Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Friday, February 19th. I'm Nyla Budu. Here's

what you need to know today. How black churches are stepping in to help their communities

get vaccinated. Plus, Texas water shortages and today's one big thing. The political paralysis

in the Lone Star State.

It's Friday and we are introducing something new here on the pod. Our politics managing

editor, Margaret Talib, will be joining us on Fridays to catch you up quick on the

week's political news with a little dose of Axios analysis. Today, the fallout from winter

storms in Texas, a spotlight on governors and the perseverance rover landing on Mars. Good

morning, Margaret. Good morning, Nyla.

So let's start with the big story this week. These winter storms have really just crippled

the country. It's really bad in Texas where there are hundreds of thousands of people

without power because of these storms. How are you thinking about the politics of all of

this? Wow. It's been such an incredible story. I think in part because it just seems

so surreal. But it's sort of this perfect storm, right? Where you've got politically isolated

infrastructure, right? The Texas energy grid. You've got old infrastructure that's not

prepared for massive weather events. You've got massive weather events, which are going

to spur all the conversations about climate change. And if we're not ready for this, how

can we be ready for the future? This is the mini energy version, hopefully on a shorter

span than the coronavirus, where people can't focus on the real problem because they're focused

on the politics. Margaret, the second story I wanted to talk to you about is what's going

on with America's governors. We've got Governor Cuomo and Governor Gavin Newsom both in

hot water this week. Yeah, it's a really interesting turn of events. Gavin Newsom in California

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