destabilizing activities across the middle east, we will work in close cooperation with our european and other partners as we proceed. we will also work together to lock down radiologic material to prevent terrorist groups from acquiring and using it. harris: former secretary of state mike pompeo and other critics are warning about getting back into the nuclear deal and the dangers of removing sanctions. we know that under president obama they coddled the iranian regime, signed a deal that presented a pathway, a clear pathway to a nuclear weapon. the iranians will sense that s a deal they can strike and continue to inflict costs on the american people. we cannot go back, the american people can t afford to go back to those policies. speak of the same team is back. will they have the tough mindedness to negotiate a much better deal with these iranians who are very tough negotiators? i am serving in the cia as head of the middle east division. we had our proverbial boots
the rachel maddow show start right now. thanks, my friend. greatly appreciated. happy to have you here. we landed a car on mars today. just a stunning example of what is possible when americans put their heads to the to do something truly grand, just an american feat of breo and it made your heart sing to see those first pictures beamed back from the surface of mars where we have our rover now. it s just amazing. we ll have more on that later in the show tonight. but meanwhile, here on earth, today, same day, same country, we still have not figured out how to keep lights on. hundreds of thousands of people in the great state of texas still without power. a disaster caused by a storm in texas is a catastrophe, not only because of the weather but because of the mix of the weather and texas inability to prepare for it and inability to handle it. against the cold temperatures, demand for electricity is way up so people can heat their homes, but the energy supply in texas is
a new disaster over denver a engine explodes debris falling onto front yards. it sounded like a war zone around here. duncan: this princess from dubai claims she s a prisoner. the evidence this video. and later unifying america, that is what happened when red and whether you blue state rivals meet and share their stories. we say things differently but we deeply care about each other. this is the cbs weekend news from new york, here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening. tonight americans are confronting yet another brutal covid milestone, 500,000 deaths, no other country has counted so many. and across the south tonight more misery. this inflicted by an outbreak of arctic cold. dozens have been killed in at least eight states. in texas, the so-called energy capital of the world millions shivered in the dark for days. now many are boiling mad because of the near collapse of the state s electrical grid. and the crisis is not over. janet shamlian is in houston where
mayor sylvester turner and former senator al franken, on the flying ted controversy that s so bad fox news is dunking on him. if there s a weather disaster in your state, you don t go on a tropical vacation. then, how nikki haley s attempt to have it both ways on trump is backfiring spectacularly. plus the latest insurrection arrest is the heir to a high-profile family. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. there is some light at the end of the tunnel for texans tonight. who have been suffering through back to back winter storms, record low temperatures, and power outages affecting both electricity and heat and even water all week. the good news is that power has been restored for millions of residents, less than 400,000 still waiting for the lights to come back on. down from highs over 4 million earlier this week. the texas tribune reporting today the state s power grid was, quote, seconds and minutes away from a catastrophic failure
then, how nikki haley s attempt to have it both ways on trump is backfiring spectacularly. plus the latest insurrection arrest is the heir to a high profile conservative family. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. there is some light at the end of the tunnel for texans tonight who have been suffering through back-to-back winter storms, record low temperatures, and power outages affecting both electricity and heat and even water all week. the good news is that power has been restored for millions of residents, less than 400,000 people still waiting for the lights to come back on, down from highs of over 4 million earlier this week. the texas tribune reporting today the state s power grid was, quote, seconds and minutes away from a catastrophic failure that could have left texans in the dark for months. officials saying that if operators had not acted in that moment early monday morning to start rolling blackouts, that s blackouts they th