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♪ ♪ paul: welcome to the journal editorialing report. im paul gigot. millions of residents in the lone star state were left without heat and electricity this week as a winter storm and plunging temperatures crippled the texas power grid and brought the nations most energy-rich state to its knees. widespread power outages leaving politicians and the press pointing fingers. so just what got texas to this point? lets ask "wall street journal" columnist dan henninger, kim strassel and editorial ...

>> ironically headed to the very place he tried to build a wall around. >> flying ted cruz. hes been totally shamed. exposed. i wonder who hell blame, the media, left, or both? >> but biden has been largely spared for any criticism over his response to the devastating storms in texas. where nearly half the state remains under boil water advisories. others still struggling to get basics like food. dozens of deaths have been linked to the brutal weather. the supplies sent by fema, blankets, drinki...

There was a state report that said the same thing. the governor made a conscious choice not to do that. when youre at a regulated market and tell companies they dont have to do something, youre telling them not to do it. >> but if the texas governor got in trouble with the dumb self serving, easily disprove enlie about the power crisis, the junior senator from texas, ted cruz, ought to have asked governor abbott to hold his beer before he attempted to abscond on vacation to cancun while his cons...

Jillian: thank you for joining us and your relief efforts. keep us updated. the lieutenant governor of texas, the water crisis never should have happened. >> we need a portfolio on america and texas, nuclear, cleanburning is called, fossil fuel, natural gas. we had this issue for a couple reasons. they have 10 inches of snow today. it is unheralded but what happened should never have happened. we have this group, not-for-profit, they told us, the leadership in the state last week, they were read...

Ways. if we go back to the old ways, look at the electoral map of john mccain and. if we go back to the old ways, thats about as good as the map is ever going to look. i would like to win. >> well see how it goes and keep following this one very closely. safe travels this afternoon. >> thinks. >> in moments, we will head back to texas where hundreds of people there have been lining up for hours now to get food. we are live on the scene in fort worth next. the gold standard, so to speak ;) is now...

Melting snow for basic needs. well take you there in a moment there is also news well get to about the vaccines and those dangerous covid strains and later talk about sticking a landing. the big deal that happens on mars and the first photo. lets start closer to home with morgan chesky with the unfolding disaster in texas. >> reporter: tonight a frozen texas facing power outages and now a water crisis >> on a scale of one through ten? 20 nearly 7 million statewide without access to drinking wa...

Company that manages texas power grid says its generating enough power to resume normal operationing conditions but more than 14 million texans are being told to boil tap water bauds of burst pipes and water mains. thats if your tap is working. firefighters in san antonio working to contain this apartment fire because of frozen hydrants. president biden says he hopes to travel to texas next week to assess the devastation firsthand as long as the trip doesnt create too much of a burden for author...

That. i know theres a lot of questions that we have. we need answers. the truth is, right now im focused on trying to get water and food to everybody in my city. thats where the attention is. >> totally get that. we got plenty of time for the after action. right now were still in the action. good luck to you. we hope that water can get restored asap. up next, the latest on the covid fight, including vaccine testing beginning for one of the most vulnerable groups. keep it here. e groups keep it...

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...

So this is just phenomenal news. this is the type of data that we can hang our hat on despite the variants because all these vaccines crucially keep you out of the i.c.u. regardless of the variant that you may be infected with. so thats something we have to hang our hat on as we scale up vaccination in peoples arms across the country, disaster or not. >> abby, we reported the power outages are down to 350,000 customers. and lets be candid. if 350,000 people on the east coast where most of the ne...