ukraine. that's when you make your move, you know? this is like sharks sensing blood in the water. and if they think the united states is weak and distracted, that's when they make their move. rachel: yeah. and overextended. all great points. pete: kt, thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. pete: all right. from the red sea and the suez canal to iowa because that, it will be the center of the political universe if two -- in two nights when the caucuses kick off there. as rick has been reporting all morning long, the weather's going sideways. it's going to be really, really cold even for iowa with snowstorms, and that means donald trump's canceled a few events, nikki haley's moved all of her events online, desantis' events postponed. that doesn't mean they're still not making their final pitches to voters. here's a portion of what some of the candidates have been saying about caucusing on monday night. watch. >> i know caucus is going to be cold. i know it's going to be frigid