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to what happened with the grid right now i need to get my folks water and food and warmth >> mayor adler, thank you so much for spending a few minutes with us. we wish you the best of luck. >> if you would like to help, you can find that information on our nbc's nightly news facebook page >>> new fallout on senator ted cruz gabe gutierrez has more on that >> reporter: senator ted cruz now admits his stay to cancun was a mistake. >> as i was heading down there i started to have second thoughts immediately because the crisis here in texas. >> reporter: he got a frosty reception. the "houston chronicle" says texans is angry with ted cruz right now. >> he needs to show up and act like he cares. >> reporter: "the new york times" reveals a series of text messages from his wife mrs. cruz telling friends her house was freezing and inviting hers to join the cruz at the ritz carlton in cancun >> when things were happening we simply stayed on the ship and that's the commitment that we made when we signed up for these positions. >> reporter: cruz's office did not respond for comments about those rep

>>we knew we needed to open it up to be consistent with the national and statewide doctor josh adler is overseeing the vaccine. rollut a ucsf health. >>he says the cision to expand vaccine access to those 65 and older, we'll hopefully put patients at ease there was so much between what we were doing. >>and limiting to 75 and over and what the state was saying what the cdc was saying about his knowledge of all. that was causing our patients to be really confused and frustrated. and not understanding why why are we providing a back seat but adler cautions the expanded access does not mean supply has increased. >>it has not there's nothing about our supply that has changed that means it will still take quite some time to get those most at risk vaccinated we have over 200,000. patients who who are over 65. so that's that's the combined number. and we don't have nearly not nearly that much traction. >>and again to put this in perspective again over 200,000 people 65 plus patience ear ucsf and ucsf is only getting a dose supply of about 5 to 6,000 doses. each week. live at ucsf dan kerman

mayor adler, good morning to you. >> good morning, hallie. >> so i believe you're coming to us -- it looks like you do have power, so many people in your city and state do not. can you give us a status update on where things stand this morning with this crisis? >> well, this morning i understand we have about 3 million people without power around the state of texas. we were at 5 million people at one point, i think. here in my city in austin about a third of the austin energy customers are without power. we're just not getting enough power from the state, from the grid. i'm in a community right now that is not only cold, but it is also scared and frustrated and confused and angry and i share in that. the grid has failed us here. we need better answers from the state as to when the power generation is going to come back on. what i'm hearing is that it could be that that doesn't happen until things thaw here and that could be another two or three days. >> which i think to many people they feel like that is an unacceptable timeline. i'm going to get to in a second, mr. mayor, the issues

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austin mayor steve adler said this has to do with texas's push for deregulation. the only concern was cheap power, cutting costs. the state needs to step in and set standards. do you think that's right? >> absolutely. mayor adler is spot on. it started since the 1930s. they didn't like fdr and the new deal. texas doesn't like being regulated. that's why you have toxic cancer alleys around houston where debris and environmental injustice is rampant. in this case it is a state that isn't regulated. nobody's been watching the energy sources. this is a 100 year storm. it's not 100 year storm. i did a book on win any guthrie, dust bowl. dead blue cattle. periodically there is ice storms and this state wasn't prepared for it. >> i'm worried about people putting themselves in danger, carbon monoxide from cars and all sorts of things. i hope people take care. be careful with candles. >> i'm going to blow them out so they don't burn my library. >> save your energy and flashlight. we'll see you back tomorrow for an update. be safe. >> thank you, don. >> douglas brinkley, au

the second drive-through event, the adler's, will have three performances on april 29. >>> the cdc is encouraging americans to avoid travel to more than 160 destinations because of very high covid risk . mexico is on that list. but the popular all-inclusive result are hoping their added safety measures are enough to get visitors in the door. renee pennsylvania decided to honeymoon at a resort in cancun, mexico. they made their choice partly because of the resort's safety precautions rolled out during the pandemic. >> i feel safer coming here that some places probably in the u.s. >> reporter: the cdc has a level forewarning to avoid travel to mexico because of covid-19. popular all-inclusive resorts are taking safety measures. secrets as part of a him resorts that have locations in eight countries. they completed the verification program and all of its hotels. >> to build confidence. >> reporter:, the changes, items in the rooms are sanitized. there are sanitation stations and temperature checks around pretty, and staff members are always masked. at nearby leblanc, the brand's 250-poin

