empty while others are limited purchases of essential supplies. we re also following the coronavirus crisis. president biden touring a pfizer vaccine facility just a little while ago in saying, and i m quoting now, i believe we ll be approaching normalcy by the end of the year but i can t make that commitment to you. let s get straight to texas right now. omar jimenez is joining us in austin. the state is reeling from what critics say is a man made crisis. that is right. we re heading into another potentially final night of freezing temperatures here in texas. and the good news is the electric liability of texas said we re no longer under a power emergency. operations have returned to normal. the bad news is reliable drinking water seems days away. on the tail end of a week where texans were fighting for their lives in their own homes. so you never even used your fireplace before this? no. reporter: jen and her family were burning chairs, pieces of bookshelves before
however to interpret it. lori lightfoot, the chicago mayor who has days left in office is now complaining that prosecutors are going easy on criminals. they re making it tough for the police. listen closely to her and to these other mayors. this is enlightening. if we say yeah, the police department is spending this time to put a case on and the judges and the prosecutors say we re going to let you out on electronic monitoring to wreak havoc again. if somebody musters the courage to come forward and identify the person that just shot up their neighborhood and sees them walking bold as day back on the street two days later, what does that say to them? you can t just allow our law enforcement agencies to decrease. we know what the consequences of that will be. we have about 2,000. they get out monday. they re doing the stickup on tuesday. and they snub their nose at the criminal justice system. they re violent. they re dangerous. some of them are dealing with real mental
on biden s classified documents, the white house has begun to construct its stonewall. the lead starts right now. i m going to refer you to the department of justice. i m not going into any specifics from here. i would refer you to the white house counsel office. the white house refusal to answer questions is not going to stop them from mounting. why did the biden white house wait so long to acknowledge classified documents have been found at biden s private office and home and garage and who has access to those rooms. plus a rising death toll after tornados sweep through alabama and georgia. today the search for even more victims as homeowners sift through piles of debris. and body cam footage caughting the family member of to end up tase and dead. what went so terribly wrong. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with the politics lead with the white house on defense amid the growing probe into president biden s handling of classified documents which
some made their way through the narrow alleys of an arab neighbourhood, waving flags and chanting slogans. the palestinian red cross said more than 70 people were injured in clashes. now on bbc news stephen sackur is in washington with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington. i m stephen sackur. the received political wisdom here is that economic issues pretty much decide elections, and that may be true in this midterm election year because of a dramatic spike in the cost of living. and yet, there is a sense here that right now, values and culture are at the centre of the political argument. my guest today is danica roem, a democrat and the first transgender person to take a seat in a state legislature. what does her story tell us about america s culture wars? danica roem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it s good to see you. it s great to have you on the show. now, when you won your election back in 2017 to become a state legislator in virginia. mm hm. ..you we