You know, at 7 00 central time, iowans are going to gather together with their neighbors in church basements, School Auditoriums as they try to pick the next president of the united states. It sounds like you want to make a political revolution. I am a better candidate and thanks to you, ill be a better president and i want you to know that. Reporter this is it. Time is up for the three democrats and the 11 republicans running for president. Hell be administering a caucus in western des moines. I think a lot of people are going to be making that decision when theyre listening to their neighbors. Reporter the last iowa poll found 5 points or less separating first and second place. With about a third of voters still wavering in their support, campaigns can influence the results up to the last second. I pray to gods will. Reporter in their final day on the trail, ted cruz attended church on the final day. He said he prayed for donald if im the president of the united states, when im the p
The candidates have been crisscrossing the state for months. 60,000 Television Ads have aired here. Countless doors have been knocked on. After it all, the republicans and the democratic races are neck and neck. Definitely up for grabs. Want to give you a sense of where we are. The west end architectural salvage here. Nice store with nice people. Everything is for sale, except the people behind us. They also serve coffee. They do early in the morning. Even the desk here, if you like it, call and make a bid. Its for sale. We can do it on steals and deals later. Busy morning ahead. Donald trump, marco rubio and sarah palin will be here. You will see what happened when matt and i spent time on the trail over the weekend. It was fun to get out and glad hand a little bit. Get the lay of the land. Lets begin with the lastminute push of support for the men and women running for president. We have it covered. Lets begin with nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander and the gop. Good to see y
World Health Organization is meeting in emergency session today over ways to battle the growing zika virus outbreak. It coo declare a Global Health emergency. The virus has been linked to brain damage in thousands of babies mostly in south america. Here at home, a major winter storm is developing in the southwest and moving across the country. Strong winds toppled trees in Southern California. Killing at least one person in san diego. Heavy rains flooded lanes on the 101 and Pacific Coast highways and to the east, snow has dropped up to nearly a foot of snow in parts of reno with more to come. Accuweathers Paul Williams tells us the storm is taking aim at the plains and midwest. Thanks, phillip, reena. Winter Storm Brewing with disruptive snow throughout utah, colorado, new mexico and arizona where dangerous cross winds and blizzard evolves and on the move hitting hastings and up towards omaha and reaching up towards green bay by wednesday morning. Were looking at a combination of blow
Good monday morning. The wait is over. Its decision day in iowa. The 2016 president ial nomination process kicking off today. And the candidates are spending the night crisscrossing the state hoping to win the first in the nation caucuses. The new poll on the republican side showing donald trump taking the lead back from senator ted cruz. Senator marco rubio in third. And for the democrats the newest poll from the Des Moines Register has Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders neck and neck in a statistical tie. Abcs lana zak is live in des moines. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Happy caucus day, phillip and reena. Were so excited to be here. You know, at 7 00 central time, iowans are going to gather together with their neighbors in auditoriums as they try to pick the next president of the united states. It sounds like you want to make a political revolution. I am a better candidate and thanks to you, ill be a better president and i want you to know that. Reporter this is it. Time is
The past hasnt been dull. Aint dull. And its anyones race. The polls, tight. The stakes, high. As iowans get set to make their choices, weve come to the center of the political universe today, monday, february 1st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, iowa votes, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from des moines, iowa. And good morning, everyone. We thought this day would never come, but its finally arrived. Welcome to a special edition of today on a monday morning. We are, yes, in des moines, iowa, joined by a lot of enthusiastic residents of this state on a very pivotal day in the president ial election. This is so exciting. Its an Early Morning for you and will be a late night for the it happens every four years. Finally time to vote. Its caucus day. In a few hours from now, iowa will be the first state to officially vote for who they want in the white house next year. The candidates have been crisscrossing the state for months. 60,000 Televisi