shane goldmacher, thanks so much for the reporting. joining us now is texas democratic congress juan joaquin castro. congressman castro, thanks for being with us. sorry it's under these circumstances. what are you able to tell us on where repair and recovery efforts stand right now based on what you know? >> anderson, it depends on which part of the state you're talking about. there are some areas including my area in san antonio that are still in the thick of this disaster. there was snow up to a few hours ago and there's still ice on the roads now. fortunately, most people's power has been restored in san antonio today. but as you can imagine, there were people that were out of power for days. at my house we were out of power for about 55 hours and before that it was off and on. there are other people who have had their water pipes burst like my mom. i was told that there are about 100,000 households i think in san antonio that had water issues. and so that's just a microcosm of the whole state. fortunately, the national guard has be