Way Too Early 2/18/21
Way Too Early with Ali Vitali
MS NOW, Ali Vitali
4.5 • 538 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In Houston, survival efforts turning deadly. More than 300 carbon monoxide cases flooding hospitals. |
| 0:07.0 | We are overwhelmed with the number of patients, and that does make us have to go into kind of a mass casualty operation. |
| 0:15.0 | People misusing cars, generators, and fire pits trying desperately to stay warm. For others, a water nightmare, |
| 0:23.8 | pipes bursting or freezing, forcing some to go to extremes. We're going to continue to try |
| 0:29.7 | to collect snow since we haven't had water. The nightmare continues in Texas as millions suffer in freezing temperatures without power and heat and now water issues. |
| 0:41.5 | The question is, how long will the problems last? |
| 0:45.2 | Plus, new information on the effectiveness of the COVID vaccine. |
| 0:49.2 | It's been shown to protect those who get the shot. |
| 0:51.8 | The question is, does the vaccine slow the spread of the virus? |
| 0:56.2 | A New York Governor Andrew Cuomo now under federal investigation for his handling of nursing |
| 1:01.2 | home-related COVID deaths. |
| 1:03.3 | The question is, did he also threaten a lawmaker who was looking for answers? |
| 1:08.0 | It is way too early for this. |
| 1:10.1 | Thank you. for answers. It is way too early for this. |
| 1:23.6 | Good morning and welcome to way too early. I'm Alicia Menendez on this Thursday, February 18th. |
| 1:33.6 | Casey Hunt has the day off. We're going to start with the news. Millions still without power in Texas this morning after winter storms and frigid temperature swept through the state. |
| 1:42.6 | The Biden administration says FEMA is supplying generators to Texas and is preparing to send diesel fuel to ensure the availability of backup power. The agency is also providing blankets, bottled water, and meals for the state to distribute. |
| 1:48.9 | That news comes as grocery stores report shortages. |
| 1:52.2 | According to the Texas Tribune, Texans running low on food are finding empty grocery store shelves, |
| 1:58.2 | food pantries are running out of supplies, and the freeze has wiped out |
| 2:01.8 | substantial portions of the state's citrus and vegetable crops. And there's another new problem in |
| 2:07.4 | Texas due to the freezing temperatures. Cities across the state are now under boil water |
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