get to. nikki haley here in iowa city, this is her second of three events across the state. it is interesting to note that iowa city is in johnson county which one of the more democratic strongholds across iowa. that is important because nikki haley is someone to appeal to more moderate republicans. we ll see if there are maybe any democrats in the room supporting her. i met some students from the university of iowa who are out supporting her. and the weather cannot be ignored. all of her events yesterday had to be canceled. former president trump, three of his four events across the state have been canceled because it is frigid here, because there are blizzards across the state. it is really quite frankly dangerous in some ome places. negative degree, potentially negative 10 to 15 on caucus day. and nikki haley reminding folks to wear layers, that this is something that they need to be cognizant of, but encouraging them to show up. listen to it. the fellas are scared, i m
smerconish starts right now. is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sewn up the gop nomination or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion. but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan writing that i refuse to see the story as over. voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, nate kohn wrote the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steady gaining in the polls and historically there is a lot of precedent for urge is being candidates to keep gaining especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary and according to data released yesterday, 43% of americans, look at that graph, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. rs and ds are tied at 27. it tie as record for an independent showing making them the largest political bloc in the c
unlock the car. can you unlock the car? unlock it. break it, break it. pretty remarkable, new body camera footage showing police in a chicago suburb rescuing a family who was trapped inside their suv that somehow careened into a retention pond. and it was sinking as rescuers arrived. wls reports that two adults and a child were pulled out of the vehicle as you see there. the naperville police had to break open the windows in order to reach the family. they are all said to be okay. pretty shaken up, but all three later taken to the hospital. thank goodness for that rescue. all right. thank you for joining me today. i m fredricka whitfield.