normal. at least 20 people have died as a result of the storm. an 11-year-old boy died in an unheated texas mobile home. authorities suspect hypothermia. three children and their grandmother died in a house fire. officials believe the family s efforts to stay warm may have caused the fire. college students are describing a frozen hell scape, with flooded halls and unflushable toilets. 7 million people, a quarter of the population are having to boil their tap water before drinking it because water pressure allowed bacteria to leak into the system. governor abbott who has yet to reach out some of his own state s mayors was one of roughly 20 texas officials who president biden reached out to. it s a departure from his predecessor who would wield assistance like a weapon against governors who wouldn t take the need. i talked to the federal emergency management agency, fema, the administrator. this afternoon i m going to ask him to accelerate our response and request for quote
wanted to make the capitol wild for trump. and why is ted cruz being held accountable for his mexican vacation but not his support for overthrowing the election? plus with the justice department investigating, just how much trouble is new york governor andrew cuomo really in? and why great new vaccine news and rapidly shrinking cases are giving some hope this pandemic could be over sooner than we thought when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the situation in texas is still dire tonight as residents suffer yet another night of below freezing temperatures. that is five days after a massive winter storm kicked off a dangerous cold snap, resulting in power, heat, and now crucially water outages. the good news tonight is that a sustained thaw is expected to begin tomorrow and power outages affecting more than 4 million texans earlier this week are now below 150,000. that s thanks to the hard work of thousands of utility workers, power line