>> covid did not get into the nursing homes by people coming from hospitals. covid got into the nursing homes by staff walking into the nursing home. the void we created by not providing information was filled with skepticism and cynicism and conspiracy theories which furthered the confusion. total death counts were always accurate. nothing was hidden from anyone. but we did create the void. and that created pain. >> he added a new one to the list. he blamed god, he blamed the federal government, and now he is blaming nursing home staff. even state democrats are going after that explanation. one said trash, no one believes you. another said he is trying to evade responsibility. another calling his press conference riddled with lies. democrat assemblyman ron kim let it rip. >> lying right now to today's press conference about sending notices to the assembly and senate that we knew about the department of justice investigation. we were not informed. we were not told there was an investigation. >> also in focus this hour a political showdown over security on capitol hill. more disturbing claims against the co-founder of the anti-trump lincoln project and some are pointing the fingers at green energy policies as millions of people are suffering in the cold and in the dark in texas. first, bryan llenas on our top story. governor cuomo in hot water. bryan. >> look, new york governor andrew cuomo admitted it was a mistake his office was too slow in releasing the nursing home death toll data to the public and frankly, he denies it was part of any kind of cover-up. the fact is, though, since august state legislature and journalists have been trying to find out how many total residents have died of covid-19 in new york's long-term care facility to understand the extent of the crisis. since august the administration stonewalled those request. cuomo said they never released the full data when requested by lawmakers in august because they were trying to answer department of justice probe launched by the trump administration. >> there is nothing to investigate there. we gave precedence to the department of justice. we told the assembly that and the senate that. and that's what we did. >> but even democrats are not buying this. a spokesman from the assembly speaker said they were never told about a d.o.j. probe other than what was in the news the speaker had no knowledge of an official inquiry. growing calls for an independent investigation of cuomo. democrat state senator ramos i reiterate my call for new york governor cuomo and his administration to be subpoenaed for pertinent information. enough with the spin. the true nursing home death toll is more than 15,000 in new york. much higher than the 8500 initially reported. the stonewalling led people to believe he was hiding the data to downplay the crisis, a suspicion only backed up by his top aide who last week admitted to democratic lawmakers in a leaked private conversation they in fact withheld this nursing home death toll date why from the public because they were afraid it would be used against them in the federal investigation by the trump administration. harris. >> bryan llenas, thank you very much. let's dig deeper now. republican mark monthly narrow is a county executive and ran for governor against cuomo in 2018. great to have you on the program today. i guess i want to start with the most obvious one. cover-up. what does that mean to you and what evidence is there? >> well, the governor's own admission. his own staff, his chief of staff acknowledged that for months they hid this information. now, they want you to believe that it was because they feared some federal investigation. it is a lie, harris. they have been lying to new yorkers and americans every day for 12 months. we know this. they directed over 8,000 sick senior citizens into nursing homes across the state of new york. their policy led to 15,000 deaths across the state of new york. those people, those families, they deserve accountability. they deserve an independent investigation. they deserve an apology. instead what the governor continues to do is simply blame others. who wrote the policy? what donors and powerful interests forced the state, this governor, to make such an awful decision? why won't he admit to it? >> that's the key question that you just asked. who wrote the policy? as i said just moments ago, he has blamed everything from the -- if you have a problem call the federal government, god, now it's the staffing at the nursing homes. i want to show this to you. a woman whose mother died from covid-19 in a new york nursing home wrote an op-ed, mark, it accuses governor cuomo of exposing her mom and then trying to cover it up. here is a quote. so let me get this straight. while my mom was alone gasping for air and unable to cry out for her family's assistance, governor cuomo and his team were worried about then president donald trump's tweets? that's a telltale sign of an out of touch, power hungry narcissist unworthy of his office. first your response and i have a follow up. >> she says it better than i could. my father died alone in a hospital, not a nursing home, because of this virus. i know what it's like to feel that kind of pain. and the governor simply looks at new yorkers and says who cares? who cares where they died? and then claims that they've been reporting this data all