joining us now is the austin mayor, steve adler, and ft. bend county judge, k.p. george. he is just outside of houston. gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us. we know that this has been a hard many few days for you. judge, i want to start with you, because you tweeted yesterday, almost 24 hours ago, actually, more than 24 hours ago, you tweeted, good morning, everyone. my family and i are passing 50-plus hours without electricity, water, or heat. this morning, our family's pipes burst in the house. so that was yesterday, more than 24 hours. what is the situation now? are you still without power and heat? >> we got intermittent power coming and going. and i'm not at home. i'm actually sleeping in the office, because i have to be somewhere i have power and internet, because i am the director of emergency management. but even now, i don't have water at home and i still have leaks. somebody fixed it, but it is not completely done, so we are still stuck. >> and judge, is your family with you or are they somehow trying to function at home? >> of course, my children are

i'm joined now by steve adler, mayor of austin, texas, and mr.t, is it your view that your constituents would be prefer to go on without heat in their homes for another three days, if it meant the federal government would stay away? >> i think the only person that can say that is somebody that hasn't lived that experience. people in my city are scared, they're frustrated, they're confused, they're angry and so am i. being without power, like a third of my community is for over 50 hours at this point, is asking more of anybody than we should ever ask. >> do people generally know why the power is out? do they understand that this is an all-texas issue. that this isn't the federal government. that this is texas owns its own power grid and it's all about that. do people understand that? do you think? >> i think they understand it's all about the state. at this point, i now have my governor blaming the administrative body that i think he appointed in this administration. that it's the texas reliability, the texas reliability council of texas, which is

mayor adler took a private jet with people to cabo and telling austin to stay home if you can. so much irony. >> and hypocrisy and everything else that goes with it. the fact is as you have been reporting on every night and we have been seeing on cnn throughout the week, it is really, really bad there. and on top of it -- i mean, i've talked to texas republicans -- these are not democrats, republicans who are telling me how even before this with ted cruz, how angry rank and file republicans are with their own party leadership. the governor and, you know, on down because of the fact that they have not been up front, they haven't been communicative. so adding to that the imagery and the ridiculousness of this ill-fated trip. >> just -- really, the dumbest thing he's ever done. did it with his eyes wide open. thank you very much, dana. >>> and next, 16 republican senators are up for reelection in two years. so as of tonight, do they stand by minority leader mitch mcconnell who is in a public battle with trump? we asked every single one of them and wait till you hear what they said

steve adler. another hard-hit area in texas. thank you for taking the time to talk with us during this time of crisis. and speaking of crisis, mayor, how dire would you say the situation remains in your city? >> it's pretty dire. we have large parts of the city that don't have any water. and the parts of the city that do have water, we're under a water boil. what's making this doubly hard is that it is, on top of, yet, an earlier week, where we had a significant part of our -- our city, almost 40%, without -- without power. we had some people without power for 50, 60, 70 hours. so, it's just one more thing, on top of -- of -- of another. people are angry and frustrated and tired here. >> and no wonder, they're angry. one of your council members called this a katrina-scale crisis. how did the people of texas get here? and do you feel, as mayor, you could have done anything differently? >> i think that we got here because of a basic, underlying problem with the regulatory structure with how we do energy. in -- in the state. the pr

mayor adler, good morning to you. >> good morning, hallie. >> so i believe you're coming to us -- it

