger games out there. o donnell: .president biden cuts a deal for 200 million more shots, increasing the u.s. supply by 50%. tonight, when dr. anthony fauci says vaccines will be available to everyone. and the state that s letting some young residents cut the line. plus, president biden finally speaks with the chinese leader. the details tonight from the two-hour phone call. deadly pileup: a truck loses control. at least 100 cars crash on an icy interstate. firefighters go car to car to rescue drivers. bone-chilling forecast. 31 states now under weather alerts. and what s a seven-letter word fo young genius? meet a prodigy of crossword puzzles. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin with breaking news from the u.s. capitol wh