along. they haven't. i'm on the ground every day. they directed policy based on manipulated data and they knew it. >> first of all i'm very sorry about your father and, you know, as we have gone through covid-19, the journey, the pandemic together as a nation, all eyes originally were on the governor of new york. you ran against him. you know that big personality that is his. people were talking about him all over the country in his daily news conferences. is there now a push to get rid of him? even democrats aren't happy with cuomo. >> it really is on the democrats. first of all, you know, we all had hoped that what he was doing was responsible. we found out it was dishonest. that needs to be investigated. this is new york. dangerous and led to death. and now it's on democrats in new york and washington my congressman said there ought to be an investigation. those words are great but we actually need the investigation. there needs to be an independent investigation initiated by washington, department of justice and i believe certainly there needs to be an investigation in albany. but it is up to the democrats in new york and washington to give meaning to the thousands of lives lost and to hold this administration accountable. it is on them now to insure that the families that grieve aren't grieving for no reason at all and there is true accountability. >> one last word on this. he still has his emergency powers, doesn't he? he can make other decisions like this. they haven't been able to strip him of those emergency powers. >> and they could have and -- we've been calling for that for months. they could have and should have and still now they should convene immediately. strip him of those emergency powers. he has written 250 laws and begin to convene an independent investigation. but again, it is on them. they must act in order to give real meaning to the tremendous loss and damage done. >> let's see what the democrats in new york choose to do with their democrat governor who has so much power still. thank you for being on the program. millions of people are without power after a winter storm slammed the southern united states with snow, ice, record cold temperatures. i checked a little while ago, it was 1 degree. officials are warning that people could be without electricity, heat, light, for days. the storm is blamed for multiple deaths now in road accidents in particular. and it is not over yet. the region is bracing for what they're calling another snap. >> the next few days are going to be very tough. things will likely get worse before they get better. the forecast is also not great. in some ways we're still close to the beginning of the incident. >> that's in houston. dallas is worse in some areas. nothing for 14 to 24 hours for people. casey stiegel is live in dallas. casey. >> harris, millions of texans are getting quite frustrated and furious now. many have been in the dark for more than 24 hours since this whole thing began. that's by the way as the windchills dipped below zero across many parts of the state last night and it has kept a lot of the roads a mess. i can tell you right now more than 4.4 million customers are without electricity across texas. officials say that is a mix of controlled black-outs to ease some of the strain on the grid but also because a lot of the infrastructure is frozen like the wind farms and natural gas generators. now those who do have power are being asked to conserve. many cities looking very different last night. large swaths not lit up hoping to give power back to the system to help those struggling to stay warm inside. >> we started watching the temperature drop in our house. 55, we're at 53 now. we will go sit in the car for a little bit to keep warm. >> the wintery blast is impacting some of louisiana. many of the same areas hit by hurricanes late last year, ice, a very rare thing in that state, causing more than 158,000 power outages while up to 5 inches of snow fell on parts of kentucky. other communities getting a bit more of a freezing rain which glazed roadways making driving conditions extremely treacherous. snowplows have been out in full force and harris, as you alluded to we aren't done just yet. call it a 1-2 punch. more snow and ice is on the way for lots of texas. in fact, tonight the dallas fort worth area alone could pick up another 4 inches of snow tonight and into tomorrow. so we're not climbing out of freezing until at least friday. harris. >> you think about those people who haven't had heat for 24 hours who may not have a gas stove. a lot of people have electric. it is a hot climate. that's how they do because it is so hot in the summer. this is the opposite of the extreme. casey stiegel. thank you very much. as casey just reported millions of americans in the cold and dark. the lack of power is because of green energy policies and the vilification of oil, gas, and coal. the stuff that really keeps you warm. coming up, we're looking out for you. the energy war. we'll focus in. and this. >> the person ultimately responsible for security in the house, that would be nancy pelosi. but instead of getting to the bottom of this massive security failure, well, no, the speaker just rushed through yet another snap impeachment. >> house speaker pelosi, republicans are wanting to know why national guard presence was denied before january 6th. sean duffy is with me next. we made usaa insurance for members like kate. a former army medic, made of the flexibility to handle whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. so when her car got hit, she didn't worry. she simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said... i got this. usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it - easy. she can even pick her payment plan so it's easy on her budget and her life. