nbc's vicky nguyen with the story. plan your vaccine. >> first select your state, then your age group then you want to click on your occupation and make sure you have any high risk health concerns easily learn the distribution time line in your state. who is eligible now or next. you'll see the percentage of people who have been vaccinated and how much have been used. another new cool feature, interactive map. plug in your zip code to find a site. >> you can enter your email to sign up for alerts and you can do that for as many states as you need if you want to help your parents, you can sign up and get alerts for them. it breaks down all of the information on how to make an appointment, what to bring and what you need to know. for the news, i'm vicky nguyen. >> so is your drinking water a security concern experts taking a much closer look after a hack in florida raised the levels of dangerous levels and they say it could happen anywhere. >>> and a mom in texas leaping into action after she spotted a man accused of loo

nbc's vicky nguyen with a closer look at how it works. >> reporter: plan your vaccine, the interactive destination with everything you need to know about getting vaccinated let me show you how it works first, select your state, then your age group then you want to click on your occupation, and make sure you click whether you have any high risk health concerns easily learn the distribution time line in your state, who's el je eligible now and who's up next hover over your state and you'll see the percentage of people who have been vaccinated and how much of the allotted vaccines have been used another useful feature, this interactive map. all you have to do is plug in your zip code, and it will automatically show you the closest vaccination sites. be sure to call ahead to make sure they have supply available. one more important feature, you can enter your e-mail to sign up for alerts as changes are made to vaccination plans in your state. you can do that for as many states as you need if you want to thephelp your parents, you can sign up how to make an appointment, what to bring, and an

nguyen, so disturbing. >> reporter: today is the lunar new year this would normally be such a time of celebration. it's also because of these heinous attacks. police have stepped up patrols and citizens are now patrolling the streets as well. the alameda county da where oakland is located, in two months they reported 18 incidents. hate attacks against asian-americans. it's gotten so bad that the alameda county has formed a special forces unit to try and respond to this. here in new york some promising action, the police here have been way ahead of this they started a task force after april after the terms kung flu and china virus started surfacing. here in new york they see two to three hate crimes a year that's from january to this year 25 officers who speak 11 different languages trying to address the crimes and protect the community. what's interesting this time around, you're seeing so much talk about it. holiday actors to broadway stars. they're working on it. encouraging people listen to what he had to say. >> what we want to do is make our elderly feel safe. there are a lot tha