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cuomo going on the defensive about his handling of the state's nursing homes at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic. and an earmark in the house version of the new stimulus bill that's raising some new objections. critics claiming an underground railroad project in the silicon valley has nothing to do with coronavirus. we're going to take a rook at those stories in a moment. live fox news team coverage for you, aishah hasnie is following governor cuomo in new york state, but let's begin with grady trimble live in dallas w-9 ongoing crisis among so many millions in the lone star state. >> reporter: eric, that major disaster declaration applies to 77 counties here in texas. the county where we are is one of them. they are in great need of food and water, and to illustrate that, well, we're at a mobile food pantry. it doesn't open for another hour, but all of these cars are here to get some sort of food that they can provide here. among them is rick berry who i talked to just a few minutes

ago. rick, you told me you lost power this week, now you're still under a boil water notice just like half the state of texas is, and here you are at the food bank hoping to get some food because grocery store shelves are empty. >> that is correct. >> reporter: and what's it been like? you came here really early. >> it was around 8:54. because of the traffic, the road conditions, i wasn't sure if there was any black ice. >> reporter: and what do you think of the good work they're doing here today to help you? >> excellent. i'm very appreciative of any and all assistance i can receive. >> reporter: you know the situation at the growsly stores. some people aren't even trying to go to them because they are empty. >> well, a lot of people are making contact, word of mouth with other family members who have made some attempts, and one guy said it looked like there was so much yellow tape around the food aisles, he thought it

was a crime scene. >> reporter: they were all closed. and there are still a lot of grocery stores in this area that are completely closed. we thank you for your time and wish you the best of luck. another problem that people here in the lone star state are dealing with is exorbitant electric bills, and that is because there are some wholesale electric companies, and it's based on the market rate. and because of that, we're seeing reports of electric bills that are in the thousands of dollars, $6,000, even $17,000. governor greg abbott, the governor here, says he's going to convene some legislators as well as the lieutenant governor to try to get a handle on that. he says that is unacceptable when people are dealing with lack of food and water and then that to boot. eric? eric: and it's unbelievable to get that type of bill, certainly, something they have got to look into as we pray for the people in texas. grady, thank you. arthel? arthel: everything, meanwhile, houston has opened a massive water distribution site as low

water pressure due to damaged pipes remains an issue across the city. mayor sylvester turner estimating more than a million units of bottled water will be given out in order to meet the urgent need. >> we're still under the boiled water notice, so that -- let me just say that. and until we come out of it, there there's going to be a tremendous need to provide people with drinking water. you know, you can take a shower with it, with the water as it is, but you can't drink with it. arthel: and as texas scramblings to get the power back, some are asking how the electricity grid failed in the first place. a texas republican congressman blaming the winter weather for setting off a chain of events. >> it was a perfect storm, and it's a once in a lifetime storm with extreme temperatures, you know, not seen in the last 60 or 70 years where we had six or seven days below freezing, you know, single digits. and so, again, you know, i think

we do need to look at that resiliency piece. there were a lot of factors that did cascade and domino. people are still digging out. arthel: and some officials are calling for invests into the power -- investigations into the power outages. experts recommend weatherizing equipment in order to prevent this from happening in the future. and we're going to have much more on the dire situation in texas when we speak to blake federman, executive director of the salvation army center in dallas. she will join us on how it's helping the lone star state during this crisis. ♪ ♪ eric: well, new york governor andrew cuomo is feeling even more pressure this weekend. calls have been growing for the state legislature to create an impeachment panel to possibly impeach him as he's engulfed in a controversy over his handling of the long-term care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. the governor addressed the stinging criticism against him

yesterday. >> i was not aggressive enough in knocking down the falsity. we were busy, we were doing our job, we were trying to save lives. no excuses. eric: ire shah ofny has more on this growing controversy here in new york city. >> reporter: hi, eric. yes, the governor has essentially been blaming all of his problems on a political witch hunt, but those claims are being undermined by what has become now a big bipartisan battle against him. ron kim, for example, the loudest democrat critic, says virtually all state republicans and up to 30 democrats are now onboard with an impeachment inquiry. he told that to yahoo! news. others in the assembly want to strip cuomo of his emergency powers. state assembly republican conference leader says that there is an appetite on really

