joining me now is the mayor of galveston, texas, craig brown. mayor brown, thank you so much for your time in the middling of all this. this morning you said this is worse than a hurricane, which is obviously a powerful statement coming from someone living on the gulf coast of texas. what is the situation like in galveston right now and when are you hoping things will be back to normal, if at all? >> right now we're having water shortages caused by the breaking of pipes in our historic homes here. we still have many people without electricity. we do have colder weather coming tonight. we are getting better, though, and we're looking forward, though -- this is going to be with us for a long time before we get back to, quote, a normal situation with water or electricity. >> have you spoken to the electric companies that are responsible for your area? what have they told you about why this happened in the first place? >> we have talked with them and their remarks to us is they can only distribute the electricity that they're allocated and that's wh

i know at one point nearly 90% of customers in galveston county had no power.ituation is there right now in your immediate area? >> it is pretty bad. you're right, monday morning only 10% of my county had power. this afternoon we're up to 23%. that is 23% of people have power, and we've been in the situation for three days going on four now. and they keep telling us maybe tomorrow, maybe tomorrow. i don't think i really believe that at this point. >> parts of galveston county are also under what is called a boil water order because of issues with the water supply. explain what that means and how much longer you think that people will be without clean water and power if you have any idea. >> i really don't. the county is not in the water business, that is really up to individual cities or municipal utility districts. the water had to go offline because of massive leaks as a result of the freezing temperatures. we were done wn to 10 or 11 degs and we're not used to that. so it played havoc with our infrastructure. we do believe the water will come back online fai

it sounds like folks in galveston are just exhausted.toria, you're on the show an awful lot so i'm going to ask you to turn a little bit political here but it's really practical and just respond to the controversy around ted cruz being seen heading to cancun at this particular time, when his constituents, the both of you, and the people with whom you live and serve, are really suffering. >> it adds insult to injury, right? so, you know, at the end of the day, being a leader is both about the policy work, the legislating, the committee meetings, but it's also about empathy, and it's also about moral leadership. and ted cruz, first of all, leaving the state and going to cancun and then not accepting it. instead of saying, i apologize, i was wrong, i'm sorry, he blames his daughters. so, i mean, i think it's, again, insult to injury, the injury that we have had of lack of power, of lack of water, of suffering that somebody is just flaunting their resources and their ability to get out of dodge, and i think that is what's so painful, so ther

and there is snow on the beach in galveston, texas. now, this weather event is causing all sorts of cascading effects. among the worst being major widespread power outages. over 4 million people woke up without power in texas today. galveston's city manager estimated this afternoon that 90% to 95% of homes in his city have not had power for well over 36 hours. no power means no heat. and with temperatures in the teens across many parts of the state, millions have been left freezing in their homes. many trying to get into warming centers just to thaw out for a little while. >> we saw just before sunrise what it looked like inside. it was beyond capacity here at the family life center in euless. so many people were in this building that they actually had to turn folks away. >> what are you doing to stay warm? >> nothing, because there's no power. what can we do? i'm just wearing layer after layer. >> reporter: maria is firing up her fire pit in her front yard. she said with the extra heat it feels warmer outside than inside her house. up

this is galveston on the gulf of mexico. yes, that is a person cross-country skiing by a parked lifeguard truck with surfboards on it. how about this, the beach covered in snow. snow on the gulf is rare but not unprecedented. according to the galveston history center there's been measurable snowfall there 11 times over the last 120 years. you would think you were looking at the midwest looking at all that snow. >> absolutely, ama. wild weather in parts of the country. also here your dna and harnessing its power through genome sequencing. stanford's effort to solve mystery diseases is now available to everyone. you're going to see how it helped one my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it, lowering my blood sugar from the first dose. once-weekly trulicity responds when my body needs it, 24/7. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. it isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take trulicity if you'r

officials in galveston county say it could be this weekend cob >> we probably should plan on saturday being the earliest that we're going to have a full restoration of the electric power in galveston county, and i can't even promise that. >> reporter: texas reporting more power outages this week than during hurricane harvey, which devastated the houston region in 2017. some people are sleeping in their cars to stay warm including this grandmother and her family. >> we have no power, i got my family sleeping in the car, and they need to do something. people are going to die. >> reporter: officials warn the death toll will rise. >> there are many people, for example, who are in their homes and apartments. we may not know the full count, number until we are past this segment. >> reporter: governor greg abbott says power should be restored to 1 million homes by tonight, but more rolling blackouts are expected. tammy fareharbor says she hasn't had power since sunday. >> we did lose a deep freezer in the garage full of food. we lost a refrigerator full of food. we're not able to flush the t

