pandemic. john: this is coming on day 64 president biden s time in office, the longest new president has waited in the last century to give the present chance to hold him accountable. we ve got team coverage today, brett behr and martha maccallum are going to be joining us. sandra: first, kristin fisher is live in the white house for us. the white house press corps has been waiting for this moment ever since inauguration day. they have had to wait 64 days, the longest and 100 years. these questions have really been piling up and building ever since january 20th, thus more immediate, obvious questions on issues like immigration, gun control in those recent north korean missile tests less than 24 hours ago but you also have questions that have really been building for months now, things like the job losses stemming from the cancellation of the keystone pipeline, the stopping of construction on president biden s predecessors border wall, and then you also have questions ab
hundreds of thousands of americans in the state of texas are bracing for another day in the dark as many face the freezing temperatures, the heat, food or water. so far millions of businesses and homes have had their power restored after harsh winter storms earlier in the week knocked out most of the state s power grid. now the bitter cold is facing another necessity. some 13 million texans are under boil water notices and some have no water at all. many have been lining up at public pumps while others have turned to melting snow. reports are pouring in across the state, frozen water pipes bursting. the city of austin alone says it has lost 325 million gallons of water after pipes burst from the freezing conditions flooding homes and businesses. this is what we came back to. our whole apartment. look at the y all, i cannot believe this. anger boiling over as texans endure more pain. millions are now facing a new problem, major water disruptions. this woman s apartment
that s about half the state. dallas resident thomas black took this picture. tells cnn he and his girlfriend are running out of food and they are boiling snow for water. i only knew to do that because i had a pouring of outreach giving me tips on how to weather this out and without them, you know, as a texan, we re just not inherently prepared for something like this. austin s water system lost 325 million gallons of water after thousands of pipes burst there. officials say city reservoirs were drained by the water demand and they re warning this could go on for days. u.s. department of health and human services declaring a public health emergency in texas. the lack of water means hospitals can t provide dialysis. crews in san antonio working through the night to put out an apartment building fire that broke out moments after water was shut off to the building. hydrants are frozen so firefighters are trucking water to the scene. roads are so slick and dangerous the red
the senate gop is going after the democrat plan at blanket amnesty and lawrence jones says the timing could not be worse. we re in the middle of a pandemic. even with my home state of texas experiencing these catastrophic events right now, no power, no water. people are still flooding the border. many americans are saying look, we still haven t got the relief we want. we re not open. how can we even have this conversation when we re not at a point as americans living the american dream right now? harris: also in focus this hour will cain on the raging debate over the energy crisis is texas. what you were just hearing with my friend lawrence jones. general jack keane on president biden being accused of snubbing israel and critics are ripping what they call mayor bill deblasio s pathetic plan to bring back new york city. it involves dancing. let s bring in william la jeunesse live on the southern border in arizona. it s where i got married. william. the immigration policy.
the vice precedent missing on the southern border. dana: president biden asked harris to take the lead on immigration in march. she went to guatemala in june. according to the country s president it has been radio silence ever since. peter doocy asked jen psaki about it yesterday. is vice president harris still in charge of addressing the root causes of migration from el salvador, honduras and guatemala? she is. she is announcing a commitment this afternoon. why hasn t she spoken to the president of guatemala since june, six months? i did see this strange report from the president of guatemala saying that he has had no contact with the white house, which is inaccurate. he said vice president harris he has not spoken to her. if sthe is in charge, why is that? we have had a range of conversations, peter, as reflected in our read-out we put out last week. bill: that was yesterday. last week the new poll from abc news showing that nearly 2/3 of americans disappr