has a long way to go. republican senator mike braun of indiana is live in a moment to talk about it all. plus the new details on a story breaking overnight, a man who worked in the trump campaign and administration now arrested in connection to the capitol riot. what we know about the case against the one-time state department aide and the new lawsuit just filed related to that insurrection. i m hallie jackson in washington with a lot to get to on this friday morning. i m joined by nbc s leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill, kelly o donnell at the white house and our business and tech correspondent jo ling kent as well. leigh ann, it was a very late night overnight, the dramas, the delays expected to stretch into today as well. what s happening on the floor now and what can we expect next? reporter: hallie, right now they re starting that 20 hours of debate on this covid relief bill, but that is going to go much shorter. both sides have agreed to about three hours of debate
congress to move as soon as possible on this big package. i think it comes in a really interesting time. first of all, it s the president s first trip outside washington really to meet with voters of this entire presidency. that s always significant. and then jeff zeleny, it s obviously president biden s first chance to speak to the american people since the impeachment trial of his predecessor. this really does come at a key moment. he has a spotlight in a different way than he s had it over the last few weeks. john, no doubt about it. look, after the impeachment trial is over, it s more than that. this really is the beginning of the second month of his presidency but in many respects it s the first month of him having the spotlight to himself. and as the impeachment trial was going on last week, the white house wise doing a lot of work, having republican governors in, democratic governors in, mayors in talking about this relief bill. and there is no doubt about that the
humanitarian crisis as well. a woman and her child were found dead due to carbon monoxide poisoning trying to keep warm using their car. the governor says wind turbines failed during the deep freeze and halted natural gas delivery and said the left s climate agenda has played a role in creating this tragedy of epic proportions. if the biden administration is going to try to eradicate fossil fuels in the united states every state is going to constantly have challenges like what america is seeing take place in texas right now. harris: a lot more this hour. jason chaffetz on president biden s plan to offer blanket amnesty to 11 million illegal immigrants. dr. nicole saphier on the white house shift getting children back to school and a bunch of softballs lobbed at joe biden in his first presidential town hall. the power panel weighs in on that. let s get to casey stiegel live in dallas, texas, with the top story. making matters worse on the ground here in texas, energy off
the second day without power, and roughly 3 million of them are now looking at their second night with no heat. many people are angry, they are frustrated asking how this could have happened. what started as rolling it to stave a strange power grid has turned into something else entirely. i can t cook anything, most things are closed or i don t want to risk going out because people are not able to drive in the roads that are not treated properly. we watched the temperature drop at her house. 55, where at 53 now. we re going to go sit in the car for a little bit to keep warm. energy providers say because of the equipment failures, too much demand, not enough supplies, they can tell people when the power will go back on. just because there is a danger people freezing. at least four people have already died in houston, two suspected carbon monoxide deaths, to others, exposure to the elements. at the cold also canceled covid vaccine operations there and across the state
we don t talk about specific force protection. i will let you know that the u.s. forces there in remain at a heightened straight of alert. that s as far as i will go. as for any changes going forward, we will rely on the good judgment of general mckenzie and his chain of command in terms of specific changes they need to make in terms of defenses. we don t detail that from the podium. luis martinez? john, earlier this week there was a crash of an f-35 air craft carrier. are they trying to recover it? anything new on that? you can address any concerns about trying to protect the waters where this plane may have fallen into so other nations like china don t get their hands on it? you have probably seen the navy s statement. they intend to attempt to recover the air craft. i want to say right off the top that we have received word that those who were injured are doing better and we are absolutely delighted to hear that and continue to hope for a speedy and safe recovery for t