both sides of the aisle to get something done. >> i think there's political pressure. so if you asked me that question maybe a monthing ago, i'd say the chances are unlikely, but the way it's progressing, i'm optimistic. and i hope they don't see this as a partisan thing. >> reporter: now, there is growing anger over that march 25th order that allowed sick patients back into nursing homes and, of course, accusations of a cover-up after cuomo's top aide revealed the administration did stall the release of data on nursing home deaths over fears of political backlash. and now questions are rising about why the governor gave nursing homes legal immunity. the governor has denied any wrongdoing and took aim at his critics. >> it's all this political toxicity, and then you get some people who have a personal agenda. some people who have had a long-term problem with this office which still goes on.

>> reporter: the fbi and the u.s. attorney in brooklyn are reportedly investigating all of this, and nine u.s. senates are demanding public hearings, even far-left new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez now joining the calls for a full investigation. and, eric, by the way, assemblyman ron kim on fox news today said that meetings are scheduled, several of them, for monday, and lawmakers want to talk impeachment. eric? eric: yeah. kim said the governor, in a phone call, said he would destroy him. the governor's office said that's not true, so it's certainly shaping up to be a battle in albany. thank you. arthel? arthel: and, actually, the issues surrounding the accusations against governor cuomo now going far beyond the empire state and reaching capitol hill. congressional correspondent chad pergram reports. >> reporter: it's likely the focus on andrew cuomo shifts from albany to washington, d.c. in the coming days.

merrick garland finally gets a hearing, this time for attorney general. it's five years after former president obama tapped garland for the supreme court, and at the confirmation hearing republicans want garland to commit to investigating cuomo about the cover-up of covid deaths in nursing homes. >> you've got obstruction of justice, perjury charges, you've got so many different levels of federal corruption here that need to be brought against the governor as well as his second in command and others, and that's why this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: nine gop senators wrote to the new chairman of the judiciary committee, dick durbin, demanding an investigation into cuomo. the republicans say they'll tell garland, quote: to commit the department of justice to fully investigating this cover-up to determine when any criminal laws were violated and to prosecute any violations. the senators also want durbin himself to open a separate probe into cuomo to whether his staff lied to the justice department and if he or his staff violated federal, civil and criminal

laws. even cuomo concedes his administration if made mistakes -- made mistakes. >> we should have done a better job of knocking down the disinformation. you'd never knock down all these conspiracy theories, the political conspiracy theories because they generate ten a day. >> reporter: or cuomo's even battled former democrats. state assemblyman ron kim alleges the governor phoned him and threatened to destroy him if he didn't cover for cuomo if aide melissa de rosa who's accused of hiding nursing home death numbers. new york democrats are whats painted at cuomo's bombastic style. >> it's something a lot of people in new york state have known about for a long time. i can't get into the why, that's a deeper question. i can only say it's a very unfortunate and inappropriate way to treat people. >> reporter: the top republican on the judiciary committee, chuck grassley, expressed concern to president biden about terminating u.s. attorneys. grassily says it may be

important to keep some of those prosecutors in place to continue investigations for a potential cuomo probe. finish on capitol hill, chad pergram, fox news. eric: and for more now on merrick garland's upcoming confirmation hearing and the growing scandal surrounding andrew cuomo, let's bring in john bussey, fox news contributor. garland goes before the judiciary committee on monday. do you expect him to sail through? >> i think most people are expecting him to get a pretty quick confirmation to his nomination to be head of the department of justice. there have been bipartisan groups of judges that have endorsed his nomination. there's not a lot of hurdles up ahead, not a lot of headwinds. that's one that's expected to add to the seven confirmationings that president biden already has received. eric: and what does he do about the potential investigation of andrew owe mow and his -- cuomo

