restored for millions, the nightmare is not over in texas because people still do not have access to clean water and in some cases any water. president biden is hoping to visit the state soon as texas officials, including ted cruz are facing intense criticism. welcome to friday. it s meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. president biden is ramping up his efforts to roll back pillars of president trump s america first foreign policy. his administration has offered to restart talks with iran that former president trump pulled us out of. they are pledging billions to help vaccinate folks in poorer countries. today the biden administration is formally rejoining the paris climate agreement. president biden spoke to world leaders at a virtual g-7 at pair of global summits. his public remarks did not mention former president trump by name but in many ways he didn t need to do that. america is back. we re looking forward. the united states is fully committed to our nato allia
texas power 2k3grid is warning right now. the sun setting in texas right now. close to 7 million texans are being told to boil water the state s govor says expect rolling blackouts to continue. after three days there s still no estimate as to when power will fully be restored. for the mill i don tens who are freezing. remind you, we are in the united states. texas is in the united states. this is a child safety gate being burned by a family to heat their home. and then this picture. this man says he s having to resort to using closet rods to burn those in order to keep from freezing. look at this picture. just keep this up for a sect. this is the texas/arkansas border. the side that is cleared is the state of arkansas. the side that is not cleared is texas. this is road clearing, road clears. there s no question about road clearing. arkansas did it just fine. texas didn t. this is on texas leadership. while these power outages highlight frankly hout fragile all of america s
burst pipes, 3 inches of water on the floor. this is a really running tragedy in that state. oh, my gosh. we feel for everyone there. we re going to try to get information that they need, because millions of texans are suffering this morning as the power and the water catastrophe in that state continues. so power crews are making progress restoring electricity. overnight, they made some progress, but still, more than 600,000 customers are without power. there s more rolling outages likely today as the dangerous frigid temperatures continue. so many texas residents are dealing with burrst pipes like jim s sister. you can see one person who posted this on twitter. look at what their house looks like. they re having to sleep in their cars or in warming shelters. nearly 12 million residents are now facing these water disruptions. residents in austin and houston are being told to boil water or use bottled water, but of course bottled water is extremely hard to come by and food s
struggling. it s been a hard week, a hard year and they ll have to deal with another round of wintry weather. texas in crisis. hundreds of thousands of residents still without power and heat after days of brutal cold temperatures. i m nervous. i m nervous. i don t know what s going to happen. our house is 32 degrees inside. we re wrd about the pipes. reporter: residents documenting the damage. some posting photos on social media of frozen pipes bursting. sending water and ice into their homes. we have no firewood left and we started using things in the house to keep the fire going. and seeing my two sleeping babies under a bunch of blankets in front of the fireplace that was slowly going out was heartbreaking. reporter: many are seeking refuge wherever they can. including warming centers or furniture stores. you can freeze in the middle of the night. we had to find some place to go. reporter: some even sleeping in their cars to stay warm. it s not like sleepin
emergency lander at denver international shortly after take-off. the boeing 777 traveling from denver to hawaii dropped large debris in neighborhoods over denver. video appears to show one of the plane s engines on fire. and moments ago, a firsthand account of what it was like to be on board. i heard this like boom and almost like it me it was like was that planned? because it was so like right after his announcement there. obviously something wasn t right because the plane was vibrating hard, just constant, severe vibration. tom costello has more. reporter: the video terrifying. the right engine on fire while on the ground shrapnel and what appears to be the engine cowelling in the denver suburb of bloom field and more pieces littering a soccer field. it was just after 1 p.m. mountain time when a pilot flying from denver to honolulu with 241 people on board declared an emergency. may day, may day, united 28, united 328 united denver, heavy may day aircraft, just ex