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Paul of kentucky. great to see you and great to have you here today. its hard to look at the numbers. $172 billion they want to spend. how far left do you think some of these members like aoc, how far do you think they can public biden? >> they think that money grows on trees. thats part of the green plan. were all for trees so youre going to the money tree to find this. from the infrastructure bill is about $500 billion. so its $174 billion for weatherizing houses, which never gets to energy ef...

Hour at msnbc. very good sunday to you. we will start with breaking news. two prominent new york state lawmakers want governor cuomo to resign. andrea stewart-cousins and carl hasty. this comes hours after cuomo again said he would not resign. this weekend, two more former aides accused him of inappropriate behavior. cuomo denies the allegations. pope francis wrapped up his trip to iraq today. he visited the city of mosul, which was previously occupied by isis. speaking in a square surrounde...

Affirm that markets those price says the electric reliability council made a $16 billion erro in billing during the week of that storm. california lawmakers approved a $6.6 billion plan aimed at pressuring school districts to return students to the classroom . the bill does not order distric to resume in person instruction or parents to send their kids t the classroom, instead, the state will offer money to schoo boards that provide in person instruction by the end of the month. >> one of the bi...

It should have. >> that could come soon and bernie sanders has an ally in the oval. >> we agree with senator sander and the president will be standing alongside him fighting for an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. >> his american rescue plan wil create millions of jobs after that he says his climate jot change plan will create million of job so far 44 begins into hi turn, he has not signed any major job creating legislation into law. shannon. >> thank you, peter. up next, it is sprin...

Fox 4 in dallas is the states largest and oldest -- files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. electric power cooperative is citing the recent winter storm that left millions without power, much of texas power grid collapse followed by its water systems. also tonight, the states top utilities director resigned just hours ago in the fallout from the outages. and this is a live look at los angeles from our affiliate, fox 11. one of the big stories there tonight, the man who was shot while walking...

In the a republican or democrat whos hurting, its our fellow americans who are hurting, and its our job to help everyone in need, look out for one another, leave nobody behind. >> reporter: just five miles down the road from the president tonight, we met monica ware outside the motel where shes now staying with her husband and four young children. their home destroyed, flooded when the power went out and the pipes burst. >> we lost a good, about 85% to 90% of our items, our stuff, our belongings...

That have busted pipes, even though the power is on, the water pressure is normalized. people have had to turn off their water because theyre living in homes with busted pipes. we need funding, materials, supplies. were running short on that. we need more licensed plumbers to come into the state to assist. people are still needing water and food. all of those essential items are still necessary. >> mayor, i want to get your take about that hearing there in austin, the hearing into the massive po...

These storms are coming with greater frequency and greater intensity. the system should have been weatherized and there should have been more power. >> houston mayor sylvester turner with what has been perhaps the best facetime connection service in a moving vehicle since the pandemic started. mayor turner, thanks as always, sir. so good to see you again. be safe. >> thank you. >> well talk to you soon. good luck to the people of houston as well. that does its for me this hour here on msnbc. up ...

Heart of this disaster down there. theres going to be a lot of after action reports. do you think its time for texas to join the national grid when it comes the power? >> i think there is going to be a lot of after action studies being done. ercot was built to be self-reriebl and not be tied to the other grids and that provides cyber security protection. in the case of the arctic blast were not able to share with other grids. i think thats in time of emergency the ability to share with other gri...

Those who were lucky not to lose power are getting hit with insanely high electric bills. yesterday on our program one resident telling us he received a bill that reached almost $17,000. >> there are hundreds of thousands of texas residents that are facing an average of 5,000 to 6,000 for those seven days there is no way they can pay it. for a lot of people, that will impact them devastatingly. there is no recourse because the money is gone. >> bill: want to know whats worse about that gentleman...