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doctor josh adler is overseeing the vaccine rollout ucsf health. he says the decision to expand vaccine access at ucsf to those 65 and over is not due to an increase in vaccine supply. we still don't have enough facts in the and instead he says the decision to expand access is so ucsf will fall in line with ball state and federal recommendations and alleviate confusion among patients. we're trying as best we can sit be clear with our. patients to say that we're you're now eligible for vaccine, but please be aware of our supply of vaccine remains very limited so the access to an appointment. >>always be there just to give you an idea of how limited the supply is here at ucsf. >>they estimate there's about 200,000 patients who are 65 years of age and older and they're getting about 5 to 6,000 doses of the vaccine each week. at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. >>well in the east bay, antioch is among the bay area communities hit hardest by the covid-19 pandemic and now there's a new testing option available. the new site is located outside of antioch comm

mayor adler, we thank you very much.e'll be watching, thanks. >>> as we mentioned another storm system is now headed to texas as well. cbs news meteorologist and climate special jeff berardelli is following that. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. what we're seeing is basically unprecedented. some places seeing cold they have not seen in over 100 years. in the past 24 hours i've counted around 50 monthly cold record lows. we ought to talk about why this is happening. we've been talking about this on "cbs this morning" but the arctic is warming. both for natural causes, a sudden stats stratosphere of warming but also climate change. now, this is just a theory, but when climate change warms the earth it causes it to become wavy. the vortex escapes. in this case, it's moved 4,000 miles from where it would be, towards the beaches of gulf of mexico. when you push air into the tropics like this, you're bound to cause problems. one of the problems that you cause is the fact that it's clashing with very war

>>patients who are 65 doctor josh adler is overseeing the vaccine rollout ucsf health. he says the decision to expand vaccine access at ucsf. >>to those 65 and over is not due to an increase in vaccine supply. >>we still don't have an effect in the and instead he says the decision to expand access is so ucsf will fall in line with ball state and federal recommendations and alleviate confusion among patients. we're trying as best we can >>be clear with our. patients to say that we're you're now eligible for vaccine, but please be aware of our supply of vaccine remains very limited so the access to an appointment. always be there. >>let me give you just some idea of how limited that supply is ucsf is about a 5 to 6,000 doses that's what they're getting each week. those 65 and up including those 75 enough amounts to about 200,000 patients again 200,000 patients. they're getting about 5 to 6,000 vaccine doses a week. live at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news all right dan well this should help johnson and johnson's single-dose covid-19 vaccine. it. >>could be the next to get appr

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leaving but he's blamed other politicians, ana talked about the hypocrisy, like austin mayor steve adler, chris christie for vacationing in times of crisis. does he take the american people for complete idiots, for fools here? >> well, you know, don, it's not the kind of thing that you would brag to your aides about, especially if the aides lived in texas and were going through what the other constituents would go through, you might sort of try to slip out unnoticed. ever since ted cruz came to washington in the senate his republican colleagues recognized when he cast himself s.a.t. one who was going to bring down obamacare and cast the republicans who knew that couldn't be done, and said so, as weaklings, they knew he was the purest kind of political opportunist, taking shots whenever he can, at his own colleagues, the mayor of austin who's a democrat who went to mexico earlier this year, during the pandemic, when people weren't supposed to travel and of course ted cruz took a shot at him. he's taking a shot at president obama for having played golf or chris christie for having gone to

kind of like the hypocrisy the senator was so upset about when it was a democrat, austin mayor, steve adler went to mexico after hosting his daughter's wedding. he criticized the mayor of austin for going to mexico, but then ted cruz goes to mexico. while the cdc says travelers should avoid all travel to mexico. he's an elected official. avoid all travel to mexico. senator, elected by the people. cnn's k-file dug up a bunch more of ted cruz's do as i say not as i do about other politicians taking vacations, telling then governor chris christie to go back to the beach after the outrage over christie's trip to a closed state beach with his family while new jersey's government was shutdown. criticizing former president barack obama for spending what he thought was too much time on the golf course. >> if only the terrorist attacked a golf course. [ laughter ] [ applause ] that might actually get the white house's attention. holy cow. >> i mean, how dare he play not even as much golf as donald trump in eight years as donald trump played in four. wow. how dare he. i wonder why he criticized him.

