today on inside politics a cold campaign reality. blizzard conditions in iowa mean chaos for republican candidates trying to reach every voter they can. the crucial question, how much will the dangerous weather impact turnout on caucus night? plus, firing back. president biden ordered airstrikes against iran-backed rebels who have been firing at commercial ships, fuelling fears that the middle east could be on the edge of an all-out war. and, i don t hate her. that s the faint praise some iowa republicans are giving nikki haley. we will hear what some voters are really thinking in a brand-new focus group. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start in iowa, which is under a blizzard warning today. it is freezing there. now, i m sure you re thinking, duh, it is january. obviously it is cold in iowa, but this is different. it is brutally cold. historically cold. so cold that iowans are being told not to even take a step outside, and it
an update on one of the biggest names in college basketball after a run-in with the law. and later, mixed messages on the state of the u.s. economy. empty malls but americans still spending. inflation high, but dropping with less credit available. cost of living has really increased a lot, so it s getting a little harder to do things that, you know, i would typically do. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this father s day. tonight we begin with a new diplomatic push aimed at cooling tensions with china. secretary of state antony blinken arrived in beijing sunday for two days of high-stakes talks. it s the first u.s. diplomatic mission there in five years. cbs s margaret brennan is traveling with the secretary in beijing and leads us off tonight. reporter: jericka, after more than 5 1/2 hours of intense and very direct talks between secretary blinken and his chinese counterpart, ther
particular adviser, is that if they drop three or four points it is like, you know, dropping from a very high lead to another very high lead, and others don t have that luxury. nikki haley, i literally can t comprehend it is going to be negative 15, but i m going to be out there and i want you to go out there. desantis, we look forward to forcing our opponents to match our campaign pace when it hurts to breathe outside. that s david polanski who is a long-time iowan. and the ramaswamy tsunami is not going to be deterred by cold weather and that s ramaswamy himself. i think it is a test for iowa as a state and institution, the whole mythology of this ritual which is an flush political practice is, as mj said, they re built differently there. they take it so seriously. they re so committed to the process. going out in that kind of weather requires commitment. if you see turnout plummet
the details. reporter: good to see you. the president is certainly picking up his campaign pace amid some criticism that he s moving too slow. nearly two months after announcing he s running for re-election. president biden will announce a more than $600 million investment to combat the climate crisis during his west coast swing. he ll also attend a few fundraisers. mr. biden rallied with union workers saturday, one day after the afl-cio and other major unions endorsed him. he was in full campaign mode highlighting the administration s achievements. we re not only changing the country, we re transforming it. reporter: in his speech he never mentioned his predecessor, however other gop presidential hopefuls did, concerned about the federal charges facing former president trump. there s some very disturbing conduct in there, including the showing of these documents to other people. that were not cleared to be able to see them.