Summary
While Texas battles devastating winter weather, Ted Cruz’s badly timed trip to Mexico leaves him at the centre of a political storm – Emily, Jon and Anthony discuss the power blackouts and the political fallout. Also, Americast’s favourite Texan Ryan returns to tell us how the sub-freezing temperatures have affected locals like him. And State House Representative Tony Tinderholt on what needs to be done to safeguard Texas in future.
Studio Director: Michael Regaard Producers: Frankie Tobi and Natalie Ktena Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | We're going to be talking about airplanes today. |
| 0:06.5 | Soaps nearly missed our recording because, |
| 0:08.7 | well, he was actually stuck on the Dalmatte trying to get here. |
| 0:11.6 | And the Texas Senator Ted Cruz went on a flight to Mexico |
| 0:16.3 | that he immediately wished he hadn't. |
| 0:18.4 | But we're going to start with the most important flight of all. |
| 0:20.6 | The president on Air Force One, |
| 0:22.8 | with the most esteemed company you can possibly imagine. |
| 0:26.3 | OK, so I'm on Air Force One. |
| 0:30.6 | I'm going on Joe Biden's first official outing |
| 0:35.1 | on the presidential aircraft. |
| 0:37.9 | And the first thing you notice that is immediately different |
| 0:41.2 | from the Trump era is the televisions in the press cabin. |
| 0:45.8 | They are on CNN and not on Fox. |
| 0:50.8 | But if you're going to travel by play, |
| 0:53.8 | this is the way to go. |
| 0:57.4 | As soon as the president's on board, |
| 0:59.4 | it's like being in an Uber. |
| 1:00.7 | That we will start rolling immediately. |
| 1:03.4 | And you're up in the air, there are no warnings |
| 1:05.6 | and there's no snow where your tray tables, you just go. |
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