the mayor of galveston, texas, mayor brown, i'm sorry it's under these circumstances. i know there were two distribution sites set up for bottled water for citizens. how are things going tonight? how is the recovey going? >> recovery is going well. we had distribution sites today. we distributed water. one concern for another, we had electric concerns, water into the homes a concern, and now we have drinking water, food, and repair concerns going on. >> i understand there's still a boil water notice in effect. is there a sense when it might be safe to drink the water again? >> yes, we're working on that right now. we have guidelines, state guidelines, we have to meet for testing of the water since it was down. we're working diligently to get that back up hopefully in the next couple of days. >> the folks of galveston are used to some hardships. i've been there for a number of hurricanes over the years. there's concern not just about drinking water, water from burst pipes that's thawing and flooding homes in the area. that has to be tough to deal with. >> it's very diff

meanwhile, in galveston, randall hall was shiver, inside his house at just 42 degrees. it appears that yesterday senator ted cruz flew to cancun. how do you feel about that? >> he can stay there, actually. >> reporter: yeah? you don't need him back? >> we don't need him back in houston or in the u.s. senate, no. >> reporter: today, democrats like the mayor of houston were unsparing. >> well, certainly much warmer where he's going, let me just put it like that. >> reporter: and the republican governor was at a loss for words. >> candidly, i haven't been following people's vacation plans. we've been working literally all night. >> reporter: it took hours for the cruz team to acknowledge he had flown to cancun. the senator saying in a statement, with school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. wanting to be a good dad, i flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon. late today, cameras caught cruz pulling a suitcase through cancun international airport heading home. >> yesterday, my daughters asked if they could take a tri

the mayor of hard-hit galveston joins us live. >>> snowstorm on the move. warnings stretching all the way up the east coast, florida to massachusetts on alert. overnight, record snow in arkansas and tennessee. and this morning, the south bracing for dangerous flooding and possible tornadoes. ginger is tracking all the threats right now. >>> staggering toll. the coronavirus pandemic leading to the biggest drop in life expectancy in decades, as the white house sends mixed messages about when we'll be able to return to normal life and when everyone who wants the vaccine can actually get it. >>> prince philip hospitalized. the queen's husband admitted just four months shy of his 100th birthday. we're live in london with the latest on his condition. >>> rush limbaugh. after more than three decades on air, the polarizing and influential right wing radio host who wrote the book on conservative talk radio passes away at 70 after revealing to his listeners last year he has advanced lung cancer. >>> castaway rescue. the miracle lifesaving mission in the middle of the

we're working with all of our nonprofits here in the galveston food bank.e distributing food here shortly to all of the residents. we have listed our boil notice for the residents. the waters is potable water in our city. that happened about 10 minutes ago. arthel: okay of, okay. listen, there that's been shirking of responsibility and a blame game going on. what are you, mayor brown, demanding or requesting of state, local and national leaders representing texas to avoid such a catastrophe in the future and should part of the calculus include carbon emissions and climate change? >> well, about five days ago our city sent a letter to governor abbott here in texas, requesting an investigation into determining what the concerns were that produced this and setting up some type of solution so we don't have this again. we're leaving that up to our of state legislature and to the federal government, since that is where really the control lies on this. local governments had no control in this and that's what made it frustrating for us. arthel: what about your loca

that's not sand on the beautiful beaches of galveston, texas.ch. >> just incredible. the danger extends beyond texas. in illinois, a state trooper was hurt while his squad car was hit. chicago public schools canceling in-person classes today. >> and at some point during today it looked like a scene out of dr. zhivago. this is an all hands on deck moment and we are ready to make sure that our city continues to function even in this extreme weather circumstance. >>> meteorologist tyler mauldin is live in the cnn weather center. tyler, we know the storm is headed north. is it expected to taper off at all? >> reporter: it is going to taper off in a little bit, but the cold air is going to linger. on the heels of this one storm system is another one. as you can see behind me, a lot going on here. in the middle we have the arctic air coming down from the depths of the arctic. then riding right along the base of the jet stream are these little storm systems. the first storm system is currently up here across the northeast. producing heavy snowfall acro

