i m poppy harlow, in for erin burnett. cnn learning 26 people have died from the severe winter weather that has hammered the lone star state, as officials brace for another night of below freezing temperatures. expected to push the water system to the brink. 14.9 million people across texas are being told to boil water, or they have no water at all. that s more than half of the state s population. they re also dealing with burst pipes and water treatment plants that are offline. officials say it could be days before we get the water back. people desperate to get water, military planes shipping water to hard-hit areas. and food is almost as scarce as water in some places. and the estimated financial toll is $18 billion from the deep freeze. that is equivalent to the damage from a major hurricane. and now, president biden says he s making plans to visit the hard-hit state. as texans wait for more than 400,000 doses of covid vaccine that were expected to already arrive this week
and protected us. and i feel an obligation to the country to pay back. and this is the highest best use of my own set of skills to pay back. . for loved ones left behind, i know all too well. i know what it s like to not be there when it happens. i know what it s like when you are there holding their hands. as they look in your eye and they slip away. that black hole in your chest, you feel like you re being sucked into it. but survivors remorse, the anger, the questions of faith in your soul. powerful moments yesterday from the likely next attorney general first there and then the president, who tapped him for the judge. judge merrick garland reflecting on his own family s history and the promise of america. president biden led the country in a moment of silence for the half million americans lost to coronavirus. good morning. welcome to morning joe . it is tuesday, february 23rd. with us washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay and pulitzer prize winning
moments. plus, left out? president biden pushes back on some progressive priorities like $50,000 of student debt forgiveness. i will not make that happen. as the left fights to keep their goals in the covid relief bill. i believe that we will succeed in including the minimum wage. will they succeed? i ll speak exclusively to the chair of the progressive caucus, congresswoman pramila jayapal, ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is short on supply. this morning millions of texans are still without safe water and struggling with the aftermath of a deep freeze that killed dozens and left the state crippled when its power grid failed. to add insult to injury, some texans are waking up to thousands of dollars in energy bills after unprecedented price surges, which texas authorities say they are investigating. that winter storm that is sweeping across the country is also impacting the vaccine effort that was already playing a game of ca
has called the trip a mistake, but the question is, what do his constituents think? also this morning, the biden administration says it s ready to hold talks with iran to discuss the country s nuclear program. question is, could we see a deal where the u.s. re-enters the 2015 iran nuclear agreement? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early. i m alicia menendez on this friday, february 19th. we re going to start with the news, the latest out of texas, where power has been restored to more homes and businesses, but the crisis still appears to be far from over. right now, many texans don t have safe drinking water. at least 7 million people, a quarter of the population of texas, are under a boil water order after the record-low temperatures damaged infrastructure and pipes. as for electricity, more than 300,000 people still without power and utility officials have warned that rolling blackouts are still possible. the historic storm has made th
who is to blame, texas congressman michael mccaul and a asay hutchinson join me. president biden pushes back on progressive priorities like $50,000 of student debt forgiveness. i will not make that happen. as the left fights to keep their goals in the covid relief bill. i believe we will succeed including the minimum wage. will they succeed? i ll speak to the chair of the progressive caucus, congresswoman jayapaul ahead. hi, i m dana bash in washington where the state of the union is short on supply. this morning millions of texans are still without safe water and struggling with the aftermath of a deep freeze that killed dozens and left the state crippled when the power grid failed. to add insult to injury, some texans are waking up to thousands of dollars in energy bills after unprecedented price surges, which texas authorities say they are investigating. that winter storm that is sweeping across the country is also impacting the vaccine effort that was already