and his administration dealing with the nursing home deaths here in the empire state? >> well, the brooklyn prosecutor's, apparently, already looking into this, and i think that you're going to find there will be investigations, state level, perhaps at the federal level as well. this involves, as you know, how deaths were accounted for that came from nursing homes. some of the recorded deaths were listed as having happened in the hospital after the patient was transferred from the nursing home to the hospital, and so it wasn't acolded to the nursing home -- accorded to the nursing home. and that's the issue, something on the order of 5,000 deaths happened physically in a hospital and, therefore, were not attributed to nursing home deaths. and this was, this is going back to march of last year when the state said nursing homes need to take these patients even if they're coming out of a hospital and still convalescing from covid because we need to make room in the hospitals for this

incredible surge of patients that we're receiving now as a result of covid spreading throughout the state. doctors groups back then, we a had a story, anna matthews had a story in the "wall street journal" on march 26th, doctors groups were saying, wait a second, if they're convalescing, they may still be shedding the virus. this could be very dangerous to this population. the state felt that they had to make room in the intensive care units in hospitals for other patients coming in, and so then -- eric: what about the more serious allegations, i mean, he has said that the allegations against him not true, that they were abiding by what the trump administration said. although the regulations, apparently, don't say that. they say they could, they didn't order them -- this was a new york state order. what about the critics who say they were trying to coffer up the deaths -- cover up the deaths and this has impacted health decisions that the nursing homes were then flooded with people who had covid, they weren't able to take care of

them properly, and that spread covid around and caused deaths and that andrew cuomo and his administration has blood on their hands? >> well, i think that you could definitely argue that you want to account for the deaths appropriately so that the health community knows what's happening. there were a lot of deaths in nursing homes not just in new york, but in other states as well. and why? because that's an incredibly vulnerable population, and it's unclear, you know, whether it spread among patients in the nursing homes, whether it started by staff. regardless, it is a very vulnerable population. so you want to have proper accounting so that states and federal governments can make decisions based on the numbers and that there's clear transparency. you don't want to be putting numbers in one category when they should be put in a separate category. that's the big eshoo here, and i think -- issue here, and i think there will be investigations into this. eric: finally, how do you think

this will affect him? he's the most powerful democrat in the state, legendary family. his father, mario cuomo, of course, three-term governor. seen as going for a fourth term, and you don't want to cross him. i've covered him for years, some saying people are scared to death of this man. a lot of legislators normal ielz the governor's abusive behavior, but this was such an egregious admission about what happened with nursing homes that if you stay silent, you're basically condoning it. how vulnerable is he? >> so he was much praised for transparency that took place during the spring of last year when he was on his daily press conferences and they were televised nationally. there was a kind of relief that here was a national leader, albeit a state governor, who was being very forthright about data and about treatment and about the curbs. we didn't see that coming out of

the white house. this is going to stain that reputation. it already has. i think that the backtracking and the trying to find reasons to excuse where the numbers were placed is not going to redound to his benefit, and he's on the defensive now. yes, he's a combative governor. there's plenty of combative governors in this country, and he's made some enemies, and the enemies are going to take advantage of this politically. eric: and it seems that the investigations are now just beginning. john bussey of "the wall street journal," always good to see you. thank you. >> a pleasure. arthel: well, eric and john, the covid-19 relief package congress is trying to hammer out includes more than $100 million for an underground rail project in silicon valley. some critics saying it has little to do with fighting the pandemic, and it's not needed in one of the wealthiest areas of the country. lucas tomlinson live in washington with details. lucas, i read that $975 million

would go to local transit agencies allowing essential workers to keep their jobs and to reimburse agencies for revenues lost during the pandemic. is that what this is about, or is there something else? >> reporter: well, arthel, good afternoon. apparently not all of this 1.9 trillion stimulus bill is for covid relief. as you mentioned, one item raising eyebrows is more than $100 million for an underground rail project in california's silicon valley drawing ire from some of the republican on capitol hill. it has nothing to do with combating covid-19. new documents obtained by fox business indicate the rail project will cost $112 million. construction hasn't even begun. it has been in the planning phase for several years. president biden's appointee to be deputy administrator of the federal transit administration was previously the ceo of the santa clara valley transportation authority before