in galveston, most residents have no power or heat. the local medical examiner setting up a refrigerated truck outside its building anticipating an influx of deaths. the county's judge furious. >> everyone knew this was coming. we had at least a week's advance notice. i'm very upset. >> reporter: the electric reliability council of texas also known as ercot, under fire for the power outages. the company said on wednesday it restored power to more than 1 million households. texas governor greg abbott has called for an investigation and for the company's executives to resign. but abbott himself is under fire. critics accusing him of deflecting responsibility by placing blame on renewable energy sources. >> this shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america. >> reporter: changing his tune just hours later. >> the companies that generate the power, their operations have frozen up or have trip wired and are nonoperational. that's the lead reason why there is a shortage of power. >> reporter: beto o'rou

marty miles is the general manager of a hotel group in galveston, texas. we appreciate you taking time for us. i cannot imagine how busy you are right now. what is the situation like for you and your employees at your hotel right now? >> right now it's far better than it has been. the last four days have been pretty difficult on the staff, very difficult on the city leaders and even tougher on the residents. but our town of about 50,000 has been through a pretty tough time. >> talk to us and help us understand what your employees are doing above and beyond what they normally do. i think i read that, because of the water issue, an employee has to flush the toilet every time a guest uses it. is that still happening? >> that ended last night, literally last night. we just got back to full pressure, we just got back to having water levels reach the eighth floor, which is the highest floor of our building at this hotel. the other two hotels are shorter. the guests, frankly, it's been the equivalent of camping indoors. we had four days, we had basically no power

they started in galveston, worked their way across the state. they lynched african-americans. they caught them fleeing, and so the process was fiercely contested in texas, and it's kind of ironic because texas didn't see a lot of action during the war, and so the action really heated up oddly enough when the war came to an end in april, but texas slave openers were holding out. they were -- they thought that they could help sustain slavery for a longer period of time. they were hoping they would get compensated if nothing else, and so most enslaved people were not free until the army came in in june and basically had to fight once again to put down those confederates who were living in the state of texas so a lot of -- i think there's some -- this notion that african-americans didn't get their freedom at the time of the emancipation proclamation in texas and that that is what marks what's different about them, but as i've already said not very many people in the confederacy got their freedom as a result of the emancipation proclamation, so what was different in text jazz what

. >> reporter: the cold is a major concern in texas where the snow covers the sand in galveston.illions of homes and businesses have lost power and there's a state of emergency. record-breaking use strained the system leading to rolling blackouts. >> the next few days are going to be very tough. to those who have lost power, i know you are frustrated. i know you're miserable. i know you're uncomfortable. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott is calling out the national guard to help move people to warming centers. >> the ultra low temperatures will last for several days. meaning what becomes frozen will remain frozen for a long period of time. >> reporter: conditions are already treacherous. a truck lost control near austin, and this man barely escaped when a car crashed into a police cruiser in shellenberg. ice is the enemy in portland, oregon. the weight of it collapsed the roof of a safeway store and elsewhere snapped trees. 200 million americans are under weather alerts and warnings. elise preston, cbs news. >>> well, the winter weather is affecting the rollout of coronavir

this truck in galveston encased in ice. above it large icicles hanging from the frozen pipes. >> we have been very thankful for our propane grill. >> reporter: overnight 13 million people in texas were being told to boil their water. julia crawford is getting creative melting snow for her family. >> we're running dangerously low on water. so now what we've been doing all day is actually coming outside, getting snow, putting it in our pots and heating it on our propane grill. >> reporter: hospitals are relying on generators and water trucks around the state. long lines are forming across the state for gas and food, and shoppers are finding empty shelves like this walmart in san antonio. the extreme weather now being blamed for a looming natural gas shortage. production has dropped 20% in the last week. some people in texas who have power say they're getting hit with massive bills. >> it was a negative $453. >> reporter: savannah says she switched to a wholesale electricity provider last year, and her bill was never more than

in galveston officials have requested refrigerated trucks to handle the influx of bodies they expect to see. >> the medical examiner needed a capacity of at least 20 and maybe as many as 50 in addition to the normal storage. >> reporter: adding to the blackouts, natural gas, wind and nuclear facilities also being knocked offline. but many are now pointing the finger at ercot, the nonprofit organization, which has controlled most of the state's energy since 2002 when they privatized its electric grid. the governor now calling for an investigation and demanding ercot's ceo step down. >> this was a total failure by ercot. ercot stands for electric reliability council of texas, and they showed that they were not reliable. >> reporter: in the meantime, new storm watches and warnings are stretching to virginia with the threat of another round of damaging storms just one day after a deadly tornado in brunswick county, north carolina. abc's victor oquendo is there. >> here it was an ef-3 tornado with winds up to 160 miles per hour. it struck in the dead of night. the walls in the roof of thi

