The winter weather disaster in Texas is gaining new urgency, with many people fighting to survive amid record low temperatures. Source

“Tough times never last, tough Texans do, and we’ll get through this also,” the local hero said. Source

In the “CBS This Morning” series “Unifying America,” Adriana Diaz reports on an effort to transform a former white supremacist meeting hall into a center for diversity and reconciliation. Warning: some of the images in this video are upsetting. Source

The new guidance focuses on arresting immigrants determined to threaten national security and public safety, as well as migrants recently apprehended along U.S. borders. Source

The mission is an unprecedented attempt to find signs of past microbial life at the site of an ancient Martian river, delta and lakebed. Source

The Republican senator is expected to return on a flight home Thursday afternoon. Source

Parton thanked Tennessee lawmakers but asked them not to consider a bill to erect a statue of her on the grounds of the Capitol. Source

Over 56 million people in the U.S. have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but millions more need to be administered in order for the nation to achieve herd immunity. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects severe weather to continue to cause widespread delays in vaccine shipments over the next few days. “CBS This Morning” lead national correspondent David Begnaud reports on one California hospital that has vaccinated over 90% of its employees, and Dr. Susannah Hills, a pediatric airway surgeon and an assistant professor at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University, joined CBSN to discuss the latest on the pandemic. Source

Lawmakers are grilling brokerage chief and other key players about a social media-fueled stock bubble. Source

CBS News has learned that after weeks of deliberations, congressional Democrats and the White House will unveil a sweeping immigration bill that would allow millions of undocumented immigrants to pursue legal status. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe joined CBSN to break down the details, as well as the administration’s latest pandemic efforts. Source