her appointment last month. a spokesman told fox business fernandez is recused from issues that involve her previous work in california. the estimated costs have skyrocketed in recent years from $4.7 to $6.9 billion. obama's former top economic adviser, lawrence summers, warns about the huge costs of the stimulus bill. quote: there's a chance that macroeconomic stimulus on a scale closer to world world wari levels than normal recessionary levels will set off inflation. some lawmakers are concerned about the high sticker price of the latest bill, others want to get money out out to americans as quickly as possible. eric and arthel? arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you. eric? eric: more schools starting to reopen as others resist bringing kids back to the classroom. how the covid vaccine will get the kids to return to in-person learning.

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because they're operated by the trump organization. one of the rinks being closed is the iconic woolman rink which has that beautiful view of midtown manhattan. the city says it does not want to support the former president's company because of the january 6th capitol hill riot. we'll have much more about this story about two hours from now at 4 p.m. eastern. we will speak with the program director of ice hockey in harlem are. he grew up skating at the rink and get his reaction to the closing of the woolman rink because of its connection to donald trump. arthel? ♪ ♪ arthel: schools across the nation beginning to reopen with coronavirus safety measures in placement. school tracking data says nearly 42% of children k-12 are now back in the classroom five days a week. that's an increase of more than

6% from january 19th, one day before president biden took office. dr. nicole saphier joins us now. she's a fox news medical contributor and author of the book, "make america healthy again." dr. nicole, your take, first of all, on schools reopening before all teachers have been vaccinated. >> well, it's a very important conversation, arthel, and we have been talking about it for months now. people, when they talk about school reopenings and the science behind it, they really have a very narrow view of what science is. it has become clear that school reopenings really do not have an impact on community spread. the cdc even recently said that schools need to be reopened, and it should not be contingent upon teachers being vaccinated. arthel, as you know, every front line worker for the last year has continued to work without a vaccine being available. teachers should be able to do that as well. the cdc looked at over9 0,000

students across the united states, there were only 32 cases of in-school transmission of the virus, and there were 0 cases of children giving the virus to a teacher. so with appropriate mitigation methods -- physical distancing, mask wearing -- it is the extremely safe for our children and the staff, the teachers and the school staff to get back to school. it should not be held up waiting for people to be vaccinated a because the detriments of having children out of school for any longer is, it's devastating to what's happening to our younger generation. arthel: should teachers get vaccine priority? >> well, i think everybody who wants a vaccine talk about able to go and get a vaccine. i think there are many ways to increase the availability whether it's delaying that second dose, we have johnson & johnson who's submitting to the fda this week and, hopefully, that single dose vaccine will be available in a couple weeks after that. i think anyone who's going to work, anyone with chronic illness, health care workers,

should all be priority, but i don't like saying priority because truly, arthel, anybody who wants a vaccine should have access to it as long as the supply is there. arthel: i do have one other question about schools, dr. saphier. what about the schools that don't have budgets or funding for covid improvements like upgraded ventilation systems and space to properly physical distance? are those environments safe? >> well, that's a great question, arthel, and not all schools are created equally. and, unfortunately, this has really made a divide across our country because you have the schools with more money, the private schools, have been open since september where you have the schools with less funding have been closed, and those children are suffering because of that. so, again, it doesn't have to be high quality, expensive ventilation systems. we have to really make sure that we're not locking ourselves into a tight box. physical distancing and mask wearing can be safe. but the physical distancing, especially in the northeast and places where it's very cold outside, is going to be difficult.

