the rest can be attributed to the humans who run what passes for the texas power grid. many homes have been without power since the beginning of this week and have no indication of when it will come back on. now the people there are doing whatever they can do survive. well, it started i have three cats and a dog, some kids. we lost power, put the kids in a different location with family members and then we ve just been sleeping in the closet with my pets by candlelight. we put a sheet up other the door. but today it s just we got we re trying to get out to plano to my parents house. it s just ridiculous. can t find gas anywhere. i don t even know what city i m in right now to be honest. that s how people are living tonight. this afternoon one texas member of congress painted a dire portrait of the situation, saying member of his district, husband constituents are now facing a harsh reality. we are facing a real crisis here in dallas where folks are worried about t
three cats and a dog, some kids. we lost power, put the kids in a different location with family members and then we ve just been sleeping in the closet with my pets by candlelight. we put a sheet up over the door. but today it s just we got we re trying to get out to plano to my parents house. it s just ridiculous. can t find gas anywhere. i don t even know what city i m in right now to be honest. that s how people are living tonight. this afternoon one texas member of congress painted a dire portrait of the situation, saying member of his district, his constituents are now facing a harsh reality. we are facing a real crisis here in dallas where folks are worried about things like hypothermia, carbon monoxide poisoning. we have some folks who have been without power since sunday night. we don t have i think an accurate idea of when all the power will come back online. texas is the only state that has its own power grid. these failures are failures of our state govern
speaker mccarthy has yet to hear from the president after passing his debt bill which he previewed right here last week. no, we re the only ones in washington that are actually putting a responsible plan out that will raise the debt limit. think about it, more than 80 days it s been since i sat down with the president on february 1st to negotiate, to work through this, and he s ignored it. he weakens us, his overspending maria: coming up, texas senate ted cruz on what happens to the debt ceiling bill when it reaches the senate. plus, cruz s take on the activists going after the supreme court with attackses on justice clarence thomas as well. then, bank records suggest suggest a compromised president as america awaits a response joe beaden to china s biden to china s provocation, a surveillance balloon seven ising military secrets to beijing in real i m the, a covid-19 cover-up, chinese police stations and years of intellectual property theft all met with little response
extremists getting social security that you paid for your entire life, dictating what healthcare decisions you can make. banning books. low-key launch for a low-key president who often seems to fade into the background. the day the president told the country he would be seeking a second term, that was one of 5 or 6 stories, the white house feels perfectly comfortable with that as if the let s focus on the 80-year-old president and more on the former president, but are biden s advisors giving the impression by sharply limiting his own scripted events and interactions with journalists that they don t trust him, to avoid talking his way into trouble? this is media buzz. howard: how did biden get reporters questions in advance? to say there are different media reactions to biden s video and his candidacy would be an understatement. all he could come up with is calling his opponent, not just his opponent but those who vote for his opponent in the last election, calling trump
officials in the area have already reported widespread damage and injuries and several counties and more than 45,000 customers are waking up to no power. this severe storm threat is far from over more than 50 deep million people from texas to wisconsin are under severe storm warnings. and the storm prediction center raised sunday severe storm threat for the southern plains to a level three out of five the threat includes possible damaging wind strong tornadoes, and very large hail. cnn s lucy kafanov joins us now from elkhorn, that s a neighborhood in omaha, nebraska where the people there are still recovering from the major tornadoes that hit friday i understand from your last hit that people are just trying to rummage through the salvage anything they can, especially those important papers that s right vector because when a tornado like this hit hits, when it destroys homes, flattens, cars snaps old growth trees and half as if they were twigs the rebuilding part is going