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package. democrats unveiling that full 600-page bill yesterday and it includes increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, $1400 direct checks, extending unemployment benefits and more money for small businesses. the president making his pitch yesterday public by turning up the heat on republican lawmakers. i m grateful the senate and the house are moving quickly, and i m prepared to hear their ideas how to make the package better and make it cheaper. i m open to that. but we have to make clear who is helped and who is hurt. my hope is the republicans in congress listen to their constituents. ment. and breaking today as vaccination efforts gain momentum, hazardous weather is causing a major distribution delay. the deadly winter storms slowing the shipments of 6 million vaccines. that s across all 50 states, including in texas. breaking a short time ago, the president declaring a major disaster there today and plans to visit their next week. 15 million texans still h ....
administration, the message joe biden is telling americans about vaccines and the likelihood of getting millions of americans a pay raise. but first, late this morning, president biden approved a major disaster declaration for texas in the wake of this week s deadly winter storm. dozens of deaths now have been connected to this storm. but the death toll is likely a lot higher than what s being reported. first responders say they still have a long list of wellness checks to perform. on top of that, you ve got 13 million texans who still don t have clean drinking water. in this country, they don t have clean drinking water. with that, i want to go to antonia hilton who s on the ground in houston. it has been harrowing to say the least. but of course it s bright and sunny where you are now. today. that being said, people are still suffering. talk us through what you re seeing on the ground so far. reporter: yeah, yasmin, i m grateful for the sun today, because it has b ....
that is why it s been raging for hours. the chief there says the hydrants are frozen. they get one to open up and they start the water supply, they are running out and not having enough water to control it and it continues to burn. one building in the complex near collapse. firefighters are worried about it jumps to nearby buildings. not just statistics and politics. it is reality. we were warned of this risk just last night and now here it is. and we hope it is not a sign of more to come. people in texas, oklahoma, surrounding states with the cold snap, they are suffering too much already, and now for too long. the latest count, 13 million texans with without water for days. we re hearing scary stories of decem desperation. our first guest tonight is boiling snow for h 2o and that comes with variables why kit go bad fast. as it continues, you have bad weather, bad infrastructure, and bad leadership. governor abbott started blaming green energy. he knew that texas relie ....
a little counterintuitive. what is uncommon is firefighters not having enough water to put it out. what you re seeing here is the toll of the water outage. that is why it s been raging for hours. the chief there says the hydrants are frozen. they get one to open up and they start the water supply, they are running out and not having enough water to control it and it continues to burn. one building in the complex near collapse. firefighters are worried about it jumps to nearby buildings. not just statistics and politics. it is reality. we were warned of this risk just last night and now here it is. and we hope it is not a sign of more to come. people in texas, oklahoma, surrounding states with the cold snap, they are suffering too much already, and now for too long. the latest count, 13 million texans with without water for days. we re hearing scary stories of desperation. our first guest tonight is boiling snow for h 2o and that comes with variables why kit go bad fast. ....
water crisis across texas after five straight days of record low temperatures. broken water pipes have left nearly half of the residents of the state without clean drinking water. power has been restored to all but 192,000 people but around 13 million texans are still under a boil water advisory. and take a look at this. this is video just into cnn. more than 80,000 bottles of water delivered from the travis air force base in california to the city of galveston, texas, trying to help those struggling. the winter blast is also causing serious delays in vaccine distribution and in several parts of the country. soon president biden will head to a pfizer manufacturing plant in michigan. this comes as his administration said the nation has major work to do to try to make up for this lost time because of the extreme weather. so let s begin this hour with our colleague natasha chen in houston with more on the ongoing crisis across the state. it is so far beyond a weather story ....