such an overwhelming security failure that left those people dead and more than 130 police officers injured. that s right. four law enforcement officers will break their silence about what happened that day. some of them under intense scrutiny for decisions they made. exactly what sort of tactics, what sort of preparation was made. there s a lot of questions related to the national guard. why they did not respond more quickly. these are important questions that deserve serious answers. and this is just one of several high stakes hearings on the hill today. we re covering all of it. let s begin with crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz. good morning. we re glad you re here. it s a really significant day. this is a really significant hearing to get the american people those answers they deserve, questions about security failures, all of this. we are learning that one of the officials that is going to testify today is steven sund, the former chief of the u.s. c
targets in the middle east. the new details tonight. devastated by disaster president biden visits texas as the state struggles to recover from those winter storms. new stimulus checks? how soon could those checks arrive in the mail. i needed this stimulus last year. reporter: royal revelation, prince harry opens up to cbs james corden on why he stepped back from his royal duties, calling the british press, toxic. it was destroying my mental health. o donnell: the power of kindness, how viewers responded to our reports on military families struggling to eat. enormous fire burns in los angeles. tonight, what the inferno destroyed. and steve hartman s on the road with how the rescue dog became the rescuer. 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 on this friday night. we re beginning with breaking news on a new vaccine and an urgent
. good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome to weekends with alex witt. we have breaking news to share. new outrage over the weather crisis in texas as president biden declared it a major disaster. just moments ago the white house saying the president is meeting with national security advisers today and monitoring the impact of the storms. meanwhile, the historic stretch of freezing temperatures, record snow and ice is finally ending but 15 million texans have water problems across the state. tens of thousands still without power. and demanding answers from texas governor abbott. marc veasey responded last hour to the governor blaming green energy for the failure. i was shocked the governor of texas would actually go on national tv and make that sort of a statement with absolutely no proof at all. he was like trying to play partisan politics and feed the base. for him to say that was just crazy. we need to look at how we re going t
single dose covid vaccine for emergency use authorization. that decision, by the way, could come at any moment. there s more breaking news we re following. a just released u.s. intelligence report says saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman approved the operation in which sa washington post journalist jamal khashoggi was killed. phil mattingly is joining us. president biden is in texas right now, seeing firsthand the damage from those devastating winter storms. and we expect to hear from him fairly soon. what s the latest? reporter: wolf, that s correct. the president slipping into a familiar role, consoler in chief down in a state that was ravaged by deadly winter storm a while ago. we re dealing with the issue of vaccinations in short order something that his key $1.9 trillion covid relief package also addresses. a key thing that the white house has been pressing for since the president took office, but it will be without one key element. that s what the american resc
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