. >> reporter: and in galveston -- >> the most crowded aisle is the water aisle, but there's not any left. >> reporter: many without power and water. >> everything in the refrigerator now has gone bad and supplies are dwindling, and most people out here, the biggest deal is water. >> people have made some life and death choices. >> reporter: back in houston, the lights going dark during an interview with mayor sylvester turner. >> we've been talking about power being restored. now, in real-time, you have seen power being turned off. >> reporter: the state's energy production and independence has always been a point of pride, and as the crisis persists, the governor placing blame squarely on officials at ercot, the ivate compy >> ercot stands for electric reliability council of texas and they showed that they were not reliable. >> do you think ercot leadership needs to resign? >> yes. >> reporter: governor abbott facing criticism for appearing to place some of the blame for the outages on frozen wind turbines. >> our wind and our solar got shut down, ands por tede basis. >> reporter:

medical examiners in galveston requesting a refrigerated truck after reports of several cold- weather-related deaths. texas' governor calling the storm the winter version of hurricane harvey. over three million texans are still without power because the state's grid can't keep up with the demand, and millions more are subject to rolling blackouts, some as long as 30 hours. residents using blow dryers and erpi >> reporter: the situation is so d her eight-month-old baby had to huddle around the fireplace to stay warm. they went without power for 30 last night. we had our daughter wrapped up in as many pieces of clothing as we possibly could. but we were really scared. >> 42, 44... >> reporter: in houston, more than 50 cars lined up in search of a warm meal outside of burger king. dillon fluster took his 15- month-old and a three-year-old to a warming station in plano. >> when we woke up this morning and there was still no power, i was like, ah, we can't keep doing this. >> reporter: texas is the only state in the continental u.s. that has its own power grid. it's not regulated by the federal go

flurries fell in southeast, texas, blanketing galveston's sandy beaches in white. the city manager there warning infrastructure damage caused by the extreme temperatures could rival the cost of a hurricane. >> slow down, slow down, slow down. >> reporter: frozen roads sent an 18 wheeler careening out of control near austin, and a man nearly lost his life jumping just seconds before a car lost control and crashed into a police cruiser. the extreme low temperatures spun up this so called snow-nado in east texas. >> the ultra low temperatures will last for several days, meaning that what becomes frozen will remain frozen for a long period of time. >> reporter: the historic storm caused problems across the country. firefighters in vermont rescued this young man from frigid waters after he fell through the ice. tennessee roads turned into ice rinks after frozen precipitation fell. in little rock, arkansas, cars were brought to a standstill on a slippery highway trapping nurses who just got off their shift. >> stay where you are. >> stay home. >> reporter: the temperatur

the beach in galveston blanketed in white. snow melting into the gulf of mexico. >> just incredible images tonight and this is really going to be an issue all week long with these multiple systems. marcus moore with us live from dallas tonight. and we know this kind of weather and days of dangerous cold all playing out in the middle of this pandemic. we learned of vaccination sites forced to close in many places, as you described. and now with the power problems, we've learned of a facility holding vaccines losing power? >> reporter: david, officials in harris county, they scrambled to give out more than 5,000 doses of the moderna vaccine after that facility lost power and then the backup generator failed. they feared those doses would spoil and they had to get through large groups of people fast. so, they went to a couple of hospitals, a university and even the county jail. david? >> folks being tested on so many levels tonight. marcus moore and alex perez in that piece, our thanks to you both. of course, the first storm stil

in galveston county, officials are preparing for the worst, asking the state to bring in refrigerated trucks that can hold as many as 50 bodies. >> we're not projecting anything, but i'm afraid that i don't have a whole lot of room for optimism here. >> reporter: the cold, as temperatures in parts of the state in more than 100 years, is bursting pipes and damaging homes while families shiver inside. in houston, a woman and an 8-year-old girl dying of carbon monoxide poisoning after a car was left running in a garage to help generate heat. a man and a 7-year-old boy taken to the hospital. >> i know it's cold, but you've got to be careful about using like, say generators or car inside a garage or any type of fire. carbon dioxide, it's odorless and it can kill people very easily. >> reporter: houston hospitals treating at least 140 patients. six people from one family among them. a mother and child in critical condition. they were heating charcoal indoors to stay warm. and in sugar land, a grandmother and her three grandchildren died in a house fire overnight. the cause is under investig

