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
overnight president biden calling governor abbott telling him he will in his words work relentlessly to get his state what they need. we re also learning from texas energy officials that the entire power grid was seconds and minutes away from a catastrophic failure that could have left the state in the dark for months. we re asking a texas congressman about that in a moment. plus, cruz damage control. the senator back in texas this morning with backlash building after he flew to cancun with his family while millions of his constituents shivered in the dark. we shouldn t have had to be without lights. i know it s freezing, but somebody is responsible for this. you ve got people dying out here. you ve got hypothermia, dying. you know? people s houses all busted up because of water and the pipes that busted. i m surprised mine didn t bust. lady behind me hers busted. and breaking this morning capitol police confirming dozens of officers are now under investigation, six sus
humanitarian crisis he s created. well, look, in hindsight, if i had understood how it would be perceived, the reaction people have, obviously i wouldn t have done it. it was a mistake. . right. okay. good morning and welcome to morning joe . it is friday, february 19th. with us, host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action network reverend al sharpton. vanderbilt university historian jon meacham. he unofficially occasionally advises joe biden. and msnbc political contributor rick tyler, who has had the pleasure of working in the past as a communications director for senator ted cruz. good to have you all on board. so, rick, why don t we start with you, since you ve had experience with senator cruz. there s so many things that are wrong with what happened over the past couple of days. i just go back to my time in congress. and i know he s had a couple trump-type people trying to defend him saying there s nothing a senator can do. i remember when
state of emergency as intense storms hammer the golden state. we can t live like this. atmospheric rivers washing out roads and bridges leaving people trapped in their mee joi management director from one of the hardest hit counties. the economy still red hot notching another strong jobs report. we ll tell you where the job gains are and why this complicates the fight to tame inflation. all the money is in the bank. i don t know what we re going to do now. reporter: a capital crisis, a stunning free fall leading to the second largest collapse of a financial institution in u.s. history. could there be a domino effect and what does this mean for those with accounts at svb? i think it was an overreaction to the destruction of property. large rocks, your only intent is to harm. police and protesters clashing over a controversial police training facility near atlanta. how things turned violent and why tensions remain high this weekend. can you feel that? it s the
it is the top of hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. and i m victor blackwell. today two border state republicans are taking their immigration battle up north. but families are stuck in the middle. greg abbott ordered more than 1 100 migrants but bused and dropped off at kamala harris s home at the conservatory. they have already bused thousands of migrants to other states in recent weeks and they are said to be used as political pawns. the fact that fox news and not the department of homeland security, the city or local ngo s were alerted about a plan to leave migrants, including children on the side of a busy d.c. street makes clear this is just a cruel premeditated political stunt. and then there is florida governor ron desantis and he s gloating that he chartered two flights to carry migrants to martha s vineyard. including young children who were arriving without any warning to local officials who scrambled to set them up in a nearby church. but here is ho