13 million texans don t have safe drinking water due to cracked pipes, frozen wells, and water treatment plants that have been knocked off-line. the people of texas are suffering because of decades of republican intransigence. republicans refuse to take action to weatherize water systems from the cold, and the texas tribune reports texas officials knew winter storms could leave the state s power grid vulnerable, but they left the choice to prepare for harsh weather up to the power companies, many of which opted against the costly upgrades. texas republicans are to blame for these failures, let s be clear, and democrats are now working to right these wrongs starting at the top. on february 14th, the first day of the power outages in texas, president biden signed an emergency declaration that authorized fema to provide the state with critical equipment like generators and resources such as water and diesel fuel. president biden spoke with the governor of texas last night, and t
surface in detail. the us presidentjoe biden, has delivered a major speech reaffirming the us commitment to nato and the principle which underlies it, that an attack on one is an attack on all. just over four weeks after taking overfrom donald trump, mr biden s message stands in marked contrast to donald trump s ambiguity over the us role within nato. in a moment we ll hear from the us secretary of state in an exclusive international tv interview. but first, that pledge to unite the west, from president biden. i m sending a clear message to the world. america is back. the transatlantic alliance is back. and we are not looking back. we are looking forward together. it comes out to this, the transatlantic alliance is a strong foundation, the strong foundation. on which our collective security and our shared prosperity are built. the united states is fully committed to our nato alliance. and i welcome europe s growing investment in the military capabilities that enable our sha
dealing with power cuts and freezing weather. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the bbc has obtained secret recordings made by the daughter of the ruler of dubai in which she accuses her father of holding her in solitary confinement. sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoumon is a close ally of the united kingdom with extensive business interests here and he claims that princess latifa is safe in the care of the family. it s known that the princess tried to leave dubai in 2018 but was captured by troops and forced to return. last year the high court in london found that sheikh mohammed had ordered and orchestrated the abduction. our correspondent, nawal al maghafi, has the story. princess latifa, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the middle east sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, ruler of dubai. here she is skydiving. it looks like th
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
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 still in the dark tonight in the great state of texas suffering what has been a days long, slow-rolling disaster caused by a big and very cold winter storm that still pounded most of the country, and it is bad in a bunch of places and a bunch of states. but the situation in texas is just 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 simultaneously also way down with texas s nonwinterized, noninsulated, very fragile energy infrastructure, proving itself once again to be incapable of operating in the cold, incapable of generating anywhere near enough power to light up the state when demand is high. tha