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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 don't need is governor abbott sticking his nose in and trying to stop school districts from doing what they need to do. >> reporter: the ...

>> elective surgeries are already being paused at our institution and across the city so we're 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: i'm 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 maybe that since i didn't have any underlying conditions that it wasn't as big a risk to me. >> r...

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 a tornad to strike. david? >> all right, victor oquendo in birmingham. victor, thank you. let's...

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, according to the government. 28 states are seeing an increasing number of hospitalizations. outsid...

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 they're seeing so far. as we point out every night, every life lost leads to a family broken. tonight, a ...