don't forget mayor adler, texas mayor who took a private jet to cabo, while recording a visitor tellingmericans to stay home. this is not the time to relax. clearly he's being hypocritical now. but my question is, what were they thinking across the board? how much do you think hubris pl plays into this and believing that you are teflon? >> a lot of that. right. believing your own publicity. obviously, as you said, they are very different factors, very different dynamics with all of these individuals. but with ted cruz, i mean, there's hypocrisy that you just showed. but then there's also the underlying anger that's going on. poppy, i've talked to republicans in texas over the past few days who are so upset at all of their leaders. all of their leaders. so that's the context in which ted cruz had this unbelievable gaffe. and a gaffe with images which can be thrown all over the internet with memes that are endless making fun of him. but it is rooted in anger and real fear about what's going on with them personally. >> for sure. dana, thank you for the big picture. you do so well putting i

hypocrites, complete and utter ip c hypocrites, and don't forget mayor adler who took a prooit jet with to cabo and while in cabo recorded a video telling austinites to "stay home in you can." cruz, and you can't make this up, told christie to, quote, go back to the beach, referencing, of course, the infamous moment when christie closed a state beach when the government shut down only to sunbathe on it himself. another example during a speech in 2015 blasting the obama administration for inaction. >> if only the terrorist attacked a golf course. that might actually get the white house's attention. holy cow! >> a month before that when he was criticizing obama over a border crisis, cruz went on. >> this is an absentee president. he is not focused on the people who are hurting. >> he's going to two major fundraisers where he wants to be with wealthy democratic donors, but apparently he doesn't have time to actually go and see the border, he doesn't have time to go see the children who are suffering because of his failed policies. earlier he was playing pool, apparently playing a game of p

joining us now is steve adler, the mayor of austin, texas. mr. mayor, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. >> it is good news the power seems to be coming back online. it is not good news, the water situation in your city. what's the latest this morning? >> i'll tell you, it feels like it is just one thing after another after another. you're right about the power. we had about 220,000 people, customers, off. we're back now to 16,800 customers. that's a marked improvement, but still, 76,800 have been without power in and out for almost a week. it's a pretty dire situation for them. now, it is going to thaw out today, which is a good thing, but i'm real nervous about the number of pipes we're going to find that have been busted. additional water leaks. now that the power is coming back on, i had a plant go down, pressure went down in the city, so we're on a water boil right now throughout the city, for the people that have water. >> i just have to ask you, how did it come to this? i'm sure you're asking yourself this. i mean, granted, a

patients who are 65 doctor josh adler is overseeing the vaccine rollout ucsf health. he says the decision to expand vaccine access at ucsf to those 65 and over is not due to an increase in vaccine supply. we still don't have an effect and to read to them and instead he says the decision to expand access is so ucsf will fall in line with ball state and federal recommendations and alleviate confusion among patients. we're trying as best we can >>be clear with our. patients to say that we're you're now eligible for vaccine, but please be aware of our supply of vaccine remains very limited so the access to an appointment. always be there just to give you an idea of how limited the supply is here ucsf. >>they estimate there's about 200,000 patients who are 65 years of age and older. >>and they're getting about 5 to 6,000 doses of the vaccine each week. at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 happening tomorrow, san francisco is opening a second mass vaccination clinic at the moscow, nice enter the large convention halls have been converted into medical facilities. >>the plan supply perm

joining me is the mayor of austin texas, steve adler. mayor, thanks for coming on.ngs going there right now? >> good morning. things are not going well. you listed the series of plagues falling on us all at the same time. this weather and power issue is just -- has put us over the top. i'm in a community right now that is scared, frustrated, confused, angry and i am, too. we had up to 5 million people across the state without power. we still have about 3 million people without power. about a third of the customers in our city are without power right now, some for -- in excess of 50 hours. the state grid has failed us. we weren't ready for sustained weather of 18 below zero. we need to be. these extreme weather conditions are happening much more frequently and we were not prepared. >> mayor, have you gotten any good idea of when the power will be fully restored for residents in your town? that seems to be the hardest thing for folks, it's just we don't know. >> and we don't know. and the answer to that we is how soon the state can bring back online the power generati

