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restricting the rights of texans' voting rights in particular. greg abbott laid out 11 issues he wants to prioritize. among them, so-called election integrity, aka voter suppression. border security. addressing alleged social media censorship, and you guessed it, critical race theory. also, bail reform, restrictions on abortion drugs, and banning transgender athletes from competing in high school sports because that's a top priority for texas. notably not included in the right-wing red meat dinner plate, doing anything whatsoever about the power grid, the one that failed millions of texans during a freak winter storm, and then texans were asked to conserve electricity during a heat wave last month, butnic about that. at a news conference with activists from black voters matter, the chair of the caucus spelled out what's really on greg abbott's agenda. >> we have a problem keeping the lights on in the state, we learned this year. that's what greg abbott ought to
texas if roe vers wade is being overturned. all of that as telephonans broiled under record heat and the electrical grid operator asked residents who didn't have heat during a freak winter storm to conserve air conditioning. instead of fixing the grid, governor anti-pledged to build the border wall pledging texas taxpayers' money and having the nerve to ask for donations on top of that to pay for it. why? because he's up for re-election next year. politico says he thinks he is protecting himself from a challenge from the right and putting himself in the mix for the 2024 presidential election. that is if the disgraced twice impeached former president touring the border doesn't run. meanwhile,ability plans to revisit the voter suppression bill. last night, beto o'rourke
winter storm hits because the off the grid private oil authority fails? part of their power is because of their expertise in advocacy. it's not a coincidence that the green new deal has been turned into a form of cussing. they're really good at messaging good things that could save the planet and make our lives more convenient and cleaner and better into bad, socialist things. they've moved our foreign policy to the right, and pushed us into bad saudi policy and wars in the middle east out of a hunger to keep the free supply flowing and to control it. oil is the only thing that russia sells, basically, and it's at the heart of their frantic, desperate and diminishing power that vladimir putin obsessively uses against us and against his own people. in the big american oil barons of today, including multinationals who grew out of oil companies but are now multiindustry conglomerates like the koch brothers aren't just opposed to green energy. they also fight like hell against things like wisconsin.
statement, that -- about the way the law was worked, was something that was perhaps not examined closely enough at the time. bill: that is president obama's former speech writer talking about obamacare and how they shaped the message. you're going to be surprised to hear the rest of that. martha: exactly. also top intel officials testifying on capitol hill. according to their latest threat assessment, al-qaeda's no longer the number one threat worldwide. so what is? bill: also folks in the south trying to recover from a freak winter storm. what they're now telling the drivers who abandoned their cars on the highways all over metro atlanta. >> everywhere is very slippery and hard to drive and pretty, sliding down the hills and everything. so you have to take a different route. too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup.
historyally, much higher than where they were supposed to. and i have a lot of concerns with the new heat wave, that could drive prices even higher. not only with the increased use on electricity for air conditioning but, also, concerned of tropical storms and we see one in the gulf of mexico that could heat up the bills for electricity. >>neil: what if we are being faked on this? in october we had a freak winter storm in the northeast from 8" to 17" and everyone said we would have a horrible winter but it turned out to be mild. maybe we start the summer on a hot note but it is not a hot summer. that is the fear. right? >> if that happens that is great news for the consumers because prices would actually fall to some of the promised levels we have seen not past. but if you want to bet on the
bill: this morning, we have new details about what happened on board four different planes, three of which belonged to jetblue, that left passengers strand on a tarmac for more than seven hours. a plane diverted from florida to newark forced to land at connecticut's bradley international, that's north of hartford, because of this freak winter storm, and it's not winter, it's fall! passengers say they had no food and no water and no working bathrooms and even the pilot expressed his dismay at his employer. >> we can't seem to get any help from our own company. i apologize for this, but is there any way you can get a tug and tow bar out here to us and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something? i don't care. take us anywhere. >> jetblue 504, roger, i will talk to operations and see what they can do. were you able to resolve the situation in the back or is that ongoing? >> we've resolved it for now. we've got the show of
well milford, new jersey. what a scene it is there. david, what's the latest this morning there? >> reporter: well, let's start with this, bill. in total, west milford received 19 inches of snow over the weekend, that is the record for the state, but the entire state of new jersey has been affected by this storm, the governor said a short time ago that there are now some 1200 department of transportation crews on the road, trying to clear downed trees, trees like the one behind me you can see over my shoulder, this tree literally split in half. he said there are some 1000 utility crews also on the streets, trying now to restore power. let's bring up some of the latest statistics that underscore how many people have been affected here, and in the state of new jersey, we are now told about 300,000 people are without power. that number, down significantly from the 600,000 or so over the weekend. one of those affected was governor chris christie, he now has power. hundreds of thousands have had it restored. still many others are
the power outages. one woman described the situation here as sounding like a world war, when the limbs collapsed around her home. listen now to some of the people who were affected: >> all of the sudden, we heard the trees in the back yard just falling and all the branches around just falling. it was really scary. >> as it -- it was if the world was ending and everything was slowly crashing down all around you. >> it was absolutely frightening. it reminded me of when people talked about being in hurricanes. >> reporter: an bill, you made a very good point early on. the cleanup operation is going to be relatively fast but the consequences of this storm are going to take months if not years to recover from. one other very disturbing statistic, in new york city's central park hs estimated that 1000 trees were damaged by this storm and may have to be removed and that's just central park alone. damage extends from maryland all the way up to vermont. bill: something else. david lee miller, thank you for that. on saturday here in the
like to pet the pumpkin. >> alisyn: oh, a nice pumpkin. >> dave: i had a dime for every time clayton asked alisyn to pet his pumpkin i'd be a wealthy man. we start with a storm in october. it was historic. the effects of the deadly east coast snowstorm now being blamed for at least three deaths in connecticut, pennsylvania, and massachusetts. one of those people, an 84-year-old man killed when a snow covered tree limb crashed through his home. another person reportedly electrocuted by a downed power line. >> alisyn: oh, boy. the storm has also knocked out power to more than 2.3 million homes this morning, and businesses from maryland all the way up to maine. officials warned it could be days before the electricity is completely restored to them. >> clayton: and even governor chris christie without power. >> alisyn:'s among those. >> clayton: and slight train delays and also on the horizon expect today create a domino affect for travelers across the country.
>> clayton: michele bachmann is like me can't make up her mind. she had to pick two. ""saving private ryan"" as one of her favorite movies, classic steven spielberg and of course be "brave heart" the mel gibson classic that won best picture and i think he won best director for that. >> alisyn: both fierce war battles and-- >> the chely long film or-- >> and let's get to the headlines and talk about the crazy storm, we have new video out of worcester, massachusetts to show you. this is one of the many cities blasted by an unseasonable winter storm. and fox news found there have been three deaths, and this morning, millions are without