for derek chauvin. the man seen on video kneeling on george floyd s neck for about nine minutes. so far this morning, the conversations in court have been over whether to add a third degree murder charge. those conversations have led to a delay in jury selection. any second now, the court will be back from a recess to settle what happens next. where i m reporting, there has been a fair amount of activity this morning. signs, protests calling for justice. stay with me. i will talk to george floyd s brother and the family attorney about how the family is feeling as this trial gets underway. first, we have some breaking news coming in just seconds ago. the cdc announcing new guidelines for americans who have been fully vaccinated. these new guidelines touch on everything from who vaccinated people can see, how they should act around unvaccinated folks and whether quarantining and testing are necessary. any moment now, we will learn more at the white house covid-19 response tea
work with its allies again after four years of donald trump s america first policies. this happening as the u.s. officially rejoins the paris climate agreement and just one day after the state department said that the u.s. is ready to restart nuclear talks with iran. we ll bring back of these events to you live when they happen. but we start this hour with a crisis in texas. we re nearly 200,000 people are still without power after this week s epic winter storm. and while that number is a major improvement, millions of texans are still dealing with food and water shortages in the aftermath. 13 million residents are under boil water advisories. that is nearly half of the state s population. the conditions catastrophic for families who have been suffering for days. it s like one of your worst nightmares. like you never, ever imagine that this is going to happen to you. so for me to walk in there and just see everything that we have just being destroyed when it could have been
authorization. we are keeping a close eye on this. millions of doses could ship out as early as monday. that could help president biden meet his goal of 100 million vaccinations in his 100 days. there you see president biden, first lady dr. jill biden, they are in the air right now heading to houston, texas. a devastating winter storm halted vaccinations in many parts of that state. there s another crisis in texas. the state s power grid, texans left in the dark, cold, hungry, questioning the safety of their drinking water. more on what s happening there in the lone star state ahead. today on capitol hill, a big step potentially to help millions of americans who are struggling in this pandemic. the house set to vote on president biden s nearly $2 trillion covid relief plan. there s been a curveball. a senate official ruling that democrats cannot include that minimum wage hike in the bill. let s get right to our reporters. leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill. kelly o donnell
little ahead and then the water runs out. i gotta be strong for my kids. i don t want my kids to see us struggle. we have to do what we have to do in order for them. we re doing this for them. our team is across texas. morgan chesky is there. for millions of families, they don t have water. what are you hearing from folks? reporter: right now, 13 million texans have water systems that may be compromised. unfortunately, we are probably going to see that go up when scenes like this, frozen lakes, start to disappear. the pipes that have frozen solid over the past five days will slowly start to thaw over the weekend. that s where we are likely going to see more damage than we have seen with people having ceilings caving in due to water damage. that s happened in every part of the state. it is encouraging that we had 6 million people without power at one point and that s just a couple hundred thousand people. there s still work to be done. ercot that manages the state power
vaccinating people fast enough to stay ahead of the new variant, though it is getting better. when that briefing begins, we will bring it to you. there is also a lot going on behind the scenes right now on capitol hill. it is about to spill out into public view. the republican party trying to figure out what to do with itself in this post-trump era. who carries the mantle? who do they stand with? liz cheney, a lifelong republican, member of house leadership who voted her conscience and explained very cleary to impeach donald trump and facing blowback. or do they stand with marjorie taylor greene who is on video and online pushing wild, unfounded and anti-semitic conspiracy theories. sources telling cnn she has not given any indication that she wants to correct, reject and apologize for that. house republicans met late into the night last night about marjorie taylor greene and their future. this afternoon house republicans will gather once again. the most immediate question