complete and utter hypocrites, don't forget mayor adler who took a private jet with eight people to cabo recorded a video tell austinites to stay home if you can, this is not the time to relax. he was outraged two months ago about a mayor who went on vacation and then he hightailed it to a different country out of his state when texans were in the most devastating situation in recent memory. and you know, i don't even know where to begin. he's a public servant. but i don't think he likes the public service part of his job. that's right. the service part. the fact that he couldn't imagine that there was anything that he could do for his constituents on the ground in texas. he couldn't tell his donors to help, he couldn't physically help himself. that is what is so shocking and appalling. but i do think it gets to what ted cruz thinks his role is. it's more, you know, to go on fox news, to be a kind of twitter troll. so in their time of need, he essentially failed his constituents. because he couldn't think of the -- of any way that he could use his power to assist people in one of the mos

>>patients who are 65 doctor josh adler is overseeing the vaccine rollout ucsf health. he says the decision to expand vaccine access at ucsf. >>to those 65 and over is not due to an increase in vaccine supply. >>we still don't have an effect in the and instead he says the decision to expand access is so ucsf will fall in line with ball state and federal recommendations and alleviate confusion among patients. we're trying as best we can >>be clear. we are. patients to say that we're you're now eligible for vaccine, but please be aware that our supply of vaccine remains very limited so the access to an appointment. always be there just to give you an idea of how limited the supply is here ucsf. >>they estimate there's about 200,000 patients who are 65 years of age and older. >>and they're getting about 5 to 6,000 doses of the vaccine each week. at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. >>and the east bay antioch is among the bay area communities now that's been hardest hit at least hard hit by the pandemic and now a new testing option is available a new site has been located outsid

take a listen to what steve adler, the mayor of austin, texas, told cnn earlier as to how he is feeling. >> we started out with covid, which is, obviously, as much challenge as anybody should take. lay or top of that snow and ice, 18 degrees below zero for the same time. no one here is used to that. and then you add on top of that power outages and people don't have heat. and now we're adding on to that water issues. it is too much to ask of anybody. people are angry and confused and frustrated, and i am, too. >> and the water situation really adds to all of this. i spoke to one family who told me they are essentially picking up the snow and trying to defrost it inside of their homes because they are out of water and a lot of the water is sold out in all of the grocery stores around their neighborhood. so it's one thing after the other. and people here are tired. they want this to be over. and they have a lot of questions, poppy. >> yeah, rightly so. they deserve answers. and they deserve for this to not happen again. great reporting, camila. matt, there's a blame game going on across t

. >> let's turn to the mayor of austin, texas, steve adler, mayor, thank you so much for being with us this morning. i want to start by asking you how is your city doing right now? what's the latest on the situation there? >> it's still rough, and it's in part rough just because it's been going on so long. we have people without power for up to a week, and now most of my city is under a water constraint. a lot of my city doesn't have any water, and anywhere in my city where there is, we're boiling water just as a precaution. this has been going on way too long. people are angry and tired here. >> i can only imagine. when do you think everything, the power, the water will be back and running completely? >> we don't know the answer to that, and that in and of itself is frustrating. yesterday was the first day we had any sustained period above freezing. it should be warmer today. what we're going to find out is what is the full extent of the leakage and the breakage of our main lines and our pipes. we need to know that in order to know what the integrity of our water system is so that we

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in one december tweet attacking austin mayor steve adler and other democrats for traveling while telling complete and utter hypocrites. and this morning, there are some republicans criticizing senator cruz not for taking this trip to cancun, but for saying they think he shouldn't have apologized. amy. >> much more to come on this. trevor ault, thanks so much. >>> we'll stay in texas where americans are looking for ways to help the struggling people there. google searches for the term "donate to help texas" are up an incredible 3,800% over just the past day. one person stepping up in a very big way, nfl veteran pierre desir is donating 10,000 meals to the houston food bank for victims of the storm triggered power outage saying he feels it is just the right thing to do. plus, beyonce's foundation, be good, stepping up as well. the texas native teaming up with adidas and houston disaster relief organization bread of life providing grants of up to $1,000 to those affected by the storm. nice to see everybody looking to find ways to help, michael. >> and desir has nothing to do with houston. h

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