hundreds of thousands of americans in the state of texas are bracing for another day in the dark as many face the freezing temperatures, the heat, food or water. so far millions of businesses and homes have had their power restored after harsh winter storms earlier in the week knocked out most of the state s power grid. now the bitter cold is facing another necessity. some 13 million texans are under boil water notices and some have no water at all. many have been lining up at public pumps while others have turned to melting snow. reports are pouring in across the state, frozen water pipes bursting. the city of austin alone says it has lost 325 million gallons of water after pipes burst from the freezing conditions flooding homes and businesses. this is what we came back to. our whole apartment. look at the y all, i cannot believe this. anger boiling over as texans endure more pain. millions are now facing a new problem, major water disruptions. this woman s apartment
that s about half the state. dallas resident thomas black took this picture. tells cnn he and his girlfriend are running out of food and they are boiling snow for water. i only knew to do that because i had a pouring of outreach giving me tips on how to weather this out and without them, you know, as a texan, we re just not inherently prepared for something like this. austin s water system lost 325 million gallons of water after thousands of pipes burst there. officials say city reservoirs were drained by the water demand and they re warning this could go on for days. u.s. department of health and human services declaring a public health emergency in texas. the lack of water means hospitals can t provide dialysis. crews in san antonio working through the night to put out an apartment building fire that broke out moments after water was shut off to the building. hydrants are frozen so firefighters are trucking water to the scene. roads are so slick and dangerous the red
a live look there. we will take you there live just as soon as it starts. right now though, the word of the moment is vaccine. i m at a football stadium that s part of the charleston county school district. it s the second largest in this state. they are ready to give their teachers the vaccine just as soon as the state gives the green light. already some people in the state getting their vaccines at drive-thru sites which presents its own set of challenges. we will talk about that and learn about an ingenious solution from mount pleasant s mayor. it includes an unlikely ally, chick-fil-a. more on that in a moment. we will start in charleston county. the school district is ready to roll out vaccines to its teachers. first, they need the green light from the state. i want to bring in jeff buroey. he is the chief operating officer in the school district. 50,000 students. jeff, first of all, i will put my mask on. we might be within the six feet here. let s just start with t
covid concerns on memorial day in the usa. why case counts are at least f five times higher? should we expect a summer surge? we ll take a look. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you for joining us. for the second time, u.s. president biden and the first lady mourned alongside grieving and devastated families who lost their loved ones in a mass shooting in a texas town of uvalde. the bidens laid flowers outside robb elementary school where 19 students and two teachers were killed last week. mr. biden and the first lady also attended mass where jill biden could be seen reaching out and touching the hands of several people as they walk out the isle. outside the church, some gathered, urged the president to do something to which he responded, we will, take a listen . cnn is following development and has more now from uvalde. president biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in uvalde, texas, on sunday trying to offer some s
Times higher of the actual instance of the disease due to the home test where most people were testing. dr. jha points out 200 million americans vaccinated and 100 million boosters, that means 100 million only had two vaccines. so why is there not a bigger push to get everyone that third booster shot, particularly we learned that many people getting infected of the omicron variant are getting infected again and again. exactly. that s our big concern. there is a low uptick of people going to the vaccine lines. i think it is fair to say you are not seeing it advert advert. and again in that scene press conference, there was discussions by the three leaders what were there including dr. fauci and dr. walensky that