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Hospitals than any other county. toboost vaccinations, firefighters are going door-to-door. >> we have to make available this vaccine to our residents in any way and every way that we can. >> reporter: north texas is now out of pediatric beds. the state now now reporting the highest number of children hospitalized with confirmed covid. houston is now defying the texas governor and is expected to require masks in schools, joining austin and dallas. >> what we dont need is governor abbott sticking...

>> elective surgeries are already being paused at our institution and across the city so were literally putting off medical procedures people do need because our hospital is filled with unvaccinated people. >> reporter: like curtis sanderlin, who now has this message for the vaccine hesitant: >> take it. take it. dqu,cbs ws, jail. >> reporter: im david begnaud in jackson, mississippi. 89% of the hospitalized covid pati ststewide are not vaccinated. 27-year-old nathan is one of them. >> i thought...

That it was going to be like a few years ago and it was terrible. so, that was enough for me. and safe. >> reporter: roads around birmingham inundated. the storms coming in waves. the first one knocking out power to buildings in dallas/ft. worth. you lightning hitting our affiliate in jackson, mississippi, knocking them off air for a time on tuesday. with another strong line of storms headed this way, the tornado threat continues through the night, which can definitely be the most dangerous time...

For older children and in areas with outbreaks. 98% percent of the icu beds in his state have someone in them. and 1 out of every 5 people tested for the virus is testing positive. the highest rate in the nation. at the university of mississippi medical center in jackson, they ran out of beds in the icu weeks ago. >> any time a bed opens up, there are multiple patients waiting for that bed. >> reporter: the death rate from the coronavirus across the country this week is 24% higher than last week...

And after california ordered a statewide rollback of its re-opening, tonight an acknowledgement that be enough. the mayor of los angeles saying the city could be on the brink of a new stay-at-home order. and the images from hospitals across the south. hospitalizations at a record high in several states, including mississippi. at the university of mississippi medical center in jackson, every bed is full. 29 patients are waiting. and tonight, the breaking headline on a vaccine trial and what theyr...

At the end. the final outcome remains to be seen. indeed it remains to be seen as matt bevin going to challenge the outcome. says the process needs to be followed if its determined his opponent andy beshear selected indeed by the people of kentucky. hell be the first to wish him well. >> shannon: mike tobin in kentucky. well stand by in that race. to mississippi, facing its most competitive governors race in recent history. correspondent jonathan serrie in jackson tonight. >> good evening. its a...

Important here looked at the chessboard is you have a president in 2 1/2 years whos united this country and capitol hill against a china which is stealing our intellectual property, forcing technology transfer, dumping fentanyl -- >> well, im aware of that and ive done a lot of reporting on that. i do want to get your reaction to this, though, because this is significant move by china. >> my reaction to this is when china reacts like this what they simply do is strengthen the resolve of this pre...

>> in jackson, mississippi. thank you. follow me on twitter and instagram and facebook at jake tapper. our coverage on cnn continues right now. thank you so much for watching. happening now, breaking news. killers time line. dayton police release dramatic surveillance video to go with a minute by minute time line of the attack that left nine people dead. we see the killer get his gun and start the attack and moments later the police response. but did the killer act alone? showdown with chi...

Beg to differ. truck drivers who say trumps tax bill is not only putting them out of business, but putting the americmeramerican e risk. morgan radford radford sat down with some long haul truck drivers. what did they have to say? >> they had a lot to say. you might be surprised to find that trucking is a $725 billion industry and 1 in 16 jobs in the u.s. goes to a trucker. but this particular group i spoke to in jackson, georgia, say the promises made by the president to put them first werent e...

We talk a lot about poverty and income inequality on this program. i want to talk about an initiative that examples universal basic income and whether it could be used to fix intergenerational poverty. want to go back to mississippi. in jackson, mississippi, 16 mothers who live in public housing with an average annual income of about $11,000 will receive $1,000 per month, no strings attached. its part of magnolia mothers trust which aims to boost people out of poverty by giving them some cash an...