the law s intended to prevent people from purchasing or possessioning a firearm if they re found by a judge to present an imminent risk to themselves or others. ischial officials have not said whether a judge made a red flag ruling in the case. and on friday, president biden offered his condolences to the families who lost loved ones in the indianapolis shooting and reiterated the need for reform measures. every single day, every single day, there s a mass shooting in this, in the united states, if you count all of those who were killed out on the streets of our cities and our rural areas. it s a national embarrassment. and must come to an end. all right, now to the insurrection. more than 100 days since the capitol was overrun, federal prosecutors have secured their first guilty plea from a rioter. john schaefer, a long time member of the oath keepers, pleaded friday to illegally entering the u.s. capitol during the january 6th attack. his plea came on two of the six
years ago. the federal report back then, the findings, potential solutions. was any of it followed? some families tonight now boiling snow to use as their main water source. empty grocery stores. and this evening, the storm that s not over. the northeast still bracing for what s on the way and rob marciano timing it out. also tonight here, the backlash after texas senator ted cruz left his state in the middle of this emergency when millions were without power to go on vacation in cancun. the images going viral, showing him with his family boarding a flight to mexico, asking houston police in the middle of the emergency to help escort him at the airport. senator cruz returning home tonight. what he said at the airport and now our team has learned when he originally planned to return. news on the coronavirus tonight. 42 states canceling or postponing vaccinations because of the storms. pfizer now testing its vaccine on thousands of pregnant women. what we ve learned. and li
wilmington area down to the beaches like ocean isle and sunset beach. three dead, some trapped. we ll be following that throughout the morning. dana: new york governor andrew cuomo denying accusations of a cover-up as members of his own party accuse him of lying. he blames politics and refuses to apologize for underreporting covid nursing home deaths in the state. bill: the governor admitting his office made a mistake and too slow in getting information to state lawmakers but he says it wasn t a cover-up. both democrats and republicans slamming him calling for the stripping of his emergency powers. dana: new york post this morning labeling it a daily spin. new poll shows the governor s approval rating dropping four points from just last month. bill: nicole malliotakis is asking for him to step down. we re in brooklyn about bryan llenas. new york governor cuomo spent nearly an hour yesterday denying his policy worsened the state s covid-19 crisis in nursing homes t
advisories. ice storm warnings, winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories. those warnings have been issued in 25 of the 50 states. for the first time ever in u.s. history, the entire state of texas has been put under a winter storm warning. that s the first time that s ever happened. winter storm warnings extending also to all of arkansas and most of louisiana and most of mississippi and, i mean, it is one thing to have snow and ice in places like minnesota and massachusetts and maine. mississippi is another thing altogether. it looks like all-time new record low temperatures will be set in some places in the united states. today and into this week, parts of the u.s. right now are 50 degrees colder than their average temperature for this time of year. 50 degrees lower than what they usually are this time of year. there has been thunder sleet, which is not a thing i knew existed, thunder sleet and thundersnow in parts of the south, including southeast texas and louisian
blast of winter weather across the south. more than 4 million people in texas went to bed last night without heat after storms knocked out their power. the question is, how much longer will the frigid temperatures last? it s way too early for this. good morning. welcome to way too early, the show that is tired of winter and ready for pitchers and catchers to report to training. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, february 16th. kasie hunt has a well deserved day off. we ll start with the news. house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for a september 11th style commission to investigate the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol. in a letter a house democrats yesterday, pelosi says congress will begin an independent commission to investigate and report on the attack, as well as interference in election proceedings. pelosi also said the house will appropriate additional funds for security at the capitol. additional committees are in the process of scheduling hearing to investigate t