that she suppressed and oprah nods in empathy because oprah is oppressed too. in a moment like this one is probably not too surprising that alexandria ocasio-cortez feels deeply sorry for herself, ocasio-cortez was elected to congress a few years at the age of 28. beat a long time incumbent in a race nobody thought she could win. ugher previous job had famously been waiting tables and tending bar at a taco place in union square. people made fun of that but we haven t paid say what w you will about ocasio-cortez s views, that is a legitimately impressive achievement. if your daughter did it, you d be proud. but a ocasio-cortez doesn t seem proud. she seems aggrieved. with every passing year her fame and power grows, she grows angrier and more brittle. ocasio-cortez amassed a larger social media presence then any member of congress in the first month. as of today, she s got 12.6 million twitter followers, that s nearly twice as many as nancy pelosi has an pelosi has been doing
ignite in north carolina. at 8:00 p.m. curfew in response to potential unrest involving the officer-involved shooting death of andrew brown. we ll have a lab report. republicans are calling for an investigation into former secretary of state john kerry over his alleged leaking of israeli military secrets to iran. why doesn t he report show that the media is largely ignoring the story? we begin in washington where president biden unveiled the cdc new relaxed mask rules to make. the build up to his big address to a joint session of congress tomorrow night. white house correspondent kevin corke is tracking it. good evening. tomorrow is the big super bowl in town. this is arguably the biggest single shift in covid policy and most of the country since the lockdowns first began about 13 months ago. the shift coming as he pointed out just a day ahead of the joint session addressing congres is drawing both praise and a few i rules a few i roles. wearing a face mask to an outdoor
distribution sites. many are desperate. it s pretty tough to find bottled water. we are having to boil to wash dishes or do anything. north texans are urged to conserve as much water as they can. we ve been hunting. we re going different places looking for it and can t find it. we have no water at all. we ve had i ve had no baths in four days. we lost our water. so that s why we that s why i came here, to pick up some water. more than one million units of water will be given out. this is just some of what we re learning about the scale of a humanitarian crisis that s ongoing. meanwhile, there are fires you see raging, informs san antonio are trying to contain this apartment fire. it s another aspect of the suffering with so many basic services breaking down. power company officials are under severe criticism. you probably heard about it. they say the system will generate enough power resolve, quote, normal operating conditions. this week of arctic cold tempe
freezing temperatures without power and heat and now water issues. the question is, how long will the problems last? plus, new information on the effectiveness of the covid vaccine. it s been shown to protect those who get the shot. question is, does the vaccine slow the spread of the virus? and new york governor andrew cuomo now under federal investigation for his handling of nursing home-related covid deaths. the question is, did he also threaten a lawmaker who was looking for answers? it is way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early. i am alicia menendez on this thursday, february 18th. kasie hunt has the day off. we re going to start with the news. millions still without power in texas this morning after winter storms and frigid temperatures swept through the state. the biden administration says fema is supplying generators to texas and is preparing to send diesel fuel to ensure the availability of backup power. the agency is also providi
tried to sell his covid relief plan, he said a short time ago that americans, quote, want everything in the $1.9 trillion package. at the same time the white house is trying to clarify some of the shifting messages of recent days including the president s stance on reopening schools and vaccinations for teachers. let s get straight to the white house right now and kaitlan collins. the president is strongly defending his pandemic stimulus package. update our viewers. reporter: he is. and what president biden said in the oval office tonight is that he doesn t understand how republicans can oppose this plan though we should note they did for the majority since no congressional republicans have actually embraced or signed on or said that they would vote for this bill. but president biden is touting it as integral to his pandemic response and how the next few months will look and how the plan could shape this. but this comes as there are new questions about the white house s emb