Oh, my gosh. I was not tempted to do that yesterday, not even slightly. But she was and she looked good doing it. Shes braver than all of us at this table absolutely. Good morning, everyone. Were coming to you from a crippled new york city, literally shut down after one of the biggest snowfalls ever. And new york by no means the only target of this blizzard. This is a live look at the flooded jersey shore. Remember, this is just three years after Superstorm Sandy. More troubles for that region. And we want you to check out this video dump trucks ready to pitch in and clean up all that snow, ready to move in. Washington, d. D. , along with philadelphia as well, all paralyzed this morning. Look at this. This is timemeapsed imagery out of virginia. This gives you a sense of how fast and furious the snowfall was on saturday. Y. Places at two inches an hour. And it looks benign. But it wasnt necessarily so benign. We cant forget that the storm while beautiful and aweinspiring, it was also v
Capitol naas right off the top, lester told me this election season has sot lester holt how much time do we have . Donald trump. Bernie sanders, a novelty candidate now is neck and neck. Quite like this one. An election yar full of surprises. And the most intense that lester says has ever seee sot holt there have been jus a lot of moments where things are said. Everything has been amplified this time around. And this time around. A first for him. Sot holt how is it different . For you in this role. One i didnt expect to be in. And matt, i asked lester what he sanders sot holt how is it different . For you in this role. One i didnt expect to be in. And matt, i asked lester what he thinks is beind the truump and sanders surge. He told me hes talked to people from small town usa to mainstteam. And theyre tired of the status quo. They want something completely different. Every four years, iowa voters get first crack at president ial candidates from both parties. And, every four years, some
And we certainly do say good morning, america, were live in iowa. Were inside the State Capitol in des moines and as you said, here we go. Here we go. Lot of history has been made in this room. Outside the kbds in these final hours, take a live l look right now at eight of their campaigns. Everybody is gearing up for a hard, last push in iowa. We have Hillary Clinton standing by live. Shes one of five candidates joining us right here this morning. Also talking to donald trump, Bernie Sanders,s, marco rubio and chrischristie. Every vote here counts. The race is so close. You can see the poll numbers as we put them up for you. Donald trump opening up a fivepoint lead now on ted cruz in the final poll a Hillary Clintons lelead over Berni Sanders smaller. Virtually a dead heat. Voters at the machine shed diner in urndale. Good morning. Reporter good morning, george. Were finally here, were with iowans of all political stripes. Are you guyseady . [ chee and applause ] repter hey, and i got
Teachers and students its supposed to help. We begin in washington. The senate is debating a 1 trilliondollar bill that would fund the government through september it narrowly passed legislation last night. But the battle over some of the bills provisions have exposed a huge resist between the democrats and the white house. Mike is at the white house for us. Mike, how strained is the relationship between the white house and the resist on capitol hill . It is really dramatic. You cant help but come to the conclusion that this is what a lame duck presidency looks like. Considering this fight over the 1 trilliondollar spending package that will keep the government running for one year. President obama teeming up with john boehner and of all people jamie dimon, they all had reasons for getting the bill passed but that is an odd team when he consider the opposition, nancy pelosi, Elizabeth Warren and a vast majority of the democrats. It was put on the house floor and squeaked by. This is wh
Look out because americas economy is headed for a lift off in 2015. The question is will the economic slow down in the rest of the world come here its a good question. The pace of americas growth slowed in the final three months of 2014 to an annual rate of 2. 6 compared to the previous three months. Thats according to newest mates put out by the Commerce Department by comparison. It was half the base during last years summer months when the economy leaped by 5 . That is the strongest growth weve seen in a decade. Whats more, the International Monitory fund is bullishing forecasting the rise of 3. 6 this year. Spending by consumers is up, thats good news. Spending makes up twothirds of all u. S. Economic activity, thats helping more jobs get created. Were seeing hints of upward movements on wages the one hold over that helps to make this recovery feel hollow by more americans. The rest of the world is seeing growth stagnate or retreat. Two of americas trading partners are not looking s