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Some of the responsibility? who should pay these power bills? some as high as $17,000. >> a lot of this comes down to state leadership, the governor, public electricity system. ercot manages the grid. it doesnt have authority to enforce some aspects and it doesnt have any control over the gas system. what we saw this time was a breakdown of the gas supply system. no matter how well operating the power plants were, if they didnt have any gas to burn, then lights went out for all of us. >> with th...

>> reporter: the mayor says he is proud of his town, a front line, he says, where battles have continued. delia gallagher, cnn, rome. texas leaders are facing lots of questions about last weeks deadly winter storm. despite that, texans did extraordinary things to help each other out of the crisis. some of their stories when we return.

Some customers who pay variable rates for their energy are now facing. >> while im trying to get, you know, gas and groceries and make sure my pipes arent exposed the last thing im thinking about is a $7,000 bill from my utility company. >> all of this was foreseeable. i wrote about it in 2011, and so for these exorbitant costs, its not the consumers who should assume that cost. they are not at fault. >> well, who should then? >> the bills should go to the state of texas. >> calls for accountabi...

Ceiling collapsed, and her grandmother heartbroken. >> every time she walks in here she looks up and just be like -- and she just walk up in her room and close the door. >> as youre seeing, no running water at all. >> reporter: tonight, houston finally lifting their boil water orders, but problems still remain across texas and beyond. elwyn lopez is in hard-hit mississippi. >> reporter: here in south jackson, 70% of people are without running water. the city providing this 5,400-gallon tanker ju...

The coast guard made a daring ice rescue today in cleveland. a group of about ten people was walking just offshowre on frozen lake erie. after a few hours, the rescue teams were able to get them all safely back to shore. heading out this week, you may be notice the rising cost of gasoline the national average is now $2.63. thats a jump from $2.50 a week ago. the hike is blamed on storms that forced refineries to close. prices could rise even higher until theyre all back online. tonight were ...

We are not saying that cultures become repressive. we control for authoritarianism in our data. we are looking at peoples willingness to sacrifice freedom temporarily. we need to fight this threat by temporarily tightening and then loosening when its safe. thats kind of the logic behind dealing with pandemics from a cultural point of view. >> university of maryland psychology professor michelle gelfand, good to have you back on the program. thank you. >> thank you. the world is full of big pro...

Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. >> by the time president biden took office, 400,000 americans had died from covid. as many as in world war ii. but even that appalling toll didnt focus many americans attention. minds were elsewhere. the foundations of our democracy were being challenged. >> weve had a very disruptive period in politics and an assault of the capitol. we had a president who didnt want to leave. what should have americans have been waking up to? what has happened w...

Life, the fact that beto to rurk and alexandria ocasio-cortez have raised $5 million in the face of this again slams into the trumpian-cruz narrative of a lack of interest and care for the very people in his own state. >> still ahead, the latest from texas with julian castro. how his experience shapes his response to the disaster there. youre watching "morning joe." well be right back.

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And house members, republicans who voted against mr. trump over the impeachment issue. all that said, it is worth remembering that the republican party has survived to read many of its obituaries in the past. joining me now from san antonio is the former republican congressman from that area, will hurd. will, its good to see you. thanks for coming on. first, let me just ask you about how you and your loved ones are doing. do you have running water and do you have power? >> i do. ive been fortuna...