but anywhere that the weather is able to house people outside, i think they need to be moving classrooms outside if they don't have distance. we have to be creative as to what can we do. if they're in the northeast, if they're in a place. >> you can't move outside, they need to at least be in a hybrid environment where half the school goes maybe one day, the other half the other day, but they have to get to school. keeping them out of school, distance learning is not acceptable anymore. we're coming up on a year now. we have to get our children in school. arthel: and, you know, some 6 million vaccines they were unable to be distributed due to the winter storm in texas. what's your forecast for vaccine rollout? you know, how many americans will be vaccinated and by when? >> well, arthel, over 59 million doses of the vaccine have been given thus far. couple that with the natural immunity that we have had over the last year, we're inching ourselves closer and closer to that magical herd immunity every single day. now, the biden administration

made a very smart move recently knowing that there was weather in texas and the midwest. rather than shipping out the vaccines and risking them unfortunately having to be discarded the they weren't able to be given because of the weather, they decided to keep them and not distribute them. so they're about three days behind. they held up about 6 million vaccine doses. however, they've already started shipping them back out, 2 million went out yesterday, and the biden administration is asking that vaccine sites stay open extra hours this upcoming week to make sure that they make up for that, and they're confident that they will. arthel: okay. dr. nicole saphier, thanks so much for joining us. take care. >> thank you. eric: speaking of coronavirus, new york governor andrew cuomo remains defiant in the mounting criticism over his handling of nursing homes at the start of the pandemic. up next, we'll speak to a new york assemblyman about the push to investigate the governor, his administration and some state legislators are now talking

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year in a much different light than what we were living in realtime. it did prevent the legislature from getting the full picture of what was happening in our nursing homes and limited us from taking any sort of corrective measures. the governor in his recent press briefings has been absolutely just being out of touch. he talks about a void. i think the void is between what he thinks of himself and what's reality because he's trying to suggest that lawmakers were told certain things, legislative leaders had responded back disputing that saying that we weren't given a real reason as to why there was delay. the only answer i received last year for a delay in the information was that there was risk of double counting and accuracy, then all of a sudden it comes out in a private partisan meeting that the delay was because the administration was fearful of how the

information could be used against them by the u.s. department of justice. so there have been additional calls, and i'm pleased to see that there's now been reported investigations from the fbi as well as the u.s. attorney over in brooklyn. we knead to do more. the legislature needs to act as well. we have a responsibility to get to the bottom of this, and i'm asking for the state legislature to investigate too. arthel: meanwhile, what do you make of the way the governor's handling this investigation and criticism? >> that's a great question because i think what we've seen in the last several weeks is the governor being exposed not just what, you know, this cover-up, but his personality. it's, you know, recent hely he said he needs -- recently he said he needs to be more aggressive with the people that i would call truth-tellers that have been trying to expose the truth, legislators, grieving families, governor groups and,

to an extent, the press. he suggests they're the ones spreading disinformation, but he's been withholding information from the public. so saying that he's going to be aggressive with legislators and members of the press, i think that's alarming, as it should be, and it's indicative as to what we saw recently with how he reportedly attacked on the phone my colleague, assemblyman ron kim. arthel: and meanwhile, the new york state health commissioner dr. howard zucker says, quote: with the facts that we had at the moment in time, it was the correct decision at that moment in time. is that enough? >> no. you know what? i understand this was a pandemic, it's up precedented. i think people can honestly say that there's going to be mistakes. but department of health came out with a july report that was a full-on defense of the march 25th directive which, in that report conspicuously left out the data we were seeking which

was those nursing home residents that died but died in hospitals. it excluded that data. and the health commissioner in a recent report that came out from the data that we finally got through court order from the empire center, the empire center did an analysis that showed there is a correlation with that march 25th directive with putting covid patients into nursing homes and increasing the mortality rate and that it may not have been the cause for all nursing home deaths, and i don't think that would be accurate to say either, but it certainly made a bad situation worse. and for them to pretend that it didn't, i think, is irresponsible to say the least. arthel: really quickly, have you been in touch with any of the families who have lost relatives, you know, at nursing homes entangled in this scandal? >> yes. i mean, i've spoken with janice dean, we've had forums, i have friends who lost their parents, and you know what?

