allysia, what happened here that caused the meltdown? so it was a con newspapers of bad typing confluence of bad time, bad weather and bad government policies. this is an historic freeze for texas with temperatures dipping down, plunging, for that matter, into the single digits. but the bigger problem is there just wasn t enough power to keep the grid running, and that s largely because the state has been forging more and more into wind over the last decade. the power that it derives from wind has more than doubled while the amount of power that it gets from coal has fallen by half. and coal and nuclear with the most steady sources of generation. and when you didn t have that to back up the grid amid surging demand for heating and other things, they had to resort to blackouts. paul: okay. so when you say baseload power, you mean reliable power that isn t intermittent like solar or to wind that you can count on when the chips are down, and that s predominantly coal and nuc
and a bit of history in the snow, as charlotte bankes becomes britain s, first ever snowboarding world champion. i m enthusiastic and i m keen. there must be someone. must be someone. there must be someone- looking for love in lockdown the search for a soulmate moves online for a virtual valentine s day. and if you have fallen out of love with the cold, i ve got your perfect weather partner. next week, still a few days of chilly weather to come. good morning. it s friday, 12th february. our top story. concerns have been raised over the government s hotel quarantine plan for travellers arriving in england from covid hotspots, after new details emerged over how it will work. the scheme s due to begin on monday, and follows those adopted in countries like australia. a union representing hotel staff says it s worried that the uk s rules will be less strict. it comes as the government anounces that police patrols will be stepped up at airports and ports to ensure travellers c
i m erin burnett out front this evening. the fbi director takes down trump. today christopher wray testifying before congress driving a stake through the heart of the conspiracy theories that trump and his allies continued to push about the deadly insurrection. conspiracy theory number one, you know, which trump even said that day, it wasn t actually trump supporters who were behind the attack. based on your investigation so far do you have any evidence the capitol attack was organized by, quote, fake trump protesters? we have not seen evidence of that. we have not seen evidence of that. no evidence that there were fake protesters, meaning that what you are about to hear from a sitting u.s. senator from the michigan senate majority leader and from right wing media is all a known lie. a very few didn t share the jovial friendly ernest demeanor of the great majority. some obviously didn t fit in. he describes four different types of people. plain clothes militants, agen
plunging ball numbers out friday . former president trump weighing in tonight on hannity. president trump: everything having to do with russia, really what he said las night when he said they may go in, they will go in, and he talked about the minor incursio and i said i don t believe he said that because that s like giving him the use they turned green light, but he was greenlighted. in our nations capital you now need to show proof of a photo id and vaccination to go to a gym or restaurant, but scores of lawmakers on capitol hill argue you shouldn t have t show one to vote. why some republicans are teaching the hypocrisy when it comes to vaccine mandate spraye the chaotic u.s. withdraw from afghanistan left in its wake thousands of christians who hav now fallen to the taliban door-to-door campaign to wipe them out. fox news it might investigate some of the most dangerous countries and the world s. we begin with the first anniversary of the biden administration and the c
we all survived a tough 12 months packed with conflicts, difficulties and yet also victories, hope, and happiness. that s saying something considering we were up against a raging pandemic and the deepest social divides the united states has seen in decades. so how did we make it through? let s sort it out by starting with the biggest news. worst story of the year. the violent invasion of the u.s. capitol by people angry over joe biden winning the election. the idea that 2021 was going to be better i think probably lasted for about exactly six days. the january 6th insurrection was straight up crazy. the losing candidate, then president trump, stoked the fury with the big lie that he had won. they rigged an election. they rigged it like they ve never rigged an election before. it was really traumatizing and tragic to see the people s house overtaken by american citizens. police were beaten, congress ran, people died. hundreds would be arrested. the best response, l