that's why our budget provides for 2 new district judges in galveston and flathead county and it's why our budget at 14 new parole and probation officers since our officers are overwhelmed because of prior cuts and growing crime. and while we face an epidemic of drugs and increasing crime we must also address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous persons. [applause] in montana, native americans make up about seven percent of our population but they account for 26 percent of missing persons. between 2017 and 2019, nearly 80 percent of those reported missing were teenagers less than 18 yearsof age . native american women face a murder right 10 times higher than the national average and 84 percent experience some form of violence in their lifetime. time is of the essence. we must act urgently to curb this tragic trend. it's critical that we bring all the voices to the table and all the voices are heard. i asked the legislature to send to my desk a bill to extend the missing and murdered indigenous persons task force . [applause] and i want to thank representative sharon stewart of

million people without guar guaranteed -- >> we lost the audio there when i saw pictures today, the galveston, and the beaches in south texas covered in snow, i have never seen anything like it >> we haven't seen this active of a weather pattern in the winter since the early 1900s this is the map of the current ice and snow, we expect to see it back through the rockies and higher elvagus, not down into northern mexico. that is what we are seeing, 12 to 18 inches of snow and ice on the ground, south of little rock, and louisiana, and mississippi. almost unheard of. record cold expected if you want to warm up. >> to miami, 79 degrees. 2 above in oklahoma city 25 degrees in houston, texas it feels colder. more cold air pouring in from the north, feels like below zero in these areas, 5 below zeros in memphis, and 21 in biloxi. 27 in new york city. colder across the central part of the country, all the way down to the gulf coast. here is the storm system that brought the snow and ice it is snowing across much of the midwest, to northern ohio, right in the middle here, we are seeing a change over t

bars without bail, he is accused of running a multi-billion-dollar drug empire, she was arrested at galvestonserving a life sentence. the el paso county sheriffs association facebook page is back online after a plea right here on "fox and friends first". >> we have 800 members, we love to be engaged with the community. todd: facebook took down the page earlier this month without warning or explanation. social media site later telling fox news, quote, you heard this before, the page was removed by our automation and has been restored. extreme weather, president biden's trip comes as 3.4 million people are still without running water after the winter storm. jillian: it is warming up across the south. what is the latest? >> warming up across the south, that will be continuing here through the week as we look at a cooling of warmer air across the south, 57 degrees early this morning in the dallas area and throughout the week, this is more typical of what we see this time of year is temperatures closer to the seasonal averages, that winter weather is now gone. we are tracking winter weather across

145 boil water notices across the state have been lifted as of this morning, and that includes now galvestonout 55 miles southeast of here along the coast. as far as water disruption, still 14 million texans don't have water service right now. that includes a couple homeowners we met yesterday who said they've been hauling water from their neighbor's house four or five times a day just to flush toilets and wash their dishes. >> i think i'm going to be sore by next week from just carrying jugs of water. >> i know there is a two to three-week wait for plumbers right now around the city, and supplies are very low. as soon as we can get some more pipes into the city, and some more work and some more people. >> reporter: they said at one point during the worst of the storm, it was colder inside their house than outside. they showed their home and the damage to a few congressmen yesterday, representative al green, representative sylvia garcia here in texas, and also to representative alexandria ocasio cortez, who flew in to houston to volunteer and tour the area. she has raised $14.7 million for t

star state is still dealing with water crisis millions have no clean water and will houston and galvestonhose directives are expected to continue for much of the state leaser tomorrow. a big week on capitol hill for the biden administration president biden $1.9 trillion covid bill could hit the house for later this week. his attorney general nominee judge merrick garland is set to appear before the senate judiciary committee tomorrow for his confirmation hearing. he's expected to get bipartisan support unlike five years ago when senate republicans blocked his nomination by president obama to be on the supreme court. i am jon scott back in half an hour with an all new "fox report". now back to the greg gutfeld show. ♪ headlines visit greg: in a profession full of zeros it's time to know the heroes in a new segment we are calling. >> heroes in media. greg: our first hero "msnbc"'s joe scarborough on the left there. slamming the idiots on cable news channels for comparing the destruction of the capitol in january to the destruction from riots over the summer. >> idiots on other cable news ch