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa. ♪ ♪ the chevy silverado trail boss. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. when you have a two-inch lift. when you have goodyear duratrac tires. when you have rancho shocks and an integrated dual exhaust. when you have all that, the last thing you'll need... is a road. the chevy silverado trail boss. ready to off-road, right from the factory. - oh. - what's going on? 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she says this is political? this is the people's house, this is where members of congress actually work and nancy pelosi is in charge of security at the capitol. so republicans have every right to know what nancy pelosi did to keep them safe. did she get the request for national guard troops and did she deny that request? we have a right to know that as americans and if you look at the capitol you want to know that. refusing to answer the question makes it seem like, harris, nancy probably knew more than she is letting on playing politics as a distraction so questions aren't asked. >> harris: if she had intelligence or some information before the riots and that was not conveyed -- we know the capitol hill police knew a few things. that was not conveyed to the people who could have protected all of them, you didn't leave congress -- these people are your friends. if she played a role in not getting what they needed there, what should happen? >> well listen, the problem with it is, harris, we feel like the capitol grounds are safe. you have capitol police there. they have very powerful weapons. there is a lot of them around. you feel safe. but i think as molly hemingway mentioned last night she said listen, i've been to a lot of riots, protests at the capitol and she was surprised there were so many trump supporters and such little security at the capitol compared to every other movement that has taken place at the capitol. it was shocking that someone didn't step up especially nancy pelosi to say hey, we need more people on the ground to make sure we keep this complex safe. in the end this is the responsibility of the speaker. she is the one in charge at least of the house side. mitch mcconnell on the senate side. the buck stops with them. when you don't take responsibility or answer questions, when you don't give republicans documents that they request so we can all see as americans and as members of congress what happened, it sounds like you are hiding something, transparency is right. usually that works. >> harris: i'm curious that if it comes out do other people start to get impeached now? i'm not being facetious. who knew about this leading up. could there be seven people still alive today? that's a fair question. if they spend a half billion of taxpayer money to protect the capitol, should we know if there are actually viable threats? i have so many questions now i found my words back because of you, sean duffy. thank you. i'll see you a bit later in the program, too. a new push from florida governor ron desantis to take on big tech. the new legislation that he says would shift power back to the consumer. and remember this? >> we're not starting from scratch. we're coming in with fresh ideas but also some ideas that were not bad idea with the previous administration. >> harris: dr. anthony fauci setting the record straight last month on the vaccine roll-out. however, vice president harris contradicted that statement and faced little to no pushback. have the fact checkers all gone silent? crickets. liberty mutual comms where they stand in front of the statue of liberty and talk about how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? 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vice president kamala harris faced very little pushback after an interview with axios where she contradicted dr. anthony fauci on the vaccine roll-out. >> there was no national strategy or plan for vaccinations. we were leaving it to the states and local leaders to try and figure it out. and so in many ways we are starting from scratch on something that has been raging for almost an entire year. >> harris: axios initially pointed out her claim was directly opposed to dr. fauci's but they have since deleted that tweet. fact checkers for the "washington post" and cnn have yet to speak up. joe concha, fox news contributor and media and politics columnist for the hill. first of all, just the opposition between the vice president and dr. fauci, just speak to that. >> we were told by president biden, by vice president harris that we would follow the science under this administration. we would listen to the doctors and they would dictate what we do and what we don't do. dr. fauci being the head of the coronavirus task force i believe has the final word here, right, when he says no, of course there was a plan as far as the vaccines are concerned. think about it. very simple math. how were 1 