Machines and hightech Military Machines to control the blaze. Abortion showdown the protests against the new Texas Law, considered one of the most restrictive in the country. Why it means someone could be sued for driving a woman to get an abortion. 32 Count Indictment three officers and two paramedics face Manslaughter Charges in the death of Elijah Mcclain in colorado, the 23yearold who was injected with a drug and put in a chokehold. 4. 5 billion settlement what victims of the Opioid Epidemic are saying, after a judge approves the Bankruptcy Agreement of Drug Company Purdue pharma. And, stepping into history. 50 years ago today, baseball took a major step toward diversity. Th eveninnews with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and Thank You for joining us. We are going to begin with Breaking News. Three days after Hurricane Ida devastated the Gulf Coast of louisiana and mississippi, remnants of the storm are still cau
york. we begin with a deadly crisis in the state of texas. at least 26 dead so far. but that toll is expected to rise. and even as temperatures are finally moving up, the devastation for residents is far from over. people in several areas of texas and surrounding states have no running water. in fact, many, as you can see here, waiting in line to get drinking water after the pipes burst deep freeze. families staring down major repairs and a long recovery. so this is kind of what we re now doing. the water is not even bubbling, nothing. this is this is snow we melted for washing faces and hands. and breaking this morning, there is federal relief on the way. president biden pruchg a major disaster declaration for the entire state of texas. cnn s omar jimenez is in austin right now. what s the latest there in austin? yeah, so right now what the real priority is water for a lot of people. on the electricity front, thankfully they actually have outages under 10,000 for the
oregon are without power. also tonight, lawmakers in new york state are inching closer towards an impeachment probe of governor andrew cuomo, and that news is coming from a democratic assemblyman. we ll go live to new york in moments, but first, the political mess that s spreading to washington from the trouble in texas. let s go to anita vogel who is live in our west coast newsroom. good evening. good evening, kristin. ted cruz and biden are under the microscope. they are having a field day for cruz s trip to cancun while his constituents were left freezing in the mark. he has apologized but that didn t stop the heat. the unmitigated disaster in texas. by that we mean ted cruz. this he is on a plane. snake on a plane right there. [applause] ironically headed to the very place he tried to build a wall around. flying ted cruz. he s been totally shamed. exposed. i wonder who he ll blame, the media, left, or both? but biden has been largely spared for any criticism o
illegal crossings which alejandro mayorkas says is to blame on the trump administration. the entire system is gutted. was we are seeing at the border is the immediate result of the dismantlement of the system. reporter: is a crisis? anything over 1000 crossings a day but now the new secretary doesn t think this is. the answer is no, i think there is a challenge at the border that we are managing and we had resources dedicated to managing it. this is current officials resulted from era tactics, opening tent facilities on the texas border and you see these numbers pointing to a crisis, 72,000 in november, 74,000 in december, 78,000 in january, up from 36,000 in january of 2020. more concerning the number of unaccompanied children crossing alone, 5700 in january. projected 9000 in february and cbp says they are bracing for as many as 13,000 in may. chad bull says this team is in denial. everyone knows there s a crisis going on and i think the leader of the department n
powerless after almost a week, democratic governors, the national guard to go door-to-door and hard-hit areas for wellness checks. lawmakers in new york state are inching closer toward impeachment probe of governor andrew cuomo and that news is coming from a democratic assemblyman. we go live to new york in moment but first the political mess that is spreading to washington from the trouble in texas. anita vogel is live. republican senator ted cruz and president biden are under the microscope tonight but are both sides getting a fair shake, no question the media is having a field day when it comes to ted cruz restricted tend to cancun while his constituents were in the dark. he has apologized but that didn t stop the heat. the unmitigated disaster in texas, by that we mean ted cruz. there he is on a plane, snake on a plane right there. ironically to the very place he tried to build a wall around, flying ted cruz has been totally shamed, exposed. i wonder who he is goi