galveston was a port, so if he missed his ship, he might try cowboying for a season. large, almost everyone that was big time, george washington, little field, had aaddison jones. there was a number that had black cowboys that were top flight. that was a very common factor, yeah. okay, over here? >> i grew up not too far from the 101 ranch in oklahoma and there was a lot of stories about a black cowboy there who was a topnotch performer, do you happen to know? >> i think that is jim perry. jim perry, yeah. he said that once he mentioned that, if he was white he would have been a foreman, et cetera. black cowboys were in a period of time after the civil war when a number of the cowboys they're working with are southerners. and they didn't just have an affinity for blacks in general. there was cowboys that might come to a given ranch and might be run off. they might be run off. you know because of the hostility being very deep. addison jones i wrote about him in black cowboys of texas. when i first started doing research, i didn't know his last name and i didn't know an

but the galveston county medical examiner's office is now requesting refrigerated trucks in anticipation fatalities and another storm is on the way. >> sean: all right, trace gallagher, thank you. while democrats continue to roll out their radical new green energy agenda despite its wide sweeping negative effects, millions in texas continue to face rolling blackouts. they are freezing, not working. greg abbott, calling for an investigation into the outages and he joins us now live to explain. i don't have a problem. i'm going to be very clear. anything that works, i'm all for. i'm in all of the above guy. but that would include the lifeblood of the world's economy. gas, oil, old-fashioned oil, and coal. i'm not against nuclear energy. not against wind turbines. but my question is, if to have these rolling blackouts and you've got freezing weather, i mean, and not reliable, it's use it or lose it, what good is it? >> sean, this shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america. texas is blast with multiple sources of energy such as natural gas and nuclea

. >> no official, state or federal, has been more involved in the recovery of galveston county than ted cruz. >> when the hurricane hit, you stood up for texas, and ted cruz stood up for you. >> i'm ted cruz and i approve this message. >> cruz is not up for re-election now, and he is abandoning his state. it is bon voyage where he heads to cancun at 84 degrees leaving a city that is now freezing. he is not too sentimental when it comes to those suffering in disasters in other states. when heat waves caused massive power outages last year in california, ted cruz mocked the blue state after the governor called on folks to conserve energy. this is what he said. california is now unable to perform even basic functions of civilization, like having reliable electricity. democrats want to make california's failed energy policy the standard nationwide. hope you don't like air-conditioning. now, when called out on his cruelty a couple days ago, cruz said that he has no defense and he did the twitter equivalent of a shrug. not good, he said, about what was going on his state. stay safe, he added.

the city of galveston's water supply is now said to be critically low.he city is under five major restrictions due to major water line breaks and system failures caused by the freezing temperatures. we will, of course, continue to follow this story and bring you any developments as they come into us. >>> well, demonstrators in myanmar are defying the threat of violence to protest the military coup earlier this month. they have gathered in yangon for a massive show of opposition. the u.n. special rapporteur for myanmar said he's terrified of the potential for violence if protesters and troops confront each other. our paula hancocks joins us live from seoul. good to see you, paula. so, a lot of concern, of course, what the military might do next. what more are you learning about what's happening on the ground there? >> reporter: well, rosemary from protesters that we're talking to and from live streams that we can see what's happening on the ground there are massive crowds in yangon. activists have been calling for millions to come out and call for aung sa

. >> no official, state or federal harks been more involved in recovery of galveston county than senator cruz. >> when the hurn coricane hit, stood up for us. >> not cruz not up for re-election, aban dong his state. bon voyage, mtv style, in cancun the temperature a lovely 85 degrees. in the city he flew from home to people he serves near freezing there. of course, cruz has already preserven he's not sentimental when it comes to those suffering through disasters but normally other states. when heat waves caused massive power outages last year in california, ted cruz mocked the state. "california is now unable to perform even basic functions of civilization like having rely electricity. democrats want to make california's failed energy policy the standard nationwide. hope you don't like air conditions." when called out on his cruelty, this tweet a couple days ago, cruz says he has no defense and did the twitter equivalent of a shrug. not good, he said, about what was going on in t, stay safe. he bounced back to the beach like frankie avalon and bounced back to the beach. anna, you first.

in just a moment i will be speaking with galveston's mayor about the situation in his city and the headut helping those in need. >>> the crisis, though, has attracted a lot of attention in washington where president biden has just declared a state of emergency in texas and other states as well. house speaker nancy pelosi says this was predictable and that congress will look into it.

