really appreciate it ed davey, mp and leader of the liberal democrat party. >>> two doses of the pfizeraccine is 98.9% effective in preventing hospitalizations and death. the findings have not yet been peer-reviewed. >>> turning to the u.s., president biden has declared a major disaster in texas after severe winter weather hit the lone star state. nbc's dan scheneman filed this report. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of texans need help. >> it's still been like crazy. no power, no water, it's been a lot. >> reporter: boil water notices are in place in many parts of the state. residents in houston lined up for help from a local food bank. >> we're doing water and various foods, so two things we're trying to accomplish are the people, because of the boil notice, they need water, and also for the families, the economic impact where they lost food in their freezer or refrigerator. >> reporter: crews are working on broken water lines. the demand for plumbers is high. >> we go in -- it's like triage. go in, fix it, go to the next one. >> reporter: other texans are dealing with a financial

the ongoing human rights abuses there prompted liberal democrat leader sir ed davey to write to teams match with scotland goes ahead on sunday as planned. the game in paris had been thrown into doubt after ten french players tested positive for coronavirus. head coach fabian galthie, who has been isolating and leading training sessions remotely, was one of the first to contract the virus, which swept through the camp. they top the table, the french, but will be without a number of key players who are still isolating, including their captain. further tests this week have revealed no further cases. organisers said they would continue to monitor the situation and were in contact with both unions. another rugby union line for you. the champions and challenge cups will resume on the first weekend of april with a knockout round of 16. that's after the final two rounds of pool matches were cancelled injanuary. the top eight teams in pool a and pool b have qualified for the last 16 of the champions cup. any team who won two pool games will get a home fixture. tiger woods is said to be "awake

now let's talk about all the latest developments in the coronavirus programme with sir ed davey. restrictions, should people be thinking about booking a holiday at the moment, in the uk or abroad? we were hearing from grant shapps earlier saying, you have to wait until everybody is vaccinated. is that your position as well? it until everybody is vaccinated. is that your position as well? if the exerts that your position as well? if the exnerts are _ that your position as well? if the experts are saying _ that your position as well? if the experts are saying that, - that your position as well? if he: experts are saying that, absolutely. we have known for some time that international travel has been a massive contributor to the spread of the virus in this country and around the virus in this country and around the world. i think it's frankly unforgivable that borisjohnson, grant shapps and the government have taken nearly a year to take the sensible measures. we support the measures, but why won't they take on a year ago? liberal democrats were calling for them last march. they see