million to 1.5 million vaccinations happening when president biden and vice president harris took office happened without a national strategy? that's a pretty easy thing to speak to and then also without operation warp speed and the speed of the vaccine getting to market, which no one expected would even be done by this point would not have happened without the program and no vaccine to inherit at this point. again this thing is being weaponized and politicized. why axios deleted that. people see deletes and hurts a good brand like axios when they do something like that. >> harris: i tell people, if it lived online it is in a dark space next to a cockroach somewhere. so just looking at this from a pragmatic standpoint, though, we are seeing more vaccinations each day. but as you say, the baseline was already almost as much as what incoming biden was calling for. he said he wanted a million shots a day. we were at 700,000 i believe back the end of december and early january and double that as he was entering office. those are the facts. >> he said 100 million doses in his first 100 days. which was almost exactly the same pace we are on. he was called out on it for saying shouldn't you be more aggressive. now there are two vaccines and soon four. kamala harris should be challenged on that in the axios interview. she is doing interviews where the interviewer is not prepared to say no. something different from president trump or pence if they were. it is a marshmallow media at this point for the biden administration. >> harris: there is a no lot of fun in saying no when you are interviewing. conservative voices will not be silenced on parler anymore. the social media app popular with conservatives is back online via a new web hosting service after google and apple dropped the platform. ron desantis is pushing new legislation he says will shift power back into the hands of consumers and away from big tech. let's watch. >> the heads they win, tails floridians lose, relationship with big tech needs to end. it has been a one way street where they have all the power, they dictate all the rules, they take whatever data they want when they want and consumers get virtually nothing except a privilege of using their own devices that they've already paid for. >> harris: is a bill like that needed? how would it change things? >> harris, i'm not sure how effective it would be. i think it is more symbolic. good for the governor for actually putting this out there and pushing back in any way as a governor as he can on the state level. this appears to be something where i think this is ron desantis 2024 talking now. putting him on a more national level. something that is very near and dear in terms of an issue with conservatives as far as big tech censorship. we saw that with the hunter biden story in october and facebook made sure that story was suppressed as much as possible and we saw after the election that hunter biden is under f.b.i. investigation. the post was right all along. i think when you speak to trump supporters, harris, overall they say okay, if donald trump won't run again. majority want him to run again. ron desantis is a suitable plan b to them. not considered part of the swamp or establishment. he not a senator or congressman but governor that looks and sounds like president trump and this sort of positioning is what he is doing right now. as far as parler getting back online i just checked. i joined parler to write a story on them a couple months back. it is not working too well. while the hosting service is up there they are having technical problems. the road back will be a tough one for parler right now. apple took them out of the app store. google as well. a lot of moving parts here before they are totally back online, harris. >> harris: all right. joe concha, thank you very much. i want to get to this. we talked about this earlier what is hitting the mid section of the country. here is the other way to cover this, though. why is this happening? 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>> i think he is absolutely right. this is what happens, harris, when you allow politicians the make energy decisions as opposed to people in the industry. and people in the industry that i've been talking to have said this is going to happen. they haven't thought the alternative energy thing through. there are a lot of down sides to it and we're seeing it right now. there is no form of energy that is more reliable than natural gas and yet we are turning away to alternative fuels that under extreme conditions can't help us. we're seeing that right now. you have wind turbines freezing. solar panels that are useless right now. and this is what we are going to face in our future. more rolling black-outs and problems if we continue down this path. >> harris: the latest numbers i'm seeing out of texas right now more than 4 million people without electricity. more than 150 million americans still under that weather winter storm. you have at least seven people perished. the collateral damage and heartbreaking deaths that happened with this. you see they knew this was coming in terms of what the system could and could not handle? >> they did. this is an extreme case but they had to know looking at under extreme situation it would have these problems. not just texas. it is spreading to many states. up to 13 states that