i do get a little bit passionate the about this issue because when you get so invested in something, it does become a bit personal even when you're a lawmaker. it really does start to hit home. and many of these people did lose their loved one in a hospital, and for almost a year they were being told that, well, that was a hospital death, not a nursing home death. and they knew it was an issue in the nursing homes. what's crazy is we talk about these things, and you know what? if someone gets hurt or killed in a car accident and they die in the hospital, no one says, oh, it was a hospital death. they died in a car accident. and what the governor's administration is trying to do is say, well, total numbers didn't change. that was never the issue. we're talking about did this order increase or mortality. did it spread infection. and what we're also learning is it's very likely that the impact

of that order was very negative, even more so, for upstate new york because they were hit a little bit later than new york city. and they did delay the information for months and months and months, and i feel like every day this story we keep on learning more information, and every time the governor speaks, it keeps on getting worse and worse for him. so we need to hold people accountable. arthel: assemblyman kevin byrne, thank you for joining us, and, of course, we have prayers for those who lost loved ones in the midst of all of this. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, arthel. arthel: eric. eric: that we do. and janice has been such an amazing advocate in all this. well, in another reversal of former president trump's foreign policy decisions, president biden says the u.s. is prepared to engage in negotiations with iran to try and rejoin the controversial nuclear deal. but the biden administration is facing some skepticism over its foreign policy with tehran e including, it seems, from some

u.s. allies. david spunt is live at the white house with more on that. hi, david. >> reporter: hi, eric. good afternoon to you. iran is no ally. of the united states according to the biden administration, but those conversations will likely start up again. there will be some sort of dialogue, a complete 180 from what we saw over the last four years when the donald trump presidency put a maximum pressure campaign on iran. i want the talk about what president biden did yesterday. he spoke with the leaders of several different countries including germany and france at the munich security conference. the president used the phrase, as he often does, america is back. emmanuel macron of france and angela merkel of germany pushed back somewhat on that phrase. chancellor merkel expressed concern with the white house decision to withdraw 12,000 troops in the country. macron of france announced that he can't continue to be dependent complete arely on the

united states -- completely on the united states, has to focus more on china which the president says that country does continue to be a problem. listen. >> competition with china is going to be stiff. that's what i expect. and that's what i welcome. finish because i believe in the global system, europe and the united states together with our allies and the indo-pacific worked so hard to build over the last 70 years. we have to push back against the chinese government's economic abuses and coercion that undercut the foundations of the international economic system. everyone, everyone must play by the same rules. >> reporter: and on to iran, the biden national security team made the announcement late this week it does plan to engage in talks with iran, possibly rejoining that 2015 nuclear deal. the deal then-president trump withdrew from in 2018, though republicans quick to criticize. arkansas senator tom cotton

tweeting out: iranian-backed forces just attacked american troops in iraq. what does president biden do? prepares to lift sanctions on the regime. president biden spent an hour last week talking with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. eric? eric: all right, david. and in about 90 minutes from now, in our 4 p.m. eastern hour which, of course, is 3 p.m. central, 2 mountain -- always forget to talk about mountain time -- 1 p.m. pacific, we'll be interviewing former trump deputy national security adviser kt mcfarland on the new policy. david, thank you. arthel? arthel: fox news celebrating black history month. we profile an army. sniper who made history in afghanistan. charles watson live with more. >> reporter: hi, arthel. ing nicholas irving tells me he was destinedded to be a military sniper, that's who he was in his early 20s, and it would change the course of his life moving forward.

at 17 he enlisted, and by the anal of 23 he was the first -- age of 23, he was the first african-american special operations sniper to deploy with the third ranger baaal item. >> a couple of guys would say, hey, man, i don't think i've ever seen a black guy in the sniper section. a few jokes here and there, stuff loo hike that. >> reporter: he let his sharp shooting skills speak for itself, and in 2009 he racked up a record 33 confirmedded kills during his sixth deployment in afghanistan's helmand province, earning the nickname reaper. he also had his fair share of close calls with death. during one mission, irving and his team found themselves at the wrong end of the barrel. he and his fellow troops were pinned down as a sniper and other taliban fighters carried out an hours-long, armed ambush that wounded several of his fellow soldiers. nick and his fellow soldiers made it out hours later, but after seeing and going through

