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♪ ♪ you are live in the cnn qwest newsroom," i'm paula reid in washington. a monster winter storm has claimed the lives of 16 people and has cut power and electricity. the u.s. department is declaring an emergency for the texas power grid to aid its capacity and this is due to a shortage of electricity. the emergency declaration allows the state's energy provider to exceed environmental emissions limits until usage drops. in new york, a dire situation. hundreds of people have likely been trapped inside their vehicles since yesterday. that includes an 85-year-old grandmother and...

>> absolutely. in the trainings that i attend as a facilitator in tobacco and marijuana education, the largest group that was at my last training were middle school counselors and teachers. in the group that i'm currently working with, almost every single student i'm working with started before the age of 14. >> do any of the proposals that we heard from sanjay there, changing the way that these are marketed, taking some of them off the market, will that be a deterrent? >> absolutely. we need a two-pronged approach. we need to reduce the availability and accessibility, and these regulations wi...