. >> reporter: a military plane transporting 84,000 bottles of water from california landed in galvestonas. water and distribution sites in houston and san antonio. >> i don't think any of us was expecting this. and for it to be like this. so it is all about survival until it starts getting warm. >> no water, and i have a 7-year-old and it is like, it is tough. >> reporter: some 16 million texans are battling water disruptions as more than 1200 public water systems afighting to fix disruptions. the worst of the texas freeze is over. state officials say the power grid emergency is now under control. there are still tens of thousands of people without power in texas. but getting those people back on line will require utility crews to repair damage inflicted by the winter storm and that could take several more days to repair. >> i want to acknowledge the immense human suffers that we saw throughout this event. when people lose power this there are heartbreaking consequences. >> seven people around the town of abilene died. a volunteer found an elderly couple in their home. it was 12 degrees

galveston was a port. he might try cowboy for a season. but it was not to everyone's liking to do that. but almost every big time, for example, george washington have little field a cowboy named edison jones. a number of them had black cowboys that were really talk and things like that. that was a very common factor. >> i grew up not too far from the ranch in oklahoma. >> okay. >> there used to be a lot of stories about a black cowboy there who was top-notch. do you know who that is? >> i know, jim perry. in fact, he said once he mentioned that, he said if he was white he would have been promoted. black cowboys were living in a period of time after the civil war when a number of the cowboys they were working with our southerners. and they didn't necessarily have an affinity for blacks in general. there were cowboys that might come to a given ranch in might be runoff, might be runoff, because this hostility was still very deep. addison jones, i wrote about him and black cowboys of texas, when i started doin

. >> no official state or federal has been more involved in the recovery of galveston county than ted cruz. >> when the hurricane hit, you stood up for texas. and ted cruz stood up for you. >> i'm ted cruz, and i approve this message. >> so much empathy, a man of the people. you know what's standing up for the people of texas? how about being there alongside them, senator, helping to get water to desperate texans? like these folks in houston, lining up for water from a park spigot. how about helping local governments coordinate with each other, working to get more resources from washington. you know washington very well. that's where you are. that's where you work. you can help. you know a few people there. you know, do the kind of things that ted cruz was elected to do. yes. a u.s. senator. who represents texas and the people of texas have a right to expect you to have their backs. >>> i want everyone to remember that this is a man who loves calling out elites and libs. that's why i said i'll tell you why it was the ritz carlton, whatever. elites, elites. so, i guess flying off to me

i just got a call from a friend in galveston. he has his neighbors in the living room. he's not sure what they're burning after that, but that's a very texas thing to do. we heard matthew dowd doing that for folks with his truck that's works. he's delivering assistance to those who need it. 211 is around emergency services number that you can call. if it's not a 911, where it's life or death, or you're running out of energy for a medical device that's keeping you alive. there 211 will help you with the closest warming. >> announcer:. it's a temporary fix, but it's something that many texans need now. those are some things we can do immediately. obviously we need to look at the long-term solutions i mentioned earlier, weatherizing, joining the national grid, and then taking climate change seriously, and making policy that addresses it, especially those communities on the front line of its impacts. matthew, i want to hear what you need ago well, but just to the point you were making before the break, i saw that kevin mccarthy has s

than 80,000 bottles of water delivered from the travis air force base in california to the city of galveston, texas, trying to help those struggling. the winter blast is also causing serious delays in vaccine distribution and in several parts of the country. soon president biden will head to a pfizer manufacturing plant in michigan. this comes as his administration said the nation has major work to do to try to make up for this lost time because of the extreme weather. so let's begin this hour with our colleague natasha chen in houston with more on the ongoing crisis across the state. it is so far beyond a weather story. to not even have clean water, the hospitals are in some life and death situations. >> reporter: absolutely. and these people that you see behind me, came into this space, a furniture showroom just to keep warm. hundreds of them sleeping in this space in the last several nights. as you mentioned, power is coming back to a lot of people and that is why we're seeing the fewest number of people overnight that they've seen all week. the owner of this store said, as far as water s