are having rolling black-outs. we're talking about short-sighted energy policy right now. this is my concern. look at the biden administration. they killed the keystone pipeline. guess what? we're going to start getting our natural gas from canada. canada increasing natural gas production because u.s. producers are being withheld from the biden administration and we're importing natural gas from another country. not cleaner, more expensive. >> harris: a lot more expensive. and again, i'm reading about all the burst pipes because places like texas are built for summer where it's hot and humid. pipes bursting. they couldn't get them covered fast enough. so much money and landscape that will change after this in terms of people's homes. phil flynn, thank you very much. it keeps getting worse. the founders of the lincoln project reportedly knew about sexual harassment claims against co-founder earlier than previously thought. plus we are learning that a second minor is coming forward with his accusations in all of this. is the anti-trump group dead and buried politically? 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>> it does a ton of damage. i don't know if it means that they won't exist past this but certainly as more information comes out and high-level leadership seems to be implicated in knowing as early as march of last year people are going to be resigning from the group. it is my hope that paul hastings, the law firm they've hired to do an investigation touches every single bit of this from harassment of men from 14 and up to what is going on with their finances and making sure it wasn't just a big money grab for the people in high positions of power there. >> harris: 14-year-old is not quite a man yet. that's part of the problem. a "wall street journal" op-ed says revelations about the lincoln project ahead of the election might not have changed the outcome but they would surely have muffled the organizations hysterical anti-trump messaging in the fine part of the campaign. what other stories are out there that may be unveiled now that their political impact is harmful to democrats. your reaction to that. >> it appears john weaver was a predator and sounds like a lot of people knew about it. they guys got filthy rich. the donors got duped. democrats got what they wanted they were able to portray this idea there was a group of republicans that hated trump. there is but it is such a small segment of the republican party. most republicans love him, to your point in question to jessica. i think the group is done but the anti-trumpism will stay alive with some members of the senate and the house. >> harris: i want to get to this. cnn prime time news anchor chris cuomo is avoiding covering the nursing home scandal with his brother and governor andrew cuomo. a long list of celebrities are being called out for their praise of cuomo when he received an emmy for how he fought covid in november. >> congratulations, andrew, on your award. >> governor cuomo, you are the man. >> the darkest days of the pandemic your daily briefings live from new york gave us hope, clarity, truth and something we weren't getting from washington, leadership. >> harris: oh, loving drama from a man who was bringing it every day. swift backlash on social media. one user tweeted this. how embarrassing. another wrote every one of these celebrities should be ashamed. jessica, the leadership now that's being called into question has to do with nursing home deaths from covid-19. and democrats are coming out against the governor. your reaction. >> well, i think it is right that everyone is at this point following the facts on this. a number of reports have come out in recent days what nursing home deaths were handled and information hidden from public view. members of the cuomo administration are turning on each other. you were the one who said that in a meeting, no you said it. governor cuomo should take responsibility and apologize for it. nobody knew exactly what covid-19 was going to do. it was a mistake he made that other governors made, phil murphy in your home state of new jersey did the same thing but didn't make as much of a scene about it i would say. losing someone in your family, someone close to you is not something that hey, i'm sorry is going to fix it but it will go a long way to restoring his reputation and frankly a lot of people both political parties made big mistakes in the handling of covid-19 from governor cuomo to the president of the united states of america and i think oats time -- it's time for everyone to have their apology moment. >> harris: phil murphy in new jersey made the same decision. you said cuomo is getting hit because he made such a big scene. he is getting hit because he is being accused of a cover-up. >> and he took months when the science said you shouldn't put people back in nursing homes and he still put them back. apologies go a long way. if you apologize for bad policy you get forgiven. chris cuomo had andrew on his show and let andrew talk about what and why it happened and he won't get a better, softer interview than his own brother on cnn. good advice free. >> harris: free advice. good to see you both. a new effort to get the winter olympics out of china. what one republican lawmakers is proposing if the games remain in beijing. 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