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eric power is returning slow arely to homes and businesses in texas after that winter storm walloped the state taking out electricity to millions and causing dozens of weather-related deaths. now the focus is shifting to food and water shortageses as both items have become scarce across the state. the salvation army now is stepping in to help. blake federman, executive director of the center located in dallas is with us. what's the salvation army doing? >> >> well, thank you for having me today, excited to be able to share the great work that we're doing to help our local community.

you know, it's really interesting what's happening in texas especially when you put it in the context of what's happening around america with regards to the pandemic that's created this unprecedented need. and there are, fortunately, we are strong and we are resilient, and there are organizations like the salvation army who were built for these types of crises whether it's the pandemic or the severe winter storm that we just experienced. it is in our dna to step up and serve when communities need us the most. and that's how we were able to scale 13 food pantries across north texas and serve five times as many people than there were before the pandemic and how we've been able to provide more than a million in rental assistance to keep people this their homes. so when we knew the wasn't storm was approaching -- the winter storm was approaching, we quickly mobilized and worked with municipalities such as the city of dallas, fort worth, arlington, plano to set up

24-hour warming stations or shelters to provide a warm bed, meals, water, restrooms for those whose homes became inhabitable or those who didn't have a home to begin with. eric: that is so important. what's the situation on the ground right now? are a lot of people getting the help that they need? what does the salvation army need? >> absolutely. so as of 6 p.m. last night, we still has upwards of 15,000 households without power in north texas, and water boil notices have been issued for several cities including parts of fort worth, arlington, denton and others. and while the temperatures are rising and no longer at life-threatening levels, these families still have critical needs such as access to food and water. and that can be especially challenging for those who are under a boiled water notice, as you can imagine if. if you don't have electricity, how can you follow that order? so the salvation army is gearing

up to meet both of these needs. with road conditions improving, our 13 pantries are expected to be fully operational on monday, and we're working with the city of dallas and the city of fort worth to support water distribution plans to get clean water to those that need it. eric: i don't want to interrupt you, we're up against the clock -- >> sure. eric: where people can go, salvation army in texas.org. salvation army helps so many people. blake federman, thank you for being with us. we'll be right back. >> thank you.

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arthel: it is finally getting warmer in texas with temperatures expected the continue climbing into early next week, all making for better clean-up conditions after this week's massive storm. meteorologist adam cloths is live now with the -- adam is live now with the forecast. adam: yeah, you know what? really a big warmup in a place that desperately needs it. we're beginning to see temperatures climb, but only more so in the next couple of days. currently 52 degrees in the dallas area. warm air's going to be cooling up in the middle of the country, completely clear skies, so that allows this area to maybe clean out in the next couple of days and then really warm up.

you start to see that snow and ice melting today and even more so. it was this arctic air that slipped all the way down into the middle of the country last week, it's going to be sitting mostly in the upper tiers of the country. we could really be seeing warmer air that you typically don't see stretching farther north than maybe it usually would. your forecasted highs for today, plenty of warmth at the bottom of the country. as i take you into sunday, it gets a little warm every. even warmer into monday, so suddenly you're looking at temperatures as much as 52 in kansas city and even warmer on tuesday. finally some of that much-needed warmth is -- arthel: adam klotz, thank you very much. eric and i will be back in one hour at four eastern. please join us. uh-oh, sorry... oh... what? i'm an emu! no, buddy! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪

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♪ ♪ paul: welcome to the journal editorialing report. i'm paul gigot. millions of residents in the lone star state were left without heat and electricity this week as a winter storm and plunging temperatures crippled the texas power grid and brought the nation's most energy-rich state to its knees. widespread power outages leaving politicians and the press pointing fingers. so just what got texas to this point? let's ask "wall street journal" columnist dan henninger, kim strassel and editorial board member allysia finley.