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During the worst freeze ever, increase the cost of fuel to our consumers. if you can tell, im a little upset. >> mike: totally understand. sid miller, we wish you and the great people of texas all the best. thank you. >> thank you, god bless. to. >> mike: god bless. breaking tonight, massive flames and up apartment complex in san antonio and firefighters are having trouble containing the fire due to limited water supply. shuttling any water they can. to speak of the fires are continuing. the pro...

Last night and he called to let me know that he was going to go head and prove the major disaster declaration that texas would be submitting. >> reporter: in san antonio, this apartment complex burned to the ground as firefighters struggled to get enough water to fight it. >> our main concern is water supply. all of the hydrogens out here are dry. theyre just frozen and there is no water. >> reporter: even members of congress forced to get creative. >> im going to fill my toilet with water so th...

Take several more days to repair. >> i want to acknowledge the immense human suffers that we saw throughout this event. when people lose power this there are heartbreaking consequences. >> seven people around the town of abilene died. a volunteer found an elderly couple in their home. it was 12 degrees inside. >> they had elected to leave their home and so it was 24 hours later she went back to take them food and found the husband deceased in bed. >> reporter: as if battling a massive power outa...

Found the husband deceased in bed. >> reporter: as if battling a massive power outage and frigid temperatures wasnt enough, residents like melissa webb in the san antonio area apartment complex could only watch as fire destroyed their homes. >> i havent been able to go to work all week long. and now everything that we have in there is gone. >> as the water pressure was, as you mentioned, the -- >> reporter: part of the building collapsed as a reporter interviewed a firefighter. falling water sup...

Answers" today well be here every weekday tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. after the power disaster, now the water emergency in million people forced to boil their water. the long lines today for bottled water, the empty shelves at grocery stores. pipes in homes bursting across the state. at least 60 people dying now in these storm, including a 11-year-old boy found dead in his bed. its not just texas. the ice storm crippling power and water systems in jackson, missis...

Frozen or busted, many are desperate. others lining up in sub-freezing temperatures hoping for a change at much needed supply. >> i am trying so hard not to cry. >> reporter: for glory ramos, food and water is vital for her three kids >> it is hard but i am trying >> the situation is dire here. >> reporter: the fire chief says emergency calls tripled. his crew is no longer fighting fires but water pressure >> the water pressure was so low that we were unable to use the fire hydrant >> reporter: ...

>> so here ive added some more ice. >> reporter: houston opening 11 sites today, giving away water. >> you have water? >> no. >> reporter: but food is hard to come by. long lines, often bare shelves. >> this is walmart, guys. >> reporter: tonight, frustration boiling over.over. >> i feel like we shouldnt be going through this. its been, like, three days. >> reporter: cases of carbon monoxide poison are surging as people struggle to stay warm. and tonight, this video of texas senator ted cruz arr...

And thats because we have in greg abbott our governor and his republican allies a government that just has not been able to deliver. they could not deliver reliable power, they could not deliver weatherization for our energy sources and now they cant even deliver water. weve just been trying to get bottled water from fort worth where it is to austin. finally our local government had to contract its own truck to go up there and get t we hope we will have some of that water later in the day. but t...

Its going to be a total loss. they have since had a partial collapse that has started the cars on fire in the lot. so its just one tragedy in a state full of tragedies. what do you need most in your district in dallas? is it firewood? is it water? is it plumbers or propane? or some combination of all of those? >> well, thank you for having me on, brian. weve had a week of the dark ages here in texas where youve seen texans burning anything they can get their hands on, breaking down furniture or ...

And, they absorb 40% faster. the gush happens fast. thats why always absorbs faster. good friday morning to you. im jeff bennett in for craig melvin. we are following a lot of moving parts at this hour. at the top of the list, president biden is minutes away from his first remarks to the international community as commander in chief. he is ditching trumps america first approach and will instead push global partnerships. we will bring you his virtual address live as soon as it starts. first, ...